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The Professionals (TV series)
The Professionals is a British crime-action television drama series produced by Avengers Mark1 Productions for London Weekend Television (LWT) that aired on the ITV network from 1977 to 1983. In all, 57 episodes were produced, filmed between 1977 and 1981. It starred Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins and Gordon Jackson as agents of the fictional "CI5" (Criminal Intelligence 5, alluding to the real-life MI5).
The Honeymooners
"The Honeymooners" gained its greatest fame in syndication, where it has aired continually since its original cancellation. WPIX in New York City has aired the series for more than five decades (after initially running in 1957–1958 on WRCA-TV, which now is WNBC), with occasional brief breaks. It regularly airs on WPIX with a marathon that begins on the final hour of New Year's Eve and runs well into New Year's Day. In the United Kingdom it originally aired on ITV between 1958–1963. BBC Two aired 38 of the original 39 episodes beginning in 1989 and ending in 1991. The show also has aired in Australia, Iran, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, and Suriname. It previously was seen on WGN America from June 2008 to September 2009 and on Me-TV from December 2010 to September 2011. In April 2012, the show returned to Me-TV. The show currently airs on the network on Sunday nights.
Perfect Strangers (TV series)
In its six-episode final season, which was filmed during the summer of 1992 but broadcast from July 9 to August 6, 1993, it was rated in the top 20 with its series finale attracting 15 million households and rated #11 for the week of August 1, 1993. The average Nielsen ratings for the entire run of eight seasons was #27. For the abbreviated eighth season, "Perfect Strangers" once again aired Fridays at 9:30/8:30c.
From August 28, 1989, to July 13, 1990, reruns of the first four seasons of "Perfect Strangers" aired on ABC's daytime program block. Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (former sister company to series production company Lorimar Television) distributed the series for broadcast television syndication from September 1990 to September 1997. USA Network aired reruns of the show from September 1997 to September 11, 1998. The WB 100+ carried the series from September 17, 2001 to December 2002.
The It Factor
The It Factor is an American reality television series which aired for two seasons on the American TV channel Bravo. It followed actors as they attempted to lead successful careers.
The Original Amateur Hour
The series is one of only six shows—the others were "The Arthur Murray Party"; "Down You Go"; "The Ernie Kovacs Show"; "Pantomime Quiz"; and "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"—to appear on all four TV networks during the Golden Age of Television. The series was broadcast weekly, on early Sunday evenings, on DuMont until September 25, 1949, then moved to NBC Television in October 1949 where it remained until September 1952. NBC then hosted it from April 1953 to September 1954.
The Public Defender (TV series)
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley (1911–1974) as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954, to June 23, 1955, a season and a half. The series was sponsored by Philip Morris cigarettes; by the middle of its second season, Revlon cosmetics became an alternate sponsor.
The Essentials (TCM)
The Essentials was a weekly film series on Turner Classic Movies, with TCM hosts and special guests introducing and discussing some of the best movies ever made. For a sixteen-year period from 2001 to 2017 excepting 2016, the series aired each Saturday night at 8:00 PM Eastern Time from March to January of the following year. For the first five seasons, a single individual hosted the series; for the remaining seasons, a main host would be paired with a guest. For the balance of the series' broadcast, a full decade from 2006 to 2015, a guest host was paired with the principal host of TCM, Robert Osborne. The series was suspended in 2016 due to the poor health of Osborne, and although an attempt was made to continue "The Essentials" following the death of Osborne in 2017 having Alec Baldwin paired with a sequence of guests, it has not been programmed by the network after the sixteenth season ended in January 2018.A spin-off showcase, "Essentials, Jr.", aired in the summer months of 2007 through 2014, on Sunday nights at 8:00 PM Eastern Time. The featured films were chosen for their appeal to families with young children. The original host was Tom Kenny; he was replaced for the second season by co-hosts Abigail Breslin and Chris O'Donnell. John Lithgow hosted the 2009 and 2010 seasons. The program was hosted from 2011 through 2014 by Bill Hader of "Saturday Night Live" fame.
James L. Brooks
"The Critic" was short-lived, broadcasting ten episodes on Fox before its cancellation. A total of only 23 episodes were produced, and it returned briefly in 2000 with a series of ten internet broadcast webisodes. The series has since developed a cult following thanks to reruns on Comedy Central and its complete series release on DVD. His early 1990s shows "Sibs" and "Phenom", both produced as part of a multi-show deal with ABC, and the 2001 show "What About Joan" for the same network, were all similarly short-lived.
The Performers (TV series)
The Performers is a Canadian variety television series which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1972.
List of The Practice episodes
"The Practice" is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centring on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. The series was broadcast for eight seasons from 1997 to 2004, initially as a mid-season replacement. "The Practice" won many Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series in 1998 and 1999. As part of the fictional universe in which many shows produced by David E. Kelley are set "The Practice" had crossover story arcs with "Gideon's Crossing", "Boston Public", and "Ally McBeal" in addition to its own more jovial spin-off series "Boston Legal", which was broadcast from 2004 to 2008.
The Following
The series was broadcast on the commercial broadcast television network Fox. In its first two seasons, it starred Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy in leading roles, as well as Shawn Ashmore, Natalie Zea, and Valorie Curry. The first season, comprising 15 episodes, premiered on January 21, 2013, and concluded on April 29, 2013. On March 4, 2013, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on January 19, 2014, and concluded on April 28, 2014. The series' renewal for a third season was announced on March 7, 2014, and the season premiered on March 2, 2015. On May 8, 2015, Fox canceled "The Following" after three seasons. The final episode aired on May 18, 2015.
List of The Flying Doctors episodes
"The Flying Doctors" was an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It ran for nine seasons from May 1986 until August 1991. After a successful miniseries in 1985, 221 further episodes were produced.
