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THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Norden Prod. / 104x30m-e / 1956-58 black and white
Sitcom. Stories of a young would be politician and his relationship with the daughter of the town Mayor.
With:- JACKIE COOPER / PATRICIA BRESLIN
PERFECT STRANGERS
ABC/Miller-Boyett Prod./Lorimar/Tal Prod. / 150x30m-e / 1986-93
Executive Producers: Thomas L. Miller, Robert L. Boyett, Dale McRaven
Sitcom. Balki Bartokomous, from the small Mediterranean island of Mypos, moves to America to live with his cousin Larry in Chicago. Larry worked at newspaper the Chicago Chronicle and got Balki a job in there in the mail room.
Balki Bartokomous................... BRONSON PINCHOT
Larry Appleton......................... MARK LINN-BAKER
Jennifer Lyons.......................... MELANIE WILSON
Mary Anne Spencer.................. REBECCA ARTHUR
Harriette Winslow(87-89)........... MARIE PAYTON-FRANKE
Donald 'Twinkle'
Twinkacetti(86-87)..................... ERNIE SABELLA
Edwina Twinkacetti(86-87)......... BELITA MORENO
Susan Campbell(86)................. LISE CUTTER
Lydia Markham(87-93).............. BELITA MORENO
Mr Gorpley(87-92).................... SAM ANDERSON
PERFORMING AS...
NBC / x60mins / 2003 (First Episode: 26 August)
Basically a version of the UK show Stars in their Eyes is this new twist in an obviously cluttered talent/reality formula, ordinary people who just happen to look like certain celebrity singers (think Whitney, Britney, Cher, Dolly and Christina) have the chance to sing in their own voices in front of a studio audience. Each week, five contestants will compete and a jury of music industry professionals will crown one winner. In the final episode each week's winner will compete for a grand prize. E! Entertainment's Todd Newton hosted.
CBS/Paisano Prod. / 271x60m-e / 1957-66
Creator: Erle Stanley Gardner / Music: Richard Shore, Fred Steiner / Executive Producers: Gail Patrick Johnson, Arthur Marks
Crime drama series. Cases of successful lawyer Perry Mason. Also on hand to help Perry with his investigations was P.I. Paul Drake and Mason's secretary Della Street.
Perry Mason........................... RAYMOND BURR
Della Street............................. BARBARA HALE
Paul Drake.............................. WILLIAM HOPPER
Hamilton Burger....................... WILLIAM TALMAN
Lt Arthur Tragg......................... RAY COLLINS
David Gideon........................... KARL HELD
Lt Anderson............................. WESLEY LAU
Lt Steve Drumm....................... RICHARD ANDERSON
Sgt Brice................................. LEE MILLER
Terence Clay............................ DAN TOBIN
PERVERSIONS OF SCIENCE
HBO/Two Fisted / 10x30m-e / 1999
Theme Music: Danny Elfman
Based on a Marvel comic. Anthology series of bizarre and weird mostly scifi dramas. The directors included William Shatner, Richard Donner, Joel Silver & Robert Zemeckis.
CBS / 70x30m-e / 1960-61 black and white
Sitcom. Misadventures of a married couple, spin off from December Bride.
With:- HARRY MORGAN / CARA WILLIAMS / VERNA FELTON
PETE KELLY'S BLUES
NBC/Universal/ Jack Webb / 13x30m-e / 1959 black and white
Period drama series. Stories of a jazz trumpeter during the 1920's.
With:- WILLIAM REYNOLDS / CONNIE BOSWELL
PETER BENCHLEY'S AMAZON
Syndication / x60m-e / 1999
Creator: Peter Benchley
Fantasy adventure series. Six survivors of a plane crash find themselves stranded in a lost part of the Amazon rainforest where they tangle with a lost tribe of white people (they were stranded in the jungle some 400 years previously).
Alex Kennedy......................... C. THOMAS HOWELL
Karen Oldham......................... CAROL ALT
Jimmy Stack........................... CHRIS MARTIN
Pia Claire................................ FABINA UDENIG
Will Bauer............................... TYLER HYNES
Andrew Talbott......................... ROB STEWART
PETER GUNN
NBC/Spartan / 114x30m-e / 1958-61 black and white
Creator/Producer: Blake Edwards / Music: Henry Mancini
Crime drama series. Cases of jazz loving Los Angeles private Detective Peter Gunn. Gunn's office was 351 Ellis Park Road.
