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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
