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We love the ’80s and we’re not ashamed to say it.

If you weren’t alive during the most epic era ever — here’s looking at you, Gen Zers — you missed out on some great TV, especially if you’re a science fiction buff.

From AI cars and furry alien creatures to time travel and horror-filled galaxy expeditions, originality reigned supreme during the ’80s.

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At the time, it was quality over quantity.

We didn’t have streaming services like Netflix and Peacock.

We just had good old satellite and cable TV.

Let’s revisit some of our favorite sci-fi series from the 80s.

Star Trek: The Next Generation – 1987 (CBS/Screenshot)

Star Trek: The Next Generation was the third series in the Star Trek franchise. It debuted in 1987 and quickly became a hit with viewers.

The series is set in the late 24th century, with Earth as part...

Plot: In this six-episode dark comedic series, Tom Segura navigates unthinkable situations and fantasies within a cinematic world.

Review: Tom Segura likes messed-up humor. The comedian and podcaster has made a career by telling relatable yet slightly intrusive jokes. Along with his contemporaries Bill Burr and Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura’s brand of comedy is shockingly honest and shockingly blunt yet delivered in a way that makes you think as hard as you are laughing. Segura also loves the scope and scale of cinema and has channeled that into his new series, Bad Thoughts. A collection of loosely connected short films unified by episodic themes, Bad Thoughts is for fans of ambitious comedic series like Key & Peele, Louie, Better Things, and Dave, but through a twisted lens reminiscent of The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror. Hilarious and deeply disturbing at the same time, Bad Thoughts will have you laughing...

Before Burt Reynolds went on to have a legendary and illustrious career on the silver screen, he first made his reputation doing television. He appeared in a myriad of shows between 1959 and 1972. He had one-episode roles in such classic shows as "The Twilight Zone," Erle Stanley Gardner's "Perry Mason," and Lee Marvin's "M Squad." Yet one of his most memorable recurring roles was arguably in Charles Marquis Warren's western drama, "Gunsmoke" (based on John Meston and Norman Macdonnell's radio series of the same name), which ran on CBS for an outstanding 20 (!) years between 1955 and 1975. Compared to today's TV Westerns, which are lucky if they last more than two seasons, that's an astonishing accomplishment for the unapologetically honest series.

Out of those 20 seasons, Reynolds starred in three, from 1962 to 1965, as Quint Asper, a half-white and half-Comanche blacksmith, introduced as the member of Angela Clarke's Topsanah's tribe...

Michael B. Jordan made an appearance at Amazon’s upfront presentation on Monday, unveiling the first television series connected to the Creed franchise. Titled Delphi, the series has been ordered by Prime Video and will explore the lives of young fighters training at the Delphi gym.

The new series expands the Creed film world, originally built around the son of Rocky character Apollo Creed. Jordan, who portrayed Adonis Creed across three films, will executive produce Delphi through his Outlier Society banner. Marco Ramirez, whose credits include The Defenders and Daredevil, has been named showrunner. Ramirez joins Jordan and Liz Raposo as executive producers for Outlier Society. Irwin, David, and Charles Winkler will also produce under Winkler Films, maintaining continuity from the film series.

No casting or release schedule has been announced. Prime Video will distribute the series in more than 240 countries and territories.

Jordan took the stage at New York...

Prime Video has ordered a new TV series set in the “Creed” universe from Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society.

The series, titled “Delphi,” marks the first live-action series extension of the “Creed” universe, focusing on young boxers at the Delphi gym. The announcement of the new series was made as a part of Amazon’s second annual upfront presentation on Monday.

Marco Ramirez will serve as showrunner for “Delphi,” and will executive produce the show alongside Jordan and Liz Raposo, who executive produce for Outlier Society, as well as Winkler Films’ Irwin Winkler, David Winkler and Charles Winkler.

“Delphi” will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, though a release date and casting has not yet been announced.

“Creed,” a spin-off of the “Rocky” film series centered on the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed, includes three films, with “Creed III” most recently debuting in...

The world of “Creed” is officially expanding into television.

Amazon Prime Video has ordered the drama series “Delphi,” which is set in the gym featured in the “Creed” film franchise. Exact plot details are under wraps, but the show is said to follow young boxers who train at the gym.

The announcement was made as part of Amazon’s upfronts presentation to advertisers in New York on Monday night at the Beacon Theater.

Marco Ramirez will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the series. “Creed” star Michael B. Jordan will executive produce under his Outlier Society banner along with Liz Raposo. Winkler Films’ Irwin Winkler, David Winkler, and Charles Winkler also executive produce.

In the “Creed” films, which are themselves an offshoot of the “Rocky” franchise, the Delphi Gym is operated by Tony “Little Duke” Evers Jr., the son of Apollo Creed’s longtime trainer Tony “Duke” Evers. Wood Harris...

