Television Flashcards
(280 cards)
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Kyle Chandler is the coach of a small-town high school football team on this critically acclaimed TV show
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Friday Night Lights
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Just when Wentworth Miller thought he was out, they pull him back–into jail–on this Fox drama
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Prison Break
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Starbuck is a woman on the Sci-Fi Channel’s version of this series
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Battlestar Galactica
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This perky actress plays Olive Snook, a waitress at the Pie Hole on “Pushing Daisies”
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Kristin Chenoweth
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Mick St. John is a P.I. who sucks–blood, that is–on this vampirific CBS show
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Moonlight
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Ellen Pompeo plays one of the healers in training on this drama
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Grey’s Anatomy
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Kyle MacLachlan moved onto Wisteria Lane as Orson Hodge, Bree’s new husband, on this soapy series
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Desperate Housewives
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Jorge Garcia keeps the humor alive as Hugo “Hurley” Reyes on this enigmatic show
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Lost
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Who can resist John Krasinski as prankster Jim Halpert on this sitcom?
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The Office
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Jack Coleman, who plays the mysterious H.R.G. on this show, is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin
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Heroes
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The television documentary “America’s Favorite Neighbor” was a tribute to him
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Fred Rogers
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This show won the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy in 1968, but we disavow any knowledge of it
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Mission: Impossible
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The actress seen here (Kathy Kinney) plays this sitcom character
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Mimi
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$1200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Believe it or not, back in 1949, he was the original host of “Believe It or Not”
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Robert Ripley
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$1600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| She’s the “Night Court” actress seen here
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Markie Post
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$2000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The 1985-86 troupe on this show included Anthony Michael Hall, Joan Cusack & Robert Downey, Jr.
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Saturday Night Live
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In Apple’s I-Movie program, the effect seen here that’s done with photos is named for this TV filmmaker
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Ken Burns
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Milli Vanilli was the first subject of this series, which came from questions like whatever happened to Milli Vanilli
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Behind the Music
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Show inspired by an article saying about 30% of the people who married in 1965 had kids from a previous marriage
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The Brady Bunch
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| An allusion to “Arabian Nights”, the title of this show suggests a magic door to knowledge
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Sesame Street
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Amy Brenneman’s real-life relationship with her mom inspired this TV legal drama
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Judging Amy
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| It gave us the catchphrase “The tribe has spoken”
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Survivor
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 2000 Mary Tyler Moore & this actress reunited for the TV movie “Mary and Rhoda”
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Valerie Harper
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (Hi, I’m Katie Wagner) One of the highlights of hosting this “live” music show for TBS was that I got to flirt with Tom Jones
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Live From the House of Blues
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Fran Drescher was "The Nanny" & she was the nanny of "Nanny and the Professor"
Juliet Mills
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "Kidnapped By UFOs?" was a probing episode of this PBS series whose name is Latin for "new"
Nova
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| [Hi, I'm Wallace Langham] My mother was a costume designer on this first TV variety series hosted by this brother-&-sister duo
Donny & Marie Osmond
