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L3 - Love and Marriage to The Lucy Show

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LOVE AND MARRIAGE

NBC/Louis F.Edelman / 26x30m-e /  1959 black and white

Sitcom. Stories of a music publisher based in Tin Pan Alley.

With:- WILLIAM DEMAREST / STUBBY KAYE / KAY ARMEN

 

LOVE AND WAR

CBS/Shakovsky / 57x30m-e 1x60m-e / 1992-95

Creator: Diane English / Executive Producer: Diane English, Joel Shakovsky 

Sitcom. Divorcee 'Wally' Porter impulsively buys a majority shareholding in none too classy bar The Blue Shamrock and determines to turn it into a happening place. After the first season (following the departure of Susan Dey) a new character, chef Dana Palladino, took a central role.

Wallis 'Wally' Porter(92-93)........ SUSAN DEY

Dana Palladino(93-95)............... ANNIE POTTS

Jack Stein............................... JAY THOMAS

Nadine Berkus......................... JOANNA GLEASON

Kip Zakaris.............................. MICHAEL NOURI

Ike Johnson(92)....................... JOHN HANCOCK

Abe Johnson............................ CHARLIE ROBINSON

Ray Litvak ............................... JOEL MURRAY

 

THE LOVE BOAT

ABC/TC/Aaron Spelling Prod. / 120x60m-e / 1977-86

Creator: W.L. Baumes / Theme Music: Charles Fox / Sung by Jack Jones / Executive Producers: Douglas S. Cramer, Aaron Spelling 

Comedy drama series. Stories of the crew and passengers of the Pacific Princess, a ship where romance abounds. Each episode was made up of three interlinked stories.

With:- GAVIN MacLEOD as Capt Merrill Stubing / LAUREN TEWES as Julie McCoy / BERNIE KOPELL as Dr Adam Bricker / FRED GRANDY as Burl 'Gopher' Smith / TED LANGE as Isaac Washington / JILL WHELAN as Vicki Stubing / PAT KIDOS as Judy McCoy

LOVE BOAT - THE NEXT WAVE

Spelling / 26x60m-e / 1999

Comedy drama series. An updated version of The Love Boat (see above). Retired Navy Captain Jim Kennedy has his hands full when he takes over the cruise liner Sea Princess.

Jim Kennedy........................... ROBERT URICH

Camille Hunter......................... JOAN SEVERANCE

Chief Purser Will Sanders......... PHIL MORRIS

Also With:- RANDY VASQUEZ / HEIDI MARK

 

LOVE CAN BE MURDER

Konigsberg/Sanitsky/ ACI  / 1x96m-e / 1992

Director: Jack Bender 

Ghostly romantic comedy thriller. A female Los Angeles private investigator teams up with the ghost of a private detective to discover who was responsible for his murder back in 1948. 

With:- JACLYN SMITH / CORBIN BERNSEN / CLIFF DE YOUNG / NICHOLAS PRYOR

 

A LOVE LETTER TO JACK BENNY

NBC/Jack Benny Prod. / 1x120m-e / 1981

Writers: Hal Goldman, Hugh Wedlock Jr 

Comedy. One off tribute to Jack Benny featuring classic clips from his TV shows and hosted by Bob Hope, George Burns and Johnny Carson.

 

LOVE ON A ROOFTOP

ABC/Columbia/Harry Ackerman / 26x30m-e / 1966

Creator: Bernard Slade / Producer: E.W. Swackhamer 

Sitcom. Stories of a pair of Newlyweds living in an apartment on the top floor of a block in San Francisco. 

With:- PETE DUEL / JUDY CARNE

 

LOVE SIDNEY

NBC/RG Prod/ Warner Bros. / 44x30m-e / 1981-83

Creator: Oliver Hailey / Producers: George Eckstein, Rod Parker, Hal Cooper 

Sitcom. A single mum shares an apartment with a mothering 40 something New York artist. Based on the TV Movie, Sidney Shorr:A Girl's Best Friend.

Sidney Shorr............................ TONY RANDALL

Laurie Morgan.......................... SWOOSIE KURTZ

Patti Morgan............................ KALEENA KIFF

 

LOVE STORY

Dumont / x30m-e / 1954 (First Episode: Tuesday 20 April / 8.30pm)

A live anthology series that concerned itself with the more positive aspects of relationships.

 

LOVE STORY

NBC/Paramount / 13x60m-e / 1973

Producer: George Schaefer 

An anthology series of dramas with a romantic theme. There were generally two stories in each edition.

 

LOVE THY NEIGHBOR

ABC / 12x30m-e / 1973  15 June - 19 September / Fridays 9.30pm

Creators: Vince Powell, Harry Driver 

Sitcom. An American version of the UK's Love Thy Neighbour (note crucial spelling difference) in which the White Democratic Wilsons are horrified by the arrival of their neighbours, the black Republican Bruces in San Fernando, California. The show was set in the LA suburb Sherwood Forest.

