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THE SOPRANOS 

HBO-Brillstein Grey-Chase / 26x60m-e / 1999-2000

Creator: David Chase / Producer: Ilene S. Landress / Executive Producer: Brad Grey, David Chase

Crime drama series. Intrigue, double dealing and strife in a modern day Mafia family in New Jersey. Head honcho Tony Soprano spent a lot of time talking through his problems with his shrink and being an HBO show there was plenty of bad language and violence. The sopranos is the only TV series (so far) to be exhibited at New Yorks Museum of Modern Art.

With:- JAMES GANDOLFINI as Tony Soprano / EDIE FALCO as Carmela Soprano / JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER as Meadow Soprano / ROBERT ILER as Anthony Soprano / MICHAEL IMPERIOLI as Christopher Soprano / DOMINIC CHIANESE as Junior Soprano / NANCY MARCHAND as Livia Soprano

SORORITY LIFE 

MTV / x30m-e / 2002

Reality series following the trials and tribulations of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi pledge class as they rush the sorority for the current spring quarter. 

SOUTH PARK

Comedy Central-Comedy Partners-Celluloid Studios / x30m-e / 1997-continuing

Creators: Matt Stone, Trey Parker / Producer: Philip Park / Executive Producers: Brian Graden, Matt Stone, Trey Parker

Animated sitcom. The adventures of a disgusting group of 8 year old kids and the town in Colorado where they live. The show is filled with bad language and violence, in fact one of the four kids is killed in nearly every show - Catchphrase "Oh my God they've killed Kenny". There was a film released in 1999 called South park: Deeper, Longer and Uncut. 

Voices:- TREY PARKER as Stan Marsh and Eric Cartman / MATT STONE as Kyle Braslofski and Kenny McCormick and Pip / ISAAC HAYES as Chef / SHANNEN CASSIDY as The Mayor and Wendy Testaburger / JESSE HOWELL as Ike Broslofski / CARRI TURNER as Mrs Mayor  

SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND

Fox-Hard 8-Village Roadshow / 1x120m-e 21x60m-e / 1995-96 (24 September 95 - 30 June 96)

Creators/Executive Producers: Glen Morgan, James Wong / Music: Shirley Walker

Scifi drama series. In the middle of the 21st century (2063) young space fighter pilots of the Marine Corp 58th squadron do their best to try and repel an alien invasion.

With:- MORGAN WEISSER as Nathan West / KRISTEN CLOKE as Shane Vansen / LANEI CHAPMAN as Vanessa Damphousse / JOEL DE LA FUENTE as Paul Wang / JAMES MORRISON as McQueen / RODNEY ROWLAND as Cooper Hawkes / TUCKER SMALLWOOD as Commodore Ross / MICHAEL MANTELL as Howard Sewell / KIMBERLY PATTON as Felicity OH / TASIA VALENZA as Lt Kelly Anne Winslow / AMANDA DOUGE as Kylen Celina 

SPACE PATROL

ABC-KECA / x30m-e / 1950-55

Creator: Mike Moser

Scifi drama series. Adventures of Commander Buzz Corry and his crew of the Terra V space craft as they fight evil on behalf of the United Planets of the Universe sometime in the 30th century AD. One of the first shows to make use of merchandising possibilities. 

With:- ED KEMMER as Commander Buzz Corry / LYN OSBORN as Cadet Happy / VIRGINIA HEWITT as Carol Karlyle / NINA BARA as Tonga / NORMAN JOLLEY as Mr Karlyle / KEN MAYER as Major Robbie Robertson / MARVIN MILLER as Mr Proteus / BELLA KOVACS as Prince Baccaratti

SPACE RANGERS

CBS / 6x60m-e / 1993 (6 - 27 January / Wednesdays 8.00pm)

Scifi drama series. Exploits of a group of space style cops keeping law and order in the year 2104 from their base Fort Worth (itself on a planet called Avalon). 

