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JACK
AND JILL
Warner Bros / x60m-e / 1999-
continuing First Episode: 26 September 1999
Romantic comedy drama series.
Jacqueline 'Jack' Barrett after being jilted by her fiancee moves to New York to
take a job as a journalist, she soon takes a fancy to her new (already spoken
for) neighbour David 'Jill' Jillefsky.
With:- IVAN SERGEI as David
"Jill" Jillefsky /AMANDA PEET as Jacqueline "Jack" Barrett /
JAIME PRESSLY as Audrey Griffin /SARAH PAULSON as Elisa Cronkite / JUSTIN KIRK
as Barto Zane / SIMON REX as Mikey Russo
JACK
AND MIKE
NBC / x60m-e /
1986-87
Comedy drama series.
Highlights (and lowlights) from the lives of trendy married couple
Jackie Shea and Mike Brennan, Mike was a restaurateur and Jackie was
a journalist with the Chicago Mirror.
With:- SHELLEY HACK
as Jackie Shea / TOM MASON as Mike Brennan / HOILLY FULGER as Carol
/ JACQUELINE BROOKS as Nona Adler / KEVIN DUNN as Anthony Kubecek /
VINCENT BAGGETTA as Rick Scotti / NOELLE BOU-SLIMAN as Belinda
THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM
CBS(later NBC)/
J&M /
343x30m-e 1950-65 black and white
Producer: Fred de Cordova
Sitcom.
Episodes in the life of comedian Jack Benny, most
episodes centred around Benny mounting a variety
show. See also The Jack Benny Spectacular,
Jack Benny's New Look, Jack Benny's 20th
Anniversary Show (all below) and A Love Letter to Jack
Benny.
Jack....................................... JACK BENNY
Eddie...................................... EDDIE 'ROCHESTER' ANDERSON
Don......................................... DON WILSON
Dennis..................................... DENNIS DAY
Mary....................................... MARY LIVINGSTONE
Prof LeBlanc............................ MEL BLANC
JACK BENNY'S NEW LOOK
ABC/Jack Benny Prod. /
1x60m-e /
1969
Producer/Director: Norman Abbott
Comedy.
A one off variety special starring Jack Benny with
guest appearances by Gregory Pack, George Burns,
Nancy Sinatra and Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson.
THE JACK BENNY SPECTACULAR
CBS/Jack Benny Prod. /
5x60m-e /
1959
Producer/Director: Bud Yorkin
Comedy.
Stand up and variety series hosted by Jack Benny
with guests including Bob Hope, Phil Silvers, Gary
Cooper, Julie Andrews and Raymond Burr.
JACK BENNY'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
NBC/Jack Benny Prod. / 1x60m-e / 1970
Writers: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon,
Hillard Marks, Hugh Wedlock Jr / Producers: Irving Fein, Stu Harris /
Director: Stan Harris
Comedy.
A one off variety special made to celebrate Benny's
20th year on TV, featuring Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton,
Eddie Anderson, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Mel Blanc,
Dean Martin and Dinah Shore.
JACK OF ALL TRADES
Renaissance/Syndicated / x30m-e / 2000
Creator: Erin Morris / Executive Producer: Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi,
Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci,
Eric Greundelman
Period action adventure series.
During the era of the Napoleonic wars, Jack Stiles,
an American spy, goes undercover as an attaché to
British widow (and fellow agent) Emilia Rothschild in
the East Indies. The pair spend most of their time
attempting to foil the advances of Governor Croque
(brother of Napoleon) and his right hand man Brogard.
Jack Stiles............................... BRUCE CAMPBELL
Emilia Rothschild...................... ANGELA DOTCHKIN
Governor Croque....................... STUART DEVENIE
Brogard.................................... STEPHEN PAPPS
JAG
NBC-CBS / x60 minute episodes / 1995-2005
First Episode Saturday 23 September 1995 @
8.00pm
Executive Producer: Donald P. Bellisario /
Theme Music: Bruce Broughton
Action adventure mixing in crime drama
elements. The cases of former aviator turned naval lawyer Cmdr Harman Rabb
Jr and his partner (lawyer wise) Lt Meg Austin (season 1) and then Sarah
"Mac" MacKenzie. In January 1997 the show switched to CBS.
