US TV - CHOPPER ONE to THE COP AND THE KID
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CHOPPER ONE
ABC/Spelling-Goldberg / 13x30m-e / 1974
Producers: Ronald Austin, James Buchanan / Executive Producer: Aaron Spelling
Crime drama series. Exploits of a Los Angeles based police chopper team.
With:- JIM McMULLAN as Officer Don Burdick / DIRK BENEDICT as Officer Gil Foley / TED HARTLEY as Captain McKeegan / LOU FRIZZEL as Mitch
NBC / 1x30m-e / 1959
Characters: James Thurber
Comedy. Episodes in the life of cartoonist John Monroe, an intended pilot for a series called The Secret Life of John Monroe that never appeared.
John Monroe........................................ ARTHUR O'CONNELL
Ellen .................................................. GEORGANN JOHNSON
CHRISTINE CROMWELL
ABC/Wolf Films/Universal / 4x120m-e / 1989
Creator/Executive Producer: Dick Wolf
Crime drama series. Occasionally seen as part of ABC's Mystery Movie revival. Wealthy financial advisor Christine Cromwell often finds herself investigating crimes, usually of the murderous kind. Cromwell was based in San Francisco.
Starring: JACLYN SMITH as Christine Cromwell / CELESTE HOLM as Samantha Cromwell / RALPH BELLAMY as Cyrus Blain
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Charles Dickens' Victorian tale of the miserly Ebeneezer scrooge undergoing a change of heart after being visited by ghosts on Christmas Eve has been produced many times for television, USA productions include:-
1943: The Dumont Network / 1x60
minute episode / 22 December 1943 / Director: George Lowry / With:-
William Podmore as Scrooge / Roger De Koven, Ralph Locke. This production
dates back to the days before a proper networked TV structure.
1947: The Dumont Network / 25 December 1947 / With:- John Carradine
as Scrooge / Eva Marie Saint
1953: ABC / 24 December 1953 / With:- Noel Leslie as Scrooge /
Harry Townes as Bob Crachit / Valerie Cossart as Mrs Cratchit / Melville
Cooper as Ghost of Christmas Present
1954: CBS-Desilu / 24 December 1954 / 1x60 minute episode /
Producer/Director: Ralph Levy / Writer: Maxwell Anderson / Music: Bernard
Herrmann / Costume Design: Kate Drain Lawson / Hosted by William Lundigan
and Mary Costa with:- Frederic March as Scrooger / Basil Rathbone as
Marley's Ghost / Ray Middleton as Fred and Ghost of Christmas Present /
Bob Sweeney as Bob Cratchit / Christopher Cook as Tiny Tim / Queenie
Leonard as Mrs Cratchit / Peter Miles as Peter Cratchit / The Roger Wagner
Chorale / A lavish big budget production this one.
1979: PBS / 15 December 1979 / 1x120 minute episode / writers: Rae
Allen, Timothy Near / Ron Bishop as Scrooge / This production was a
musical that came from the Ford's Theatre in Washington.
1981: ABC / 21 December 1981 / 1x110 minute episode / Writer:
Joshua White / Director: Laird Williamson / With:- William Paterson as
Scrooge / Raye Birk as Marley's Ghost / Lawrence Hecht as Ghost of
Christmas Present / Another stage production.
1984: Entertainment Partners / November 1984 / Writer: Roger
O'Hirson / Music: Nick Bicat / Director: Clive Donner / With:- George C.
Scott as Scrooge / Frank Finlay as Marley's Ghost / Angela Pleasence as
Ghost of Christmas Past / Edward Woodward as Ghost of Christmas Present /
David Warner as Bob Cratchit / Susannah York as Mrs Cratchit / Roger Rees
as Fred Holywell/Narrator / Caroline Langrishe as Janet Holywell / Lucy
Gutteridge as Belle / Nigel Davenport as Silas Scrooge / Mark Strickson as
Young Scrooge / Joanne Whalley as Fan / Timothy Bateson as Mr Fezziwig /
Michael Gough as Mr Poole / Peter Woodthorpe as Old Joe / Liz Smith as Mrs
Dilber / Brian Pettifer as Ben / Cathryn Harrison as Kate / Spencer Banks
as Dick Wilkins
2000: A Diva's Christmas Carol / VH1-Viacom / 1x120 minute episode
/ 13 December 2000 / Writer/Director: Richard Schenkman / Music:
Christopher Lennertz / With:- Vanessa L Williams as Ebony Scrooge /
Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas as Marli Jacob / Brian McNamara as Bob
Cratchett / Brian McKnight as himself / Nile Rodgers as Record Label boss
/ A modern day role reversal version.
