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THE WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY

Columbia/Harry Ackerman / 29x60m-e / 1965

Creator: Danny Arnold / Producer: Herbert Hirschman

Wartime comedy drama series.In the Pacific during World War II a ship is run by the army.

With:- JACK WARDEN / GARY COLLINS / MIKE KELLIN

CBS/Topkick / x60m-e / 1993-

Executive Producers: Rick Applebaum, Frank Lupo, John Ashley 

Action adventure series.Cases of Texas Ranger Cordell Walker, a Vietnam veteran much given to using his martial arts skills to catch the crooks.

With:- CHUCK NORRIS as Cordell Walker / NOBLE WILLINGHAM as C.D. Parker /  SHEREE J. WILSON as Prosecutor Alex Cahill / CLARENCE GILYARD as James 'Jimmy' Trivette  

CBS / 1x30m-e / 1984 17 Jul

Comedy. Spin off from M*A*S*H. Failed pilot that saw Gary Burghoff replaying his role as Walter 'Radar' O'Reilly.

CBS/Lorimar / 220x60m-e / 1972-81

Creator: Earl Hamner Jr / Theme Music: Jerry Goldsmith / Producers: Robert J. Jacks, Andy White / Executive Producers: Earl Hamner Jr, Lee Rich 

Period drama series. Life for the large close-knit Walton family in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia from the early 1930's and taking in the Second World War. Father, John Walton, ran his own sawmill but times were hard for the Walton's and their friends. Once the series has ended there were been occasional reunion specials such as A Day For Thanks On Walton's Mountain, Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain and Wedding on Walton's Mountain. The series was never actually never meant to be anything more than just a one off TV movie but with the success of The Homecoming (the 1971 TVM on which the series is based) it was inevetiable. 

With:- RALPH WAITE as John Walton / Olivia Walton MICHAEL LEARNED /  RICHARD THOMAS as John Boy Walton /  JUDY NORTON-TAYLOR  as Mary Ellen Walton /   DAVID W. HARPER as James Robert 'Jim-Bob' Walton. /  KAIMI COTLER as Elizabeth Walton /  JON WALMSLEY as Jason Walton /  MARY ELIZABETH McDONAGH as Erin Walton. /  ERIC SCOTT  as Ben Walton /  WILL GEER  as Grandpa Zeb Walton/  ELLEN CORBY  as Grandma Esther /  JOE CONLEY  as Ike Godsey / RONNIE CLAIRE EDWARDS  as  Corabeth Godsey /  TOM BOWYER as Dr Curtis Willard /  SCOTT HYLANDS asDr Curtis Willard  /  EARL HAMNER JR as Narrator

NBC/Universal/MCA/Revue / 252x60m-e 32x90m-e / 1957-65

Creator: Bert Glennon / Theme Music: David Buttolph / Producers: Richard Lewis,  Richard Irving / Executive Producer: Howard Christie

Western drama series. In the 1860's a group of pioneers form a Wagon Train. The train picked up and dropped new members on a regular basis. Following the death of Ward Bond who played Wagon Master Major Seth Adams. Chris Hale assumed command of the train. Reruns are sometimes broadcast as Major Adams or Major Adams, Trailmaster.

With:- WARD BOND as Major Seth Adams / ROBERT HORTON as Flint McCullough / JOHN McINTIRE as Chris Hale /  TERRY WILSON as Bill Hawks /  FRANK McGRATH as Charlie Wooster /SCOTT MILLER as Duke Shannon /  ROBERT FULLER as Cooper Smith /  MICHAEL BURNS as Barnaby West

CBS/Four Star/ Malcolm Enterprises / 94x30m-e / 1958-61 black and white

Executive Producer: John Robinson / Theme Music: Rudy Schrager 

Western drama series. Exploits of bounty hunter Josh Randall in the 1870's.

With:- STEVE McQUEEN as Josh Randall /  WRIGHT KING as Jason Nichols 

ABC / 29 hours / 1989-90 

Creator: Herman Wouk 

Period drama serial. Sequel to The Winds of War. Further machinations of the Henry family between the years 1941 and 1945.

With:- ROBERT MITCHUM as Victor 'Pug' Henry

Paramount/Universal / 10-4/Triumph / 42x60m-e 1x120m-e / 1988-90

Creator: Greg Strangis / Music: Billy Thorpe, Larry Brown / Producer: Jonathan Hackett

SciFi drama series. An organisation attempts to stop a planned takeover by alien invaders(a long way from Well's novel, these aliens can assume human form to make spotting them doubly difficult.)

