ST Alpha - "Was Highlander the first mythology show of the cable era? -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 152

Was Highlander the first mythology show of the cable era? -- nm

Posted by David (aka David) Sep 11 '12, 15:37

(No message)

Responses:

Maybe Twin Peaks? -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 16:06 9
- That aired on ABC? -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:24 6
  - Cable era, not cable. -- nm - Roger More Sep 11, 16:26 5
    - Then you need to define what the cable era is. Cable TV has existed, in some way, since the 40s. TBS and HBO started in the 70s. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:30 4
      - TBS was(is?) a superstation, along with WGN. -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 16:38 3
        
        That is distributed by cable and satellite. What's your point? It's moot anyway. HBO could be the birth of the cable era. That's *1972*! -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:41 2
        
        Ubiquity matters. -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:46
        
        You're right. Just looked up the history of WGN and they became a superstation as a result of cable. -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 16:45
- Okay, that's probably the winner. -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:13 1
  - 1990 -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 16:19
Then there's Doctor Who. Or are we sticking to US shows? -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 16:05 1
- Doctor Who has repeatedly popped into my mind during this thread. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:51
When do you consider cable era? Space 1999 was syndicated from the get go since none of the three networks bought it - JD Sep 11, 16:03 13
- Right, there were some that pre-date the cable era. That's an earlier tv generation. -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:13 11
  - When do you consider the beginning of the Cable era? I remember having cable back in the mid 70's -- nm - amoxy Sep 11, 16:21 10
    - The launches of MTV and ESPN. -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:26 9
      - 1981. 1979. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:42 8
        
        Right so 1980-ish. -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:44 7
        
        So we're seeking to identify a serialized "genre" type TV series that aired in the 80s? A-Team? Knight Rider? - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:49 6
        
        Yes but something from our generation rather than the generation before. - David Sep 11, 16:51 1
        
        I've drifted into Buffy and Charmed territory. How about... Otherworld, CBS, 1985? Voyagers!, NBC, 1982/1983? - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:58
        
        Oh! Oh! Stingray! Automan! Manimal! -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:51 3
        
        You're ready for the "Name an 80s Show" thread! -- nm - David Sep 11, 16:54 2
        
        I win every time with "Otherworld". -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Sep 11, 16:59 1
        
        You can't just make shows up. -- nm - David Sep 11, 17:06
- yup -- nm - peglegpete Sep 11, 16:04
After thorough pondering, I have decided that the answer is no. - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:52
I'd say the last gasp of the syndication era. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:38 24
- Was there an 80s live action mythology program? I'm having trouble thinking of one. -- nm - David Sep 11, 15:40 16
  - Star Trek Next Gen was syndciated in the late 80's. I recall lots of bad sitcom syndicated stuff... - Remlik Sep 11, 15:44
  - St TNG started in 87 -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 15:42 13
    - Quantum Leap hinted at it ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:44
    - There wasn't an overriding arc in that one. Greatest American Hero showed the lead learning the suit but it doesn't really qualify either. -- nm - David Sep 11, 15:43 11
      - I don't think Highlander really had an arc until the Kalas seasons to be honest and then it went back to single episode stories. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:49 2
        
        They added the watcher stuff in the middle of season one. It was the cliffhanger for that year, too. -- nm - David Sep 11, 15:52 1
        
        highlander -> watchers -> joe -> four horsemen ... you see where I am going with this. - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:53
      - OH! You're talking mythology as in story arc not as in elements of the show. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:45 7
        
        Right. I mean a story arc that lasts multiple seasons. - David Sep 11, 15:51 6
        
        Q. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:51 5
        
        Occasional guest appearances are not a cultivated story arc. - David Sep 11, 15:53 2
        
        (Data is the cultivated story arc.) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:54 1
        
        He's just a character and not even an original one. -- nm - David Sep 11, 15:55
        
        The Borg. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 11, 15:53
        
        (The End is the Beginning is the Q) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:51
  - I'm thinking there was something too, but can't come up with it. -- nm - the liiouly with extra Sep 11, 15:42
- Herc, Xena, Andomada all came after -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 15:39
- I wouldn't say that - Hercules and Xena came after and were quite big through the late 90s. They were probably it though. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 11, 15:39 5
  - yeah that makes sense. -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:40 4
    - and Babylon 5 started in 94 -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 15:41 2
      - Star Trek DS9 which did have a mythology to it. And Xfiles really made a a myth-arc show in the mainstream -- nm - Remlik Sep 11, 15:46 1
        
        but then we're getting further and further away from David's question. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 15:49
    - And let's not forget Baywatch! ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 11, 15:40
it would have been before Hercules and I think -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 15:38 1
- 92 for Highlander and 95 for Herc -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 15:39

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.