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Monday, October 23, 2006

List of my Top 10 favOrite TV Series.




The Six million Dollar Man
American television series which was released on 1973 and ended on 1978 at ABC Network; The Six Million Dollar Man featured Lee Majors as the major character and who played the main title itself. Air Force Colonel Steve Austin, an astronaut who had walked on the moon, is almost fatally injured in a plane crash. Many of his damaged parts are replaced by experimental bionic limbs, including his right arm, his left eye, and both legs.Austin becomes a secret operative, fighting injustice where it is found.

Six Million Dollar Man



Mission Impossible
CBS 60 minutes
Peter Graves as Jim Phelps, Greg Morris as Barney Collier, Peter Lupus as Willy Armitage.

This TV Series Series is adventures of the Impossible Mission Taskforce (IMF)a team of government spies and specialists who were assigned "impossible missions" by the unseen "Secretary".
Daniel Briggs, leader of the Impossible Mission Force. Reportedly, Hill's contract restrictions which limited the days and hours he would work in order for the Orthodox Jew to strictly observe his religion became a problem.
plots were always very complicated and usually involved the overthrow of some dictator or the theft of secret papers. The Mission Impossible Force turned its attention to crime syndicates in America.

Mission Impossible



Get Smart
Cast: Edward Platt as The Chief, Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 and many more.

Get Smart ran from 1965 through 1970 on both NBC and CBS. For one month in 1995 FOX attempted to bring the series back with some changes; Max as the Chief, 99 as a Congresswoman, and the Smart twins were now inexplicably only one child. Despite the lack of success experienced by the sequel, Get Smart remains a favorite by agents and civilians alike.Get Smart revolves on the story of a secret agent Maxwell Smart. He was assigned to foil KAOS plans to in taking over the world. He has his own share of misadventures, good thing; his assistant 99 is always there to help him.

Get Smart



Mama's Family
cast: Eric Brown, Rue McClanahan, Ken berry.


MAMA'S FAMILY is a genial comedy spun around the activities of a Midwestern family who just can't get along. Central character Mama (Vicki Lawrence) lives with daughter Fran (Rue McClanahan) and son Vint (Ken Berry).
Mama's Family Thelma Harper, a widow who shared a small house with her sister Fran. She has two sons namely Sonja and Vinton jr. Vinton became romantically interested to Naomi. (Thelma?s neighbor) When they got married, they moved into Thelma?s house as well. The other two daughters of Thelma are Ellen and Eunice. Eunice and her husband Ed occasionally visit Thelma. When Fran died, buzz and Sonja moved out, the couple Ed and Eunice moved to Florida. Bubba the son of Ed and Eunice ended up living with Thelma since he had a term serve in Juvenile Hall for a car theft.

Mama's Family



The Transformers
Cast: Frank Welker, Peter Cullen, Christopher Collins, Michael Bell

This toy line or The Transformer was pioneer by featuring action figures that were "robots in disguise". A subsequent cartoon show and a comic book series were created to support the toy line, which quickly became one of the most successful of all times. The Transformer was on air for 3 years, and captured the imaginations of millions of children all over the world. They were called Autobots and Decepticons. But the brutal Decepticons were driven by a single goal: Total Domination. They set out to destroy the peace loving Autobots and the war between the forces of good and evil raged across Cybertron, devastating all in its path and draining the planet's once rich resources of energy.

The Transformers



Twin Peaks
Cast : Richard Neyber as Benjamin Horne, Lara Flynn Boyle as Donna Marie Hayward, Madchem Amich as Shelly Johnson


The series Twin Peaks, with a few exceptions, followed the interesting convention that one episode equaled one day in the town of Twin Peaks. This means that after 30 episodes, the series covers just slightly more than one month. It debuted on April 8, 1980 on ABC network and lasted until June 10, 1991. Twin Peaks was co produced by Aaron Spelling. It was set on the fictional town of Twin Peaks in Northeast Washington State but the filming took place at Northwest Washington.


