Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Early Edition - Sci-Fi Drama Series

Created by: Ian Abrams, Patrick Q. Page and Vik Rubenfeld
Developed by: Bob Brush

Early Edition Casts:
  • Kyle Chandler as Gary Hobson
  • Shanesia Davis-Williams as Marissa Clark
  • Fisher Stevens as Chuck Fishman
  • Ron Dean as Det. Marion Zeke Crumb
  • James Deuter as Boswell
  • Tess Harper as Lois Hobson
  • Renee Domenz as Beautiful Woman

Early Edition TV Series was one of the most outstanding, most thought-provoking and award winning show hit the small screen. A combination of good acting, good writing and strong productions comes a very entertaining series about an unusual superhero not by superhuman powers or special abilities but the capabilities to do super kind deeds to save lives, stop tragedies, disasters and give perfect choice for other people using tomorrow's newspaper he received today.

Every morning, Gary Hobson mysteriously receives a day ahead Chicago Sun-Times newspapers delivered by an orange tabby cat right in his front door. With Gary's knowledge about potential future as stated in the headlines and story text, Gary was able to make it on the scenes to save lives, prevent terrible events and make things right with the help of his college friends former fellow stock broker Chuck Fishman giving his hands but always asking for lottery winning number and blind former brokerage receptionist Marissa Clark who helps Gary make right choice. With Gary's curiosity where the newspaper came from, he learned a group of people have sort of supernatural abilities such as mysteriously appearing at any location, are the responsible in giving the newspaper not only to Gary but also to few others. Receiving and saving people using the newspaper was formerly belongs to Lucius Snow, he pass the responsibility to Gary after saving his life as a child.

Early Edition sci-fi drama TV series completed 4 seasons and 90 one hour episodes aired from September 18, 1996 until May 27, 2000 by CBS, now available on DVD.


Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Fame - A Musical Drama Series

Award-winning musical drama series Fame created by Christopher Gore and was based on 1980 film with the same title, story about the students and faculty of New York City High School of Performing Arts and all their hardships, efforts, sacrifices to reach the fame and their dreams.


Performing Arts students Bruno Martelli, Coco Hernandez, Danny Amatullo, Montgomery MacNeil, Leroy Johnson, Julie Miller, Doris Schwartz, Christopher Donlon and others possesses their dreams, they love to dance, play music, perform and act, they are young and energetic. With the guidance of Lydia Grant, Elizabeth Sherwood, Benjamin Shorofsky, Principal Bob Dyenforth and other faculty members, they all share the journey of hardships and circumstances, the kids give their best, finishing Art School and become rich and famous.


Fame after canceled for two seasons on NBC, still continued another 4 seasons of performance and journey in total of 136 sixty-minute episodes aired from January 1982 to May 1987.



The Students:
  • Valerie Landsburg as Doris Schwartz
  • Lori Singer as Julie Miller
  • Elisa Heinsohn as Jillian Beckett
  • Loretta Chandler as Dusty Tyler
  • Olivia Barash as Maxie Sharp
  • Erica Gimpel as Coco Hernandez
  • Jesse Borrego as Jesse Velasquez
  • Carlo Imperato as Danny Amatullo
  • Billy Hufsey as Christopher Donlon
  • P.R. Paul as Montgomery MacNeil
  • Michael Cerveris as Ian Ware
  • Gene Anthony Ray as Leroy Johnson
  • Lee Curreri as Bruno Martelli
The Faculty:
  • Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant
  • Ann Nelson as Mrs. Berg
  • Carol Mayo Jenkins as Elizabeth Sherwood
  • Michael Thoma as Greg Crandall
  • Albert Hague as Benjamin Shorofsky
  • Graham Jarvis as The Principal, Bob Dyrenforth
  • Morgan Stevens as David Reardon
  • Ken Swofford as Quentin Morloch
  • Eric Pierpoint as Paul Seger

Sunday, August 5, 2007

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The popular long running action adventure tv series The Adventures of Robin Hood some episodes written by blacklisted writers Ring Lardner, Jr. and Ian McLellan Hunter under different pen names. The show featured Robin of Locksley with his fellow group of Sherwood Forest freedom fighters and their journey protecting England while King Richard away on a crusade, they're fighting against evil Prince John.

While King Richard the Lionheart was out crusades battle in the Holy Land, evil Prince John scheming to usurp the throne but nobleman Robin of Locksley with his loyalty to the King stepped up and outlawed Prince John, Robin was well-known hero in England.

The Adventures of Robin Hood completed 4 black and white seasons with total 143 episodes aired from September 1955 to September 1958.


Casts:

  • Richard Greene as Robin Hood
  • Victor Woolf as Derwent
  • Archie Duncan as Little John
  • Alexander Gauge as Friar Tuck
  • Alan Wheatley as Sheriff of Nottingham
  • Paul Eddington as Will Scarlett

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Car 54, Where Are You?

