Thomas &amp; Friends
Thomas & Friends (originally known as Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends or simply Thomas the Tank Engine; also known as Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! in the twenty-second series) is a British children's television series. In the United Kingdom, it had its first broadcast on the ITV network in Great Britain in 1984. In the United States, it had its first broadcast on "Shining Time Station" in 1989. It is based on "The Railway Series" of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry.
Frankie Thomas
The TV series reappeared on DuMont, alternating Saturdays with "Secret Files of Captain Video" for 30 minutes, before going off the air in May 1954. Thomas became a regular on the soap opera "First Love", but in December 1954, "Tom Corbett" began on NBC, running until June 1955. By this time Tom Corbett's rivals Captain Video and Commander Buzz Corry of "Space Patrol" had been off the air for several months. None of the science fiction series was ever revived, though there was talk of doing so in 1957, in the aftermath of Sputnik.