Image Credit: A still from 'Supertrain' (Image: NBC) NBC took an enormous risk, spending an insurmountable amount of money on ...

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, ...

NBC invested an unprecedented amount of money into this 1970s sci-fi TV series flop, which very nearly bankrupted the network ...

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 ...

In 1979, NBC produced a TV series called "Supertrain," in which every episode took place on a nuclear-powered luxury ...

We posted about the Superbus earlier today, and while poking around for more info, we discovered that back in 1979, NBC had Supertrain, which is just a whole new level of craziness. Imagine a giant ...

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 ...

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 ...