by David Krell | Oct 18, 2015 | David Krell
For nearly 30 years, from 1981 to 2009, NBC defined quality television programming in the 10:00 p.m. time slot. Hill Street Blues debuted in 1981 and changed the production of television drama. Story lines became story arcs, lasting several episodes. Moving cameras...
by David Krell | Jul 4, 2015 | David Krell
Before he became the architect of the fictional Bartlet presidency on The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin wrote the 1995 film The American President. Sorkin’s story depicts the end of President Andrew Shepherd’s first term. Shepherd, a democrat, is a widower...
by David Krell | May 7, 2015 | David Krell
In the later episodes of The West Wing, Matt Santos, a Democratic congressman from Texas and a former Mayor of Houston took on Arnold Vinick, a veteran Republican senator from California for the presidency. Santos had just a few years in national politics. Three...
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 20, 2015 | David Krell
Jimmy Smits was a cornerstone on prime time television in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. In the 1980s, Smits played Victor Sifuentes on L.A. Law, working in the Public Defender’s office before Michael Kuzak recruits him to the private sector, specifically, the law...
