This brilliant but short-lived high school comedy drama is one of the sharpest shows of its era and launched a lot talent, among them Linda Cardellini and future filmmakers James Franco, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, and John Francis Daley.
“Follow the drugs, and you’ll find dealers and users. Follow the money, and you have no idea where the case will take you.” This epic series set the high water mark for television drama.
Set the way-back machine to 1960, a world of cigarettes and martinis and highballs, for this richly-drawn series set at a Madison Avenue advertising firm.
This 1995 miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth and Colin Firth as Mr. D’Arcy is still considered by most Austen fans as the definitive screen adaptation.
Eliza Dushku stars in this high concept mix of spy show, science fiction adventure, conspiracy thriller, and psychodrama. It was short-lived but developed into a gripping show before it was cancelled.
The Canadian domestic espionage drama is smarter and more sophisticated crime drama than the American counterparts of its era, cleverer in its tangle of narratives and less showy in its visual style.
Helen Mirren got the role of a lifetime playing DCI Jane Tennison, a tough, tenacious, at times brittle woman in a brutally chauvinist British police culture in a series of smart mysteries.
The TV sequel to/spin-off of the ‘Terminator’ films was short lived but delivered both smart science fiction and gritty, spectacular action for the small screen in its 31 episodes.