US TV - I AM THE LAW to IT TAKES A THIEF
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INTERNS, THE
I AM THE LAW
Cosman / 26x30m-e / bw 1952
Crime drama series. Exploits of a detective inspector.
with:- GEORGE RAFT
I AM YOUR CHILD
ABC / 1x60m-e / 1997
Writer: Rob Reiner, Alan Zwebel / Director: Rob Reiner / Theme music written by Barry Manilow and Marty Panzer / Sung by Bill Medley.
Documentary looking at early childhood development hosted by Tom Hank and with appearances by Bill & Hilary Clinton, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Roseanne, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell, Jon Lovitz, Martin Short, Charlton Heston, and Michael J. Fox.
I BET YOU WILL
MTV / x30m-e / 2002
Entertainment/Game show. Armed with pockets full of cash, host Morgan Spurlock sets out to see how far people will go to earn a few bucks.
I DREAM OF TRINI
1x60m-e / 1970
A variety special recorded at New York's Waldorf Astoria, Trini sang a number of songs including You've Got To Travel On, Mrs Robinson and Down by the River. Guests included Nancy Ames and The Ventures.
IF NOT FOR YOU
CBS-Touchstone-Rock Island / 5x30m-e / 1995 (18 September - 19 October / Mondays 9.30pm)
Creator: Larry Levin / Executive Producers: Dennis Klein, Larry Levin / Producer: David Latt / Camera: Peter Smokler / Theme Music: If Not For You by Bob Dylan sung by Valerie Carpenter, World Party, Victoria Williams, Tito and Tarantula.
Sitcom. Jessie and Craig are both engaged but after meeting across a crowded Chinese restaurant they fall in love at first sight. They both then end up working at the same recording studio (Gopher Records) - Jessie in audio books, Craig a producer. The pair then had the difficult task of letting their fiancées down gently. Interestingly the producers initially made an unaired pilot that featured a completely different supporting cast.
With:- ELIZABETH McGOVERN as Jessie Kent / HANK AZARIA asCraig Schaeffer / DEBRA JO RUPP as Eileen / JIM TURNER as Cal / RENO WILSON as Bobby Beaumont / PETER KRAUSE as Elliot / JANE SIBBETT as Melanie
NBC/Sidney Sheldon / 139x30m-e / 1965-70
Creator/Executive Producer: Sidney Sheldon
SciFi sitcom. NASA astronaut Tony Nelson discovers a genie in a bottle after crashing on a desert island. Back home in the States she creates havoc for him by trying to improve his life. There was a 2 hour TV Movie, I Dream of Jeannie: Fifteen Years Later that appeared in 1985 and a brief revival occurred in 1991 called I Still Dream of Jeannie.
Jeannie................................... BARBARA EDEN
Tony Nelson............................ LARRY HAGMAN
Roger Healey.......................... BILL DAILY
Dr Alfred Bellows..................... HAYDEN RORKE
Gen Martin Peterson................ BARTON MacLANE
Amanda Bellows ..................... EMMALINE HENRY
I LED THREE LIVES
United Artists / 117x30m-e bw 1953-55
Spy drama series. Cases of an FBI undercover agent tracking down communists.
with:- RICHARD CARLSON
CBS/Desilu / 180x30m-e / 1951-57 black and white
Creators: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll Jr / Executive Producer: Desi Arnaz
Sitcom. Shenanigans of the scatterbrained Lucy Ricardo, her bandleader husband Ricky and their next door neighbours The Mertzes. See also The Lucille Ball Show, The Lucy Show, The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour, Here's Lucy, Life With Lucy and A Lucille Ball Special.
Lucy Ricardo.......................... LUCILLE BALL
Ricky Ricardo......................... DESI ARNAZ
Ethel Mertz............................ VIVIAN VANCE
Fred Mertz............................. WILLIAM FRAWLEY
Betty Ramsey........................ MARY JANE CROFT
Ralph Ramsey........................ FRANK NELSON
Little Ricky Ricardo................. RICHARD KEITH
I MARRIED JOAN
NBC/Volcano / 98x30m-e / 1952-55 black and white
Writer: Phil Sharp, Frank Terloff, / Producers: P.J. Wolfson, Dick Mark
Sitcom. Judge Bradley Stevens relates incidents from his home life with scatty wife Joan to the case he is involved in, with the show making ample use of flashbacks.
With:- JOAN DAVIS as Joan Stevens / JIM BACKUS as Judge Bradley Stevens / SHEILA BROMLEY as Janet Tobin(54-55) / DAN TOBIN as Kerwin Tobin(54-55) / HOPE EMERSON as Minerva Parker(52-53)
I'M A CELEBRITY - GET ME OUT OF HERE!
