Before forensic labs, digital tracking, and streaming mega-franchises like CSI or True Detective, television’s sleuths solved crimes with sharp instincts, trench coats, and charm. The 1970s and ’80s ...

Not every TV show can be a successful one — just ask Martin Landau, whose 1975 big budget outer space adventure was a disaster on par with a moon thrown out of orbit. From supernatural detectives to ...

The 1970s saw the television medium in the United States push the boundaries of network content restrictions and other pre-existing storytelling limitations. That meant shows like "Saturday Night Live ...