Peter Gunn.............................. CRAIG STEVENS
Edie Hart................................. LOLA ALBRIGHT
Lt Jacoby................................. HERSCHEL BERNADI
'Mother'.................................... HOPE EMERSON
PETER LOVES MARY
NBC/Four Star / 32x30m-e / 1960 black and white
Sitcom. Stories in the home life of a couple involved in show business.
With:- PETER LIND HAYES / MARY HEALY
PETER PAN
A staple of Yuletide TV, this seen many times spectacular was first broadcast on 7 March 1955 with Mary Martin in the lead role and production by Jerome Robbins. Following the success of this production other ones were tried including the likes of Aladdin in 1957 with Cyril Ritchard in the lead role.
PETROCELLI
NBC/Miller-Milkie/ Paramount / 46x60m-e / 1974-76
Creators: Sydney J. Furie, Harold Buchman, E. Jack Newman / Producers: Thomas L. Miller, Edward J. Milkis
Crime drama series. Cases of underdog lawyer Anthony Petrocelli in San Remo. Petrocelli and his wife Maggi lived in a trailer whilst he tried to build their own house brick by brick.
Anthony Petrocelli.................... BARRY NEWMAN
Maggie Petrocelli..................... SUSAN HOWARD
Pete Ritter............................... ALBERT SALMI
Lt Ponce................................. DAVID HUDDLESTON
PETTICOAT JUNCTION
CBS/Filmways / 212x30m-e ( 64 black and white) / 1963-70
Creator/Executive Producer: Paul Henning / Executive Producers: Dick Wesson, Al Simon, Charles Stewart,
Sitcom. Kate Bradley runs a hotel, the Shady rest, with her three daughters, in rural Hooterville. The series also focused on the other residents of Hooterville, such as Sam Drucker's General Store. Following the death of lead actress Bea Benaderet the character of Dr Janet Craig was brought in.
Kate Bradley(63-68)................. BEA BENADERET
Uncle Joe Carson..................... EDGAR BUCHANAN
Betty Jo Bradley Elliott............. LINDA KAYE HENNING
Billie Jo Bradley(63-65)............. JEANNINE RILEY
Billie Jo(65-66)......................... GUNILLA HUTTON
Billie Jo(66-70)......................... MEREDITH MacRAE
Bobbie Jo Bradley(67-68).......... PAT WOODELL
Bobbie Jo(65-70)...................... LORI SAUNDERS
Floyd Smoot............................ RUFE DAVIS
Charlie Pratt............................ SMILEY BURNETTE
Homer Bedloe.......................... CHARLES LANE
Dr Janet Craig(68-70)................ JUNE LOCKHART
Steve Elliot.............................. MIKE MINOR
Sam Drucker........................... FRANK CADY
Newt Kiley............................... KAY E. KUTER
PHENOM
ABC/Gracie Films/ Columbia TV / 22x30m-e / 1993-94
Creators: Dick Blasucci, Marc Flanagan, Sam Simon / Executive Producers: James L. Brooks, Dick Blasucci, Danny Kallis
Sitcom. Exploits of teen Tennis sensation Angela Doolan, especially her dealings with tennis coach Lou.
Dianne Doolan......................... JUDITH LIGHT
Angela Doolan......................... ANGELA GOETHALS
Mary Doolan............................ ASHLEY JOHNSON
Brian Doolan........................... TODD LOUISO
Roanne................................... JENNIFER LIEN
Lou Del La Rosa...................... WILLIAM DEVANE
PHILIP MARLOWE
ABC / 26x30m-e / 1959-60 black and white
Producer: Glen Wang
Crime drama series. Cases of the Los Angeles based Gumshoe.
Philip Marlowe.......................... PHILIP CAREY
CBS / 142x30m-e 1x60m-e / 1955-59
Creator: Nat Hiken / Producers: Nat Hiken(1955-57), Edward J. Montague(57-59)
Sitcom. Exploits of the scheming Sgt Ernie Bilko, who spends most of his time trying to con money out of his fellow soldiers at Fort Baxter in Kansas. The show is also known as You'll Never Get Rich and Sgt Bilko.
