TV Nostalgia

On this week's episode of Pints of Malt, we are talking TV nostalgia as we discuss some of our favourite TV shows from when we were young. We also discuss results of the US election. That and more. We hope you enjoy it! #PintsOfMalt ?…

Growing up, the book I consulted most was the Radio Times guide to Star Trek, published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise’s launch. The Next Generation had just stepped into movie territory, while Deep Space Nine and…

I can’t do an impersonal review of Judd Apatow’s Freaks and Geeks.  Why?  The same reason I can’t do an impersonal, objective review of The X-Files or Sliders or even effing Are You Afraid of The Dark?  I understand the ideals behind an…

Keeping It Real in the LHJ or What might The PJs be saying about urban leadership in low-income communities? Before the labyrinth of the internet’s shadowy caveats, cable television was the bastion of high-quality ephemera and there are…

The first twenty-four hour news channel was CNN, founded in 1980. Over time the idea took hold and spread across the world, leading to the birth of the "twenty-four hour news cycle" - the endless need to constantly draw attention to…

Comedy snobs tend to see a show get popular and write it off, then sneer at people who love that show, saying it's not proper comedy. Take Mrs Browns Boys as an example, a show that is basic in its comedy yet everyone seems to love it. So…

Charmed had many fine qualities of a top TV show. It had classic good vs evil fights, grey lines (not the 50 shades kind) and moral lessons on sisterhood and why we all occasionally get tempted by the dark side. The three sisters Phoebe…

When Fringe called it a day in 2013, after 100 episodes, one of the best sci-fi shows of the last decade came to an end. In-between monsters, shape-shifters, time-travelling and multiple universes, Fringe was a show all about family.…

Many people complain that there aren’t enough female superheroes and that the few there are are so ridiculously sexualised that they only exist to pander to the male gaze. Sabrina: The Teenage Witch represents one of those unique moments in…

Veronica Mars was cancelled in 2007 after only three seasons. But those three seasons had launched Kristen Bell to stardom, pre-empted Rian Johnson’s acclaimed high-school noir Brick by a year, and come closer than anyone to physically…