"changed for TV and was no longer gay. English teacher, Elizabeth Sherwood was played in the film by actress Anne Meara, but in the series was played by actress Carol Mayo Jenkins. The character of Ralph Garci (Tommy Aguilar inheriting the role played in the film by Barry Miller) appeared in the first episode of the TV version, but was metamorphosed into the character of Danny Amatullo. The character Doris Schwartz, played by Valerie Landsburg, was in the series while the character Doris Finsecker appeared in the film version and was portrayed by Maureen Teefy. Since 2011, reruns of ""Fame"""
"starring Patrick Swayze and James Read in 1985, 1986, and 1994. The first installment, 1985's ""North and South"", remains the seventh-highest rated miniseries in TV history. Published in 1982, ""North and South"" introduces the rice-growing Mains of South Carolina and the ironworking Hazards of Pennsylvania, whose respective scions Orry and George meet and become friends at West Point. Over the next two decades (1842–1861) the men fight in the Mexican–American War, suffer various family conflicts and witness the increasing discord between the North and South regions of the United States. Orry Main from South Carolina and George Hazard from Pennsylvania"
"20, 1968 (he also received credit on the series as ""executive producer"" during its initial season). Day portrays Doris Martin, a widowed mother of young sons Billy and Toby (Philip Brown and Todd Starke). When the series premieres, she has brought her boys home to her father's rural ranch in Cotina in Mill Valley, north of San Francisco, California, after living in New York City for most of her adult life. Other characters during this initial phase of the program include Doris's father Buck Webb (Denver Pyle) and their naive hired ranch hand, LeRoy B. Simpson (James Hampton). Their housekeeper"
"to chart. Laverne & Shirley Laverne & Shirley (originally Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney) is an American television sitcom that played for eight seasons on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983. A spin-off of ""Happy Days"", ""Laverne & Shirley"" followed the lives of Laverne DeFazio (Penny Marshall) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams), two friends and roommates who work as bottle-cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From the sixth season onwards, the series' setting changed to mid-1960s Burbank, California. Michael McKean and David Lander co-starred as their friends and neighbors Lenny and Squiggy,"
"the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina (Patrick Swayze) and George Hazard of Pennsylvania (James Read), who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the war. The slave-owning Mains are rural planters, while the Hazards, who resided in a small Northern mill town, profit from ownership of manufacturing and industry capital, their differences reflecting the divisions between North and South that eventually led to the Civil War. The initial 1985 miniseries cast Patrick Swayze as Orry Main and James Read as"
"Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. They starred in many coming of age films together in some fashion and became incredibly popular without being musicians. Actors Corey Feldman and Corey Haim also became teen idols during the later part of the 1980s with films ""The Goonies"" and together ""The Lost Boys"", ""Dream a Little dream"" and ""License to Drive"" among other films. They were dubbed ""the two Coreys"". Before Corey Haim's death in 2010, they did a reality TV show for two seasons (2007–08) on A&E named ""The Two Coreys"" after their 1980s moniker. Actor River Phoenix"
"Romany Jones Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by London Weekend Television, It starred Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts as Wally and Lily Briggs and was broadcast between 1973 and 1975, The show was originally designed as a vehicle for James Beck (Private Walker in ""Dad's Army""), involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. Following Beck's death in August 1973 when he was only 44, Bert and Betty Jones were written out of the series, and Jonathan Cecil and Gay Soper took over the lead roles, playing new neighbours, Jeremy and Susan Crichton-Jones."