ABC / X60M-E / 2003
Reality show. Set in an Australian rain forest and broadcast live, so-called celebrities Maria Conchita Alonzo, Tyson
Beckford, "Downtown" Julie Brown, Bruce Jenner, Cris Judd
(J.Lo's ex), Robin Leach, Stuttering John Melendez, Melissa Rivers, Alana Stewart and Nikki Ziering -- 10 in total -- trade luxuries for roughing it in the Australian Rainforest. Using the phone or Internet, viewers controledl the action, with the "celebrity" who garners the fewest votes the first to be booted off next Wednesday. Based on the UK original of the same name. Shown every evening for 15 consecutive nights with a two-hour finale on Wednesday, March 5.
I'M DICKENS, HE'S FENSTER
ABC/Heydey Prod/ Leonard Stern / 32x30m-e / 1962-63 black and white
Producer: Leonard Stern
Sitcom. Exploits of carpenters Harry Dickens and Arch Fenster working for Bannister Construction. Fenster was a hip bachelor much to the chagrin of the married Dickens.
Harry Dickens......................... JOHN ASTIN
Arch Fenster........................... MARTY INGELS
Kate Dickens.......................... EMMALINE HENRY
Mel Warshaw......................... DAVE KETCHUM
Myron Bannister..................... FRANK DE VOL
THE IMMORTAL
ABC/Paramount / 1x75m-e 14x60m-e / 1970-71
Executive Producer: Tony Wilson
Scifi drama series. Ben Richmond has a rare blood type that means he is immune to ageing, rich people desperate to use his blood keep him imprisoned but he manages to escape and goes in search of his brother.
Ben Richards........................... CHRISTOPHER GEORGE
THE IMMORTAL
Syndicated / x60m-e / 2000 (First Episode: 2 October 2000)
Fantasy action adventure series. In the 17th century, when his wife is murdered by demons. Raphael 'Rafe' Cain is given immortality and determines to wipe the demons out - no matter how many hundreds of years it takes.
With:- LORENZO LOMAS as Raphael 'Rafe' Cain / APRIL TELEK as Dr Sara Beckman / STEVE BRAUN as Goodwin / ROBERTOITO as Yashiro / DOMINIC KEATING as Mallos / KIRA CLAVELL as Vashita
THE INAUGURAL EVE GALA PERFORMANCE
1x120 minute episode / 1977
Variety entertainment show broadcast to mark the beginning of Jimmy Carter's stint as President of the USA. Those appearing included John Wayne, Paul Newman, Stevie Wonder, Bette Davis, Shirley Maclaine, Sidney Poitier, Lily Tomlin, Freddie Prinze Jr, Paul Simon, Chevy Chase and Johnny Cash
CBS/MCA/Marvel / 2x120m-e 80x60m-e / 1978-82
Creator: Stan Lee / Music: Joseph Harnell / Executive Producer: Kenneth Johnson
Scifi drama series. Scientist David Banner is overloaded with Gamma Rays during an experiment, this turns him into a green skinned giant called the Incredible Hulk whenever he loses control, he is forced to travel incognito searching for a possible cure. Meanwhile a cynical journalist is pursuing him because he believes the Hulk is a murderer.
With:- BILL BIXBY as David Bruce Banner / LOU FERRIGNO as The Incredible Hulk / JACK COLVIN as Jack McGee
IN SEARCH OF LIBERTY BELL
Discovery Channel (Pay TV) / 1x60m-e / 1998
Documentary. An expedition to the Atlantic Ocean to recover the NASA space capsule Liberty Bell 7 that 'splashed down' on 21 Jul 1961, and later an attempt to restore the capsule.
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
NBC/MGM / x60m-e / 1988-94
Creator: James Lee Barrett /Theme Music: Quincy Jones, Alan & Marilyn Bergman
Crime drama series. Black detective Virgil Tibbs teams up with bigoted Police Chief Bill Gillespie in the deep south town of Sparta, Mississippi. Based on the film of the same name.
Chief Bill Gillespie................... CARROLL O'CONNOR
Det Virgil Tibbs....................... HOWARD ROLLINS
Sgt Bubba Skinner.................. ALAN AUTRY
Althea Tibbs........................... ANNE-MARIE JOHNSON
Dep Lonnie Jamieson.............. HUGH O'CONNOR
Tom Duggan........................... JOE DON BAKER
INTIMATE PORTRAIT
Lifetime/Greif / x60m-e / 1998-
Music: Alan Elt Music Group / Executive Producer: Leslie Greif, Kenny Goldie
Entertainment. Profiles of the rich and famous as well as some interesting historical figures (such as Cleopatra etc), Those chosen tended to be either classic movie stars (Bette Davis and the like) and popular TV stars (Heather Locklear, Donna Mills etc).