The horror genre has produced lots of great TV shows throughout the years, with many dating back to the earliest days of television. Even now, fans of fright fare can still enjoy the many excellent episodes of "The Twilight Zone" and check out the lesser-known horror anthology series Rod Serling made afterward -- to name but a couple examples of the classics that are readily available for your viewing anxiety. Unfortunately, some old shows are lost in the fogs of time -- similar to the spirits that haunt people in their stories -- and will never see the light of day again. This brings us to "Late Night Horror," an obscure British anthology series from the 1960s that was allegedly purged for being too controversial.

As documented by Atlas Obscura, "Late Night Horror" hit the airwaves in 1968, producing six episodes in total. Similar to "The Twilight Zone," the series is...

Denise Alexander has sadly passed away.

The actress, known for her role as Dr. Lesley Webber on General Hospital, died at 85 due to natural causes at the home of a nephew in Boulder, Col., her stepson Anthony Colla confirmed to THR.

Denise Alexander, who performed in thousands of radio episodes and on The Twilight Zone as a youngster before starring in two long stints as Dr. Lesley Webber on General Hospital, has died. She was 85.

She also spent more than six years playing Susan Hunter Martin on NBC’s Days of Our Lives, starting in 1966 while in college.

She moved to General Hospital as Dr. Lesley Williams in March 1973, and worked there for the next 11 years. Her character was killed in an offscreen automobile accident in March 1984 amid contract disputes.

In August 1986, she returned to the soap world to play Bay City matriarch Mary McKinnon on NBC’s Another World...

Denise Alexander, who performed in thousands of radio episodes and on The Twilight Zone as a youngster before starring in two long stints as Dr. Lesley Webber on General Hospital, has died. She was 85.

Alexander died March 5 of natural causes at the home of a nephew in Boulder, Colorado, her stepson, Anthony Colla, told The Hollywood Reporter.

The daughter of a talent agent, Alexander had spent more than six years playing Susan Hunter Martin on NBC’s Days of Our Lives — she began in 1966 while in college — when G.H. producers at ABC heard that her contract had lapsed and began an “offer you can’t refuse situation,” she recalled in a 2010 interview for the website I Love Soaps.

She moved to Port Charles as Dr. Lesley Williams in March 1973, and over the next 11 years, her tough yet compassionate character would twice marry Dr. Rick Webber (Michael Gregory and then...

The bleak, dystopian world of "Black Mirror" induces a sense of fascination for a reason. Speculative fiction has always had a grasp over our imaginations, as these stories allow us to confront probable, uncomfortable futures from a safe distance. While some of these tales might feel a bit too outlandish for objective reality, the appeal lies in the luxury to flesh out these realities and measure them across the human spectrum. As "Black Mirror" roots such tropes into worlds that are very close to our own, the anxiety feels palpable. While these bite-sized stories might have lost their edge over time, they still compel and terrify, prompting us to engage with complex conundrums.

Charlie Brooker's "Black Mirror" recently released its seventh season, so it is no surprise that such a long-standing franchise has harbored plans to craft spin-off books based on its premise. In 2017, a three-book series was announced with Brooker acting as editor,...

Soap opera veteran Denise Alexander, best known for her starring roles on long-running sudsers General Hospital and Days of Our Lives, has died at the age of 85.

A mainstay in the soap world in the ’60s and ’70s, she portrayed Susan Hunter Martin on the NBC drama and Lesley Webber on the ABC series.

Alexander began her career in the 1950s, making her Broadway debut in The Children’s Hour. She made her film debut four years later and appeared as a frequent guest star on primetime television, including The Twilight Zone.

Embarking on her eventual soap stardom, the actress debuted in CBS’ short-lived sudser The Clear Horizon in 1960, after which she appeared in a 1962 unaired pilot for General Hospital, then titled Emergency Hospital. Three years later, she portrayed a minor character on the show, before returning in full force in 1973; this year also marked her exit from Days, to the...

In the "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." episode "The Project Strigas Affair", it's explained that Laslo Kurasov (Werner Klemperer from "Hogan's Heroes"), a Khrushchev-like diplomat from an unnamed Balkan state, is aiming to disrupt arms talks between the United States and nations behind the Iron Curtain. Agents Napoleon Solo (Robert Wagner) and Illya (David McCallum) are tasked with removing Laslo from his position without assassinating him (which would make him into a martyr). They instead concoct a very, very elaborate plan to embarrass Laslo and discredit him in the public eye. 

The plan begins with an agent from U.N.C.L.E. playacting his own death-by-stabbing in front of Laslo, yelling the cryptic (and made-up) phrase "Strigas YL893." This startles Laslo and causes him to assign his aide, a man named Vladeck (Leonard Nimoy), to investigate what that codeword might mean. U.N.C.L.E. secretly feeds Vladeck some fake information,...

General Hospital fans will remember Leslie Webber (Denise Alexander) not only as Laura Collins’ (Genie Francis) onscreen mother, but as Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson) rival. .

