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THE DORIS DAY SHOW
CBS/Arwin Hilltop Co / 128x30m-e / 1968-73
Creator: Jim Fritzell /
Theme song Que Sera Sera sung by
Doris Day / Executive Producers: Terry Melcher, Doris Day,
Don Genson
Sitcom.
For four of this shows five seasons it had a different
premise, 1.A Widowed mother runs a farm with the help
of her two boys, 2.Mum Doris works as a secretary for
a glossy magazine, 3.Reporter Doris and her kids move to
the city. 4.Single Doris is still working as a reporter and
involved with a doctor.
Doris Martin...................................... DORIS DAY
Billy Martin(68-71)............................. PHILIP BROWN
Toby Martin(68-71)............................ JAMES HAMPTON
Leroy B. Simpson(68-69)................... NAOMI STEVENS
Juanita(68-69).................................. DENVER PYLE
Buck Webb(68-70)........................... FRAN RYAN
Aggie Thompson(68)........................ McLEAN STEVENSON
Michael Nicholson(69-71)................. ROSE MARIE
Myrna Gibbons(69-71)..................... PAUL SMITH
Ron Harvey(69-71)........................... KAYE BALLARD
Angie Palucci(70-71)....................... BERNIE KOPELL
Cy Bennett(71-73)........................... JOHN DEHNER
Jackie Parker(71-73)....................... JACKIE JOSEPH
Dr Peter Lawrence(72-73)................ PETER LAWFORD
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF HENRY PHYFE
ABC/Filmways /
17x30m-e /
1965
Spy sitcom.
Stories of a clerk who finds himself involved
in a world of spys and espionage.
With:-
RED BUTTONS /
FRED CLARK
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR PRESENTS
Douglas Fairbanks Prod. / 117x30m-e / 1953-57 black and white
Producers: Lance Comfort, Douglas
Fairbanks Jr,
An anthology series of dramas of all kinds. Actually
filmed in the UK with mainly British talent.
DOWN
AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS
Fox-Touchstone-Gil Grant
Productions-Chapman Productions / 13x30m-e / 1987 (26 April - 12
September)
Devisor: Howard Gewirtz / Music:
David Frank / Costume: Emily Williams / Executive Producers: Howard Gewirtz,
Richard Rosenstock
Sitcom. Dave Whiteman and his
family living in the lap of luxury in Beverly Hills appear to have it all but
have their lives shaken up when they take in Jerry Baskin, a middle aged tramp,
(Baskin had chosen the Whiteman's pool to commit suicide in but was rescued by
Dave). Baskin also managed to teach the Whiteman's a few things about life.
Based on the 1985 film of the same name which itself was based on a 1932 French
original called Boudu Saved From Drowning.
With:- HECTOR ELIZONDO as Dave
Whiteman / ANITA MORRRIS as Barbara Whiteman / TIM THOMERSON as Jerry Baskin /
EVAN RICHARDS as Max Whiteman / EILEEN SEELEY as Jenny Whiteman / APRIL ORTIZ as
Carmen, the Maid
DOWNTOWN
MTV Animation / x30m-e /
1999
Producers: David McGrath, Vicky Smith / Executive Producer: Abby Terkuhle
Animated comedy series.
Life for a group of teens in lower Manhattan.
Voices by Aurora Lucia-Levey, Cheese Hasselberger,
Cirron Lanier, Gregory Gilmore, Kirk Rendolf, Tammy Lang,
DRAGNET
NBC/MCA/Mark VII/ Universal / 361x30m-e /
1951-58(263 eps/bw) 1967-70(98eps/col)
Creators: Jack Webb, Richard L. Breen / Executive Producer: Jack Webb / Music:
Walter Schumann
Crime drama series.
Cases of Sgt Joe Friday, a by the book cop in the LAPD. The first American drama to be shown on
UKTV.
Revived in colour in 1967.