INTO INFINITY
NBC/GA / 1x50m-e / 1976
Writer: Johnny Byrne / Design: Reg Hill / Producer: Gerry Anderson / Director: Charles Crichton
Scifi drama. A family take a trip in a spaceship to a distant solar system. Part of an Educational series called The Day After Tomorrow.
Tom Bowen............................. BRIAN BLESSED
Anna Bowen........................... JOANNA DUNHAM
David Bowen........................... MARTIN LEV
Capt Harry Masters................. NICK TATE
Jane Masters.......................... KATHERINE LEVY
Jim Forbes............................. DON FELLOWS
TV Announcer........................ ED BISHOP
INTRUDERS
CBS/Osiris Films/ Dan Curtis Prod. / 2x120m-e / 1992 17 - 19 May
Writers: Barry Oringeri, Tracy Torme / Book: Build Hopkins / Producer: Branko Lustig / Director: Dan Curtis
Scifi Thriller serial. Dr Neil Chase, a psychiatrist, investigates when two women, Lesley Hahn and Mary Wilkes, come to him claiming to have been abducted by aliens.
Dr Neil Chase......................... RICHARD CRENNA
Mary Wilkes........................... MARE WINNINGHAM
Lesley Hahn........................... DAPHNE ASHBROOK
Gene Randall.......................... BEN VEREEN
Addison Leach........................ STEVEN BERKOFF
Gen Dwight Hanley................. G.D. SPRADLIN
THE INVADERS (1967-68)
THE INVADERS
Spelling Television Inc / 2x110m-e / 1996
Writer: James Dott / Music: Joseph Viaterelli / Director: Paul Shapiro
Scifi drama serial. A revival of the sixties show, with the same premise but slightly updated effects.
Nolan Wood........................... SCOTT BAKULA
Elizabeth................................ ELLEN GARZA
Jerry Thayer........................... RICHARD THOMAS
Amanda Thayer...................... DELANE MATTHEWS
David Vincent......................... ROY THINNES
Coyle.................................... TERENCE KNOX
THE INVISIBLE MAN
Universal/NBC/Harve Bennett / 1x80m-e 12x60m-e / 1975
Executive Producer: Harve Bennett
Scifi drama series. Dr Daniel Weston learns the secret of invisibility and ends up working for the government.
Dr Daniel Weston.................... DAVID McCALLUM
Kate Weston........................... MELINDA FEE
Walter Carlson ....................... CRAIG STEVENS
IRON HORSE
ABC/Screen Gems / 47x60m-e / 1966-68
Creators: Stephen Kandel, James Goldstone / Executive Producer: Charles Marquis Warren
Western drama series. Ben Calhoun builds the Buffalo Pass, Scalplock and Defiance railroad across the old west during the 1870's. Originated as a TV Movie called Scalplock.
Ben Calhoun........................... DALE ROBERTSON
Dave Tarrant........................... GARY COLLINS
Nils Torvald............................. ROGER TORREY
Barnabus Rogers..................... BOB RANDOM
Julie Parsons........................... ELLEN McRAE
IRONSIDE
NBC/Harbour Prod/ Universal / 188x60m-e 7x120m-e / 1967-75
Creator: Collier Young / Music: Monty Paich / Executive Producers: Cy Chermak, Joel Rogosin, Frank Price, Collier Young
Crime drama series. After being shot and paralyzed from the waist down San Francisco Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside works in liason with the SFPD and a hand picked team.
Chief Robert T. Ironside............. RAYMOND BURR
Det Sgt Ed Brown.................... DON GALLOWAY
Eve Whitfield........................... BARBARA ANDERSON
Mark Sanger........................... DON MITCHELL
Fran Belding........................... ELIZABETH BAUR
Commissioner Dennis Randall. GENE LYONS
Lt Carl Reese........................ JOHNNY SEVEN
Diana Sanger........................ JOAN PRINGLE
I SPY
Reah / 39x30m-e / 1955 black and white
An anthology series of spy dramas hosted by Raymond Massey.
I SPY
NBC/Sheldon Leonard / 82x60m-e / 1965-68
Theme Music: Earle Hagen / Executive Producers: Sheldon Leonard, Danny Thomas / Producers: Mort Fine, David Friedkin
Spy drama series. Cases of a pair of undercover intelligence agents. The first American series to star a black actor and a white actor together on equal terms. In 1994 Sheldon Leonard produced a TV Movie reunion called I Spy returns that featured the two main characters watching over their kids as they went on an assignment in Vienna.
