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SHOGUN
NBC-Paramount / 6x120m-e / 1980
Writer: Eric Bercovici / Novel /
Executive Producer: James Clavell / Music: Maurice Jarre / Director: Jerry
London
Period drama serial. In the 17th
Century, after being shipwrecked on the coast of Japan, sailor John Blackthorne
ends up training to become the first western Samurai Warrior.
With:- RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN as
John Blackthorne / YOKO SHIMADA as Lady Toda Buntara-Mariko / TOSHIRO MIFUNE as
Lord Toranga / MICHAEL HORDERN as Friar Domingo / JOHN RHYS-DAVIES as Vasco
Rodriguez
SHOTGUN SLADE
Syndicated-MCA-Revue-Shotgun / 78x30m-e / 1959-60 Black and White
Producer: Frank Gruber / Music: Gerald Fried
Western crime drama series.
Cases of an early private detective in the days of
the Old West. The title came from the fact that Slade's preferred weapon of
choice was a two in one Shotgun.
With:- SCOTT BRADY as Shotgun Slade
SID
CAESAR INVITES YOU
ABC / x30m-e / 1958 (26 January - 25
May / Sundays 9.00pm)
Writers: Neil Simon, Mel Brooks
(plus others)
A reteaming of the Your Show of
Shows stars Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca offering more of the same sketches etc.
Interestingly Caesar and Coca went over to the UK to make 13 shows also called Sid
Caesar Invites You for the BBC. Also featured on this show was Carl
Reiner, Paul Reed, Milt Kamen and Bernie Green (along with his orchestra).
THE
SID CAESAR SHOW
NBC / 1x60m-e / 1958 black and
white
Producer: Max Liebman
Comedy. A one off special
featuring the Your Show of Shows
star. Also appearing were Shirley MacLaine, Cliff Norton and Art Carney.
THE
SID CAESAR SHOW
ABC / x30m-e / 1963-64 ( 3
October 63 - 12 March 64 / Thursdays 10.00pm) Shown fortnightly
Producer/Director: Greg Garrison
A Sid Caesar variety/sketch
series that also featured Gisele MacKenzie, Joey Forman and the always silent
Marilyn Hanold. This show was preceded by an hour long opener in which Caesar
co-starred with Edie Adams. Adams was starring in her own variety/sketch show on
the alternate weeks Caesar's show wasn't on.
SIERRA
MCA/Universal/
Jack Webb /
1x90m-e
13x60m-e /
1974
Producer: Robert A. Cinader
Action adventure series.
Exploits of a group of rangers based in Yosemite
National Park, the pilot TV movie was called The
Rangers.
With:- JAMES G. RICHARDSON /
ERNEST THOMPSON /
MIKE WARREN /
JACK HOGAN
THE SILENT FORCE
Aaron Spelling /
15x30m-e /
1970
Creator: Luther Davis
Action adventure series.
Cases of a group of undercover government
agents.
With:- ED NELSON /
PERCY RODRIGUES /
LYNDA DAY
THE SILENT SERVICE
NBC/Twin Dolphins /
78x30m-e / 1957-58 black and white
Dramatised documentaries about the submarine life hosted by Rear-Admiral Thomas M.
Dykers.
SILK
STALKINGS
CBS-USA Network-Stu Segall Prod.-Cannell
Entertainment / x60m-e / 1991-99
Creator: Stephen J. Cannell / Theme
Music: Mike Post / Executive Producers: David Peckinpah, Stu Segall
Crime drama series. In Palm Beach,
Florida a pair of detectives investigate crimes, mostly murder, amongst the
glamorous set. When both the original leads left in 1995 (in the show Chris and
Rita married, Chris was then immediately killed and Rita then left the force) a
new team was brought in in the form of Tom and Cassy. The show was a joint
CBS-USA Network show until 1993 whereupon it continued on the USA Network alone.
