Was there ever a great show that peaked for as short a time as Designing Women ? It’s undeniably a classic — beautifully acted, frequently w...

Continuing my alphabetical look back at the actors who’ve played companions on Doctor Who . This latest set turned out to be a bit of a love...

My annual year in review, following overviews of 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 and 2018 . 2019 was a ridiculously good year for televis...

This entry began as The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 3, but honestly, I’ve written so many long essays lately, I needed a change of pace, a...

In an essay in the summer of 2018 , I looked at the actors who've played the title role in Doctor Who , and judged their best and worst ...

I’d never seen an episode of Star Trek — in any of its incarnations — before last spring. At that time, BBC America typically ran eight-hou...

When I did my Classic Who countdown in the summer of 2017, I noted that many of my favorite stories remain missing. And I quoted a Whovian...

My annual TV year-in-review, the key difference this year being that the essay is ten months late. But truth be told, when I finished my fin...

The final installment of a four-part series , this latest set constitutes #15-20 of my “top-10” one-season wonders: a numerical oxymoron tha...

A set of seven underrated Classic Who serials that I consider worth revisiting, one for each Doctor. The series commences with " Termi...