Casts:

  • Charlotte Rae as Sylvia Schnauser
  • Bruce Kirby as Off. Kissel
  • Fred Gwynne as Officer Francis Muldoon
  • Al Lewis as Officer Leo Schnauser
  • Joe E. Ross as Officer Gunther Toody
  • Paul Reed as Captain Martin Block
  • Bea Pons as Lucille Toody
  • Albert Henderson as Officer O'Hara
  • Hank Garrett as Officer Ed Nicholson
  • Jerome Guardino s Officer Antonnucci

"Car 54, Where Are You?" is a classic Emmy award-winning comedy TV series on 1960's. A series featuring an unforgettable pair of hilarious police officers who are characterized extremely different but in every episode, never failed to make the viewers laugh no matter how bad they feel.


The misadventures of short, noisy dim-witted but friendly Officer Gunther Toody partnered with tall stiff, quite-shy but smart Officer Francis Muldoon of the fictional NYPD 53rd precinct with their patrol vehicle Car 54. Together they fight crimes in New York with all their best and dealing at the same time with their personal lives like their overbearing wives and officious boss, Captain Anderson. The partners were specially assigned to protect an important witness who will testify against crime lords and mafias, but their adventures turn into comedy with their errors and predicaments they got involved. The excitement is there as the audience never know what will happen next, seemed like they encounter more comedy than crime and making the viewers keep on laughing.


The successful comedy duo in Car 54, Where Are You completed 3 seasons with total of 60 episodes, aired from 1961 to 1963 on NBC.


There's a holdup in the Bronx!
Brooklyn's broken out in fights!
There's a traffic jam in Harlem
That's backed up to Jackson Heights!
There's a scout troop short a child!
Krushchev's due at Idlewild!
Car 54, where are you?!


Car 54, Where Are You? DVD


Saturday, July 7, 2007

The Paper Chase Law Drama Series

70s Award winning drama series The Paper Chase based from novel with the same name written by John Jay Osborn, Jr. in 1970, which also produced in film released in 1973 about a brilliant but naïve Harvard Law student struggling in hands of his idol but also intimidating professor.

Storyline started on experiences of first-year law student James T. Hart with his friends Franklin Ford II, Willis Bell and others, all his efforts and everyday life making through the law school under the stern but fair world's leader authority on contract law professor, Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. who James idolizes. They were determined to face fears, study hard and eventually get their diploma, James also has to survive being a working student, his love interest and his career.


The Paper Chase completed 4 seasons with 58 hour-long episodes aired from September 1978 to August 1986.


The Paper Chase DVD



Casts:
  • Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr.: John Houseman
  • James T. Hart: James Stephens
  • Franklin Ford III: Tom Fitzsimmons
  • Thomas Craig Anderson: Robert Ginty
  • Willis Bell: James Keane
  • Jonathan Brooks: Jonathan Segal
  • Elizabeth Logan: Francine Tacker
  • Asheley Brooks: Deka Beaudine
  • Ernie: Charles Hallahan
  • Carol: Carole Goldman
  • Mrs. Nottingham: Betty Harford
  • Dean Rutherford: Jack Manning
  • Mallison: Jessica Salem
  • Gagarian: Stanley DeSantis
  • Connie Lehman: Jane Kaczmarek
  • Gerald Golden: Michael Tucci
  • Rita Harriman: Clare Kirkconnell
  • Laura: Andra Millian
  • Vivian: Penny Johnson
  • Rose Samuels: Lainie Kazan
  • Tom Ford: Peter Nelson
  • Professor Tyler: Diana Douglas

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Perry Mason TV Series

Major Casts:

  • Raymond Burr as Perry Mason
  • William Hopper as Paul Drake
  • Barbara Hale as Della Street
  • William Talman as Hamilton Burger
  • Ray Collins as Lt. Arthur Tragg


Award winning law detective series Perry Mason created by mystery writer Erle Stanly, about a fictional defense attorney works in difficult criminal cases and free his client by digging deep to the case revealing the truth and unmasking the actual murderer in courtroom showdown.

Perry was a brilliant lawyer who often make traps and tricks resulting the true criminal to admit guilt. He was teamed with two talented and ever faithful assistants, beautiful and trusty secretary Della Street and suave boyish private detective Paul Drake. The very popular classic mystery tv series Perry Mason starred by Raymond Burr on Erle Stanley Gardner's writing credit on her novels.

A real tv show that will exercise viewer's mind, completed 12 seasons with total of 271 episodes aired from September 1957 to September 1966 on CBS.


Perry Mason DVD

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C.

