by David Krell | Mar 12, 2015 | David Krell
The NYPD is a staple of television programming. Naked City. NYPD Blue. Law & Order. Eischeid. NYPD. Cagney & Lacey. Brooklyn South. Barney Miller. Car 54, Where Are You? Blue Bloods. Kojak. McCloud. Law & Order: SVU. New York Undercover....
by David Krell | Feb 28, 2015 | David Krell
In 1985, ABC debuted Our Family Honor. Ultimately short-lived, it lasted half of the 1985-86 television season. Our Family Honor presented the classic format of two families battling each other, with star-crossed lovers from each family complicating matters;...
by David Krell | Jul 7, 2013 | David Krell
On this date in 1954, the Memphis airwaves debuted a singer. And rock and roll was never the same. The singer was Elvis Presley. WHBQ played his rendition of That’s All Right on July 7, 1954. Recorded two days prior in Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio,...
by David Krell | May 5, 2013 | David Krell
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. But the 1988 film that joined animation’s favorite characters with live action has its roots in a 1981 novel by Gary K. Wolf — Who Censored Roger Rabbit? It’s a different story...
by David Krell | Feb 28, 2013 | David Krell
Barbara Bain was a member of the original cast of Mission: Impossible, the prime time show that featured a group of clandestine heroes traveling the globe to thwart, capture, and/or kill evildoers. Mission: Impossible capitalized on the 1960s spy trend led by the...