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On this D.C.-set sitcom, Phil faked his own death & went into hiding because he knew too much about Whitewater
Murphy Brown
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| It isn't quite as harrowing as "ER" when real people get makeovers on the E! series known as "Fashion" this
Fashion Emergency
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On "SNL" this performer with a rhyming name portrayed Arianna the Cheerleader, Mariah Carey & Judge Judy
Cheri Oteri
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Ben Gould & Samantha Becker roam the halls of Bayside High as part of "The New Class" on this show
Saved By the Bell
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The series finale of this Fox drama aired on May 17, 2000, 2 weeks after the last "Party of Five"
Beverly Hills, 90210
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This wallaby's "Modern Life" takes place in O Town with his dog Spunky & his pal Heffer
Rocko
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Alice is the housekeeper on this classic sitcom; Sam the butcher is her boyfriend
The Brady Bunch
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On this NBC sci-fi drama, genius Jarod was played by Michael T. Weiss as a man & by Ryan Merriman as a boy
The Pretender
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Jack, Chrissy & Janet shared a Santa Monica apartment on this sitcom
Three's Company
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On "The Naked Truth", she was Nora Wilde, a photographer, later a reporter, for the National Inquisitor
Tea Leoni
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In the '60s this character's ooky maiden name was Frump
Morticia Addams
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| [Hi, I'm Wendie Malick from "Just Shoot Me"] I played Brian Benben's ex-wife Judith on this HBO comedy series that featured clips from old movies
Dream On
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He served as the anchor of CBS' "Public Eye" & as the host of HBO's "Real Sports"
Bryant Gumbel
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1998 Brian Dennehy made his first appearance as Red Finch, David Spade's firefighter father, on this hit series
Just Shoot Me
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (Hi, I'm Heather Tom of The Young and the Restless.) My sister Nicholle played Mr. Sheffield's daughter Maggie on this Fran Drescher sitcom
The Nanny
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In January 2000 this libidinous HBO show won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series
Sex and the City
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1999 an ABC sitcom dropped "a Pizza Place" from its name, which changed to this
Two Guys and a Girl
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "Gilligan's Island" creator Sherwood Schwartz said he wrote this role with his friend Jim Backus in mind
Thurston Howell III
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Before she was Will's Grace, Debra Messing was Gail O'Grady's sister Dana Abandando on this cop drama
NYPD Blue
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "(Hi, I'm A Martinez) Before joining "General Hospital", I won an Emmy playing Cruz on this California-based soap"
Santa Barbara
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This gritty drama focuses on the police, paramedics & firefighters who work the 3-11 P.M. shift
Third Watch
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Frankie Muniz is the title kid on this quirky family sitcom that premiered on FOX in 2000
Malcolm In The Middle
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On "The Simpsons", the chief executive of Springfield is this corrupt mayor nicknamed Diamond Joe
Mayor Quimby
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He's the host of the American version of "Whose Line is it Anyway?"
Drew Carey
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On her spinoff "Time of Your Life", this former "party" girl is partying in the Big Apple
Jennifer Love Hewitt
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| From 1988 to 1991 Conan O'Brien wrote for this long-running NBC series
Saturday Night Live
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On "The West Wing", this former Brat Packer plays deputy communications director Sam Seaborn
Rob Lowe
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (Hi, I'm Gil Bellows) In addition to "Ally McBeal", this man has created such great shows as "Chicago Hope" & "PIcket Fences"
David E. Kelley
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Roz Doyle, a character on this sitcom, is named for a late producer of the NBC sitcom "Wings"
Frasier
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This Emmy-winning drama series features the opening heard here: ("In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate & equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, & the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.")
Law & Order
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Robert Pastorelli was the star of "Cracker", but he's best-known for playing Eldin the Painter on this sitcom
Murphy Brown
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Diane Keaton directed an episode of this David Lynch series about a strange town in the Northwest
Twin Peaks
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In the mid-'80s Barbara Bel Geddes left this series & Donna Reed stepped in briefly as Miss Ellie
Dallas
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He was "X"-static when the first "X-Files" episode he directed aired 1 day after the birth of his baby.