2003: Larry Levinson Productions / 7 December 2003 / 1x120 minute
episode / Writer: Tom Amundsen / Director: Matthew Irmas / With:- Tori
Spelling as Carol Cartman / Dinah Manoff as Marla / Nina
Siemaszko as Roberta / Michael Landes as Jimmy / Gary Coleman as Ghost of
Christmas Past / Ethan Sandler as Jerry / William Shatner as Doctor
Bob/Ghost of Christmas Present / Another modern day take with Tori
Spelling as a grumpy talk show host.
THE CHRISTOPHERS / CHISTOPHER CLOSE UP
Syndicated / x30m-e / 1951-1987
Executive Producer: Richard Armstrong
Very long running religion based show hosted by first Father James Keller (1951-69) and then the Reverend Richard Armstrong and Jeanne Glynn, the focus of the show was the Catholic movement known as The Christophers. By the 1970's the title had changed to Christopher Close Up. Big names appeared on the show including the likes of James Cagney, Bing Crosby, Harpo Marx, Celeste Holm and Rosalind Russell. Until 1954 each edition was only fifteen minutes long.
CIMARRON CITY
NBC/Universal / 26x60m-e / 1958 black and white
Western drama series. Stories of a tough town sheriff.
With:- GEORGE MONTGOMERY / AUDREY TOTTER / JOHN SMITH
CIMARRON STRIP
CBS / 23x90m-e / 1967
Producer: Philip Leacock
Western drama series. A sheriff in charge of the territory between Kansas and an Indian reservation tries to keep trouble at bay.
With:- STUART WHITMAN / PERCY HERBERT / RANDY BOONE / JILL TOWNSEND
CINDERELLA
1x90m-e / 1957
Lavishly filmed musical spectacular with musical and lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein, broadcast live it featured Julie Andrews as Cinderella and also featured Edie Adams. The production was mounted again in 1965 with a different cast.
CIRCUS
Syndicated / x30m-e / 1971
A series of clips from European circus acts, hosted by Bert Parks.
THE CISCO KID
Ziv / 156x30m-e / 1951-56
Producer: Walter Schwimmer
Western drama series. The Cisco Kid and his sidekick Pancho keep evil at bay in 1890's New Mexico. The first colour western series.
The Cisco Kid...................................... DUNCAN RENALDO
Pancho............................................... LEO CARILLO
CITIZEN SOLDIER
Syndicated / x30m-e / 1956
An anthology series of wartime dramas focusing on World War II and the Korean War. The narrator of each show was the soldier whose drama the episode was based on.
CITY DETECTIVE
MCA/Universal-Syndicated / 65x30m-e / 1953-54 black and white
Crime drama series. Cases of New York based cop Lt Bart Grant. Gained a record in the 1950's as being the show sold to most states (some 171 at that time).
With:- ROD CAMERON as Lt Bart Grant
CITY OF ANGELS
NBC-Universal-Public Arts / 13x60m-e / 1976 (3 February - 10 August / Tuesdays 10.00pm)
Creator/Producer: Jo Swerling Jr
Period crime drama series. Jake Axminster plies his trade as an insurance investigator in Los Angeles during the 1930's.
