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List Of Universal Television Programs
This is a list of television productions produced by Universal Television and other NBCUniversal-owned companies, including television series, streaming television series, and television films. Television series Revue Studios Universal Television MCA TV MTE PolyGram Television/Universal Worldwide Television Formerly known as ITC Entertainment from 1955-1997 until it was renamed to PolyGram Television. NBCU currently owns the post-ITC library of this company (consisting of product from 1997 to 1999) and the pre-PolyGram library (ITC era) is currently owned by ITV Studios. Propaganda Films Multimedia Entertainment Studios USA Television/USA Cable Entertainment NBC Studios Formerly known as NBC Productions until 1996. CBS Media Ventures currently distributes most of NBC's pre-1973 series. Most NBC programs after that point are distributed by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios in the U.S. and MGM Worldwide Television Distribution outside of the U.S. California Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disruptive Editing
Disruption, disruptive, or disrupted may refer to: Business *Creative disruption, disruption concept in a creative context, introduced in 1992 by TBWA's chairman Jean-Marie Dru *Disruptive innovation, Clayton Christensen's theory of industry disruption by new technology or products Psychology and sociology *Disruptive behavior disorders, a class of mental health disorders *Disruptive physician, a physician whose obnoxious behaviour upsets patients or other staff *Social disruption, a radical alteration, transformation, dysfunction or breakdown of social life Other uses *Cell disruption is a method or process in cell biology for releasing biological molecules from inside a cell *''Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start Up Bubble'', a 2016 book by Daniel Lyons *Disruption (adoption) is also the term for the cancellation of an adoption of a child before it is legally completed *Disruption (of schema), in the field of computer genetic algorithms *Disruption of 1843, the divergence o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverboat (TV Series)
''Riverboat'' is an American Western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds, produced by Revue Studios, and broadcast on the NBC television network from 1959 to 1961. Reynolds was replaced by Noah Beery Jr. halfway through the series in the wake of conflicts with McGavin. Plot In the series, Captain Grey Holden and his crew navigate the vessel called the ''Enterprise'' principally along the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers. Some episodes are set in the eastern end of the American West or in the Midwest. Holden and his men encounter interesting characters along the way, including U.S. President Zachary Taylor, General Winfield Scott and a prepresidential Abraham Lincoln. One episode focuses indirectly on the Texan Revolution of 1836. Unlike most Westerns, which are set after the American Civil War, the story's time frame precedes the conflict, and includes the 1830s and the 1840s. The series ended on the NBC midseason schedule in January 1961, replace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deputy (TV Series)
''The Deputy'' is an American Western series starring Henry Fonda that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1961. Fonda portrayed Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case played Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun. Synopsis Fonda narrated most episodes and appeared briefly at the beginning and ending of most segments. He played the lead in only six episodes in the first season and 13 in the second. Usually, he gave his deputy the assignment, and on rare occasions, thanked him at the conclusion of the episode. As Fred MacMurray did while shooting the sitcom series ''My Three Sons'', Fonda performed all of his work on ''The Deputy'' in several lengthy sessions, so as to leave himself free for other projects. Although based in Silver City, the marshal's district also covered several nearby towns. Deputy McCord was a storekeeper who bore arms with great reluctance. Wallace Ford appeared as the elderly marshal, Herk Lamson, with Betty Lou Kei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markham (TV Series)
''Markham'' is an American crime drama series starring Ray Milland, which aired on CBS from May 2, 1959 until September 15, 1960 during the 1958–1959 and 1959–1960 seasons following ''Gunsmoke'' on Saturday nights (later appearing on Thursday nights at 9:30 P.M. Eastern, after January 1960), under the sponsorship of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. At the beginning of the second season, Liggett & Myers became an alternate sponsor, succeeded by Renault when the series moved to Thursdays. Plot Milland played private investigator and attorney Roy Markham (previously introduced in a June 1958 ''Suspicion'' episode, "Eye For An Eye"). In that Markham had been a successful lawyer, he had the leisure to take detective cases based on his own interest. His fees could vary from the very considerable for his wealthier and corporate clients, to nothing for those who desperately needed his services but had few financial means. Markham's cases could take him almost anywhere in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Staccato