"Hero (TV Series)...Dotty Parker / Sheila Redman, the Spirit 1981 Nero Wolfe (TV Series)...Melanie Davidson 1981 Magnum, P.I. (TV Series)...Adelaide Malone 1980 Beyond Westworld (TV Series)...Dianna Lionstar 1980 CHiPs (TV Series)...Denise 1980 Desperate Voyage (TV Movie) 1980 Kenny Rogers as The Gambler (TV Movie)...Eliza 1979-1983 Hart to Hart (TV Series)...Victoria Dickenson / Nikki Stephanos 1979-1981 The Incredible Hulk (TV Series)...Leigh Gamble / Linda Calahan 1979 High Midnight (TV Movie)...Sgt. Liz Spencer 1979 Dear Detective (TV Series) 1979 Married: The First Year (TV Series)...Emily Gorey 1979 The Paper Chase (TV Series)...Chris Carlyle 1978 The White Shadow (TV Series)...Dr. Evelyn Crawford 1978"
"1985. Starring Patrick Swayze as Orry Main and James Read as George Hazard, it remains the seventh-highest rated miniseries in TV history. Its sequel, an adaptation of ""Love and War"" called ""North and South: Book II"" for television, debuted on May 4, 1986, with similar success. A final installment, ""Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III"", premiered on February 27, 1994, but it failed to match the success of its predecessors. The miniseries follow the general plot of the novels, although the focus is shifted from the friction between the North and South to the love story between Orry"
"as chanteuse Liz Chandler, the show was going through a dry spell, with many veterans dropped and many new faces alienating long-time fans. Of the nine new characters introduced in the 1980-1981 season, only Liz garnered a fan following, and was the only one to have her contract renewed. For three years, in real-life, Loring dated Don Diamont, the actor who played the corrupt, long-lost son of her TV husband Dr. Neil Curtis. In 1986, Loring scored a No. 2 Pop and No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit record in the United States with ""Friends and Lovers"", with Carl Anderson (also"
"Laverne & Shirley Laverne & Shirley (originally Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney) is an American television sitcom that played for eight seasons on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983. A spin-off of ""Happy Days"", ""Laverne & Shirley"" followed the lives of Laverne DeFazio (Penny Marshall) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams), two friends and roommates who work as bottle-cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From the sixth season onwards, the series' setting changed to mid-1960s Burbank, California. Michael McKean and David Lander co-starred as their friends and neighbors Lenny and Squiggy, along with"
"as Lanie Stieglitz. On April 26, 2007, she began guest appearances on the NBC sitcom ""30 Rock"" as Colleen, the fearsome mother of Alec Baldwin's lead character, Jack Donaghy. Her later roles included Judge Grace Lema on ""Oz"" (1998); and Martha Albright (mother of Jane Curtin's character) on two episodes of ""3rd Rock From the Sun"" (1997, 2001), alongside her Broadway co-star George Grizzard, who played George Albright. Stritch was reportedly considered for the role of Dorothy Zbornak on ""The Golden Girls"" but, as she related in her show ""Elaine Stritch at Liberty"", she ""blew her audition"". The role was"
"also launched Jackée Harry's career. 1986 was the year that marked the debut of the legal drama, ""Matlock"", which was the comeback vehicle for Andy Griffith, as the title character, which also launched the careers of Nancy Stafford, Clarence Gilyard Jr. and Daniel Roebuck. TV talk shows expanded in popularity; ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" remained popular into its third decade, and some of the most viewed newer shows were hosted by Geraldo Rivera, Arsenio Hall and David Letterman. The 1980s also was prominent for spawning several popular children's cartoons such as ""The Smurfs"", ""ThunderCats"", ""Voltron"", ""The Transformers"", ""Masters"
"Shelly Johnson (Twin Peaks) Shelly Johnson (known as Shelly Briggs in the 2017 series) is a fictional character in the ""Twin Peaks"" franchise. She was created by the series creators Mark Frost and David Lynch and portrayed by Mädchen Amick. She is a main character in the original series, and has a supporting role in the prequel films """" (1992) and """" (2014). Shelly returns in the 2017 revival series. In the original series, Shelly dropped out of high school to marry the trucker Leo Johnson, who began to abuse her after their marriage. Shelly works as a waitress at"
"dropping out and getting married to brooding, drug-running trucker Leo Johnson. But that didn't save her from drudgery, boredom, betrayal, and abuse. It just moved the venue and raised the stakes."" Shelly Johnson (Twin Peaks) Shelly Johnson (known as Shelly Briggs in the 2017 series) is a fictional character in the ""Twin Peaks"" franchise. She was created by the series creators Mark Frost and David Lynch and portrayed by Mädchen Amick. She is a main character in the original series, and has a supporting role in the prequel films """" (1992) and """" (2014). Shelly returns in the 2017 revival"
"The show's pilot episode had been made by Thames Television and broadcast in 1972. It was followed by a spin-off sequel in 1976 entitled ""Yus, My Dear"", starring Mullard and Watts. Romany Jones Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by London Weekend Television, It starred Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts as Wally and Lily Briggs and was broadcast between 1973 and 1975, The show was originally designed as a vehicle for James Beck (Private Walker in ""Dad's Army""), involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. Following Beck's death in August 1973 when he"