However, Leslie was also a Days Of Our Lives alum as well. Leslie also played Susan Hunter Martin on Days Of Our Lives as well.

Denise Alexander Was A Very Significant Part Of Daytime TV

Alexander stands out as one of the most important actresses from the 1960s and 1970s. Of course, Alexander hadn’t been seen on the show in some time.

However, she was 85 when she passed away. Alexander was born in New York City and began appearing as as child actor is things like Perry Mason and I remember Mama.

Denise had an amazing life making her Broadway debut in 1952, she starred as Evelyn Munn in The Children’s Hour. Later, at the age of 14, Alexander starred with Sal Mineo in Crime in the Streets.

Soap opera veteran Denise Alexander, best known as Lesley Webber on “General Hospital” and Susan Hunter Martin on “Days of Our Lives,” died on March 5. Her death has only now been revealed.

“I am so very sorry to hear of Denise Alexander’s passing. She broke barriers on-screen and off, portraying Dr. Lesley Webber – one of the first female doctors on Daytime Television – for nearly five decades,” “Gh” executive producer Frank Valentini said on social media. “It meant so much to have her reprise her role in recent years and I am honored to have had the opportunity to work with her. On behalf of the entire General Hospital family, I extend my heartfelt sympathies to her family, friends, and longtime fans. May she rest in peace.”

Alexander’s acting career dates back to the early 1950s when she made her Broadway debut in “The Children’s Hour” and guest starred...

General Hospital news reveals that there has been another loss to the ABC soap family. Denise Alexander, who played Lesley Webber, passed away on March 5, 2025. The actress was 85 years old. Genie Francis (Laura Collins) remembers her TV mom.

Denise Alexander Dead

On March 5, Denise died at the age of 85. Not much has been released about her passing. However, a lot of information is available about the star’s long and interesting life.

Remembering Lesley Webber

Denise was best-known for playing Lesley Webber on General Hospital. The character was Laura Collins’ (Genie Francis) mother. Laura paid a special tribute to her on-screen mom, and remembers the actress fondly.

About the Gh Star

Denise was born in New York City on November 11, 1939. Raised on Long Island, Alexander began acting as a young child. She appeared in Perry Como’s Chesterfield Supper Club in 1949.

Then, she got other primetime TV shows in the ‘50s and ‘60s.

Daytime veteran actress and General Hospital alum Denise Alexander died on March 5 at age 85.

Born To Be An Actress And Artist

Denise Alexander was born on November 11, 1939, in New York City, New York. Her father, Alec Alexander, was an agent of such notable talent as Frank Gorshin and Sal Mineo and made the move from the East Coast to the West Coast. She knew from an early age that she wanted to be an actress and began her career at age 12 on the TV series Armstrong Circle Theatre. Steady TV and Radio work followed.

Her younger years were marked with multiple appearances on classic television shows such as The Philco Television Playhouse, Kraft Theatre, Robert Montgomery Presents, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Father Knows Best, The Life of Riley, The Walter Winchell File, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, and The Danny Thomas Show.

Alexander graduated to more mature roles close to her...

Denise Alexander, best known for playing General Hospital‘s Lesley Webber, died on March 5 at 85. Born in New York City on November 11, 1939, and raised on Long Island, Alexander began acting as a child, appearing as Perry Como‘s daughter in Perry Como’s Chesterfield Supper Club in 1949 and other primetime series in the 1950s and ’60s, including Father Knows Best, The Danny Thomas Show, and The Twilight Zone. She made her first feature film, Crime in the Streets, starring John Cassavetes, at 14, and did her fair share of radio work from the age of 6, telling We Love Soaps TV in 2010, “My dad, at one point, counted up the number I had done, and it was 2,500 radio shows. You would get out of school and go from one show to the next. They were 15-minute or half-hour shows, and you would sit around the table, read the script, rehearse a couple of times,...

While being a part of Hollywood may be a dream for many, it is worth noting that filming a movie isn’t always all fun and games. What’s a better example of this than John Landis and Steven Spielberg’s 1983 movie, Twilight Zone: The Movie? While the movie opened to mixed reviews, it remains one of the most memorable titles in Tinseltown, albeit for all the wrong reasons.

After an unfortunate accident took place on the set of Twilight Zone, the movie not only ended up with injured team members, but three dead actors – Vic Morrow and two child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who were just seven and six years old. Here’s everything there is to know about the accident that will always remain a stain on Hollywood’s legacy.

What happened on the set of Twilight Zone? Vic Morrow in Twilight Zone: The Movie...

Prolific mystery author Harlan Coben is moving into Rod Serling territory. He’s set to host an unscripted true crime series for CBS dubbed “Harlan Coben’s Final Twist.”