With:- WAYNE ROGERS as Jake Axminster / CLIFTON JAMES as Lt Murray Quint / ELAINE JOYCE as Marsha / PHILIP STERLING as Michael Brimm
THE CIVIL WAR
Florentine / 9x60m-e / 1989
Producers: Ken Burns, Ric Burns / Executive Producer: Ken Burns
Documentary. Mammothly detailed history of the American Civil War that took place between 1861 and 1865 when a number of Southern states (especially Virginia) attempted to break away and form their own confederacy. Narrated by David McCullough and with readings from the likes of Sam Waterston, Jason Robards, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Irons and Garrison Keillor.
ABC / 36x60m-e / 11991-93 (20 November 91 - 2 March 93)
Comedy drama series. The cases of a Manhattan law firm that specialised in divorce cases. When this series ended two of the characters Eli and Denise crossed over into that other legal show L.A. Law.
With:- MARIEL HEMINGWAY as Sydney Guilford / PETER ONORATI as Charlie Howell / DEBI MAZAR as Denise Iannello / ALAN ROSENBERG as Eli Levinson / DAVID MARCIANO as Jeffrey Lassick
THE CLEAR HORIZON
USA / CBS / x30m-e / 11 July 1960- 11 June 1962 broadcast Mondays to Fridays 11.30am black and white
A daytime soap that focused on Army Signal Corps Officer Roy Selby and his wife Anne after Roy was transferred to Cape Canaveral in Florida. The pair had a 10 year old son called Ricky and action in the series centred on the family getting used to their new surroundings and integrating themselves into the lives of other families on the base such as Colonel Adams. The Selby's marriage came under strain when Anne became attracted to another man. In 1961 the series had to all intents and purposes finished but then a little while later it returned with initially Anne struggling on her own after Roy had found himself behind enemy lines. This second run also focused more on the character of Sgt Harry Moseby and his wife Frances. By the time the series did finish for good in 1962 Roy and Anne had been re-united.With:- EDWARD KEMMER as Roy Selby / PHYLLIS AVERY as Anne Selby / JIMMY CARTER as Ricky Selby (1960-61) / CHARLES HERBERT as Ricky Selby (1962) / CRAIG CURTIS as Greg Selby / RUSTY LANE as Sgt Harry Moseby / EVE McVEAGH as Frances Moseby / MICHAEL FOX as Lt Sig Levy / DENISE ALEXANDER as Lois Adams / WILLIAM ROCK as Colonel Theodore Adams / WILLIAM ALLYN as Frank / RICHARD COOGAN as Mitchell Corbin (1962) / TOM BROWN as Major Allen / JAMES EDWARDS as Airman Davis
CLEOPATRA 2525
Renaissance/Syndicated / x30m-e / 2000
Executive Producers: Rob Tapert, R.J. Stewart, Eric Gruendeman / Music: Joseph LoDuca
SciFi action adventure series. In the far future when the Earth is ruled by flying creatures called Bailies, Cleopatra is cryogenically awakened and joins forces with a pair of female underground freedom fighters.
Cleopatra............................................. JENNIFER SKY
Hel...................................................... GINA TORRES
Sarge.................................................. VICTORIA PRATT
Mark................................................... PATRICK KAKE
Raina.................................................. DANIELLE CORMACK
Creegan.............................................. JOEL TOBECK
THE CLOSER
CBS/Warner/TWF II Prod/Frontier Pictures / x30m-e / 1998
Theme Mus:Ed Alton
Sitcom. Hard working 'ad ex' Jack McLaren will stop at nothing to bring in the clients to the agency.
