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OCCASIONAL WIFE

NBC/Columbia/ Harry Ackerman / 30x30m-e / 1966

Creators: Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen / Producer: Robert Claver 

Sitcom. An unmarried executive hires out a wife whenever he needs to attend a social function or the like. 

With:- MICHAEL CALLAN / PATRICIA HARTY

 

> OCTOBER ROAD 

 

THE ODD COUPLE

ABC/Paramount / 114x30m-e / 1970-75

Creator: Neil Simon / Producers: Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson / Executive Producers: Garry Marshall, Sheldon Keller 

Sitcom. Sports journalist and somewhat of a slob Oscar Madison allows his extremely neat and fussy pal Felix Unger to movie into his Park Avenue apartment after both of them go through divorces. Based on the hit Neil Simon play and film. 

Felix Unger.............................. TONY RANDALL

Oscar Madison........................ JACK KLUGMAN

Murray Greshner...................... AL MOLINARO

Speed(70-74)........................... GARRY WALBERG

Vinnie...................................... LARRY GELMAN

Roger(73-74)............................ ARCHIE HAHN

Roy(70-71)............................... RYAN McDONALD

Cecily Pigeon.......................... MONICA EVANS

Gwnedolyn Pigeon................... CAROL SHELLY

 

 

OFF THE RACK

ABC/Brownstone Prod/ Mugwump Prod/Warner 8x30m-e / 1985 / 15 March - 26 April  Pilot:7 December 1984

Writes: Dan Guntzelman, Steve K. Marshall, Richard Baer,  Lissa A Levin, Bob Randall 

Sitcom. Sam Waltman, co-owner of fashion business H&W Garments is put out when, following the death of his partner Dan, Dan's wife Kate, takes over his half of the business.

Sam Waltman......................... EDWARD ASNER

Kate Halloran.......................... EILEEN BRENNAN

Shannon Halloran.................... CLAUDIA WELLS

Timothy Halloran...................... COREY YOTHERS

Brenda Patagorski.................... PAMELA BRULL

Cletus Maxwell......................... DENNIS HAYBERT

Skip Wagner............................ SANDY SIMPSON

 

OF THEE I SING

CBS/David L. Wolper / 1x90m-e / 1971

Comedy musical based on the 1931 Broadway production by George and Ira Gershwin.

With:- CARROLL O'CONNOR / CLORIS LEACHMAN / TED KNIGHT

 

O'HARA US TREASURY

Universal/Jack Webb / 1x98m-e 52x60m-e / 1971-73

Executive Producer: Jack Webb 

Crime drama series. Cases of a widowed former deputy sheriff turned customs agent.

With:- DAVID JANSSEN 

 

OH, MADELINE

ABC/Carsey-Werner / 19x30m-e / 1983-84

Creators: Terence Brady, Charlotte Bingham / Producers: Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner 

Sitcom. Bored housewife Madeline Wayne decides to pep up her humdrum marriage to romantic novelist Charlie (aka Crystal Love - his pen name). Based on the UK sitcom Pig in the Middle.

Madeline Wayne...................... MADELINE KAHN

Charlie Wayne......................... JAMES SLOYAN

Robert Leone........................... LOUIS GIAMBALVO

Doris Leone............................. JESSE WELLES

Annie McIntyre......................... FRANCINE TACKER

 

OH THOSE BELLS!

CBS / 13x30m-e /  1962 black and white

Sitcom. Pratfalls of the owners of a shop supplying props to Hollywood.

With:- THE WEIRE BROTHERS / HENRY MORGAN

 

THE O. HENRY PLAYHOUSE

Gross-Krasne / 39x30m-e /  1956 black and white

An anthology series of period dramas set in New York and based on the short stories of O. Henry. Hosted by Thomas Mitchell.

 

OKAVANGO

Gibraltar / x30m-e / 1992

Creator: Wayne Crawford / Executive Producers: Wayne Crawford, Joel Levine / Music: Julian Laxton 

Adventure drama series. A couple from LA decide to up sticks and start a new life on an African game reserve. 

With:- WAYNE CRAWFORD / STEVE KANALY / MICHELE SCARABELLI / FATS BOOKHOLANE / LANCE SCOTT / SANDOR SMIT

OK CRACKERBY

Cre:Abe Burrows, Cleveland Amory ABC/United Artists/Beresford / 17x30m-e /  1965 black and white

Sitcom. Problems of a self made millionaire determined to make sure his kids get on in society.

