Television

Baxter, Casey Jones elevate ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (1989) at midway point

“Now we’re cookin’!,” as Raphael might say. The 22nd episode often marks the end of a season in American TV measurements, but in the 47-episode

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Fall TV preview 2023: 10 shows I wouldn’t mind watching

Even as someone who writes about TV shows, I’m not too bothered by the Hollywood strike. If anything, I feel it gives me a chance

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Rat King, mistaken identities emerge in ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Season 3 (1989)

In “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 3 episodes 9-21 (1989), we can see the writers straining against the quick production schedule to give us more

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Shredder and Krang throw schemes at the screen to open ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (1989)

In 1989, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Inc. went into high gear cranking out product. Season 3 of the cartoon numbers 47 (!) episodes so it

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ finds its groove in back half of Season 2 (1988)

After a strong Season 1 and a bland “Eye of Sarnath” arc to start Season 2, episodes 6-13 of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 2

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‘Miss Marple’ (1984-92) stands as the spinster sleuth’s definitive portrayal

The early 1980s was a proving ground for British TV producers, with their prime audience being the Agatha Christie estate. Christie didn’t care for unfaithful

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‘TMNT’ Season 2 (1988) stumbles through opening Sarnath arc

Lead writer David Wise skillfully morphed Mirage Comics’ version of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” into kid-friendly cartoon form in 1987’s five-episode Season 1, a

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‘Superpowered: The DC Story’ makes a case for DC’s history, not its present

“Superpowered: The DC Story” (Max) is one of those documentaries that aims for the illusion of telling “both sides of the story” by acknowledging another

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Season 1 (1987) bridges Mirage comics with movie

The five-episode first season of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” cartoon (1987) launched a 10-season, 193-episode series – one that’s generally thought of as being

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‘Based on a True Story’ Season 1 somehow both frantic and slow

“Based on a True Story” Season 1 (Peacock) taps into the zeitgeist with intelligent commentary about the moral ickiness of serial-killer podcasts being popular. But

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