Posts Tagged ‘Paramount’
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Greg Brady getting selected to be the next “Johnny Bravo” because he “fit the suit” on The Brady Bunch.
Jimmy McNulty on The Wire.
Any Seinfeld episode involving Frank Constanza or David Puddy.
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Saturday, June 13th, 2015
Brandon Tartikoff saw the best of times and the worst of times during his reign as the programming chief for NBC in the 1980s.
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Tags: Alex P. Keaton, Brandon Tartikoff, Calla, Cheers, Crime Story, David Letterman, Family Ties, Gavilan, Hill Street Blues, Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer, Hull High, Hunter, Knight Rider, L.A. Law, Lake Tahoe, Late Night with David Letterman, Lewis & Clark, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Manimal, Matthew Broderick, Matthew Star, Miami Vice, Michael J. Fox, Mr. Smith, NBC, NBC's prime time lineup, New Orleans, Night Court, Nightingales, Paramount, Paramount Pictures, Partners in Crime, Pink Lady, Powers of Matthew Star, prime time, Rick Du Brow, Sam Malone, Saturday Night Live, St. Elsewhere, The A-Team, The Cosby Show, The Golden Girls, The Last Great Ride, The Nutt House, The Powers of Matthew Star, William Devane
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Friday, March 20th, 2015
When Johnny Carson was in his golden years as the host of The Tonight Show, when Yo! MTV Raps introduced Hip-hop music to Generation X, when George Herbert Walker Bush started a potential presidential dynasty in his clan, comedian Arsenio Hall took on the challenge of bringing a younger, hipper, and politically aware audience to late night television. (more…)
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Thursday, September 26th, 2013
A Hollywood urban legend dictates that The Wild Wild West and Petticoat Junction used the same locomotive. Like most urban legends, this one has a kernel of truth. Jensen clarifies the issue by explaining the lineage of the trains involved.
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Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Barbara Bain was a member of the original cast of Mission: Impossible, the prime time show that featured a group of clandestine heroes traveling the globe to thwart, capture, and/or kill evildoers. Mission: Impossible capitalized on the 1960s spy trend led by the popularity of James Bond movies.
Produced by Paramount, owned by Lucille Ball’s Desilu Productions company, and broadcast by CBS, Mission: Impossible aired on prime time from 1966-73.
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Here’s the story of another man named Brady.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed on its web site yesterday that Vince Vaughn will be Executive Producer of a situation comedy based on The Brady Bunch. The sitcom will feature Bobby Brady as a once-divorced father married to a divorced woman with children. Bobby and his new wife will also have a child together.
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Greg Brady getting selected to be the next “Johnny Bravo” because he “fit the suit” on The Brady Bunch.
A Hollywood urban legend dictates that The Wild Wild West and Petticoat Junction used the same locomotive. Like most urban legends, this one has a kernel of truth. Jensen clarifies the issue by explaining the lineage of the trains involved.