Casts:

  • Private Gomer Pyle: Jim Nabors
  • Sgt. Vince Carter: Frank Sutton
  • Duke Slater: Ronnie Schell
  • Pvt. Frankie Lombardi: Ted Bessell
  • Bunny, Carter's girlfriend: Barbara Stuart
  • Sgt. Charles Hacker: Allan Melvin
  • Lou Anne Poovie: Elizabeth MacRae
  • Corporal Charles Boyle: Roy Stuart
  • Colonel Edward Gray: Forrest Compton
  • Pvt. Lester Hummel: William Christopher
  • Cpl. Nick Cuccinello: Tommy Leonetti
  • Larry: Larry Hovis
  • Anderson: Craig Huebing

60s classic sitcom Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C. series spin-off from The Andy Griffith Show, about bumbling US Marine Corps named Gomer Pyle and his misadventures as simple-minded, good-natured but naïve Marine often involved in humors of troubles.

Wide-eyed, slack-jawed and childlike with his hick accent Gomer Pyle living in fictional Mayberry, North Carolina working at Wally's Filling Station. Being sweet as pie but dense as a stump, Gomer provide comic relief because of his innocence, naivete and low-key demeanor brought him in trouble while his loud-mouthed boss Sgt. Carter along with his pals Duke, Frankie, Lester and Larry in Camp Henderson. No matter how dimwit and annoying Gomer was, Sgt. Carter and others still develop special friendships with him.


Gomer Pyle: USMC completed 5 seasons with 150 episodes aired from September 1964 to September 1969 on CBS.


Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C. DVD

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Little House on the Prairie Drama Series

70s to 80s long-running and award-winning family drama series Little House of the Prairie was based on 1935 autobiographical books title Little House (also known as “Laura Years”) written by Laura Ingalls Wilder tackling her own decades-old memories in her childhood in the Midwest region of US during late 19th century.

The predominantly drama with comedic scenes, follows the frontier lives of couple Charles and Caroline Ingalls with their three daughters namely Mary, Laura, Carrie and Grace and later adopted Albert, James and Cassandra, living in their simple farming lifestyle in small town and friendly community of Walnut Groove, beginning in 1870s up to Laura's future in late 1800s. Prairie living was often difficult, facing many challenges from Indians, weather to loneliness, life was at times very harsh, rules could be strict but life is precious.


Little House of the Prairie completed 10 seasons with 208 hour-long episodes aired from September 1974 to March 1983 on NBC.


Little House on the Prairie DVD



Casts:
  • Melissa Gilbert as Laura Elizabeth Ingalls
  • Michael Landon as Charles Philip Ingalls
  • Karen Grassle as Caroline Quiner Holbrook Ingalls
  • Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
  • Jason Bateman as James Cooper Ingalls
  • Missy Francis as Cassandra Cooper Ingalls
  • Lindsay Greenbush/Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
  • Matthew Laborteaux as Albert Quinn Ingalls
  • Scottie MacGregor as Harriet Oleson
  • Richard Bull as Nels Oleson
  • Jonathan Gilbert as Willie Oleson
  • Kevin Hagen as Dr. Hiram Baker
  • Alison Arngrim as Nellie Oleson

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey

Casts:

  • Ashley Scott as Helena Kyle / Huntress
  • Dina Meyer as Barbara Gordon / Oracle
  • Rachel Skarsten s Dinah Lance / Black Canary
  • Shemar Moore as Jesse Reese
  • Ian Abercrombie as Alfred Pennyworth
  • Shawn Christian as Wade Brixton
  • Mia Sara as Dr. Harleen Quinzel

Action drama series Birds of Prey created for television by Laeta Kalogridis was based on DC comic book series with the same title, about the new guardian of New Gotham city, the extraordinary daughter of legendary Batman and his true love Catwoman named Huntress and her fight continuing to protect innocents and helpless.


Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle daughter Helena Kyle is The Huntress, she's a meta human possessing cat-like abilities inherited from her mother who raised her: enhanced agility, sense on dangers, strength, healing and shift eyes to feline form. When Selina died on Joker's revenge, former Batgirl Barbara Gordon also known as Oracle being paralyzed onJoker's shot now the trainor of Helena on technical and weaponry abilities, they met Dinah Lance, another meta-human girl with exploring her powers that can open hidden doors to the mind, telepath and psychic, she's now under codename Black Canary, the trio now are the protectors of New Gotham – the Birds of Prey.

Short-lived Birds of Prey completed 13 hour-long episodes in a season ran from October 2002 to February 2003 on The WB channel.


Birds of Prey DVD


Monday, June 25, 2007

Summerland Series


Casts:
  • Lori Loughlin as Ava Gregory
  • Shawn Christian as Johnny Durant
  • Merrin Dungey as Susannah Rexford
  • Ryan Kwanten as Jay Robertson
  • Jesse McCartney as Bradin Westerly
  • Kay Panabaker as Nikki Westerly
  • Nick Benson as Derrick Westerly
  • Taylor Cole as Erika Spalding
  • Zac Efron as Cameron Bale


Summerland drama series created by Stephen Tolkin and Lori Loughin about woman in her thirties who got the life exactly she dreamed of from home location, growing career and minding to settle down and start a family but things suddenly changed as her sister and brother-in-law killed in an accident leaving three kids she now have to raise.