With:- MITZI KAPTURE as Sergeant
Rita Lee Lance (1991-95) / ROB ESTES as Sergeant Chris Lorenzo (1991-95) /
CHARLIE BRILL as Captain Harry Lipschitz (1993-99) / MITZI McCALL as Fran
Lipschitz (1993-99) / BEN VEREEN as Captain Huthinson (1991-93) / WILLIAM ANTON
as Assistant D.A. George Donnovan (1991-96) / KIM MORGAN GREENE as Melissa
Cassidy (1991-92) / DANNY GANS as Roger (1991-92) / DENNIS PALADINO as Donnie
'Dogs' DiBarto (1993-94) / NICK KOKTAKIS as Detective Michael Price (1995-96) /
TYLER LAYTON as Detective Holly Rawlins (1995-96) / CHRIS POTTER as Detective
Sergeant Tom Ryan (1996-99) / JANET GUNN as Detective Sergeant Cassandra (Cassy)
St John (1996-99)
SILVER
SPOONS
NBC-Embassy / 116x30m-e / 1982-87
Producers: David W. Ducion, Robert
Iles, James R. Stein
Sitcom. 12 year old Ricky
Stratton is reunited with his father (who just happens to be a millionaire toy
manufacturer). The twist in the series being that Ricky was more mature than his
father Edward.
With:- RICKY SCHRODER as Ricky
Schroder / JOEL HIGGINS as Edward Stratton III / ERIN GRAY as Kate
Summers-Stratton / JOHN HOUSEMAN as Edward Stratton II / LEONARD LIGHTFOOT as
Leonard Rollins (1982-83) / FRANKLYN SEALES as Dexter Stuffins / JASON BATEMAN
as Derek Taylor (1982-84) / PEARL BAILEY as Lulu Baker
THE
SILVER THEATER
CBS / x30m-e / 1949-50 (3 October
49 - 26 June 50 / Mondays 8.00pm) black and white
Live anthology series hosted by
Conrad Nagal. There had been a version of the show on the radio throughout the
1930's
and 40's.
SIMON
AND SIMON
CBS / 156x60m-e plus feature
length TV Movie / 1981-88 ( and TV Movie 1995)
Characters:
Philip DeGuerre / Executive Producers: Jameson Parker & Gerald
McRaney / Producer:Richard Brams/ Co-Producer: Rob Hedden / Design: Anthony
Cowley / Music: Joseph Conlan
Crime drama series. The cases of
two brothers Rick and A.J. who run their own private detective agency.
With:- Gerald McRaney as Rick
Simon / Jameson Parker as A.J. Simon / Mary Carver Cecilia Simon / Jeannie
Wilson (Seasons 1-2) as Janet Fowler / Eddie Barth (Seasons 1-2) as Myron Fowler
/ Tim Reid (Seasons 3-6) as Downtown Brown / Joan McMurtrey (Seasons 7-8) as
Abigail Marsh
THE
SIMPLE LIFE See Soapworld
entry
THE
SIMPSONS
Fox-Gracie-TCF /
300+
x30m-e /
1989-continuing
Creator: Matt Groening /
Executive Producers: Bill Oakley, John Weinstein
Animated sitcom. The suburban
shenanigans of the blue collar Simpson family in the town of Springfield, the
programme began life as short inserts in the Tracey Ullman Show. The show is the
longest running animated prime time show ever (and aired their historic
350th episode on
May 1, 2005
) with hundreds of celebrities
lining up to make guest voice appearances on the show (everyone from Paul
McCartney to George Clooney to Britney Spears). The main voice cast listed below
also contribute many other voices to the show. THE SIMPSONS is currently
airing its 16th Season and in production on the 17th Season.
Voices:- DAN CASTALLENETA as
Homer Simpson / JULIE KAVNER as Marge Simpson / NANCY CARTWRIGHT as Bart Simpson
/ YEARDLEY SMITH as Lisa Simpson / HARRY SHEARER as Montgomery Burns / HANK
AZARIA as Apu
SINS
OF THE CITY
USA Network / 13x60m-e /
1998
Creator:
Steve Feke
Crime drama series. Forced
to leave the police under a shady cloud Vince Karol sets up in business as
a private eye in Miami. Star Graham was an Australian.
With:- Marcus Graham as
Vince Karol / Jose Zuniga as Freddie Corillo / Barbara Williams as Sam
Richardson
SIROTA'S COURT
NBC/Universal/Peter Engel /
8x30m-e /
1976
Sitcom.
Stories of a night court judge.
