Over 7K TV viewers have voted on the 130+ shows on Best TV Shows Of The '60s, Ranked. Current Top 3: The Twilight Zone, Star Trek: The Original Series, The ...
Running the gamut of tropes, we've seen witches, cults, haunted hotels, and more. With each season taking on a different spooky narrative, the Ryan Murphy series is creepy, compelling, and a little camp. Premiered: October 5, 2011 Dig Deeper The 22 Most Grotesque Things That Have ...
The TV. The box. The telly. The small screen. The television set (if you want to be formal). Call it what you want, we’re living in its golden age. Distant is the memory of a time where all you had was a fistful of channels on your nan’s terrestrial static magnet; now, you...
Futuramawasn’t necessarily revolutionary, but it did everything well. It poked fun at familiar tropes while feeling fairly familiar itself. It was a hi-fiSimpsonswith a loveable sitcom cast. It was funny, but not paralyzingly so, and emotional, but not disturbingly so. It was, simply, a ...
A third is a parody on "The Twilight Zone", what's funny is how much the episode breaks the fourth wall and pokes fun at all of the cleches and tropes that go on in that show.Beetlejuice is a tasty drink of hilarity and fun.Rating: 4 stars Helpful•2 0 ...
1.Action tropes, spoofed The more you’ve seen of James Bond and other 1960s spy thrillers, the more you can enjoyGet Smart‘s parody of the genre. The show’s spoofs actually go beyond the spy genre to incorporate just about every variety of action cliche that turns up in mid-century...
The predominantly Jewish comedians of the so-called Borscht Belt developed a brash gag-filled monologue style that played on familiar comic tropes—the bossy mother-in-law, the henpecked husband—exemplified by Henny Youngman’s famous line “Take my wife—please.” Yet the comedian who probably...
(Image credit: The CW) Age rating:TV-PG Seasons:9 Runtime:~45 minute episodes Main cast:Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, and Carlos Valdes Creators:Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns, and Andrew Kreisberg RT score:89% Recommended by ...
Predating The Twilight Zone by four years, the Master of Suspense brought this nightmarish anthology show to terrified viewers in 1955. While Hitchcock only directed 18 episodes of the series which would run for a decade, he was heavily involved in its production, including his famously dry intr...
With 12 seasons so far, it’s clear that there’s enduring interest in the FX series, and it’s easy to see why.American Horror Storyportrays unflinching explorations of familiar horror tropes and presents a wildly entertaining blend of psychological and supernatural terror. While reception to it...