With:- JARED MARTIN as Dr Harrison Blackwood / LYNDA MASON GREEN as Suzanne McCullough / PHILIP AKIN as Norton Drake / RICHARD CHAVES as Lt Colonel Paul Ironside / DENIS FOREST as Maltzor / RACHEL BLANCHARD as Debi McCullough / CORRINE CONLEY as Mrs Pennyworth / ADRIAN PAUL as John Kincaid / CATHERINE DISHER as Mana

ABC/Paramount / 6x120m-e / 1977 

Creator: David W. Rintels / Writers: David W. Rintels, Eric Bercovici / Novel: The Company by John Erlichman / Producer: Norman Powell / Executive Producer: Stanley Kallis / Director: Gary Nelson

Drama serial. The downfall of American president Richard Monkton (obviously based on 'Tricky Dicky' Richard Nixon).

With:-  JASON ROBARDS as President Richard Monkton / ROBERT VAUGHAN as Frank Flaherty / STEPHANIE POWERS as Sally Whalen /  CLIFF ROBERTSON as William Martin /  LOIS NETTLETON as Linda Martin / ANDY GRIFFITH as Esker Anderson 

WATCHING ELLIE

NBC / x30m-e / 2002 (First Episode: Tuesday 26 February / 8.30pm

Told in real time (minus commercials that's about 22 minutes per show) and without a laugh-track Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus playeds a Los Angeles night club singer coping with everyday hassles like her ex-boyfriend, current beau, odd neighbours and all-too-perfect younger sister. If you're thinking the Seinfeld curse (who isn't actually?) Watching Ellie is far more enjoyable and considerably more ambitious than The Michael Richards Show and Jason Alexander's Bob Patterson. Like the similar appeal Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (which moved to Lifetime in originals after two low-rated mini-seasons on NBC in 1987-88), Ellie is a real woman with real problems that viewers might (unfortunately) find unappealing given the non-traditional look of the series. And that's probably why NBC didn't schedule Watching Ellie in the more inviting post Friends Thursday 8:30 p.m. time period. Watching Ellie is actually Julia Louis-Dreyfus' fourth regularly scheduled series role. From 1982-85 she was a regular on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1988-89 she was featured in NBC sitcom Day by Day (opposite former Knots landing co-star Doug Sheehan) and in 1990 she began her long-running stint as Elaine on NBC's Seinfeld.

With:- JULIA LOUISE-DREYFUS as Ellie / LAUREN BOWLES / DARREN BOYD / STEVE CARRELL as Edgar

Syndicast / 52x30m-e / 1973-74

Entertainment. Film clips of water based sports and activities, hosted in season one by Lloyd Bridges and James Franciscus(season 2).

Roland Reed / 78x30m-e /  1954-55 Black and White

Action adventure series. Stories of the captain of a tugboat based in San Pedro.

With:- PRESTON FOSTER

CBS / 1965

Documentary. Canadian comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster look at the careers of various comedians and entertainers. 

THE WAYNE BRADY SHOW

ABC / x30m-e / 2001 (First Episode Broadcast: 8 August)

Variety. Although it's easy to initially think of new variety/sketch comedy series The Wayne Brady Show as a throwback to summer debuts of yesteryear like The Hudson Brothers Show, Shields and Yarnell and The Ken Berry "Wow" Show, this is a laugh-out loud half-hour . With supporting players, an onstage orchestra, celebrity guests (Justin Timberlake in episode one) and a slew of regular dancers in an arena where Brady actually takes questions from the audience the only thing missing is a tug on the ear a la Carol Burnett at the end of the show. And while it's unfair to assume Wayne and his comedic repertoire will revive the once prosperous variety genre, kudos to ABC for giving this a shot. Consider The Wayne Brady Show a much funnier entry the comedian's other primetime series, Whose Line is it Anyway? - Marc Berman.

Columbia/Goodson-Todman / 13x30m-e / 1956 black and white

Thriller anthology series of people caught up in a web of conflicting evidence.

WEDNESDAY 9:30 (8:30 CENTRAL)

ABC / x30m-e / 2002 (First Episode: Wednesday 27 March)

Sitcom. Set at the fictional IBS (Intercontinental Broadcasting System) network, this spoof-like look at the small screen follows new executive David Weiss amid the backstage backstabbing of his new colleagues. Obviously, this new show will strike a chord with many readers.