Ava Gregory living in her almost perfect life in her house at a beach of Summerland in Southern California with her glamorous job as fashion designer in large design house with her friends Susannah Rexford, Jay Robertson and her ex-boyfriend Johnny Durrant. After the tragic death of sixteen-year old Braiden, twelve-year old Nikki and eight-year old Derek Westerly's parents, Ava take charge of raising her niece and nephews, helping them to understand the big issues of life, death and family. Ava's supportive friends since college friends were there and willing to reach out and become ultimate surrogate family.


Hour-long drama series Summerland completed 26 episodes in 2 seasons aired from June 2004 to July 2005 on The WB.

Friday, June 22, 2007

The Virginian

Long-lived western drama series The Virginian based from 1902 novel with the same title written by Owen Wister, about laconic mysterious man named 'Virginian' but real name never revealed but he was well-known how he forced his idea of law and order for the ranch and community he served.

The Virginian's quest and journey to maintain an orderly lifestyle for the Shiloh Ranch located in Medicine Bow, Wyoming Territory community in the 1890's. For nine years of series, Shiloh Ranch passed through our owners: former Judge Henry Garth, Henry's daughter Betsy, the Grainger brothers John and Clay, and Colonel Alan McKenzie, in over time The Virginian along with ranch foreman Trampas and Steve Hill, the saga on maintaining ranch order and peaceful was history.

The Virginian aired 249 ninety-minute colored episodes in total of 9 seasons from September 1962 tot March 1971 on NBC.


Casts:
  • James Dury as The Virginian
  • Doug McClure as Trampas
  • Jeanette Nolan as Holly Grainger
  • Lee Majors as Roy Tate
  • John McIntire as Clay Grainger
  • David Hartman as David Sutton
  • Randy Boone as Randy Benton
  • Tim Matheson as Jim Horn
  • L.Q. Jones as Andy Belden
  • Clu Gulager as Deputy Sheriff Emmett Ryker

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp adult western series, the first if it's kind and original show based on some true to life events and adventures of legendary frontier marshal Wyatt Earp who lived from 1848 to 1929.

The series follows Wyatt on his days in Ellsworth, Kansas where he became marshal when his friend Marshal Whitney was killed by a gunman, Wyatt accept his badge, avenge for Whitney and keep law and order. Earp's famous showman and writer friend Ned Buntline provided a trademark pistol for him, an over-sized extra-long barreled Colt .45 single-action revolver pistol, it's extra range can allow marshal to drop an opponent from the other side of town. Earp moved from Ellsworth to Dodge City and in infamous Tombstone, Arizona continuing his marshal job and partnered with variety of sidekicks such as Ed Masterson and Jim “Dog” Kelly, Wyatt also teamed up with his brothers Morgan and Virgil, along with Doc Holiday and they successfully took down the Clanton Gang on a famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.


The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp adventure completed 226 thirty-minute black & white episodes in 6 seasons aired from September 1955 to June 1961 on ABC.



The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp DVD



Casts:
  • Hugh O'Brian as Marshal Wyatt Earp
  • Alan Dinehart III as Bat Masterson
  • Douglas Fowley as Doc Holliday
  • Paul Brinegar as Jim 'Dog' Kelly
  • Rico Alaniz as Esteban
  • William Tannen as Deputy Hal Norton
  • Sam Flint as Dad Lenhart
  • Don Haggerty as Marsh Murdock

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Hawaiian Eye

Casts:

  • Robert Conrad as Tom Lopaka
  • Anthony Eisley as Tracy Steele
  • Connie Stevens as Chryseis 'Cricket' Blake
  • Poncie Ponce as Kim 'Kazuo Kim' Quisado
  • Grant Williams as Greg MacKenzie
  • Mel Prestige as Lt. Danny Quon
  • Douglas Mossman as Marty/Moke
  • Troy Donahue as Philip Barton
  • Tina Cole as Sunny Day
Roy Huggins' crime action series Hawaiian Eye, a commercially successful spin-off from series “77 Sunset Strip”, about the adventure two tough and handsome detectives running their own

firm doing their security work for the hotel and as hire out for others, around the exotic Honolulu, Hawaii islands.