David Duchovny
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This sitcom's last show of the '98-'99 season ended with the cast singing & dancing to "Brotherhood of Man"
The Drew Carey Show
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$1200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "Matlock" & "Designing Women" were both set in this state capital
Atlanta
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "Cosmetic" name of the magazine that's the focus of "Just Shoot Me", or what its racier episodes may make you do
Blush
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Like Burton & Taylor, Billy Zane & Leonor Varela had a romance when they played these lovers (in a 1999 miniseries)
Antony & Cleopatra
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Susan Sullivan & Mitchell Ryan once played doctors on "Julie Farr, M.D."; now they're Greg's parents on this sitcom
Dharma & Greg
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Cordell is the first name of this crimefighter played by Chuck Norris
Walker, Texas Ranger
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Delta Burke played Dixie Carter's ex-mother-in-law on "Filthy Rich" before playing her sister on this sitcom
Designing Women
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| John Ritter appeared as the minister who married Ted & Georgette on this classic sitcom
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (Hi, I'm Kathy Kinney of The Drew Carey Show.) I played the town librarian of Stratford, Vermont on this '80s sitcom set mainly at the Stratford Inn
Newhart
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Now a "20/20" co-anchor, she was 1 of 2 women reporters in the press corps that accompanied Nixon to China
Barbara Walters
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Originally, this sitcom was going to be called "Country Cousins" or "The Eddie Albert Show"
Green Acres
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Robert Clary, who played Corporal LeBeau in this series, was interned in Nazi concentration camps in WWII
Hogan's Heroes
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Guy Williams won this swashbuckling role because he was one of the few actors tested who could fence
Zorro
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This Buddy Ebsen series had a Nielsen average of 39.1 for 1963-64, the highest season rating from 1960 to today
The Beverly Hillbillies
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In a 1983 movie about a kidnapping, Daniel J. Travanti played the man who would later host this series
America's Most Wanted (hosted by John Walsh)
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| It's the first word spoken in the opening title sequence on the original "Star Trek" series
Space
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Dang! This actor rode to success as TV's Sam McCloud
Dennis Weaver
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Kevin James plays sports-crazed, blue-collar working stiff Doug Heffernan on this "royal" CBS sitcom
The King of Queens
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$2000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (Hi everybody, I'm Brandy!) In the TV movie "Cinderella", I played Cinderella & this singer played my fairy godmother
Whitney Houston
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Howard Hesseman spun out the tunes as this hip "medical" deejay on "WKRP in Cincinnati"
Dr. Johnny Fever
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In February 1999, after 5 seasons in the "ER", this handsome actor checked out
George Clooney
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On "Friends" Courteney Cox & David Schwimmer play this sister & brother
Monica & Ross Geller
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Once one of New York's toughest judges, today she does her tough-talking in her TV courtroom
Judge Judy
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (Hi, I'm Laura Lee Bell from "The Young and the Restless") My parents William & Lee Bell created both "The Young and the Restless" & this soap opera which premiered in 1987
The Bold and the Beautiful
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Norman Lear called this late "Good Times" actress the one true black matriarch on series television
Esther Rolle
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1997, TV Guide's No. 2 pick for the 100 greatest episodes of all time was her stint selling Vitameatavegamin
Lucille Ball
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On this sitcom, the character Joey landed a part on "Days of Our Lives"
Friends
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Jenna Elfman & Thomas Gibson play this title pair, a kooky yoga teacher & an uptight U.S. attorney
Dharma & Greg
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| John Cleese guest-starred as a wacky professor who was John Lithgow's rival on this show
3rd Rock from the Sun
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| For sister witches Shannen Doherty, Alyssa Milano & Holly Marie Combs, 3 is a magic number on this show
Charmed
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The 2 "North And South" miniseries featured this "Dirty Dancing" star
Patrick Swayze
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Like "Picket Fences", "Step By Step" was set in this state
Wisconsin
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1981 she stepped out of "Three's Company"
Suzanne Somers
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Belinda Montgomery was Patrick Duffy's Dr. on "The Man From Atlantis" & Neil Patrick Harris' mom on this show
Doogie Howser, M.D.
