top tv shows NEVER MADE...
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Eh, in this TL Voyager would just be about staying at a Skylab/ISS station with some stories about shuttle launches and splashdown recovery. No need to involve aliens.
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This Old House (1968-2005)
Set in an abandoned grandiose home, this semi-documentary series watches the evolution of both the neighborhood around it as well as the core human drama within. Runaway teenagers, drug addicts, the mentally ill, and various other outcasts gather at the largely underground old mansion near downtown San Francisco for security amidst a turbulent world. From the Chicago Riots to the beginning of the Iraq War, in a few cases three generations of the same family are seen adapting to the turbulent conditions of the underbelly of a city awash in ever-increasing wealth as real estate investors eye the property with ever-hungrier eyes until a landmark court case allows the property to be claimed under eminent domain by the city despite the owner refusing to sell.
Set in an abandoned grandiose home, this semi-documentary series watches the evolution of both the neighborhood around it as well as the core human drama within. Runaway teenagers, drug addicts, the mentally ill, and various other outcasts gather at the largely underground old mansion near downtown San Francisco for security amidst a turbulent world. From the Chicago Riots to the beginning of the Iraq War, in a few cases three generations of the same family are seen adapting to the turbulent conditions of the underbelly of a city awash in ever-increasing wealth as real estate investors eye the property with ever-hungrier eyes until a landmark court case allows the property to be claimed under eminent domain by the city despite the owner refusing to sell.
Crossroads, (ITV - 1964 to 1992), Crossroads was the most successful British History Program ever produced. Originally rejected by the BBC, it was offered to LWT, (London Weekend Television), who, unusually for a light entertainment channel, cut no corners on this serious historical documentary. Focussing more on the social and economic history of Britain, the first series ran for 12 episodes, airing from October to Christmas 1964. Seeing the educational benefits of the show, and inline with the Robbins Report, Michael Stewart, (Later Lord Stewart of Fulham), and his successor, Anthony Crossland began government funding of the show to the tune of £500 per episode, (around £10,000 today). This was later increased to £700 by Janet (Jennie) Lee, (later Baroness Lee of Asheridge), when the funding was taken over by the Ministry of Arts.
From the third series, Crossroads found itself part of the Social History Degree lectures from the Open University, with the original series moving to BBC2 as part of its OU programming.
The show courted significant controversy around the 20th series, (1984-85), when it began a very critical look at the British Empire and the inequities inherent in the administration, particularly in India and Africa, (the episode covering the Mau Mau uprising and the activities of the British establishment in it's suppression was originally only shown the following year as part of the OU course as it was seen as too controversial for mainstream television. It was broadcast in 1998 under licence as part of Channel 4's BANNED series), which drew it into direct conflict with right wing elements of the Thatcher Government and noted personalities such as Norris McWhirter and founder of the SAS, Sir David Stirling. The production survived the scandal but did not tone down it's examinations of history. This led to a reduction in government subsidy of the show, (at it's height in the early 1980's of over £5000 per episode), to around £1000 per episode in FY 88/89.
The final series, originally broadcast in summer of 1992, reexamined previous shows and treated them as "Crossroads" themselves to examine the change in attitudes towards British History since the first broadcast in 1964.
With the show's demise, no popular history shows were broadcast outside of OU lectures until Channel 4 began showing Time Team with host Rowan Atkinson in 1995.
From the third series, Crossroads found itself part of the Social History Degree lectures from the Open University, with the original series moving to BBC2 as part of its OU programming.
The show courted significant controversy around the 20th series, (1984-85), when it began a very critical look at the British Empire and the inequities inherent in the administration, particularly in India and Africa, (the episode covering the Mau Mau uprising and the activities of the British establishment in it's suppression was originally only shown the following year as part of the OU course as it was seen as too controversial for mainstream television. It was broadcast in 1998 under licence as part of Channel 4's BANNED series), which drew it into direct conflict with right wing elements of the Thatcher Government and noted personalities such as Norris McWhirter and founder of the SAS, Sir David Stirling. The production survived the scandal but did not tone down it's examinations of history. This led to a reduction in government subsidy of the show, (at it's height in the early 1980's of over £5000 per episode), to around £1000 per episode in FY 88/89.
The final series, originally broadcast in summer of 1992, reexamined previous shows and treated them as "Crossroads" themselves to examine the change in attitudes towards British History since the first broadcast in 1964.
With the show's demise, no popular history shows were broadcast outside of OU lectures until Channel 4 began showing Time Team with host Rowan Atkinson in 1995.
Miami Vice (1975-2001)
Semi-documentary series about illegal immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, and elsewhere in different parts of the city. Ten different families are tracked at the start, by the end it is twenty-five. Six 'make it out' (two luxuriously so, only one member of one family ever returns to visit), four come close only to suffer a death or addiction in the family at a key point, three die out altogether, and the rest manage to get by. From the Cocaine Cowboy era to Mariel, from Hurricane Andrew to the AIDS epidemic and the real estate booms of the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, the vibrant multicultural landscape of Miami, Coral Gables, Kendall, Doral, and Homestead are brought to vivid life as rarely done before and not often since. Won over two dozen awards, especially in the ealry 80s and early 90s, before being pulled due to increasing controversy about showing that much unfiltered real life on television.