Korean war veterans Thomas Jefferson “Tom” Lopaka and Tracy Steele operate out of a swank office at the Hawaiian Village Hotel, they also working as in-house and street detectives around beautiful tropical landscape of Hawaii. They were assisted by comic reliever and ukelele-playing car driver Kim “Kazou Kim” Quisado who has all-over relatives in Hawaii also helping the detectives. Beautiful Hotel Bar and night club singer Chryseis “Cricket” Blake also giving aide to them as photographer. Later Private Eye Greg MacKenzie and Lt. Danny Qoun joined the series as Tom and Tracy's police force contact providing vital information in cracking cases.


Hawaiian Eye completed 134 sixty-minute episodes in 4 seasons aired from October 1959 to April 1963 on ABC.


Hawaiian Eye DVD

Saturday, June 16, 2007

The Girl From Tomorrow


Casts:
  • Katharine Cullen as Alana
  • Melissa Marshall as Jenny Kelly
  • James Findlay as Petey Kelly
  • Andrew Clarke as Mr. James Rooney
  • Helen O'Connor as Irene Kelly
  • John Howard as Silverthorne
  • Miles Buchanan as Eddie


Fantasy adventure series The Girl From Tomorrow created by Mark Sherrifs and John Thomson about the a 14-year girl who accidentally brought from future to year 1990 due to malfunctioned time machine, along with a warlord criminal from year 2500, now she take her journey to return back home.


In year 3000, people set a mission to investigate The Great Disaster, a catastrophic event that nearly destroyed the Earth, using a Time Machine Capsule, Alana's science teacher Tulista was set for the experiment to travel year 2500. Just few seconds of the activity, Tulista returned as hostage of Silverthorn, a fugitive warlord criminal from year 2500 trying to conquer the Earth. Alana trying to help, Tulista was freed but Alana was being hostage by Silverthorn, take her in capsule, they were being tracked back in year 1990. Alana managed to wound Silverthorn and escaped, she now has to warn people about Silverthorn motives, luckily met and befriended with Petey and Jenny Kelly. Together with new friends and her wrist computer “P.J.” and headband Transducer device doing special abilities like levitate objects, heal wounds, give strong feelings and capable to control force fields and destroy things, Alana devised plans to retrieve the capsule from Silverthorn so she could return back home or stranded forever, thousand years away.


The Girl From Tomorrow completed 2 seasons with 24 episodes aired from January 1992 to September 1993.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Richard Diamond

Richard Diamond Detective Series

Richard Diamond, Private Investigator action series was based from radio series in 1949 created by writer and director Blake Edwards about New York ex-cop later turned as suave hard-boiled private eye solving stubborn cases.


The source of very information on cases he handle was from his former boss and friend Lieutenant Dennis “Mac” McGough and he hire a receptionist secretary named “Sam” only saw her beautiful legs working as his pre-answering voice on all his phone calls and mail days in her breathy voice. In 1959 season Richard moved from New York to Hollywood for more cases where he met and found girlfriend beautiful Karen Wells.


Richard Diamond was premiered on small screen on July 1, 1957 and lasted until September 6, 1960 for total of four seasons with 77 episodes.


Casts:
  • David Janssen as Richard Diamond
  • Barbara Bain as Karen Wells
  • Regis Toomey as Lt. Dennis 'Mac' McGough
  • Mary Tyler Moore as Sam
  • Hillary Brooke as Laura Renault
  • Russ Conway as Lt. Pete Kile
  • Roxanne Brooks as Sam
  • Richard Devon as Sgt. Alden

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Grace Under Fire

Grace Under Fire Comedy Series

Casts:

  • Brett Butler as Grace Kelly
  • Peggy Rea as Jean Kelly
  • Kaitlin Cullum as Elizabeth Louise "Libby" Kelly
  • Jon Paul Steuer/Sam Horrigan as Quentin Kelly
  • Cole Sprouse as Patrick Kelly
  • Casey Sander s Wade Swoboda
  • Lauren Tom s Dot
  • Tom Poston as Mr. Norton
  • Dave Thomas as Russell Norton
  • Julie White as Nadine Swoboda
  • Alan Autry as Rick Bradshaw


Award-winning blue-collar comedy series Grace Under Fire created by Chuck Lorre, about a no-nonsense, smart-talking straight-shooting survivor wife who chosen to find her own ways to raise her three kids rather than stay married with her abusing irresponsible husband, a determined woman trying her best to secure her family and found lot o laughs along the way.


Grace Kelly was ended up eight years of marriage divorcing with her abusive, alcoholic and irresponsible husband, she choose to rebuild and protect her three children Quentin, Libby and Patrick from making the same mistakes. Although it's hard, Grace was a determined and remains her sole support for them, and found humor and sympathy with her co-workers in oil-refinery and with her neighbors Wade, Nadine and bachelor pharmacist Russel Norton.


Grace Under Fire completed 5 seasons with 112 thirty-minute episodes ran from September 1993 to February 1998 on ABC.