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Patrick Duffy) In the fall 1986 "Dallas" opener, Pamela woke up & saw me doing this, making the last season a dream"
Taking a shower
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Michael Richards won 3 Emmys for playing this "Seinfeld" character
Cosmo Kramer
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The producers found the name of this first mate of the S.S. Minnow in a telephone book
Gilligan
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On an April 10, 1957 episode of his parents' sitcom, he sang "I'm Walkin' ", his first record
Ricky Nelson
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Regis Philbin) On February 26, 1998, I was accused of killing Kathie Lee Gifford in an episode of this Dick Van Dyke series"
Diagnosis Murder
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1992 Paul Sorvino, who played detective Phil Cerreta, left this series to sing opera
Law & Order
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| By September 1985 "A.M. Chicago" had been expanded to an hour & became this show; it's still on
The Oprah Winfrey Show
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Part of this sitcom's 100th episode, aired Nov. 11, 1997, was shot on location in Seattle
Frasier
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$1200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Jason Alexander) This actor co-starred with me on a sitcom called "E/R" before starring on the medical series "ER" "
George Clooney
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In May 1998 the final episode of this sitcom featured Julia Roberts falling for Frank Fontana
Murphy Brown
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Sam Neill played this whiz of a wizard in a 1998 miniseries
Merlin
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This star of "Webster" was 16 years old when the series ended its 4-year run in 1987
Emmanuel Lewis
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| She gained mass exposure on "The Tonight Show" in 1966 but had a falling-out with Johnny Carson 20 years later
Joan Rivers
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Dan Cortese) In 1993 I filled Martin Milner's shoes in a new version of this show about 2 guys & a Corvette"
"Route 66"
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| 1997 ads for ABC used slogans like "Scientists say we use 10% of" this; "that's way too much"
Our brains
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1951 Milton Berle signed a 30-year contract with this network at $200,000 per annun
NBC
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Elizabeth Taylor voiced the first word spoken by this young Simpson: "Daddy"
Maggie
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| It's the longest-running prime time sports show in the history of network television
Monday Night Football
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Santa's Little Helper, the Simpson family dog, is this breed of racing dog
Greyhound
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$700 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): "(Hi, I'm Fred Savage): In an episode of "Working", I pick up Danica McKellar, who played this "Wonder Years" character"
Winnie Cooper
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Alice left New Jersey to be a singer but ended up as a waitress at his Phoenix diner
Mel Sharples
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In the final episode of their original animated series, these 2 title characters "Are Dead"
Beavis & Butt-head
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| One of vampire-slaying Buffy's friends is this shy girl, played by Alyson Hannigan
Willow
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The apartment complex located at 4616 on this title L.A. street is home to some "FOX"y ladies
Melrose Place
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "Promised Land" with Gerald McRaney is a spinoff of this heavenly CBS series
Touched by an Angel
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He's played Pete Ryan, Alexander Mundy & Jonathan Hart
Robert Wagner
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (Hi, I'm Julie Pinson) "Port Charles" is a spin-off from this soap that's also set in Port Charles
General Hospital
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| After NBC canceled this Sam Waterston series in 1993, PBS produced a movie to wrap up its loose ends
I'll Fly Away
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This sitcom was well into its first season when Jaleel White joined it as Steve Urkel
Family Matters
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1997 TV Guide described this Bob Newhart-Judd Hirsch comedy as "More Grumpier Old Men"
George & Leo
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This man, seen here, now does his presiding on television:
Mayor Koch
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| After a 10-year absence, this series returned in 1997 with Stacy Keach reprising the title role
Mike Hammer
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In the early '60s Martin Milner & George Maharis got their kicks riding around on this series
Route 66
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In October 1996 Superman got married in his own comic book & on this TV show
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This former White House correspondent co-anchors "Primetime Live" with Diane Sawyer
Sam Donaldson