With:- JEFF KAAKE as Captain John Boon / LINDA HUNT as Chennault / GOTTFRIED JOHN as Weiss / JACK McGEE as Doc / MARJORIE MONAGHAN as Jo Jo / CARY-HIROYULI TAGAWA / DANNY QUINN as Daniel Kincaid / CLINT HOWARD as Mimmer 

SPECIAL UNIT 2

UPN / x60m-e / 2001

Fantasy drama series. A Chicago police unit are given the task of routing out the monsters that are plaguing their city but have to keep it secret from the general public. The unit found themselves battling mermen, gargoyles, mummies, werewolves and the like. 

With:-  Michael Landes / Alexondra Lee / Richard Gant

Sweeney/Finnegan / 13x60m-e / 1976

Creator: Alvin Sapinsley / Producer: Larry Rosen 

Action adventure series. Stories of a group of Midwestern pilots, available for hire usually for missions of derring do. 

With:- CHRISTOPHER STONE / TODD SUSMAN / GENE EVANS

SPENSER FOR HIRE

ABC-Warner-John Wilder Productions / 66x60m-e / 1985-88 (20 September 85 - 3 September 88)

Books: Robert B. Parker / Executive Producer: John Wilder / Producers: William Robert Yates, Dick Gallegy, Robert Hamilton

Crime drama series. The cases of Mustang driving Boston private detective Spenser. Spenser was an ex-cop and accomplished cook. There was spin off with A Man Called Hawk. 

With:- ROBERT URICH as Spenser / BARBARA STOCK as Susan Silverman / AVERY BROOKS as Hawk / CAROLYN McCORMICK as Ada Rita Fiori / RICHARD JAECKEL as Lt Martin Quirk (1986-87) / RON McCARTY as Sergeant Frank Belson  

SPIN CITY

ABC-UBU Productions-Lottery Hill Ent.-Dreamworks / x30m-e / 1996-2002

Creators: Gary David Goldberg, Bill Lawrence / Executive Producers: Gary David Goldberg, Michael J. Fox

Sitcom. Deputy Mayor/Spin doctor Mike Flaherty and his staff work hard to keep their boss Mayor Randall Winston (who had a habit of cocking things up) in his rightful place. 

With:- MICHAEL J. FOX as Michael Flaherty(1996-99) / CARLA GUGINO as Ashley Schaeffer (1996) / RICHARD KIND as Paul Lassiter / BARRY BOSTWICK as Mayor Randall Winston / ALAN RUCK as Stuart Bondek / ALEXANDER GABERMAN as James Hobert / MICHAEL BOATMAN as Carter Haywood / CONNIE BRITTON as Nikki Faber / VICTORIA DILLARD as Janelle / DEBORAH RUSH as Helen Winston (1996-97) / TAYLOR STANLEY as Karen / JENNIFER ESPOSITO as Stacey Paterno (From 1997) / PAULA MARSHALL as Laurie Parres (From 1997) / FAITH PRINCE as Claudia Sacks (From 1997) / HEATHER LOCKLEAR (1999-) / CHARLIE SHEEN (2000)

SPY GAME

ABC / 13x60m-e / 1997 (3 March - 12 July / Mondays 8.00pm then Saturdays 9.00pm)

Spy drama series. An ageing spy is drawn back into action working for his former organisation E.C.H.O (the Emergency Counter Hostilities Organisation). 

With:- LINDEN ASHBY as Lorne Cash / ALLISON SMITH as Max London / BRUCE McCARTY as Micah Simms / PATRICK MacNEE as Dr Quentin / LARRY MARKS as Nick / KEITH SZARABAJKA as Piotr 'Shank' Shankov

THE STAND

4x120m / 1994

Writer: Stephen King (from his novel) / Director: Mark Garris

A post-apocalyptic tale set in the aftermath of a super-flu virus where a handful of survivors struggle to cope with the collapse of civilisation. A similar scenario to the 1970s British drama "Survivors". 
With:- GARY SINISE as Stu Redman / MOLLY RINGWALD as Frannie Goldsmith / JAMEY SHERIDAN as Randall Flagg / LAURA SAN GIACOMO as Nadine Cross / RUBY DEE as Mother Abigail / OSSIE DAVIS as Judge Farris / ROB LOWE as Nick Andros 

NBC / 26x30m-e /  1956 black and white

Sitcom. Misadventures of a news stand owner based in a hotel. 

