Arts > TV series > 20th / 21st century > UK /
USA
The Promise 2011
Peter Kosminsky
http://www.arte.tv/fr/Le-Serment-de-Peter-Kosminsky/6565184.html
mystery drama > Awake NBC
USA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/apr/28/awake-rubicon-new-lost
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/13/us-drama-awake-sky-atlantic
Homeland USA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/homeland
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/apr/12/homeland-have-you-been-watching
Girls HBO
USA
http://www.hbo.com/girls/index.html
http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/arts/television/lena-dunhams-girls-begins-on-hbo.html
British costume drama Downton Abbey > Season Two
USA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/downton-abbey
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/feb/20/downton-abbey-series-two-pbs
The Simpsons 500th episode
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/feb/18/simpsons-tv-500th-episode
The US television hits of 2011, from Community to Revenge
The new season was weak – but there was plenty of good stuff worth watching
in 2011.
Here's a pick of the 10 best
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/dec/28/us-television-2011-top-10
best US TV shows
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/04/us-tv-shows-hidden-gems
The Walking Dead
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/oct/21/the-walking-dead-season-two
BBC2's 50s newsroom thriller > The Hour
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/the-hour
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/aug/23/the-hour-bbc-finale
Taggartaxed by ITV after 27 years
Broadcaster decides not to commission 28th series of Scottish detective
drama,
but it could continue in some form on STV
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/12/taggart-axed-by-itv
sitcom > Not Going Out?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/feb/03/not-going-out
True Blood
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/true-blood
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/13/true-blood-season-three
Freaks and Geeks USA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/31/box-set-freaks-and-geeks
Agatha Christie's Poirot
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/dec/24/poirot-murder-on-the-orient-express
Peep Show
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/peep-show
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/23/miranda-peep-show-tv-matters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/dec/14/peep-show-series-7
Screen Burn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/series/screenburn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/16/charlie-brooker-leaving-screen-burn
cartoon series > The Flintstones
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/sep/29/the-flintstones-google-doodle-50
Heroes USA
NBC series about young people who use their superpowers to save the planet
http://www.nbc.com/heroes/
http://tv.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/arts/television/28family.html
The Mentalist
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_mentalist/
No Ordinary Family
USA
http://tv.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/arts/television/28family.html
bedsit-set sitcom > Him & Her
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/sep/27/him-her-bbc
interactive reality TV show > Seven Days
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/23/seven-days-tv-review
Spooks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/spooks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/sep/20/spooks-series-nine-episode-one
The Inbetweeners
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/is-the-inbetweeners-all-its-cracked-up-to-be-2083304.html
Our Friends In The North
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/18/our-friends-flannery-eccleston
The Deep
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/aug/31/the-deep-have-you-been-watching
The OC
USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_O.C .
The Good Wife USA
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_good_wife/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/aug/30/emmy-awards-2010-archie-panjabi
Modern Family USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/arts/television/31emmy.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/arts/television/30emmys.html
Mad Men USA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/mad-men-tv-series
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/mar/24/mad-men-matthew-weiner
http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/arts/television/mad-men-opens-its-fifth-season-on-amc.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/mar/21/mad-men-is-back
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/01/mad-men-deal-signed
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/matthew-weiner-closes-the-books-on-season-4-of-mad-men/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/mad-men-tv-series
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/30/bskyb-mad-men-bbc
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/arts/television/30emmys.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/gallery/2010/jan/21/mad-men-series-one-two-guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/sep/02/mad-men-series-three
Hung USA
http://tv.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/arts/television/06hung.html
Six Feet Under
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/six-feet-under
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/aug/16/box-set-club-six-feet-under
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/01/next-box-set-six-feet-under
Coronation Street
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/coronationstreet
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/oct/15/betty-driver
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/gallery/2011/jan/19/coronation-street-photography
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2010/aug/28/tony-warren-corrie-video
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jul/08/coronation-street-birthday-disaster
Coronation Street creator Tony Warren
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2010/aug/28/tony-warren-corrie-video
Hollyoaks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/hollyoaks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/01/hollyoaks-transgender-teenagers
Cougar Town USA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jun/14/cougar-town-renaming-tv-shows
Diff’rent Strokes
USA
on NBC from 1978 to 1985 and on ABC from 1985 to 1986
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/arts/television/29coleman.html
Ashes to Ashes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/ashes-to-ashes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/may/21/ashes-to-ashes-final-episode
Lost USA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/lost
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/apr/17/jj-abrams-novel-rumours
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/arts/television/25lost.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/05/24/arts/AP-US-TV-Lost-Finale.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/technology/22lost.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/may/21/lost-season-six-episode-sixteen
Luther
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/luther
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jun/14/luther-second-series
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/26/luther-idris-elba-bbc1
South Park
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/south-park
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2010/apr/08/south-park-season-4-episode-14-facebook
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/16/south-park-200th-episode
political dramas
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/29/six-to-watch-political-dramas
war dramas
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/mar/30/best-tv-war-dramas
The Pacific
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/arts/television/07pacific.html
Cast Offs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/video/2009/nov/18/cast-offs-channel-4
The Thick Of It