 

ONCE AN EAGLE

NBC/Universal / 9x60m-e / 1977

Writer: Peter Fischer / Novel: Anton Myrer  / Producers: William Sackheim, Peter Fischer / Director: E.W. Swackhamer, Richard Michaels

Period drama serial. 30 years and two world wars in the lives of two friends.

With:- SAM ELLIOTT / CLIFF POTTS / DARLEEN CARR / GLENN FORD / CLU GALAGER / LYNDA  DAY GEORGE / AMY IRVING

 

100 CENTRE STREET

A&E / 60m-e / 2001

Creator / Executive Producer: Sidney Lumet 

Five times a week legal drama series which looks at the workings of New York City's arraignment court.

With:- Alan Arkin as Judge Joseph "Joe" Rifkind / Paula Devicq as Assistant District Attorney Cynthia Bennington / Manny Perez as Legal Aid Attorney Ramon Rodriguez / LaTanya Richardson as Judge Attallah "Queenie" Sims / Joseph Lyle Taylor as Assistant District Attorney Robert Esposito

 

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

ABC-Creative Horizons productions. x60m-e / 1968 - 

Creator: Agnes Nixon / Music: Lee Holdridge, David Nichtern

Long running US soap detailing the lives of the residents of Llanview PA. The series centered around the Lords, The Woleks and the Riley families. One of the first US shows to feature a mixed race couple in a relationship. Many of the later plots bordered on the bizarre taking in time travel, astral travelling, spying and the like.

IMPORTANT CHARACTERS INCLUDE:- Philip Carey as Asa Buchanan / Kale Brown as Sam Rappaport / JAMES DePAIVA as Max Holden / MARK DERWIN as Dr Ben Davidson / PATRICIA ELLIOTT as Renee Divine Buchanan / DAVID FUMERO as Chris Vega / CATHERINE HICKLAND as Lindsey Rappaport Buchanan / FLORENCE LOZANO as Tea Delgado Mannin / ERIKA PAGE as Roseanne Delgado Vega / NATHAN PURDEE as Hank 'the Cannon' Gannon

 

ONE STEP BEYOND

ABC-Collier Young /  94x30m-e / 1959-61 20 January 59 - 3 October 61 Tuesdays 10.00pm  black and white

Creator: Merwin Gerard / Music: Harry Lubin / Producer: Collier Young  

An anthology series of stories mainly concerning the realms of psychic phenomena, E.S.P., Reincarnation etc. Hosted by John Newland the series was also known as Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond

 

ON THE AIR

ABC/Lynch-Frost / 7x30m-e / 1992

Creators: David Lynch, Mick Frost / Writer/Executive Producers: David Lynch, Mick Frost, Robert Engels / Producer: Deepak Nayar / Director: Jack Fisk

Period sitcom. In 1957 Lester Guy works on his own self titled TV show for the Zoblotnick Broadcasting Corporation. This often bizarre show was cancelled after just three of its seven episodes.

Lester Guy............................... IAN BUCHANAN

Vladja Gochktch....................... DAVID L. LANDER

Ruth Trueworthy....................... NANCYE FERGUSON

Bert Schein.............................. GARY GROSSMAN

Betty Hudson........................... MARLA JEANETTE RUBINOFF

Dwight McGonigle..................... MARVIN KAPLAN

Mickey..................................... MEL JOHNSON JR

Buddy Budwaller....................... MIGUEL FERRER

'Blinky' Watts........................... TRACEY WALTER

Hurry Up Twins......................... RALIEGH&RAYMOND FRIEND

ON THE ROCKS

Metromedia/John Rich / 13x30m-e / 1976

Creators: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais / Director: John Rich 

Sitcom. A US adaption of the UK classic Porridge .

With:- JOSE PEREZ / MEL STEWART / HAL WILLIAMS / RICK HURST / BOBBY SANDLER / TOM POSTON

 

ONE NIGHT STAND

HBO / 55x30m-e / 1989-92

Producer: Robin Shlien, Sue Wolf 

Comedy. A series of specials starring prominent stand up comedians, mostly filmed at the Vic Theatre, Chicago. The acts included Rita Rudner, Kevin Pollak, Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Hicks, Damon Wayans, Lew Schneider and Allan Harvey.