With:- BUDDY HACKETT / CAROL BURNETT 

STARGATE SG-1

Showtime-MGM-Double Secret-Gekko / x60m-e / 1997-continuing

Creators/Executive Producers: Jonathan Glassner, Brad Wright / Co-Executive Producer: Richard Dean Anderson

Scifi drama series. A group of scientists discover a 'Stargate' that acts as a gateway to different parts of the universe. Based on the hit film of the same name and decidedly long running the biggest change for Stargate SG-1's was its sixth season move to the Sci-Fi Channel. Financial rescue or genre haven from cancellation? Whatever the behind-the-scenes politics, the departure of Daniel Jackson (actor Michael Shanks) the previous year most certainly contributed to the need to run a tighter ship somewhere. With the addition of his replacement, Jonas Quinn, the new show dynamic (hinted at by the new title theme) meant far more convolutedly involved story arcs and less individual focus. One of very few solo spotlights came from Christopher Judge writing his own show, when "The Changeling" saw Teal'c act out a life as a fireman. One reason for its being a fan favorite was the cameo from still-alive-after-all Daniel Jackson. There'd be several more through the year, culminating in a finale that relied on how much attention you'd been paying to that all-important back-story. Other kooky cameos included Dean Stockwell in one of the many spotlights on the energy resource n'quadria, Ian Buchanan as one of the devilish Replicators (and hopefully the end of that plotline), and regular spots from John DeLancie, Ronny Cox, and Tom McBeath as the Earth-bound series bad guys. More pertinently, we also saw The X-Files' Byers (Bruce Harwood) as a scientist involved with the Antarctic Gate. 

With:- RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON as Colonel Jack O'Neill / MICHAEL SHANKS as Daniel Jackson (to season 5) / CHRISTOPHER JUDGE as Teal'c / AMANDA TAPPING as Captain Samantha Carter / DON S. DAVIS as General Hammond

STARK RAVING MAD

NBC / x30m-e / 1999 First episode: 23 September

Executive Producer: Steven Levitan

Fantasy. A neurotic book editor's new charge is an equally strange horror writer. 

With:- NEIL PATRICK HARRIS as Henry McNeely / TONY SHALBOUB as Ian Stark / EDDIE McCLINTOCK / HEATHER PAIGE KENT

STARSKY AND HUTCH

ABC-Spelling Goldberg / 88x60m-e / 1975-79 Four seasons

Music: Tom Scott, Mark Snow / Executive Producers: Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg

Crime drama series. Los Angeles cops, junk food loving Dave Starsky and health food and yoga buff Ken Hutchinson work undercover to crack their cases amongst the cities low life. The ultra hip and happening Huggy Bear was regularly on hand to pass them information. Criticized for its high violence quotient the later episodes of the series tended towards the sentimental. 

With:- PAUL MICHAEL GLASER as Dave Starsky / DAVID SOUL as Ken Hutchinson / ANTONIO FARGAS as Huggy Bear / BERNIE HAMILTON as Captain Harold Dobey  

NBC/Desilu/Norway/Paramount / 79x60m-e / 1966-69 

Creator/Executive Producer: Gene Roddenberry / Music: Alexander Courage, Gerald Fried / Costume: William Ware Theiss 

Conceived by Gene Roddenberry as a "Wagon Train To The Stars", Star Trek told the exploits of Captain James T Kirk and his crew travelling the galaxy in the warp-powered Starship Enterprise (NCC 1701). An initial pilot was made (Titled: The Cage) which starred Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike. This was rejected by the networks yet they allowed a second pilot to be made which brought on board William Shatner. Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock was the only character who was retained from the first pilot. The original pilot was never transmitted although footage from it was later used with new original framing material in a 2-part story entitled "The Menagerie". Dr McCoy came aboard in the first proper episode once the series started production. With its bold and colourful visual style and the superb performances of the regulars together with well-written and imaginative scripts set in a universe where any sci-fi concept you can think of can happen, it has become a television and science fiction classic - yet surprisingly at the time it was considered a relative failure and was cancelled after just 3 seasons. 10 years later it was reborn as a series of feature films with the same cast and since 1987 has spawned four follow-up television series set in the same universe:- STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (1987-1993), STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993-1999), STAR TREK: VOYAGER (1995-2001) and ENTERPRISE (2001-2005). There was also an animated series in the mid-70s.