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thethickofit/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/nov/17/chris-addison-interview
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/26/thick-of-it-casualty-emma
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/17/peter-capaldi-malcolm-tucker-tv
Casualty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/casualty/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/26/thick-of-it-casualty-emma
soap opera > Guiding Light
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/opinion/19collins.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/18/guiding-light-final-episode
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/deadlineusa/2009/sep/18/television-usa
Psychoville
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jul/30/psychoville-final-episode
Flight of the Conchords
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/flight-of-the-conchords
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/16/kristen-schaal-interview
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/aug/29/jemaine-clement-flight-of-conchords
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/video/2009/jul/27/flight-of-the-conchords-deleted-scene
“Ruby & the Rockits” > pilot episode
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/arts/television/21ruby.html
Cold Feet
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/12/cold-feet-itv
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/aug/28/cold-feet-might-return-harries
Desperate Romantics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/aug/26/desperate-romantics-episode-six
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jul/22/desperate-romantics-coast
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jul/21/desperate-romantics-bbc-drama
Rubicon
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/24/arts/AP-US-TV-Rubicon.html
Occupation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/garethmcleanblog/2009/jun/16/occupation-peter-bowker-iraq
Dollhouse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jun/02/joss-whedon-dollhouse-stage-fright
Battlestar Galactica
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/mar/19/battlestar-galactica-review
Being Human
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/26/being-human-return-for-second-series
Law & Order: UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/feb/24/television-television
Absolutely Fabulous
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/apr/21/absolutely-fabulous-edina-patsy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/20/absolutely-fabulous-bbc-1-sitcom
Doctor Who
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/doctorwho
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/mar/24/doctor-who-time-lord-cardiff-convention
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/nov/23/doctor-who-anniverary-first-episode
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/09/the-debate-doctor-who
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/sep/30/doctor-who-tribute-brigadier-actor
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/19/the-coversation-doctor-who
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/22/doctor-who-tardis-in-us
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/20/doctor-who-fantasy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/19/elisabeth-sladen-doctor-who-star-dies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/05/doctor-who-new-series
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/dec/25/doctor-who-christmas-special-2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/16/doctor-who-christmas-special
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jun/19/doctor-who-the-pandorica-opens
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/22/dr-who-matt-smith-fashion
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/29/doctor-who-karen-gillan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/03/doctor-who-matt-smith
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/26/bbc.doctorwho
Strictly Come Dancing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/strictlycomedancing/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/23/strictlycomedancing-bbc
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-end-of-the-affair-last-waltz-for-john-sergeant-1031212.html
I'm a Celebrity
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2008/nov/18/imacelebrity
Criminal Justice
2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/26/television.television
Madmen / Mad Men
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/02/usa-television-series-mad-men
http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/%20
Generation Kill
http://www.hbo.com/generationkill/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/14/generation-kill-the-wire
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2008/07/generation_kill_the_iraq_drama.html
The Wire
USA 2002-2008
http://www.hbo.com/thewire/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/david-simon
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/feb/21/david-simon-interview-wire-treme
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2008/oct/13/wire-television
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/20/television.irvinewelsh
David Simon
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/david-simon
Gossip Girl
USA
2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/fashion/08gossip.html
Skins
http://www.e4.com/skins/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/skins
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/mar/08/skins-tv-sorely-missed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/dec/19/teenagers-under-their-skins
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/gallery/2010/dec/16/skins-series-5-cast
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/mar/18/skins-season-four
Skins series 5
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/jan/28/skins-series-5
Skins
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/business/media/20mtv.html
Eddi-Rue McClanahan
1934-2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04mcclanahan.html
http://movies.nytimes.com/person/47011/Rue-McClanahan
series > Last of the Summer Wine, Porridge >
actors > Brian Wilde 1927-2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/21/television1
Prison Break
USA
http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/
Desperate
housewives USA
http://abc.go.com/primetime/desperate/
The Office
USA
http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/
The Office
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/
four-part television series
> The Passion
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/sep/20/frank-deasy-obituary
Prime Suspect 7
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/sep/20/frank-deasy-obituary
The Sopranos
USA
http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-06-07-sopranos_N.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2007-04-05-the-sopranos_N.htm
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2041842,00.html
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1860974,00.html
Twin Peaks
USA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/oct/22/twin-peaks-battersea-festival
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2003/dec/10/davidlynch
Friends
USA
http://www2.warnerbros.com/friendstv/container.html
EastEnders
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/eastenders
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/16/eastenders-olympic-site-move
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/10/peggy-mitchell-leaves-eastenders
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/09/eastenders-peggy-mitchell-farewell
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/20/interview-june-brown-dot-cotton-eastenders
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/oct/02/eastenders.nick.cotton.returns
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2137707,00.html
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2007/07/mike_reid_was_a_cracking_actor.html
EastEnders > Wendy Richard
1943-2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/26/eastenders-television
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/26/wendy-richard-pauline-fowler-eastenders-dies
The Persuaders!
