For commercial television, 1985 was a year in which grossly inflated network miniseries, most notably ABC’s $25 million costume romp North and South, were overshadowed by more humble weekly forms. The ...

In 1985, World Wrestling Entertainment (then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF) was all over the pop culture landscape. Promoter Vince McMahon's bold plan to take the once-regional WWE ...

Moonlighting was created by writer Glenn Gordon Caron. Willis played David Addison, and Shepherd played Maddie Hayes. Shepherd’s character is a former model who becomes a victim of embezzlement thanks ...

Michael Nesmith in Television Parts is a summer TV series run by NBC in 1985. It was a 30-minute comedy-variety series created by Michael Nesmith as a continuation of his Grammy Award-winning video ...

The American show Ghost Asylum (2014–16) is one egregious standout. It follows a burly band of brothers who have the absurd ...

Exhaustive 13-part survey of the television medium from its hesitant beginnings in the 1920s to the multi-million dollar extravaganzas of today and the cable and satellite technologies of the future ...