The famous opening narration by Captain Kirk is as follows: "Space - the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise, it's five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!"

With:- WILLIAM SHATNER as Capt James T Kirk / LEONARD NIMOY as Mr Spock / DEFOREST KELLEY as Dr Leonard 'Bones' McCoy / JAMES DOOHAN as Lt Cmdr Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott / GEORGE TAKEI as Lt Sulu / NICHELLE NICHOLS as Lt Uhura / WALTER KOENIG as Ensign Chekov (from S2) / MAJEL BARRETT as Nurse Christine Chapel / GRACE LEE WHITNEY as Yeoman Janice Rand (S1-six episodes only) 

Paramount / 174x60m-e 2x120m-e / 1987-93

Creator: Gene Roddenberry / Executive Producers: Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor 

Scifi drama series. A sequel to Star Trek. 78 years after the orignal voyages a new crew roam through space righting wrongs and fighting evil. See also Star Trek:Deep Space Nine and Star Trek:Voyager. 

With:- PATRICK STEWART as Capt Jean Luc Picard / JONATHAN FRAKES as Cmdr William Riker / BRENT SPINER as Lt Cmdr Data / GATES McFADDEN as Dr Beverly Crusher / MARINA SIRTIS as Cllr Deanna Troi / LEVAR BURTON as Lt Cmdr Georgi  LaForge / MICHAEL DORN as Lt Worf / COLM MEANEY as Chief O'Brien / WHOOPI GOLDBERG as Guinan

Paramount / x60m-e / 1993-99

Creators/Executive Producers: Rick Berman, Michael Piller / Theme Music: Dennis McCarthy 

Scifi drama series. Spin off from the Star Trek canon. Problems for the crew of a space station in the far reaches of the Galaxy.

With:- AVERY BROOKS as Cmdr Benjamin Sisko / NANA VISITOR as Major Kira Nerys / COLM MEANEY as Chief Off Miles O'Brien / TERRY FARRELL as Lt Jadzia Dax (Until Season 7) / RENE AUBERJONOIS as Odo / SIDDIG EL FADIL as Dr Julian Bashir / ARMIN SHIMMERMAN as Quark / CIRROC LOFTON as Jake Sisko

UPN / x60m-e / 1995- 2001

Creators: Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor / Theme Music: Jerry Goldsmith 

Scifi drama series. Spin off from the Star Trek canon. The crew of the USS Voyager find themselves lost in deepest space with the series detailing their adventures as they try to return home.

with:- KATE MULGREW as Capt Kathryn Janeway / ROBERT BELTRAN as Cmdr Chakotay / ROXANN BIGGS-DAWSON as Lt B'Elanna Torres / JENNIFER LIEN a Kes / ROBERT DUNCAN McNEILL as Lt Tom Paris / ETHAN PHILLIPS as Neelix / ROBERT PICARDO as The Doctor / TIM RUSS as Lt Tuvok / GARRETT WANG as Ensign Harry Kim / JERI RYAN as Seven of Nine(From S4) 

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE

STAR TREK - ANIMATED

Filmation / 22x25m-e / 1974-75

Producer: Norm Prescott / Director: Hal Sutherland

Animated scifi drama series. A continuation of the Star Trek sage after it looked like there would be no more live action shows made, this features most of the original cast still boldly going where no man had gone before. Many of the original Trek writers (D.C. Fontana etc) also contributed to the show making the show a pretty high calibre one.

Voices:- WILLIAM SHATNER as Captain James T. Kirk / LEONARD NIMOY as Mr Spock / DEFOREST KELLY as Bones / JAMES DOOHAN as Scotty / GEORGE TAKEI as Mr Sulu / NICHELLE NICOLS as Lt Uhura   

MCA/Revue / 104x30m-e /  1957-59

Crime drama series. Cases of a state trooper in the Nevada police. 

With:- ROD CAMERON

NBC/Pegasus / 39x30m-e /  1958-59 black and white

Action adventure series. Exploits of the Air Force pilot of the title. 

