The writer of Dirty Dancing specifically included the abortion plotline because she feared the eventuality of today's Supreme Court ruling.
In the newest Pop Culture Theme Time, I'm looking to see what TV "ships" that you never quite got.
We look at how the success of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill (Deal With God" is showing the continued oddity of the U.S. singles charts this year.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Steve McQueen's star-making TV role, Wanted...Dead or Alive, spun out of a show that is mostly forgotten today.
The constant confusion people had telling James Avery and Reginald VelJohnson apart led to a hilarious moment on the Family Matters set when the Fresh Prince patriarch showed up to surprise his fellow actor.
In a spotlight on pop culture retcons that 'overturn' past stories, see how the origins of the Annabelle doll in The Conjuring universe were retconned along the way.
In the newest Pop Culture Theme Time, I want to know what you think was the best instance of a celebrity doing a cameo on a TV series playing exaggerated versions of themselves.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Richard Pryor and Lou Gossett Jr. almost spun off into their own TV series from The Partridge Family, of all shows
In a spotlight on pop culture retcons that 'overturn' past stories, see how Glee used a retcon to fix an early poor choice by the show, plot-wise.
In the newest Pop Culture Theme Time, I want to know what you think was the most ill-conceived romantic pairing of two regular characters on a TV sitcom