USA TV - Karen to Kung Fu

Creators: Mike Judge, Greg Daniels / Executive Producers: Mike Judge, Greg Daniels, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Stern, Howard Klein, Phil Roman, / Producers: Joe Boucher, Richard Raynis

Animated sitcom. Stories of the Hill family, especially propane salesman dad Hank.

VOICE CAST

Hank/Boomhauer/Dooley........... MIKE JUDGE

Peggy Hill................................ KATHY NAJIMY

Bobby Hill................................ PAMELA SEGALL

Luanne Platter/Joseph Gribble... BRITTANY MURPHY

Dale Gribble............................. JOHNNY HARDWICK

KING'S ROW

Warner / x60m-e / 1959 black and white

Drama series. Stories of the residents of a small town, especially the psychiatrist.

Paris...................................... JACK KELLY

Dr Tower................................. VICTOR JURY

Randy.................................... NAN LESLIE

Drake..................................... ROBERT HORTON

KINGSTON:CONFIDENTIAL

NBC/Universal/RB/ Groverton / 13x60m-e / 1977

Creators: David Victor, Raymond Burr, Dick Nelson, Guy Della Cioppa / Producer: David Victor

Drama series. Stories of an investigative reporter involved in both TV and newspapers.

With:- RAYMOND BURR / NANCY OLSON

KIT CARSON:See The Adventures of Kit Carson

KLONDIKE

NBC / 18x30m-e / 1960 black and white

Period action adventure series. Stories from the days of the Gold Rush.

With:- JAMES COBURN / RALPH TAEGER / MARI BLANCHARD / JOI LANSING

KNIGHT AND DAY

NBC/Imagine / 7x30m-e / 1989

Producer: Jeffrey Ganz, / Executive Producer: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Sitcom. Two 1940's radio hosts with a strong dislike of each other find themselves working together at a radio station in San Diego and are soon back to their warring ways.

Hank Knight............................. JACK WARDEN

Everett Daye............................ MASON ADAMS

Gloria Daye............................. HOPE LANGE

Janet Glickman....................... JULIA CAMPBELL

Ellie Escobar........................... LELA IVEY

Cito Escobar........................... JOE LALA

KNIGHT RIDER

NBC/Universal / 90x60m-e / 1982-87

Creator: Glen A. Larson / Music: Stu Phillips / Executive Producers: Glen A. Larson, Robert Cinadar, Robert Foster

Fantasy crime drama series. Ex-cop Michael Knight fights crime on behalf of a special organisation aided by his futuristic car, a Pontiac Trans Am called KITT.

Michael Knight......................... DAVID HASSELHOFF

Devon Miles............................. EDWARD MULHARE

Bonnie Barstow........................ PATRICIA BARSTOW

Voice of KITT............................ WILLIAM DANIELS

April Curtis............................... REBECCA HOLDEN

Reginald 'RC3' Cornelius III........ PETER PAROS

Wilton Knight........................... RICHARD BASEHART

KNOTS LANDING

CBS/Lorimar / Roundlay:MF Prod./ 320?x60m-e / 1979-93

Creator: David Jacobs / Theme Music: Jerrold Immel / Executive Producer: Lee Rich, Michael Filerman, David Jacobs

Drama series. Spin off from Dallas. Long running US prime time soap that was a spin off from Dallas with a character from that show Gary Ewing and his wife Valene moving to Knots Landing, small suburban close in Southern California. Initially the show was concerned solely with the lives of the residents of the close who were Sid and Karen Fairgate (Gary worked for Sid in his car dealership), record exec Kenny Ward and his wife Ginger, lawyer Richard Avery and his wife Laura. Superbitch Abby Cunningham (Sid's divorced sister) quickly arrived on the close and was soon stirring up trouble. Sid Fairgate died in a car accident and Karen later married attorney Mack Mackenzie. As time went on the couple all split up or left the close and plots got wilder, powerful Greg Sumner became a major player, Abby had affairs with most of the male members of the cast, one character (singer Ciji) was murdered and a look-alike (played by the same actress) quickly turned up. Another major character was charismatic young preacher Joshua Rush who later went mad and killed himself. Later seasons were focused more on politics with Gary and Abby both running for senate. As is the way with soaps there was plenty of sensationalism with murders, mafia figures, kidnap etc all afflicting the residents of Knots Landing. By the time the series ended very few original cast members remained although fittingly several returned for the last episode. One interesting fact is that when Bobby died and then 'came back' in Dallas in Knots Landing he stayed dead.

