POP CULTURE

Though it's only getting ready to premiere its third season, the Emmy-nominated comedy has already been branded a socially important sitcom.

For better and for worse, some movies are better about predicting the future than others. Nobody wants to eat Soylent Green, but we’re OK with most of these elements from other movies coming true.

In the fall of 2009, ABC debuted a new sitcom called 'Modern Family,' a seemingly simple story of three families that became a ratings hit and unbeatable Emmy winner for ABC.

2. Ray Romano didn't love the title.

More than 50 years after its premiere on NBC—and subsequent cancellation following a measly two seasons—The Monkees are still a topic of never-ending fascination.

Former owners include William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies.

Give that post a Vulcan salute.

In the summer of 1994, Nickelodeon handed three novice producers a monumental task: Create a hit television show for preschoolers, and do it on a shoestring budget.

1. Her great-grandmother was a Manhattan bootlegger.

A look back at the early '90s Nickelodeon cult hit.

Cartoon Network's absurdist programming block is turning 15 years old.

Even its makers are wondering how they managed to make such a prescient film.