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| MTV's 1997 spin-off "Daria" features a character from this moronic animated series
Beavis and Butt-Head
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| NBC refused to let this CBS talk show host use its clips on his 1997 prime-time special
David Letterman
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Peter Boyle & Doris Roberts play the parents & neighbors of Ray Romano on this CBS sitcom
Everybody Loves Raymond
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In the pilot of "Seinfeld", Jerry lived across the hall from Hoffman, not this Michael Richards character
Cosmo Kramer
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This character & his friends brew Buzz Beer in his garage -- "It's the Beer That Throws Up Smooth"
Drew Carey
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1997 this show's season premiere drew 43 million viewers to NBC
ER (they did it live)
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In February 1997 TV sleuths Joe Mannix & Ben Matlock made guest appearances on this Dick Van Dyke series
Diagnosis Murder
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| During 27 years of "On The Road" reports, he had 5 motor homes; the last is now in the Henry Ford Museum
Charles Kuralt
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In January 1997 he bid a tearful farewell after almost 15 years as "Today" Show co-host
Bryant Gumbel
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Formerly Rhoda's sister Brenda, Julie Kavner now provides the voice of this Simpson matriarch
Marge Simpson
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1996 Anthony Edwards & Eric Roberts starred in a TV adaptation of this Truman Capote tale
In Cold Blood
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Premiering in 1997 & set in a California coastal community, it's Aaron Spelling's first daytime soap
Sunset Beach
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| From 1985 to 1992 Richard Dean Anderson played this resourceful agent for the Phoenix Foundation
MacGyver
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| TV's No. 1 show for the 1979-80 season, it was also tops 13 years later for the 1992-93 season
60 Minutes
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In reviewing this May 1997 4-hour miniseries, TV Guide said NBC didn't "quite hit a Homer"
The Odyssey
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1996 Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy & other actors from this series reunited for a TV movie
"Dallas"
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On a 1995 episode of this sitcom, JFK Jr. dropped by the offices of "FYI"
"Murphy Brown"
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Carol Burnett & Carroll O'Connor have appeared as Jamie's parents on this sitcom
"Mad About You"
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This British comedy troupe's "Flying Circus" landed on American TV in 1974
Monty Python
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "Dragnet"'s Jack Webb also developed this police series starring Martin Milner & Kent McCord
"Adam-12"
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$None ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| A 1997 episode of this series guest-starred Philip Michael Thomas & Tommy Chong
Nash Bridges
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The owner of the stud farm where this "talking" horse was bred is seeking landmark status for the site
Mr. Ed
153
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "Men Are Pigs", Tim Allen's Showtime special about men's love for hardware, inspired this series
"Home Improvement"
154
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| (Hi, I'm Chris Hardwick.) In 1985 MTV launched this sister channel to play adult contemporary & soft-rock videos for an older generation
VH1
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "Laverne & Shirley" was the top show of 1977-78; this series from which it was spun off was No. 2
"Happy Days"
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In "Newhart"'s final episode, Bob Newhart woke up with this former TV wife by his side
Suzanne Pleshette
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The face of Maris, Niles' wife on this sitcom, has never been seen
"Frasier"
158
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1996 Jack Larson guest-starred on "Lois & Clark" in this role he played on the original TV "Superman"
Jimmy Olsen
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$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| It starred Louise Lasser, Louise Lasser in the title role
"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"
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$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "General Hospital" is set in Port Charles & "All My Children" is set in this fictional town
Pine Valley
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$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On "I Love Lucy", it was Lucy Ricardo's maiden name
McGillicuddy
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On June 10, 1996 her syndicated talk show debuted with George Clooney & Susan Lucci as guests
Rosie O'Donnell
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$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The theme song to this Tim Daly sitcom is based on the fourth movement of Schubert's Piano Sonata in A Major
"Wings"