Jack McLaren.................................. TOM SELLECK
Carl 'Dobbs' Dobson......................... EDWARD ASNER
Bruno Verma................................... DAVID KRUMHOLTZ
Beverly Andolini............................... SUZY NAKAMURA
Erica Hewitt .................................... PENELOPE ANN MILLER
THE CLOSER*
TNT-Warner-Shephard/Robin / x60 minute episodes / 2005 (Premiered Monday, June 13 at 9 p.m)
Executive Producers: Greer Shephard, Michael M. Robin and James Duff / Consulting Producer: Gil Garcetti (a former LA District Attorney)
Crime drama series. An
offbeat personality, a tough-as-nails approach and a track record as one
of the country's leading investigators: these are just a few of the
traits exhibited by Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson. In her first
lead role in a dramatic series Kyra Sedgwick plays the CIA-trained
detective who has been brought to
With:- KYRA SEDGWICK as Brenda Johnson / COREY REYNOLDS as Sgt David Gabriel / ROBERT GOSSETT as Captain Taylor (head of robbery homicide) / G.W. BAILEY as Det Lt Provenza / JON TENNEY as FBI Agent Fritz Howard / TONY DENISON as Det Andy Flynn / RAYMOND CRUZ as Det Julio Sanchez / MICHAEL PAUL CHAN as Det Mike Tao / GINA RAVERA as Det Irene Daniels
CLUELESS
ABC/UPN/Cockamamie/ Paramount / x30m-e / 1996-99
Creator: Amy Heckerling / Executive Producers: Twink Caplan, Amy Heckerling, Pamela Pettley
Sitcom. Exploits of a group of superich but decidedly 'clueless' bunch of Beverly Hills high school teens. Based on the 1995 movie of the same name. The show started on ABC before moving from season II(23 Sep 97) to UPN.
Cher Horowitz.................................. RACHEL BLANCHARD
Dionne 'Dee'.................................... STACEY DASH
Murray........................................... DONALD ADEOSUN
Sean............................................. SEAN HOLLAND
Amber........................................... ELISA DONOVAN
Mel Horowitz.................................. MICHAEL LERNER
Josh(96-97).................................... DAVID LASCHER
Mr Hall ......................................... WALLACE SHAWN
COACH
ABC/Bungalow 78/ Universal / 208x30m-e 3x60m-e / 1989-97
Creator: Barry Kemp / Executive Producers: Barry Kemp, Sheldon Bull, John Peaslee, Judd Pillot, Craig T. Nelson
Sitcom. Hayden Fox copes with his job as coach of college football team at the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles, as well as his 16 year old daughter turning up out of the blue. The final two seasons saw Coach Fox relocate to Florida taking charge of professional team the Orlando Breakers.
Hayden Fox..................................... CRAIG T. NELSON
Luther Van Dam.............................. JERRY VAN DYKE
Christine Armstrong......................... SHELLEY FABARES
Kelly Fox Roseback(89-95).............. CLARE CAREY
Michael 'Dauber' Dybinski................ BILL FAGERBAKKE
Stuart Rosebrock(89-92).................. KRISS KAMM
Howard Burleigh............................. KENNETH KIMMINS
Judy Watkins................................ PAM STONE
Doris Sherman(95-97).................... KATHERINE HELMOND
Shirley Burleigh(91-97)................... GEORGIA ENGEL
CODE RED
Warner / 13x60m-e / 1977
Creator/Producer: Ed Self
Action adventure series. Stories of an emergency team based on an island off the coast of California.
With:- JAMES HOUGHTON / MARTIN COVE / TOM SIMCOX / SUSANNE REED
CODE THREE
Hal Roach / 39x30m-e / 1956 black and white
Crime drama series. Exploits of the staff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff department.
With:- RICHARD TRAVIS
ABC/Fox/Aaron Spelling / 40x60m-e / 1985-87
Creator: Aaron Spelling / Producers: Esther and Richard Shapiro
Drama series.Spin off from Dynasty. Machinations of the oil rich Colby Clan of California. Infamous for having one character(Fallon) abducted by aliens.
Jason Colby...................................... CHARLTON HESTON
Sable Scott Colby............................. STEPHANIE BEACHAM
Jeff Colby......................................... JOHN JAMES
Francesca Scott Colby/Langdon.........KATHARINE ROSS
Fallon Carrington/Colby..................... EMMA SAMMS
Monica Colby.................................. TRACY SCOGGINS
Miles Colby..................................... MAXWELL CAULFIELD
Zachary Powers.............................. RICARDO MONTALBAN
Constance Colby............................ BARBARA STANWYCK
Lord Roger Langden........................ DAVID HEDISON
NBC/Granada / 8x60m-e / 1999
Creator: Mike Bullen / Executive Producer: Kerry Ehrin
Drama series. The American version of the UK hit of the same name with the setting, still about the relationships of three thirtysomething couples, transferred to Seattle. Taken off after four of its eight episodes had been shown.
