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collection of old news and obituaries from the Morty's TV
News page. Dates, where shown, represent the date the
story was originally posted on the web site. Because
these are old stories, links within the stories may no
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Dick
Van Dyke Fans Rejoice |
 [December
30, 2002] I've got some good news and bad news for
you. First the good news, the two year wait for "The
Dick Van Dyke Show" on DVD is over! The bad
news is that it's not the complete collection we've been
waiting for. Paul Brownstein is in the process of
putting together a collection of all 158 episodes in a
boxed set.
Until this point, the only "Dick Van Dyke
Show" DVD has been a Canadian import of only fair
quality. So while we're waiting for the complete
collection, for the first time ever, we'll have 40 really good
uncut episodes from Time-Life to watch. There are 5
discs presently in the Time Life set, each with 4
episodes. The cost of each disc is $24.99 but if you
order all 5 you get them for $99.95. They also have a preview
where you can get one a month. All the goodies and
details are on the all new Dick
Van Dyke Show page. |
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Passings |
[December 30,
2002] Tony Barr - Actor who appeared in films
during the 1940’s and 50’s later became an
executive at CBS and ABC overseeing the production of series
like “Magnum PI”, died December 19 in Palm Desert,
CA at age 81. Barr's last appearance in TV was in
"Once and Again" in 2000 as on of Phil's friends
in the episode "Strangers and Brothers"
 George
Roy Hill - Oscar-winning Hollywood director who was
responsible for two of the top 10 money-makers of all time, “The
Sting” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”,
died December 20 of Parkinson’s disease in Manhattan at age
81. Hill started his career in television as the
writer/director of "Kraft Television Theatre"
in 1947.
 William
T. Orr - Television executive at Warner Brothers who
brought shows such as “Maverick”, "Hawaiian
Eye," “F-Troop” and "Surfside 6" to
TV, died on December 25 in Los Angeles at age 85. Orr
started his career as an actor in a of commando movies in the
early 40’s, and appeared as himself in the 1997
documentary "Hollywood Commandos."
 Kenneth
Tobey - Actor. Tobey was a prolific character actor
and B-movie hero who appeared in nearly 100 films, and scores
of TV shows including "The Lone Ranger,"
"Father Knows Best," "Gunsmoke,"
"Lassie," "Adam-12," and
"Night Court," to name just a few. His
films included: "12 O’Clock High”, “Gunfight
at OK Corral”, “The Thing From Another World”, “Billy
Jack” and “Airplane!” (as one of the
air-traffic controllers). Tobey died December 22 in Rancho
Mirage, CA after a lengthy illness at age 85.
Gloria Van - Big band singer and TV star during the
1940’s and 50’s, who sang with Johnny “Scat” Davis and
Gene Krupa. Van was a regular on the "The
Wayne King Show" during the 1951 season and a regular
guest on "The Jack Paar Show." Van died
of kidney failure on December 24 in Elk Grove, IL at age 82. |
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Hallmark
Wants Your Opinion |
 [December
23, 2002] The Hallmark Channel is about to go shopping
for new shows, and they'd like your suggestions. The
first stop on their list is Paramount Studios.
Some Paramount shows include "Mork & Mindy,"
"The Lucy Show," "Gimme a
Break," "Family Affair," "New Mission
Impossible," "Car 54 Where Are You?"
and many more. Then there's Universal shows such as "Major
Dad," "Alias Smith & Jones,"
"Amen," "Charles in Charge,"
"New Leave it to Beaver," "The
Munsters" (remember, they'll be leaving TV Land
sometime in 2003), "Delvecchio," and
many more. Note: Some people have had
problems connecting to to survey page. |
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Friends
to Stick Around |
 [December
22, 2002] You may or may not consider "Friends"
classic TV, but I've received hundreds of letters since
September asking whether this would really be the last
season. And I've been telling you since September that
there is a good chance they'll be around for another
season. Today my prediction was confirmed by NBC, and
all six cast members will return for a tenth season.
The cast has not yet agreed to NBC's requested 22 episodes,
NBC is still hoping for a full season, the cast wants to cut
the order back to 18. Daily Variety reports the
salaries for Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow,
Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will stay
pegged at $1 million per episode each. Fans will want to
check my "Friends"
page in Morty's Mall. |
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Honeymooners
& Specials on WPIX |
 [December
21, 2002] WPIX, WB11 in New York, will have a 40
episode marathon of "The Honeymooners"
starting Saturday December 28th at 8PM (with 10-11PM break for
the news) to Sunday December 29th at 5PM. First up:
"TV or Not to TV," Alice wants more to look at than
the four walls of their apartment, so Ralph and Norton go
partners on a new TV. Features the classic line,
"Captain Video blasting off!." Click
Here for the whole schedule. While I was making the
schedule, I was going to mark my favorites, but they're the
classic 39, and they're all my favorites.