The Professionals (TV series)
The entire series was regularly screened on the now-defunct Granada Plus channel from 1997, where it was consistently the channel's highest-rated show, initially achieving close to one million viewers. The episodes shown were heavily edited to make them suitable for daytime viewing and it is these same prints that are being used for transmission on ITV4. Neither station screened the "Klansmen" episode, stating that London Weekend Television continued to forbid its transmission.
On the Mat
On the Mat was a professional wrestling television program for the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated All Star Pro-Wrestling (ASPW), or simply NWA New Zealand, that aired on Television New Zealand's TV2 from 1975 to 1984. One of the most popular and the longest-running weekly sports series in the history of New Zealand, the show featured some of the country's top wrestlers and international stars from throughout the world during the 1970s and early 1980s.
When the Whistle Blows (TV series)
When the Whistle Blows is an American comedy television series that aired for 10 hour-long episodes on ABC from March 14 to July 20, 1980. The series was produced by Universal Television and starred Dolph Sweet, Doug Barr, Susan Buckner, Philip Brown and Tim Rossovich. It was filmed single-camera style and without a laugh track.
Pros vs. Joes
Pros vs. Joes was an American physical reality game show that aired on Spike from 2006 to 2010. The show featured male amateur contestants (the "Joes") matching themselves against professional athletes (the "Pros"; mostly of retired male and female pro-athletes) in a series of athletic feats related to the expertise sport of the Pro they are facing. For its first three seasons, the show was hosted by Petros Papadakis. In the last two seasons, it was co-hosted by Michael Strahan and Jay Glazer. The first two seasons were filmed at Carson, California's Home Depot Center, which was referenced in aerial shots. Repeats can currently be seen on the El Rey Network.
List of The Sopranos episodes
"The Sopranos", a television drama series created by David Chase, premiered on the premium television channel HBO in the United States on January 10, 1999, and ended on June 10, 2007. The series consists of a total of 86 episodes over six seasons. Each episode is approximately 50 minutes long. The first five seasons each consist of thirteen episodes, and the sixth season twenty-one.
CI5: The New Professionals
CI5: The New Professionals is a British television action crime drama series, created and principally written by Brian Clemens, that first broadcast on Sky One on 19 September 1999. Billed as an updated version of the 1970s terrestrial television series "The Professionals", the series is set in a fictional government agency known as "CI5" (Civilian Intelligence Department 5). The original group of three men - Doyle, Bodie and their boss Cowley - are replaced by a team consisting of Harry Malone (Edward Woodward), Chris Keel (Kal Weber), Sam Curtis (Colin Wells) and Tina Backus (Lexa Doig). In a similar manner to "The Professionals", the series included a number of high-budget impressive action sequences, often filmed in a "James Bond"-esque style.
Professional Bowlers Tour
The Professional Bowlers Tour, also known as Pro Bowlers Tour, is a broadcast of the Professional Bowlers Association that aired on ABC from 1962 to 1997. In the telecasts, sportscaster Chris Schenkel and the graphics displayed during the show would refer to the show as "The Professional Bowlers Tour", possibly to disambiguate from the NFL's use of the term "pro bowler" when referring to players who were selected for the Pro Bowl—an event also televised on ABC for many years.
List of All Saints episodes
"All Saints" is an Australian television medical drama that premiered on the Seven Network on 24 February 1998. The series aired for twelve seasons, and focused on the fictional lives of doctors and nurses as they dealt with the everyday medical issues that came through the doors of Ward 17, and later in the series, the Emergency Department. The show was created by Bevan Lee and John Holmes, who served as the script executive and executive producer, respectively. The series was produced by Jo Porter, Di Drew, MaryAnne Carroll and Bill Hughes.
The Original Amateur Hour
The Original Amateur Hour is an American radio and television program. The show was a continuation of "Major Bowes Amateur Hour" which had been a radio staple from 1934 to 1945. Major Edward Bowes, the originator of the program and its master of ceremonies, left the show in 1945 and died the following year. He was ultimately succeeded by Ted Mack, when the show was brought into television in 1948.
The Professionals (band)
The Professionals were first managed by Dave Hill, who had managed Johnny Thunders and was managing the Pretenders. They recorded radio sessions for John Peel's Radio 1, which aired on 10 November 1980, as means to promote the release of "Join the Professionals" that same month. Due to difficulties in finding a producer (Mick Glossop was eventually picked), the release of the single was repeatedly delayed up to June 1981. Hill left afterwards to focus on the Pretenders, and John Curd was chosen as a replacement. They then recorded further sessions with BBC, this time for "The Evening Show" with Mike Read on 15 December.
Amateurs–Professionals Match
The Amateurs–Professionals Match was an annual men's team golf competition between teams of golfers from Great Britain and Ireland representing amateurs and professionals. It was played from 1956 to 1960. The Professionals won four of the five contests but the Amateurs won in 1958. The match was organised by the R&A and the PGA.
The Professionals (album)
The Professionals was going to be the debut album of the rock band the Professionals. It was originally scheduled for release in 1980 by Virgin Records. However, a legal dispute with bassist Andy Allan over unpaid royalties led to the album being scrapped and re-recorded as "I Didn't See It Coming".
Superstars (U.S. TV program)
The show remained popular in the 1970s, but ratings declined and the last edition produced by ABC came in 1984. NBC Sports picked up the program the next year and carried it from 1985 to 1990. ABC took the show back in 1991, and broadcast it through 1994. During a three-year period (1991–1993) the event was held in Cancun, Mexico. The competitions were held in different areas of Cancun Palace and Melia Cancun hotels. During that period former great NFL players Frank Gifford, Dan Dierdof and Lynn Swann worked as commentators of the Superstars Tournament.
A Country Practice
From 1991 to 1994, the show also aired on ASN, a cable network that served Canada's Maritimes. Four hour-long episodes aired each week, from Monday to Thursday with Monday's and Tuesday's episodes repeated on Saturday and Wednesday's and Thursday's episodes on Sunday. The station aired the show from episode 1 to somewhere in the early 700s.
