Television Turmoil is a look at the worst and weirdest series to make their way onto the small screen. For the past two decades, CBS has remained at or near the top of the broadcast network game thanks to a mix of catering to a slowly aging audience and sticking to a mostly rigid formula […]
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Television Turmoil: Automan deserved a better setting for its super-heroics
Television Turmoil is a look at the worst and weirdest series to make their way onto the small screen. It’s hard to say exactly where we would be in terms of special effects without the influence of Tron. The 1982 Disney feature was a modest success at the box office, but quickly captured the imagination of […]
Television Turmoil: Cop Rock has a song in its heart, but no one is listening
Television Turmoil is a look at the worst and weirdest series to make their way onto the small screen. For good or for ill, police procedurals have been an integral part of the TV landscape from the beginning. From the scare tactics of Dragnet to the modern cop apologia found in shows like Blue Bloods, police officers have always […]
Television Turmoil: Shasta McNasty is all shock with no value
Television Turmoil is a look at the worst and weirdest series to make their way onto the small screen. The 90s were a period of enormous growth for television. The rise of cable caused an explosion of channels attempting to cater to specific interests and age groups. It wasn’t just cable networks attempting to expand […]
Television Turmoil: Manimal’s bad title and worse special effects made it a tough sell
Television Turmoil is a look at the worst and weirdest series to make their way onto the small screen. While it’s often overlooked, the title of a work does a lot of the heavy lifting with our first impressions. A bad or misunderstood name can immediately give a potential audience the wrong idea (just ask Cougar […]