No Cable By John McGuire • July 27th, 2012 In the quest for cable television, young John McGuire would stop at nothing.
I Got Fired From The Man Show By Gus Mastrapa • July 27th, 2012 Some matches aren’t made to last. Like Gus Mastrapa and The Man Show.
When TV Was a Timepiece By Dennis Scimeca • July 27th, 2012 Dennis Scimeca laments for a time when the television schedule really meant something.
Knightmare: Television for the Videogame Generation By Cara Ellison • July 26th, 2012 An epic rhapsody: Cara Ellison sings a song of Knightmares.
Ruined by the Bell By Richard Clark • July 26th, 2012 Richard Clark dissects the coolness of Zack Morris and finds that in the end, maybe it was all a front.
Pixel Representations – Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne By Rowan Kaiser • July 26th, 2012 Rowan Kaiser discusses Community‘s “Digital Estate Planning” episode, which seems to have gotten the other-media representation of videogames right.
Television is Reality, and Reality is Less Than Television By Network Awesome • July 26th, 2012 All hail the new flesh! Network Awesome looks at David Cronenberg’s cult classic Videodrome.
Movin’ On Up to The Afterlife By Don Becker • July 25th, 2012 Unwinnable remembers TV’s George Jefferson, Sherman Hemsley. Actor, dancer – and prog rocker.
Don’t Say “Gorilla” If You’re Wearing a Monkey Costume By Network Awesome • July 25th, 2012 Network Awesome looks at the Monkees’ special 33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee and the bands’ desperate search for authenticity.
Me and My Shadow By Michael Sheridan • July 24th, 2012 Mike Sheridan reminisces about the good old days with his black and white TV.
Afternoon Delight – Remembering The 4:30 Movie By Matt Giaquinto • July 24th, 2012 Matt Giaquinto channel-hops back to the ’70s to revisit ABC’s afternoon movie.
Oh, Give Me Some Head…Room By Network Awesome • July 24th, 2012 Network Awesome catches the wave and remembers the smarmy cyberpunk of Max Headroom.
Fine-Tuned Play By Brendan Keogh • July 24th, 2012 When Brendan Keogh was a kid, he didn’t have a fancy HD TV. He played his SNES through the fuzz and distortion of a half-broken set salvaged from a garage.
The Burnt Offering Watch TV and Have a Couple of Brews By Stu Horvath • July 23rd, 2012 It’s a TV Party! What better way to kick it off than with the story of Stu Horvath’s fake TV heist?
In America, We Celebrate With the Twilight Zone By Erik Weinbrecht • July 23rd, 2012 Erik Weinbrecht enters a world not only of sight and sound but of awesomeness with his love of Syfy’s Twilight Zone marathon.
Fox Made Me Who I Am By Michael Edwards • July 23rd, 2012 Mike Edwards discusses how the quirky early programming of the Fox network changed both his perspective and television on a whole.
TV is the Government: The Underground Vaudeville of TV Party By Network Awesome • July 23rd, 2012 Network Awesome takes a look at Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party, New York City’s original punk rock public access TV show.
Batman on Vinyl By Charles Francis Moran VI and Stu Horvath • July 18th, 2012 Chuck Moran and Stu Horvath spend an hour with Pat Longo learning the aural history of the Batman theme.
The Spanish Prisoner By Stu Horvath • July 16th, 2012 Stu Horvath opened his email this morning to find a message from Captain James T. Kirk.
That 1991 Summer By Ian Gonzales • June 27th, 2012 Ian Gonzales remembers the summer his family took a Northern Irish lad into their home.
Star Trek’s Top 5 Villains By Michael Sheridan • May 26th, 2012 Michael Sheridan looks for the five best Star Trek villains, and has a harder time finding them than he thought.
Foreign Affairs: How to Make the Perfect Wrestling Villain By Don Becker • May 25th, 2012 Why are so many great wrestling villains foreigners? Don Becker traces the history of wrestling villainy.
No One’s Gonna Stop Me Now By Richard Clark • May 17th, 2012 Richard Clark ruminates on careers, dreams and Perfect Strangers, thanks to the browser game Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now.
Rookie of the Year: Friendship Isn’t Necessarily Magic By Matt Marrone • April 30th, 2012 In an open letter to Unwinnable’s Gia Grillo, the Rookie of the Year explains why he will never watch My Little Pony ever again.
When to Hold ’em and When to Fold ’em By Ian Gonzales • April 26th, 2012 Ian Gonzales is a stubborn jerk, but you don’t have to be.
Bikini Rock Bottom By Stu Horvath • April 5th, 2012 Unwinnable learns that there is more to running a flea market than just setting up tables and selling junk.