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DEAR JOHN
NBC/Ed Weinberger/ Paramount / 90x30m-e /
1988-92
Creator: John Sullivan / Executive Producers: Ed Weinberger, Hal Cooper,
Rod Parker
Sitcom. Newly divorced John Lacey seeks like minded solace at
the 1-2-1 encounter group, an adaption of Sullivan's
popular UK show of the same name (of which only fourteen episodes were
made)
With:- JUDD HIRSCH as
John Lacey / ISABELLA HOFFMAN as
Kate McCarron / JERE BURNS as
Kirk Morris / HARRY GROENER as
Ralph Drang / JANE CARR as
Louise Mercer / BILLIE BIRD as
Margie Philbert / CARLENE WATKINS as
Wendy Lacey(88-89) / DEBORAH HARMON as
Wendy Lacey(90-92) / BEN SAVAGE as
Matthew Lacey(88-90) / BILLY COHEN as
Matthew Lacey(90-92)
DEAR PHOEBE
NBC/Chrislaw /
39x30m-e / 1954 black and white
Sitcom.
A popular agony aunt column is actually written
by a man.
With:- PETER LAWFORD
DEATH VALLEY DAYS
Flying A./McGowan/Filmaster/Madison / 558x30m-e /
1952-75
Creator: Ruth Woodman / Executive Producers: Armand Schaefer, Dorrel
McGowan, Robert W. Stabler
Long running anthology series of Western dramas
set in Death Valley in the 1880's. Originally a radio
show that started in 1930.
Hosted by Stanley Andrews(1952-64), Ronald Reagan
(1964-67), Robert Taylor(1967-69), Dale Robertson(69-72),
and Merle Haggard(1975).
THE DEBBIE REYNOLDS SHOW
NBC/Harman Prod./
Filmways /
26x30m-e /
1969-70
Producer: Jess Oppenheimer
Sitcom.
Scatterbrained Debbie Thompson cannot resist
getting involved with journalist husband's job.
Debbie Thompson............................ DEBBIE REYNOLDS
Jim Thompson................................. DON CHASTAIN
Charlotte Landers............................ PATRICIA SMITH
Bob Landers................................... TOM BOSLEY
DECEMBER BRIDE
CBS/Desilu /
146x30m-e / 1954-59 black and white
Sitcom.
An elderly widow is determined to find herself a
new husband. See also Pete and Gladys.
With:- SPRING BYINGTON /
FRANCES RAFFERTY /
DEAN MILLER /
VERNA FELTON /
HARRY MORGAN
DECEPTIONS
2x90m-e / 1989
Writer: Melville Shavelson /
Novel: Judith Michael / Directors: Robert Cherault, Melville Shavelson
Drama serial. Twins who have been
apart for years now have radically different lives, the poor Stephanie and the
very wealthy Sabrina, the two meet and decide to exchange places for
awhile but events soon get out of hand.
With:- STEFANIE POWERS as
Stephanie and Sabrina / BARRY BOSTWICK / JEREMY BRETT / JAMES FAULKNER / TRACEY
CHILDS / GINA LOLLABRIGIDA / FABIO TESTI / JOAN SIMS / SAM WANAMAKER / BRENDA
VACARRO / JOHN WOODVINE
DECOY
Pyramid-Official /
39x30m-e / 1957-58 black and white
Crime drama series.
The cases of 'New York' undercover cop Patricia 'Casey' Jones. The show
was also known as Police Woman Decoy.
With:- BEVERLY GARLAND as Patricia 'Casey' Jones / FRANK CAMPANELLA as Lt Torry
Harris
DEEPWATER BLACK
SciFi Channel/YTV/
Empire/Sunbow /
13x30m-e /
1997
Creators: Jeff Copeland, Barry Pearson
SciFi drama series.
A group of teens find themselves lost in space aboard
the ship Deepwater Black.
With:- GORDON MICHAEL
WOOLVETT as Reb / NICOLE DEBOAR as Yuna / JASON CADIEUX as Bren / KELLI TAYLOR
as Gret / CRAIG KIRKWOOD as Zak / SARA SAHR as Lise / JULIA KAHNER as Gen
THE DEFENDERS
CBS-Plautus / 132x50m-e / 1961-65 black
and white
Creators: Reginald Rose, Herbert Brodkin / Producer: Herbert Brodkin
Crime drama series.
Cases of Lawrence and Kenneth Preston, father and son
attorneys. The show was never shy of tackling controversial topics and grew out
of a Studio One produciton of 1957 called The Defender starring Ralph Bellamy
and William Shatner defending murder suspect Steve McQueen.
With:- E.G. MARSHALL as
Lawrence Preston / ROBERT REED as
Kenneth Preston / POLLY ROWLES as Helen Donaldson (1961-62) / JOAN HACKETT as
Joan Miller (1961-62)
THE
DELIBERATE STRANGER
2x180m-e / 1986
Director: Marvin J.
Chomsky
Crime thriller. The
story of how the police caught up with notorious serial killer 'Ted'
Bundy.
