Watchdog

Fans of the landmark series "When It Was a Game'' a decade ago will find much to enjoy in FSN's new series "Baseball's Golden Age,'' which debuts Sunday night and has a similar look and feel to the original.

That's because it was produced by some of the same people as "When It Was a Game,'' which was built around color home movies from the 1920s through the '60s. It provided an entirely new way of experiencing that era for generations who only knew those players and stadiums in black-and-white.

Steven Stern, who heads Flagstaff Films, said this 13-episode show focuses more on particular subjects and offers more details. The vast majority of footage has not been seen before.

I only reviewed the first episode. The pictures are fantastic, as always, but too often the narration and interviews offer baseball-worship generalities rather than information on the film we actually are watching.

Still, this stuff is a treasure both for the aging generations who watched that era live and in color, and those under AARP age who did not.