With:- DEAN FREDERICKS as Steve Canyon 

STEVE HARVEY'S BIG TIME

Warner Bros / x30mins / 2003 (First Episode: Thursday 11 September 2003) 

Former WB star Steve Harvey is back but in a new genre as host of this rare half-hour variety series, which showcases everyday people in unusual situations. A man who puts himself in a washing machine, a 10-year old James Brown impersonator, a four-year old with an amazing memory for politics -- Bill Cosby would be proud!

STONEY BURKE

ABC-United Artists-Daystar / 32x60m-e / 1962 (1 October 62 - 2 September 63 / Mondays 9.00pm)

Creator/Producer: Leslie Stevens / Music: Dominic Frontiere

Modern day western style drama series. Young Stoney Burke is determined to make the big time as a rodeo rider and to get his hands on the Golden Buckle award. 

With:- JACK LORD as Stoney Burke / ROBERT DOWDELL as Cody Bristol / BRUCE DERN as EJ Stocker / WARREN OATES as Ves Painter

STRANGE COMPANION

"Studio One" 1x60m-e / 1950 black and white

Thriller. A man meets a mysterious beautiful woman at a concert who has multiple personalities and lives in an imaginary dream world.  When the woman’s older lady “companion” puts a stop to the romance, she seeks a chilling and unusual form of revenge.

With:- Peggy Ann Gardner / Catherine Nesbitt / Laurence Hugo

STRANGE FREQUENCY

VH1 / x30m-e / 2001

An anthology series of twist in the tale stories hosted by Roger Daltry, shown on the music channel VH1 and featuring the likes of James Marsters and Charisma Carpenter as guest stars as well as a number of singers. 

STRANGE LUCK

New World-Unreality-MT2 / 22x60m-e / 1995

Creator/Executive Producer: Karl Schaeffer

Fantasy drama series. After surviving a plane crash as a child Alex 'Chance' Harper, a photographer, finds himself dogged by strange luck and spends his time helping people in need. Chance worked for two newspapers, The Examiner and tabloid The Eerie Enquirer.

With:- D.B. SWEENEY as Chance Harper / FRANCES FISHER as Angie / PAMELA GIDLEY as Audrey Westin / CYNTHIA MARTELLS as Dr Anne Richter

THE STREET
USA / Fox / 6x60m-e / 2000 (November - December)

Creator: Darren Starr

Heavy going wall street drama that focused on the Balmont Stevens corporation, cancelled after 6 episodes.

With:-  Christian Campbell as Tim Sherman / Jennifer Connelly as Catherine Miller / Nina Gabiris as Alexandra Brill / Adam Goldberg as Adam Mitchell / Rick Hoffman as Freddie Sacker / Sean Maher as Mark McConnell / Molly Ringwald as Devyn Alden
Tom Everett Scott as Jack Kenderson / Melissa De Sousa as Donna Pasqua / Bridgette Wilson as Bridget Deshiell

STREET HAWK

ABC-Limekilm & Templar Production-Universal-MCA / 13x60m-e / 1985

Producer: Burton Armus

Fantasy crime drama series. One time Motorcycle cop Jesse Mach is badly injured in a crash, after undergoing cutting edge surgery he joins forces with scientist and inventor Norman Tuttle who created a super machine, a motor cycle called The Street Hawk which can travel at upto 300mph and has all manner of gadgets and gizmos, the pair end up fighting crime. 

Rex Smith as Jesse Mach / Joe Regalbutto as Norman / Richard Venture as Lt. Leo Altobelli / Jeannie Wilson as Rachel Adams

THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO

ABC-Quinn Martin /  120x60m-e / 1972-80

Creator/Executive Producer: Quinn Martin / Theme Music: Pat William

Crime drama series. The cases of two cops working on the hilly streets of San Francisco. Characters created by Carolyn Weston in her novel Poor, Poor Ophelia. 

With:- KARL MALDEN as Detective Lt Mike Stone / MICHAEL DOUGLAS as Detective Inspector Steve Keller / RICHARD HATCH as Detective Inspector Dan Robbins / LEE HARRIS as Lt Lessing / DARLEEN CARR as Jean Stone

THE STRIP

UPN/ 9x60m-e /1999-2000 (October 99 - January 2000)

Crime drama series. The owner of a Las Vegas casino is determined to get rid of the criminal element from the town. 

