Rome: Rise and Fall of a Dictator Perpetuus
Photo: HBO It is obvious where Rome got its primary inspiration. In 1976, I, Claudius was quite the phenomenon, a well-written British drama series that chronicled key events in Rome…
Sports Night
Aaron Sorkin’s first TV series blew some fresh air into network television, but has since been eclipsed by far greater cable shows. To a certain degree, this story about the…
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
It was supposed to be Aaron Sorkin’s great follow-up to The West Wing, featuring parts of the same cast and crew. A knowing look behind the scenes of a Saturday…
The Practice: Idealism Be Damned
Steve Harris, LisaGay Hamilton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, Marla Sokoloff, Camryn Manheim and Kelli Williams. Photo: ABC In 1997, producer and writer David E. Kelley delivered two…
V
The weekly TV series that followed the first two miniseries showed the evil visitors making a dramatic comeback on Earth, reigniting the war; they were only hiding behind the moon.…
V: The Fourth Reich
Greta Blackburn, Frank Ashmore and Jane Badler. Photo: NBC A major hit in several countries when first shown on TV, this miniseries frightened me to the degree that I could…
M*A*S*H: The 11-Year War
William Christopher, Loretta Swit, Harry Morgan, Gary Burghoff, Alan Alda, David Ogden Stiers, Mike Farrell and Jamie Farr. Photo: CBS One of the best-loved television shows ever, its 1983 finale,…
West Wing: A World Without Bush
Janel Moloney, Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, John Spencer, Martin Sheen, Dulé Hill, Bradley Whitford, Allison Janney and Richard Schiff. Photo: NBC I am a political nerd. Everything concerning American politics…
Will & Grace: A Lovably Gay Agenda
Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally. Photo: NBC A part of me wants to talk only about this show as just another one of those fine sitcoms…
The X-Files: Agents and Aliens
Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Photo: Fox “The truth is out there”. That was the slogan that ended most episodes’ opening credit sequence and in that lies the reason why…