Sgt Ernest G. 'Ernie Bilko......... PHIL SILVERS
Cpl Rocco Barbella................... HARVEY LEMBECK
Cpl Steve Henshaw................... ALLAN MELVIN
Col John T. Hall........................ PAUL FORD
Sgt Joan Hogan(55-58)............. ELISABETH FRASER
Sgt Francis Grover................... JIMMY LITTLE
Sgt Andrew Pendleton(55-56).... NED GLASS
Sgt Stanley Sowici(55-56)......... HARRY CLARK
Sgt Rupert Ritzik(56-59)........... JOE E. ROSS
Mrs Emma Ritzik(56-59)........... BEATRICE PONS
Pte Duane Doberman............... MAURICE GOSFIELD
Pte Sam Fender...................... HERBIE FAYE
Pte Fleischman....................... MAURICE BRENNER
Pte 'Stash' Kadowski............... KARL LUCAS
Pte Mullen.............................. JACK HEALY
Pte Dinjo Paparelli................... BILLY SANDS
Pte Fielding Zimmerman........... MICKEY FREEMAN
Pte Sugarman/Thompson......... TERRY CARTER
CBS/MTM Enterprises / 49x30m-e / 1975-77
Executive Producers: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels
Sitcom. Spin off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. A now widowed Phyllis Lindstrom moves to San Francisco, living with her mother-in-law and trying to start a new life for herself.
Phyllis Lindstrom...................... CLORIS LEACHMAN
Bess Lindstrom ....................... LISA GERRITSEN
Julie Erskine(75)....................... BARBARA COLBY
Julie(75-760.............................. LIZ TORRES
Leo Heatherton......................... RICHARD SCHAAL
Audrey Dexter.......................... JANE ROSE
Judge Jonathan Dexter.............. HENRY JONES
Sally Dexter............................. JUDITH LOWRY
CBS/NBC / 1x120m-e 86x60m-e / 1995-97
Creator/Executive Producer: David E. Kelly
Crime drama series. Stories of small town Sheriff Jimmy Brock. The town was Rome, Wisconsin and Brock's wife was a doctor.
Sheriff Jimmy Brock.................. TOM SKERRITT
Dr Jill Brock............................. KATHY BAKER
Dr Jill Brock............................. LAUREN HOLLY
Kenny Locos............................ COSTAS MANDYLOR
PISTOLS 'N' PETTICOATS
CBS/Universal / 26x30m-e / 1966-67 First Episode: Saturday 17 September 1966 / 8.30pm Last Episode: Saturday 19 August 1967 / 9.30pm
A period sitcom set in the Old West, in 1870's Wretched, Colorado to be exact, it concerned the Hanks family, Grandpa and Grandma, Henrietta and her daughter Lucy. Lucy had spent quite a bit of time in the city and was at odds with the rest of her gun slinging family. The family prided themselves on their toughness and fair ruled it over the town much to the distress of Sheriff Harold Sikes. The Hanks also had a rather unusual pet in the form of a wolf called Bowser. Other regulars on the series included Buss Courtney and the Indians whom the family did regular battle with, Chief Eagle Shadow, Gray Hawk and Little Bear.
With:- ANN SHERIDAN as
Henrietta Hanks / DOUGLAS FOWLEY as Grandpa / RUTH McDEVITT as Grandma /
CAROLE WELLS as Lucy Hanks / GARY VINSON s Sheriff Harold Sikes / ROBERT
LOWERY as Buss Courtney / LON CHANEY JR as Chief Eagle Shadow / MARC
CAVELL as Gray Hawk / ALEX HENTELOFF as Little Bear
THE PJ'S
Touchstone/Imagine/ Murphy/Will Winton / x30m-e / 1999-2000
Creators: Eddie Murphy, Will Vinton / Executive Producers: Eddie Murphy, Larry Williams, Ron Howard, Steve Tompkins
Animated sitcom. Day to day life in a tough inner city housing project.
VOICE CAST
Thurgood Orenthal Stubbs.......... EDDIE MURPHY
Muriel Stubbs........................... LORETTA DEVINE
Calvin...................................... CRYSTAL SCALES
Juicy....................................... MICHELE MORGAN
Haiti Lady................................ CHERYL FRANCIS HARRINGTON
Mrs Avery................................ JA'NET DUBOIS
Sanchez.................................. PEPE SERNA
Bebe....................................... JENNIFER LEWIS
Jimmy Ho................................ MICHAEL PAUL CHAN
Smovay................................... SHAWN MICHAEL HOWARD
CBS/TCF / 14x60m-e / 1974
Creator: Pierre Boule / Music: Lalo Schufrin / Producer: Stan Hough / Executive Producer: Herbert Hirschman
SciFi drama series. Two astronauts land on an Earth of the future and discover that apes rule. The two, Burke and Virdon, never managed to get home as the series was swiftly cancelled. Based on the movie series.
Burke.................................... JAMES NAUGHTON
Virdon.................................... RON HARPER
Galen..................................... RODDY McDOWELL
Urko....................................... MARK LENARD
Zauis...................................... BOOTH COLMAN
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