With relatively little fanfare, two networks recently took a big step toward rendering your new flat-screen TV obsolete. Hulu.com, a joint venture of NBC and Fox, now streams full episodes of over 400 television shows. It’s a helpful place to catch up on The Simpsons or The Office, and a dangerously addictive trove of vintage boob-tube archives. Vulture’s Lane Brown helps sort through a few decades of classic cops and robbers, P.I.’s and vigilantes.
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