The Young Lawyers
The Young Lawyers is an American legal drama that was aired on the ABC network for one season from September 21, 1970, until March 24, 1971. Starring Lee J. Cobb, Zalman King, Judy Pace and Phillip Clark, the show was a part of the network's 1970–71 lineup.
The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros
The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros is the first installment of "", a recurring special mini-series of MTV's long-running reality game show, "The Challenge". In the six-week event, ten "Challenge" greats competed against ten professional athletes. The series premiered on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, and concluded on June 20, 2017. The series was hosted by NFL wide receiver Victor Cruz. Contestants competed to win $50,000 to donate to the charity of their choice.
The Original Amateur Hour
The show moved to ABC (October 1955 to June 1957), then returned to NBC (July 1957 to October 1958). It then ran from May 1959 to October 1959 on CBS, before returning to ABC for a last prime-time run from March 1960 to September 26, 1960. Even then the show wasn't finished—it ran for another decade as a late-Sunday-afternoon feature on CBS, beginning on October 2, 1960.
The Others (TV series)
The Others is an American television series created by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, and produced by Delusional Films, NBC Studios, and DreamWorks Television. It ran for thirteen 40-minute episodes from February 5, 2000, to June 10, 2000, airing on NBC. It concerned a group of people with various psychic talents as they encountered different, and often evil, paranormal forces. It was an ensemble show. It was part of the NBC's Saturday night supernatural/paranormal programming block, Thrillogy.
The Bold Ones: The Protectors
The Bold Ones: The Protectors (also known as The Protectors, Deadlock or The Law Enforcers) is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970; it lasted for seven episodes (including one pilot movie).
It's Academic (Australian game show)
The show originally aired on Network Ten from 1968 and 1969 being hosted by John Bailey and then on the Seven Network from 1970 to 1978. In the years 2001 to 2004, Seven Perth revived the show, where it was broadcast locally, leading to a national relaunch on 17 October 2005. The last version on 7TWO featured primary school children in Grade 6 aged around 11/12 years old.
Celebrity Big Brother (UK series 1)
The series premiered on 9 March 2001, on Channel 4. The contestants were recorded 24 hours a day with cameras fixed around the house, and had to wear portable microphones. Due to the tie-in with Comic Relief, the first series was partly broadcast on BBC One in the week leading up to the telethon. Channel 4 broadcast a daily 30-minute highlights show, and from the second day on there was a live eviction show hosted by Davina McCall, where the evicted housemate was interviewed. In the nightly highlight episodes, viewers are shown various highlights of a specific day in the house. BBC One's coverage consisted of a behind-the-scenes launch show hosted by McCall and 10-minute-long updates each day. Due to the length of the series, the psychologists featured in the main series did not return for "Celebrity Big Brother 1", but did continue to appear in the main series. The series ended on 16 March (Red Nose Day) and the finale was broadcast live on both Channel 4 and BBC One as part of the evenings Comic Relief telethon. In total, the series lasted for a total of 8 days. Initially, "Celebrity Big Brother" was meant to be a one-time series, but due to the success it was later brought back as an annual event, airing while the main series was completed. "Celebrity Big Brother 1" was the first season in the UK edition of "Big Brother" to feature a live premiere, something that would be used from "Big Brother 3" onward.
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (also known as The New Doctors) is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC, from 1969 to 1973.
The Professionals (1960 film)
The Professionals is a 1960 British crime thriller, directed by Don Sharp.
The Critics (TV series)
The Critics was an Australian television series which aired on ABC. Two versions were produced, one for Sydney and another for Melbourne. Debuting 1959, the Melbourne version ran to 1960, while the Sydney version ran to circa 1962.
List of Top of the Pops presenters
Upon its inception in 1964, "Top of the Pops" was presented by a team of disc jockeys in rotation: Alan Freeman, David Jacobs, Pete Murray and Jimmy Savile, who presented the very first episode from Manchester on 1 January 1964 and would continue as the longest-serving presenter until hosting his final show on 30 August 1984. Samantha Juste appeared as the disc girl for several episodes until 1967. Jacobs was replaced by Simon Dee in 1966.The start of BBC Radio 1 in 1967 brought a new influx of DJs to the presenting roster, sometimes co-presenters, although most only stayed with TOTP for a short while. Of these only Ed Stewart and John Peel would become long-term regulars, though there would be a gap before either would return as such. By 1970 only Savile and Blackburn remained of the 1960s regulars and between them they would host all the editions from January 1970 until their duopoly was broken by Ed Stewart's return in March 1971.
The Practice (1976 TV series)
The Practice is an American sitcom starring Danny Thomas which centers on a father and son who are both doctors in New York City. The show aired from January 30, 1976, to January 26, 1977.Jules Bedford is a crusty, sometimes grumpy, and somewhat absent-minded old-school doctor with a genuine concern for people; he is idealistic about the practice of medicine, caring for people even when there is no money to be made. His office is in a middle-class area on Manhattans West Side, where Molly Gibbons is the nurse who has been with him for years and has a crush on him. Helen is his young and slightly crazy receptionist and office manager.
The 4-Hour Chef
Pro (The Professional)
The Specialists (TV series)
The Specialists is an animated television series that appeared on the second season of MTV's "Liquid Television" in 1992. It was created and directed by Joe Horne, creator of the previous MTV series Stevie and Zoya and a director on "The Boondocks".
Al Jean
Jean and Reiss left "The Simpsons" after its fourth season in order to create "The Critic", an animated show about film critic Jay Sherman (voiced by Jon Lovitz); the show was executive produced by Brooks. It was first broadcast on ABC in January 1994 and was well received by critics, but did not catch on with viewers and was put on hiatus after six weeks. It returned in June 1994 and completed airing its initial production run. "The Critic" was moved to the Fox network for its second season. Since "The Simpsons" also aired on that network, Brooks was able to create a crossover between it and "The Critic."