With:- David Sutcliffe as Adam Williams / Jean Louisa Kelly as Shelley Sullivan / William Keane as Pete Lombardi / Dina Spybey as Jenny Lombardi / Anthony Starke as David Chandler / Alicia Coppola as Karen Chandler
THE
COLIN QUINN SHOW
NBC
/ x30m-e / 2002
Former
Saturday Night Live cast member Colin Quinn stars in this three-week
live sketch comedy .
COLONEL FLACK
CBS/Wilbur Stark / x30m-e / 1953 black and white
Sitcom. Exploits of a wily con man.
With:- ALAN MOWBRAY / FRANK JENKS
COLT 45
ABC/Warner / 67x30m-e / bw 1958-59
Western drama series. Exploits of a government agent travelling the West, posing as a gun salesman.
With:- WAYDE PRESTON / DONALD MAY
NBC/Universal/ABC 'Mystery Movie' / x90/120m-e / 1971-77/89-90/ 1996
Creators: Richard Levinson, William Link / Executive Producers: Richard Levinson, William Link, Roland Kibbee, Dean Hargrove, Richard Alan Simmons
Crime drama series. Pretty
intelligent detective drama about dishevelled,
raincoat wearing, go it alone Lt Columbo.
Columbo had an unusual premise for a tec show,
we (the viewers) saw who committed the murder
right from the beginning with Lt Columbo somehow
always knowing who the guilty party was but
somehow having to use his skills and persistence
to work out how the deed was done.
Columbo was married to Kate but she was never
seen (although there was a cheeky spin off
called Mrs Columbo using this character).
Columbo drove a run down Peugeot and had a
basset hound called Dog.
Bing Crosby and Lee J. Cobb were both offered
the chance to play the role but the character
was actually first seen on screen played by
Arthur Freed in a 1961 edition of Sunday Mystery
Hour. Directors on the early editions included
both Steven Spielberg and Jonathan Demme.
Apparently the inspiration for the character was
Petrovich from Feodor Dostoyevsky's mammoth
novel Crime and Punishment
With:- PETER FALK as Lt Columbo
ABC/Selmur / 152x60m-e 25(colour) / 1962-67
Producers: Gene Levitt, Robert Blees, Robert Altman, Burt Kennedy / Executive Producer: Selig Seligman / Music: Leonard Rosenman
Wartime drama series. Stories of a US army platoon in Europe at the height of the Second World War.
With:- RICK JASON as Lt Gil Hanley / VIC MORROW as Sgt Chip Saunders / PIERRE JALBERT as PFC Paul 'Caje' Lemay / JACK HOGAN as Pte William G. Kirby / DICK PEABODY as Littlejohn / STEVEN ROGERS as Doc Walton / CONLAN CARTER as Doc / SHECKY GREENE as Pte Braddock / TOM LOWELL as Pte Billy Nelson
COMING OF AGE
CBS/Bungalow 78/ Universal / 15x30m-e / 1988-89
Writers: Shelden Bull, Barry Kemp, Jeffrey Duteil, Tom Palmer, Kevin Pollak, Earl Pomerantz, Emily Prudum Marshall,
Sitcom. Exploits of a pair of couples living in an old peoples retirement village, the Hales, Dick and Ginny and the Peppers, Ed & Trudie.
Dick Hale........................................... PAUL DOLLEY
Ginny Hale........................................ PHYLLIS NEWMAN
Ed Pepper......................................... ALAN YOUNG
Trudie Pepper.................................... GLYNIS JOHNS
Brian Binker...................................... KEVIN POLLAK
THE COMMISH
ABC / 94x60m-e 2x120m-e / 1991-95 (First Episode: 28 September 1991)
Crime drama series. Cases of a laid back police commissioner Tony Scali in the town of Eastbridge, New York City. In November and December 1995 a pair of TV Movies appeared.