On Christmas day, WPIX is bringing back their Christmas
tradition of airing the Yule Log from 9:00AM to 11:00AM,
two hours of a beautiful fire for the perfect Holiday
atmosphere for opening your gifts. Christmas episodes of
their regular programs are listed here,
and specials are listed here.
Most of these programs are also listed in our Viewer's
Guide.
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Passings |
 [December
19, 2002] Ruth Kobart, actress known for
her Broadway work, but who also appeared on television on "Trapper
John, M.D.," and on "Bob" as Iris
Frankel, as well as many guest roles. Her film
credits include “Sister Act”, “Sister Act 2”
and “Dirty Harry”, A long time member of San
Francisco's ACT, particularly known foe her roles in "How
to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1961),
which she transferred to film six years later, and "A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1962),
which earned her a Tony-nomination. She continued to perform
with the troupe off and on until 1994. She last appeared in "Home,"
directed by current ACT artistic director Carey Perloff.
Kobart died December 14 in San Francisco at age 78.
 Charles
Gunning, actor Gunning studied Television and Film at The
University of Texas at Austin and at the Conservatory of The
American Film Institute in Hollywood. Joel and Ethan Coen
discovered Gunning and cast him into his first major movie in
the critically acclaimed "Miller's Crossing."
Charles attained cult-hero status for his role in the
smash-hit Richard Linklater film "Slacker".
Gunning co-Stars as "Slim" in his last film, Richard
Linklater's "The Newton Boys" starring
Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, and Dwight Yoakam. His
numerous roles on television include: "High
Incident," "Lois & Clark,"
"E.R.." "Cybill,"
"Murder, She Wrote," "Star Trek -- The Next
Generation," "Dr. Quinn, Medicine
Woman." and the TV movie "Bonanza: The
Return," among others. Gunning died
December 11 from injuries suffered in a car accident in
November. He was 51.
Charles Isaacs, a comedy writer whose career spanned
work with Bing Crosby and Milton Berle on radio and Red
Skelton and Bob Hope on television. An unsolicited
comedy sketch he wrote for Jack Benny landed him a stint as a
writer on the radio program "The Jack Haley
Show." Then came "The Chase and Sanborn
Hour," starring ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his
wooden partner Charlie McCarthy. Early on, he created visual
gags for Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes
cartoons. Among his numerous television credits
are stints as head writer of the Skelton and Dinah Shore shows
and "The Real McCoys," "Alice,"
"Harper Valley PTA," as well as creating,
writing and producing the sitcoms "Hey Jeannie"
and "The Tycoon." Isaacs is
survived by his wife of 61 years, actress Doris Singleton, who
played Lucille Ball's friend Carolyn Appleby on "I
Love Lucy." Isaacs died of cancer Friday
at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, he was 88.
James Hazeldine, British TV and stage actor
who appeared in the films "Emma", "Business
As Usual" and "Pink Floyd: The Wall”
and had recently appeared on stage with Laurie Metcalf in “All
My Sons”, died December 17th of undisclosed causes in
London at age 55.
Sidney Glazier, producer who brought us Mel
Brooks' "The Producers," the 1968 cult comedy
film that later gave birth to the hit Broadway musical.
In 1973 he was executive producer of "Catholics,"
a drama that brought both praise and criticism, and for which
Glazier later won a Peabody Award. Glazier, who also was
executive producer of Brooks' 1970 comedy, "The Twelve
Chairs," and Woody Allen's 1969 comedy, "Take
the Money and Run" Glazier won an Academy
Award as the producer of the 1965 documentary feature "The
Eleanor Roosevelt Story." He died
of natural causes Saturday at a nursing home in Bennington,
Vt. at age 86. |
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Morty's
Miscellany |
 [December
17, 2002] Daily Variety reports that director
Doug Liman ("Bourne Identity") is developing
an updated version of "CHiPs" for NBC,
which will be set in the city of San Francisco and will be
called "CHiPs SFO" .