The Brothers (radio show)
The Brothers is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom about two brothers who gave up their careers in order to start a website design company. It aired from May 2004-March 2007. There were sixteen half-hour episodes over three series. It starred Adam Godley, Raymond Coulthard, Pauline McLynn and Pearce Quigley and was written by Caroline and David Stafford.
The Professionals (TV series)
"The Professionals" was one of a few series from the West broadcast in communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. It gained a cult following there very quickly. Originally, only a selection of 21 of the 57 episodes was bought, including "Klansmen". The first dubbed episode "When the Heat Cools Off" was spoken by (Bodie), (Doyle) and Jiří Adamíra (Cowley). Štěpánek soon emigrated so the remainder were dubbed by Alois Švehlík.
The Detectives (1959 TV series)
The Detectives (also known as The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor and Robert Taylor's Detectives) is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons (sponsored by Procter & Gamble), and on NBC during its third and final season. The series, starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, was produced by Four Star Television in association with Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions.
Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling
Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling is a short-lived American reality television program, which ran for eight episodes on CMT in 2008. The first episode aired on October 18, 2008. In Australia, the show premiered in July 2009 on the FOX8 channel. It was also shown in the UK on Bravo and Viva. The show was co-produced by Hulk Hogan and Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment. The show featured celebrities being trained to become professional wrestlers. The finale aired on December 6, 2008, where Dennis Rodman was declared the winner of the competition.The trainers included Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, Brian Knobs (who are best friends of Hogan), and Tom Howard with assistant trainers Joseph Meehan, Kevin Martenson, Tommy Williams, Tommy Wilson and Sam Culver. Bubba the Love Sponge was the special commentator.
MasterChef: The Professionals
Series 10 began airing on 7 November 2017. In the final, aired on 21 December 2017, Craig Johnston was crowned champion. The other two finalists were Louisa Ellis and Steven Lickley.
The Office
The original United Kingdom TV series was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It starred Gervais as the boss and main character of the show. The first broadcast on BBC Two on 9 July 2001, the show ran for 14 episodes – two series of six episodes and a two-part Christmas special. The longest running version is the United States adaptation, which ran for 9 seasons from 2005 to 2013. Germany's "Stromberg" has seen 46 episodes over five seasons and a movie aired 2014 in German cinemas. "Selected major awards won only"
Joan &amp; Melissa: Joan Knows Best?
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? is an American reality television series that was broadcast from January 25, 2011 to May 4, 2014, four seasons, on WE tv It chronicled the lives of Joan and Melissa Rivers as they worked on their careers, took care of their family, and balanced their social lives with their work lives. The series concluded four months before Joan Rivers died.
Major League Wrestling
In 2003, the promotion moved their bases permanently to Florida and got a deal with the Sunshine Network for their television series named "Underground TV", which ran between April 7, 2003 and February 14, 2004. These shows were hosted by Joey Styles and consisted of pre-taped matches from prior events. At the time, many fans speculated that the promotion was going to end, due to MLW's booking style and quickly adhered to the reputation of being imitation of ECW and later Ring of Honor due to holding shows after ROH and also using a large part of their roster. The promotion also promoted many former ECW wrestlers such as Sabu, Terry Funk, Shane Douglas and Steve Corino. The promotion ceased operations in March 2004.
Al Alberts
Subsequently, he became a television personality in Philadelphia where he hosted a one-hour Saturday afternoon talent show, called "Al Alberts Showcase," first airing on WKBS-TV, and then on WPVI-TV that featured a panel of local children known as the "Teeny Boppers." Also there was a group of young teenage dancers called the "Show Stoppers." Local talents of all ages would sing songs and perform dance routines. Alberts would sit with the Teeny Boppers and they would each tell him a joke. The show helped launch the careers of Andrea McArdle, and such acts/performers as Sister Sledge, The Kinleys, and Teddy Pendergrass. After 32 years, the show went off the air after Alberts' retirement in 2001.
Raymond Menmuir
Raymond Edward Menmuir (10 September 1930 - 26 March 2016) was a British-Australian director and producer. His career included producing 44 episodes of "The Professionals" and directing 12 episodes of "Upstairs, Downstairs". He also produced an Australian version of "The Professionals" called "Special Squad" for the Ten Network in 1984.
Teen Big Brother: The Experiment
Teen Big Brother: The Experiment also known as Teen Big Brother is a United Kingdom reality television spin off of the show "Big Brother" where a group of teenagers lived in the "Big Brother" House for ten days. It was pre-recorded on 30 July - 8 August 2003 shortly after the fourth series of "Big Brother" ended and was aired on Channel 4 over five nights on 13–17 October 2003. The program consisted of five episodes, each approximately 60 minutes long including adverts, with Elaine Hackett serving as executive producer for Endemol UK Productions. Channel 4 announced the series on 22 May 2003 for the broadcaster's educational division 4Learning with the aim of transmitting the series in late 2003 or early 2004. The series was controversial as some felt the broadcaster was exploiting the teenagers while the program featured the first sexual act between two contestants in the history of the British adaptation of "Big Brother".
A Country Practice
A Country Practice is a multi-Logie award-winning Australian television soap opera/serial. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes at 7.30 pm Monday and Tuesday nights, from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced at both ATN-7's production facility at Epping, New South Wales with exterior locations filmed in Pitt Town and Oakville in the outskirts of Northwest Sydney. Several of the regular cast members became highly popular celebrities through their roles in the series. It also featured a number of native Australian animals adding to its enduring appeal both domestically and internationally. After the series was cancelled by the Seven Network in 1993, a reworked version of the series ran briefly on Network Ten in 1994. At the time of its cancellation, "A Country Practice" was the longest running Australian TV drama; however, it was soon surpassed by "Neighbours". At its height, the show attracted 8–10 million viewers weekly, when the population of the time was a mere 15 million, and was eventually sold to 48 countries.