Semi-documentary series about illegal immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, and elsewhere in different parts of the city. Ten different families are tracked at the start, by the end it is twenty-five. Six 'make it out' (two luxuriously so, only one member of one family ever returns to visit), four come close only to suffer a death or addiction in the family at a key point, three die out altogether, and the rest manage to get by. From the Cocaine Cowboy era to Mariel, from Hurricane Andrew to the AIDS epidemic and the real estate booms of the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, the vibrant multicultural landscape of Miami, Coral Gables, Kendall, Doral, and Homestead are brought to vivid life as rarely done before and not often since. Won over two dozen awards, especially in the ealry 80s and early 90s, before being pulled due to increasing controversy about showing that much unfiltered real life on television.
Mighty peculiar names for Earthlings serving in the navy.
If it's Sea Trek, why not make it an experimental submarine or something ?
Awesome paraphrase.
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Quark and Rom would most likely be nicknames. Quark might be so named because he's fast. Speaks a mile a minute, and runs even faster...Mighty peculiar names for Earthlings serving in the navy.
Rom, on the other hand, might be of Italian extraction, and a Romanophile, with all sorts of trivia on the Roman Empire...
Now and Again (1999-2000) - Newsmagazine about the events of people who were now and again.
The Neighbours.
Black family moves into typical suburban neighbourhood in America. V white picket fence, churchgoing neighbourhood. At first the black family is treated as outsiders until it becomes obvious they are culturally conservatively similar, esp when compared to the one white liberal family people shun.
Show was considered very boring until mid way through s1 when it was revealed the liberal family where also gay and out, complaints about stereotypes began to come in. Then the season ended with the reveal to the audience that the black family where werewolves.
S2 had much higher ratings. Typical suburban stuff went on but with an increase in background horror and secrets. At mid point the Lycanthropes secret is nearly exposed but the dead cat is blamed on ‘those pagan liberals’. In the finale the liberals find out the secret and call in a werewolf hunter.
S3 saw the hunter try to rally the local vs the black lycanthropes only to find the community protected them, even after the secret is revealed
“Done nothing to us”
“Drive out the freaks over there, leave these god faring types alone.”
“Better black werewolves than them…”
At mid-point it was discovered the hunter was not only a lesbian, but also a vampire and a mob was formed. In the finale the mob marches on the liberal house, and a vampire vs werewolf battle takes place even as the liberal are forced out of town.
A complex show that used real and imaged horror to weave a narrative about acceptance, racism, community sheep, and dumb attitudes. Also a rare show wherein the reactionary forces ‘win’.
The Neighbours would win a lot of awards and the shows creator has refused all attempts at a sequel.
Black family moves into typical suburban neighbourhood in America. V white picket fence, churchgoing neighbourhood. At first the black family is treated as outsiders until it becomes obvious they are culturally conservatively similar, esp when compared to the one white liberal family people shun.
Show was considered very boring until mid way through s1 when it was revealed the liberal family where also gay and out, complaints about stereotypes began to come in. Then the season ended with the reveal to the audience that the black family where werewolves.
S2 had much higher ratings. Typical suburban stuff went on but with an increase in background horror and secrets. At mid point the Lycanthropes secret is nearly exposed but the dead cat is blamed on ‘those pagan liberals’. In the finale the liberals find out the secret and call in a werewolf hunter.
S3 saw the hunter try to rally the local vs the black lycanthropes only to find the community protected them, even after the secret is revealed
“Done nothing to us”
“Drive out the freaks over there, leave these god faring types alone.”
“Better black werewolves than them…”
At mid-point it was discovered the hunter was not only a lesbian, but also a vampire and a mob was formed. In the finale the mob marches on the liberal house, and a vampire vs werewolf battle takes place even as the liberal are forced out of town.
A complex show that used real and imaged horror to weave a narrative about acceptance, racism, community sheep, and dumb attitudes. Also a rare show wherein the reactionary forces ‘win’.
The Neighbours would win a lot of awards and the shows creator has refused all attempts at a sequel.
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Spy and A Family
Created by Peludus Endo as a Netflix original, it is a comedic historical fiction TV Show set in Cold War East Berlin during the The sixties. An American spy codenamed Twilight (Henry Cavill) adopts a mysterious girl named Anya to infiltrate a prestigious school made up of the sons and daughters of the East German elites. Unknown to him, his daughter is a psychic who escaped from a government lab. Soon, he quickly marries a sweet girl named Yor, but in secret, she is a super-assassin working for the Stasi. The series was praised for its excellent blend of unique comedy and action.
Created by Peludus Endo as a Netflix original, it is a comedic historical fiction TV Show set in Cold War East Berlin during the The sixties. An American spy codenamed Twilight (Henry Cavill) adopts a mysterious girl named Anya to infiltrate a prestigious school made up of the sons and daughters of the East German elites. Unknown to him, his daughter is a psychic who escaped from a government lab. Soon, he quickly marries a sweet girl named Yor, but in secret, she is a super-assassin working for the Stasi. The series was praised for its excellent blend of unique comedy and action.
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What's the point of this?
And y'all do know the number of pages this is now, right?
And y'all do know the number of pages this is now, right?