Lost in Space, the iconic science fiction series, is in cultural conversation again because of actress June Lockhart's sad passing on October 23, 2025.

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. As noted, like Star Trek, which premiered a year ...

"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. Everybody has one of those shows. A show they saw at an ...

Actress June Lockhart, who played warm-hearted mom Ruth Martin on CBS' "Lassie" and space mom Maureen Robinson on "Lost in Space," which also aired on CBS, has died at 100, her family announced.