''Johnny Staccato'' is an American private detective television series starring John Cassavetes which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from September 10, 1959 through March 24, 1960. Synopsis Titular character Johnny Staccato, played by John Cassavetes, is a jazz pianist/private detective. The setting for many episodes is a Greenwich Village jazz club belonging to his friend, Waldo, played by Eduardo Ciannelli. The show featured many musicians, such as Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Milt Holland, Red Mitchell, Red Norvo, and Johnny Williams. (Although the show was set in New York City, all of these men were closely identified with the West Coast jazz scene, and it was filmed largely in Los Angeles.) Elmer Bernstein composed both of the main theme tunes used and Stanley Wilson was music supervisor. Cassavetes also directed five episodes. After its initial airing on NBC, ABC presented reruns of the series from March 27 to September 25, 1960. On October 12, 2010, the series was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Startime (1959 TV Series)
''Startime'' is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was aired Tuesday nights in the United States on the NBC Television network in the 1959–1960 television season. Summary The show was known as either Ford Startime—TV's Finest Hour or Lincoln–Mercury Startime, depending on which division of the Ford Motor Company was presenting commercials within that show. The contents varied from week to week — dramas, musical comedies, and variety shows were all presented.Tim Brooks and Earl March, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946–Present'' (Random House, 2007) p. 976 The show was always broadcast on Tuesday nights. Initially, from the premiere through the end of 1959, the show was broadcast 9:30–10:30 PM (EST) - but, starting on January 5, 1960, the show was broadcast 8:30–9:30 PM (EST). Furthermore, some of the shows f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimarron City (TV Series)
''Cimarron City'' is an American one-hour Western television series, starring George Montgomery as Matt Rockford and John Smith as Lane Temple, airing for 26 episodes on NBC from 1958 to 1959 before being canceled. Cimarron City is a boomtown in Logan County, Oklahoma, north of Oklahoma City. Rich in oil and gold, Cimarron City aspires to become the capital of the future state of Oklahoma, to be created in 1907. Synopsis Matthew Rockford is the son of an area cattle rancher, who is the founder and mayor of Cimarron City. Lane Temple, the blacksmith, serves also as the deputy sheriff. He maintains the law amid the crooked schemes concocted in Cimarron City. Audrey Totter played Beth Purcell, the owner of the boarding house. The episodes were supposed to rotate equally among Montgomery, Smith, and Totter. The writers, however, did not give Totter enough stories as promised, and she left the series. ''Cimarron City'' also featured Dan Blocker (before ''Bonanza'') in two roles. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckskin (TV Series)
''Buckskin'' is an American Western television series starring Tom Nolan, Sally Brophy, and Mike Road. The series aired on the NBC network from July 3, 1958, until May 25, 1959, followed by summer reruns in 1959 and again in 1965. Synopsis The show depicts life in fictitious Buckskin, Montana, in the 1880s, as seen through the eyes of 10-year-old Jody O'Connell, played by Nolan. Jody's widowed mother, Annie, played by Brophy, runs the town's boarding house. The lives of Jody and Annie interact with the townspeople and strangers passing through Buckskin. Another constant is Marshal Tom Sellers, played by Mike Road, who keeps the peace. Young Nolan narrates the series while on a corral fence and playing a harmonica. Cast * Tom Nolan as Jody O'Connell * Sally Brophy as Mrs. Annie O'Connell * Mike Road as Marshal Tom Sellers * Shirley Knight as Mrs. Newcomb * Michael Lipton as Ben Newcomb * Orville Sherman as Mr. Feeney Notable guest stars * Virginia Christine * Andy Clyde * Jane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958 TV Series)
''Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer'' is the first syndicated television series based on Spillane's hard-boiled private detective Mike Hammer, played by Darren McGavin. The series was produced from 1957 to 1959, and had a run of 78 episodes over two seasons. Episodes were filmed in black and white and filled a half-hour time slot. As a syndicated television series, original air dates and the order of episodes vary by geographic location – for example, in New York City, the series debuted January 28, 1958, on WCBS-TV, and the first episode aired was "Letter Edged in Blackmail". Cast Main * Darren McGavin as Mike Hammer * Bart Burns as Captain Pat Chambers Recurring * Vito Scotti as Geta * Johnny Seven as Carl Pate * Dale Van Sickel as Blackie Davis * James Westerfield as Bill 'Murph' Murphy * Patricia Huston as Mary Otto * Walter Reed as Fred Rankin Production and casting Darren McGavin played the title role. McGavin would go on to play another hard-boiled private detective in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspicion (American TV Series)
''Suspicion '' is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1958. The executive producer of half of the filmed episodes (10) of ''Suspicion'' was film director Alfred Hitchcock. Overview The program was originally hosted by actor Dennis O'Keefe. In network repeats in 1959, Walter Abel became the host. The one-hour-long program, like others offered by Hitchcock, was designed to play on people's fears and suspicions. The first episode 'Four O'Clock', broadcast on 30 September 1957 and starring E. G. Marshall, was directed by Hitchcock himself. Actors who appeared in this series include Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Eli Wallach, Roddy McDowall, Cathleen Nesbitt, James Daly, E. G. Marshall, William Shatner, Jack Klugman, Agnes Moorehead, Ross Martin, Margaret O'Brien, Rod Taylor, Audie Murphy, Harry Dean Stanton, Edmond O'Brien and Joanne Linville. Episodes * Filmed Episodes for most of which prints (of varying quality) exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
