#42: ‘Journey to Babel’
Star Trek’s ‘Journey to Babel,’ introducing Spock’s parents, is #42 on ‘The 50 Greatest Television Episodes of the 1960s’ list
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HBO Max’s Victorian X-Women
‘The Nevers,’ a fantasy action series about people — mostly women – who are suddenly imbued with supernatural abilities, premieres this Sunday, April 11, on HBO Max
Ex-Cons, Serious and Funny
‘Taking the Fall,’ a new movie, and ‘Pet Peeves,’ a new series, both focus on recent felons adjusting to life after prison. Any similarity ends there
Them x 2 = Scary 1950s L.A.
Can Amazon Prime’s new horror series, ‘Them,’ be compared with the 1954 sci-fi classic, ‘Them!’? Both feature scary visions of 1950s Los Angeles
‘Future People’ Are Here
‘Future People: The Family of Donor 5114,’ about 37 kids with the same donor father, debuts April 10 on Discovery+
Netflix’s Crime Spree
Netflix goes on a spree of sorts with the debut of three crime-related titles — ‘Snabba Cash’ and ‘This is a Robbery’ (April 7), and ‘The Way of the Househusband’ (April 8)
Stream ‘Midnight Cowboy’
51 years ago today, on April 7, 1970, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ became the only X-rated title to win a Best Picture Oscar. It’s now rated R, but where can you stream it?
‘Holocaust to Hollywood’
You can now stream two documentaries about Robert Clary, survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, who went on to play a Nazi POW on ‘Hogan’s Heroes’
Sex, Comics, Socialists
Sex, comics and socialists steal the spotlight April 8 and 9 on Ovid.tv with premieres including ‘Bettie Page Reveals All,’ Sex in the Comics’ and ‘La Commune (Paris, 1871)’
‘Wonderland’ on MHz Choice
‘Wonderland,’ a six-episode French time travel romance, debuts April 6 on subscription streamer MHz Choice
