For kids of the ’60s, it was a thrilling weekly ride and for adults revisiting it later, it became a time capsule of an era when television dared to mix earnest family drama with outlandish spectacle.

Lost in Space followed the adventures of the planet-hopping Robinson family, their pilot, a robot, and a villainous stowaway.

"Give me a child at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life." So the fanatical teacher of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) liked to say. And so the TV networks have repeatedly proved.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Lockhart died on Oct. 23 at age 100 of natural causes in Santa Monica, Calif., according to ...

June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers, whether at home in "Lassie" or up in the stratosphere in "Lost In Space," has died. She was 100.Related video above: ...

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When it comes to the sci-fi genre, one undeniable gift that the 1960s gave to pop culture was, of course, the original Star Trek in America and, through the BBC in England, Doctor Who. At the same ...

A Tony Award winner and daughter of actor Gene Lockhart, she also starred in 'Meet Me in St. Louis' and 'Petticoat Junction.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor June Lockhart, affectionately known as Lassie ...