1970s
Opening to The Persuaders pilot
episode,
featuring the musical style of John Barry.
(Incidental scene music by the great
Ken Thorne)
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=5929566
Related
Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz)
1925-2010
a classically handsome movie star who came out of the
Hollywood studio system in the 1950s
to find both wide popularity and critical acclaim in dramatic and comic roles
alike,
from “The Defiant Ones” to “Some Like It Hot”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/tony-curtis
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/movies/01curtis.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/30/tony-curtis-tributes-film-world
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/30/tony-curtis-obituary
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/sep/30/tony-curtis-true-hollywood-star
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/45555/Some-Like-It-Hot/overview
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/13109/The-Defiant-Ones/overview
family sitcom > The Cosby Show
1984-1992
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/arts/television/bill-cosby-appreciation-and-screenings-at-paley-center-for-media.html
Law & Order
1990s
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html
nuclear thriller > Edge of
Darkness 1980s
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6835830.ece
ABC’s glamour soap “Dynasty”
USA 1981-1989
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/arts/television/03forsythe.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/02/john-forsythe-dynasty-actor-dies
Designing Women
USA 1980s-1990s
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/arts/television/12carter.html
The Golden Girls
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04mcclanahan.html
http://movies.nytimes.com/person/47011/Rue-McClanahan
Band of Brothers
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/2011-01-10-dick-winters-obit_N.htm
cartoon series > Voltron: Defender
of the Universe USA
1980s
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/arts/design/11keefe.html
police drama > Z Cars
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/16/trevor-bannister-served-lucas-dies
department store comedy > Are You Being
Served? 1972-1985
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/16/trevor-bannister-served-lucas-dies
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/obituary/0,,2029033,00.html
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obituary/0,,2029727,00.html
Monty Python
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/16/monty-python-flying-circus-bafta
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/05/monty-python-40th-anniversary
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/
is-monty-pythons-flying-circus-dead-as-a-parrot-1797668.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/arts/television/04mcgr.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/fashion/07python.html
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/12/05/fashion/20081204-monty_index.html
Monty Python > John Cleese
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/john-cleese
Morecambe and
Wise
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/17/eric-morecambe-son-gary
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/12/eric-morecambe-ernie-wise-letter
“M*A*S*H” > Larry Gelbart,
comedy writer USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/arts/12gelbart.html
Columbo
USA 1971-1978
http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=columbo
http://movies.nytimes.com/person/531159/Peter-Falk/biography
Mission: Impossible
USA 1966-1973 on CBS
1988-1990 on ABC
http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=missionimpo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/15/peter-graves-obituary
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/arts/television/15graves.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/arts/television/15graves.html
Happy Days
USA 1974-1984
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/arts/television/20bosley.html
TV host Don Cornelius
1936-2011 > “Soul Train”
one of the longest-running syndicated shows in television history,
it played a critical role in spreading the music of black America to the world,
offering wide exposure to musicians like
James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson
in the 1970s and ’80s.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/arts/music/don-cornelius-soul-train-creator-is-dead-at-75.html
1970s sitcom > “Welcome Back,
Kotter”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/arts/television/robert-hegyes-60-of-welcome-back-kotter-is-dead.html
1970s soap-opera parody > “Mary
Hartman, Mary Hartman”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/arts/television/phil-bruns-dad-on-mary-hartman-mary-hartman-dies-at-80.html
NBC series > “The Life and Times
of Grizzly Adams” USA
1970s
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/arts/television/04seiller.html
Harry Morgan (born Harry
Bratsburg) 1915-2011
Harry Morgan, the prolific character actor
best known for playing the acerbic but kindly Colonel Potter
in the long-running television series “M*A*S*H”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/arts/television/harry-morgan-mash-and-dragnet-actor-dies-at-96.html
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and
its spinoff “Rhoda” USA
1970s
Harold Vernon Goldstein 1923-2010
a widely recognizable character actor in film and television who specialized,
especially late in his career, in playing suave, well-dressed gentlemen in
popular sitcoms
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/arts/14gould.html
mime-and-dance comedy team Shields
and Yarnell USA
1970s
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/arts/dance/07yarnell.html
NBC series > Julia
USA from 1968 to 1971
first television series to center on the life of a black professional woman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/arts/television/hal-kanter-a-creator-of-julia-series-on-tv-dies-at-92.html
Hawaii Five-O
USA 1968-1980
One of television’s longest-running crime shows.
