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MCA - Syndicated/ x60m-e / 1995-2001
Creator/Executive Producer: Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert /
Developed:R.J. Stewart Renaiisance / Producer: Liz Friedman, Eric Gruendemann
Fantasy action adventure series. Spin off from
Hercules in which the one time baddie
from that show has now become a heroine and travels across lands with her 'aide de camp' Gabrielle fighting
evil and righting wrongs.
With:- LUCY LAWLESS as Xena / RENEE O'CONNOR
as Gabrielle
Fox - Ten Thirteen / x60m-e / 1993-continuing
Creator/Executive Producer: Chris Carter
/ Music:Mark Snow
SciFi drama series. A pair of FBI agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully,
delve into the unexplained and try to prove the existence of extraterrestrial life.
By the end of season seven David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were both
growing tired of their roles and wanted out, Duchovny going whilst
Anderson stayed. The new character of Agent Doggett was introduced in the
last two seasons.
With:- DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox
Mulder / GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully / MITCH PILEGGI as Ass Director Walter
Skinner / WILLIAM B. DAVIS as Cigarette Smoking Man / JERRY HARDIN as Deep
Throat / ROBERT PATRICK as Agent Doggett
YANCY DERRINGER
Sharpe-Lewis / 34x30m-e / 1958
bw
Western drama series. Yancey Derringer gets involved in adventures
in New Orleans after the end of the Civil War.
With:- JOCK MAHONEY as Yancey
YES,
DEAR
CBS-TCF-Cherry Tree-Amigos de
Garcia Prod. / x30m-e / 2000
Creators/Executive Producers:
Alan Kirschenbaum, Gregory Thomas Garcia
Sitcom. Youngish Greg and Kim Warner attempt to come to terms with family life
determined to do everything right for thier baby son. Kim's sister Christine and
her husband Jimmy are more concerned with having a good time.
With:- ANTHONY CLARK as Greg
Warner / JEAN LOUISA KELLY as Kim Warner / LIZA SNYDER as Christine Hughes /
MIKE O'MALLEY as Jimmy Hughes
YES, YES, NANETTE
NBC - BJ / 26x30m-e / 1961 bw
Writer: Ranald McDougall /
Sitcom. Episodes in the life of a Hollywood writer and
his actress wife.
With:- NANNETTE FABRAY / WENDELL COREY
/ DORIS KEMPER
NBC / 28x30m-e / 1986-87
Creator: Eric Chappell
Sitcom. Middle aged Henry Willows is put out when his
teenage son Matthew, from his estranged marriage, turns up and moves in with him. Based on the UK
sitcom Home to
Roost
and the actress who played Enid appeared in both the US
and UK shows.
With:- JACK KLUGMAN as Henry Willows
/ JOHN STAMOS as Matthew Willows / ELIZABETH BENNETT as Enid Tompkins
YOU ARE THERE
CBS / 65x30m-e / 1954-56
bw
Dramatised documentaries hosted by Walter
Cronkite of famous historical moments but played using modern reporting methods.
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
CBS - Columbia / 2000+x60/30m-e / 1973-continuing
Creators: Wiliam J. Bell, Lee Philip
Bell
Daytime soap. Long running tales of the residents of the midwestern
town of Genoa.
YOUNG ARTHUR
NBC / 1x120m-e x60m-e / 2002
Executive Producers: Remi Aubuchon, Graham Yost
Period action adventure series. The following is from NBC's press release " The year is 592. Welcome to the School of Glamorgan for young men. Bright, mischievous 16-year-old Arthur of Salisbury and his cocky older brother Kay have journeyed here through the dark and dangerous forests of England. Known for its harsh discipline as well as the large crocodile-filled moat that surrounds the school, Glamorgan is now home to young Arthur and his new roommate, a dashing French teenager by name of Lancelot. Soon fast friends, Arthur and Lancelot meet sister and brother Morgana and
Mordred, on whose vast land dwells the adjacent Girl's School.
Arthur also finds himself vexed by a mysterious, sinister warrior named Lord
Vortigen. But Arthur has destiny on his side (though he doesn't know it), along with a magical wizard who will soon reveal himself to be Merlin. It is Merlin who has come from the future to battle arch-nemesis Lord Vortigen to determine the fate of the "future King of England." Filmed on location in Prague, Czech Republic.
With:- Julian Morris as Arthur / Paul Wasilewski as Lancelot / James Hoare as Kay / Laura Rees as Morgana / David Birkin as Mordred / James Fleet as Merlin / Stephen Billington as Lord Vortigen
TCF / 8x60m-e / 1977
Western drama series. Stories from the early days of the famed frontiersman.
See also Daniel Boone.
With:- RICK MOSES / JOHN JOSEPH THOMAS
/ DEVON ERICSON
Syndicated-MGM
/ 24x30m-e / 1972
Medical
drama series. A revival of Dr Kildare and focusing on his early years as
an intern and with an emphasis more on the patients than on their medical
problems.