Twin Peaks



Charmed
Cast: Holly Marie Combs as
Piper Halliwell, Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell, Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt


Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones - the most powerful witches to exist. Now they must vanquish evil and save innocents while living their lives as normal women in the real world. Life isn't so easy when you're Charmed.
At the end of the third season, Prue was killed by a powerful demon. Piper and Phoebe discovered they had a half sister, named Paige who had the power to orb herself, essentially being able to teleport, and move objects with her mind. The Power of Three was restored and the sisters continued in their struggle against evil. Piper got married and had two children, while Phoebe gained the power of empathy; to feel what others feel. The sisters have managed to vanquish a large majority of demons but a few powerful remain to this day.


Charmed




Paper Chase
Cast: James Keane as Willis Bell, Lainie Kazan as Rose Samuels, John Houseman as Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr.

The Paper Chase was written by John Jay Osborn. The series also has a movie version which followed what was written in the novel word per word.The Paper Chase is a classroom drama about students in a law school (based on Harvard Law School). The two main characters are a stern but fair Contract Law professor, Charles W. Kingsfield, and a student who idolizes him, James Hart. The Paper Chase was voted the best new drama of 1978.The Paper Chase revolves on the story of a first year law student on the character of Hart. He met Susan and fell in love with her, thus begins an affair with her. Only to find out that she is Kingsfield?s daughter. Kingsfield is his professor who he is trying to impress.

Paper Chase




"The New Outer Limits"
Starring: Amanda Plummer, Kevin Nealon, Meat Loaf, Michelle Forbes, Alex Diakun, Alyssa Milano, Jeremy London


A popular remake of the 1960s series focusing on the paranormal, THE OUTER LIMITS ran from 1995-2003 TV Shows, and addressed a wide range of phenomena including time travel, aliens, technology, and life after death. This box set includes the volumes ALIENS AMONG US, FANTASTIC ANDROIDS & ROBOTS, MUTATION & TRANSFORMATION, DEATH & BEYOND, SEX & SCIENCE FICTION, and TIME TRAVEL & INFINITY.
The New Outer Limits



"My So Called Life"
1.33:1
Claire Danes, Jared Leto, Wilson Cruz, Tom Irwin, Devon gummersall, A.J. Langer

My So Called Life was created by Winnie Holzman with Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz as executive producers, the same team that wrought "Thirty something" and "Once and Again"; it was canceled in its first season after 19 episodes, but it serves as a milestone in the American way of depicting teenage life. Ten years on, angst is still front and center, but the important, mortifying elements of high school — the cafeteria, parents' day, science experiments and make-up tests have almost entirely receded. Only a few symbols basketball practice and proms linger as vehicles for love and power struggles.
My So-Called Life Tv shows remains one of the outstanding dramas of American network TV in the last few decades. Set in Three Rivers, a fictional suburb somewhere near Pittsburgh, PA, "My So-Called Life" centers on Angela Chase, an intelligent, articulate 15-year-old sophomore at Liberty High. The story begins at a crucial turning point in Angela's so-called life -- the onset of adolescence, appropriately accompanied by the angst-ridden search for identity and the requisite teenage rebellion against family, old friends, and benign authority figures. All signaled by Angela's going from blonde to Crimson Glow. My So Called Life DVD



Batman 1960's
The 1960s Batman TV series focuses on Bruce Wayne, a multi-billionaire living in crime capital Gotham City. Bruce Wayne is Batman a crime fighting super hero that uses only his wits and some advance gadgets and vehicles to combat criminals and bring them to justice. When Bruce was just a child he’s parents were murdered in front of him, because of this Bruce trained himself to become tough enough to fight thugs and criminals. Along with Bruce is Dick Grayson a former circus acrobat who became Batman’s sidekick Robin, they secure Gotham from bigtime criminals such as the Joker, Penguin, Scarecrow, the Riddler and Catwoman.

While visuals and sound and score are very important a good story is essential. Batman The Animated Series succeeds very well in this area as well. The writing in this show is excellent. In this series lesser known characters receive as much attention and character development as the big names. Everything comes together to create an interesting tale.
One of the most interesting things about the writing is how it works to show how these characters really feel about the events that are effecting them. It seems rare in television animation to see growth and depth in characters but this is achieved in Batman The Animated series.
There have been times when I watched this series that I thought the story was better than the ones in the Batman movies. The writers have done a good job in updating the character of Robin. Dick Grayson is now in college in this series. The relationship that exist's between he and Bruce Wayne is explored more than one would expect. This is true of most of the characters. This emphasis on character and relationships between the characters is a strong point of the show.

Batman 1960's



 
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