Back in Time

Period dramas continue to enliven bygone eras with perennial stories and modern twists. By Chelsea Regan

Past is prologue, as they say. And period dramas, set in the distant and not-too-distant past, color our understanding of both yesterday and today. The prologue of the present is perpetually relevant and endlessly relatable to modern television audiences. Fans of period drama still want to be transported through the past and its lessons under the guise of entertainment.