Yes, it was manufactured: a fading Ol’ Blue Eyes was not in the studio with any of the guest artists for their duets, but it ushered in a whole new way of remote recording and became Sinatra’s only triple-...
Seasons: 1985-1986
Best known for: Nancy Reagan, Joan Collins, Diana Ross
Overshadowed by: Pretty much just Jon Lovitz and Dennis Miller
Why: You've probably never heard of Terry Sweeney and good luck trying to fi...
The 1980s was a largely fallow period for Disney animation, but the studio closed out the decade in high style with "The Little Mermaid." It boasted an irresistible recipe which mixed a classic fairy tale (a...
When a new director is brought on for the sequel to a visionary classic like Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later," the results don't often live up to the original. But Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo manag...
Released: 1992
What makes it great: One of the most common complaints about the Christopher Nolan Batman films is that there's not a lot of Batman in them. Of the two modern film franchises involving the characte...
Key players: Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Tom Perrotta, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell
Why it's great: Satires rarely come any sharper than this. A student body election leads ...
Over the years [25, to be exact, hence stories retrospectives like this], FOX has gained a reputation as the home for some of the riskiest and most adventurous programming on network TV. And when you swing big, someti...
Fast National ratings for Monday, January 2, 2011.
ABC's "The Bachelor" had a soft return on Monday night, leading into a so-so premiere for "Celebrity Wife Swap," as CBS' four comedies an...
Fast National ratings for Monday, December 26, 2011.
NBC's "Who's Still Standing?" delivered OK 8 p.m. numbers, but the rest of Monday primetime was dominated by CBS' full slate of repeats.
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Fast National ratings for Wednesday, December 21, 2011.
The final night of "X Factor" performances failed to get any sort of competition-free boost for FOX, but the talent show still carried the net...