The hourlong series will feature the scribe taking audiences “through gripping tales of murder, high-profile crimes and life-altering surprises, each meticulously unraveled to reveal hidden truths, deceptions and lies. With exclusive interviews and never-before-seen archival materials, the series will provide an in-depth look at stories where nothing is as it seems,” per CBS’ series description. “Final Twist” is slated to bow as a midseason replacement during the 2025-26 season between fall and spring seasons of “Survivor.”

The series hails from Final Twist Productions, All Rise Films, Triage Entertainment and See It Now Studios. Jeff Zimbalist is executive producer and showrunner. Also executive producing are Coben and Ben Coben for Final Twist Productions, Stu Schreiberg for Triage Entertainment and Susan Zirinsky and...

Six months ago, we heard that Idw Publishing, a company known for bringing us comic books based on popular established properties like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Trek, Godzilla, and others, were launching a new line of comics called Idw Dark, which would specialize in horror stories. It was also announced that in addition to featuring original horror stories, the Idw Dark line would include titles based on Paramount Pictures horror properties like Smile, A Quiet Place, Event Horizon, The Twilight Zone, Sleepy Hollow, and more. Now, Variety has revealed that Idw will begin publishing a comic book series called Event Horizon: Dark Descent in August, and this series will serve as a prequel to director Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1997 sci-fi horror film Event Horizon!

The five-issue series will embrace the hard-r rating of the movie and take place before the events of the film, telling the story of the...

CBS made a critical error canceling The Challenge USA spinoff, which merged the reality TV worlds of CBS and MTV.

Season 2 further expanded upon this, as some of The Challenge’s most memorable and entertaining stars entered the fray, immediately battling to survive amongst CBS personalities.

Despite having the likes of Johnny Bananas, Wes Bergmann, and Amanda Garcia mixed in with stars from Amazing Race, Big Brother, and Survivor, USA ended after that second season.

The Challenge USA needed to continue, as we believe there was much more life left in this spinoff concept that fans would’ve loved to see.

(CBS/Best screengrab) USA 2 Pitted The Challenge’s Heavy Hitters vs CBS Stars

While Season 1 featured only CBS reality TV stars, The Challenge USA Season 2 brought in six MTV OGs: Bananas, Amanda, Wes, Cory Wharton, Tori Deal, and Jonna Mannion.

The Rookie Season 7 Episode 17 Is Entertaining, But It Doesn...

Event Horizon was considered a critical and commercial failure upon its release in 1997, but the cosmic horror film has since developed a cult following large enough to warrant a comic book prequel series.

Variety reports that Event Horizon: Dark Descent will launch its first of five issues releasing on August 20 via Idw Publishing.

Taking place prior to the film’s 2047 setting, the comic will uncover what really happened to Captain Kilpack and the first Event Horizon crew as their ship journeyed across a nightmarish realm of torments beyond imagining.

At the helm are writer Christian Ward (Batman: City of Madness), artist Tristan Jones (Aliens: Defiance), and colorist Pip Martin (That Texas Blood).

Issue #1 features a primary cover by Jeffrey Alan Love, variant covers by Ward, Martin Simmonds, and Joshua Hixson, a foil art variant of Ward’s cover, and a sketch cover.

“It’s a huge privilege to be handed...

Almost 30 years after it spooked cinemagoers in 1997, Paramount’s cult horror “Event Horizon” is getting its first expansion.

Rather than hitting screens, however, “Event Horizon: Dark Descent” is an official comic book prequel series from Idw Publishing, with the first issue hitting shelves in August.

The five-part series will, according to the publishers, “embrace the hard-r rating” of the movie and “terrifying cinematic universe” created by director Paul W.S. Anderson and writer Philip Eisner. Taking place before the events of the film, the comics will tell the story of the final fate of the original Event Horizon crew and ask, what really happened to Captain Kilpack and the first crew as their ship journeyed across a nightmarish realm of torments beyond imagining?

At the helm for “Event Horizon: Dark Descent” are a crew of acclaimed comic book creators, including multiple Eisner Award-winner Christian Ward (writer of “Batman: City of Madness...

The Twilight Zone is a classic for many reasons, one of which is that Rod Serling was a genius at hiding social messaging in sci-fi and fantasy stories.

When the anthology series began, Serling had discovered that themes such as the danger of scapegoating and the importance of standing up to authority weren’t welcome if he wrote about them directly, but if he told allegories about people in other worlds or other times, he got a different reception.

Could the The Twilight Zone work today? I’d like to think so, but the world is so politically divided that it’s hard to say with any certainty.

(Screenshot/CBS) How The Twilight Zone Used Science Fiction For Social Messaging

The Twilight Zone was one of the first anthology series — arguably, American Horror Story and similar shows wouldn’t exist without the Twilight Zone doing it first.

However, this series...

Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg are two legends who made their mark in the industry as prolific filmmakers who have crafted some of the most influential films of the past few decades. While Eastwood never collaborated with Spielberg as an actor, he has directed several projects under Spielberg’s production ventures.

