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
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how The Goldbergs' spinoff initially failed, but the backdoor pilot aired anyways, and eventually became a series!
In a look at early "test runs" for future pieces of pop culture, see how Mr. Bean did Friends' "head in a turkey" gag almost six years earlier!
In the latest "Just a Reminder," Brian reminds folks that there are no "purity tests" when it comes to whether someone is a victim of abuse or not.