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‘Gentle Ben’ (Season 1): Sweet, simple, expertly-done family television

When you’re knock knock knockin’ on heaven’s door, you can bet your ass you don’t watch challenging TV while you’re trying to make it through the night—you want familiarity. You want plots you can follow. You want some nice scenery. You want to see a bear eat a kid.

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‘The Legend of Lizzie Borden’ (1975): Brilliant made-for-TV splatter shocker

Haunting, dreamy, crazy nightmare thrills. There’s a reason I and several million other people my age and older remember so well The Legend of Lizzie Borden, the 1975 ABC made-for-TV splatter shocker: it’s flat-out brilliant.

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