Television Crossover Universe

What's a quickie?   See this blog. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Once Upon a Time  is an American  fairy tale  drama series that premiered on Sunday, October 23, 2011, on  ABC . The show takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, the residents of which are actually characters from various  fairy tales  that were transported to the "real world" town and robbed of their real memories by a powerful curse. Episodes typically feature a primary storyline in Storybrooke, as well as a secondary storyline usually from another point in a character's life before the curse was enacted. The show airs Sunday nights at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT. [3] Once Upon a Time  was created by  Lost  and  Tron: Legacy  writers  Edward Kitsis  and  Adam Horowitz . [4]  Its first season received "generally favorable" reviews from critics.  Metacritic  gave it a score of 66 out of...

What's a quickie?   See this blog. I've never seen this show.  I really have no desire to watch this show, but apparently there are crossovers bringing it into the TVCU.  In fact, at least three, which is my minimum requirement to get it's own blog post.  So, here you go. So this show is about this girl named Abbey who hangs out downtown all the time, thus gaining the name Downton Abbey.  What?  It's not?  OK, Wikipedia, you tell it, because I have no idea. Downton Abbey  is a British  period drama  television series created by  Julian Fellowes  and co-produced by  Carnival Films  and  Masterpiece . [1]  It first aired on  ITV  in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 26 September 2010 and on  PBS  in the United States on 9 January 2011 as part of the  Masterpiece Classic  anthology. Four series have been made so far; a fifth is planned for 2014. The series, set in the fi...

Finally, I'm blogging about Mayberry.  Sometimes when I get to a certain blog, I am baffled that it took so long to get there, but then, in my attempt to balance the types of shows and films I cover, and the rate in which I post, I suppose I shouldn't be too hard on myself for taking this long to get to this classic television franchise. So on to the chronology.... Spring 1878--RAWHIDE KID:  SLAP LEATHER--This crossover involves Laura Ingalls (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE), the town of LONESOME DOVE, KID COLT, THE LONE RANGER, THE TWO-GUN KID, Kid Shaleen (CAT BALLOU), Bernard Phife the First (ancestor of Deputy Barney Phife of Mayberry), the Cartwrights (BONANZA), newspaperman Lew Grant (ancestor of LOU GRANT), and Will Kane (HIGH NOON). 1952 - 1958--ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (TELEVISION SERIES)--Clark Kent moves to Los Angles (a great Metropolis) and becomes Superman.  NOTES:  THERE ARE A LOT OF HINTS LEADING THAT THIS SERIES IS IN CHICAGO, BUT AS TOBY O'BRIEN ...