"and Marion Ross (""Happy Days""), Monty Hall (""Let's Make A Deal""), Gavin MacLeod (""The Love Boat"" and ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show""), Don Knotts, Richard Kline and Jenilee Harrison (""Three's Company""), and Danny Bonaduce and Shirley Jones (""The Partridge Family""). Series recurring cast member Tanya Roberts also starred in a popular show in the 1970s (""Charlie's Angels""). Beginning with season 5, each episode in the series is named after a song by a rock band that was famous in the 1970s: Led Zeppelin (season 5), The Who (Season 6), The Rolling Stones (season 7), and Queen (season 8, except for"
"Sherry Marvin, Pamela Blake as Ellen Dale, Eddie Acuff as Spud Warner, and Robert Elliott as Dan Rankin. Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot) finds himself in a complex case when Sherry Martin (Julie Gibson), a singer at the Century Club, reports the robbery of the famous Blue Diamond, owned by Joe Carney (Charles King), the owner of the nightclub. Joe planned the theft in order to pay a debt to Nick Pollo (George Meeker) with the $100,000 insurance money he would collect. Sherry double-crossed Joe by wearing an imitation one, while she threw the real one, hidden in a cotton"
"Dolly (TV series) Dolly is an American variety show starring Dolly Parton that aired on ABC from September 27, 1987 to May 10, 1988. The show was an attempt at a traditional variety show, featuring music, comedy skits and various guest stars. It had been roughly a decade since the last successful variety series, ""The Carol Burnett Show,"" ""The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour"" and ""Cher"" had gone off the air, and it was regarded as a gamble to try to revive the genre. Banking on Parton's talent and appeal, however, ABC paid the performer a reported $44 million for"
"most popular of the series and spawned two sequel series. The 2010s have seen a revival of both the 1980s and 1990s. The television shows ""The Goldbergs"", ""The Carrie Diaries"", ""GLOW"", ""Stranger Things"", ""Everything Sucks!"" and ""Hindsight"" debuted. The film ""Everybody Wants Some"" was released. A trend for 1980s second wave synthpop is growing along with 1990s-style future house and nu-disco songs by such artists as Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, and Bruno Mars. Numerous 1990s television shows and movies have been revived, along with some films from the 1980s such as ""Footloose"", ""Ghostbusters"", ""Adventures in Babysitting"", ""Dirty Dancing"", and ""The"
"Darryl M. Bell Darryl M. Bell (sometimes credited as Daryl Bell; born May 10, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role as Big Brother X-Ray Vision in the 1988 Spike Lee film ""School Daze"" and as Ron Johnson Jr. on the NBC sitcom ""A Different World"" (1987–93). Darryl Bell also starred on the short-lived UPN sitcom ""Homeboys in Outer Space"" as Morris Clay. Bell is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He pledged into the fraternity through Delta Zeta Chapter in Spring 1982. Bell attended Syracuse University. He is in a 25-year-long committed relationship with actress"
"Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story is a 1981 American made-for-television biographical film directed by Gabrielle Beaumont. It is a dramatization of the life and the murder of Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, played by Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie was aired on NBC on November 1, 1981. Two years later the same story was developed by director Bob Fosse in his movie ""Star 80"", starring Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts. A depiction of the life and times of an up and coming model and actress, Dorothy Stratten,"
"Following his service, he performed in summer stock in Texas and then moved to New York City, where he was given his first film role - the Academy Award-nominated short subject ""The Cliffdwellers"". Amazingly, Hampton's next role came as the lead character in a May 1963 ""Gunsmoke"" episode entitled ""Jeb"", featuring his friend and series regular Burt Reynolds. Hampton is known for his roles in CBS's ""The Doris Day Show"" (as Leroy, the handyman); ABC's ""F Troop"" (as Hannibal Dobbs the incompetent bugler); Robert Aldrich's ""The Longest Yard"" (1974); "" (1975)""; ""Teen Wolf"" (1985); the ""Teen Wolf"" television series (1986"
"manager; Olivia Novak (Dale), an aggressive, risk-taking new lawyer with the firm who was a foil for Carrie and a love interest for Chuck; Alana Newman (Khaner), a judge who was married to Leon; Rob Diamond (Schultz), who joined the firm as a junior lawyer; Dillon Beck (Sherwood), a crown prosecutor who married Carrie; and Laura Crosby (del Mar), a new lawyer who joined the firm after Carrie was killed by a drunk driver. The original series pilot aired on CBC Television in 1986 as ""Shellgame"", a television film written by William Deverell which starred Brenda Robins as a lawyer"
"luna"" (1982) and Sonny & Cher's ""The Beat Goes On"" (1983), both of which were produced by Red Symons. In 1984 he formed a comedy duo in with Cathy Armstrong, in which his flamboyant alter ego Bob Downe was born. ""Bob Downe"" is a cheesy, safari-suit-wearing lounge singer with dazzling teeth, and host of the fictional regional daytime TV show ""Good Morning Murwillumbah"". The distinction between the two personae is often blurred: Trevorrow and the ""Prince of Polyester"" both appear at events and host television programs. In January 1987, Trevorrow went solo with the character at Sydney's Harold Park Hotel."
