Prior to the Peanuts specials, television animation was seen as being cheap and disposable. Walt Disney wouldn’t even touch it and what did...

Unlike other cartoonists who often just collect paychecks when their creations are adapted for television, Charles Schulz took an active ro...

To understand why Charles Schulz was willing to incorporate such blatant advertising into his specials, we must look back at how American t...

The origins of the Peanuts on television began in 1959 with the production of a series of animated commercials for the Ford Motor Company. T...

Fox could have kept  The Simpsons  on Sundays where it was running successfully. With the plethora of merchandise flooding into stores on a ...

While Rupert Murdoch hadn’t bet his network on the success or failure of  The Simpsons,  there was a lot riding on it. The network was wait...

In Fox’s early years, very little of its programming gained traction with audiences. Its nighttime talk show featuring Joan Rivers was a col...

After Fox approved the project, James L. Brooks and Matt Groening began choosing voice actors for the major characters. They didn’t have to ...

Australian businessman Rupert Murdoch was attempting the impossible; he was trying to use his then recent purchase of Twentieth Century Fox...

ong after other shows from its era have been long forgotten,  The Twilight Zone  remains a popular part of television history. With so many...

Room for one more, honey! The Twilight Zone  was a rarity in the world of television. Beloved by viewers and critics, the show has proven to...

When  The Twilight Zone  premiered in 1959, CBS had high hopes for the series. While initial ratings were decent, they were much lower than...

When CBS picked up  The Twilight Zone,  it was just the beginning for Rod Serling. He insisted on writing most of the episodes. The antholog...