Steeling the Show

Here is something I don’t think I ever knew: The popular 1980s TV detective series Remington Steele was in fact a steal from an older British show with the much clunkier title Carrie Cashin. Macleans magazine TV writer Jaime J. Weinman gives us the lowdown at Something Old, Nothing New. (Click here.)

And hey, while you’re perusing Weinman’s blog, check out his remarks about the new DVD releases of Hawaii Five-O and that 1981-1986 Lee Majors series The Fall Guy, which I remember mostly for its country-ish theme song (performed by Majors himself) and its bikini scenes with comely blond co-star Heather Thomas. Because I usually like Weinman’s blog, I shall ignore his negativity on the subject of Banacek ...