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This Phil Silvers character was master sergeant of the motor pool at Fort Baxter, Kansas
Sgt. Bilko
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1996 he won the first acting Emmy for a cable TV series for playing Artie on "The Larry Sanders Show"
Rip Torn
166
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In this 1950s sitcom Theodore's classmates at Grant Ave. School included Larry Mondello, Gilbert Bates & Whitey
"Leave It To Beaver"
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "Mama's Family", which starred Vicki Lawrence, was based on sketches first seen on this show
"The Carol Burnett Show"
168
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This Aaron Spelling sizzler set in Georgia centers on 3 sultry women: Lane, Peyton & Reese
"Savannah"
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On the cartoon series "Ren & Stimpy", Ren is this breed of dog
Chihuahua
170
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Jonathan Silverman plays the title bachelor on this sitcom
"The Single Guy"
171
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Once a Brat Packer, now he's Brooke Shields' publisher on "Suddenly Susan"
Judd Nelson
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$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This series features a fox & a wolf, Matthew Fox & Scott Wolf
Party of Five
173
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This actress who played Mallory on "Family Ties" now stars on "Men Behaving Badly"
Justine Bateman
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| When they premiered in 1994, "ER" & this medical drama aired opposite each other
Chicago Hope
175
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| It's the first name shared by Frasier Crane's brother & the butler on "The Nanny"
Niles
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This comedian hosts TV's "Politically Incorrect"
Bill Maher
177
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The top show of 1976-77 was "Happy Days"; the following season it was this "Happy Days" spin-off
Laverne & Shirley
178
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1996 shows, Steve Harvey, Mitch Mullany & Tom Rhodes all starred as characters with this profession
Teaching
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$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| She plays Dr. Michaela Quinn
Jane Seymour
180
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In a classic episode of this show, Chuckles the Clown, dressed as a peanut, is killed by an elephant
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
181
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Frances Lear, considered the inspiration for this TV title character, passed away in 1996
Maude
182
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This comedian's TV roles have included Alexander Scott, Dr. Cliff Huxtable & Hilton Lucas
Bill Cosby
183
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In a 1981 TV movie, the castaways from this series met the Harlem Globetrotters
Gilligan's Island
184
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| For 3 months in 1950, this red-haired entertainer had a series on which he gave ukulele lessons
Arthur Godfrey
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$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On "The Dick Van Dyke Show", Rob Petrie was a comedy writer for this series
The Alan Brady Show
186
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On "The Munsters", it was Eddie Munster's middle name
Wolfgang
187
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| After 12 seasons, Angela Lansbury closed the book on this series in 1996
"Murder, She Wrote"
188
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Erika Slezak has played the role of Victoria Lord on this daytime soap since 1971
"One Life To Live"
189
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This cable network's "Biography" won a 1995 Cableace Award for best documentary series
A&E (Arts & Entertainment Network)
190
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He spent 8 years on "Saturday Night Live" before starring as anchorman Bill McNeal on "NewsRadio"
Phil Hartman
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$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This sitcom is set at Tom Nevers Field
"Wings"
192
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This Candice Bergen character gave up drinking after a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic
Murphy Brown
193
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On this series, Sgt. Phil Esterhaus ended roll call with "And, hey -- let's be careful out there"
"Hill Street Blues"
194
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The silver for his bullets came from a mine owned by himself & his late brother
The Lone Ranger
195
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On "Rocky And His Friends", Charlie Ruggles voiced the role of this "fabled" old philosopher
Aesop
196
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Airline navigator Howard Borden was Dr. Robert Hartley's neighbor on this show
"The Bob Newhart Show"
197
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| After the May 30, 1996 telecast, he left "Entertainment Tonight" to pursue his musical career
John Tesh
198
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This "Lois & Clark" star wrote the April 28, 1996 episode, her first script for the series
Teri Hatcher
199