With:- SEAN PATRICK FLANNERY as Elvis Ford / GUY TERRY as Jesse Weir / JOE VITERELLI as Cameron Greene / STACEY DASH as Vanessa Weir / RUSTY MEYERS as Malboro

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

CBS-Fellows-Keegan-Paramount / 6x30m-e / 1979

Executive Producers: Arthur Fellows, Terry Keegan / Producers: John Thomas Lenox, Bob Ellison, Steve Pritzker, Marvin Miller

Fantasy sitcom. Science teacher Ted Stein inherits the spooky Bridgewater Inn in Massacheusetts and learns to his horror that he is a distant relation of Doctor Frankenstein and that the strange caretaker of the Inn was in fact created by the doctor some 200 years before. Pulled after only three of its six episodes were screened. 

With:- JACK ELAM as Frank / JEFFREY KRAMER as Ted Stein / MILLIE SLAVIN as Nora Clavin / JEFF COTLER as Brian Clavin / RICHARD STAHL as Walt Clavin / BILL ERWIN as Glen  

Lorimar / 3x120m-e / 1979

Writer: Reginald Rose / Novel: James T. Farrell / Producer: Harry R. Sherman / Director: James Goldstone.

Period drama serial. In 1920's Chicago a young Irish-American determines to make his fortune.

With:- HARRY HAMLIN / COLLEEN DEWHURST / CHARLES DURNING 

SUDDENLY SUSAN

NBC-Warner Bros / x30m-e / 1996-2000

Creator: Clyde Phillips / Producer: Frank Pace / Executive Producers: Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman, Dan O'Shannon

Sitcom. Susan Keane jilts her fiancee at the altar and starts a new life; she begins working for magazine The Street, the editor of which just happens to be the brother of her jilted fiancée. 

With:- BROOKE SHIELDS as Susan Keane / NESTOR CAMPBELL as Luis Rivera / KATHY GRIFFIN as Vicki Groener / JUDD NELSON as Jack Richmond / DAVID STRICKLAND as Todd / BARBARA BARRIE as Nana 

Sarner / 69x60m-e / 1957-60 black and white

Creator: Michael Fessier 

Western drama series. A cowboy travels the west helping people in need. 

With:- WILL HUTCHINS

SUNSET BEACH

NBC-Spelling / x60m-e / 1997-99

Creators: Charles Pratt Jr, Robert Gaza Jr, Josh Griffith / Executive producers: Gary Tomlin, Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent

Daytime soap. Stories of the denizens of Sunset Beach in California. Quite possibly the weirdest show ever made but with an almost so bad it's good feel. The series has flashbacks, dream sequences, voice-overs, jewels with supernatural powers, in fact anything goes. 

With:- LESLEY ANNE DOWN as Olivi Richard / CLIVE ROBERTSON as Ben Evans / CHRISTINA CHAMBERS as Maria Evans / SARAH BUXTON as Annie Douglas / SUSAN WARD as Meg Cummings / SUSAN WARD / NICK KIRKIAZIZ as Father Antonio Torres / JASON GEORGE as Michael Bourne / MARGARITA CORDOVA as Madame Carmen / SHAWN BATTEN as Sara Cummings / GORDON THOMSON as AJ Deschanel / KAM HESKIN as Caitlin Deschanel / EDDIE CIBRIAN as Cole Deschanel / SARAH BUXTON as Annie Douglas Richards / KRISSY CARLSON as Amy Dreyer / JEFFREY WOOD as James Harrison / DOMINIQUE JENNINGS as Virginia Harrison / SHERI SAUM as Vanessa Harrison / KATHLEEN NOONE as Bette Katzenkazrah / PRISCILLA GARITA as Gabi Martinez / TIMOTHY ADAMS as Casey Mitchum / SAM BEHRENS as Gregory Richards / RANDY SPELLING as Sean Richards / RUSSELL CCURRY as Dr Tyus Robinson       

Universal / 13x30m-e / 1974

Producer: George Eckstein 

Comedy drama series. A young widower tries to come to terms with things following the death of his wife from cancer. Based on the TV movie of the same name that was about the wife actually dying. 