Sgt Joe Friday.................................. JACK WEBB
Sgt Ben Romero.............................. BARTON YARBOROUGH
Sgt Ed Jacobs................................. BARNEY PHILIPS
Officer Frank Smith.......................... HERB ELLIS
Officer Frank Smith......................... BEN ALEXANDER
Officer Bill Gannon ......................... HARRY MORGAN
DREAM ON
HBO/MAC/St Claire/ Kevin Bright / 113x30m-e
4x60m-e
1x90m-e /
1990-96
Creators: Marta Kaufman, David Crane / Executive Producers: John Landis, Kevin S. Bright,
Leslie Belzberg, Robert K. Weiss
Sitcom.
The troubled life of New York book editor Martin
Tupper, as he tries to cope with being a divorced
single man. The show used old clips from black and
white shows whenever Martin needed to hear a few words
of wisdom.
Martin Tupper................................... BRIAN BENBEN
Judith Tupper/Stone......................... WENDIE MALICK
Jermy Tupper.................................. CHRIS DEMETRAL
Toby Pedalee.................................. DENNY DILLON
Eddie Charles(90-92)....................... JEFF JOSEPH
Eddie Charles(92-96)....................... DORIEN WILSON
Lu Fisk.......................................... MORWENNA BANKS
Gibby Fisk..................................... MICHAEL McKEAN
Mickey Tupper................................ PAUL DOOLEY
THE
DREAM TEAM
USA / Syndicated / 5x60m-e / 1999
Spy drama series.
With: - Jeff Kaake as Zach
Hamilton / Angie Everhart as Kim / Traci Bingham as Vicki / Eva Halina as Eva /
Dani West as Dani / Roger Moore as Desmond Heath
THE DREW CAREY SHOW
Warner/Mohawk / x30m-e / 1995-
Theme Music: Bob 'Mad Dog'
McGuire
Sitcom.
Exploits of single Drew who works in a major department
store.
Drew................................................... DREW CAREY
Lewis.................................................. RYAN STILES
Oswald............................................... DIEDRICH BADER
Kate................................................... CHRISTA MILLER
Mr Bell............................................... KEVIN POLLACK
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
HBO/World of Wonder / 1x60m-e / 1997
16 June
Writer: Steve Moore / Producers: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato,
John Hoffman
Comedy.
A stand up special performed by HIV positive comedian
Steve Moore.
THE
DUCK FACTORY
NBC / x30m-e / 1984 (12 April -
11 July / Thursdays then Wednesdays at 9.30pm)
Sitcom. Behind the scenes at an
animation studio in Hollywood, the staff of whom were working on a show called
Dippy Duck. Skip Tarkenton was newly arrived at the studio eager to make his
mark as a cartoonist, while he was full of the joys of spring his fellow
staffers were much more cynical about the ways of Hollywood. Other characters
included Brooks Carmichael, an aging artist, writer Marty Fenneman and film
editor Andrea Lewin.
With:- JIM CARREY as Skip
Tarkenton / TERESA GANZEL as Mrs Sheree Winkler / JACK GILFORD as Brooks
Carmichael / JULIE PAYNE as Aggie Aylesworth / NANCY LANE as Andrea Lewin / JAY
TARSES as Marty Fenneman / CLARANCE GILYARD JR as Roland Culp / DON MESSICK as
Wally Wooster
DUCKMAN
USA Network / 70x30m-e /
1994-97
Creator: Everett Peck / Producers: Jeff Renho, Ron Osborn
Animated sitcom.
Cases of half man half duck private detective Duckman,
who styled himself 'Private Dick/Family Man'
VOICE CAST:- JASON ALEXANDER as Duckman / GREGG BERGER as
Cornfed Pig / DWEEZIL ZAPPA as Ajax / NANCY TRAVIS as Bernice / TIM CURRY as
King Chicken
DUE SOUTH
Alliance/BBC / 1x120m-e 61x60m-e /
1994-97
Creator: Paul Haggis / Executive Producers: Paul Haggis, Jeff King,
Kathy Slevin
Crime drama series.
