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Sixty years after Captain Kirk’s debut, Star Trek reveals the final fate of its most iconic hero. As the epic The Last Starshipcomic series ends, Kirk gets a surprising finale.

Two years before their famous appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Beatles were a little known quartet in Liverpool. On October 17, 1962, they got on stage for their television debut on Granada Television’s regional program People and Places in Manchester. The live performance wasn’t recorded, but it was the start of the group’s…

Long before the Avengers assembled, the Arrowverse ignited, or James Gunn became the face of the DC Universe, Superman returned to television on this very day 25 years ago. Developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, “Smallville” premiered on The WB on October 16, 2001 — and became the network’s highest-rated series debut at the time.…

The horror genre is full of murderous dolls, but none are quite as iconic as the red-haired menace Chucky. The character was introduced in 1988’s “Child Play” and has appeared in several movies since, with the most recent being the 2019 reboot featuring Mark Hamill as the voice of Chucky. A few years after the…

Fox News Channel today marks its 30th anniversary on October 7, 2026, three decades after the cable network first went on the air as a challenger to the established 24-hour news outlets of the mid-1990s. The channel was created by media executive Rupert Murdoch, who hired former political strategist and television executive Roger Ailes as…

The sixth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid, Spain’s capital brought together industry folks from around the world again for debates, pitches, other business and networking.

Thirty years ago today, the supernatural sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch first appeared on American television, launching a seven-season run that became a staple of 1990s family viewing. The series debuted on September 27, 1996, as part of ABC’s TGIF Friday-night lineup and immediately drew a large audience, with more than 17 million viewers tuning…

Forty-four years ago today, NBC premiered Knight Rider on September 26, 1982 — a moment that helped reshape action-adventure television. With its mix of high-tech gadgets, crime-fighting heroics, and a magnetic talking car, the series grabbed millions of viewers and locked in a lasting place in pop culture. It remains a fan favorite decades later.

Jonathan Nolan is an unsung hero of cinema. Sure, his brother Christopher Nolan gets most if not all of the credit for his movies, but it’s easy to forget that Jonathan co-wrote some of his best films, like “The Dark Knight,” “The Prestige” and “Interstellar.” Since then, Jonathan Nolan has truly shined on television, creating…

On September 12, 1963, television viewers saw the end of an era as the final episode of Leave It to Beaver aired, closing the book on the Cleaver family’s everyday adventures. The show premiered in October 1957 and for six seasons, fans watched the beloved sitcom family living life in the suburbs and embodying the…