 

ONE DAY AT A TIME

CBS-Norman Lear-TAT / x30m-e / 1975-84

Creators: Whitney Blake, Allan Manning / Producers: Dick Pensfield, Percy Grant 

Sitcom. Episodes in the lives of divorced, Indianapolis based, Ann Romano and her two teenage daughters Julie and Barbara. Ann initially worked for advertising agency Connors and Davenport before going it alone. During the shows run both daughters got married and indeed Ann  ended up marrying the father of Barbara's husband Mark. Mackenzie Phillips (as Julie) twice left the show for severe personal reasons (allegedly drug related).

With:- BONNIE FRANKLIN as Romano Royer / MACKENZIE PHILLIPS as Julie Cooper Horvath (1975-80/81-83) / VALERIE BERTINELLI as Barbara Cooper Royer / PAT HARRINGTON JR as Dwayne Schneider / RICHARD MASUR as David Kane(1975-76) / MARY LOUISE WILSON as Ginny Wrobliki(1976-77) / CHARLES SIEBERT as Jerry Davenport (1976-79) / MICHAEL LAMBECK as Max Horvath(1979-84) / NANETTE FABRAY as Grandma Katherine Romano(1979-84) / RON RIFKIN as Nick Handrig(1980-81) / SHELLEY FABARES as Francine Webster(1981-84)  

 

ONE OF THE BOYS

NBC/Toy Prod./CPT / 13x30m-e / 1982

Producers: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein 

Sitcom. Pensioner Oliver Nugent, to avoid moving into a retirement home, moves into his grandson Adam's college apartment in New Jersey.

Oliver Nugent.......................... MICKEY ROONEY

Adam Shields......................... DANA CARVEY

Mrs Green.............................. FRANCINE BEERS

Jonathan Burns....................... NATHAN LANE

Bernard Solomon..................... SCATMAN CROTHERS

Jane....................................... MEG RYAN

 

ONE ON ONE

UPN / x30m-e / 2001

Executive Producer: Flex Alexander / Music: Shanice

Sitcom. Baltimore sportscaster Mark "Flex" Washington finds his bachelor's paradise disrupted when his feisty 14-year-old daughter, Breanna, comes to live with him full-time. Flex is used to the carefree life of a young single man, complete with junk food, sports and women. Breanna is accustomed to no rules and all fun when she visits her dad for two weeks a year. But when the demands of her mother's new job make it necessary for Breanna to move in with her father for the foreseeable future, Flex must adjust to raising a teenager on a day-to-day basis.

With:- Flex Alexander as Mark "Flex" Washington / Kyla Pratt as Breanna Washington

OPEN HOUSE

Fox / x30m-e / 1989-90

Sitcom. Spin off from Duet. Linda and Laura from that show are now working for a real estate company.

Linda Phillips........................... ALISON LA PLACA

Laura...................................... MARY PAGE KELLER

 

THE OREGON TRAIL

Universal / 1x120m-e  13x60m-e / 1975-76

Western drama series. Stories of a pioneering family in the days of the Old west. The series was pulled before all its episodes were shown.

With:- ROD TAYLOR

THE OTHERS

NBC / x60m-e / 2000

Creators/Executive Producers: Glen Morgan, James Wong, John Brancato, Michael Ferris 

Scifi

Marian Kitt.............................. JULIANNE NICHOLSON

Prof Miles Ballard.................... JOHN BILLINGSLEY

Warren Day............................ KEVIN J. O'CONNOR

Mark Gabriel........................... GABRIEL MACHT

Satori..................................... MISSY CRIDER

OTHERWORLD

MCA / 8x55m-e / 1985

Producer: Les Hunter 

Scifi drama series. Whilst touring the pyramids, the Californian Sterlings fall into the Otherworld, a bizarre parallel world.

