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Cosman / 26x30m-e / bw 1952

Crime drama series. Exploits of a detective inspector.

with:- GEORGE RAFT

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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).

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

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

ABC/Quinn Martin Prod. / 43x60m-e / 1967-68

Creator: Larry Cohen / Music: Dominic Frontiere / Producer: Alan Armer / Executive Producer: Quinn Martin

Scifi drama series. Architect David Vincent fights a lonely battle to prove that aliens have infiltrated into our society. This series, like so many US series (Planet of the Apes etc), finished with "our hero's" fate hanging up in the air. Vincent could tell an alien because, despite having a human form, they had stiff little fingers. See also  below for the brief 1996 revival.

David Vincent......................... ROY THINNES

Edgar Scoville ........................ KENT SMITH

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

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

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

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

Reah / 39x30m-e / 1955 black and white 

An anthology series of spy dramas hosted by Raymond Massey.

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

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.

Brains trust style panel game of the 1950's hosted by Clifton Fadiman who asked various experts questions sent in by the viewers.

CBS/Columbia / 24x60m-e / 1970

Creator: William Blinn / Producer: Bob Claver 

Medical drama series. Problems of young doctors in a big city hospital. 

with:- BRODERICK CRAWFORD / STEPHEN BROOKS / CHRIS STONE / MIKE FARRELL / HAL FREDERICK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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