With:- MICHAEL CONSTANTINE
SIX
FEET UNDER
HBO / x60m-e / 2001-continuing
A darkly comic look at a dysfunctional Los Angeles family that runs an independent funeral home - especially the trials of Nathaniel who must deal with a grouchy mother, a closeted gay brother and a rebellious daughter. Nominated
for almost 20 emmys at the 2002 awards
With:- Peter Krause / Rachel
Griffiths / Michael C. Hall / Freddy Rodriguez /
Kathy Bates
THE
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
ABC / 103 episodes (mostly 60
minutes) / 1973-81
Creator: Harve Bennett / Executive
Producers: Harve Bennett, Glen A. Larson, Allan Balter, Kenneth Johnson / Theme
Music: Oliver Nelson
Scifi drama series. NASA pilot
Steve Austin is nearly killed in a crash, scientists 'rebuild' him using bionic
parts. He then works for the Office of Strategic Studies tackling crime and
fighting evil. A major spin-off called The
Bionic Woman (the two shows had several cross over episodes) later
appeared, the character Jaime Sommers appeared in this as Steve's love interest
before being killed off and then brought back to life in her won show. Steve had
bionic legs, a bionic arm, a bionic eye and the amazing ability to run in slow
motion. The initial inspiration for the show was the novel Cyborg by Martin
Caidin.
With:- LEE MAJORS as Colonel
Steve Austin / RICHARD ANDERSON as Oscar Goldman / ALAN OPPENHEIMER as Dr Rudy
Wells (1) / MARTIN E. BROOKS as Dr Rudy Wells (2)
THE SIXTH SENSE
MCA/Universal / 26x60m-e /
1971
Fantasy drama series.
A professor gets involved in cases of the
paranormal.
With:- GARY COLLINS
SKY KING
Jack Chertok /
72x30m-e / 1953-54 black and white
Crime drama series.
A ranch owner with his own plane is determined
to keep his area free from crime.
With:- KIRBY GRANT /
GLORIA WINTERS
THE
'SLAP' MAXWELL STORY
ABC-Slap Happy / 22x30m-e / 1987-88
23 September 1987 - 14 September 1988
Sitcom. Stories of heartless (and
divorced) Sports journalist 'Slap' Maxwell working forthe Ledger newspaper.
With:- DABNEY COLEMAN as 'Slap'
Maxwell / SUSAN ANSPACH as Annie Maxwell / MEGAN GALLAGHER as Judy Ralston /
BILL COBBS as The Dutchman / BRIAN SMIAR as Nelson Kruger / BILL CALVERT as
Charlie Wilson
SLATTERY'S PEOPLE
Bing Crosby Prod. / 36x60m-e / 1964 black and white
Producer: Matthew Rapf / Creator: James Moser
Drama series.
Stories of an investigator into state affairs.
With:- RICHARD CRENNA /
ALEJANDRO REY /
FRANCINE YORK /
KATHIE BROWNE
SLEDGE
HAMMER!
ABC-Alan Spencer Prod-New World
TV / 41x30m-e / 1986-88
Creator/Executive producer: Alan
Spencer / Producers: Robert Lovenheime, William D'Angelo, Thomas Kane
Sitcom. Misadventures of rabid,
villain hating, 44 Magnum toting cop Sledge Hammer. At the end of season one
Sledge ended up destroying Los Angeles which meant the second season had to be
set five years before the first.
With:- DAVID RASCHE as Inspector
Sledge Hammer / ANNE-MARIE MARTIN as Det Sgt Dori Doreau / HARRISON PAGE as
Captain Trunk
THE
SLOWEST GUN IN THE WEST
CBS / 1x60m-e / 1960 7 May
Writer: Nat Hiken / Producers:
William Frye, Nat Hiken / Director: Herschal Daugherty
Comedy. Sniveling coward Fletcher
Bissell III finds himself elected Sheriff of Primrose, Arizona.
With:- PHIL SILVERS as Fletcher
Bissell III / JACK BENNY as Chicken Farnsworth / BRUCE CABOT as Nick Nolan /
JACK ALBERTSON as Carl Dexter / LEE VAN CLEEF as Sam Bass
SMALL
WONDER
Syndication-Metromedia / 92x30m-e
/ 1985-89
Creator: Howard Leeds /
Producers: Howard Leeds, Budd Grossman
Fantasy sitcom. Ted Lawson builds
a robot in the shape of an 11 year old girl (as part of a project to help
handicapped kids), Lawson christens the robot Vicky, takes her home and
integrates her into his family.
With:- TIFFANY BRISSETTE as
Victoria Ann 'Vicki' Smith / DICK CHRISTIE as Ted Lawson / MARLA PENNINGTON as
Joan Lawson / JERRY SUPIRAN as Jamie Lawson / EMILY SCHULMAN as Harriet Brindle
/ EDIE McCLURG as Bonnie Brindle (1985-86) / WILLIAM BOGERT as Brandon Brindle
(1986-89)
SMALLVILLE
Warner Bros / x60m-e / 2001-continuing
Creators: Alfred
Gough, Miles Millar
Scifi drama series that focused
on the teenage life of Superman as he grows up in the town of Smallville and
still doing battle with Lex Luthor, Clark Kent's love interest here was Lana
Lang. A bit similar to the 1980's Superboy but this Superman was more into the
struggles of High School than wearing his undies over his trousers.
