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FRESNO
CBS/MTM / 1x120m-e 4x60m-e / 1986
Creator/Executive Producer: Barry Kemp / Writers: Barry Kemp, Mark Ganzel,
Michael Petryni / Producer: R. W. Goodwin / Director: Jeff Bleckner
Comedy serial.
A blatant send up of Falcon Crest/Dallas et al.
Rivalries between two raisin dynasties The Canes
and the Kensingtons.
With:- CAROL BURNETT as
Charlotte Kensington / DABNEY COLEMAN as
Tyler Cane / CHARLES GRODIN as
Cane Kensington / TERRI GARR as
Talon Kensington / GREGORY HARRISON as Juan / EARL DUKE as
Earl Duke / PAT CORLEY as
Kevin / Kensington / VALERIE MAHAFFEY as
Tiffany Kensington / TERESA GANZEL as
Bobbi Jo Bobb / BILL PAXTON as
Billy Joe Bobb / JERRY VAN DYKE as
Tucker Aga Janian / CHARLES KEATING as Charles
FRIDAY
THE 13th: THE SERIES
Syndicated / 78x30m-e / 1987-90
Fantasy horror drama series with
only the title giving it any connection to the film series. Micki Foster
inherits her dead uncle's antiques shop not knowing that each of the items in
said shop carries a deadly curse.
With:- LOUISE ROBEY as Micki
Foster / JOHN D. LE MAY as Ryan Dallion (1987-89) / CHRIS WIGGINS as Jack
Marshak / STEVEN MONAQUE as Johnny Ventura (1989-90
FRIENDS
NBC/Bright-Kauffman- Marta Crane Prod./Warner / 100+x30m-e
2x60m-e / 1994-2004
Creators: Marta Kauffman, David Crane / Executive Producers: Kevin S. Bright,
Kauffman, David Crane
Sitcom.
The lives of group of six late twenty somethings/early
30's in Manhattan - three men, wisecracking office exec.
Chandler, would be actor Joey and boring paleontologist
Ross and three gorgeous women, ditzy guitar playing Phoebe, chef Monica and waitress/office exec. Rachel.
Monica and Ross were brother and sister. There was occasional interlocking between "Friends" and
the fellow sitcom "Mad About You" with Phoebe's twin sister
Ursula (played again by Lisa Kudrow) appearing as a semi-regular in "Mad About You" as a
waitress. Final episode aired 6 May 2004. Matt Le Blanc went straight into the
spin off Joey.
With:- JENNIFER ANISTON as
Rachel Green / COURTENEY COX as
Monica Geller / LISA KUDROW as
Phoebe Buffay / MATTHEW PERRY as
Chandler Bing / MATT LE BLANC as
Joey Tribbiani / DAVID SCHWIMMER as
Ross Geller
FRIENDS AND LOVERS
MTM /
13x30m-e /
1974
Producer: Steve Pritzker
Sitcom.
The exploits of a violinist who is a member of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
With:-
PAUL SAND /
MICHAEL PATAKI /
PENNY MARSHALL
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Columbia/Bennett- Kartleman / x60m-e /
1979
Producer: Buzz Kulick / Novel: James Jones / Music: Walter Scharf
Wartime drama series.
Stories of the marines based in Hawaii leading upto
the attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese. Hard to
match up to the 1953 film classic.
With:-
WILLIAM DEVANE /
NATALIE WOOD /
ROY THINNES /
PETER BOYLE /
STEVE RAILSBACK /
KIM BASINGER
FROM THESE ROOTS
NBC/ 915x30m-e / 1958-61 black and white
First
Episode: Monday 30 June 1958 / 3.30pm
Last Episode: Friday 29 December 1961 / 3.30pm
A
well remembered Proctor and Gamble sponsored NBC
soap that starred Ann Flood as Liz Fraser
returning to her New England family home after
her father has a heart attack. Her father, Ben,
owned the town newspaper The Strathfield Record.
Much of the action of the show centered around
the activities of Liz and the rest of her family
who besides Ben also included Liz's sister Emily
and her mill foreman husband Jim Benson and
their kids Tim and Lyddy. Liz's brother Ben Jr
and his wife Rose and their kids Dan, Robin and
Sarah.
Liz was initially involved with magazine
publisher Bruce Crawford before marrying in 1960
playwright David Allen. Big plotlines included
Emily and Jim's marriage breaking up after Jim
admitted to a long standing affair and David
Allen almost being tempted by an actress who was
working in one of his plays.
The show ended in 1961 and unusually for a soap
managed to tie up all its loose ends in doing
so.
With:-
ANN FLOOD as Liz Fraser Alen / GRANT CODE as Ben
Fraser sr (1958) replaced by ROD HENDRICKSON
(1958-61) and then JOSEPH MACAULEY (1961) /
HELEN SHIELDS as Emily Fraser Benson / HENDERSON
FORSYTHE as Jim Benson / SARAH HARDY as Lyddy
Benson / JOHN STEWART as Tim Benson / ROBERT
MANDAN as David Allen / RICHARD THOMAS as
Richard (1961) / DOLORES SUTTON as Luisa Corelli
(1959-60) / BYRON SANDERS as Bruce Crawford
(1958-69)
FRONTIER CIRCUS
CBS/MCA/Calliope /
26x60m-e / 1961 black and white
Western drama series.
