Tag: Bonanza
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This Hit Western Show Was Actually a Spin-Off
There have been plenty of hit TV shows that have either been direct spin-offs of already existing characters or have had backdoor pilots air as lone stories in anthology series — the latter being true for the hit ’50s and ’60s Western series The Rifleman. And while The Rifleman wasn’t exactly Bonanza or Gunsmoke, it…
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How Western TV Show ‘Bonanza’ Was Ahead of Its Time
Before the 21st century, there weren’t many shows that made big attempts to be progressive in any fashion, except Bonanza — a show that was way ahead of its time! That’s right, this beloved Western TV show ran from 1959 to 1973, airing all through the height of the Civil Rights Movement, and the ’60s…
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Why So Many ’90s Shows Became Totally Different After Changing Networks
For audiences, television is entertainment, but for the companies behind the scenes, TV is big business. From the late ’20s through the early ’80s, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) had no lasting competition and they ruled the television landscape. In their heyday, the big three produced loads…
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Clu Gulager, Horror Character Actor and ‘Return of the Living Dead’ Star, Dead at 93
Clu Gulager, the character actor who famously played Burt in “The Return of the Living Dead” and Mr. Walsh in “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” among hundreds of other credits, has died at the age of 93.Gulager was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma in 1928. His legal name was William Martin Gulager, but…
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The John Wayne Classic Mia Farrow Thinks Is Her Biggest Career Mistake
Long before the Coen Brothers brought Charles Portis’ novel “True Grit” to the screen in 2010, its first film adaptation came in 1969, with Hal B. Wallis producing and Henry Hathaway directing. Recognizing that the book had strong cinematic potential, actor John Wayne encouraged the involvement of both men. To round out the decades-old talent…
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Stranger Things Season 4 Promo Teases The Arrival Of Robert Englund’s Victor Creel
Netflix’s Tudum event is coming at us whether we want it or not tomorrow, but that hasn’t stopped the official “Stranger Things” Twitter account from giving us some clues about season 4 today. Those clues come in the form of a 12-second teaser that includes microfiche images of a 1959 newspaper chronicling a murder in Hawkins.…
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William Blinn, ‘Starsky & Hutch’ Creator and ‘Purple Rain’ Writer, Dies at 83
William Blinn, a longtime writer responsible for “Purple Rain” and “Starsky & Hutch,” died on Thursday. He was 83.Blinn passed away due to natural causes at an assisted living facility in Burbank, his daughter, Anneliese Johnson, told multiple media outlets.Blinn enjoyed a four-decade career where, along with penning the script for the Prince-starring film, he…