Super straight mountie Benton Fraser finds himself
working in Chicago where he is teamed up with a
detective Ray Vecchio.Fraser had a pet husky dog
called Diefenbaker who just happened to be deaf but
was able to lip read. Following the end of the second
season the show was cancelled but thanks to overseas
(especially the BBC in the UK) the show rose phoenix
like for one more season.
With:- PAUL GROSS as
Con Benton Fraser / DAVID MARCIANO as
Det Ray Vecchio / CALLUM KEITH RENNIE as
Det Stanley 'Ray' Kawalski / BEAU STARR as
Lt Harding Welsh / RAMONA MILANO as
Francesco Vecchio / TONY CRAIG as
Det Jack Huey / TOM MELISSIS as
Det Thomas E. Dewey
DUET
Fox/Paramount/UBU / 78x30m-e /
1987-89
Producers: Susan Seeger,
Ruth Bennett
Sitcom.
The romantic ups and downs of two couples. See
also Open House.
Ben Coleman.................................. MATTHEW LAURENCE
Laura Kelly.................................... MARY PAGE KELLER
Richard Phillips.............................. CHRIS LEMMON
Linda Phillips................................. ALISON LA PIACA
Geneva......................................... ARLEEN SORKIN
Jane Kelly..................................... JODI THELEN
DUFFY'S TAVERN
NBC /
x30m-e / 1954 black and white
Drama series.
Stories of the regulars of a New York bar. Based
on a successful radio show.
With:- ED GARDNER /
ALAN REED /
PATTE CHAPMAN /
JIMMY CONLIN
THE DUKE
NBC / x30 minute episodes / 1954 (2 July
- 3 September - shown Fridays @ 8.00pm) black and white
Sitcom. "The Duke" London is an
old boxing pro turned would be artist who is doing his best to broaden
his horizons thanks to the patronage of Harvard grad Rudy Cromwell,
however the Dukes old fight promoter is determined to lure him back into
the fight game.
With:- PAUL GILBERT as The Duke London /
ALLEN JENKINS as Johnny / CLAUDE STROUD as Rudy Cromwell / SHELDON
LEONARD as Sam Marco / PHYLLIS COATES as Gloria
THE DUKE
NBC / 1x120 minute episode x 60 minute
episodes / 1979 (5 April - 18 May shown Fridays @ 10.00pm)
Crime drama series. Retiring from the
fight game to open a bar and grill in Chicago Oscar "Duke"
Ramsay instead finds himself investigating the murder of his former
manager Benny Lyle, making a success of this sees him drawn into more
crime solving.
With:- ROBERT CONRAD as Oscar
"Duke" Ramsay / LARRY MANETTI as Joe Cadillac / RED WEST as
Sgt Mick O' Brien / PATRICIA CONWELL as Dedra Smith
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD
CBS/Lou-Step Prod/ Warner / 145x60m-e + 2 Feature Length TV Movies / 1979-85
Creator: Gy Waldron /
Theme Music: Waylon Jennings / Producers: Paul Picard, Joseph Gantman,
Hy Averback, Rod Amateau
Action adventure series.
Two brothers spend their time driving their souped up 1969 bright orange Dodge Charger
(which had the number 01 painted on the doors) around the town of Hazzard County and
getting under the skin of politician Boss Hogg and town
Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. Their cousin, the short shorts wearing Daisy pretty
much stole the limelight each week. Occasional reunion movies have been made in recent
years, the most recent being 2000's Hazzard in Hollywood.
