Curated playlist
Postmodern television
- The SimpsonsMatt Groening sketched The Simpsons in a lobby after deciding not to sign away his comic strip rights.
- Stranger ThingsAbout 15 cable networks rejected Stranger Things because its leads were children.
- Twin PeaksSheryl Lee was hired to play Twin Peaks' dead girl, Laura Palmer. Lynch saw her in a picnic scene and kept her on.
- Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live began because Johnny Carson wanted weeknights off. NBC needed a new Saturday show.
- The SopranosThe Sopranos aired on HBO from the 10th of January 1999 to the 10th of June 2007. It ran for six seasons and 86 episodes. At its center is Tony Soprano, played by James Gandolfini, a New Jersey Mafia boss who suffers panic attacks.…
- Breaking BadBreaking Bad began as a joke about two unemployed writers cooking meth in an RV.
- Neon Genesis EvangelionDirector Hideaki Anno called Neon Genesis Evangelion a metaphor for his own four-year depression.
- South ParkFox balked at a talking stool, and South Park's creators walked away from the deal.
- Rick and MortyRick and Morty's first draft was written in six hours on an office floor. Harmon and Roiland wrote it cross-legged.
- Fallout (American TV series)The television series Fallout opens with a young woman named Lucy leaving Vault 33 to search for her kidnapped father. Amazon Prime Video released it as a drama based on the role-playing video game franchise created by Tim Cain and Leonard…