One of the most underrated collaborations of the duo is Spielberg’s TV series Amazing Stories. The anthology show, which followed along the lines of The Twilight Zone, saw Eastwood direct one romantic horror episode starring Harvey Keitel and Sondra Locke, written by Spielberg. The series was revived in 2020 by Apple TV+.

Clint Eastwood’s TV collaboration with Steven Spielberg on Amazing Stories is one of the books Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven | Credits: Warner Bros.

Clint Eastwood got his breakthrough on TV with the Western show Rawhide, after which he went on to star in Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy.

If you’re looking for an epic battle between different factions for Manhattan, then The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 Episode 1 was the episode you’ve been waiting for.

For some reason, Maggie and Negan’s paths are continually intertwined, and there’s a good chance they’ll be fighting on the same side again by the end of the season.

We’ll start with Maggie and The Bricks because a lot has happened since The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 1 Episode 6 wrapped on a hopeful note for the community.

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The revelation that Perlie forced The Bricks was surprising because it harkens back to The Commonwealth on The Walking Dead Season 11.

Maggie is the last person to want to be part of something like New Babylon after the physical and mental torment her people went through at the hands of The Commonwealth.

(Robert Clark/AMC)

Dictators are everything Maggie is against,...

Leo Sharf was always going to be a problem, and Tracker has been setting us up for it since the minute we met him.

But how he’d get himself, or Reenie, into some trouble was to be determined until Tracker Season 2 Episode 19, when his assistant went missing, and Colter got caught up in corporate retaliation.

Or so he thought.

(Sergei Bachlakov/CBS)

Nothing is ever as it seems on Tracker, and we’ve heard the name Sheldon Grimes so many times that our brains were programmed to believe he was the one behind Francie’s kidnapping.

It made the most sense on the surface since Leo had unceremoniously ousted Sheldon from the new company, and he did so in a way that wasn’t exactly nice or professional.

CBS Cancels Hits — Because Who Needs Viewers, Right?by Paul Dailly Fire Country Killing Off Billy Burke’s Vince Is a...

If Dee Wallace didn’t stand up to Steven Spielberg, E.T. could’ve wanted to do more than just go home.

In a recent appearance on the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast, Wallace, who played Elliot’s mother Mary in the immortal 1982 classic, said there was an axed side plot in the film for a romance between her character and the titular alien.

“There’s a whole B story in ‘E.T.’ about E.T. having a love affair with Mary, a love crush on Mary,” she said. “And there’s little bits of it left in there.”

She continued, “There was a scene where he came in to put Reese’s Pieces down on my bedside table as I’m asleep. Well, Spielberg wanted the sheet a little lower than I was comfortable with.”

Wallce explained that she took her grievances up with Spielberg directly, arguing to maintain the family-friendly tone of the film.

On the hit Apple TV+ series "Severance," TV megastar Adam Scott plays Mark, a man grieving the loss of his wife. As a means to cope, he accepts a job at the mysterious Lumon Corporation, a strange corporate edifice on the edge of town. Lumon has developed a technique that allows it to "sever" some of its employees; that is, employees have a computer chip implanted in their brains that separates their memories of the outside world from when they're off the clock and their memories of the workday. It's the ultimate in work-life balance. Outside Mark, his "Outie," is depressed and struggling, but Inside Mark, his "Innie," is chipper and positive.

At the beginning of "Severance," Innie Mark is introduced to Helly (Britt Lower), a new co-worker. Helly is unhappy with the idea of severance and initially tries to escape the Lumon offices. Helly's Outie, however, keeps walking back in.

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With "The Twilight Zone" Rod Serling helped pioneer the sci-fi genre for years to come. The legendary anthology series has never really faded from pop culture relevance since it first aired back in 1959, largely thanks to the syndication deal Serling struck with CBS. The show creator sold the series rights to the network after the end of its fifth and final season in 1964. Sadly, Serling subsequently found himself recoiling every time he saw "Twilight Zone" reruns due to the amount of commercial breaks shoehorned into the episodes at the expense of certain scenes, which were cut in favor of selling more stuff to consumers. But it was this very syndication deal that simultaneously helped turn "The Twilight Zone" into the cultural powerhouse it became.

It also didn't hurt that multiple revivals sprang up in the decades after the original series went off the air.

Taylor Sheridan's "Yellowstone" franchise is a golden goose that keeps on giving. In fact, the main series is so huge that it inadvertently caused real-life devastation due to outsiders flocking to the actual Yellowstone in their hordes, ultimately destroying its environment and property market. That success also led to hit spin-offs in the form of "1882" and "1923," which chronicle the struggles faced by the Dutton family throughout history. With more "Yellowstone" spin-offs on the way from Sheridan, the franchise shows no signs of riding off into the sunset -- and to think that it was almost canceled two seasons in.