With:- DAVID JAMES ELLIOTT as Cmdr Harmon
Rabb Jr / TRACEY NEEDHAM as Lt Meg Austin (series 1) / CATHERINE BELL as
Sarah "Mac" McKenzie (from season 2) / PATRICK LABYORTEAUX as Lt
Bud Roberts (from season 2) / KARRI TURNER as Ensign Harriet Simons (from
season 2) / TREVOR GODDARD as Mic Brunby (from season four) / W.K. STRATTON
as Cmdr Teddy Lindsey
JAKE AND THE FATMAN
CBS/Viacom / 100+x60m-e / 1987-?
Creators: Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger / Music: Dick De Benedictus / Executive
Producer: Fred Silverman, Dean
Hargrove, Joel Steiger
Crime drama series. J.L. 'Fatman' McCabe, a DA in Honolulu often teams
up with private detective Jake Styles to crack his cases.
J.L. 'Fatman' McCabe............... WILLIAM CONRAD
Jake Styles............................. JOE PENNY
Derek Mitchell.......................... ALAN CAMPBELL
JAKE
2.0
UPN /
x60mins / 2003 (First Episode: Wednesday 10
September 20003)
Scifi
Drama series. After being exposed to a biotech
substance, a nerdy computer technician who works for
the National Security Agency (NSA) is transformed
into a bionic man with tremendous powers.
With:-
CHRISTOPHER GORHAM
JAKE IN PROGRESS is covered here.
THE JEAN ARTHUR SHOW
CBS/Universal /
12x30m-e /
1966 (12 September - 5 December 66 / Mondays 10.00pm)
Sitcom. Female attorney Patricia Marshall teams up with her graduate son Paul
starting their own practice.
with:-
JEAN ARTHUR as Patricia Marshall /
RON HARPER as Paul Marshall /
RICHARD CONTE as Richie Wells /
LEONARD STONE as Morton (the chauffeur)
THE
JEFFERSONS
CBS / x30m-e / 1975-85 (18
January 75 - 23 July 85)
Theme Music: Moving On Up by Jeff
Barry, Ja'net DuBois/ Producer: Norman Lear
Sitcom. Spin off from All
In The Family. The Jefferson family make good and move to a posh new
area. In All in the Family the Jeffersons lived next door to Archie Bunker but
when George's business took off the family moved to a high class apartment in
Manhattan. Between 1975-78 Damon Evans (no relation to Mike) played Lionel.
With:- SHERMAN HEMSLEY as George
Jefferson / ISABEL SANFORD as Louise Jefferson / MARLA GIBBS as Florence
Johnston / ROXIE ROPER as Helen Willis / FRANKLIN COVER as Tom Willis / MIKE
EVANS as Lionel Jefferson / BELINDA TOLBERT as Jenny Willis Jefferson / PAUL
BENEDICT as Harry Bentley / EBONIE SMITH as Jessica Jefferson (1984-85) / NED
WERTIMER as Ralph the doorman / DANNY WELLS as Charlie (1984-85)
JESSE
HAWKES
CBS / x60m-e / 1989 (First
Episode: 22 April)
Action adventure series. After
moving to San Francisco from Sierra Nevada (Jesse Hawkes (and his sons Cody and
Matt) set up in business as private detectives and sometime bounty
hunters.
With:- ROBERT CONRAD as Jesse
Hawkes / CHRISTIAN CONRAD as Matt Hawkes / SHANE CONRAD as Cody Hawkes
JESUS: A MILLENNIAL TRIBUTE
1x105m-e /
1999
Producer: John Heyman
Documentary.
A saccharine heavy celebration of the birth of
Jesus with contributions from Pope John Paul II,
Jimmy Carter and Olusegan Obansanjo (president
of Nigeraia).
JET JACKSON, FLYING COMMANDO
39x30m-e /
1958
Producer: George Bilson
SciFi drama series.