The Professionals (TV series)
The opening credits for the first series (broadcast 1977–78) starts with a Rolls-Royce speeding onto and through an industrial estate before skidding to a stop. As the Rolls-Royce enters and goes through the industrial estate, the title "The Professionals" appears on screen. Cowley, Bodie and Doyle get out of the vehicle and Bodie and Doyle then go through an assault course whilst being timed on a stopwatch by Cowley. It ends with them going through set windows and a close up of the stopwatch being stopped and Cowley standing by the car motioning them to get in. Just as the theme tune ends they get in the car and it drives off. The first two broadcast episodes of the series - "Private Madness, Public Danger" and "The Female Factor" - feature a voiceover by Cowley over the top of the title sequence but this was removed from the third episode ("Old Dog With New Tricks") onwards. When the first series has been repeated, all episodes (bar "When The Heat Cools Off" and the usually unscreened "Klansman") are shown using the more familiar title sequence employed for the second series onwards. This means that the Cowley voiceover is never married to the correct visuals on the repeat broadcasts of the episodes featuring it.
The Fitzpatricks
The Fitzpatricks is an American drama series which ran on CBS during the 1977–78 season. The series premiered on September 5, 1977; it lasted thirteen episodes, and was cancelled on January 10, 1978, failing in the faces of established ABC competitors "Happy Days" (in its first 30 minutes) and "Laverne & Shirley" (in its last 30 minutes), which both aired in the show's time-slot of 8:00-9:00 PM Eastern/Pacific on Tuesday nights.
The Nurses (TV series)
The Nurses is a serialized primetime medical drama that was broadcast in the USA on CBS from September 27, 1962, to May 11, 1965. For the second season, the title was expanded to The Doctors and the Nurses and it ran until 1965, when it was transformed into a half-hour daytime soap opera. The soap opera, also called The Nurses, ran on ABC from 1965 to 1967.
The Professionals (TV series)
"The Professionals" was created by Brian Clemens, who had been one of the driving forces behind "The Avengers". The show was originally to have been called "The A-Squad". Clemens and Albert Fennell were executive producers, with business partner Laurie Johnson providing the theme music. Sidney Hayers produced the first series in 1977, and Raymond Menmuir the remainder.
Raymond Menmuir
In 1978, he was offered full freedom of control as producer for London Weekend Television's show, "The Professionals".
The Masters Apprentices
Despite Keays' earlier announcement, the band reformed on subsequent occasions, including the Long Way to the Top national concert tour during August–September 2002, which featured a host of the best Australian acts of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The tour was inspired by the ABC-TV series, "Long Way to the Top" broadcast in August 2001. Keays featured on "Episode 2: Ten Pound Rocker 1963–1968" where he discussed the UK migrant influence on their early work and "Undecided"; and in "Episode 3:Billy Killed the Fish 1968–1973" where he described pioneering pub rock and the band's groupies. The classic line-up of Burgess, Ford, Keays and Wheatley reformed although Wheatley only performed for a couple of the concerts and was subbed by his son, Tim Wheatley. Performances of "Because I Love You" and "Turn Up Your Radio" at the final Sydney concert, as well as an interview with promoter, Amanda Pelman, feature on the associated DVD, "Long Way to the Top: Live in Concert" released in 2002. They also performed at an all-star benefit concert held to support 1970s star Ted Mulry. They also appeared at 9 October 2005 benefit concert in Melbourne for former Rose Tattoo guitarist Peter Wells. Another performance was at the 2005 clipsal 500, along with Hoodoo Gurus.
World Wrestling Professionals
World Wrestling Professionals (WWP) is a South African professional wrestling promotion created in 2002. The promotion was televised in South Africa from 2004-2009 and internationally in 2009. WWP is owned by Mark Beale and Abdul Kadir, and is heavily influenced by American mainstream wrestling.
The Professionals (TV series)
In a similar manner to the original series the show included action sequences, often in a James Bond style. However, the show was not a ratings success and only lasted one series. It did not transfer to terrestrial television in the UK.
The Movie Masters
The Movie Masters is an American television game show that ran from August 2, 1989, to January 19, 1990. It was the last game show hosted by Gene Rayburn and aired as filler programming on the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable network.
The Americans (season 1)
The first season of the American television drama series "The Americans" premiered on January 30, 2013, and concluded on May 1, 2013. It consisted of 13 episodes, each running approximately 45 minutes in length. FX broadcast the first season on Wednesdays at 10:00 pm in the United States. The series is produced by DreamWorks Television. "The Americans" was created by Joe Weisberg.
CI5: The New Professionals
Actors Colin Wells and Kal Weber became Sam Curtis and Chris Keel respectively, whilst Lexa Doig was cast Tina Backus. Though the main "trio" along with Harry Malone carried the show, several other secondary roles such as Corrigan, Mills, Richards and Spencer were cast to ensure Clemens' original ideal was adhered to. In contrast to the original show, where the initial hostility between actors Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins is now well known, Colin Wells and Kal Weber were claimed to get along with each other very well, and this purportedly encouraged Brian Clemens to continue writing for the new series. Of the thirteen-episode run, Clemens solely is credited with writing seven episodes and co-writing two others.
The Professionals (TV series)
The early years of the show featured varied plots, good scripts and ongoing character development of Bodie and Doyle and to a lesser extent Cowley, but later series featured increasingly overused ideas and script devices, and both Collins and Shaw stated they felt the show was becoming stale. Although the final series was broadcast from November 1982 until February 1983, no episodes were filmed after May 1981.
CI5: The New Professionals
An initial thirteen episode series was offered to all major British broadcasters. At one time, it was suggested that ITV would broadcast the series, but after attempting to secure a cheaper deal for broadcast rights, producer David Wickes told "The Daily Mail" that he "would sooner lock it away in a vault than hand it over to ITV for next to nothing." Sky chose to invest in the series, after considerable editing which removed a number of sequences deemed "excessively violent or disturbing".