Saturday, June 9, 2007

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Thursday, June 7, 2007

New York Undercover Series

Casts:

  • Michael DeLorenzo as Eduardo "Eddie" Torres
  • Malik Yoba as Julius Clarence "J.C." Williams
  • Lauren Vélez as Nina Moreno
  • Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn as Virginia Cooper
  • Jonathan LaPaglia as Tommy McNamara
  • Marisa Ryan as Nell Delaney
  • Thomas Mikal Ford as Malcolm Barker
  • Josh Hopkins as Alec Stone

Fox's police drama series New York Undercover was considered on top ten of network's best, about two urban detectives buddies dealing with their jobs to clean New York City streets against law breakers and facing each own family problems at the same time but they ending up the day with relaxation on smooth music.


Undercover squad detectives Julius Clarence “J.C.” Williams and Eduardo "Eddie" Torres reporting on New York Precinct no. 4, with the supervision of their boss Lieutenant Virgina Cooper and assistance of Detectives Nina Moreno & Tommy McNamara, they are assigned to investigate and sweep out different crimes, bandits and gang-related cases. In home, J.C. was divorced to Chantal and raising his teenager son Gregory “G” Williams who is going through emotions with his girlfriend while Eddie trying to fix some typical fighting family problems. They usually hang up on Natalie's enjoying smooth musics performed by different artists.


New York Undercover completed 89 60-minute episodes on 4 seasons aired from September 1994 to June 1998 on Fox Broadcasting Network.


Monday, June 4, 2007

The Hardy Boys

70s popular detective tv series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was based on novel originally created by Franklin W. Dixon in 1927, a fictional adventures of teenage brothers Frank and Joe, son of world-renowned detective/investigator named Fenton Hardy, together with a girl named Nancy Drew, a daughter of a criminal attorney, they go in usually non-violent kind of mysteries happening around Hardy's home town, Bayport.


Brothers 18-year old Frank, 17-year old Joe and 16-year old Nancy, they are famous teenage sleuths, mysteries and cross-over scheme in their town in Barmet Bay Bayport like kidnapping, smuggling, missing persons, robbery, haunted house and more. They use their investigative talents to phase out mysteries stumbling along their way in this weekly 1-hour show. Frank and Joe were then involved in larger international mysteries in late seasons.


The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries completed 46 episodes in it's 3 seasons of ran from January 1977 to January 1979 on ABC.


Casts:

  • Parker Stevenson as Frank Hardy
  • Pamela Sue Martin & Janet Julian as Nancy Drew
  • Shaun Cassidy as Joe Hardy
  • Ed Gilbert as Fenton Hardy
  • William Schallert as Carson Drew
  • Lisa Eilbacher as Callie Shaw


Friday, June 1, 2007

The Invaders TV Series

Casts:

  • Roy Thinnes as David Vincent
  • William Woodson as Narrator
  • Kent Smith as Edgar Scoville
  • Robert Dulaine as Alien
  • William Windom as Michael Tressider
  • Hank Simms as Introductory Narrator


The Invaders fantasy tv series created by Larry Cohen, about man who incidentally discovered the coming of alien spacecraft with the purpose to invade the Earth. His adventures were start to convince the disbelieving world and to get rid off the aliens in human disguise and knows where he is most of the time.

The series starts when unlucky architect David Vincent driving home and taking a short, while taking a rest feeling lost in country road in middle of the night on a ghost town place, he suddenly witnessed strange non-human objects landing in front of him. Learning an aliens craft was from a dying planet, they have no pulse, don't bleed and have no heartbeat, they were poisoned on pure oxygen, they can manipulate and deform their small fingers, have mutant capabilities, some of them have on emotions and can transform into human form, they are here to invade Earth and make it their new home. David face and have to share the nightmare to the world but he try to foil the aliens' plots and luckily convinced a small number of people including a millionaire industrialist Edgar Scoville to fight against invaders.


The Invaders action sci-fi series completed one and a half season with 43 sixty-minute episodes ran from January 1967 to March 1968 on ABC.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker Thriller Series



Casts:

  • Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak
  • Simon Oakland as Tony Vincenzo
  • Jack Grinnage as Ron Updyke
  • Ruth McDevitt as Emily Cowles
  • Paul Baxley as Cop in Alley
  • Craig R. Baxley as Mr. R.I.N.G.
  • John Fiedler as Gordy Spangler
  • Carol Ann Susi as Monique Marmelstein
  • Dennis McCarthy as Ballistics Man

Kolchak: The Night Stalker sci-fi horror tv series created by Jeffrey Grant Rice about a news reporter who happened have the skills to investigate mysterious crimes unlikely caused by supernatural legendary creatures like aliens, vampires, zombies, etc., but he often failed to convince the authorities and pursue in solving crimes. Popular crime mystery series The X-Files was well known as predecessor of the show.