As documented by Bloomberg, "Yellowstone" wasn't an instant cultural behemoth. Before finding a home with the Paramount Network, the neo-Western series was rejected by HBO, which must have frustrated Sheridan. Then, after being greenlit by Paramount, Sheridan clashed with executives of the studio's parent company Viacom, who wanted him...

Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) has a special gift. During the five seasons "Prison Break" was on the air, he showed that there wasn't a single penitentiary on the planet he couldn't break in or out of. Granted, he didn't visit every prison in the world, but the show establishes that he knows how to get out of any sticky situation, so why should we believe that there are any cells that could keep him locked up? For viewers, Michael's escapades provided some edge-of-the-seat entertainment, even when the series started getting ridiculous and running out of steam.

Then again, prison wasn't the only problem Michael had to contend with on "Prison Break." At one point, he suffers from a brain tumor that puts his life in danger, requiring him to get an experimental treatment. However, his problems further intensify when he enters into business with some bad people and gets caught up in an explosion.

What do entertainers as diverse as Frank Sinatra, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Rod Serling have in common? Each one adored The Andy Griffith Show. Serling, the brain behind The Twilight Zone, another enduring television classic, even described Andy Griffith as “one of the few genuinely funny comedies in the medium” in a 1963 TV Guide Magazine article that reported he often visited the nearby set. “What hits me is that the people are characters,” he added, “not caricatures.” That’s certainly been key to The Andy Griffith Show‘s longevity. The actor’s canny sheriff, Andy Taylor, and the other mildly eccentric and eminently lovable residents of the small Southern town of Mayberry have entertained generations for 65 years — even ones who weren’t yet born when the sitcom premiered on CBS on October 3, 1960. Viewers still laugh, cry, and empathize, which is why, each May, MeTV rolls out its annual “Month of...

Jordan Peele’s love for the strange and the supernatural has always been loud and clear, and with The Twilight Zone reboot, he got to play host to a modern version of the legendary 1959 series he grew up admiring. Much like Rod Serling did back in the day, Peele used the format to peel back the layers of society’s darkest corners, mixing horror with moral dilemmas and mind games. Though the revival didn’t stick around as long as fans might have hoped, it packed a punch in its short run and offered a platform for some solid talent.

The anthology came and went, but the faces from the series have moved on to pretty interesting chapters in 2025. From high-stakes dramas to animated franchises, here’s what the key cast members are busy with now.

15. Jordan Peele Jordan Peele in the series The Twilight Zone | Credit: Paramount+

Jordan Peele...

Harrison Ford is 82 and has been enjoying somewhat of a renaissance of late. 2023 became the year of Ford giving a crap again after the early 2000s and 2010s seemed to be something of a slog for the veteran star. Not only did he appear to be going through the motions in a lot of his movies, he also became one of Hollywood's most notorious grumps, rivaling Ridley Scott for the most amusingly irascible man in the industry.

But that has changed in recent years. "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" might have been a massive flop, but none of that was down to Ford, who in stark contrast to his performance in 2008's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," seemed to truly care about delivering a heartfelt Indy portrayal. Ford also started pushing his boundaries with roles in "Yellowstone" spin-off "1923" and Apple TV+'s "Shrinking," both...

Prior to landing the gig playing helmsman Hikaru Sulu on "Star Trek," actor George Takei landed a few dubbing jobs that led to him providing the English-language voices for Japanese films like "Rodan" and "Godzilla Raids Again." His first credited on-scree film role was for the 1958 adventure flick "Ice Palace" with Richard Burton. Throughout the early 1960s, he continued to play small roles in large Hollywood film productions, although his career began to thrive on television, with Takei landing guest spots on some of the hottest shows of the day. Indeed, he wound up being on episodes of "Perry Mason," "The Twilight Zone," "My Three Sons," "Death Valley Days," and "I Spy."

"Star Trek" was a three-year supporting gig for Takei, and it initially wasn't a hugely successful show, ending in 1969. After that, Takei merely turned back to other one-shot appearances on shows like "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" and "Ironside.

Created by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly, Ted Lasso is one of the most popular and loved sports comedy dramas. It is one of the most-watched shows on Apple TV+, and it’s going to be back with season four. Initially concluding the series after three seasons, Jason Sudeikis announced during a podcast interview that the team is back in the writers’ room and is working on season four.

The actor and co-creator of the show did not specify why they decided to return for the fourth season, but fans are excited to see where the AFC Richmond team is. The announcement of the show’s return has given the audience a chance to revisit the show and share their views and opinions on what can be included or avoided in the upcoming season. And we have discovered that an episode in the show has a reference to a legendary filmmaker.

Numerous actors appeared in several of the series that followed Star Trek: The Original Series, among them Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Jonathan Frakes, Vaughn Armstrong, Randy Oglesby, Steve Rankin, Tim Russ, Clint Howard, Armin Shimerman, and Lee Arenberg. And a few guest-starred in The Original Series And several of the shows that followed, including Barrett-Roddenberry, Howard, and the late Joseph Ruskin.