Kelly Robinson......................... ROBERT CULP
Alexander Scott....................... BILL COSBY
THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE
National Geographic/ Wolper / 1x60m-e / 1975
Writer/Producer/Director: Irwin Rosten
Documentary. Inside a human body using the latest camera developments. Narrated by E.G. Marshall.
INFORMATION PLEASE
Brains trust style panel game of the 1950's hosted by Clifton Fadiman who asked various experts questions sent in by the viewers.
IN THE HOUSE
NBC/Winifred Hervey / x30m-e / 1997-
Creator: Winifred Hervey / Theme Music: QDIII, Theodore Miller / Executive Producers: Quincy Jones, David Salzman
Sitcom. Socialite Jackie Warren rents a house from one time athlete Marion Hill. Hill now fallen on hard times remains living in the house and looking after Jackie's kids.
With:- L.L. COOL J as Marion Hill / KIM WAYANS as Jackie Warren / MAIA CAMPBELL / ALFONSO RIBEIRO
THE ISLANDERS
ABC/MGM / 24x60m-e / 1960 black and white
Creator: Richard L. Bare
Action adventure series. The exploits of a seaplane owning pair of adventurers based in the Pacific.
with:- WILLIAM REYNOLDS / JAMES PHILBROOK / DIANE BREWSTER
IT'S A GREAT LIFE
NBC/Raydic / 78x30m-e / 1954-55 black and white
Sitcom. Exploits of a pair of wannabe Hollywood actors.
with:- JAMES DUNN / MICHAEL O'SHEA / FRANCES BAVIER / WILLIAM BISHOP
Showtime / 72x30m-e / 1986-90
Creators: Garry Shandling, Alan Zweibel / Producers: Bernie Brillstein, Brad Gray, Vic Kaplan, Alan Zweibel
Sitcom. Episodes in the life of comedian Garry Shandling, this knowing show made full use of its situation with all the cast in on the fact that they are in a TV show and often having the studio audience in view and with Shandling also often talking direct to camera. See Shandling's equally innovative and brilliant follow up The Larry Sanders Show.
Garry Shandling........................ GARRY SHANDLING
Ruth Shandling........................ BARBARA CASON
Nancy Bancroft........................ MOLLY CHEEK
Pete Schumaker...................... MICHAEL TUCCI
Jackie Schumaker................... BERADETTE BIRKETT
Grant Schumaker.................... SCOTT NEMES
Leonard Smith......................... PAUL WILSON
Phoebe Bass(89-90)................ JESSICA HARPER
Ian(89-90)............................... IAN BUCHANAN
IT'S A MANS WORLD
NBC/Revue / 19x60m-e / 1962 black and white
Creator: Peter Tewksbury
Comedy drama series. Stories of a quartet of friends living on a houseboat in Ohio.
with:- GLENN CORBETT / TED BESSELL / SANDY BOONE / MICHAEL BURNS
IT'S ABOUT TIME
Redwood/Gladasaya/United Artists / 26x30m-e / 1966
Creator: Scherwood Schwartz
Sitcom. Two astronauts are sent spiraling through time and find themselves back in the Stone Age.
with:- IMOGENE COCA / JOE E. ROSS / FRANK ALETTER / MIKE MAZURKI / JACK MULLANEY
IT'S YOUR MOVE
NBC/Embassy / 18x30m-e / 1984-85
Producers: Ron Leavitt, Michael G. Moye
Sitcom. Young con-artist Matthew Burton meets his match when fellow con man Norman Lamb moves into the apartment opposite and falls for Matthews mum Eileen.
Matthew Burton....................... JASON BATEMAN
Eileen Burton.......................... CAREN KAYE
Julie Burton............................ TRICIA CAST
Norman Lamb......................... DAVID GARRISON
Lou Donatelli.......................... ERNIE SABELLA
IT TAKES A THIEF
ABC/Universal/ Jack Arnold / 66x60m-e / 1968-70
Creator: Collier Young, Roland Kibbee / Music: Dave Grusin / Producers: Frank Price, Jack Arnold, Gordon Oliver
Crime drama series. Master thief Alexander Mundy is released from prison to work as a special agent for the US government as part of the SIA (Special Intelligence Agency).
With:- ROBERT WAGNER as Alexander Mundy / MALACHI THRONE as Noah Bain (1968-69) / EDWARD BINNS as Wally Powers (1969-70) / FRED ASTAIRE as Alistair Mundy (1969-70) / JOSEPH COTTON as Mr Jack / GEORGE MURDOCK as Fred Devon
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