Carl Kolchak was a reporter for Chicago's Independent News Service, reporting to his long-suffering Managing Editor, Tony Vincenzo. But Carl was unexplained encountering the unnatural, dealing with mystical threat and grisly related murders like blood draining, marrow loss, old age, spine snapping or victims died in medieval weaponry, often turn his investigation to suspect supernatural beings like vampires, werewolves, aliens, zombies, underworld creatures, Aztec sacrificial cults, etc. His work was being wasted as his skeptical editor Tony and proper authorities didn't believe in his explanations and were considered as overworked imaginations.


The series completed 20 60-minute episodes plus 2 pilot movies lasted in one season ran from September 1974 to March 1975 on ABC.

Monday, May 28, 2007

How The West Was Won

How The West Was Won TV Series

Casts:

  • James Arness as Zeb Macahan
  • Fionnula Flanagan as Molly Culhane
  • Bruce Boxleitner as Luke Macahan
  • Kathryn Holcomb as Laura Macahan
  • Vicki Schreck as Jessie Macahan
  • William Kirby Cullen as Josh Macahan

How The West Was Won western action tv series loosely based on 1963 film with the same name, about cavalry scout who turned as father for his four nieces and nephews left by his late brother, they now deal with frontier life problems with nature, Indians and town under civil war.


Ten years from rugged mountain, Zeb Macahan returned to his brother Timothy in Virginia to help for long trip of his brother's family but unfortunately, Timothy and his wife Kate killed on the journey when Civil War began on their way. Zeb orphaned Luke the eldest, Laura who turning in her womanhood, tomboyish Jessie and the youngest teenager Josh, with the help of Kate's widowed sister Molly, they make it through hardships, dangers and perils caused by renegades, nature and Indians, plus Luke being accused as murderer after defensing himself but killing three men, Zeb has to rescue and help Luke to prove his innocence.


The show completed 3 seasons with 25 episodes aired from February 1977 to April 1979.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers Sitcom

Cast:

  • Mark Linn-Baker as Larry Appleton
  • Bronson Pinchot as Balki Bartokomous
  • Melanie Wilson as Jennifer Lyons
  • Rebeca Arthur as Mary Anne Spencer
  • Jim Doughan as Jimmy
  • Allan Graf as Richard
  • Candi Milo as Gina Morelli
  • F.J. O'Neil as Mr. Wainright
  • George Wyner as Marvin Berman
  • Ernie Sabella as Mr. Donald "Twinkie
  • JoMarie Payton as Harriette Baines Winslow

Perfect Strangers sitcom created by Dale McRaven, comedy show about two people living inther perfectly different lifestyles and attitudes who have to share in an apartment. Humors and laughters brought by their opposite cultures resulting to troubles but it works to rescue each others.


Naïve and idealistic Balki Bartokomous was new to America finding his luck in the big city of Chicago found his cousin Larry Appleton, a high-strung, panicky and hyper-ventilative who escaped from their big family and live in the city. Since Balki got nowhere to go, Larry have to share his apartment and deal with their opposite attitudes but when help calls, each other was always there. In the final seasons, great new things comes on cousins' way, they got promoted on their own position in Chicago newspaper office, The Chicago Chronicles and finally Larry married to his girlfriend Jennifer and Balki to their roommate Mary Anne.


Award-winning comedy series Perfect Strangers completed total of 8 seasons with 150 episodes aired from March 1986 to August 1993 on ABC.


Perfect Strangers DVD

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Rescue 8

Rescue 8 Action Drama Series

Casts:

  • Jim Davis as Wes Cameron
  • Lang Jeffries as 'Skip' Johnson
  • Nancy Rennick as Patty Johnson

Rescue 8 was 1950s and first of it's kind paramedic drama series based on actual files of the Los Angeles Fire Department Rescue Station No. 8. The experiences of two rescue specialist in saving people from dangerous, life-threatening situations and but more in physical-orientation from similar fire-fighter series 15 years later, Emergency! It's total of 73 black and white action/drama episodes were made and produced for the audience, to let them understand, appreciate and give respect for rescue and police force. The show was debuted in 1957 and ran from September 1958 to May 1960 in total of 2 seasons.

Rescue 8 DVD

Wes Cameron and Skip Johnson were two heroes from the squad LA Fire Rescue Station 8 Department, they were originally not firemen but rescue experts helping hapless souls in different kind of emergency situations such as car accidents, cave-ins, capsized boaters, stranded hikers and many more.