Ruskin’s direct association with Star Trek spanned from 1968 to 2001, as he appeared on Tos, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise, as well as two video games and the feature film, Star Trek: Insurrection. His first appearance, as Galt in the second-season Tos episode “The Gamesters of Triskelion,” was probably his most famous outing. He also played a Klingon, Tumek, in the DS9 installments “The House of Quark” and “Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places,” a Cardassian in the DS9 hour “Improbable Cause,” a Vulcan in Voyager’s “Gravity,...

When reality begins to catch up to dystopian fiction, such speculative stories lose their edge over time. The same can be said about the latest entries in Charlie Brooker's "Black Mirror," a show once hailed as bleakly provocative in the best sense of the term. It's possible our current reality is so hopelessly strange that the show's cautionary, pessimistic stories can't help but feel hollow in comparison.

All the same, "Black Mirror" has consistently told timely, thought-provoking tales about technological excess, absurdist metropolises, and the steady erasure of everything that makes us human. The series brings a distinct vibe to mainstream television, one where we hunger for stories that push the limits of the genre while compelling us to slow down and think. There's a conscious desire for episodes that take wild swings, especially ones that combine the chilling coldness of technology with the warmth of human connection (which...

Put the golf clubs back in their bag and leave the lodge if you haven't watched "Through the Valley," the second episode of the second season of "The Last of Us." Spoilers incoming — don't say you weren't warned!

People who played the 2020 video game sequel "The Last of Us Part II" all knew this was coming, but they might not have expected it this soon. In the second season of game creator Neil Druckmann and prestige TV veteran Craig Mazin's adaptation of "The Last of Us" on HBO, viewers watched in shock and horror as, at the end of the season's second episode "Through the Valley," Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) kills Joel Miller, one of the series protagonists who's played by Pedro Pascal. At the end of the show's first season, Joel kills an entire building's worth of rebel Fireflies to protect his surrogate daughter Ellie (Bella Ramsey), who's immune...

There are fewer methods to remove a title from the Paramount+ Keep Watching row than some other streamers provide, but it is still possible.

Paramount+ is a general entertainment streaming service, and that means you can find just about every kind of content on the service. From shows and movies that are decades old like “The Twilight Zone” to new originals like “1923,” the range of titles on Paramount+ is truly impressive.

That being the case, Paramount+ might have a title that viewers decide to try, but don’t intend to finish for whatever reason. With that in mind, we decided to see how easy Paramount+ makes it to remove a show or movie from its Keep Watching row — find out the results of that test below!

What you need to know about removing a show or movie from Keep Watching on Paramount+

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Netflix’s Black Mirror has been toying with reality, but the franchise’s latest offering- season 7 might be taking things too far. Created by Charlie Brooker, the series is a sci-fi anthology, exploring various themes. Most episodes are set in a near-future dystopia containing ultra futuristic technology.

The series is inspired by 1959’s American television anthology series, created by Rod Serling- The Twilight Zone– and uses the themes of technology and media to comment on contemporary social issues. Now, with Netflix dropping its first episode of S7, fans have wasted no time diving into the dark twists of Common People. Alternate endings and fan theories are already flooding the internet, some so clever and well crafted that they could leave the creator, Brooker, scratching his head.

Black Mirror S7: The Controversial Ending of Common People

All in all, there are 33 episodes across seven series and a special, along with a 2018 interactive film,...

Korean scripted shows, or K-dramas, have looked to American and British sources of inspiration before, even providing their own spin on Agatha Christie's British literary detective Miss Marple. For the 2020 psychological thriller "The World of the Married," however, the show's creative team took inspiration from far darker and more recent source material. Indeed, the acclaimed 2015 British series "Doctor Foster," which features a strong early performance from Jodie Comer, served as the narrative basis for the K-drama. Though both shows share an underlying conflict and escalating brutal stakes, the Korean iteration deviates from the British show quickly and noticeably.

Both stories focus on a successful doctor: Gemma Foster (Suranne Jones) in the original and Ji Sun-woo (Kim Hee-ae) in the Korean version. Seemingly happily married, the protagonists learn that their husbands are cheating on them with younger women, leading to an unraveling of more devastating secrets. The wronged wives pursue...

Director Ryan Coogler is making history with his highly rated movies, and now he's making his way to television to reboot a beloved science fiction series. While his recently released action horror,Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan, is gaining praise all-around, Coogler revealed that his X-Files reboot will be his next project, and he has been speaking to Gillian Anderson about a possible return.

The X-Filestook over television in the '90s with its blended plots that combined genres like supernatural fiction, horror, mystery, science fiction and thriller. Those are right up Coogler's alley, who has directed and written various hit films, including Marvel's Black Panther.

