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Judging the past by present standards is genuinely unfair most of the time. Television made decades ago answered to a completely different audience, with different assumptions and a different sense of what counted as edgy versus cruel. And yet the fact that so much of it wouldn’t clear a modern pitch meeting proves something real:…

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Cop dramas have existed from virtually the moment television began. “Barney Blake, Police Reporter,” premiered in 1948 and embraced a crime-of-the-week formula that would become a staple of the genre. “Stand By For Crime” premiered in 1949; Whereas the previous show established a key trend, this one’s approach was a bit of a dead end. The series aired…

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For decades, television creators have dipped into the world of the paranormal to find stories and create larger-than-life characters who tackle the unknown mysteries that lie beyond the veil.

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Few shows, especially in recent years, have enchanted both children and parents alike in the way that “Bluey” has. The Australian kids’ series premiered in 2018, following the day-to-day adventures of a family of Australian cattle dogs. Across three seasons and over 150 episodes, main character Bluey’s childhood is fueled by her parents’ encouragement of imaginative…

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Netflix has been home to some of the most successful shows of the streaming era, like “Stranger Things,” as well as top documentaries such as “Tiger King” and “Wild Wild Country.” However, there are plenty of great shows that never quite get the mainstream attention or acclaim they deserve and end up lost in the near-infinite library…

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There’s something so comforting about a classic Western, partly because they fit a reliable formula. They take place, typically, in the American south, and they focus on outlaws, local sheriffs and farmers, and other characters that have stood the test of time. So if you have a Paramount+ subscription, what should you watch if you’re…

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If you’ve never watched “Lioness,” Taylor Sheridan’s espionage thriller that debuted in 2023 on Paramount+, you don’t know what you’re missing. A female-led series that features not one, not two, but three Oscar winners in its main cast — Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, and Morgan Freeman, specifically — “Lioness” centers around an all-female CIA team named…

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Whether you tuned into shows like “Friends,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” or “Frasier,” 90s television created lasting memories for many. However, looking back, there were certainly some not-so-realistic aspects of 90s TV shows that left viewers with misguided expectations about life.