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Category: television

Great TV: Mr. Show

Alternative comedy—a vague label affixed to any comedic material that seems unusual, iconoclastic, or transgressive—has gained incredible cultural cachet in … More

#mrshow #bobodenkirk #davidcross #altcomedy #90s #comedy #sketch

14 Forgotten TGIF Shows

While in a previous series of articles/recaps I hit all the major shows that aired on TGIF (well, and Camp … More

ABC, Aliens in the Family, Baby Talk, Billy, Brother's Keeper, cancelled shows, Family Man, Getting By, I Married Dora, nostalgia, Odd Man Out, Teen Angel, television, TGIF, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Thorns, Two of a Kind, Where I Live, You Wish

Great TV: The Prisoner

Who is Number 1? If you are Number 6 this is a serious question, since Number 6 asks Number 2 … More

cult classic, cult television, Great TV, influential, Patrick McGoohan, surreal, The Prisoner

Totally 80’s: Cartoons!

I spent the first half of my childhood in the 1980s, from 0 to 8, living a Totally 80’s lifestyle … More

80's cartoons, 80s saturday morning, ALF, C.O.P.S., Camp Candy, Care Bears, Denver the Last Dinosaur, G.I. Joe, He-Man, Jem, Muppet Babies, nostalgia, Punky Brewster, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, The Real Ghostbusters, ThunderCat, Transformers

Boy Meet World – “If You Can’t Be With The One You Love…”

  Boy Meets World is an inexplicably beloved show from the TGIF lineup, although I can’t see why: it’s cheesy, … More

"If you can't be with the one you love...", after school special, Boy Meets World, Corey, entertainment, humor, Mr Feeny, recap, Shawn, television, Topenga, TV, underage drinking

Great TV: Parks & Recreation

There may be no more likable or positive show that has aired on television so far in the 21st century … More

Amy Poehler, Aubrey Plaza, Aziz Ansari, Chris Pratt, Great TV, Parks & Recreation, television, TV, TV shows

Great TV: The Addams Family

Let’s play a word association game. If I used the words creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky, and ooky, my guess is … More

1964, cult classic, Great TV, halloween, John Astin, Original Series, The Addams Family

Great TV: Mystery Science Theater 3000

Although this is primarily a movie site, television is also written about here, mostly because the lines between TV and … More

analysis, Comedy Central, Crow T Robot, culture, Joel Hodgson, Mike Nelson, MST3K, Mystery Science Theater 3000, postmodernism, Sci Fi Channel, television, the 90s, Tom Servo

Great TV: Frasier

♪♫♬Hey baby, I hear the blues a-callin’, tossed salad and scrambled eggs ♪♫♬. But of course everyone that’s seen Frasier … More

David Hyde Pierce, Frasier, Great TV, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, Kelsey Grammer, NBC, Peri Gilpin

10 More Garbage TV Shows From The 80’s

Television knows how to make great TV…now. Before the present day, however, TV was considered a second-class form of entertainment … More

1980s, awesome garbage, bad television, Blacke's Magic, Fathers And Sons, Gung Ho, Hell Town, Life, Life With Lucy, Maggie Briggs, Misfits of Science, nostalgia, She's The Sheriff, The Highwayman, The Last Precinct, TV

Great TV: The Riches

Listen: not every show makes it full cycle. Some shows fizzle out: it’s just what happens in the high turnover … More

cult, Eddie Izzard, FX, Great TV, Minnie Driver, Shannon Woodward, television, The Riches, TV

Best New To Streaming September 2017

Every month, streaming services add new films to their roster, but not all of them are worth watching. After all, … More

Amazon Prime, Bojack Horseman, Hulu, Jaws, Netflix, New to streaming, Pulp Fiction, Robocop, September 2017, TGIF

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