Stories of a circus in the days of the old West.
With:-
CHILL WILLS /
JOHN DEREK /
RICHARD JAECKEL
F. TROOP
ABC / 65x30m-e(34 episodes in bw) /
September 14, 1965
–
August 31, 1967
Creator: Richard Bluel / Producers: William T. Orr, Hy Averback
Western sitcom. Exploits of
the men of F Troop at Fort Courage just after the Civil War; Captain Wilton
Parminter is generally out of his depth having been promoted from the ranks,
his sergeant Morgan O’Rourke is more concerned with setting up deals with
the Indians (the Hekawi) to make himself some money. Parminter’ love
interest was provided by Jane Angelica Thrift, a cowgirl known as Wrangler
Jane. Made in the mid sixties The Beatles managed to find themselves
referenced in one episode when a cavalry trooper turned up called Wrongo
Starr (played by Henry Gibson).
With: - KEN
BERRY
as Capt. Wilton Parmenter / FORREST TUCKER as Sgt. Morgan O’Rourke / LARRY
STORCH as Cpl. Randolph Agarn / MELODY PATTERSON as Jane Angelica Thrift
(Wrangler Jane) / FRANK deKOVA as Chief Wild Eagle / DON DIAMOND as Crazy
Cat / JAMES HAMPTON as Bugler Hannibal Dobbs / BOB STEELE as Trooper
Duffy / JOE BROOKS as Trooper Vanderbilt
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
HBO/Clavius Base/ Imagine / 12x60m-e /
1998
Executive Producer: Tom Hanks, Erik Bork / Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard,
Michael Bostick
Period drama series.
The story of the American space programme between
the years 1961-62.
Neil Armstrong................................ TONY GOLDWYN
Michael Collins............................... CARY ELWES
Buzz Aldrin.................................... BRYAN CRANSTON
Pete Conrad................................... PAUL McCRANE
Richard Gordon.............................. TOM VERICA
Alan 'Al' Bear................................. DAVE FOLEY
C.C. Williams................................ JIM LEAVY
Ed White...................................... CHRIS ISAAK
Frank Burns.................................. PETER HORTON
Jean-Luc Despont(Final ep) ........... TOM HANKS
THE FUGITIVE
ABC-Quinn Martin / 120x60m-e (90 color /30 black and white) / 1963-67 17 Sep 63
- Aug 29 67 Tuesdays 10.00pm
Creator: Roy Huggins / Executive Producer: Quinn Martin / Music: Bill Raisch
Drama series.
Richard Kimble is forced to go on the run when he
is believed to be responsible for the murder of his
wife. Kimble goes in search of the one armed man
he believes really committed the crime. In the final two part episode Kimble
tracked down the one armed man and proved his innocence. At the time this show
was probably the most popular on TV. In the mid 1990's a big screen version was
made with Harrison Ford in the lead role and then in 2000 a lacklustre revival
aired with Tim Daly as Kimble (see below).
With:- DAVID JANSSEN as
Dr Richard Kimble / BARRY MORSE as
Lt Philip Gerard / BILL RAISCH as
Fred Johnson (one armed man) / JACQUELINE SCOTT as
Donna Taft
THE FUGITIVE
CBS / x60m-e/ 2000
Executive Producers: Arnold and
Anne Kopelson, Roy Huggins
Drama series. A revival of the
classic sixties series, see above, with Dr Richard Kimble again out to prove his
self innocent of murder. Each edition travelled to a different part of the
country and the series was more in line with the Harrison Ford movie rather than
the series.
With:- TIM DALY as Dr Richard
Kimble / MYKELTI WILLIAMSON as Lt Philip Gerard / BOB MORRISSEY as Captain
McLaren / STEPHEN LANG as The One Armed Man
FULL CIRCLE
USA / CBS / x30m-e / June 27, 1960-March 10, 1961
Broadcast Mon.-Fri. 2-2:30 p.m. black and white
"Meet Gary Donovan, restless wanderer. His only companions
are romance and adventure," purred the ads for this, the first network serial to air live from Hollywood. The tag line was true. Donovan did find both "companions" in Crowder, Virginia, where, in the show's debut, he settled down and met Lisa Linda Crowder, a young woman unhappily married to Loyal, an older descendent of the towns founder, and Dr. Kit Aldrich, who fell in love with him. As he dealt with his attraction to the medic, he also developed an interest in unraveling the mystery behind the death of Lisas first husband while working at Loyal's mill along with Virgil Denker.
Donovan did not have to wait long for the murder investigation to produce results. A deputy arrested Loyal for the crime, and although he did not go to jail, Lisa divorced him anyway and went after the affections first of Gary, during a period when he and Kit were on the outs, and then of musician David Talton, who decided to marry Chris instead. Both the married Chris and David and the dating Kit and Gary had rocky on-and-off romances for months.
