Have you ever had a feeling of Nostalgia? Well, let’s take a trip through the years, on back to the magical 80’s to a place called Fraggle Rock. Here you can “Dance your cares away” and “leave your worries for another day”. And if that doesn’t get the memorable theme song stuck in your head, nothing will. Fraggle rock is one of the many iconic televisions shows to be created by the legendary Jim Henson, and one of HBO’s earliest children’s series. The series debuted in 1983 and had a rather successful 96 episodes over 5 seasons and even spawned a 1987 animated spin-off....

UPDATE:  It appears that the episode will be available on March 27th!  Here’s the proof: As I was doing my routine digging around for HBO information to pass on to you I stumbled upon the following: CARNIVALE, the 2003-2005 dramatic series, is coming to HBO’s streaming service soon. My facts come from HBO itself which states that “Coming Soon” to HBOGO are all twenty-four episodes of the craftily created dark fantasy series from creator Daniel Knauf. This show is so rich with its mythology and religious themes, its historical settings and its freak show weirdness that it is...

In a city wrought with crime, corruption and drug-related violence a home-team Super Bowl victory brings a much-needed ray of sunshine into even the darkest depths of the criminal underworld.  Drug lords like Avon Barksdale, petty police Majors like Bill Rawls and even that throat-slitting Russian guy down by the docks took a break from their normal routines to cheer for Ray Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens last night. Win or lose it seems like everybody’s got something to say in this town.  Here are just some of the character’s reactions to the Ravens victory last night: Slim...

Deadwood is a show I have loved since the first time I sat down to watch it in its entirety, and a show that I can still garner new perspectives on even after five viewings. It is one of those shows that will be lost on the general public (and indeed this is what happened, resulting in the show being cancelled after its third season), but a show that will provide endless thought stimulation for those willing to make an effort to watch it, spend time with it, and care for it. Deadwood is not a show where one can sit down, watch a random episode, and expect to be brought up to date on the plot...

What’s left to talk about you ask? Well, not only did HBO feature unique programming for Christmas it also had a special lineup to herald in the New Year. Again, while looking at this content you must remember that there was only one HBO channel back in the day, so a variety of programming was on the schedule. Today the format is quite different. In the early days HBO had unscripted comedy programming on all the time, by that I mean not comedy series but comedians and their standup routines. There were two different ongoing shows called ON LOCATION and STANDING ROOM ONLY back then. Between...

What a perfect time to reminisce about HBO in seasons past. I’m going to be sharing about the early days of the pay channel. I’m talking about when HBO was just one channel with all its programming concentrated in one place. There were no HBO FAMILY or HBO COMEDY channels. There actually seemed to me more variety back then but, that could just be because the programming offered now is so spread out over all the HBO channels. Whatever the case may be one time of year that offered a richness of entertainment was during the Holidays. Of course, all the perennial favorites of our youth were...

Both historical and fictional characters died over the two seasons of Rome, including ones we may have loved or hated, though many characters seemingly prevailed with their fates half tied up. With many key significant characters still alive during the early days of Emperor Augustus’s (Octavian’s) reign, here are a few ideas of how stories could develop if Rome returned our screens either as a film, or as Season 3. The Fate Of Vorenus After the roller-coaster ride of Vorenus’s Roman journey, his supposed death was a little underwhelming and fast considering the amount of emotion...

Super Storm Sandy has caused this writer to get behind a bit. I’m back on track so here is a look at the final season of TALES FROM….”Hey, creep, I may be skin and bones but I’m still alive and kicking. You promised me this gig, remember? So, HBOWatchers here is a look at Season Seven of TALES FROM THE CRYPT.” “The final season offered a lucky 13 episodes with an April 1996 premiere.” “Fatal Caper” was directed by Bob Hoskins. PLOT – This tale involves the inheritance will of a nobleman and his three sons, two who are unworthy and the other who has disappeared or...

“BOO! That’s right it is me the Crypt Keeper in your face. So, move over cronies cause I’m in charge now. After all who is the HBO classic around here? Since we are concluding our look at my show – TALES FROM THE CRYPT – I want to make sure it goes out with a bang before it is stuffed back into its tomb for who knows how long. Now focus your attention on Season 6 …and enjoy.” “Season Six began with a three episode block. It was a great Halloween in 1994 for me and HBO as the season premiere aired on October, 31 of that year.” “Let the Punishment Fit The Crime” was...

It’s been 5 years since the last showing of Rome and fans have been left in the dark ages ever since. Between 2008 and 2010 exciting rumors surfaced over a possible Rome film; yes film!  But the fire of anticipation around those rumors have burnt down to mere embers as of late. What made Rome stand out was its sheer scale, its attention to detail in costuming and architecture that were all visible in its grandeur. In fact, it’s rumored that the period sets spanned a whopping 5 acres and that would make it one of the largest period sets ever. The joint BBC/HBO production had an...