In 1979, NBC President Fred Silverman, trying to save the last-place network, fast-tracked a drama called “Supertrain.” It combined railroads, disco and murder, and if you think it sounds terrible, ...

Cameron is a writer, artist, and journalist working from Ohio. Click here for more work! The first sign of trouble aboard Supertrain comes not even a minute into its pilot. Sidestepping the usual fare ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Success breeds imitation. So when ABC’s kitschy The Love Boat was ...

It was a different age of television — and the world wasn't ready for Supertrain yet. The little-known sci-fi series, which aired for only a single season in 1979, could have been the beginning of a ...

Like Sony’s 'Bullet Train,' in theaters Aug. 5, the NBC drama offered action and intrigue — and was the most expensive TV show of its time — but viewers and critics were not on board. By Ryan Gajewski ...

In honour of the death of the great crime-fiction writer Donald E. Westlake , here’s one of his least-prestigious but most-infamous credits: Supertrain, the 1979 bomb that almost bankrupted NBC. As ...

The days of keeping costs low are long gone as the multimillion dollar royal drama is the latest in a series of small-screen shows with blockbuster budgets When The Crown debuted on Netflix last week, ...