A slew of other characters worked their way into the action, though they added very little to the plot in comparison with the principals. Busybody Beth Perce made sure to pry her way into hearing about all of these details for a time. In 1961, shortly before the show was canceled, life became more pleasant for the citizens of Crowder. David and Chris were expecting a child, Lisa had married again,
this time to a minor character named Tony, and even Loyal, who had managed to keep running his mill following his arrest, looked to be developing a romantic image. As for the restless wanderer, the TV Guide write-up of the finale said, "The future looks bright for Kit and Gary." Maybe that meant they got to leave town?
Cast
Gary Donovan.... Robert Fortier
Lisa Linda Crowder.... Dyan Cannon
Loyal Crowder.... John McNamara
Dr. KitAldrich..... Jean Byron
Virgil Denker..... Michael Ross
Ellen Denker..... Nancy Millard
Ray Pollard..... Andrew Colmar
David Talton.... Bill Lundmark
Chris Talton (fall 1960-61).... Ann Daniels
Parker Hill (fall 1960).... Gene Lyons
Carter Talton, David's dad (I960).... Byron Foulger
The Deputy (1960).... Sam Edwards
Beth Perce (I960).... Amzie Strickland
FUNNY FACE
Paramount /
13x30m-e /
1971
Sitcom.
Stories of a college student who was also involved
in the world of TV.
With:-
SANDY DUNCAN
THE FUNNY SIDE
NBC/Bill Persky/Sam
Denoff /
13x60m-e /
1971
Comedy.
Sketch show, hosted by Gene Kelly, featuring five
couples from varying classes and creeds, poking
fun at modern life. The cast included Pat Finley,
Warren Berlinger, Jenna McMahon, Cindy Williams,
John Amos, Teresa Graves.
THE
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ELLERY QUEEN
NBC / x60m-e / 1958-59 Fridays
8.00pm
Creators: Frederic Dannay,
Manfred Bennington Lee
Crime drama series. The cases of
murder solving mystery writer Ellery Queen. Previously made as The
Adventures of Ellery Queen and Ellery
Queen and later again as Ellery
Queen. This series itself had its title shortened to just Ellery Queen
on 24 October 1958.
With:- GEORGE NADER as Ellery
Queen (1958-59) / LEE PHILLIPS as Ellery Queen (1959) / LEE TREMAYNE as
Inspector Richard Queen
FUTURAMA
Fox/Curiosity/ 30th Century Fox / x30m-e / 1999-continuing
Creator: Matt Groenig / Devisor: Matt Groenig, David X.
Cohen / Music: Christopher Tyng / Executive Producers: Ken Keeler, Eric Horsted, Matt
Groenig, David X. Cohen
Animated scifi sitcom.
Delivery boy Fry is accidentally frozen on New Years
Eve 1999, he awakes a thousand years later to an
amazing and fantastic new world.
VOICE CAST
Fry..................................................... BILLY WEST
Leela.................................................. KATEY SEGAL
Bender............................................... JOHN D'MAGGIO
FUTURE COP
Paramount/Culzean/
Tovern /
1x120m-e
6x60m-e /
1976
Producer: Gary Damsker, Anthony Wilson
Scifi crime drama series.
Cases of a cop and his new robot partner.
With:- ERNEST BORGNINE /
MICHAEL SHANNON /
JOHN AMOS /
JOHN LARCH
F.X:
THE SERIES
Syndicated / 39x60 minutes
episodes / September 1996 – 1998
Action adventure series.
Australian Rollie
Taylor
is a special effects guru working on hit films and TV but his real work is
with The New York Police Department – initially working with Detective Leo
McCarthy in
Manhattan
’s midtown south precinct.
Tyler
had a fully equipped van (jam packed with electronic gadgets, make up and
other tools of his trade) as his HQ and a young helper called Angie.
Tyler
also sometimes called in actress Lucinda to help him when undercover. Season
two saw the departure of Leo and the arrival of Detective Mira Sanchez.
Based on two Bryan Brown movies, F/X and F/X2.
With: - CAMERON DADDO as
Rollie Tyler / KEVIN DOBSON as Det. Leo McCarthy (1996-1997) / CHRISTINE COX
as Angie Ramirez / CARRIE-ANNE MOSS as Lucinda Scott (1996-1997) / SHERRY
MILLER as Colleen O’Malley (1996-1997) / RICHARD WAUGH as Det. Francis
Gattie / JASON BLICKER as Capt. Marvin Vanduren / JACQUELINE TORRES as Det.
Mira Sanchez (1997-1998)
F.Y.I.
CBS / x30 minute episodes /
1960 (5 June – 25 September)
This public affairs style
show had a magazine format and tackled all manner of different subjects from
mental breakdowns to political election prodedures. Initially a Sunday
Morning show before graduating to prime time. Hosted by Douglas Edwards.
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