Sunday, May 20, 2007

B.J. And the Bear

B.J. And the Bear Comedy Series

Casts:

  • Greg Evigan as Billie Joe "B. J." McKay
  • Sam the Chimp as Bear
  • Sherilyn Wolter as Cindy Grant
  • Judy Landers as Stacks
  • Linda McCullough as Callie
  • Candi Brough as Teri Garrison
  • Barbra Horan as Samantha
  • Sheila DeWindt as Angie Cartwright
  • Claude Akins as Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo
  • Randi Brough as Geri Garrison
  • Richard Deacon as Sheriff Masters
  • Janet Louise Johnson as Tommy
  • Joshua Shelley as Bullets
  • Murray Hamilton as Rutherford T Grant
  • Otto Felix as Deputy Higgins
  • Conchata Ferrell as Wilhelmina 'The Fox' Johnson
  • Eric Server as Lt. Jim Steiger
  • Ed Lauter as Sheriff Cain
  • Slim Pickens as Sgt. Beauregard Wiley
  • Mills Watson as Deputy Perkins

B.J. And the Bear adventure comedy series about young good-looking trucker traveling around the country with his big red & white rig and his pet chimpanzee companion, but their journey seemed always followed by corruptions.


Billie Joe “BJ” McKay take his misadventures on country's highway with his Kenworth K-100 truck and chimpanzee pet Bear, they were usually harassed by sheriff Elroy P. Lobo and other corrupt sheriff, but with aid of one honest female Cop Wilhelmina 'The Fox' Johnson who trying to trap her crooked local cops. BJ settled down to run a trucking business in LA he called Bear Enterprise, but he was unable to find experienced trucker because of his business opponent Rutherford T. Grant, BJ hired seven beautiful young truckers including Grant's daughter Cindy.


B.J. And The Bear completed 48 60-minute episodes in 3 seasons ran from February 1979 to August 1981 on NBC.

B.J and the Bear DVD

Friday, May 18, 2007

The District

The District TV Series

Casts:
  • Craig T. Nelson as Chief Jack Mannion
  • Sean Patrick Thomas as Detective Temple Page
  • Elizabeth Marvel as Detective Nancy Parras
  • Roger Aaron Brown as Deputy Chief Joe Noland
  • David O'Hara as Detective Danny McGrego
  • Jonathan LaPaglia as Detective Kevin Debreno
  • Lynne Thigpen as Director of Adm. Services Ella Mae Farmer
  • Justin Theroux as Press Secretary Nick Pierce
  • Jayne Brook as Deputy Mayor Mary Ann Mitchell

The District police drama series inspired from real-life experiences of former New York Deputy Police Commissioner Jack Maple, a pertinacious crime-fighter with his revolutionary tactics and efforts that he incredibly dropped Washington, D.C.'s crime rate to 50 percent.

Despite the city of have the most numbers of Law Enforcement Agencies around the world, Washington was demoralized and agencies were ineffective as they still has the highest crime rate in US. The city hired Police Commissioner Jack Maple, portrayed by Police District Chief Jack Mannion in the series, the movie-quoting lounge-singing former NYPD Cop well-known as the underdog champion and an avowed crime-fighter with his dedicated team, they take over crime-ridden and drug-infested streets of the city. They successfully cut crime rate to half and made the city safely and ideal place to live.


The District Action Drama series completed 89 60-minute episodes in total of 4 seasons aired from October 2000 to May 2004 on CBS.

The District DVD


Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Courage The Cowardly Dog TV Series

Courage The Cowardly Dog

Casts:
  • Marty Grabstein as Courage, the Cowardly Dog
  • Thea White as Muriel Bagg
  • Lionel G. Wilson as Eustace Bagg
  • Simon Prebble as The Computer
  • Paul Schoeffler as Katz, Dr. Vindaloo, M.D. Quack, Snowman
  • Stephen Root as Basil the Burglar
  • Arnold Stang as Monk
  • Mary Testa as Shirley the Medium
  • Fred Melamed as Spirit of the Harvest Moon
  • Ashley Albert as Storm Princess
  • Jim Cummings as Cajun Fox

Courage the Cowardly Dog animated series created by John R. Dilworth was about a cowardly fuchsia dog named Courage being abandoned when he was a puppy, found and adopted by old Scottish woman. Despite his owner's husband usually scare Courage, he was the defender and savior of the family against monsters, aliens, curses, natural disasters and other evil forms.


Courage found new home with Muriel Bagge after being abandoned when his parents was sent in outer space for an experiment, Courage now live in town Nowhere, Kansas. Muriel moves to cook, sit on her rocking chair watching television, play her sitar and talk to Courage while her old grumpy farmer husband Eustace Bagge dislikes Courage, usually scares him with giant green mask. Courage was always afraid of every mundane creepy, scary things and paranormal events happening in Nowhere town, but with the help of his computer, he was always ready to kick villain monsters, aliens, zombies and other evil forces away, facing them usually not by super strength method but by a game or contest and he win either by convincing villains to leave crime life or by tricking them out.

Courage the Cowardly Dog cartoon series was originally ran all it's 52 episodes in 102 individual segments from November 1999 to November 2002 with total of 4 seasons on Cartoon Network.

Courage The Cowardly Dog DVD