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ABC/Fox / 11x60m-e / 1990

Creator/Producer: Steven Bochco, William Finkelstein / Theme Music: Randy Newman 

Musical crime drama series. Cases of a Los Angeles Police Department. Bizarrely the shows players would break into song at the drop of a hat.

Mayor Louise Plank........................ BARBARA BOSSON

Chief Roger Kendrick...................... RONNY COX

Det Vincent LaRusso..................... PETER ONORATI

Capt John Hollander....................... LARRY JOSHUA

Officer Franklin Rose..................... JAMES McDANIEL

Officer Andy Campo...................... DAVID GIANOPOULOS

Det Ralph Ruskin.......................... RON McCARTY

CORA UNASHAMED

WGBH Boston and ALT Films / 1x120m-e / 2001

Executive Producers: Marian Rees, Rebecca Eaton, Anne Hopkins, Stephen Kulczycki / Director: Deborah M. Pratt / Writer: Anne Peacock / Producer: Marian Rees, Ronald Colby / Director of Photography: Ernest Holman / Design: Marcia Calosio / Music: Patrice Rushen

Period drama. 

Regina Taylor as Cora Jenkins / Cherry Jones as Mrs. Art Studevant

Universal-Syndication / 39x30m-e /  1959-60 black and white

Crime drama series. The cases of Dan Adams, a private eye based in San Diego and who used to be in Naval Intelligence.

With:- ROD CAMERON as Dan Adams

CBS/Plautus/Herb Brodkin / 13x60m-e / 1966

Drama series. Stories of a man suffering from memory loss and trying to find out about his past.

With:- FRANK CONVERSE / BRIAN BEDFORD / JOE SILVER

CBS / x30m-e / 1996-97

Creator: David Renwick 

Sitcom. Hilton Lucas is left frustrated by life after having to take early retirement. An American version of the UK's One Foot in the Grave.

Hilton Lucas...................................... BILL COSBY

Ruth Lucas........................................ PHYLICIA RASHAD

Pauline.............................................. MADELINE KAHN

NBC/Carsey-Werner / 193x30m-e 4x60m-e / 1984-92

Creators: Bill Cosby, Ed Weinberger, Michael Leeson / Executive Producer: Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, John Markus, Earl Pomerantz, 

Sitcom. Episodes in the life of the middle class Huxtable clan. Father Cliff was an obstetrician and gynacologist, whilst his wife Clair was an attorney. They had five kids - four daughters and one son. See also spin off A Different World.

Cliff Huxtable..................................... BILL COSBY

Clair Huxtable................................... PHYLICIA RASHAD

Sondra Huxtable/Tibedeaux............... SABRINA LE BEAUF

Denise Huxtable Kendall................... LISA BONET

Theodore Huxtable........................... MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER

Vanessa Huxtable........................... TEMPEST BLEDSOE

Rudy Huxtable................................ KEISHIA KNIGHT PULLIAM

Elvin Tibideaux................................ GEOFFREY OWENS

Anna Huxtable................................ CLARICE TAYLOR

Russell Huxtable............................ EARLE HYMAN

Peter Chiara................................... PETER COSTA

Pam Turner.................................... ERIKA ALEXANDER

Syndicated/Screen Gems / 39x30m-e /  1958 black and white

Spy drama series. Cases of a double agent. 

With:- DON MEGOWAN

THE COURT

ABC-John Wells-Warner Bros  / x60m-e / 2002 (First Episode: Tuesday 26 March)  

Executive Producer: Carol Flint

Drama series. Stories of Ohio governor Kate Nolan, the newly appointed Supreme Court justice. As Kate juggles between her mixed camp of conservative and liberal colleagues, she must also develop a relationship with the young law clerks assigned to her.

With:- SALLY FIELD as Kate Nolan /  Pat Hingle / Chris Sarandon / Diahann Carroll / Miguel Sandoval

ABC/Paigano / 26x30m-e /  1957 black and white

Crime drama series. A Septet of people set up an organisation dedicated to freeing people wrongly imprisoned.

With:- LYLE BETTGER / PAUL BIRCH

ABC/MGM / 78x30m-e / 1969-71

Producer: James Komack 

Sitcom. The young son of a widow is determined to find his dad a new wife.

With:- BILL BIXBY / BRANDON CRUZ / MIYOSHI UMEKI / JAMES KOMACK

ABC/Ivan Tors / 26x60m-e / 1967

Executive Producer: Ivan Tors 

Action adventure series. Stories of a rodeo rider working in Africa catching wild animals.

With:- CHUCK CONNORS / TOM NARDINI / RONALD HOWARD

ABC/Warner / 13x30m-e / 1974

Western comedy drama series. A septet of young boys team up with a widow to run her farm. Based on the film of the same name.

With:- MOSES GUNN / DIANA DOUGLAS / JIM DAVIS

R and R / x30m-e / 1977

Creator: Aaron Ruben / Producers: Aaron Ruben, Gene Marcione / Director: Peter Bildwin 

Sitcom. Exploits of the Chief Petty Officer at a San Diego Naval Station training centre.

