The first of the four “time travel” network TV dramas for the 2016-17 television season, the NBC series Timeless, premiered last night. This is the time travel show where a criminal goes back in time to change our present history, and three other time travelers try to go back to undo the damage. I watched the…
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Watch “The Contenders: 16 for ’16.” I mean it.
Last night, I was flipping through my television channels, looking for something worthwhile that wasn’t the same old crime procedural. And once I hit WMHT, our beloved PBS affiliate, I saw a preview for a limited series called “The Contenders: 16 for ’16.” And boy did I get hooked. “The Contenders: 16 for ’16” is…
Read More“Please tell me you’re seeing this, too!” (Congratulations Rami Malek!!)
Earlier this year, on the advice and recommendation of many of my friends, I binge-watched the first season of a well-acclaimed drama on the USA Network, Mr. Robot. And from the first episode, I was completely hooked. Mr. Robot stars Rami Malek as a neurotic anti-hero cyber-hacker who is approached by a group of fellow…
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When “Star Trek” was banned in Albany
On September 8, 1966, NBC aired a new science-fiction television drama. The show, Star Trek, went from a humble hour-long drama to a worldwide phenomenon, with spinoffs, sequels, movies, books, with generations of fans and devotees. On that September evening, NBC broadcast the episode ‘The Man Trap,” on a Thursday night lineup that started with…
Read MoreThe Return of Lynda Carter (and Adam West and Burt Ward)
You could keep your Charlie’s Angels, you could have your Daisy Duke. And yes, the Bionic Woman was brilliant and beautiful, and I still remember watching the sci-fi comedy Quark because of the ultra-hot Tricia and Cyb Barnstable twins. Yeah. That was me in the 1970’s. But through all that, there was only one TV…
Read MoreI need Lebanon Levi as a language tutor…
Last Saturday, as I dropped off my artworks and entries at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, I planned for a “driving break” at some point on my way home. I didn’t feel like stopping at Turning Stone Casino (Exit 33) or Hamilton College (Exits 32 or 31), but by Exit 29 I was…
Read MoreThe return of the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Years ago, I blogged about seeing the Rocky Horror Picture Show for the first time, as a college student when my college’s film society showed it as part of a weekend film fest. Yeah, it was an adventure. But I was hooked. So much so, that I purchased an audience participation record that contained the…
Read MoreThis TV show is brought to you by… or is it “buy”…
What we see in syndicated TV shows are a standard intro with opening theme music, and a closing theme as well. What we DON’T see are the original integrated television commercials. And that’s understandable. Why would we want to see old TV commercials for old products? Well, in many cases TV shows made special television…
Read MoreSome Jerk with a Camera goofs on Disneyland’s opening day!
I’ve known Tony Goldmark for many years. We actually met at – at all places – a “Weird Al” Yankovic convention back in 2000. Yes, I went to a “Weird Al” Yankovic convention. I went to two of them. Live with it. Tony also enjoyed “Weird Al’s” work in comedy and parody, and he later…
Read MoreTen iconic TV opening theme songs
It’s almost a lost art, as many current TV shows either start with a stinger note (Lost, Once Upon a Time) or they’ll just start off cold – opening credits, here they are. But there are plenty of shows – dramas, comedies, anime, action, reality – that act like an alarm system to viewers, notifying…
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