More than three years before tinkering with inventions as The Professor on CBS' "Gilligan's Island," Russell Johnson tinkered with time travel. Twice. In two episodes of Rod Serling's rewatchable ...

The unhinged drug lord Frankie Cooper has entered the fray in "MobLand" Season 2, adding another noteworthy role to Johnny Flynn's résumé. Before taking on the part of the Paramount+ show's new ...

While "9-1-1: Nashville" fans know Blythe Hart as part of a family of first responders, the actress playing her previously portrayed a pediatric surgeon in another TV universe. Before Jessica Capshaw ...

Kurt Russell had his breakthrough as a child actor in the ABC Western series "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters." This marked the beginning of a long and significant career that is still flourishing.

From "NYPD Blues" to "The Wire," many cop shows have enjoyed a long, successful place on television redefining what a cop drama should be, but some of them were short-lived, even though they deserved ...

Winning an Oscar is already a massive feat for an actor, so winning twice is even rarer. Denzel Washington won two Academy Awards: one for his supporting role in "Glory" in 1990 and the other for his ...

Prior to cementing his place in TV history as Spock on "Star Trek," Leonard Nimoy was constantly hustling for roles. Although some of these gigs were just a one-off, like a 1960 appearance on "Bonanza ...

A staple archetype in many beloved family sitcoms is the grandmother, and while they are usually not the protagonists, they frequently steal the show. Why wouldn't they? Our love and adoration for our ...

The "NCIS" franchise expanded when "NCIS: New York" joined the lineup of police procedurals and premiered in October 2026. While the CBS series features a familiar face in LL Cool J's NCIS Special ...

The year 1987 was pivotal for actor Brent Spiner. After a string of guest-starring roles on some of the most popular shows of the 1980s, he'd land a career-changing role as the golden-eyed android ...

Legal dramas have provided us with some of television's most intelligent lawyers of all time. This genre has given us excellent series like "Better Call Saul" and "How to Get Away With Murder. An ...

Playing the titular bungling first mate on "Gilligan's Island" might be Bob Denver's most famous role, but right before he set sail on the S.S. Minnow, he stood out as a scruffy beatnik on the beloved ...