With:- TED SHACKELFORD as Gary Ewing / JOAN VAN ARK as Valene Ewing Gibson Waleska / DON MURRAY as Sid Fairgate (1979-81) / MICHELE LEE as Karen Fairgate Mackenzie / DONNA MILLS as Abby Cunningham Ewing Sumner / JOHN PLESHETTE as Richard Avery / CONSTANCE McCASHIN as Laura Avery Sumner / JAMES HOUGHTON as Kenny Ward / KIM LANKFORD as Ginger Ward / CLAUDIA LONOW as Diana Fairgate / BOBBY JACOBY as Brian Cunningham (1980-85) / BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN as Brian Cunningham (1986-89) / TONYA CROWE as Olivia Cunningham / KEVIN DOBSON as Patrick 'Mack' Mackenzie / LISA HARTMAN as Ciji Dunne (1982-83) and then as Cathy Geary Rush (1983-86) / WILLIAM DEVANE as Gregory Sumner / ALEC BALDWIN as Joshua Rush (1984-85) / HOWARD DUFF as Paul Galveston (1984-85) / AVA GARDNER as Ruth Galveston (1985) / NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN as Paige Matheson (1986-93) / KRISTY SWANSON as Jody Campbell (1987-88) / MICHAEL YORK as Charles Scott (1987-88) / LYNNE MOODY as Patricia Williams (1988-90) / STACY GALINA as Kate Whittaker (1990-93) / BRUCE GREENWOOD as Pierce Lawton (1991-92) / HALLE BERRY as Debbie Porter (1991)

KODIAK

ABC/Kodiak Prod / 13x30m-e / 1974

Creators: Stan Shpetner, Anthony Laurence / Producer: Stan Schpetner

Crime drama series. Stories of the cops in the Alaska State Patrol.

With:- CLINT WALKER / ABNER BIBERMAN / MAGGIE BLYE

KOJAK

CBS/Universal / 1x180m-e 2x120m-e 112x60m-e / 1973-78

Creator: Abby Mann / Theme Music: Billy Goldenberg / Executive Producer: Matthew Rapf

Crime drama series. Cases of the bald, lollipop sucking, tough detective Lt Theo Kojack in Manhattan. George Savalas who played Det Stavros was the real life younger brother of Telly Savalas.

Lt Theo Kojack......................... TELLY SAVALAS

Frank McNeil........................... DAN FRAZER

Lt Bobby Crocker..................... KEVIN DOBSON

Det Stavros.............................. GEORGE SAVALAS

Det Saperstein......................... MARK RUSSELL

Det Rizzo................................ VINCE CONTI

KOLCHAK:THE NIGHT STALKER

ABC/Francy/Universal / 2x90m-e 20x60m-e / 1974-75

Creator: Jeff Rice / Music: Gil Melle / Executive Producer: Darren McGavin / Producers: Paul Playdon, Cy Chermak

Fantasy drama series. Jounalist Carl Kolchak investigates bizarre stories (vampires, werwolfs etc) in downtown Los Angeles. A clear inspiration for the X-Files.

Carl Kolchak............................ CARL KOLCHAK

Tony Vincenzo......................... SIMON OAKLAND

Ron Updyke............................. JACK GRINNAGE

Edith Cowles............................ RUTH McDEVITT

KORG:70,000 BC

ABC/Hanna-Barbara / 16x30m-e / 1974-75

Narrator:Burgess Meredith

Fantasy series about a Stone Age family.

With:- JIM MALINDA

KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER

NBC / x60m-e / 1963-65

An anthology series of hour long dramas sponsored by manufacturers Kraft. The dramas attracted pretty big names including the likes of Lee Marvin, Lloyd Bridges and Gig Young. The plots (as should be obvious from the show’s title) tended towards the thrillerish or suspenseful. The pilot for the series Run For Your Life appeared as an episode of this show (called Rapture at Two Forty and aired in April 1965).

KUNG FU

ABC/Warner/Jerry Thorpe / 66x60m-e / 1972-75

Creator: Ed Spielman / Theme Music: Jim Helms / Producers: Jerry Thorpe, Alex Beaton, Herman Miller, Bill Perry

Western/Martial Arts drama series. Caine , a Chinese American Shaolin priest searches across the American West for his missing brother. Caine was also wanted by the Chinese legation for killing(in self defence) a Ming Prince.

Kwai Chang Caine.................... DAVID CARRADINE

Young Caine............................ RADAMAS PERA

Young Caine............................ STEPHEN MANLEY

Master Po................................ KEYE LUKE

Master Kan.............................. PHILIP AHN

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