The Manipulators
Parole officers and their clients were featured characters in this colour filmed series. Its working title was "The Double Bind", reflecting the dual responsibilities of parole officers to both former prisoners and the legal system. The production was based on "The Clients", a pilot half-hour series broadcast locally in Vancouver.This hour-long series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) for five episodes from 28 January to 25 February 1970 for its first season. Its second and final season aired seven episodes on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. from 31 January to 14 March 1971. Episodes were rebroadcast from 25 July to 5 September 1971.
The Professionals (TV series)
In 2002, Contender reissued the complete run on DVD (for the UK only). Although labelled as having been "digitally remastered", these releases have attracted some criticism, mainly due to the relatively poor picture quality (colour, contrast and levels of dirt and scratches). In part, this was due to problems with the age and condition of the prints used, and the loss of (or lack of access to) the original source footage which would normally be used as the basis of a remaster.
Seconds From Disaster
"Seconds from Disaster" was first broadcast on the National Geographic Channel in 2004 and originally consisted of 45 episodes over three seasons. Following its original conclusion in 2007, the show was put on a four-year hiatus and later replaced with "Critical Situation". In 2011, National Geographic revived the show and aired another 22 episodes over three seasons until the following year. Narrators of the show are Ashton Smith (American narrator for seasons 1 to 3), Richard Vaughan (British narrator for every season except 3), and Peter Guinness (British narrator for season 3).
List of former WWE television programming
"WWE Superstars" is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by WWE, that originally aired on WGN America in the United States and later broadcast on the WWE Network. It debuted on April 16, 2009 and ended its domestic broadcasting after 398 episodes on November 25, 2016.
The Investigators (Australian TV series)
The Investigators is an Australian consumer affairs television series, which aired on the ABC from 1985 to 1995.
The Master (U.S. TV series)
The Master is an American ninja-themed action-adventure television series which aired on NBC. It was created by Michael Sloan. The series focuses on the adventures of John Peter McAllister (Lee Van Cleef), an aging ninja master, and his young pupil, Max Keller (Timothy Van Patten). Most episodes focus on the mismatched pair driving around in a custom van, helping people in need along the way, similar to its more well-known contemporary television series, "The A-Team". "The Master" lasted 13 episodes before cancellation by NBC.
The Monkees (TV series)
The Monkees is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 12, 1966 to March 25, 1968. The series follows the adventures of four young men (the Monkees) trying to make a name for themselves as a rock 'n roll band. The show introduced a number of innovative new-wave film techniques to series television and won two Emmy Awards in 1967, including Outstanding Comedy Series. The program ended on Labor Day 1968 at the finish of its second season and has received a long afterlife through Saturday morning repeats (CBS and ABC) and syndication, as well as overseas broadcasts; it later enjoyed a 1980s revival, after MTV aired reruns of the program in 1986.
Survivors (1975 TV series)
The programme ran for three series and 38 episodes (series 1 and 2 comprised 13 episodes each, the third series just 12; budget cuts and technical problems reduced the planned last double episode to a single, as some scenes were lost during shooting). All series were broadcast on Wednesday evenings on BBC 1, from April 1975 to June 1977. Popular writer Terry Nation (whose work included many scripts for "Doctor Who") created the series, but he left the show after the first series due to disputes with producer Terence Dudley.
List of The Apprentice (U.S.) candidates
"The Apprentice", later called "The Celebrity Apprentice", is an American reality television show created by Mark Burnett in which candidates compete to become Donald Trump's apprentice, as determined by Trump and his boardroom associates. The series first broadcast in 2004, and twelve complete seasons have aired on NBC as of May 2012.
Each season, competitors are progressively eliminated based on their performance during an assigned task. After each task, the winning team receives a reward, while the losing team faces a boardroom showdown in order to determine which team member should be fired, and therefore eliminated from the show. Trump hires one of the finalists to be his apprentice. Starting with season 7, celebrities participated as a way to revitalize the series, with the winners donating their proceeds to charity. Trump departed the series after the fourteenth season to focus on his 2016 presidential campaign, in which actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger would now serve as host of the series. The fifteenth season, featuring Schwarzenegger was branded as "The New Celebrity Apprentice".
The Correspondents (TV series)
The Correspondents was the longest-running investigative documentary show of ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The series aired from November 17, 1998 to October 22, 2010. It brings an in-depth look at the lives of people as they are living it, going through hardships, and celebrating their joys. It is journalism with a heart. "Ang Huling Pagtatanghal" served as the show's last episode. The show lasted for 11 years and 11 months.
List of The Professionals episodes
The Professionals was produced by Brian Clemens's Avengers Mark 1 Productions for London Weekend Television in five production blocks. These episodes were originally broadcast on the ITV network in a series of five scheduling runs. The transmission order of the episodes in these series was often different to the production order, but as each episode was typically a self-contained story with no references to other episodes this had little significance for viewers. Whilst earlier DVD releases tended to group the episodes in original ITV transmission order, Network's DVD & Blu-ray editions used production order.
The Professionals (band)
The Professionals are an English punk rock band active from 1979 to early 1982 and again from 2015. They were formed by ex-Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook after that band's demise.
The Practice (1985 TV series)
The Practice was a 1985 British television soap opera produced for ITV by Granada Television, which aired for two series in 1985 and 1986. The series was first introduced as a twice-weekly medical drama in January 1985, becoming Granada's second regular networked soap opera along with "Coronation Street", with the idea being that its hard-hitting storylines would be a competitor with the BBC's "EastEnders" which started airing the following month. The Practice was set in a GP's surgery in the fictional Manchester suburb of Castlehulme and had an initial run of 34 episodes airing for 30 minutes in an early evening slot on Friday and Sunday evenings throughout the Winter and Spring of 1985. However, the series did not perform as well as had been hoped and it disappeared from screens in May 1985. It returned for a second run of 13 one-hour episodes between May and August 1986, this time airing in a 9pm slot on Friday evenings. After series two ended no further episodes were made.
