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30 Fascinating Facts About ‘Unsolved Mysteries’

Join me. Perhaps you will learn some things you didn't know about the wonderfully spooky 'Unsolved Mysteries,' which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.

10 Wonderfully Weird Muppet Duets

The Muppets have squared off against everyone from Johnny Cash to Celine Dion.

Bob Ross - A Walk in the Woods (Season 1 Episode 1)

Bob Ross’s First Made-For-TV Painting Has Surfaced—and It’ll Cost You $10 Million

How much are some happy little trees worth to you? One art dealer believes it's a small fortune.

Golda Rosheuvel stars as Netflix's 'Queen Charlotte.'

The Real-Life Story Behind Queen Charlotte

Netflix takes several, steamy liberties with the historical record, but there was a real Queen Charlotte—and she was just as complicated as the TV version.

The 20 Best TV Shows to Stream on Hulu Right Now

From ‘The Bear’ to ‘What We Do In the Shadows,’ Hulu has become a thriving destination for great original programming, plus terrific series you might have missed elsewhere.

The cover of Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw.’

10 Frightening Facts about Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’

Learn about Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’—the classic ghost story that inspired (among many other things) Netflix’s ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor.’

10 Damn Fine Facts About David Lynch

The iconoclastic director behind ‘Mulholland Drive,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ and more cult classics once drew a comic strip about a furious dog and dislikes large furniture.

How Sesame Street Dealt With 9/11

'Sesame Street' has a long history of teaching kids how to deal with traumatic events. In the wake of 9/11, the show's creators wanted to find a way to bring the real-world horror to their young audience's attention.

Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle in 'Suits.'

15 Surprising Facts About ’Suits’

'Suits,' the Meghan Markle-starring legal dramedy that aired from 2011 to 2019 is suddenly all anyone can talk about.

Burial of the Nickelodeon Time Capsule 4/30/92 c. Nickelodeon/Viacom 1992

Every Item in Nickelodeon’s 1992 Time Capsule

In 1992, Nickelodeon assembled items important to the kids of the day, put them in a big orange time capsule, and buried it in front of Nickelodeon Studios in Universal Studios. Here’s the full list.

Elaine's Unfortunate Dancing on 'Seinfeld' Was Inspired By a Television Legend

Could anyone dance that horribly in real life? Yes.

Get Paid $600 to Eat Cake and Watch ‘The Great British Baking Show’

What better way to celebrate a new season of 'The Great British Bake Off' than by sampling 12 classic British baked goods for cash?

(Left to right) Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, and Rory Kinnear in 'Our Flag Means Death.'

The 33 Best TV Shows to Stream on Max Right Now

‘The White Lotus,’ ‘The Last of Us,’ ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Succession’ ... Max has all that and more.

Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Bea Arthur from "The Golden Girls."

Grab a Slice of Cheesecake and Watch These Hilarious ‘Golden Girls’ Bloopers

The cast of 'The Golden Girls' had plenty of fun between takes.

A vintage family enjoys the hit show of the day, 'Scary Clown Time.'

Poor Reception: 10 Wildly Inaccurate Predictions About Television

“[Television] won’t be able to hold onto any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.”

Tim Daly stars in 'In the Line of Duty: Ambush In Waco'

‘In the Line of Duty’: The Waco Movie Made Before The Siege Ended

In 1993, just 34 days after the Waco siege ended, NBC premiered 'In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco'—a TV movie greenlit, scripted, and largely shot while the tragedy was still unfolding.

Laverne Cox in 'Orange Is the New Black.'

17 Epic Moments in LGBTQ+ TV History

These TV shows reflected changing social mores and broke new ground in American entertainment, a trend that continues today.

David Boreanaz and Sarah Michelle Gellar in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'

10 Supernatural TV Shows to Stream Right Now

Here's where to stream your favorite spooky shows, including 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' The Walking Dead,' and 'What We Do in the Shadows.'

TV has slowly eased restrictions on strong language.

Bleep This: A Brief History of Profanity on Television

Whether scripted or spontaneous, expletives have been making their way on to the air for decades.

Tom Hanks' 'That Thing You Do!' produced one of cinema's greatest earworms.

11 Fictional Bands Who Scored Very Real Hit Songs

The Monkees may not have been a "real" band, but their chart-topping legacy speaks for itself.

The Brands With the Most TV and Movie Product Placement, Visualized

If you feel like drinking some Coca-Cola after watching 'Stranger Things,' product placement has done its job.

30 Years Ago: When Alicia Silverstone and Aerosmith Ruled MTV

In 1993, a teenaged Alicia Silverstone changed the rules for video vixens everywhere with Aerosmith's "Cryin'"—and cemented her place in pop culture history.

22 Things You Might Not Know About ‘Gilmore Girls’

The fast talking, coffee-loving mother-daughter duo became a pop culture sensation when 'Gilmore Girls' premiered in the early 2000s.

Bar Fight: When ‘Cheers’ Robots Took Over for the Actors

Animatronic versions of bar patrons Norm and Cliff made two actors named George and John very unhappy.

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