With:- RON MASAK as Charlie Wilson / JOYCE BULIFANT as Peggy Wilson / HARRISON PAGE as Ferguson Bruce /  JANET MacLACHLAN as Jackie Bruce / MILT KAMEN as Murray Bronson / HERBIE FAYE as Harry Mulligan

 

LOVING featured separately here 

 

LUCAN

ABC/MGM/Barry Lowen / 1x90m-e 11x60m-e / 1977-78 (First Episode: Monday 26 December 1977 / 8.00pm) 

Drama series. Young Lucan has been raised by Wolves in the wild, determining to find his real parents he travels around helping people in need whilst doing so.

 With:- KEVIN BROPHY as  Lucan / JOHN RANDOLPH as Dr Hoggland / DON GORDON as Prentiss

 

THE LUCIE ARNAZ SHOW

CBS / 6x30m-e / 1985

Creator: Len Richmond 

Sitcom. An agony aunt has a troubled home life. A US adaption of the UK's Agony.

Lucie....................................... LUCIE ARNAZ

THE LUCILLE BALL COMEDY HOUR

CBS/Lucille Ball Prod. / 1x60m-e / 1964

Creator: Sherwood Schwartz / Writer: Richard Powell / Executive Producers: Jess Oppenheimer, Edward H. Feldman

Comedy. TV studio head Lucille Ball tries to get Bob Hope to appear on one of her shows.

Lucille/Bonnie Barton................ LUCILLE BALLS

Bob/Bill Barton......................... BOB HOPE

Elliott Harvey............................ GALE GORDON

Cash....................................... JACK WESTON

Walter..................................... MAX SHOWALTER

Henderson............................... JOHN DEHNER

Potter...................................... BILL LANTEAU

 

THE LUCILLE BALL SHOW

CBS/Desilu / 13x60m-e / 1957-60

Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Malcolm Rough, Bob Carroll Jnr / Producer: Bert Granet / Executive Producer: Desi Arnaz

Sitcom. Sequel to I Love Lucy. Further trials in the life of Lucy and her husband Ricardo.

Lucy Ricardo........................... LUCILLE BALL

Ricky Ricardo.......................... DESI ARNAZ

Ethel Mertz............................. VIVIAN VANCE

Fred Mertz.............................. WILLIAM FRAWLEY

Little Ricky Ricardo.................. RICHARD KEITH

 

A LUCILLE BALL SPECIAL 1

CBS/Lucille Ball / 1x60m-e / 1975

Writer: Bob O'Brien / Executive Producer: Lucille Ball / Producer: Gary Morton / Director: Jack Donohue

Comedy. UK Title:- Lucy Gets Lucky. Avid Dean Martin fan Lucy Collins tries to see him perform in Las Vegas.

Lucy Collins............................. LUCILLE BALL

Himself.................................... DEAN MARTIN

Gus Mitchell............................ JACKIE COOGAN

Max Vogel............................... BRUCE GORDON

 

A LUCILLE BALL SPECIAL 2

CBS/Lucille Ball Prod., / 1x60m-e / 1975

Writer: Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna / Producer: Lucille Ball, Gary Morton / Director: Charles Walters 

Comedy. Three skits on marital discord.

Lucy....................................... LUCILLE BALL

Jackie..................................... JACKIE GLEASON

 

THE LUCILLE RIVERS SHOW—FASHIONS IN SEWING

Syndicated / x10m-e / June 1969-1974

Veteran TV seamstress Lucille Rivers gave housewives hints on how to handle sewing problems in this popular syndicated entry of the early 1970s, when it aired on 120 stations in America. Rivers had appeared in the medium on local shows in New York in the early 1950s and on Home in the mid-1950s discussing her field, which followed years of lecturing and writing for McCall's magazine plus owning her own custom dressmaking shop in the Big Apple. One of the last TV series to run only 10 minutes, the program was
retitled The New Lucille Rivers Show in 1973.

 

THE LUCY SHOW

CBS/Desilu /  156x30m-e / 1962-68

Producers: Gary Morton, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz

Sitcom. A widow working as a secretary struggles to bring up her two children. Following her divorce from Desi, Lucille carried on as Queen of the US sitcom with this effort. Lucy wanted Bea Benaderet to play Ethel Mertz but she had committed to the role of Blanche Morton in The Burns and Allen Show.

With:- LUCILLE BALL as Lucy Carmichael / GALE GORDON as Theodore J. Mooney / VIVIAN VANCE as Vivian Bagley(62-65) / CHARLES LANE as Mrs Barnsdahl(62-63) / MARY JANE CROFT as Mary Jane Lewis(65-68) / DICK MARTIN as Harry / Conners(62-64) / CANDY MOORE as Chris Carmichael(62-65) / JIMMY GARRETT as Jerry Carmichael(62-66) / RALPH HART as Sherman Bagley(62-65)

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