In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian explains how the scarcity of good roles for Black actors led to Gunsmoke getting basically a "who's who" of Black actors for...
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In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian looks at Gunsmoke's surprisingly bleak episode, "The Cabin."
In a new feature looking at bizarre but good pop culture shows, movies and songs, Brian looks at the episode of Gunsmoke where the producers tried to make us think Chuck Connors was bigger...
In a feature spotlighting character actors who routinely do strong guest appearances on TV series, Brian spotlights five fine TV performances by Brock Peters
In a feature looking at recurring themes in pop culture, Brian spotlights five long-running TV shows that split their series into two separate syndication packages, with the two packages being different enough that it's...
We continue our countdown of Brian's favorite 1970s Christmas TV episodes with 1971's "P.S. Murry Christmas" from Gunsmoke
In the newest Pop Culture Theme Time, I'm looking for who you think is the greatest recurring TV character.
In a feature looking at recurring themes in pop culture, Brian spotlights five TV episodes that inadvertently became quasi-backdoor pilots for spinoff series.
In a column on pop culture "pet peeves" of his, Brian complains about how long-running shows never seem to actually use their actual history when bringing back characters with grudges
The classic television channel, MeTV, has changed the game in terms of classic television by actually showing ALL of the episodes of its shows