 On
New Years Eve, Trio will present six hours with your pal Dave
in classic "Late Night with David Letterman"
from the NBC years. See guests such as Andy Kaufman,
Alec Baldwin, Jackie Mason, Billy Crystal, Gary Shandling,
Billy Joel and many more. A great night of TV starting
at 8:30PM on the channel no one gets.
 Matt
Frewer told a SciFi.com chat audience that he's trying to
resurrect his most famous character: Max Headroom. "We're
putting together a deal on a new Max Headroom project,"
Frewer told fans. "Then I'm doing a film with my brother.
The Headroom project is still in the deal-making process, so I
can't say anything about it." Frewer played the
"computer-generated" character and his human
counterpart, Edison Carter, in a British TV series, TV movie
and subsequent American series.
 ABC
has moved the premiere of "Dragnet" to
Sunday, February 2nd at 10:00PM. The new "Dragnet"
series is a project of "Law & Order"
creator Dick Wolf and stars Ed O'Neill ("Married with
Children") as Detective Joe Friday. Friday and
his partner Frank Smith (Ethan Embry of "FreakyLinks")
will investigate crimes in Los Angeles, with the audience
learning the facts of the case along with the characters.
Friday will provide voice-over narration about each case.
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Passings |
 [December
14, 2002] Brad Dexter, an actor whose first film
credit, "The Asphalt Jungle" in 1950, set the
course of his career as a menacing villain on screen, died
Thursday in Rancho Mirage. He was 85 and had been hospitalized
with emphysema. Throughout the Fifties, he
continued to play villains in both crime dramas and Westerns.
His most famous role came as one of title characters in "The
Magnificent Seven" (1960), even though his fame
was considerably eclipsed by most of the other members of that
band: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert
Vaughn, and James Coburn. On television he guest starred
on numerous series including: "The Incredible
Hulk," "S.W.A.T.," "Surfside
6," "Bat Masterson," and in
1957 on "The Gale Storm Show." He was also a
successful producer, among his credits is the hit movie "Lady
Sings the Blues" and "Skag" a
television series with Karl Malden as the star, in 1980.
In addition to the roles he played on the screen, he often
received notice for the company he kept. While being a
close friend of Frank Sinatra, Dexter married singer Peggy
Lee, who divorced him eight months later. Soon after his
divorce from Lee, Dexter's name was linked to Marilyn Monroe
as a confidant. In 1954 when she planned to divorce her
husband, Joe DiMaggio, Dexter tried to persuade her to stay
with her husband. She didn't take his advice. He married
again in 1992 to Mary Bogdonovich, who died, and in 1994 to
June Deyer-Dexter
Ian MacNaughton, a British director best known for
his long association with the Monte Python comedy troupe, who
directed many episodes of “Monte Python’s Flying Circus”
and the Python film “And Now For Something Completely
Different”, died December 10 at age 77 in Munich,
Germany.
 Elizabeth
MacLellan, an actress who appeared as Greta MacAdams in
the soap opera “Santa Barbara” and is best known
for playing the lead in the 1990 horror movie “Puppet
Master II”, and , died on November 30 in New York of
massive trauma to the head (no other info was available). She
was 38
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Well,
We Said it Was Unofficial |
| [December 14,
2002] The problem with dispensing information before
you're intended to have it, is that it's subject to change,
lots of change. The TV Land January schedule is closer
to complete today. There's been a lot of minor changes,
and some confirmations of shows we weren't sure about.
Keep in mind that "Rough Draft" schedules are works
in progress.
On Nick at Nite, there will be a "Best of The Cosby
Show " marathon Thursday December 26 to Sunday
December 29 from 10:00PM to 6:00AM. Click
Here for the episode schedule.
And on to NBC... The guys working on the schedules
may be dipping into the eggnog a little early. It's
become a regular practice of theirs to dangle a cool program
like "The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary
Special," and then it vanishes. The latest to
be pushed back into TBA netherworld is "Three's
Company Revisited." And whatever happened to
"First Time on TV," I've been waiting for
that since last Spring.
A&E's "TVography" has a bunch of new
shows, they pulled them off the schedule too.
They're expected to be rescheduled for February.
Pavan (the great guy that sends me schedule info) reminded
me that "Celebrity Mole: Hawaii" will air on
ABC, Wednesdays at 10:00PM, starting January 8th.
