Discover 25 TV series that became inseparable from their iconic settings—from cozy small towns to unforgettable big-city backdrops. Explore the shows where the location became a character of its own in this fun, engaging, TV-lover’s guide.

Every sci-fi fan has that one movie they pretend to love because everyone else calls it a masterpiece. But talk to the genre purists—the tech-obsessed, lore-picking, physics-correcting diehards—and they’ll tell you the uncomfortable truth: some “classics” just don’t hold up under fandom-level scrutiny. Do you agree?

Singer and guitarist Steve Marriott was one of Britain’s most respected blues-rock performers of the 60s and 70s.

Before theme songs became skip buttons and recaps started explaining things you absolutely already knew, TV shows had one precious chance to grab your attention. Enter the cold open—the pre-credits moment designed to hook you, delight you, or completely derail your expectations before the story even begins. Let’s journey through some of the most iconic cold opens in TV history.

American remakes of British TV have a reputation—and not always a flattering one. For every awkward cultural transplant, there’s a reinvention that somehow clicks harder, lasts longer, and embeds itself into pop culture in a way the original never quite managed. Sometimes it’s a cast change, sometimes it’s pacing, and sometimes it’s just the confidence to go bigger, louder, and messier.

Hollywood loves a test screening. Dim the lights, hand out comment cards, and let a roomful of strangers decide a movie’s fate. Sometimes that feedback saves a project. Other times, it nearly buries films that would later be crowned untouchable classics. From endings that were completely rewritten to tones that were wildly misunderstood, these movies all faced brutal early reactions—and survived anyway.