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Failed 80s TV Pilots and Spin-Offs You Never Saw

14+ hour, 19+ min ago  (642+ words) The 1980s were obsessed with high concepts. Networks gambled on glossy action shows, fantasy epics, spin-offs of prestige hits, and experimental comedies. Some became icons. Others vanished almost immediately. These were real attempts. Produced pilots. Spin-offs that aired. Expensive network bets…...

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Whatever Happened to the Mid-Budget Adult Drama?

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (794+ words) For decades, Hollywood was built around a simple but reliable idea. Not every movie needed to be a spectacle. Some films existed to tell grounded stories about adult lives, adult problems, and adult emotions. They were not cheap, but they…...

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The Best Romantic Comedies of the 1960s

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (564+ words) Here are the best romantic comedies of the 1960s that still hold up today. Doris Day and Rock Hudson helped define the modern romcom template in this story of two feuding New Yorkers who share a party line. The innuendo is…...