With:- CLIFF DE YOUNG

ABC/Metromedia / 13x30m-e / 1972

Sitcom. Misadventures of a janitor working in a run down apartment block in New York. 

With:- RICHARD CASTELLANO / MARGARET CASTELLANO

SUPER FORCE

Syndicated / 52x30m / 1990-1992

Created by Bruce A Taylor

In 2020, former astronaut Zach Stone is given a prototype spacesuit with numerous gadgets that he uses to fight crime. Later in the series he also develops psychic abilities. 

With:- KEN OLANDT as Zach Stone / LARRY B SCOTT as FX Spinner / PATRICK MACNEE as Voice of EB Hungerford / LISA NIEMI as Carla Frost 

SUPERSTAR USA

Warner Bros / x60 minute episodes / 2004

Executive Producer:  Mike Fleiss

Fake reality TV show in which a dozen would be singers were groomed for 
stardom performing in front of judges rapper Tone Loc, pop singer Vitamin C 
and TV producer Chris Briggs. Only thing is the singers were chosen 
for their bad singing skills. 

Warner / 74x60m-e / 1960-61 black and white

Crime drama series. Cases of a trio of Miami Beach based detectives who lived on a houseboat. 

With:- TROY DONAHUE / LEE PATTERSON / VAN WILLIAMS / DIANE McBAIN

MCA/Universal / 15x60m-e / 1969

Creator: Harold Robbins / Producers: William Frye, Gordon Oliver, Walter Doniger 

Drama series. Inside the world of a millionaire and his family. 

With:- LANA TURNER / GEORGE HAMILTON / KEVIN McCARTHY / ROSSANO BRAZZI / RALPH BELLAMY

SUSAN AND GOD

NBC / 1938 black and white

Very early performance (before the TV industry had even got going in fact) of the plpay by Rachel Crothers performed at the NBC Radio studios featuring exact replicas of the stage settings and the original Broadway cast. No longer in existence. 

With:- GERTRUDE LAWRENCE / PAUL McGRATH / NANCY COLEMAN

MCA/Revue/Hitchcock / 21x60m-e / 1957 black and white

Executive Producer: Alfred Hitchcock 

An anthology series of suspense and twist in the tale stories. 

SWEATING BULLETS

CBS / x60m-e / 1991-93

Creator: Sam Egan

Crime drama series. Nick Slaughter, an ex DEA agent, turns his skills to the private detective business on the gorgeous Caribbean island of Key Mariah. Helping Nick was his business partner Sylvie Gerard and in season one ex Rock N Roller turned beach bar owner Ian Stewart. During season one the show was filmed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and then moved around to locations such as Tel Aviv and Ellat (because of part Israel finance) and also Mauritius and South Africa. 

With:- ROB STEWART as Nick Slaughter / CAROLYNN DUNN as Sylvie Girard / JOHN DAVID BLAND as Ian Stewart (1991-92) / PEDRO ARMENDARIZ as Lt Carillo (1991-92) / EUGENE CLARK as Ollie Porter (1991) / IAN TRACEY as Spider Garvin (1992-93) / ARI SORKO-RAM as Sgt Gregory (1992-93) / ALON NASHMAN as Rollie (1992-93)

TCF/Irwin Allen / 1x90m-e 24x60m-e / 1975-76

Action adventure series. A suburban family are shipwrecked on a desert island and have to learn to get to grips with their new life. 

With:- MARTIN MILNER / CAMERON MITCHELL / PAT DELANEY / MICHAEL WIXTED / JOHN VERNON

Universal / 1x120m-e 13x60m-e / 1978

Creator/Executive Producer: Glen A. Larson 

Crime drama series. A playboy, framed for a crime he didn't commit, comes out prison determined to get his revenge. 

With:- DACK RAMBO / ALEXANDER COURTNEY / BERT ROSARIO

Paramount/Four's Company / 6x30m-e / 1977

Creator: Jim Mulligan, Ron Landry / Producer: Jerry Weintraub 

Sitcom. The misadventures of a former marine turned worker in a children's playground. 

With:- NED BEATTY / OLIVIA COLE / SUSAN LANIER

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