jessica-savitch

In the Eighties, stars like Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Eddie Murphy explode on the screen. Aliens, time travelers, ghosts and road warriors share the cineplex with troubled teens, battered…

The ever-present Cold War between the United States and Russia finally comes to an end thanks to a chain of events that had once been unthinkable.

VCRs, remote controls, family sitcoms, adult dramas, and prime-time soaps all changed TV enjoyment.

That unlikely phrase is taken from President Gerald Ford’s 1975 State of the Union address and reflects an America that careened from crisis to crisis in the second half of…