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Earl Hindman plays Wilson, Tim Taylor's partially-seen neighbor, on this series
"Home Improvement"
200
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Mendocino, California was used to represent Cabot Cove on this CBS series
"Murder, She Wrote"
201
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He starred in "Gabriel's Fire" & performs the opening voice-over of "3rd Rock From The Sun"
James Earl Jones
202
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On Dec. 3, 1995 Marc Kudisch starred as Conrad Birdie in a remake of this musical
Bye Bye Birdie
203
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In a 1995 episode of this Fox animated series, Glenn Close played Homer's long-lost mother
The Simpsons
204
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The most frequent sketch on this series was "Mr. Bill" with 24 appearances
"Saturday Night Live"
205
$1500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1985 he replaced Coach behind the bar at "Cheers"
Woody Harrelson (the character's name was Woody Boyd)
206
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On this cartoon series, you'll find such characters as Plucky Duck, Dizzy Devil & Buster Bunny
Tiny Toon Adventures
207
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"
Lois & Clark
208
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| "Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series
Nightmare on Elm Street
209
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon
Hart to Hart
210
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama
Melrose Place
211
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| After "Perry Mason" was canceled, Raymond Burr returned as this wheelchair-bound detective
"Ironside"
212
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In the 1995 miniseries "Buffalo Girls", Anjelica Huston played this notorious frontierswoman
Calamity Jane
213
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Before heading a "Dynasty", he played professor Mike Endicott on "To Rome With Love"
John Forsythe
214
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| From 1982 to 1985 Julia Louis-Dreyfus was one of the regulars on this comedy show
"Saturday Night Live"
215
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1995 Kristy McNichol, who flew the coop from this sitcom, returned for the final episode
"Empty Nest"
216
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On the November 16, 1968 episode of "Get Smart", Maxwell Smart married her
Agent 99
217
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1990 Jimmy Smits won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his work on this NBC drama
L.A. Law
218
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This series' Flub-A-Dub had the head of a duck & the body of a dachshund
Howdy Doody
219
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This Jane Wyman series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley in California
Falcon Crest
220
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1966 Alice Pearce won a posthumous Emmy for her role as neighbor Gladys Kravitz on this ABC sitcom
Bewitched
221
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On May 22, 1995 USA Today reported she "weighs anchor, no longer eye-to-eye with CBS News"
Connie Chung
222
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| ABC's comedy "Hudson Street" stars Lori Loughlin & this former "Who's the Boss?" housekeeper
Tony Danza
223
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This company had a "Television Theater" in 1947; its "Music Hall" didn't premiere until 1958
Kraft
224
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Both "Happy Days" & "Laverne & Shirley" were set in this city
Milwaukee
225
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Among her TV roles were Jill Danko, Sabrina Duncan & Amanda King
Kate Jackson
226
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Michael, Jackie, Marlon, Jermaine & Tito did their own voices on the '70s cartoon show about these brothers
the Jacksons
227
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| From 1952-54 "The Adventures of" this husband & wife played both on TV and radio
Ozzie & Harriet
228
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This John Ritter series that debuted in 1977 was based on the British TV series "Man About the House"
Three's Company
229
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This actor refused his Oscar in 1971 but accepted an Emmy one month later for "The Price"
George C. Scott
230
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| At the end of each "Mork & Mindy" episode, Mork reported to this Orkan superior
Orson
231
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| It's said about 90% of the viewers of the 1947 World Series watched the games at these establishments
bars
232
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On "My Three Sons", Bub O'Casey was related to Mike, Robbie & Chip in this way
grandfather
233
$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| According to the intro, there were "8 million stories" in this TV series
The Naked City
234
$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Profession shared by Jerry Helper on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" & Jerry Robinson on "The Bob Newhart Show"
dentist
235
$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The younger brother of Dana Andrews, he starred as Lt. Hondo Harrelson on "S.W.A.T."
