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Carlene Watkins
Carlene Watkins (born June 4, 1952) is an American actress best known for such television series and films as ''Best of the West'', ''Bob'', '' Dear John'', ''The Tortellis ''The Tortellis'' is an American sitcom television series and the first spin-off of '' Cheers'', starring Dan Hedaya and Jean Kasem. It aired on NBC from January 22 to May 12, 1987. Synopsis Hedaya and Kasem had appeared on ''Cheers'' on severa ...'' and '' Tough Enough''. Filmography References External links * Living people American television actresses American film actresses 1952 births Actresses from Hartford, Connecticut 21st-century American women {{US-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dukes Of Hazzard
''The Dukes of Hazzard'' is an American action comedy TV series that was aired on CBS from January 26, 1979 to February 8, 1985. The show aired for 147 episodes spanning seven seasons. It was consistently among the top-rated television series in the late 1970s (at one point, ranking second only to ''Dallas'', which immediately followed the show on CBS's Friday night schedule). The show is about two young male cousins, Bo and Luke Duke, who live in rural Georgia and are on probation for moonshine-running. The young men and their friends and their female cousin Daisy Duke, and other family (such as patriarch Uncle Jesse), have various escapades as they evade the corrupt county commissioner Boss Hogg and law officer Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. The young men drive a customized 1969 Dodge Charger nicknamed ''the General Lee'', which became a symbol of the show. The series was inspired by the 1975 film ''Moonrunners'', about a bootlegger family which was also created by Gy Waldron an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers (1984 TV Series)
''Brothers'' is an American sitcom television series that originally aired on the cable network Showtime from July 13, 1984, to May 5, 1989, totaling 115 episodes. It was produced by Gary Nardino Productions, in association with two separate divisions of Paramount Pictures: first by Paramount Video (1984–86) and by Paramount Television (1987–89). The show focuses on the three Waters brothers. History Development David Lloyd, Greg Antonacci and Gary Nardino respectively created and developed ''Brothers'' in 1982, with the same format as what made it to the air. Lloyd, a veteran TV writer known for his work on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Taxi'' and the then-new NBC sitcom ''Cheers'', had the premise for this series suggested to him by his employers, TV producers Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels. Wishing to develop a new screenplay with a revolutionary theme, Lloyd took to Weinberger and Daniels' idea about exploring familial relationships with the presence of a majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary (1985 TV Series)
''Mary'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from December 11, 1985, to April 8, 1986. The series stars Mary Tyler Moore in her return to series television after an absence of over six years, during which time she appeared on Broadway in '' Whose Life Is It Anyway?'' and in the dramatic film ''Ordinary People''. After ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', her subsequent ventures into series television on the variety shows ''Mary'' (1978) and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Hour'' (1979) had been short-running ratings disasters, and Moore decided to return to the sitcom format which had brought her the greatest television success; the sitcom nonetheless met the same fate as the variety shows. Synopsis In ''Mary'', Moore plays Mary Brenner, a 40-ish divorcée working at a second rate tabloid, the ''Chicago Eagle''. She was formerly a high-profile writer at a fashion magazine named ''Women's Digest'', which recently went out of business, and she is now reduced to writing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel (American TV Series)
''Hotel'' is an American primetime soap opera series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983, to May 5, 1988, in the timeslot following ''Dynasty''. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name (which had also inspired a 1967 feature film), the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco (changed from the New Orleans setting of the novel and film). Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of the Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff. The distribution rights to the series were originally owned by Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution, until 2006 when CBS Paramount Network Television bought the television libraries and properties of Spelling Entertainment Inc. from Paramount Pictures Domestic Distribution and Viacom Enterprises. Premise Rich aristocrat Victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Not Easy
''It's Not Easy'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 29 until October 27, 1983. Premise A divorced couple decides to live across the street from each other to make it easier for the kids. Cast *Evan Cohen as Johnny Long *Bert Convy as Neal Townsend *Ken Howard as Jack Long *Rachel Jacobs as Carol Long *Billy Jayne as Matthew Townsend *Jayne Meadows as Ruth Long *Carlene Watkins as Sharon Long Townsend Development The series was picked up by ABC in the spring of 1982, with it set to premiere that fall. Gerald McRaney was originally cast as Jack Long, with Larry Breeding co-starring as Neal Townsend. McRaney signed on for ''It's Not Easy'' when it appeared that his CBS detective series ''Simon & Simon'' was on the cancellation block. A test pilot was shot with McRaney and Breeding, and after ABC picked up the show, the project soon faced recasts. Shortly after ABC ordered episodes for the fall, CBS announced that ''Simon & Simon'' was renewed for the 1982-83 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Takes Two (American TV Series)
''It Takes Two'' is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from October 14, 1982, until April 28, 1983. It was created by Susan Harris, who had previously created the sitcom ''Soap'' and its spin-off ''Benson'', both for ABC, the latter of which was in the midst of its run when this series premiered. The series starred Richard Crenna and Patty Duke Astin as a modern, dual-career couple whose personal lives were largely affected by their professions. Harris, her husband Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas executive-produced the series, under the group's Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions company. Synopsis Dr. Sam Quinn (Crenna) was a successful surgeon in Chicago, who for many years had the comfort of coming home to his devoted wife Molly (Astin) after long hours at the local hospital. Within time, Sam would be in for a rude awakening when Molly, bored with being a housewife and yearning to make even more out of her life, enrolled in law school. As the series began, Molly was now an assistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remington Steele
''Remington Steele'' is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from October 10, 1982, to February 17, 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ..., detective procedural and (towards the end of the series) international political intrigue and espionage. ''Remington Steele's'' premise is that Laura Holt, a licensed private investigator (Stephanie Zimbalist) opened a detective agency under her own name but found potential clients refused to hire a woman, no matter how qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Boat
''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy/drama television series that aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986; in addition, four three-hour specials aired in 1986, 1987, and 1990. The series was set on the luxury passenger cruise ship MS ''Pacific Princess'', and revolved around the ship's captain Merrill Stubing (played by Gavin MacLeod) and a handful of his crew, with passengers played by guest actors for each episode, having romantic and humorous adventures. The ship's regular ports of call were Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and Mazatlán. The series was part of ABC's popular Saturday-night lineup of the time, which also included ''Fantasy Island'' until 1984. The original 1976 made-for-TV movie on which the show was based (also titled ''The Love Boat'' was itself based on the nonfiction book ''The Love Boats'' by Jeraldine Saunders, a real-life cruise director for a passenger cruise-ship line. Saunders was also partly inspired by the German cruise ship MV ''Aurora''. The TV mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nero Wolfe (1981 TV Series)
''Nero Wolfe'' is an American drama television series based on the characters in Rex Stout's series of detective stories. The series aired on NBC from January 16 to August 25, 1981. William Conrad fills the role of the detective genius Nero Wolfe, and Lee Horsley is his assistant Archie Goodwin. Produced by Paramount Television, the series updates the world of Nero Wolfe to contemporary New York City and draws few of its stories from the Stout originals. Plot Nero Wolfe ( William Conrad) enjoys a life of refined self-indulgence in his comfortable Manhattan brownstone — reading, dining, spending regular hours in his rooftop plant rooms, and only reluctantly involving himself in the detection of crime. Famously sedentary, Wolfe relies on his legman Archie Goodwin ( Lee Horsley) to collect the clues and the suspects in any case at hand, while he spars with his live-in chef Fritz Brenner (George Voskovec) and bickers with his resident orchid nurse Theodore Horstmann (Robert C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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