Now if you're tired of checking for changes, don't write
me. Just wait until it's printed in the TV Guide
like my mom does. |
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Sci-Fi
Schedule Changes |
| [December 12,
2002] Despite previously announcing a premiere date of
January 10, Sci Fi Channel has pushed back the debut of its
original series "Tremors." The series,
based on the films of the same name, will now debut at
an unspecified later date in 2003. Taking its place will be
repeats of the short-lived syndicated series "Tracker"
starring "Highlander's" Adrian Paul. "Tracker"
will bow on Sci Fi Channel on January 10, following "Stargate
SG-1" at 10:00/9:00c.
Sci-Fi Channel has also changed the timeslot for "Knight
Rider." It will still start and air
weekdays starting January 13. But now it will air
Weekdays at 4PM ET (1PM PT). "Roswell" will
still air at 6PM ET (3 PM PT). It was previously
scheduled for weekdays at 5 p.m. eastern (2 p.m. Pacific)
I made an error on the "Twilight Zone"
Marathon schedule where only half of the schedule was
displayed. The error has been corrected.
Remember to re-set your VCR. On December 16th "Dark
Shadows" returns for a week in it's regular
10:00AM time spot, BUT when it starts again on January 2nd, it
will have a new time, 8:00AM. |
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What's
Hot in the Mall... |
 [December
12, 2002] While things are a little slow in the news
department, let me take a moment to tell you about some
interesting additions to Morty's Mall. I found these
really cool TV collections on DVD. Each set contains
three discs and about five hours of cool shows. There
are four sets available, "1950's Greatest
Westerns," featuring: "The Lone
Ranger." "Bat Masterson," "The Roy
Rogers Show," "Sky King," and
eight others. "1950's Greatest Shows"
is an assortment package of rarities that includes:
"The Jack Benny Program," "Dragnet,"
"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," "Sea
Hunt," and eight more. Other collections
include "1950's Greatest Comedies" and
"1950's Greatest Detectives." I
really like the idea that they made these sets as
assortments. Even shows that I really like loose their
zip after a few dozen episodes in a row. Each three disc
set is only $24.99 (less than $10 per disc). The
DVD Wonders of TV page includes complete episode
information for each collection. |
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The
TV Land Awards |
| [December 11,
2002] You've seen some promos already promoting it,
here is some info on it: "The TV Land Awards: A
Celebration of Classic TV" In addition to the
themed blocks of programming that will run in January and
February, TV Land will actually be presenting an award
ceremony on March 9th featuring the stars of the shows being
honored. Although billed as: "The first-ever
star-studded celebration of the greatest names and greatest
shows in Television history!" it comes to my
attention that Lucille Ball and many other of true stars of TV
Land will not be in attendance for obvious reasons.
So here's how their hype goes: "'The TV Land
Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV' will bring together
some of the biggest small-screen stars from yesterday and
today to honor the legends, innovators and unsung heroes of
classic television. It’s a night filled with magical
moments, blasts from the past and laugh tracks that promises
to be as memorable and enjoyable as the classic shows and
characters on TV Land."
The show will air on Sunday March 9th, 2003 from
8:30-10:00pm on both TV Land and Nick@Nite. The red carpet
pre-show begins at 8:00pm. The ceremony will be taped on
Sunday March 2nd, 2003. |
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Three's
Company The Movie |
 [December
9, 2002] In 1977, three relatively unknown actors (John
Ritter was semi-known and Suzanne Somers was the girl in the
T-Bird in "American Graffiti") were given the
opportunity of a lifetime when they signed to star in a
racy new sitcom, “Three’s Company.” The comedy
centered on two attractive, young women who made the
rent on their Santa Monica beachside apartment by taking
in a third roommate - a male forced to pretend he’s
gay to fool the landlords and the girls’ parents. The
series rocketed in the ratings as an instant hit -
despite the outcry of critics and moralists - who objected to
the double-entendres and quasi-sexual hi-jinks on the
show.
However, the true behind-the-scenes story of “Three’s
Company” will expose a once idyllic workplace that
deteriorated into a battleground beset by business
dealings, contact disputes, cast rivalries, clashes between
producers and network executives -- and finally, a round of
cast replacements.
The movie, "Three's Company Revisited"
(working title) began filming in August and wrapped up in late
September. It has been tentatively scheduled for
air on Monday January 20, 2003 at 9:00PM on NBC.
