When it comes to dramatic, whiny, overly angsty teenagers there is one and only one show that I will applaud: My So-Called Life. Unfortunately for me, and for this gem of a show, I was one of the many people who missed out on it when it was first on the air. My So-Called Life […]
Dude. When I was a teenager, I was obsessed with Sifl and Olly. I don’t even know how to explain it, but I can tell you this: sock puppets are awesome. It started when I was around 14. My older brother was staying with us after he had surgery on his knee, and we were […]
On September 9, 2001, the highly anticipated Band of Brothers debuted on HBO. Shadowing their award-winning big screen collaboration, Saving Private Ryan, executive producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg chose to adapt Stephen E. Ambrose’s acclaimed historical novel into a ten part miniseries. Ambitious, expensive and logistically complex, Band of Brothers was unlike anything else […]
I just watched Blossom for the first time since it went off the air in 1995, when I was 14 years old. For whatever reason, it was never really syndicated, so I couldn’t relive my childhood through it the way I’ve done with shows like Saved by the Bell or Full House. Of course, I […]
Where have the four years gone? It was on May 16, 2005 that Everybody Loves Raymond said goodbye, and it still hurts. Sure, it’s hard to miss the show when at least ten reruns air a day, and I can re-watch every episode on DVD (which I do often), but that doesn’t change the fact: never […]
The Facts of Life was one of those sitcoms that was actually four or five different programs during its run. In other words, while the format and main characters really didn’t change, everything else did. Locations, supporting characters, fashions — all came and went during the show’s nine year run. The changes had to be made, of course. […]
Relativity is a little TV series that aired for just one season in 1996-1997. But I glommed onto it, and the show earned an Emmy nod, as well as two other industry awards. If they had just given it another season, the show might have endured for years. For starters, it was helmed by Edward […]
