The Nanny
It was pure coincidence that made Fran (Fran Drescher) from Flushing, Queens the well-to-do Sheffields’ nanny, but she proved to have good influence on the kids. The extremely long romantic…
Hart to Hart
Not unexpectedly, it was novelist Sidney Sheldon who created this entertaining rip-off of the Thin Man movies. Jonathan and Jennifer (Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers) were wealthy, gorgeous and always giving…
Home Improvement
In this likable family sitcom, stand-up comedian Tim Allen was the clumsy host of “Tool Time”, a do-it-yourself TV show. All too often “the Toolman” was injured in his work…
ALF
An easygoing family sitcom, in spite of a troubled production, in the Mork & Mindy vein, about the chaotic romps of a UFO. Gordon Shumway was his real name, the…
Rear Window
Jason Kemp (Christopher Reeve), a paralyzed architect, spends his nights spying on the apartment building across the yard and suddenly thinks he saw a murder... A few years after the…
Evening Shade
In the 1990s, Burt Reynolds enjoyed some success on television with this agreeable show about a small town in Arkansas called Evening Shade (which incidentally is a real place). The…
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’s ghost story would probably survive even the most slapdash filmization, but this TV movie is not one of those. It is a distinguished version where the filmmakers succeed…
RKO 281
The story of how a lauded theater man called Orson Welles got the chance to direct a movie, but his choice to make Citizen Kane damn near killed his career. Why? Because…
Midnight Caller
One of those shows that were a little short on entertainment value but had something to say. It was the story of the cop who quit and became “The Nighthawk”,…
Empty Nest
With The Golden Girls a hit, Susan Harris came up with another sitcom in the same vein. From her previous show Soap came Richard Mulligan, and his charisma boosted the…