With:- IVAN SERGEI as David Weiss

 ABC/Syndication/MGM-UA/Intermedia/ The Farr Organisation / 48x30m-e / 1983-84

Creators: Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr Brao / Executive Producers: Gordon Farr, Fred Silverman

Sitcom. Sexy Mickey MacKenzie is hired as live in maids to housemates Jay Bostwick and David Tucker, much to the distress of their girlfriends. Cancelled after its first season then revived for one further season in syndication.

With:- TERI COPLEY as Mickey MacKenzie /  TOM VILLARD as Joey Bostwick / MATT McCOY as David Tucker(83-84) / JOHN HILLNER as David Tucker(87-88) / STEPFANIE KRAMER as Claudia(83-84) / BONNIE URSETH as Beth(83-84) / RON KARABATSOS as Max Papavasilios Sr(83-84) /  LANCE WILSON-WHITE as Max Papavasilios Sr(87-88) 

Universal/St Clare / x30m-e / 1994-96 

Devisors: Alan Cross, Tom Spezialy / Executive Producers: Leslie Belzberg, John Landis

SciFi sitcom. A pair of high school nerds decide to design the perfect woman on their computer, a bolt of lightning strikes it and brings the woman to life, christened Lisa the boys discover she has the power to grant wishes. Based on the film of the same name.

With:- JOHN MALLORY ASHER as Gary Wallace  / MICHAEL MANASSERI as Wyatt Donnelly / VANESSA ANGEL as Lisa / LEE TERGESON as Chett 

ABC/Komack Co/ Wolper Prod/Warner / 95x30m-e / 1975-79

Creators: Gabriel Kaplan, Alan Sacks / Executive Producer: James Kormack Wolper

Sitcom. Gabe Kotter returns home to teach at the same Brooklyn school he attended as a kid and has to contend with a rowdy class of students.

With: - GABRIEL KAPLAN as Gabe Kotter / MARCIA STRASSMAN as Julie Kotter / JOHN SYLVESTER WHITE as Mr Woodman / ROBERT HEGYES as Juan Epstein / LAWRENCE HILTON-JACOBS as Freddie 'Boom Boom' Washington /  RON PALILLO as Arnold Horshack / JOHN TRAVOLTA as Vinnie Barbarino / HELAINE LEMBECK as Judy Burden (1975-77) / DEBRA LEE SCOTT as Rosalie Tolzie (1975-76) / VERNEE WATSON as Verna Jean (1975-76) / DENNIS BOWEN as Todd Ludlow (1975-77) / CATRINA CELLINO as Maria (1975-76) / MELONIE HALLER as Angie Globegski (1978) / STEPHEN SHORTRIDGE as Beau De Laberre (1978-79) / CHARLES FLEISCHER as Carvelli (1978-79) /  BOB HARCUM as Murray (1978-79) / IRENE ARRANGA as Mary Johnson (1978-79)

SciFi Channel / x60m-e / 1998

Anthology series of scifi based dramas all set in the future in the town of Betaville. A town council appeared each week looking into the story.

WELCOME TO NEW YORK

CBS / x30m-e / 2000

Executive Producer: Christine Baranski

Sitcom. Weatherman Jim Gaffigan moves from Indiana to a new post at AM New York and is soon having trouble adjusting to his new life, especially his dealings with his new producer Marsha Bickner.

With:- JIM GAFFIGAN as Jim Gaffigan / CHRISTINE BARANSKI as Marsha Bickner / MARY BIRDSONG as Connie / ROCKY CARROLL as Adrian Spencer / SARA GILBERT as Amy Manning / ANTHONY DeSANDO as Vince Verbena

WE'LL GET BY

CBS / 5x30m-e / 1975

Creator: Alan Alda 

Sitcom. Stories of a New Jersey lawyer and his family.

With:- PAUL SORVINO / MITZI HOAG /

Warner/Natwill / 34x30m-e /  1964 black and white

Producer: George Burns 

Sitcom. Stories of Wendy, a scatty resident in an apartment block.

With:- GEORGE BURNS / CONNIE STEVENS / RON HARPER

NBC/Fourstar / 13x30m-e / 1960

Creator/Producer: Sam Peckinpah 

Western drama series. Dave Blassinghame travels the West in the 1890's offering a help to those who need it.

With:- BRIAN KEITH as Dave Blassinghame / JOHN DEHNER as Burgundy Smith 

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