With:- MICHAEL CHIKLIS as Commissioner Tony Scali / THERESA SALDANA as Rachel Scali / KAJ-ERIK ERIKSEN as David Scali / JOHN CYGAN as Detective Paulie Pentangeli / GEOFFREY NAUFFTS as Officer Stan Kelly (91-94) / MELINDA McGRAW as Detective Cyd Madison (92-94) / GINA BELAFONTE as Officer Carmela Pagan(91-93) / JASON SCHOMBING as Officer Ronnie Lopez / NICHOLAS LEA as Officer Ricky Caruso / PAT BERMEL as Officer Mike Rose / DAVID PAYMER as Arnie Metzger / WILLIAM McMANUS as Officer Jim McGinley
COMPROMISING SITUATIONS
x30m-e / 1994
Theme Music: James Glenn, Carl Schutz
An anthology series of erotic dramas.
Compromising Situations Girl...... CAROLYN COSTA
COMPUTERCIDE
Paramount/Culzean / 1x90m-e / 1977
Director: Robert Michael Lewis
Scifi crime drama. In the future a private detective gets involved in a cloning conspiracy whilst searching for a missing scientist. Also known as The Final Eye.
With:- JOSEPH CORTASE / TOM CLANCY / SUSAN GEORGE / DAVID HUDDLESTON / DONALD PLEASENCE / LINDA GILLIN
CONFIDENTIAL FOR WOMEN
USA / ABC / 13x30m-e / March 28, 1966-July8, 1966
Broadcast Mon.-Fri. 2-2:30 p.m.
Commentator: Dr. Theodore Isaac Rubin
Anthology series. Confidential for Women offered a week-long melodrama with observations on the playlet and its implications from
best-selling psychiatrist-author Dr. Rubin, whose case files
provided the germ for the stories. The opener dealt with a couple whose marriage was failing. Guest actors were a
mix of newcomers and old pros, such as Barbara Barrie, Joe Campanella, Kim Hunter, Darren
McGavin, Sheree North,
and Arthur O'Connell. Despite the presence of genial Jane Wyatt as hostess (whose sitcom Father Knows Best aired in
repeats daily on ABC 90 minutes before this show began), the serial had such little promise that ABC began a month
of reruns starting June 13, 1966 until its cancellation after 13 weeks. ABC replaced it with an arguably more accurate
picture of domestic life (see The Newlywed Game). Hosted by Jane Wyatt.
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATOR
Syndicated/Sandy Howard / 26x30m-e / 1959 black and white
Drama series. Cases of the men of the title, specialists in information gathering for congressional trials.
With:- EDWARD STROLL / WILLIAM MASTERS / STEPHEN ROBERTS / MARION COLLIER
CONGRESSIONAL REPORT
NBC / x30m-e / 1969 (First Episode: 13 April)
Public affair type show in which a quartet of U.S. Congress members discussed current events. Following its daytime run, the show aired Sundays at 6 p.m. from June 15-August 31,1969. Hosted by Bill Monroe.
CONVOY
NBC/Universal / 13x60m-e / 1965 black and white
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Wartime drama series. Stories of a boat crew based in the North Atlantic during World War II.
With:- JOHN GAVIN as Cmdr Dan Talbot / JOHN LARCH as Merchant Capt Ben Foster / LINDEN CHILES as Chiewf Officer Steve Kirkland / JAMES CALLAHAN as Lt Dick 0'Connell
COOL MILLION
NBC (NBC Mystery Movie) / 4x90m-e / 1972-73
Executive Producer: Roy Huggins / Producers: Jo Swerling, Jr., Gene Levitt
Crime drama series. High rolling Private eye Jefferson Keyes charges a million dollars per case, refundable if he can't solve it.
With:- JAMES FARENTINO as Jefferson Keyes / ADELE MARA as Elena / ED BERNARD as Tony Baylor
THE COP AND THE KID
NBC/Paramount/ Playboy / x30m-e / 1975
Creator/Producer: Jerry Davis / Music: Jerry Fielding
Sitcom. A bachelor cop takes in a young orphan.
With:- CHARLES DURNING as Officer Frank Murphy / TIERRE TURNER as Lucas Adams (the kid)
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