With:- DON RICKLES as C.P.O Sharkey / ELIZABETH ALLEN / HARRISON PAGE

Adrian Weiss / 26x30m-e /  1952 black and white

Crime drama series. Cases of the crime expert of the title.

Craig Kennedy................................. DONALD WOODS

CRANK YANKERS

Comedy Channel / x30 minute episodes / 2002-continuing

Creators: Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison

Comedy show focusing on prank phone calls.The show marries audio from prank phone calls with video of puppets acting out the conversations. Oddly enough, the show attracts big-name guests. Eminem placed a call last season. Other segments feature Tony Barbieri as Niles Standish, a British nobleman who asks a midwife about hosting a "mass birthing ceremony" on his front lawn. There's also Sarah Silverman as a woman looking for a caregiver for her senile grandmother; and the incomparable Wanda Sykes as a sassy consumer who complains when her cell phone picks up a sex line

CRAZY LIKE A FOX

CBS / 35x60m-e 1x90m-e / 1984-87 (First Episode: 30 December 84)

Crime drama series. Young lawyer Harrison K. Fox aften finds himself helping his father Harry, a private detective, on his
cases.

With:- JACK WARDEN as Harrison 'Harry' Fox  Snr / JOHN RUBENSTEIN as Harrison Fox Jnr / PENNY PEYSER as Cindy Fox / ROBBY KIGER as Josh Fox / LYDIA LEI as Alison Ling (1984-85) / PATRICIA AYAME THOMSON as Alison Ling (1985-86) / ROBERT HANLEY as Lt Walker (1985-86) / THEODORE WILSON as Ernie (1985-86)

CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER

CBS / x30m-e / 1951-52 black and white

Crime drama series. Stories of Casey, working as a crime photographer for the Morning Express.  Based on a series of novels by George Harmon Coxe and their was also a radio series during the 1940's.

With:- RICHARD CARLYLE as Casey (Apr 1951-June 1951) / DARREN McGAVIN as Casey (June 1951-June 1952) / JOHN GIBSON as Ethelbert (Apr 1951-June 1951) / CLIFF HALL as Ethelbert (June 1951-June 1952) / JAN MINER as Ann Williams / DONALD McCLELLAND as Captain Bill Logan / ARCHIE SMITH as Jack Lipman

New World TV / 48x60m-e / 1989

Creators: Chuck Adamson, Gustave Reininger / Theme Music: Runaway by Del Shannon / Executive Producer: Michael Mann

Period crime drama series. Lt Mike Torello working for the Major Crime Unit in 1960's Chicago tries to bring mob leader Ray Luca to book. Torello drove a 1963 Bonneville.

Lt Michael Torello.............................. DENNIS FARINA

Pauli Taglia....................................... JOHN SANTUCCI

Ray Luca......................................... ANTHONY DENISON

Attorney David Abrams..................... STEPHEN LANG

CRIME SYNDICATED

CBS / 45x30m-e / 18 Sep 1951-23 June 1953

Producer: Jerry Danzig

Live anthology series based on from the FBI, the Senate Crime Investigating Committee, and various police departments. Narrated and hosted by Rudolph Halley and then Herbert R. O'Connor (both of whom had been members of the Senate Crime Investigating Committee). 

CRIME WITH FATHER

ABC / 16x30m-e /  31 Aug 1951-18 Jan 1952 black and white

Producer: Wilbur Stark

Crime drama series. Cases of a father and daughter detective team.

With:- RUSTY LANE as Capt. Jim Riland / PEGGY LOBBIN as Chris Riland

Universal / 114x60m-e / 1963-66

An anthology series of dramas hosted by Bob Hope and the series is also known as The Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre.

TCC/Gracie/ Columbia / 23x30m-e / 1994

Producers: Richard Sakai, Richard Raynis 

Animated sitcom. Film critic Jay Sherman hosts his own show 'Coming Attractions' on Cable TV in downtown Manhattan.

Jay Sherman.................................. JON LOVITZ

Duke Phillips.................................. CHARLES NAPIER

Doris.............................................. DORIS GRAU

Margo............................................ NANCY CARTWRIGHT

Jeremy Hawke................................ MAURICE LAMARCHE

Marty Sherman.............................. CHRISTINE KAVANAGH

CROSSING JORDAN

Executive Producer / Creator: Tim Kring

NBC / x60m-e / 2001

Medical/crime drama series. Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh returns to her Boston home from Los Angeles to take up a job with the Massachusetts State Coroner’s Office. "There she reunites with her ex-cop father, Max (Ken Howard, “The White Shadow”), who’s still haunted by the unsolved murder of his wife, who was Jordan’s mother. This tragic incident shapes Jordan’s empathy with the voiceless victims she encounters as she channels her inner anger towards piecing together complex murder cases that have been hidden, shoved aside or conveniently forgotten."  (NBC Press release in quotation marks).

