I can think of two, shows I would watch again if I could find them, and that really deserve new audiences.
Northern Exposure. Quirky, charming, character driven, beautifully written and acted. Everyone I know who watched this show loved it. It would be a hit, I'm sure, on, say, Netflix--something addictive with multiple seasons to binge away. I have no idea why it doesn't exist anymore.
A Nero Wolfe Mystery. A&E made 20 of these, over two seasons, back around 2000, with Maury Chayken as Wolfe, and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin. I remember, when these played, reading all of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books and it was tremendous fun. It is one of the best TV adaptations--ever. Everyone involved had one goal: to depict what Rex Stout, what Nero Wolfe, was all about. And they just killed it. Virtually every bit of dialogue was taken directly from the novels. Every fan of Nero Wolfe loved it, and many who weren't fans, like me, became fans.
They are available on DVD, but they are kind of expensive, and . . . does anybody even have a DVD player any more? I think I set the last one I owned by the curb in my last Marie Kondo inspired purge.
They are all on the you tube, but this is no way to watch this show, in such a technically crappy format. They are so beautifully made, so stylish.
Northern Exposure. Quirky, charming, character driven, beautifully written and acted. Everyone I know who watched this show loved it. It would be a hit, I'm sure, on, say, Netflix--something addictive with multiple seasons to binge away. I have no idea why it doesn't exist anymore.
A Nero Wolfe Mystery. A&E made 20 of these, over two seasons, back around 2000, with Maury Chayken as Wolfe, and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin. I remember, when these played, reading all of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books and it was tremendous fun. It is one of the best TV adaptations--ever. Everyone involved had one goal: to depict what Rex Stout, what Nero Wolfe, was all about. And they just killed it. Virtually every bit of dialogue was taken directly from the novels. Every fan of Nero Wolfe loved it, and many who weren't fans, like me, became fans.
They are available on DVD, but they are kind of expensive, and . . . does anybody even have a DVD player any more? I think I set the last one I owned by the curb in my last Marie Kondo inspired purge.
They are all on the you tube, but this is no way to watch this show, in such a technically crappy format. They are so beautifully made, so stylish.
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