Jet Jackson, a member of the 'Secret Squadron'
helps fight evil wherever he finds it.
With:- RICHARD WEBB as
Jet Jackson / SID MELTON as Ikky / OLAN SOULIE as Tut
JIGSAW
ABC / x60m-e / 1972-73 21
September 72 - 11 August 73 Thursdays 9.00pm then Saturdays at 10.00pm
Crime drama series. The cases of
Lt Frank Dain who worked for the Bureau of Missing Persons of the California
State Police Department. This show rotated with two other series Assignment
Vienna and The Delphi Bureau.
The umbrella title for the shows was The Men.
With:- JAMES WAINWRIGHT as Lt
Frank Dain
THE JIM BACKUS SHOW
Syndication/CNP /
39x30m-e / 1960-61 black and white
Producers: Ray Singer, Dick Chevillat
Sitcom.
Exploits of Mike O'Toole, journalist turned owner
of news gathering agency Headline Press Service.
John Michael 'Mike' O'Toole...... JIM BACKUS
Dora........................................ NITA TALBOT
Sidney.................................... BOBS WATSON
'Fingers' Larkin......................... LEWIS CHARLES
THE JIMMY STEWART SHOW
NBC/Warner / 24x30m-e /
1971-72
Producer/Director: Hal Kantner / Music: Van Alexander
Sitcom.
College professor James Howard lets his son and
his wife and child move back into the family home when their house is destroyed in a fire.
With:- JIMMY STEWART as
James K. Howard / JULIE ADAMS as
Martha Howard / JONATHAN DALY as
Peter Howard / ELLEN GREER as
Wendy Howard / KIRBY FURLONG as
Jake Howard
J.J.
STARBUCK
NBC / x60m-e / 1987-88
Executive Producer: Stephen
J. Cannell / Theme Music sung by Ronnir Milsap
Crime drama series. Texas
billionaire Jerome Jeremiah Starbuck decides to use his influence and
contacts to turn private detective and problem solver. The character of
Tenspeed had previously appeared in Tenspeed and Brownshoe.
With:- Dale Robertson as J.J. Starbuck / Ben Vereen as
E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner
JOANIE LOVES CHACHI
ABC/Miller-Milkis- Boyett Prod/Henderson / 17x30m-e /
1982
23 March - 23 December
Creator: Garry Marshall / Producers: Garry Marshall, Thomas L. Miller,
Lowell Ganz, Ronny Hallin
Sitcom.
Spin off from Happy Days.
When Al Delvecchio marries Chachi's widowed mother
Louisa and moves to Chicago, Joanie and Chachi also
up sticks to sing in the band who perform at Al's new
restaurant.
Joanie Cunningham.................. ERIN MORAN
Charles 'Chachi' Arcola............. SCOTT BAIO
Al Delvecchio........................... AL MOLINARO
Louisa Delvecchio.................... ELLEN TRAVOLTA
Uncle Rico............................... ART METRANO
Bingo...................................... ROBERT PIERCE
Mario....................................... DERREL MAURY
Annette................................... WINIFRED FREEDMAN
JOAN RIVERS AND FRIENDS SALUTE HEIDI
ABROMOWITZ
HBO/Showtime/ Rivers-Rosenberg Prod. / 1x65m-e / 1985
Writers: Joan Rivers, Kenny Solms,
Martha A. Williams / Producer: Kenny Solms / Director: Bruce Gowers
Comedy.
One off special starring Joan Rivers(Abromowitz was
one of the characters created by Rivers). Also
appearing were Lynn Redgrave, Anthony Perkins
and Dr Ruth Westheimer.
THE
JOB
ABC-Dreamworks-Touchstone /
x30m-e / 2001-2002
Executive Producers: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary, Lauren
Corrao, Jim Serpico
Sitcom. Shot entirely on location in New York,
Mike McNeil, a decorated New York City detective
has trouble looking after himself never minding catching the crooks. His unconventional approach to fighting crime makes him a great cop, but takes a toll on his
personal life.