The Insiders (TV series)
The Insiders is an American drama series that aired on ABC from September 25, 1985 until June 2, 1986. starring Nicholas Campbell, Stoney Jackson and Gail Strickland. The one season program aired on Wednesday nights on ABC in the fall of 1985. It was directed by Bobby Roth, now known for the series "Prison Break". It is also known for its popular theme song "Just A Job To Do" by Genesis.
Stoney Jackson, who portrayed "Mackey," showed up in dozens of television series as a guest star and is also credited as one of the lead dancers in Michael Jackson's video "Beat It".
World Wrestling Professionals
The promotion, which is managed by Mark Beale, aired 1-hour pre-recorded episodes for SABC2 known as WWP Thunderstrike in the 18:30-19:30PM time-slot every Saturday. It recently completed its fourth season, which began on 13 December 2008 and ended on 28 April 2009. The fourth season was taped during May. WWP Thunderstrike signed a 5-year TV contract with SABC2 during June 2009 that would have allowed them to show over 50 episodes a year until 2012, but due to in-house politics future seasons were put on hold and no new episodes have aired since the end of season 4.
The Professionals (band)
A best-of album was eventually released in 2005, containing material from their one album, four singles, and the albums-worth of demos recorded with Andy Allan. Ten years later, the compilation was expanded further with the release of "The Complete Professionals", which features all of their studio tracks, alternate recordings, and radio sessions.
Fox News Specialists
Fox News Specialists is an American news and talk show that aired from May 1 to September 7, 2017, on the Fox News Channel. It featured three permanent hosts, Eric Bolling, Katherine Timpf, and Eboni Williams, plus two rotating guests, who are called specialists, who discuss current events and political issues. It was created to replace "The Five", that Bolling used to be a co-host for, due to that show moving to 9pm ET, in the wake of Bill O'Reilly being forced out at Fox News. The first two guest co-hosts for the first episode were Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and television producer Mark McKinnon. The first episode also featured an interview, conducted by Bolling, with President Donald Trump. A special edition aired on July 11, 2017, at 11:00 pm ET following an exclusive interview with Donald Trump, Jr. on "Hannity".
World Wrestling Professionals
WWP Thunderstrike made its television premiere in December, 2004. After just four months of airing and being the top rated sports show on SABC2, Thunderstrike was pushed one hour forward into a primetime slot (from 14:30 to 15:30). Deon Potgieter, a renowned international author and producer, was responsible creatively for the name along with many of the original storylines and wrestler personas in WWP Thunderstrike's early years. After producing and writing the first 67 episodes, Deon Potgieter withdrew his involvement from the show to produce, direct and write both seasons of the SAFTA winning hit sitcom "Family Bonds". Following his departure the WWP creative team would consist of Mark Beale, Steve Debbes and Abdul Kader.
The 11 O'Clock Show
The 11 O'Clock Show was a satirical late-night British television comedy series on Channel 4, which featured topical sketches and commentary on news items. It ran from 30 September 1998 to 8 December 2000, most notably, while hosted by Iain Lee and Daisy Donovan. The show launched the careers of Ricky Gervais, Sacha Baron Cohen and Mackenzie Crook.
Masters and Servants (TV series)
Masters and Servants is a reality television show by RDF Media, which aired in the summer of 2003 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. There were four episodes. The show has not since been recommisioned.
List of The Critic episodes
"The Critic" is an American prime time animated series revolving around the life of New York film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners (seasons 3 and 4) for "The Simpsons". "The Critic" had 23 episodes produced, first broadcast on ABC in 1994, and finishing its original run on Fox in 1995. A Revival Series was released online on AtomFilms and Shockwave in 2000 and 2001.
The first season aired Wednesdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST) on ABC.
The second season aired Sundays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST) on Fox.
In early 2000, show creators Al Jean and Mike Reiss wrote a series of ten 3-5 minute long internet webisodes of "The Critic", still with Jon Lovitz as the starring role. While still making fun of movies and Hollywood in general, its story focused on Jay lusting after the lovely Jennifer, his new makeup lady (voiced by Valerie Levitt). Alice does not appear in any of the episodes and is not mentioned by name, though Jay does briefly refer to a "second divorce" in the first episode—presumably from her or the Mexican woman he married in order to get to Cuba. Besides Jay, Vlada (voiced by Nick Jameson) is the only other character from the show to make an appearance. Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille are the only other cast members from the show to return alongside Lovitz and Jameson, voicing assorted background characters. MacNeille returned for webisode 10. The episodes were available on AtomFilms.com and Shockwave.com until 2001. All ten of the "webisodes" were included on the complete series DVD (but not iTunes). Parodies include gaffs on "The Patriot", "Harry Potter", "", "X-Men," "Pearl Harbor" and "Cast Away".
Steve Jones (musician)
After the Sex Pistols broke up in 1978, Jones and drummer Paul Cook co-founded the Professionals. They released four singles, recorded a self-titled LP that was shelved until 1990, and released "I Didn't See It Coming" in November 1981. The band's American tour to promote the album was cut short when band members Paul Cook, Paul Myers, and Ray McVeigh were injured in a car accident. While the Professionals did return to America in the spring of 1982 after recovery, Jones' and Myers' drug problems further hampered the band's prospects. They declined an opening spot offer on tour for The Clash, and broke up.
Anthony Andrews
In June 1977, he was cast in the role of Bodie in the ITV series "The Professionals". However, after three days of filming, the creator and producer Brian Clemens felt that the chemistry between Andrews and Martin Shaw (Doyle) did not work and that "the pair did not have the required undercurrent of menace to carry off the concept". Lewis Collins replaced Andrews in the part. Following that, in 1979, Andrews was the main star of the ITV television series "Danger UXB", in which he played a British bomb disposal officer in the London Blitz. The series first aired in the United Kingdom in 1979 on the ITV network.