With:- Tom Welling as Clark
Kent/Superman / Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor / Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang
/ John Schneider as Jonathan Kent / Samuel L. Jones as Pete / Allison Mack as
Chloe / Eric Johnson as Whitney.
THE SMITH FAMILY
ABC/Don Fedderson /
39x30m-e /
1971-72
Creator: Edmund Hartmann
Drama series.
Stories of a suburban family, the father of whom
happens to be a policeman.
With:- HENRY FONDA /
JANET BLAIR /
RONNY HOWARD /
DARLEEN CARR /
MICHAEL-JAMES WIXTED /
JOHN CARTER /
CHARLES McGRAW
SNAVELY
ABC / 1x30m-e / 1978 24 June
Comedy. Henry Snavely makes a
hash of running his hotel. A failed pilot attempt to adapt Fawlty
Towers.
With:- HARVEY KORMAN as Henry
Snavely / BETTY WHITE as Gladys Snavely / FRANK LA LOGGIA as Petro / DEBORAH ZON
as Connie
SNOOPS
ABC / x60m-e / 1999
Creator/Executive Producer: David E.
Kelley / Producer: Jeffrey Kramer
Action adventure series. Short
lived show about a Los Angeles based Private Detective firm Glen Hall Inc who
use the latest technology to crack their cases.
With:- GINA GERSHON as Glenn Hall
/ PAULA MARSHALL as Dana Plant / PAULA JAI PARKER as Robert Young / DANNY NUCCI
as Manny Lott / EDWARD KERR as Greg McCormark
SOAP
ABC-Witt-Thomas-Harris Prod /
78x30m-e 7x60m-e / 1977-81
Creator/Producer: Susan Harris /
Executive Producer: Susan Harris, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas
Sitcom. The amazingly convoluted
lives of two suburban families the Tates and the Campbells. Every soap opera
style situation that could happen - happened to the two families including Burt
being abducted by aliens and then cloned and also Burt's son the gay Jodie even
had a child. See also the spin off Benson.
With:- KATHERINE HELMOND as
Jessica Tate / ROBERT MANDAN as Chester Tate / JENNIFER SALT as Eunice Tate /
DIANA CANOVA as Corrine Tate(1977-80) / JIMMY BAIO as Billy Tate / ARTHUR
PETERSON as The Major / CATHRYN DAMON as Mary Campbell / RICHARD MULLIGAN as
Burt Campbell / TED WALLIS as Danny Dallas / BILLY CRYSTAL as Jodie Dallas /
ROBERT URICH as Peter Campbell(1977) / JAY JOHNSON as Chuck Campbell / ROBERT
GUILLAME as Benson (1977-79) / ROSCOE LEE BROWNE as Saunders (1980-81) /
DONNELLY RHODES as Dutch (1978-81) / SAL VISCUSO as Timothy Flotsky (1978-79) /
REBECCA BALDING as Carol David (1978-81) / GREGORY SIERRA as El Puerco
(1980-81)
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
MCA/Revue /
52x30m-e / 1955-56 black and white
Action adventure series.
Exploits of a pair of adventurers for hire.
With:- JOHN RUSSELL /
CHICK CHANDLER
SOMERSET
NBC / x30m-e / 1970 - 76
(30 March 70 - 31 December 76)
Creator: Robert Cenedell
/ Executive Producers: Lyle B. Hill, Sid Sirulnick / Producer: Sid
Sirulnick / Theme Music: Charles Paul / Announcer: Bill
Woolf / Costume: Julia Sze, Lee Carlton
Daytime
soap was a spin off from Another World, indeed it was originally known as
Another World-Somerset (it even shared the theme music with that show). The
early shows initially concerned the lives of four characters from AnotherWorld -
Missy Matthews, Lahome Vane Lucas, Ricky Matthews and Sam Lucas living in the
town of Somerset where Sam Lucas was a lawyer working in partnership with Ben
Grant. Pretty Quickly though the format of the show changed to a mystery/crime
theme with murders and criminal activity going on ( even though Somerset had
only 25,000 people living in it it seems they were all crooked).