With:- TOM WOPAT as
Luke Duke / JOHN SCHNEIDER as Bo Duke / CATHERINE BACH as
Daisy Duke / DENVER PYLE as
Uncle Jesse Duke / JAMES BEST as
Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane / SORRELL BROOKE as
Jefferson Davis 'Boss' Hogg / BEN JONES as Cooter / SONNY SCHROYER as
Dep Enos Strate / CHRISTOPHER MAYER as
Vance Duke / BYRON CHERRY as
Coy Duke
THE DUMPLINGS
Norman Lear / 8x30m-e /
1976
Producers: Don Nicholl, Michael Ross,
Bernie West
Sitcom.
A couple embark on a new career running a
restaurant.
With:-
JAMES COCO /
GERALDINE BROOKS
DUNDEE AND THE CULHANE
CBS /
13x60m-e /
1967
Producer: Sam Rolfe
Western drama series.
Cases of a lawyer in the old west who travelled
with a minder.
With:-
JOHN MILLS /
SEAN GARRISON
DUSTY'S TRAIL
Metromedia/
Sherwood Schwartz /
26x30m-e /
1973
Creators: Sherwood & Elroy Schwartz
Western sitcom.
Problems of five members of a wagon train who
end up getting lost from the rest of their friends.
With:-
BOB DENVER /
FORREST TUCKER /
LORI SAUNDERS /
IVOR FRANCIS /
JEANNINE RILEY /
BILL CORT
DWEEBS
CBS/Peter Noah Prod/ Warner Bros / 10x30m-e /
1995
Creator: Peter Noah / Producers: Bill Barol, Pamela Grant / Director: Pamela Fryman
Sitcom.
Hip chick Carey Garrett gets a job with a bunch of techno 'dweebs' at Cyberbyte Software. Only 7 of the shows ten
episodes were broadcast on its original run.
Carey Garrett.................................... FARRAH FORKE
Warren Mosby.................................. PETER SCOLARI
Vic.................................................. COREY FELDMAN
Morley............................................. DAVID KAUFMAN
Todd................................................ ADAM BIESK
Noreen............................................ HOLLY FOLGER
Karl................................................ STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY
DYNASTY
ABC/Fox/Aaron Spelling / 169x60m-e / 1981-89
Creators: Richard & Esther Shapiro /
Theme Music: Bill Conti / Executive Producers: Aaron Spelling, Douglas Kramer,
Richard & Esther Shapiro
Drama series.
The often bizarre lives of the oil rich Carrington
family in Denver, Colorado. Anything that could go wrong
went wrong for the family, included head of the family Blake
being put on trial for the suspected murder of his son's gay
lover. His wife Krystle's regular battles with 'soap bitch'
Alexis and people undergoing complete body changes etc. George Peppard was
originally hired for the role of Blake Carrington but the creators quickly
realised he wouldn't be right and Forsythe assumed the role. See also the spin off
called The Colbys.
With:- JOHN FORSYTHE as
Blake Carrington / LINDA EVANS as
Krystle Jennings Carrington / JOAN COLLINS as
Alexis Carrington Colby / PAMELA SUE MARTIN as
Fallon Carrington Colby / EMMA SAMMS as
Fallon 2 / AL CORLEY as
Steven Carrington / JACK COLEMAN as
Steven Carrington 2 / GORDON THOMSON as Torrance / JOHN JAMES as
Jeff Colby / PAMELA BELLWOOD as
Claudia Blaisdel / HEATHER LOCKLEAR as
Sammy Jo Dean / MICHAEL NADER as
Farnsworth 'Dex' Dexter / CATHERINE OXENBERG as
Amanda Carrington / KAREN CELLINI as
Amanda 2 / DIAHANN CARROLL as
Dominique Devereaux / MICHAEL PRAED as
Prince Michael / CHRISTOPHER CAZENOVE as
Ben Carrington / KATE O'MARA as
Caress Morell / JESSICA PLAYER as Krystina Carrington / STEPHANIE BEACHAM as
Sable Colby / TRACY SCOGGINS as
Monica Colby / ROCK HUDSON as
Daniel Reece / GEORGE HAMILTON as Joel Abrigore / ALI McGRAW as
Lady Ashley Mitchell
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