Galactica 1980 courtesy Universal Studios, Dante?s Cove courtesy Regent, Silk Stalkings courtesy Starz/Anchor Bay
One of the best things about writing for TV Guide is that my tastes are a bit off, so I get to cover a lot of shows most folks wouldn't want on their beat. Three days into starting here 100 years ago, I scared my colleagues by bounding at the chance to handle a Baywatch episode called "Someone to Baywatch Over You." No lie. And that's not to say I don't love a good Friday Night Lights or even a mediocre Lost (see all of Season 2). I just enjoy some of the odder TV things in life. Things perfectly at home on DVD....Galactica 1980 — Do not judge me. I have a soft spot for this spin-off from ABC's mother ship! After the massively budgeted original was axed, the fans rose up and riled the network into throwing together an on-the-cheap follow-up set five years after BSG's finale. Since only Lorne Greene and Herb Jefferson Jr. agreed to come back, Adama and Boomer oversaw Barry Van Dyke and Kent McCord as the fighter pilots who finally got to explore Earth. Come for the flying motorc...
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