Related Links: Jack's
Bistro: A Three's Company Web Site Buy
Three's Company T-Shirts
Official
Site Man
About the House Brit-Com on VHS |
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VH1
Loves the 80's |
 [December
7, 2002] VH1 will present a week long salute to the
80's with a one hour clipfest each night starting December
16th. "I Love the 80s" brings a cast of
characters together for each show—rock stars, actors,
writers, comics and other celebs past and present—to
celebrate the decade’s good, bad and ugly. Each hour
long show will feature retro clips from sitcoms, movies, music
videos, network news, commercials and other sources.
| Monday,
December 16 |
9:00PM
& Midnight |
1980: "Dallas,"
"ChiPs," "Bosom Buddies," etc |
| Monday, December 16 |
10:00PM & 1:00AM |
1981: Luke and Laura get
married on "General Hospital"
"Dynasty," etc. |
| Tuesday,
December 17 |
9:00PM
& Midnight |
1982: "The
Dukes Of Hazzard," "Mr. T.," "Happy
Days" into "Joanie Loves Chachi" |
| Tuesday, December 17 |
10:00PM & 1:00AM |
1983: "Knight
Rider," "A-Team," "Diff’rent
Strokes," "Alvin & the Chipmunks,"
"He-Man," "Family Ties," etc. |
| Wednesday,
December 18 |
9:00PM
& Midnight |
1984: "Webster,"
"Punky Brewster,"
"Transformers," "Miami Vice,"
etc. |
| Wednesday, December 18 |
10:00PM & 1:00AM |
1985: "Pee Wee
Herman," "MacGyver," etc. |
| Thursday,
December 19 |
9:00PM
& Midnight |
1986: "ALF,"
"Cosby Show," etc. |
| Thursday, December 19 |
10:00PM & 1:00AM |
1987: "The
Simpsons," "Who's the Boss?" etc |
| Friday,
December 20 |
9:00PM
& Midnight |
1988:
"Perfect Strangers," etc |
| Friday, December 20 |
10:00PM & 1:00AM |
1989: "Saved by the
Bell," etc |
More shows might be featured, watch to find out! For more
info, visit
the web site. |
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Glenn
Quinn, 32 of 'Roseanne' & 'Angel' |
 [December
7, 2002] Glenn Quinn, best known for his recurring
role of Mark Healy on the sitcom "Roseanne"
and a former co-star of the supernatural drama "Angel,"
died from a possible drug overdose Tuesday in North Hollywood.
He was 32. Quinn joined the cast of "Roseanne"
in its third season, playing Becky Connor's not-so-bright, yet
sincere boyfriend and then husband from 1990 to
1997. He also co-starred as the half-demon
Doyle on "Angel," a spin-off of "Buffy
the Vampire Slayer," during its 1999 premiere
season. Quinn was born in Dublin Ireland.
Although most of his roles required him to hide his Irish
accent, "Angel" was his first role in an
American series in which he could speak naturally.
He also appeared in the TV movies "Call Me
Anna" and "Silhouette" and
co-starred in "Covington Cross," a
short-lived, historical-fantasy series, which aired in the
United Kingdom and on ABC in 1992. Most recently, he
co-starred in "At Any Cost," a 2000 VH1
movie.
Quinn was found dead at a friend's home in Los
Angeles. Detectives said the case will remain open
pending the completion of toxicology tests, but no foul play
was suspected. |
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Actress
and comedienne Billie Bird |
 [December
6, 2002] Billie Bird, (her real name is Bird Berniece
Sellen) the actress and comedienne who played Mrs. Philbert on
"Dear John", died November 27 at age 94 from
complications of Alzheimer's disease. Billie's appeared in
dozens of movies and TV shows since the 1950's, usually
playing old ladies, including memorable roles in "Home
Alone", "Jury Duty" and several "Police
Academy" movies.
Billie's TV credits included "Dragnet,"
"I Love Lucy" and numerous character parts on "Playhouse
90" and "The Loretta Young Show."
Her most recent appearances were "Max Headroom,"
"Hardcastle and McCormick," regular roles on "It
Takes Two" from 1982 - 1983 (with Richard Crenna and
Helen Hunt and Anthony Edwards), Benson (beginning in 1984)
and the role of Margie Philbert on "Dear John"
with Judd Hirsch from 1988 to 1992. Her last appearance was a
cameo on "George & Leo" with Bob Newhart
in 1997. |
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William
Henson, the animator behind Bullwinkle |
 [December
5, 2002] William Henson, the animator behind the wise
cracking chipmunks Chip 'n Dale, Rocky, the flying
squirrel and the beloved dim-witted moose Bullwinkle,
died earlier this week at Parkland Memorial Hospital of head
injuries after being hit by a pickup truck in suburban Dallas,
TX. Henson was 78.
