by Kristian | Jun 24, 2020 | Television
This week Part-Time Fanboy continues its expedition into the eighties with a look at a very different kind of cop show that debuted in 1987. 21 Jump Street told the story of a squad of detectives who infiltrated high schools and colleges busting young adults and...
by Kristian | Jun 10, 2020 | Television
In 1984, almost a year to the day that the original mini-series debuted, NBC television aired the much-anticipated sequel to V. The original series had ended in a bit of an open ended fashion with Earth resistance fighters still locked in a struggle with the invading...
by Kristian | May 27, 2020 | Horror, Television
In May of 1983 the TV watching public would be treated to a television event unlike any they had ever seen before. Television mega-producer, director, and writer Kenneth Johnson (the man behind the creation of The Bionic Woman, The original live-action Incredible Hulk...
by Kristian | May 20, 2020 | Television
When Star Wars debuted in 1977 to blockbuster success the rest of Hollywood moved in to cash in on its good fortune. Television producer Glen A. Larson was one of the first to try and capitalize on the success of George Lucas’s space operatic debut, first with...
by Kristian | May 13, 2020 | Comics, Television
In the early eighties, decades before there would be a Marvel Cinematic Universe, television mega-producer Stephen J. Cannell was given the task of producing a superhero TV show. Cannell, not being a comic book fan himself and having no real desire to work on a...
by Kristian | Apr 23, 2020 | Television
Almost two months ago the latest season of Doctor Who ended with a tenth episode that rocked the Who-verse. The series finale of the Doctor’s twelfth series saw a change in the status quo for the show the likes of which it hadn’t seen since, well, The...