It was seen in more than 80 countries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/arts/television/29mccarthur.html
I Spy USA
NBC 1965-1968
http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/arts/television/29gillis.html
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
USA NBC
1964-1968
http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=manfromun
Johnny Staccato NBC
USA 1959-1960
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Staccato
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cassavetes
“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”
USA
one of the top-rated shows on television in the late 1960s
(...)
The show,
which first appeared as a special in 1967 and ran
until 1973,
satirized the counterculture and featured show business guests like Diana Ross
as well as public figures like the Rev. Billy Graham and Richard M. Nixon,
who, appearing while running for president and trying to shed a stiff image,
drew laughs and a few gasps when he asked, “Sock it to me?”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/arts/television/digby-wolfe-actor-and-laugh-in-writer-dies-at-82.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/arts/television/alan-sues-a-laugh-in-cast-mainstay-dies-at-85.html
The Untouchables
1960s
http://movies.nytimes.com/person/67453/Robert-Stack
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/arts/television/21picerni.html
The Roaring ’20s
USA 1960s
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/arts/30provine.html
The Prisoner
1960s
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/14/television2
Danger Man
1960s
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/14/television2
The Avengers
http://theavengers.tv/forever/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/sep/22/your-next-box-set-avengers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/07/sir-john-dankworth-obituary
The Persuaders!
1971-1972
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/440126/The-Persuaders/overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persuaders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xckIh7C4LYg
The Saint
1960s
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/02/robert-s-baker-obituary
Roger Moore
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/sep/23/roger-moore-james-bond-film
Robert Sidney Baker producer,
director and screenwriter 1916-2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/02/robert-s-baker-obituary
Z-Car
early 1960s
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6835830.ece
The Invaders
USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invaders
Star Trek
USA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/star-trek
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2012/apr/19/star-trek-captain-who-best
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/may/21/starship-enterprise-jonathan-glancey
The Wild West
USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Wild_West
The Twilight
Zone USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone
The Restless Gun
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/arts/television/09dortort.html
Perry Mason
USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Mason#Television_series
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/arts/television/09dortort.html
Bonanza
USA
appeared for the first time at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, 1959,
opposite “Perry Mason” on CBS.
Two years later it moved to 9 p.m. on Sunday and became a dominant hit,
running for 14 seasons — including three years, from 1964 to 1967,
when it was the most-watched television show in the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/arts/television/09dortort.html
David Solomon Katz
Bonanza creator USA
1916-2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/arts/television/09dortort.html
As the World Turns
USA 1950s-2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/arts/04wagner.html
Lassie 1954-1970s
In 1954, Lassie made her television debut in a series
which removed her from Britain and placed her on the American family farm,
where once again, she was asked to help hold a struggling family together.
http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=lassie
“Honey West”
lasted only one season, 1965-66, on ABC
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/arts/04francis.html
Leave It to Beaver
USA
1957-1963
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/arts/television/17billingsley.html
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet > David Nelson
1936-2011
Nelson was the last remaining member of the Nelsons TV family,
which included actor/bandleader Ozzie,
his singer wife, Harriet Hilliard and his
teen idol brother Rick.
The show originated on radio in 1952
as "Here Come the Nelsons," then ran for 320 episodes on TV from 1952 to 1966
as "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
with some of the story lines taken from
the stars' own lives.
http://movies.nytimes.com/person/104237/David-Nelson
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/01/11/arts/television/AP-US-Obit-David-Nelson.html
popular shows > “All in the Family” and “The
Defenders,” USA
1950s
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/arts/television/paul-bogart-tv-director-dies-at-92.html
children’s television series > Sky King
USA 1950s
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/arts/television/28winters.html
Davy Crockett USA
1950s
a great success for Walt Disney in the mid-1950s
on both television and in
the cinema
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/mar/18/fess-parker-obituary
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