Mad Men: A Love Letter Laced With Acid

Photo: AMC Walking down Madison Avenue in New York City is a dream where you can fantasize about the glamorous lives of those who work inside the tall buildings. But…

The Newsroom 

Aaron Sorkin’s return to television was touted as a classic network drama made for cable, taking us behind the scenes of ACN, a fictional cable news network, where a legendary…

The Fourth Man

The sequel to Death of a Pilgrim (2013) also hops between three different time periods, depicting intrigue behind the 1975 occupation of the West German embassy in Stockholm; a murder…

True Blood 

Alan Ball followed up Six Feet Under (2001-2005) with something completely different, even if death was a prominent theme on this show as well. The story began after the creation…

Breaking Bad: Journey to Damnation

Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston. Photo: AMC On several occasions, Vince Gilligan has pointed out that Breaking Bad could never have existed without The X-Files (1993-2002). The sci-fi show may…

Dexter: Brother, Friend, Serial Killer

Michael C. Hall. Photo: Showtime After the final season of Dexter, it's kind of hard to remember how well received this show was at first. The main title sequence was…

CSI: NY

The second spin-off to CSI (2000-2015) was a lot less colorful than CSI: Miami (2002-2012), but then its lead character was introduced as a man who had lost his wife…

Dallas: Soap Opera Royalty

Steve Kanaly, Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal, Jim Davis, Barbara Bel Geddes, Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton and Linda Gray. Photo: CBS When we think about 1980s television, the supersoaps tend to…

Death of a Pilgrim 

Lars Martin Johansson (Rolf Lassgård), head of the Swedish National Criminal Investigation Department, discreetly gathers a suitable group of detectives, aiming to take a fresh, comprehensive look at the 1986…

The Girl

Former model Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller) is thrilled to learn that Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) is choosing her to star in his next movie… but the professional relationship quickly turns…