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Empire (1984 TV Series)
''Empire'' is an American comedy television series that aired from January 4 until February 1, 1984. Premise This series is a satire of corporate life set at Empire Industries. Cast *Dennis Dugan as Ben Christian *Patrick Macnee as Calvin Cromwell *Maureen Arthur as Peg *Christine Belford as Jackie Willow *Caren Kaye as Meredith *Richard Masur as Jack Willow * Michael McGuire as Edward Roland *Dick O'Neill as Arthur Broderick *Howard Platt as Roger Martinson * Edward Winter as T. Howard Daniels *Patricia Elliott as Renee *Paul Wilson as Bill *Francine Tacker Francine Tacker (born September 15, 1946) is an American actress known for appearing as Jenna Wade in 2 episodes of the soap opera ''Dallas'' in 1980. Tacker was the second actress to play the character, succeeding Morgan Fairchild and preceding ... as Amelia Lapidus US television ratings Episodes References External links *{{IMDb title, 0086706TV.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience, depending on the program's production format. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. Critics disagree over the utility of the term "sitcom" in classifying shows that have come into existence since the turn of the century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use the single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, thus often resembling the dramedy shows of the 1980s and 1990s rather t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Platt
Howard Thomas Platt (born June 5, 1938) is an American stage and television actor, singer and director, best known for his role as "Officer Hopkins" on the TV series '' Sanford and Son'' (1972–76). Howard wrote and performed “Riverwinds” for LaSalle:Expedition II in 1977. Career biography Platt has made numerous comedic and dramatic appearances on television, most recently as Rev. Weber in ''What About Joan?'' Along with his role as Hoppy on ''Sanford And Son'', Platt has also had guest roles as Dr. Phil Newman on ''The Bob Newhart Show'' (in a total of 6 episodes), Max on '' Alice'', Major Ted Spector on ''M*A*S*H'', and Judge Jonathan Stockfish on ''Evening Shade''. He portrayed 5 different characters on ''Barney Miller''. As a series regular he played Captain Doug March on the CBS-TV sitcom '' Flying High'' (1978–79). His many movie roles include ''T.R. Baskin'', ''Nixon'', ''The Cat from Outer Space'', and ''Norma Jean & Marilyn ''Norma Jean & Marilyn'' is a 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Original Programming
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global. Its headquarters is at the CBS Building in New York City. It has major production facilities and operations at the CBS Broadcast Center and the headquarters of owner Paramount Global at One Astor Plaza (both also in that city) and Television City and the CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles. It is also sometimes referred to as the Eye Network in reference to the company's trademark symbol which has been in use since 1951. It has also been called the Tiffany Network which alludes to the perceived high quality of its programming during the tenure of William S. Paley. It can also refer to some of CBS's first demonstrations of color television, which were held in the former Tiffany and Company Building in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Television Shows
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s American Sitcoms
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 American Television Series Endings
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk. * February 8– 19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 American Television Series Debuts
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican City, Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria, Seychelles, Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh 128K, Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered spac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Hughes (director)
Terry Hughes is a British film and television director and producer. He won the 1976 BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Programme for ''The Two Ronnies'', the 1985 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program for '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', and the 1987 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for ''The Golden Girls''. He directed 108 episodes of ''The Golden Girls'' between 1985 and 1990. Career Hughes has produced or directed BBC TV variety shows such as Val Doonican, Harry Secombe and Kenneth Williams and series such as ''Ripping Yarns''. He is probably best known in the UK for being the producer and director of ''The Two Ronnies'' from 1971 to 1976. He earned six consecutive BAFTA nominations for his work on this show, winning once in 1976. In 1985, as part of his work in America, Hughes won an Emmy for ''Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program'' for directing the televised ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine Tacker
Francine Tacker (born September 15, 1946) is an American actress known for appearing as Jenna Wade in 2 episodes of the soap opera ''Dallas'' in 1980. Tacker was the second actress to play the character, succeeding Morgan Fairchild and preceding Priscilla Presley. She was also a regular on the television series '' The Paper Chase'', playing Elizabeth Logan during the 1978–1979 season and on ''Empire'' in 1984. In 1980, she played reporter Camille Rittenhouse, a woman who shared an attic apartment with three other women, on the short-lived comedy series, ''Goodtime Girls''. She was married to actor Robert Ginty, whom she met during filming of ''The Paper Chase''. Their son is actor James Francis Ginty. On ''Goodtime Girls'', she worked with Ginty's second wife, actress Lorna Patterson Lorna Patterson (born October 1, 1956) is an American film, stage and television actress and, more recently, a Jewish cantor. As an actress, her best-known roles were as Randy, the singing stew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Elliott
Patricia Elliott (July 21, 1938 – December 20, 2015) was an American theatre, film, soap opera, and television actress. Early life Elliott was born July 21, 1938, in Gunnison, Colorado to Clyde and Lavon (née Gibson) Elliott. She claimed direct descent from President Ulysses S. Grant, John Winthrop (first governor of Massachusetts) and Mary Lyon (founder of what became Mount Holyoke College). She graduated from South High School, Denver. In 1960, Elliott graduated from the University of Colorado and then went on to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She returned to work at the Cleveland Play House, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., among others before moving to New York. Career Film Elliott began her career in 1968 with the science fiction film ''The Green Slime''. She would go on to appear in ''Birch Interval'' (1976), the comedy/mystery film ''Somebody Killed Her Husband'' (1978), and ''Natural Enemies'' (1979). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Winter (actor)
Edward Dean Winter (June 3, 1937 – March 8, 2001) was an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role, Colonel Samuel Flagg, in the television series ''M*A*S*H'' from 1973 to 1979. His other notable television roles were as U.S. Air Force investigator Capt. Ben Ryan in season 2 of ''Project U.F.O.'' (1978–1979); and in ''Hollywood Beat'' (1985), ''9 to 5'' (1986–1988), and ''Herman's Head'' (1991–1994). Winter received two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nominations for his performances in the original productions of ''Cabaret'' (1966) and '' Promises, Promises'' (1968). He also appeared in films such as ''A Change of Seasons'' (1980), '' Porky's II: The Next Day'' (1983) and ''The Buddy System'' (1984). Early career Winter was born in Ventura, California and began his acting career in Ashland, Oregon as a member of the cast of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. During the 1961 season, he played Claudius in ''Hamlet'' and stayed for an ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick O'Neill
Richard Francis O'Neill (August 29, 1928 – November 17, 1998) was an American stage, film and television character actor best known for playing Irish cops, fathers, judges and army generals. He began his acting career as an original company member of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Biography Early life and television roles O'Neill studied at Syracuse University. He served in the Navy then returned to the theater. In the late 1950s, he began appearing on television. His television credits include ''Car 54, Where Are You?'', ''The Honeymooners'', ''Barney Miller'', ''Sanford and Son'', ''Good Times'', '' Kaz'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''The Feather and Father Gang'', '' The Facts of Life'', ''Family Matters'', ''Mad About You'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Father Dowling Mysteries'', ''Three's Company'', ''Wonder Woman'', '' One Day at a Time'', ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''A Man Called Intrepid'', ''Growing Pains'', ''Dark Justice'', ''Cheers'', ''Dharma & Greg'', ''Cybill'', ''The Fresh Prince of Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