With:- Denis Leary as Det. Mike McNeil
/ Bill Nunn as Det. Terrence "Pip" Phillips
/ Lenny Clarke as Det. Frank Harrigan
/ Diane Farr as Det. Jan Fendrich / Adam Ferrara
as Det. Tommy Manetti / John Ortiz
as Ruben Sommariba / Julian Acosta
as Al Rodriguez / Keith David
as Lt. Tom Williams
JOE
MILLIONAIRE
x60m-e / 2002
Reality
dating show in which 20 women were whisked away to a
French chateau to vie for the attentions of Evan
Wallace who would decide which one he would like to
marry. The catch being that multi millionaire Evan
Wallace was really construction worker Evan
Marriott. And the "Winner" on Joe Millionaire was
(from Mark Berman: As expected, Evan Marriott went the more sentimental route, choosing sweet substitute teacher Zora Andrich instead of one-time bondage model Sarah
Kozer. Sarah, according to Evan, was more interested in Joe Millionaire than Evan Marriott. As for Evan revealing to Zora he didn't inherit $50 million, Zora barely flinched, proving to Evan that there could still be a future for them. And in a surprise final moment, both Evan and Zora were given a check in the amount of $1 million to split. Although it's nice to think you're a millionaire, cut in two and minus Uncle Sam's take and both Evan and Zora are likely to walk away with about $250,000. Millionaires? No. But better than making $19,000 a year? Yes.
JOHNNY RINGO
CBS/Four Star/Pamaron/Zane Grey /
38x30m-e /
1959-60
Creator/Producer: Aaron Spelling /
Theme Sung by Don Durant
Western drama series.
Former gunslinger Johnny Ringo takes over as
Sheriff of Velardi in Arizona.
Johnny Ringo........................... DON DURANT
Deputy Cully 'Kid' Adonas......... MARK GODDARD
Cason Thomas........................ TERENCE DEMARNEY
Laura Thomas.......................... KAREN SHARPE
JOHNNY STACCATO
NBC/ABC/MCA/ Universal / 27x30m-e / 1959-60 black and white
Creator: John Cassavetes /
Theme Music: Elmer Bernstein / Producer: William Freye
Crime drama series.
Cases of jazz musician turned private detective
Johnny Staccato operating in New York.
Johnny Staccato...................... JOHN CASSAVETES
Waldo..................................... EDUARDO CIANELLI
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
USA Network /
2x120m-e /
1999
Period scifi fantasy drama serial.
Whilst on an expedition to New Zealand searching for
the missing Casper Hastings, a group led by Paleontologist Theodore Lytton discover a bizarre new world
lurking deep inside the Earth.
Theodore Lytton....................... TREAT WILLIAMS
Casper Hastings...................... BRYAN BROWN
Alice Hastings......................... TUSHKA BERGEN
Jonas...................................... JEREMY LONDON
McNiff..................................... HUGH KEAYS-BYRNE
JULIA
NBC/TCF /
86x30m-e /
1968-71
Creator/Producer: Hal Kanter
Sitcom. Diahann
Carroll who played widowed nurse Julia Baker was
probably the first black woman to play a modern,
intelligent, independant, black woman in a
leading role in a sitcom.
Julia's husband had been killed in Vietnam and
she was living in Los Angeles working in the
medical department of Astrospace Industries,
alongside her colleagues nurse Hannah Yarby and
Dr Morton Chegley.
Julia was also bringing up her young son Corey
and the majority of the episodes moved between
work and home. Julia had a couple of love
interests during the shows run with initially
Paul Cameron and then later Steve Bruce.
Even though the show was scheduled against the
popular Red Skelton Show it still proved to be a
hit with the viewers. The show is an important
one in that it presented black characters who
were not defined by the fact of their race.