Steve Forrest
236
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Jack Jones sang this series' theme song from 1977 to 1985; Dionne Warwick sang it the last season
The Love Boat
237
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This 600-pound American black bear lived in the Florida Everglades with the Wedloes
Gentle Ben
238
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On December 2, 1969 astronaut Tony Nelson married her
Jeannie
239
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| A 1976 Writing Emmy was awarded for the "Chuckles Bites the Dust" episode of this series
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
240
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In "The Dick Van Dyke Show", it was the series for which Rob Petrie was head writer
The Alan Brady Show
241
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This city was the first in the U.S. to have more than 1 TV station in operation
New York
242
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger won 1987 Emmys for writing this series' "My Name Is Alex" episode
Family Ties
243
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This skinflint comedian played Ralph & Alice Kramden's landlord on 1 episode of "The Honeymooners"
Jack Benny
244
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| From 1947 to 1975, Lawrence Spivak was a panelist or moderator on this NBC public affairs program
Meet the Press
245
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The announcer called it "The crossword game you've played all your life, but never quite like this"
Scrabble
246
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This NBC sitcom ended its 7-season run with Alex going to Wall Street
Family Ties
247
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Stephanie nixed Michael's plan to videotape the birth of their baby on this series' Jan. 8, 1990 episode
Newhart
248
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Before playing general practitioner Mike Stratford in "Doctor, Doctor", he was Max Headroom
Matt Frewer
249
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This goggle-eyed cartoon family from "The Tracey Ullman Show" now has its own series on the FOX network
The Simpsons
250
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| 30 years ago she was Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show"; today she's Christine on "Coach"
Shelley Fabares
251
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He placed 6th in the U.S. Olympic decathlon trials in 1948 before limping into TV's "Gunsmoke"
Dennis Weaver
252
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Dan Rather hosts this documentary series that condenses 2 days of coverage into a single hour
"48 Hours"
253
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1966 this ex-producer of "ABC's Wide World of Sports" received the 1st of his more than 40 Emmy nominations
Roone Arledge
254
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Carroll O' Connor stars as chief Bill Gillespie in this NBC series based on 1967's "Best Picture"
"In The Heat Of The Night"
255
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He played sheriff Sam Cade in the early 1970s drama "Cade's County"
Glenn Ford
256
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This $104 million sequel to "The Winds of War" had 358 speaking parts & used 41,720 extras
War and Rememberance
257
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Of "Rhoda", "Riptide", or "Remington Steele", the one that starred the daughter of a famous actor
Remington Steele
258
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Sgt. John Bunnell & Officer Harry Jackson are 2 of the "stars" of this real-life police show on Fox
Cops
259
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The Robinsons, Don West, the Robot, & this cowardly doctor were "Lost in Space"
Dr. Zachary Smith
260
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| A year before "Matt Houston", he was Archie Goodwin on "Nero Wolfe"
Lee Horsley
261
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Ray Walston was the Martian while the "my" in "My Favorite Martian" referred to him
Bill Bixby
262
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Before playing the principal at "The Bronx Zoo", he played the city editor of the L.A. Tribune
Ed Asner
263
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| In 1977 her own show aired on CBS just before "Maude"; now she's a "Golden Girl" with Bea Arthur
Betty White
264
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| The pilot of this show, set in North Carolina, played as part of "The Danny Thomas Show" in 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
265
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He was a regular on Danny Kaye's, Carol Burnett's & Tim Conway's variety shows
Harvey Korman
266
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| A famous mini-series, or what blondes have to keep bleaching
Roots
267
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| '60s Emmy winner that was Rowan & Martin's answer to a sit-in
Laugh-In
268
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| On this show, Michael's "armor" is K.I.T.T.
Knight Rider
269
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This series sounds like a show about kinfolk's cravats
Family Ties
270
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| At various times, regulars on his comedy variety show included Gene Rayburn, Buck Henry, & Louis Nye
Steve Allen
271
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He played Superman in '50s series whose reruns are 2nd only to "I Love Lucy" in popularity
George Reeve(s)
272
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| This newspaper for which Lou Grant worked was in L.A., not Chicago
The Tribune
273
$600 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Police show which began as "Toma" became much better known with new star & this new name
Baretta
274
$800 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| He's coming out of retirement to defend Della Street, his former secretary
Perry Mason
275
$1000 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| To shed her good-girl "Waltons" image, she shed her clothes in the August 1985 Playboy
Judy Norton-Taylor
276
$100 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| They got married in the final episode of "Happy Days"
Joanie and Chachi
277
$200 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Editor Billie Newman & Joe Rossi worked for
Lou Grant
278
$300 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| She shot J.R.
Mary Crosby
279
$400 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Played WJM's man-hunting "happy homemaker" Sue Ann Nivens
Betty White
280
$500 ||| Category: TELEVISION ||| Marketing has begun on a line of nursewear from this TV medical show
Trapper John, M.D.
