We “gotta grow up sometime”, so Adam and Will are exploring the 1992 daily teen soap opera, Swans Crossing starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mira Sorvino and bunch of other kids who lived in submarines, catfished CONTINUE READING…
It’s no wonder why people today are still tuning in to the movies, and TV shows of the ’90s. Sandwiched between the nostalgic era of the ’80s and the first decade of this century, we CONTINUE READING…
Back in the ’80s, Saturday Morning Cartoons featured several time-tested animated shows like Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang, Scooby Doo and the other Hanna-Barbera greats and The Smurfs not to mention all of CONTINUE READING…
It’s the launch of a new podcast on The Retro Network! Adam Pope and William Bruce West ask if you Remember That Show? Each month they’ll be exploring an obscure or forgotten TV series from CONTINUE READING…
Reality television, now an integral part of the modern television landscape, has a rich history that spans decades. But how did this genre, which is a far cry from crypto slot India, emerge and evolve CONTINUE READING…
In the last decade, the rise of streaming services has revolutionized the way we consume television content. Streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu have disrupted traditional television broadcasting, profoundly altering the entertainment CONTINUE READING…
Before Nickelodeon became the Nickelodeon 80’s kids know and love, it was called C3 or “The Pinwheel Channel”. It was part of an experiment from Warner Amex called Qube and was first tested in Columbus, CONTINUE READING…
TV was never really fair to jocks. If you were a nerd, there were many game shows you could try out for, but if you were a musclehead, your game show pickings were slim. But CONTINUE READING…
Imagine sitting down at 8 PM, turning on the CW to watch Arrow or The Flash. Instead of your favorite member of the DC Universe, a new yet familiar face appears. Stan Lee is introduced CONTINUE READING…
Every person alive since TV became mainstream has a show that they would hand to aliens to show them what it was like to be a teenager. For me, that show is My So-Called Life. Let’s look at it with 25 years of hindsight. CONTINUE READING…
Through the many years of television, there have been thousands of TV shows created. Usually, only the cream of the crop last for multiple seasons and go on to live vividly in the memories of CONTINUE READING…
I am a certified child of the ’80s. I’m in that sweet spot just between Gen X and Millennial, so I mainly observed the more fun parts of the decade from the sidelines. I CONTINUE READING…
Way back in 1984, the World Wrestling Federation put on a three-hour show in their home arena, Madison Square Garden. The live event featured a battle royal plus all three men’s titles were defended. The CONTINUE READING…
“Beans and Cornbread had a fight… Beans knocked Cornbread out of sight!” All Elite Wrestling (AEW), the main competitor to WWE and preferred wrestling brand of yours truly, announced on January 5th, 2022, the company CONTINUE READING…
I think it’s been pretty well established that I think of the 90s as the best decade. I think it’s also been pretty well established that I watched A LOT of television during that time. CONTINUE READING…
Like everyone else in the late ’90s, I was hooked on professional wrestling. I had been a fan going back to 1989 or ’90 when I was 5 years old and had found WCW on CONTINUE READING…
Superbowl LVII is almost here and numerous commercials have already been released. It seems advertising agencies have been leaning on nostalgia the past several years and 2023 will be no different. Some of the big CONTINUE READING…
WWF Monday Night Raw debuted on January 11, 1993, and will celebrate its 30th anniversary this Monday, January 23rd with a three-hour show on the USA Network. Over 1500 episodes from over 200 different arenas CONTINUE READING…
For kids who had a hunger for the occasional spooky story, the early days of Nickelodeon had something right up their alley, guaranteed to raise a few goosebumps. Debuting in 1992 as part of the CONTINUE READING…
Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone had a cult following like few shows this side of Star Trek, and ever since the program’s cancellation in 1964, the die-hards had been begging for new episodes. They wouldn’t get them during CONTINUE READING…
Imagine taking the quirkiness of a David Lynch-type series and applying it to a show for kids. The result might look something like Eerie, Indiana, which aired for a single season on NBC in 1991 and CONTINUE READING…
It is time once again to examine a film script and reveal the differences between paper and screen. So far in this series, I’ve covered National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, A Christmas CONTINUE READING…
The Persian Gulf War in 1990-91 was heavily televised, not just from a reporting standpoint, but major TV networks aired battle footage provided by the military. Some have referred to the Gulf War as the CONTINUE READING…
From the time that ESPN went on the air in 1979 and throughout it’s first decade of existence, they were broadcasting just about any kind of sporting event they could find. Motor sports was a CONTINUE READING…
As one of the hosts of Thrift Store Horde, rare VHS tapes are something I always look for at thrift stores. I’m always surprised at the selections we find each month that vary from rare CONTINUE READING…
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