With:- DIAHANN CARROLL as Julia Baker / LLOYD NOLAN as
Dr Morton Chegley / BETTY BEAIRD as Marie
Waggerdorn / MARC COPAGE as Corey Baker /
MICHAEL LINK as Earl J. Waggerdorn / MARY WICKES
as Melba Chegley / NED GLASS as Sol Cooper /
ALLISON MILLS as Carol Deering (1968-69) /
LURENE TUTTLE as Hannah Yarby (1968-70) / EDDIE
QUILLAN as Eddie Edson / PAUL WINFIELD as Paul
Cameron (1968-70) / HANK BRANDT as Len
Waggerdorn / FRED WILLIAMSON as Steve Bruce
(1970-71) / JANEAR HINES as Roberta (1970-71) /
RICHARD STEELE as Richard (1970-71) / STEPHANIE
JAMES as Kim Bruce (1970-71)
JULIE
ABC/Blake Edwards
TV Prod/Viacom. /
6x30m-e /
1992
30 May - 4 July
Producer/Director: Blake Edwards
Sitcom.
Glamorous Julie Carlyle gives up her career to
become a housewife when she marries Sam McGuire.
Julie Carlyle/McGuire............... JULIE ANDREWS
Sam McGuire.......................... JAMES FARENTINO
I F 'Wooly' Woolstein................ EUGENE ROCHE
Allie McGuire........................... HAYLEY TYRIE
Joy Foy................................... RIDER STRONG
Bernie Farrell........................... LAUREL CRONIN
Dickie Duncan......................... KEVIN SCANNELL
JULIE AND CAROL:TOGETHER AGAIN
ABC / 1x60m-e / 1971
7 December
Writers: Bob Ellison, Marty Farrell / Producer: Joe Hamilton / Director: Dave Powers
Comedy/Music.
One off comedy special starring Julie Andrews
and Carol Burnett.
THE
JULIE ANDREWS HOUR
ABC
/ x60m-e / 1972-73
One
season only variety show that starred musicals actress Julie Andrews, there were
all the usual songs, sketches, star guests and a regular bunch of assistants in
the form of impressionist Rich Little, comic Alice Ghostly and also along for
the ride were the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, The Dick Williams Singers and the
Tony Charmoli Dancers.
JUSTICE
NBC
/ x30m-e / 1954-56 black and white
Producer:
David Susskind
Crime
drama series telling stories of lawyers helping people who couldn’t afford to
pay for representation. Initially the series featured a different lawyer every
week in a kind of anthology format but then in late 1954 James Tyler became a
regular (he was then replaced by Richard Adams for the following season).
With:-
GARY MERRILL as Jason Tyler (1954-55) / WILLIAM PRINCE as Richard Adams
(1955-56)
JUST OUR LUCK
ABC/Lawrence Gordon Prod/Lorimar /
13x30m-e /
1983
20 September - 27 December
Creators: Larry Gordon, Charles A. Gordon / Producer: Ronald Frazier
Fantasy sitcom.
TV weatherman Keith Barrow buys an ancient bottle
only to discover a genie lurking within it who soon
manages to cause problems for him in his work and
and home life.
Shabu..................................... T.K. CARTER
Keith Barrow............................ RICHARD GILLILAND
Meagan Huxley........................ ELLEN MAXTED
Nelson Marriott......................... ROD McCARY
Chuck...................................... RICHARD SCHAAL
Professor Bob.......................... HAMILTON CAMP
JUST POLLY AND ME
CBS / 1x60m-e / 1960
8 October
Writer: Nat Hiken / Producer: Nick Vanoff / Director: Coby Ruskin
Comedy.
One off special starring Phil Silvers and Polly
Bergen.
JUST SHOOT ME
Columbia/Brillstein-Grey/ Steven Levitan Prod. / x30m-e / 1997-2003
Creator: Steve Levitan / Executive Producers: Steve Levitan, Brad Grey,
Bernie Brillstein /
Theme Music: Korbin Kraus, John Adair,
Steve Hampton
Sitcom.
After being fired from her job on a TV station
journalist Maya goes to work for her estranged
father's fashion magazine.
Maya..................................... LAURA SAN GIACOMO
Elliott..................................... ENRICO COLANTONI
Also with:- GEORGE SEGAL /
WENDIE MALICK /
DAVID SPADE
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