The Professionals (TV series)
However, reliability problems with the cars and BL requiring them back to give to the motoring press was causing disruption to filming. Midway through the first series, the supplier was then switched to Ford after they offered to provide vehicles for the production crew as well as for on-screen use. The first Ford to be prominent was a black 1600 Capri used by another CI5 agent, Tommy MacKay.
Superstars
The show remained popular in the 1970s, but ratings declined and the last edition produced by ABC came in 1984. NBC Sports picked up the program the next year and carried it from 1985 to 1990. ABC took the show back in 1991, and broadcast it through 1994. During a three-year period (1991–1993) the event was held in Cancun, Mexico. The competitions were held in different areas of Cancun Palace and Melia Cancun hotels. During that period former great NFL players Frank Gifford, Dan Dierdorf and Lynn Swann worked as commentators of the Superstars Tournament.
America's Dumbest Criminals
America's Dumbest Criminals is an American reality series that aired in syndication from September 21, 1996 to May 27, 2000 for a total of 104 episodes. For international syndication the show was titled "Everyone's Dumbest Criminals". The show ultimately aired in 30 countries. The show was hosted by Daniel Butler during all four seasons. Butler was a co-author of the book "America's Dumbest Criminals", which spent four months on "The New York Times" bestseller list. Beaumont Bacon co-hosted during season 2, and Debbie Alan joined for seasons 3 and 4. The series features surveillance footage, news reports and dramatic reenactments of particularly foolish criminal behavior. Also highlighted are "dumb laws", featuring various trivialities passed into law. Francopolitan Mercury Anastassacos was voted the "World's Dumbest Criminal" for the world tour phase.
The Associates (Canadian TV series)
The Associates is a Canadian television drama series that aired on CTV in 2001 and 2002. Co-creators Greg Ball and Steve Blackman pitched and sold the show to CTV at Banff Television Festival in 1999. The show features five junior associate lawyers at a Toronto law firm, played by Demore Barnes, Shaun Benson, Tamara Hickey, Gabriel Hogan and Jennie Raymond. R.H. Thomson also stars as the firm's senior partner.
The Muppets (TV series)
The Muppets (stylized as the muppets.) is an American television comedy series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2015 to March 1, 2016. Co-created by Bill Prady and Bob Kushell, the series was produced by ABC Studios and The Muppets Studio, with Randall Einhorn and Muppet performer Bill Barretta serving as executive producers alongside Prady and Kushell. On May 12, 2016, ABC canceled the series after one season.
Major Bowes Amateur Hour
Ted Mack, who joined the Bowes operation in 1935, was "first assistant in the talent selection, production and direction" for Bowes, became the host of the radio show and a few months later moved it to the fledgling medium of television. It was intermittently broadcast on the DuMont Television Network during 1947 and began regular weekly programs January 18, 1948, still using Bowes' name in the title, "Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour". The TV show subsequently moved to each of the four commercial networks, eventually ending up on its original network, CBS, where the radio show continued to run until 1952. (Another source says that Mack's program ran on ABC radio, rather than on CBS.)
The Champions
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure television series. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company, and consists of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.
The Guardians (UK TV series)
The Guardians is a television drama series of 13 60-minute episodes made by London Weekend Television and broadcast in the UK on the ITV network (with the exception of Ulster Television) between 10 July 1971 and 2 October 1971.
Karen Pini
On 5 November 1979 Pini made her first television appearance on Channel Nine, hosting the weekly New South Wales Lotto draw with Mike Walsh, a role she held for twelve years. Between 1979 and 1982 she appeared in the Australian soap opera "The Young Doctors", in the role as Nurse Sherry Andrews. "The Young Doctors" was Australia's first medical drama and followed the lives of the doctors, nurses, administrators, and patients of the fictitious Albert Memorial Hospital. It screened on the Nine Network for 1,396 episodes (from 1976 until 1983) making it one of Australia's longest-running television drama series. She also made several appearances on "The Paul Hogan Show", a popular Australian comedy show that aired on Australian television from 1973 until 1984, starring Paul Hogan.
Tiny Talent Time
The original series, hosted by Bill Lawrence throughout its run, aired from 1957 to 1992. It was created as a children's version of station owner Ken Soble's long-running radio and television series "Ken Soble's Amateur Hour". Noted performers on the original series included Sheila Copps reciting a poem, Deborah Cox as a singer, and Frank Augustyn performing a gymnastics routine. In addition to local children, the series attracted performers from throughout Southern Ontario and even from Buffalo, New York. By the time of its cancellation in 1992, it was second only to CBC Television's "Front Page Challenge" as the longest-running television series in Canadian history.
The Critic
"The Critic" was "the first major non-family sitcom animated program to appear in primetime." The show started out on ABC on January 26, 1994, where it aired 13 episodes. It was cancelled by the network after half a season, and was then moved onto Fox the following year where it ran for another ten episode season. Around this time, it was included in a "shameless plug" crossover with "The Simpsons" (in their episode "A Star Is Burns") and assumed the timeslot immediately after the show in the TV schedule, in an attempt to popularize it. But despite improvement of the ratings, Fox moved it to a different timeslot after five episodes, and also cancelled it after this run had finished airing in May 1995. According to "The TV IV", nine scripts were already written for the planned third season and the show was going to be moved to UPN, but an agreement was not reached. Also, Fox refused to officially cancel the show until much later. The show was not renewed on any network, and effectively became cancelled. The show returned in Flash-animated webisode form in 2000–2001, for a third season with 10 three- to five-minute installments.
Vietnamese Professionals Society
The Southern California chapter of VPS produced a short-lived technical television show on Saigon Broadcasting Television Network (SBTN) named "Diễn Đàn Khoa Học" (Science Forum). The Vietnamese 30-minute show was hosted by VPS Southern California members Holly Ngo, Kenneth Dao and Minh T. Nguyen. The show aired in 2004 and concentrated on professional topics ranging from computers, law and health to economy, finance and many other professional topics that relate to the Vietnamese community. Due to time constraints by the co-hosts, the show discontinued in 2004 after 20 episodes.