With:- MARK HARMON as
Ted Bundy / FREDERIC FORREST / M. EMMETT WALSH
THE DELPHI BUREAU
ABC-Warner /
1x99m-e /
8x60m-e /
1972-73 5 October 72 - 1 September 73 Thursdays 9.00pm then Saturdays at 10.00pm
Spy drama.
Cases of a special government spy agency whose members
have incredible memories. The team was led by Glenn Gregory (who strangely had a
limousine as his office). The show rotated with two other series called Assignment
Vienna and Jigsaw. The Umbrella
title for the two series was 'The Men'.
With:- LAURENCE LUCKINBILL as Glenn Garth Gregory / ANNE JEFFREYS as Sybil Van
Loween
DELVECCHIO
NBC/Universal / 22x60m-e /
1976
Producers: William Sackheim, Lance Slate / Creators: Sam Rolfe, Joseph Polizzi
Drama series.
Cases of hard nosed cop Delvecchio.
With:- JUDD HIRSCH as Delvecchio
THE DENNIS O'KEEFE SHOW
CBS /
39x30m-e / 1959 black and white
Sitcom.
Domestic problems of a widowed journalist trying to
bring up his young son.
With:- DENNIS O'KEEFE /
RICKY KELMAN /
HOPE EMERSON
DENNIS THE MENACE
CBS-DIC / 146x30m-e / 1959-63
black and white
Creator: Hank Ketcham / Executive
Producer: Harry Ackerman
Sitcom.
Young scamp Dennis Mitchell can't resist getting into
mischief despite usually having good intentions. Known
in the UK as Just Dennis to avoid confusion with the
Beano comic character. A Two hour TV movie appeared
in 1987 starring Victor Di Mattia as Dennis.
With:- JAY NORTH as
Dennis Mitchell / HERBERT ANDERSON as
Henry Mitchell / GLORIA HENRY as
Alice Mitchell / JOSEPH KEARNS as
George Wilson / SYLVIA FIELD as
Martha Wilson / MARY WICKES as
Esther Cathcart(59-61) / GALE GORDON as
John Wilson(62-63)
THE DEPUTY
NBC/Top Gun /
76x30m-e / 1959-60 black and white
Western drama series.
Exploits of a somewhat unwilling deputy Marshall
in the 1880's.
With:- ALLEN CASE /
HENRY FONDA
DESIGNING WOMEN
CBS/Columbia /
163x30m-e /
1986-93
Creator: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Sitcom.
Stories of the women working for Interior Design firm
Sugarbakers in Atlanta.
Suzanne Sugarbaker...................... DELTA BURKE
Julia Sugarbaker............................ DIXIE CARTER
Mary Jo Shively............................. ANNIE POTTS
Charlene Frazier............................ JAN HOOKS
Allison Sugarbaker........................ JULIA DUFFY
B.J. Poteet................................... JUDITH IVEY
Bernice Clifton.............................. ALICE GHOSTLEY
DESILU PLAYHOUSE
CBS/Desilu /
54x60m-e / 1958-59 black and white
An anthology series that attracted many big names;
Set up by the Lucille Ball, Desi Arnez owned Desilu.
DESTRY
ABC/Universal /
13x60m-e /
bw 1964
Western drama series. Stories of a pacifist, non gun-toting Sheriff in the town
of Bottleneck.
With:- JOHN GAVIN /
MARI BLANCHARD
THE DETECTIVES
ABC-Four Star-NBC / 67x30m-e(59-61) 30x60m-e(62) / 1959-62
Crime drama series.
Cases of a detective squad led by Captain Matt Holbrook, the main characters
rotated the leads for various stories and Holbrook's three main men were Lt
Johnny Russo in charge of Burglary, Lt Jim Conway (Homicide) and Lt Otto
Lindstrom of the Bunco Squad. The show switched from ABC to NBC in September
1962 and episodes went to hour long.
With:- ROBERT TAYLOR as Captain Matt Holbrook /
URSULA THIESS as Lisa Bonay (1960-61) /
TIGE ANDREWS as Lt John Russo /
ADAM WEST as Sgt Steve Nelson (1961-62) /
MARK GODDARD as Sgt Chris Ballard (1960-62) / LEE FARR as Lt James Conway
(1959-60) / RUSSELL THORSON as Lt Otto Lindstrom (959-61)
DETECTIVE
SCHOOL
ABC / x30m-e / 1979 (First
Episode: 31 July)
Sitcom. Misadventures of the
students who attend Nick Hannigan's night school for would be private
detectives. The gang often found the skills they were learning being used in
cases in the real world.
With:- JAMES GREGORY as Nick
Hannigan / RANDOLPH MANTOOTH as Eddie Dawkins / LA WANDA PAGE as Charlene
Jenkins / JO ANN HARRIS as Teresa Cleary / MELINDA NAUD as Maggie Ferguson / PAT
PROFT as Leo Frick / DOUGLAS V. FOWLEY as Robert Redford / TAYLOR NEGRON as
Silvio Galindez
DETECTIVE'S
WIFE
CBS / x30m-e / 1950 (First
Episode: Friday 7 July 8.30pm) black and white
Live crime drama series. Adam
Conway runs his own private detective agency specialising usually in murder
cases and more often than not helped by his wife Connie.