Henson joined the Disney animation studios in California after
graduating from high school in Dallas. He was a cartoonist for
Disney films such as "Song of the South",
"Pecos Bill" and "Peter and the
Wolf". Henson left Disney, to for New
York where he worked on cartoons such as "Casper the
Friendly Ghost", he went to Mexico to supervise a
team of about 180 animators who brought characters such as
Rocky, Bullwinkle and the spies Boris and Natasha to
life. The studio also turned out other cartoons featuring Underdog,
Tennessee Tuxedo, and the cartoon rabbit of Trix cereal
fame. Henson later moved to the east Dallas suburb of
Terrell and taught animation in the Dallas school system. He
also drew cartoons for a small newspaper in the area. |
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Roone
Arledge, Chairman of ABC News |
 [December
5, 2002] Roone Arledge, the chairman of ABC News and a
37-time Emmy Award-winner, died in New York of complications
from cancer, the network said. He was 71. Arledge, born in
Queens, New York, joined ABC from rival NBC in 1960.
He took over ABC Sports in 1968. He created the
landmark sports anthology program, "Wide World of
Sports," "Up Close and Personal,"
brought popularity back to the Olympics, and took sports
into prime time with "Monday Night Football."
In 1977, Arledge became President of ABC News (and remained
President of ABC Sports, until 1986). He created "Nightline,"
"World News Tonight," "20/20,"
"PrimetimeLive," and "This
Week." |
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Passings |
| [December 3,
2002] George Hall, character actor on
stage, television and film last seen in this year's Broadway
revival of "The Boys From Syracuse," died of
a stroke October 21 in Hawthorne, N.Y, he was 85. Hall
most recently played C.R. Flint "Murder in Small Town
X" Hall is also remembered as the
very elderly Indiana Jones in George Lucas' "The Young
Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1992). He also played Tom
Eldridge in "Remember WENN," a five-year
cable series.
Edgar J. Scherick, movie and television producer
died Monday at his home in Los Angeles of complications of
leukemia. He was 78. His credits include Woody Allen's
first feature film, "Take the Money and Run,"
In 1963, Scherick became vice president in charge of ABC's
programming, where he brought to the network "Batman,"
"The FBI," "Bewitched,"
"F-Troop," "The Hollywood Palace" and "Peyton
Place," the first prime-time soap opera. But he
occasionally missed: He once turned down "Get
Smart," which went on to be a huge hit.
Scherick's most recent project was "Path to War"
for HBO this year.
Lin McCarthy, 84, character actor on stage,
television and film for three decades, died of pneumonia
November 23 in Beverly Hills. McCarthy's
television appearances included playing Lieutenant
Hauser on the 1976 series, "The Blue Knight,"
and guest roles on popular series such as
"Quincy," "The Fugitive," "The
F.B.I.," "Baretta," "Lou Grant,"
"Knight Rider" and as well as the miniseries "The
Winds of War" in 1983 and television movies including
"Tail Gunner Joe" in 1977 and "Eleanor,
First Lady of the World" in 1982. On the big
screen, McCarthy played Capt. Anderson to Jack Webb's sergeant
in "The D.I." about Marine boot camp in 1957.
He also was in the 1950s films "Yellowneck"
and "Face of a Fugitive." McCarthy retired
from acting in 1984.
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Smothers
Brothers get Smothered on Bravo |
 [December
1, 2002] Bravo presents an original two-hour special
that examines the turmoil that surrounded the late 60s variety
show "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,"
including the events that led to its cancellation…and the
remarkable David vs. Goliath battle when the brothers took on
CBS and censorship in a landmark lawsuit.
 With
a young and brash stable of writers and performers, including
Steve Martin and Rob Reiner, "The Smothers Brothers
Comedy Hour" brought an edgy new brand of political
comedy to the airwaves for three seasons. But when they were
fired in 1969, brothers Tom and Dick Smothers took on their
network, CBS, in the courts…and won. For the first time,
hear in-depth the fascinating true story, as told by the
brothers themselves and others, including series writers Rob
Reiner and Mason Williams as well as former CBS executives.
Premieres Wednesday, December 4 at 8:00PM. Encore
presentations Wednesday, December 4 at 11:00PM,
Thursday, December 5 at 5:00PM & Saturday, December 14 at
2:00PM.
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