"My Children"" and ""One Life to Live"") to get ""Loving"" a prime slot. This resulted in her new show commencing a block of back-to-back Nixon shows. Others felt that moving ""Ryan's Hope"" out of the 12:30 slot spared it competition from CBS mega-hit ""The Young and the Restless"", and to a lesser degree, NBC's ailing ""Search For Tomorrow"". During the 1980s, there were numerous cast changes. Some of the more notable ones included the additions of Michael Palance, Grant Show, Daniel Pilon, Gerit Quealy, Leslie Easterbrook, Tichina Arnold, Gloria DeHaven, Jimmy Wlcek, Maria Pitillo, Rosemary Prinz, Catherine Larson, and Christopher"
"for five seasons until it was cancelled in 1986. His 1980s films include the made-for-TV sequel """" (1980), playing Gary Cooper's original role, the science fiction film ""The Last Chase"" (1981), and the disaster movie """" (1983). Between 1987 and 1994, Majors and Lindsay Wagner reunited in three ""The Six Million Dollar Man""/""The Bionic Woman"" TV movies. Majors also made cameo appearances in ""Circle of Two"" (1980) and as himself in the 1988 holiday comedy ""Scrooged"". In 1990, he starred in the film ""Keaton's Cop"", and had recurring roles in ""Tour of Duty"" and the short-lived 1992 series, ""Raven"". He"
"compared to the trends of television in the late 1970s (two of the last successful variety shows, ""The Sonny & Cher Show"" and ""The Carol Burnett Show"", left the air in 1977 and 1978, respectively). The 1980–1981 TV season featured Marie with a Bob Mackie fashion make-over and starring in her own solo variety series on NBC called ""Marie"", which was also produced at Silverman's behest and attempted to follow a similar format. It lasted seven episodes. Donny and Marie teamed up again in 1998 to co-host ""Donny & Marie"" (also known as ""The Donny and Marie Hour"" and ""The"
"roles of the Johnsons increased, and several recurring characters were added including Mr Rabinsky (a tightfisted Jew), Mr Kittel (Renu Setna) a Muslim shopkeeper, Winston's cousin, and the milkman. During the third series, Rita divorces Mike and moves back to London to marry a doctor (although Una Stubbs did not appear in the show after series two). Eamonn Walker also left at the end of series three. Three characters from the 1970s ""Till Death Us Do Part"" also made a comeback - Mrs. Carey and her henpecked husband Wally (Pat Coombs and Hugh Lloyd, although Wally was now named Harry)"
"Tramitz used to dub various actors and voice acted different animated characters in the 1980s, like Matt Dillon (for example in ""Wild Things"" or ""One Night at McCool's""), Captain Gray Edwards (""Final Fantasy"", originally spoken by Alec Baldwin), Jackie Chan (""Half a Loaf of Kung Fu"", ""Police Story 3""), John Cusack (""Class""), John Ritter (""Noises Off""), Ben Stiller (""If Lucy Fell""), David Schwimmer (""Six Days, Seven Nights"") as well as Ted McGinley as Jefferson D'Arcy in ""Married... with Children"", Jim J. Bullock as Neal Tanner in ""ALF"", Greg Evigan as Jake Cardigan in ""TekWar"" as well as Stiletto Mafioso in"
"for the following season. The 1990 NBC revival series was announced by Dean Miuccio, with the 2003 edition featuring Vance DeGeneres in that role. The longest tenured prize model on ""Let's Make a Deal"" was Carol Merrill, who stayed with the series from its debut until 1977. The models on the 1980s series were Maggie Brown, Julie Hall (1980), Karen LaPierre, and Melanie Vincz (1984). For the 1990 series, the show featured Georgia Satelle and identical twins Elaine and Diane Klimaszewski, who later gained fame as the Coors Light Twins. Hall (2010 and 2013) and Merrill (2013) both appeared on"
"by over 15 million viewers – more ITV viewers than the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana two days later. In the 1980s relationships were cemented between established characters: Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley) married Audrey Potter (Sue Nicholls) in 1985; Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) married Sally Seddon (Sally Whittaker) in 1986; Bet Lynch married Alec Gilroy (Roy Barraclough) in 1987; and 1988 saw the marriages of both Ivy Tilsley and Don Brennan (Geoffrey Hinsliff), and the long-awaited union of Mavis Riley and Derek Wilton (Peter Baldwin), after over a decade of on-off romances and a failed marriage attempt"
"Laverne & