US TV - PLATYPUS MAN to PUSH NEVADA
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PLATYPUS MAN
UPN/Fanaro-Nathan/ Paramount / 13x30m-e / 1995
Creator/Executive Producer: Barry Fanaro, Matt Nathan / Script Supervisor: Susan Harris / Producers: Marica Govans, Michael Rotenberg
Sitcom. The relationship problems of single cable TV chef Richard Jeni.
Richard Jeni............................. RICHARD JENI
Lou Golembiewski.................... RON ORBACH
Paige McAllister....................... DENISE MILLER
Tommy Jeni............................. DAVID DUNDARA
Vern Tuttle............................... ETHAN PHILLIPS
PLAYERS
NBC/Universal/ Wolf / 18x60m-e / 1997
Creators: Reggie Rock Blythewood, Ice T. Dick Wolf, Shaun Cassidy / Theme Music: Mike Post / Executive Producers: Michael Vittes, Ed Zuckerman
Crime drama series. A trio of former convicts decide to team up to fight crime, helped by their parole officer Chris Kowalski.
Isaac 'Ice' Gregory.................... ICE-T
Alphonse Royo......................... COSTAS MANDYLOR
Charlie O'Bannon...................... FRANK JOHN HUGHES
Gentry Maddox......................... ANDREA ROTH
Logan Cates............................. ROY THINNES
Chris Kowalski......................... MIA KORF
PLAYHOUSE 90
CBS/Columbia / x90m-e / 1958
Producer: Hubbell Robinson
An anthology series of film dramas that really were the forerunners of the American obsession with the TV Movie.
PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES
NBC/MGM / 58x30m-e / 1965-66
Book: Jean Kerr
A sitcom that was based on
the Doris Day film of the same name which in turn was based on a book by
Jean Kerr.
The plotline concerned the Nash family, English professor dad Jim and
reporter wife Joan. The family lived in Ridgemont, New York (Jim taught at
Ridgemont College), the pair had four kids, Kyle, Joel, Tracey and Trevor
(the last two played by real life brothers Joe and Jeff Fifthian).
The family, who also had a maid called Martha and a large sheepdog called
Ladadog, were highly unconventional much to the consternation of their
next door neighbours Marge and Herb Thornton.
With:- PATRICIA CROWLEY as Joan Nash / MARK MILLER as Jim Nash / KIM TYLER as Kyle Nash / BRIAN NASH as Joel Nash / JOE FIFTHIAN as Tracey Nash / JEFF FIFTHIAN as Trevor Nash / SHIRLEY MITCHELL as Marge Thornton / HARRY HICKOX as Herb Thornton (1965-66) / KING DONOVAN as Herb Thornton (1966-67) / DUB TAYLOR as Ed Hewley (1965-66) / ELLEN CORBY as Martha O'Reilly / BILL QUINN as Dean Gerald Carter (1966-67) / JAN VANDERPYL as Ethel Carter (1966-67)
POLICE SQUAD
ABC/Paramount / 6x30m-e / 1982
Creator/Executive Producers: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Spoof crime drama series. Cases of outrageous cop Frank Drebin filmed in the style of the Airplane films with sight gags and literalisms galore. The Naked Gun films are based on this series.
Det Frank Drebin.................... LESLIE NIELSEN
Capt Ed Hocken..................... ALAN NORTH
Ted Olson.............................. ED WILLIAMS
Shoe-Shine Johnny the Snitch. WILLIAM DUELL
POLICE STORY
NBC/Columbia / 8x120m-e 88x60m-e / 1973-80
Creator: Joseph Wambaugh / Executive Producers: David Gerber, Stanley Kallis / Producers: Christopher Morgan, Liam O'Brien
Crime drama series. An anthology series detailing all aspects of police work. Two series sprang out of the show(Joe Forrester - in an episode called The Return of Joe Forrester and Policewoman in the episode The Gamble.
POLICE WOMAN
NBC/Columbia / 91x60m-e / 1974-78
Creator: Robert Collins / Producers: Douglas Benton, Edward De Blasio / Executive Producer: David Gerber
Crime drama series.Blonde Sgt Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson works undercover in the LAPD.
'Pepper' Anderson.................... ANGIE DICKINSON
Lt Bill Crowley......................... EARL HOLLIMAN
Lt Paul Marsh......................... VAL BISOGLIO
Det Joe Styles......................... ED BERNARD
Det Pete Royster..................... CHARLES BIERKOP
Cheryl..................................... NICHOLE KALLIS
THE POLITICS AND COMEDY OF WOODY ALLEN
PBS / 1972
This show was part performance by Woody Allen and also part interview of him too.
PONY EXPRESS
NBC / 39x30m-e / 1959 black and white
Western drama series. Stories from the early days of the Pony Express.
With:- GRANT SULLIVAN
POPI
ITP/Allied Artists / 13x30m-e / 1976
Creators: Tina & Lester Pine / Music: George Del Barrio / Producer: Herbert B. Leonard
Sitcom. Stories of a New Yorker who happens to be a working class Puerto Rican. Based on the film of the same name.
With:- HECTOR ELIZONDO / EDITH DIAZ / ANTHONY PEREZ
PORT CHARLES
USA / ABC / x30m-e / 1997-
A spin off from General Hospital that launched with a prime time special on 1 June 1997. The show focused on the lives of three characters from GH:- Scott Baldwin, Lucy Coe and Kevin Collins. The doctors were resident at GH and one early plot strand had them being targeted by a serial killer called the General Homicide killer.
With:- KIN SHINER as Scott Baldwin / LYNN HERRING as Lucy Coe / JON LINDSTROM as Kevin Collins / JENNIFER HAMMON as Dr Karen Wexler-Cates / LISA ANN HADDEY as Dr Eve Lambert / MICHAEL DIETZ as Dr Jospeh Parnell Scanlon / JAY PICKETT as Francis Xavier Scanlon / NOLAN NORTH as Dr Chris Ramsey / MITCH LONGLEY as Dr Matt Harmon / ROB HILLIS as Dr Jake Marshak / DEBBI MORGAN as Dr Ellen Burgess / ANASTASIA HORNE as Lark Madison / EDWARD ALBERT as Dr Bennett Devlin / GEORGE ALVAREZ as Det Alex Garcia / LESLIE CHARLESON as Dr Monica Quartermaine / JAMIE FARR as Ernie / ERIN HERSHEY as Alison Barrington / JOSEPH KELL as Zach Owens / LISA LORD as Nurse Grace Sullivan /
THE POWERS OF MATTHEW STAR
NBC / 21x60m-e / 1982
Creator/Producer: Harve Bennett
Scifi adventure series. When the planet of Quadris is taken over by evil forces, the rulers send their 17 year old son to Earth until his special powers have developed enough for him to return home and restore himself to the throne. The boy, Matthew Star and his guardian Walt take up residence in a small US town.
Matthew Star........................... PETER BARTON
Walt Shepherd......................... LOU GOSSETT JR
Pam Elliott.............................. AMY STEEL
Chip Frye................................ BOB ALEXANDER
Major Wymore ...................... JAMES KAREN
THE POWERS THAT BE
NBC/Act III TV/ Castle Rock/Columbia Pictures / 17x30m-e 2x60m-e / 1992-93
Creators: Marta Kauffman, David Crane / Executive Producers: Norman Lear, Charlotte Brown, Mark E. Pollack
Sitcom. The misadventures of Washington Democrat Senator William Powers.
Senator William Powers............ JOHN FORSYTHE
Margaret Powers...................... HOLLAND TAYLOR
Jordan Miller............................ EVE GORDON
Bradley Grist............................ PETER MacNICOL
Caitlyn Van Horne.................... VALERIE MAHAFFEY
Theodore Van Horne................. DAVID HYDE PIERCE
Charlotte.................................. ELIZABETH BERRIDGE
Pierce Van Horne..................... JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT
Sophio Lipkin........................... ROBIN BARTLETT
THE PRACTICE
NBC/MGM/Danny Thomas / 30x30m-e / 1976-77
Music: David Shire / Producer: Paul Junger Witt
Sitcom. In New York, an elderly doctor runs his practice with his son who has more modern ideas, often bringing the two into conflict.
With:- DANNY THOMAS / DAVID SPIELBERG
THE PRETENDER
NBC/TCF/Mitchell / x60m-e / 1996-
Creator/Executive Producers: Craig W. Van Sickle, Steven Long, Mitchell Van Sickle
Cult drama series. Jarod, a gifted genius brought up in a scientific establishment called The Center, escapes and sets out to find his true identity and also sets about helping people. Jarod is pursued by a trio of agents from The Center. Season three saw Jarod getting recaptured by The Center and having to work for them.
With:- MICHAEL T. WEISS as Jarod / ANDREA PARKER as Miss Parker / PATRICK BAUCHAM as Sydney Green / JON GRIES as Broots / PAMELA GIDLEY as Brigitte
PREY
ABC/Warner/Lars Thorwald/Edelson / 13x60m-e / 1998
Creator: William Schmidt / Executive Producers: William Schmidt, Peter O'Fallon / Theme Music: Mark Morgan
Scifi drama series. Sloan Parker fights a desperate battle to track a new and deadly species of human (one with a different DNA and serial killing tendencies).
With:- DEBORAH MESSING as Dr Sloan Parker / LARRY DRAKE as Dr Walter Attwood / FRANKIE R. FALSON as Detective Ray Peterson / ADAM STORKE as Agent Tom Daniels / VINCENT VENTRESCA as Dr Ed Tate
PRIDE AND JOY
NBC-Touchstone-Reserve Room Producton / 6x30m-e / 1995 (21 March - 2 May / Tuesdays 9/30pm)
Creator/Executive Producer: Marc Lawrence / Writers: Robert Borden, Wil Calhoun, Leslie Eberhard, Katie Ford, John Frink, Marc Lawrence, Caryn Lucas, Don Payne / Producer: Anna Krewson / Costume: Tom Bronson
Sitcom. The intertwined lives of two couples, Greg and Amy Sherman and Nathan and Carol Green. Both had recently born children. Interestingly both the women in the show went out to work (they both worked for the same ad agency) whilst the husbands stayed at home looking after the kids, (Greg was a freelance writer - Nathan was freelance unemployed).
With:- CRAIG BIERKO as Greg Sherman / JULIE WARNER as Amy Sherman / JEREMY PIVEN as Nathan Green / CAROLINE RHEA as Carol Green / NATASHA PAVLOVIC as Katya
PRIDE OF THE FAMILY
MCA/Revue / 40x30m-e / 1953 black and white
Sitcom. The misadventures of a put upon husband.
With:- PAUL HARTMAN / FAY WRAY / NATALIE WOOD
PRIMUS
Metromedia/Ivan Tors / 26x30m-e / 1971
Action adventure series. Cases of a crime fighting underwater expert.
With:- ROBERT BROWN / WILL KULUVA
PRIVATE BENJAMIN
CBS/Warner / 39x30m-e / 1981-83
Creators: Nancy Myers, Charles Shyer, Harvey Miller / Executive Producer: Bob Brunner, Ken Hecht
Sitcom. Socialite Judy Benjamin joins the army and soon comes into conflict with Captain Doreen Lewis. Based on the hit 1980 Goldie Hawn film.
With:- LORNA PATTERSON as PrivateJudy Benjamin / EILEEN BRENNAN as Capt Doreen Lewis / ROBERT MANDAN as Col Lawrence Fielding / HAL WILLIAMS as Sgt Lucien C. 'Ted' Ross / WENDIE JO SPERBER as Private Stacey Kouchalakas(82-83) / LISA RAGGIO as Pvt Maria Gianelli / JOYCE LITTLE as Private Rayleen White(81) / LUCY WEBB as Private Lu Ann Hubble(81-82) / DARMITA JO FREEMAN as Private Jackie Simms(81-83) / ANN RYERSON as Private Carol Winter(81-82) / JOAN ROBERTS as Private Barbara Ann Glass(81) / FRANCESCA P. ROBERTS as Private Harriet Dorsey(81)
PRIVATE SECRETARY aka SUSIE
CBS(later NBC)/Jack Chertok Prod / 103x30m-e / 1953-57 black and white
Producer: Jack Chertok / Director: Christian Nuby
Sitcom. Former actress Susie MacNamara now works as private secretary to Showbiz agent Peter Sands and can't help interfering in his life. known as Susie for repeat screenings.
Susie MacNamara................... ANN SOTHERN
Peter Sands............................ DON PORTER
Violet Praskins........................ ANN TYRRELL
Mickey 'Casey' Calhoun........... JESSE WHITE
Sylvia...................................... JOAN BANKS
PROFILER
NBC / x60m-e / 1996-
Executive Producer: Steven Kronish
Scifi drama series. Cases of a team of FBI agents specializing in tracking serial killers, the focus was on Sam Waters, who for seasons 1-3 was hunted by the evil killer Jack of all Trades who had already killed close members of her family. Following Waters departure, Rachel Burke was called into the Violent Crimes Task Force.
Samantha Waters(S1-3).......... ALLY WALKER
Rachel Burker(S4-).................. JAMIE LUNER
Jack....................................... DENNIS CHRISTOPHER
Also with:- ROBERT DAVI
PROJECT UFO
NBC/Mark VIII Ltd / 26x60m-e / 1977-78
Producer: Col William T. Coleman / Executive Producer: Jack Webb
Scifi drama series. Cases from the files of the American Air Forces Project Blue Book looking into UFO sightings.
