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At Vulture, there's a very interesting article from last year by Kathryn VanArendonk on how the average police procedural forces you to see things from the police point of view, with everyone else...
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This week in TV Guide: June 3, 1967
I probably mention this every time we look at an issue from this time of the year, but I'll say it again, because I need to keep the word count up: we tend to think of the Emmys as the kickoff to the...
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What's on TV? Thursday, June 8, 1967
Tonight's listings include one of the all-time classic Star Trek episodes, "Shore Leave," in which Captain Kirk and his crew beam down to the surface of a planet where they soon encounter a white...
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Point/Counterpoint
X don't know how many of you are old enough to remember "Point Counterpoint," the feature that ended each episode of 60 Minutes before Andy Rooney took over that spot. In "Point Counterpoint," two...
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A reminder that the latest episode of Eventually Supertrain is up, as Dan and I continue our episode-by-episode look at Search. Stick around for other segments on The Singing Detective and Planet of...
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This week in TV Guide: June 11, 1955
What's this? Another Liberace? Could it be the famous pianist Chandell and his evil twin brother, the archfiend Harry, back to terrorize Gotham City? Close, but not quite; the "other" Liberace to which...
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What's on TV? Saturday, June 11, 1955
Xow did I choose this particular date for this week's listings? Well, in truth, not much changes in television from one week to the other, especially over the period of a few months in the middle of...
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What I've been watching: May, 2021
Shows I’ve Watched:Shows I’ve Found:Stoney BurkeJohnny StaccatoMike Hammer, Private EyeThe Search for UlyssesMichelangelo: The Last GiantThe Twilight Zone: The Complete SeriesXhere was a time, back in...
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It's time for a new focus for the Hitchcock Project at bare•bones e-zine and this one is top-notch: William Link and Richard Levinson. This week, Jack looks at their first Hitchcock script: the season...
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This week in TV Guide: June 18, 1954
It's rare that we have three unrelated articles providing a unified theme, but such is the case in this week's issue, and the thread that connects these stories is one that portrays a medium in the...
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What's on TV? Monday, June 21, 1954
Usually I introduce these listings with some trite phrase like, "Find your favorites!" but the challenge with any random day in the early 1950s is finding shows that any of us, even me, have heard of....
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How old is old?
I've long since become accustomed to the idea that nothing of much value comes from the BBC; it is, after all, the network that got rid of the Jeremy Clarkson version of Top Gear. I'm not here, though,...
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At Comfort TV, David fires up the Blu-ray to take in what he describes as an "almost perfect" episode on Wonder Woman: the two-part story "The Feminum Mystique," with Nazis, John Saxon, Debra Winger as...
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This week in TV Guide: June 26, 1965
If there are five people funnier than Stan Freberg, I don't know who they are. There may be many more as funny as Freberg, but none funnier. Now that we've established that bit of linguistic...
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What's on TV? Monday, June 28, 1965
A couple of shows debut on ABC in today's lineup; you can see one of them above. A Time for Us is a retooled version of the low-rated A Flame in the Wind, which premiered in 1964. The new and improved...
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The Descent into Hell: "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" (1964)
Aperson, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, is defined as "an individual substance of a rational nature. It implies independence or existence in itself." It goes on to state that, "The strongest...
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Decades has always been one of my favorite retro digital channels, and so it's been nice to have it back on in our area after a long absense. Over at their website, there's an interesting article on...
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This week in TV Guide: July 4, 1964
James Lileks once said that every lawyer's secret dream was to have the theme to Perry Mason played at his funeral, and I've no reason to think this isn't the case. After all, according to the cover of...
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What's on TV? Friday, July 10, 1964
Xhat a great night of television Friday was back in the early 1960s. CBS alone has Route 66, The Twilight Zone, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. NBC has Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater, which...
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At Home with Earl Wrightson
I'm on vacation this week, a fact which should interest absolutely none of you, but eventually vacations end, and you find yourself back home. And speaking of home (how's that for a segue?), here's a...
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