Before cable, there weren’t many TV slots available for cartoons. Peanuts was one of the few animated shows that could occupy a primetime slot. The Peanuts specials span several decades, but the ...

The modern block is still fun, but I (like all middle-aged nerds) sometimes get nostalgic for the good old days. Fortunately, digital time travel is quick and easy. All you have to do is check out ...

To put it another way, is a TV drama a commodity like rice or soap, or does it, as art, somehow deserve a more exalted, less submissive status? When J.R. was shot in 1980, that tussle didn’t arise.