Major Jake Gatlin..................... WILLIAM JORDAN
Sgt Harry Fitz.......................... CASKEY SWAIM
Libby Virdon............................. ALDINE KING
Capt Ben Ryan(season 2)......... EDWARD WINTER
PROVIDENCE
NBC-John Masius Productions / x60m-e / 1999 Premiere date: January 8, 1999
Creator: John Masius / Executive producers: John Masius, Ann Hamilton, Michael Fresco / Co-executive producer: Monica Wyatt / Producers: Kevin Cremin, Robert Fresco, Art Rusis / Co-producers: Elle Triedman, Carol Barbee
Family drama series. An altruistic plastic surgeon abandons her career specialty and unfulfilling lifestyle to return to her colorful family and hometown in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Sydney Hansen entered the field of cosmetic surgery with noble ambitions, but several years of performing collagen lip treatments and nose jobs for celebrities and over-privileged teenagers in Los Angeles began to erode her sense of purpose. Sydney’s disenchantment with her career combined with a relationship breakup and a family crisis prompted her to move back to the safe haven of Providence to find fulfillment working in a low-income medical clinic.
Following the death of her mother, Lynda, Sydney sometimes feels that the collective weight of the close-knit Hansen clan has become her responsibility, in particular her father Jim who relates better to the cuddly animals in his veterinary practice than he does to his family. Sydney’s younger sister Joanie is an unwed mother who divides her time between her infant daughter and running a trendy pet food store. Robbie is Sydney’s scheming, bad-boy baby brother.
With:- Melina Kanakaredes, Mike Farrell, Paula Cale, Seth Peterson, Concetta Tomei, Maria Pitillo, Samaria Graham, Dana Daurey
THE PRUITTS OF SOUTHAMPTON
ABC/Filmways / 30x30m-e / 1966
Novel:Patrick Dennis
Sitcom. Stories of an eccentric Long Island family, also known as The Phyllis Diller Show.
With:- PHYLLIS DILLER / REGINALD GARINER / GRADY SUTTON / JOHN McGIVER / RICHARD DEACON / GYPSY ROSE LEE
PSI FACTOR:CHRONICLES OF THE PARANORMAL
Atlantis / 88x30m-e / 1997-
Executive Producers: Seaton McClean, James Nadler
Scifi drama series about an organisation of investigators into the paranormal.
DAN
AYKROYD as
PUBLIC DEFENDER
Hal Roach / 59x30m-e / 1953-54 black and white
Crime drama series. Cases of a lawyer helping the poor.
With:- REED HADLEY
NBC/Syndication/ Light Keeper Prod/ Columbia / 88x30m-e / 1984-89
Producers: David W. Duclen, Garry Marshall, Rick Hawkins, Liz Sage
Sitcom. After being abandoned, Penelope 'Punky' Brewster is saved from the streets by elderly Henry Warnimont. See also animated version It's Punky Brewster.
Penelope 'Punky' Brewster........ SOLEIL MOONFRYE
Henry Warnimont..................... GEORGE GAYNES
Cherie Johnson........................ CHERIE JOHNSON
Betty Johnson.......................... SUSIE GARRETT
Eddie(84)................................. EDDIE DEEZEN
Margaux Kramer....................... AMI FOSTER
PURE GOLDIE
NBC/George Schlatter- Ed Friendly Prod. /1x60m-e / 1971 15 Feb
Writer: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff / Director: Marty Passetta
Variety. One off special starring rising film actress Goldie Hawn, also appearing were Johnny Carson and Ruth Buzzi.
PUSHING DAISIES One of the big surprise hits of the last year in the US has been Pushing Daisies (nominated for a trio of golden globe awards). Created by Bryan Fuller and starring a Lee Pace and Anna Friel the show's premise is certainly an unusual one, Pace plays Ned a piemaker with the strange ability to be able bring people back to life with a single touch, as soon as he discovers his gift he uses it to bring back to life his first love Charlotte "Chuck" Charles...full story.
PUSH, NEVADA
USA / ABC / x60m-e / 2002 (17 September - 24 October)
Creators; Ben Affleck, Sean Bailey
In this hybrid of drama and reality from Oscar winner Ben Affleck
and partner Sean Bailey, this Twin Peaks-ish play-along mystery
follows a meek IRS agent in his search for some stolen money in the bizarre town of Push, Nevada. The series offered the chance
for viewers at home to win a million dollars by picking up on a series of clues.
On a large screen at the Summer Press Tour in Pasadena in July 02, TV critics were unable to find the clues that ABC promises will be readily visible in the series. The series flopped somewhat although
the show awarded the $1,045,000 prize to 24-year-old Mark Nakamoto of West New York, N.J. After watching Push's "Final Clue" on Oct.
28's Monday Night Football, Nakamoto beat out 10,000 other callers to the show's hotline and solved the puzzle first.
With:- DEREK CECIL
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