During an appearance on Last Podcast on the Left, hosted by Marcus Parks, Ed Larson, and Henry Zebrowksi, Coogler spoke a little bit about the reboot. The 38-year-old said, "I'm working on X-Files. That's what's immediately next. So, I've been excited about that for a long time,...

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One of the most anticipated horror movies of the year (if not one of the most anticipated movies of any kind) has arrived in the form of "Sinners." Directed by Ryan Coogler, of "Black Panther" fame, reuniting with "Creed" star Michael B. Jordan, this big-budget vampire flick is, to put it mildly, a big deal. In no small part because it has earned rave reviews thus far.

Coogler's latest takes place in the 1930s and centers on a pair of twin brothers (played by Jordan) who are trying to leave their troubled lives behind by returning to their hometown to start a juke joint. Unfortunately, things go awry when vampires turn up to throw a wrench in the gears. Horror ensues. "Sinners" is inspired by the classic anthology series "The Twilight Zone," at least in part. That being the case,...

Rhea Seehorn is set to receive SeriesFest’s “Excellence in Acting Award” during the festival’s 11th season on May 2, Variety can exclusively announce.

Seehorn will be recognized at the annual television festival’s Soirée event. The Emmy Award-nominated actress recently starred in and executive produced “Cooper’s Bar,” which began as an independent series before being picked up at AMC Networks. Prior to her Emmy-nominated work in “Cooper’s Bar,” she starred in “Better Call Saul” as Kim Wexler (which landed her two Emmy nominations), “Veep,” “Whitney” and the 2019 reboot of “The Twilight Zone” narrated by Jordan Peele.

“Rhea Seehorn exemplifies the spirit of the Excellence in Acting Award through fearless performances, artistic integrity and a commitment to authentic storytelling,” SeriesFest co-founders Randi Kleiner and Kaily Smith said in a joint statement. “From her iconic role in ‘Better Call Saul’ to her incredible work on ‘Cooper’s Bar,’ she continues to champion...

This week’s new releases include a Blumhouse horror movie that’s fresh out of theaters and now available at home, a vampire epic from Ryan Coogler in theaters, the latest from returning master David Cronenberg, and, quite fittingly, a Cronenberg-inspired body horror take on Cinderella that made headlines after someone vomited while watching it on the festival circuit.

Here’s all the new horror that released April 14– April 18, 2025!

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After being released in theaters less than a month ago, Blumhouse and Universal’s latest horror movie The Woman in the Yard is now available on Premium VOD at home.

You can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99.

Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax, Orphan, The Shallows, Carry-On) directed The Woman in the Yard from a script by first-time feature screenwriter Sam Stefanak.

Danielle Deadwyler stars as Ramona,...

Black Mirror Season 7 Episode Poster Lineup(Photo Credit –Netflix)

Ever since the first season of Black Mirror aired in 2011, the show has gained a cult following from sci-fi buffs across the globe. Black Mirror is a sci-fi anthology series that is said to be inspired by another cult show, The Twilight Zone. Each episode is a standalone story set in the future or a twisted, alternative reality.

The much-anticipated seventh season of Black Mirror, comprising six episodes, recently premiered on Netflix. Overall, the latest season is Certified Fresh and has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 86%. For our readers, we have ranked each episode of Season 7 from worst to best according to its Rotten Tomatoes score. In case you still haven’t, you can start by watching the best-rated Black Mirror episode and then checking out other episodes in that order.

Black Mirror Season 7 Episodes – Rotten Tomatoes Ratings & Ranks Rank 6 Black Mirror...

The most watched series on Netflix today is a horror-infused science fiction program in the vein of The Twilight Zone. The show in question just released its seventh season on the platform last week, which likely has something to do with its current chart position. If you haven’t pieced it together, I’m talking about the celebrated anthology series Black Mirror.

Each episode of Black Mirror is self-contained. Many of the episodes take inspiration from current events, as well as paralleling themes from celebrated anthology efforts of yesteryear. Many of the series episodes tap into the darker side of technology.

Charlie Brooker created the show for Channel 4 in his native UK. From the third season on, however, the program has been a Netflix original production. The show has been around since 2011. Yet, Brooker and company don’t crank out new seasons with any real urgency. It seems the...

In a 2013 interview with Games Radar discussing the second season of "Black Mirror," creator Charlie Brooker revealed how his show had nearly borrowed the framing device from the hit 1960s anthology show "The Twilight Zone." Just as showrunner Rod Serling would talk directly to the camera at the start and finish of every episode, Brooker nearly did the same for every episode of "Black Mirror" season 1.

The main argument for this was that it would've helped ease a lot of the network's concerns. Brooker explained that studios are often reluctant to do anthology shows in part because there are no recurring characters for audiences to latch onto, like there would be for any other type of TV series. The closest thing "Black Mirror" could do — at least until it started playing around with sequels in season 7 — was to throw in a recurring narrator-type character.

"Rod Serling was the unifying character,...