With:-
MARK JENKINS as Dr James Kildare / GARY MERRILL as Dr Leonard Gillespie
YOUNG PIONEERS
ABC Circle / 2x120m-e 2x60m-e 1975-78
Novels:Rose Wilder Lane
Western drama series. In the late 1870's a pair of young Newlyweds move
out west.
With:- ROGER KERN / LINDA PURL
THE YOUNG REBELS
Columbia - Aaron Spelling / 15x60m-e
/ 1970
Creator: Harve Bennett / Producer:
Jon Epstein
Period action adventure series. A group of American rebels, during the war of
Independance, target the British.
With:- RICK ELY / LOU GOSSETT / PHILIPPE FORQUET
/ ALEX HENTERLOFF / WILL GEER
NBC - Max Liebman Prod. / 160x90m-e
/ 1950-54 bw
Creator/Producer: Max Liebman
Comedy. Live, fast moving, well remembered, sketch based
show that starred Sid Caesar. Mel Brooks was one of the main writers and there also contributions from
Woody Allen, Neil Simon and Larry Gelbart. The cast included Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Tom Avera
(1950-51) and Howard Morris(1951-54).
ZANE GREY THEATRE
Four Star / 156x30m-e / 1956-60
bw
An anthology series, hosted by Dick Powell, of
Western dramas.
ZERO HOUR
ABC / 1x60m-e / 1967
Producer: Gary Smith, Dwight Hemion
/ Director:Dwight Hemion
Comedy. Sketch show tailored around the talents of Zero
Mostel. Also appearing were Zero's son Joshua, John Pleshette, Sudie Bond and Barney Martin.
ZIEGFELD:THE MAN AND HIS WOMEN
Columbia - Mike Frankovich / 1x150m-e
/ 1978
Writer: Joanna Lee / Choreography:Miriam Nelson
/ Producer/Director: Buzz Kulick
Period drama. The life of the famous showman as told by the women
in his life.
With:- PAUL SHENAR as Ziegfeld
/ SAMANTHA EGGAR as Billie Burke / BARBARA PARKINS as Anna Held / PAMELA PEADON
as Marilyn Miller / VALERIE PERRINE as Lillian Lorraine / INGA SWENSON as Nora
Bayes / DAVID DOWNING as Bert Williams / RICHARD SHEA as Eddie Cantor / CATHERINE JACOBY
as Fanny Brice
ZORRO
ABC - Walt Disney / 70x30m-e / 1957-59
10 October 57 - 24 September 59 Thursdays 8.00pm
Creator: Johnston McCulley / Producer:
William H. Anderson / Executive Producer: Walt Disney / Theme Music: Norman
Foster, George Bruns
Western drama series. Episodes, in
the 1820's, of Don Diego de la Verga who assumed the mantle of mask
wearing fighter of evil Zorro. Zorro was a major sword - fighting expert whose
trademark was cutting a slashing Z figure with his sword. The pop group The
Chordettes had a hit with the theme song although Henry Calvin also released a
version.
With:- GUY WILLIAMS as Don Diego de la
Vega/Zorro / GENE SHELDON as Bernado / HENRY CALVIN as Sgt Demetrio Lopez Garcia / BRITT LOMOND
as Captain Monastario (1958-58) / JOLENE BRAND as Anna Maria Verdugo (1958-59) / GEORGE J. LEWIS as Don
Alejandro / JAN ARVAN as Don Ignacio Torres (1957) / VINTON HAYWORTH as
Magistrate Carlos Galindo (1958) / ROMNEY BRENT as Padre Felipe (1957) / DON
DIAMOND as Cpl Reyes (1958-59)
ZORRO
Family Channel / 88x30m-e / 1989-93
First Episode: 5 January
Period action adventure series.
Revival of the above entry and offering more of the same sword slashing
antics.
With:- DUNCAN REGEHR as Don Diego
Zorro / EFRAN ZIMBALIST JR as Don Alejandro Sebastian de la Vega (1990) / HENRY
DARROW as Don Alejandro Sebastian de la Vega / PATRICE CAHMI MARTINEZ as
Victoria Scalanti
ZORRO
AND SON
CBS-Walt Disney / x30m-e / 1983 6
April - 1 June Wednesdays 8.00pm
Sitcom. Send up of the legendary
action adventure series with an ageing Zorro having to give up the heroics after
injuring himself, his son Don Carlos was recruited in his place although this
Zorro relied little on his sword preferring instead guns and bombs.
With:- HENRY DARROW as Zorro Sr (Don
Diego de la Vega) / PAUL REGINA as Zorro Jr (Don Carlos de la Vega) / GREGORY
SIERRA as Commandante Paco Pico / RICHARD BEAUCHAMP as Sgt Sepulveda / BILL DANA
as Bernardo / BARNEY MARTIN as Brothers Napa and Sonoma / JOHN MOSCHITTA
as Corporal Cassette / CATHERINE PARKS as Senorita Anita / PETE LEAL as Peasant
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