What did I watch on TV when I was a small child, when I wasn’t watching high-minded social dramas about stroke-suffering steelworkers? I was lucky enough to grow up in Michigan, within broadcasting range of Canadian TV, and so had greater opportunities than those of you in warmer but less blessed parts of America. That [...]

Working man Archie: Those… were… the… days! / CBS Photo Archive I don’t know why I remember Skag, but I do. Airing in 1980, when I was a kid, it starred Karl Malden as a steel-mill foreman, who suffers a stroke and has to rebuild his life. Among the storylines in the show was his [...]

DEAN HENDLER / ABC Usually when I and other TV critics review a show, especially one we’re not crazy about, we move on and never look back. And in general I’m more than glad to do that. But now that we’re past the crush of fall premieres, A Second Look At will give an occasional, [...]