In the 1980s, TV began to transition from being undervalued as a form of popular entertainment to a platform that rivaled cinema in producing works of great substance, depth, and artistic vision.

Before Ryan Gosling, there was Lee Majors. Majors didn't quite presage Gosling as a box-office idol, but he did get to the role of Colt Seavers first. Majors played the stuntman-turned-bounty hunter ...