Interview Dick Van Dyke In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Dick Van Dyke describes starting on Broadway, working into television, and the immediate success of The Dick Van Dyke Show, as well as The New Dick Van Dyke Show, regular appearances on The Carol Burnett Show , and his then-current hit Diagnosis Murder. Lee...
Show Cagney & Lacey Cagney & Lacey , a U.S. police procedural with pervasive melodramatic overtones is, deservedly, one of the most widely discussed programs in television history. The series aired on the CBS television network from 1982-88 and presented a set of bold dramatic combinations, blending and bending...
Show Maude Maude , the socially controversial, sometimes radical sitcom featuring a strong female lead character played by Bea Arthur , ran on CBS from 1972 to 1978. Like its predecessor All in the Family , Maude was created by Norman Lear' s Tandem Productions. Maude Findlay was first introduced as Edith's...
Show Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (called The Daily Show until 1999), is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998. Jon Stewart took...
Show Tracey Ullman Show, The From Wikipedia : The Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly American television variety show, hosted by British comedian and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the FOX network's second primetime series (after Married... with Children), and ran until May 26, 1990. Re-runs of...
Show Sonny and Cher Show, The The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1974) In 1971, Sonny and Cher had stopped producing hit singles. Cher's first feature film, Chastity (film)|Chastity, was not a success, and the duo decided to sing and tell jokes in nightclubs across the country. CBS head of programming Fred Silverman saw...
Show Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour From Wikipedia: The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is an American variety show starring American pop-singer Cher and her husband Sonny Bono. The show ran on CBS in the United States, when it premiered in August 1971. The show was canceled May 1974, due to the couple's divorce, though the duo would...
Show Perry Mason Perry Mason is the longest running lawyer show in American television history. Its original run lasted nine years and its success in both syndication and made-for-television movies confirm its impressive stamina. Mason's fans include lawyers and judges who were influenced by this series to enter...
Show Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote , starring Angela Lansbury as amateur sleuth and mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, has been the only significant dramatic series on American television to feature an older woman in the sole leading role. Lansbury, who received Oscar nominations and Tony awards over her long film...