Hal Sterling.............................. SAM GROOM

June Sterling............................ GRETCHEN CORBETT

Trace...................................... TONY O'DELL

Gina....................................... JONNA LEE

Smith...................................... BRANDON CRANE

Nureen Kroll............................ JONATHAN BANKS

 

OUR MAN HIGGINS

ABC/Columbia / 34x30m-e /  1962 black and white

Creator: Paul Harrison 

Sitcom. Exploits of Higgins, an English butler working for an American family. Based on the radio show It's Higgins Sir. 

With:- STANLEY HOLLOWAY as Higgins / FRANK MAXWELL / AUDREY TOTTER

 

OUR MISS BROOKS

Desilu / 127x30m-e /  1952-56 black and white

Sitcom. Episodes in the life of a schoolteacher.

With:- EVE ARDEN / GALE GORDON / ROBERT ROCKWELL / RICHARD CRENNA

 

THE OUTCASTS

ABC/Columbia / 26x60m-e / 1968

Producer: Jon Epstein 

Western drama series. A pair of bounty hunters, one white, the other black team up following the end of the civil war. 

With:- DON MURRAY / OTIS YOUNG

 

THE OUTER LIMITS

United Artists/Daystar/ Villa di Stefano / 49x50m-e / 1963-65

Creator/Executive Producer: Leslie Stevens / Producer: Joseph Stefani (Season 1), Ben Brady(Season 2) 

Anthology series of science fiction based stories in much the same vein as The Twilight Zone. Narrated by Vic Perrin, see also the 1990's revival below.

 

THE OUTER LIMITS

Showtime/CBS/ Trilogy / 132 episode mostly 60minutes / 1994-2000

Producers: Pen Densham, Michael Cassutt, Manny Coto, Jonathan Glassner 

Scifi anthology drama series. A more successful than the original revival of the 1960's show of the same name with a high quantity of sex and dark material on show.

 

OUTLAWS

NBC / 50x60m-e / 1960-61 black and white

Western drama series. Stories of a pair of lawmen in the wild west out to catch the bad guys.

With:- BRUCE YARNELL / DON COLLIER / BARTON MacLANE

 

OUT OF THIS WORLD

Syndication/NBC/ Bob Booker/MCA / 96x30m-e / 1987-91

Devisor: D.L. Wood / Creators: John Boni, Bob Booker / Producers: John Boni, Barbara Booker 

Scifi sitcom. Teenager Evie Garland is shocked to discover that the father she thought dead is in fact an alien from Anterius and that she is also half alien with special powers. Her father had returned to Anterius and communicated with Evie through a crystal.

Evie Garland............................. MAUREEN FLANNIGAN

Donna Garland.......................... DONNA PESCOW

Kyle Applegate......................... DOUG McCLURE

Uncle Beano Froelich(87-90)..... JOE ALASKEY

Lindsay Selkirk......................... CHRISTINA NIGRA

Voice of Troy............................ BURT REYNOLDS

Buzz....................................... BUZZ BELMONDO

 

OUT OF TIME

1x100m-e / 1988

Director: Robert Butler 

Scifi crime drama. A cop of the future travels back in time to solve a case with the help of his great grandfather. 

With:- BRUCE ABBOT / ADAM ANT / BILL MAHER

 

THE OUTSIDER

CBS/Universal/ Public Arts / 1x90m-e 26x60m-e / 1967-68

Creator/Producer: Roy Huggins 

Crime drama series. Cases of an LA based private detective. 

With:- DARREN McGAVIN

 

OVERLAND TRAIL

MCA/Stagecoach/ Revue / 17x60m-e / 1960 black and white

Western drama series. Stories of a pair of stagecoach drivers.

With:- WILLIAM BENDIX / DOUG McCLURE

 

OZ

HBO/Rysher/ Levinson Fontana / x60m-e / 1997-

Creator: Tom Fontana / Executive Producer: Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana 

Drama series. Brutal stories of life inside Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary.

With:- KIRK ACEVEDO / ERNIE HUDSON / TERRY KINNEY / RITA MORENO / HAROLD PERRINEAU / J.K. SIMMONS / LEE TERGESEN / EAMONN WALKER / DEAN WINTERS

 

OZZIE'S GIRLS

Filmways / 24x30m-e / 1973

Sitcom. When their sons start college Ozzie and Harriet Nelson rent out their rooms to a pair of college girls. A sequel to The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Ozzie..................................... OZZIE NELSON

Harriet.................................... HARRIET NELSON

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