With:- JILL HENNESSEY as Dr Jordan Cavanaugh / MIGUEL FERRER as Dr Garrett Macy / RAVI KAPOOR as Mahesh

Syndicated-Polygram-Alliance-Crow-Crescent / 22x60m-e / 1999

Creator/Executive Producer: Bryce Zabel / based on the comic by James O'Barr / Music: Peter Manning Robinson / Producer: Gordon Mark 

Fantasy drama series. A spin off from the two dark films. Eric Draven, a promising musician, is murdered along with his lover Shelley. Draven finds himself stranded on this side unable to pass into the 'otherworld' - to get to the land of the dead Draven must help, people in distress. He creates an alter -ego to do this, The Crow.

Eric Draven...................................... MARK DACASCOS

Top Dollar........................................ JOHN PYPER FERGUSON

Det Darryl Albrecht.......................... MARC GOMES

Shelley Webster............................. SABIONE KARSENTI

Sarah............................................ KATIE STUART

NTA / 39x30m-e /  1955 black and white

Action adventure series. The exploits of a pair running their own charter boat business.

With:- FORREST TUCKER / SANDY KENYON / JOANNE BAYES

Warner PayTV/ Babylonian / 13x60m-e / 1999

Creator: J. Michael Straczynski / Executive Producers: Douglas Netter, J. Michael Straczynski 

SciFi drama series.Spin off from Babylon 5 . The crew of the starship Excalibur headed by Captain Matthew Gideon are sent on a desperate search to the ends of the universe in order to find a possible cure for a disease which is threatening to wipe out humankind. 

With:- GARY COLE as Captain Matthew Gideon / DANIEL DAE KIM as Lt John Matheson / CARRIE DOBRO as Dureena NaFeel / PETER WOODWARD as Galen / MAR JEAN HOLDEN as Dr Sarah Chamber / DAVID ALLAN BROOKS as Max Eilerson / TRACY SCOGGINS as Captain Elizabeth Lochley

CBS-Universal / 52x30m-e /  1955-56 (First Episode: Friday 7 October 55 / 9.00pm) black and white 

Drama series. After his polish mother dies at the hands of the communists writer Matt Anders spends his time trying to free people trapped in communist countries.

With:- BRIAN KEITH as Matt Anders.

C.S.I

CBS-An Alliance Atlantis/CBSP Production in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Films. / x60m-e / 2000-continuing

Crime drama series. Exploits of a team of forensic criminal experts working as part of the Crime Scene Investigators based in Las Vegas.

With:- WILLIAM PETERSEN as Gil Grissom / MARG HELGENBERGER as Catherine Willows / GARY DOURDAN as Warrick Brown / GEORGE EADA as Nick Stokes / CHANDRA WEST as Holly Gibbs / PAUL GUILFOYLE as Captain Jim Brass

CSI:MIAMI

CBS-Alliance Atlantis / x60m-e / 2002 (First Episode: 23 September)

Technical Advisor: Elizabeth Devine / Theme Music: Won't Get Fooled Again

Spin off from the above focusing on the work of a group of Miami, Florida teamsters. Just ten episodes into season one Kim Delaney was "dumper" from the cast (she had been playing Caruso's love interest).

With:- DAVID CARUSO as Horatio Caine / EMILY PROCTOR as Calleigh Duquesne / RORY COCHRANE as Tim Speedle / ADAM RODRIGUEZ as Eric Delko / KHANDI ALEXANDER as Alexx Woods / KIM DELANEY as Megan Donner

ABC / x60m-e / 1999

Fantasy comedy drama series. A cupid finds himself stranded on Earth. 

Cupid.................................................. JEREMY PIVEN

Dr Claire Allen...................................... PAULA MARSHALL

Artisan Entertainment /  1x60m-e / 1999

Producers: Robin Cowie, Mike Monelto, Gregg Hale

Spoof documentary. A tie in with the cult film The Blair Witch Project with this also purporting to be a true account about the fate of three missing teenagers being linked to an old myth about a witch. Included were interviews with relatives, teachers and friends of the missing teenagers as well as news clips and archive footage. Narrated by Peg O'Keefe.

ABC / 17x60m-e / 1967 6 Sep - 27 Dec

Theme Music: Elmer Bernstein / Producers: Frank Glicksman, Robert Jacks  

Western action adventure series. Exploits of young Colonel Custer.

Colonel Custer................................. WAYNE MAUNDER

California Joe................................... SLIM PICKENS

Sgt Bustard..................................... PETER PALMER

General Terry.................................. ROBERT F. SIMON

Miles Keogh................................... GRANT WOODS

CBS/Jay Daniel Prod/ Siren/Carsey-Werner Prod/River/Paramount / x30m-e / 1995-99

Creator: Chuck Lorre / Executive Producers: Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Chuck Lorre, Caryn Mandabach, Cybill Shepherd, Jay Daniel, Howard Gould, Chuck Lorre 

Sitcom. Episodes in the life of 40 something grandmother (much to her distress) struggling actress Cybill Sheridan and her best friend, the heavy drinking Maryann Thorpe.

Cybill Sheridan............................... CYBILL SHEPHERD

Maryann Thorpe............................. CHRISTINE BARANSKI

Ira Lowenstein................................ ALAN ROSENBER

Zoey Lowenstein............................ ALICIA WITT

Rachel Blanders............................ DEDEE PFEIFFER

Jeff Robbins.................................. TOM WOPAT

Kevin............................................ PETER KRAUSE

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