With:-DONALD CURTIS as Adam
Conway / LYNN BARI as Connie Conway
THE
DEVLIN CONNECTION
NBC / x60m-e / 1982 (First
Episode: Saturday 2 October 10.00pm)
Crime drama series. Brian Devlin,
former private eye and now director of the Los Angeles Cultural Arts Centre, is
shocked by the arrival of his 28 year old long lost son Nick himself a private
detective, Devlin then finds himself drawn into Nick on his cases.
With:- ROCK HUDSON as Brian
Devlin / JACK SCALIA as Nick Corsello / LEIGH TAYLOR-YOUNG as Lauren Dane /
LOUIS GIANBALVO as Lt Earl Borden / TAKAYO as Mrs Watanabe / HERB JEFFERSON JR
as Otis Barnes
DHARMA AND GREGG
Fox/4to6 Fost / x30m-e / 1997- (First Episode: 24 September 97)
Creators: Chuck Lorre, Dottie
Dartland / Music: Dennis C. Brown / Producer: Randy Cordray
Sitcom.
After a brief wave at each other as children, two decades
later Dharma and Gregg meet, fall in love and get married
before the end of their first date.
With:- JENNA ELFMAN as Dharma Finkelstein / THOMAS GIBSON as Gregg Montgomery /
ALAN RACHINS as Larry Finkelstein / MIMI KENNEDY as Abby O'Neill / MITCHELL RYAN
as Edward Montgomery / SUSAN SULLIVAN as Kitty Montgomery / JOEL MURRAY as Pete
/ SHAE D'LYN as Jane
DIAGNOSIS MURDER
CBS/Dean Hargrove/ Fred Silverman / x60m-e /
1993-continuing
Creator: Joyce Burditt /
Theme Music: Deck De Benedictis / Executive Producer: Dean Hargrove, Fred Silverman
Crime drama series.
Doctor Mark Sloan finds himself involved in crime
solving as part of his job as medical consultant to the
police.
Mark Sloan...................................... DICK VAN DYKE
Dr Jack Stewart............................... SCOTT BAIO
Steve Sloan..................................... BARRY VAN DYKE
Also with:- VICTORIA VANDYKE /
DELORES HALL
DIAGNOSIS UNKNOWN
CBS /
39x30m-e / 1960 black and white
Crime drama series.
A New York pathologist gets involved in crime
solving.
With:- PATRICK O'NEAL /
PHYLLIS NEWMAN /
CARL NEWMAN /
CHESTER MORRIS
DIANA
NBC/Talent Associates/ Norton Simon /
15x30m-e /
1973-74
Producers: Leonard Stern, Morris Barry / Director: Leonard Stern
Sitcom.
English divorce Diana Smythe working in New York
in the fashion industry, moves into her brothers flat while
he is away.
Diana Smythe................................... DIANA RIGG
Norman Brodnik................................ DAVID SHEINER
Norm Brodnik.................................... BARBARA BARRIE
Howard Tolbrook................................ RICHARD B. SHULL
Marshall Tyler.................................... ROBERT MOORE
Holly Green....................................... CAROL ANDROSKY
Jeff Harmon....................................... RICHARD MULLIGAN
Smitty.............................................. LIAM DUNN
DIANA:HER TRUE STORY
Martin Poll Prod. / 2x120m-e / 1993
Writer: Stephen Zito / Book: Andrew Morton / Executive Producer: Martin Poll / Producer: Hugh Benson
Drama serial.
The life and times of Diana, Princess of Wales,
especially her years married to Prince Charles.
With:- SERENA SCOTT THOMAS as Princess Diana / DAVID THRELLFALL as
Prince Charles / ELIZABETH GARVIE as
Camilla Parker Bowles / ANNE STALLYBRASS as Queen Elizabeth II / DONALD DOUGLAS
/ JEMMA REDGRAVE / JEREMY CHILD / WILLIAM FRANKLYN / BELLE CONNOR / HELEN
MASTERS / ARLETTA LAWSON / CORNELIA HAYES O'HERLIHY / GABRIELLE BLUNT
DICK AND THE DUCHESS
CBS/Sheldon Reynolds / 26x30m-e / 1957-58 black and white
Writer: Harry Kurnitz / Producer/Director: Sheldon Reynolds
Sitcom.
London based American insurance investigator is
married to posh English girl Jane. Filmed in England
with a high proportion of British guest stars.
Dick Starrett..................................... PATRICK O'NEAL
Jane Starrett.................................... HAZEL COURT
Peter Jamison.................................. RICHARD WATTIS
Mathilda.......................................... BEATRICE VARLEY
Rodney........................................... RONNIE STEVENS
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