With:- MARC ALAIMO as Virgil
Paris (1973) / BIBI BESCH as Eve Lawrence (1973-76) / DOUG CHAPIN as Tony Cooper
(1970-71) / JORDAN CHANEY as Sam Lucas (1970-73) / RALPH CLANTON as Jasper
Delaney(1970-71) / NICOLAS COSTER as Robert Delaney (1970-72) / JOEL CROTHERS as
Julian Cannell (1972-76) / DORTHA DUCKWORTH as Rowena Standish (1972-73) / TED
DANSON as Tom Conway (1974-76) / HELEN FUNAI as Lai Ling / LEN GOCHMAN as Peter
Delaney (1970-72) / HARRIET HALL as Andrew Moore (1972-74) / GEORGANN JOHNSON as
Ellen Grant / ED KEMMER as Ben Grant (1970-74) / RON MARTIN as David Grant
(1970-74) / WALTER MATTHEWS as Gerald Davis (1970-71) / JAMESON PARKER as Dale
Robinson(1975-76) / NANCY PINKERTON as Karen MacMillan (1970) / MELINDA PLANK as
Danny Catsworth (1970) / CAROL ROUX as Missy Palmer Matthews (1970) / FRED J
SCOLLAY as Harry Wilson (1970-71) / RICHARD SHOBERG as Mitch Farmer (1971-72) /
PAUL SPARER as Rex Cooper / DOROTHY STINNETTE as Laura Delaney Cooper (1970-73)
/ PAMELA TOLL as Pammy Davis (1970-71) / ANN WEDGEWORTH as India Bishop Delaney
Hillman (170-72) / SIGOURNEY WEAVER as Avis Ryan (1976) / JOBETH WILLIAMS as
Carrie Wheeler (1975-76) / EDWARD WINTER as Mr Whittington
\(1970)
SOMETHING
SO RIGHT
NBC-ABC-Big Phone Prod-Universal
/ x30m-e / 1996-98 17 September 1996 - 7 July 1998
Creators: Judd Pillot, John
Peaslee / Producers: Marica Govons, Jon Spector / Executive producers: Judd
Pillot, John Peaslee / Bob Tischler
Sitcom. Single Dad and teacher
Jack Farrell meets single mother of two Carly Davis at a parents evening at
school. Tghe pair fall in love and get married.
With:- MEL HARRIS as Carly Daavis
/ JERE BURNS as Jack Farrell / BILLY L. SULLIVAN as Will Pacino / MARNE
PATTERSON as Nicole Farrell / EMILY ANN LLOYD as Sarah Kramer / CAROL ANN SUSI
as Grace / CHRISTINE SUNFORD as Stephanie / BARRY JENNER as Sheldon / MICHAEL
MILHOAN as Dante
SONNY
SPOON
NBC / x60m-e / 1988
Writers: Stephen J.
Cannell / Producers: Jo Swerling and Randall Wallace / Executive Producer:
Stephen J. Cannell
Crime drama series. Cases
of super hip and trendy black Sonny Spoon whose office just happened to be
a public phone booth and he always had his ear open for the word on the
street.
With:- Mario Van Peebles as
Sonny Spoon / Terry Donahoe as Asst. DA Carolyn Gilder / Joe Shea as
Lucius DeLuce / Jordana Capra as Monique / Bob Wieland as Johnny Skates /
and Melvin Van Peebles as Mel
SONS
OF THE BEACH
FX Networks / x30m-e / 2000
(First Episode: 14 March 2000)
Creators: Timothy Stack, David Morgasen, James R. Stein / Executive Producers: Howard Stern, David
Morgasen,
James R. Stein
Sitcom. A blatant send up of
Baywatch
and focusing on the exploits of a group of Californian lifesavers. The character
names in this closely followed those of the Baywatch characters.
With:- TIMOTHY STACK as Notch /
ROLAND KICKINGER as Chip Rommel / JAIME BERGMAN as BJ / LEIELA ARCIERI as
Jamaica St Croix / KIM OJA as Kimberlee Clark
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
CBS-MCA-Universal-Barney Rosenzweig /
1x90m-e
13x60m-e /
1973-74
Period drama series.
Life for a group of high school students during the
nineteen fifties. The pilot was called Senior Year.
With:- GARY FRANK as Jeff Reed /
GLYNNIS O'CONNOR as Anita Cramer / J.W. MACINTOSH as Lucille Reed . JOHN S.
RAGIN as Walter Cramer / JAN SHUTAN as Ruth Cramer / MICHAEL MORGAN as Danny
Reed
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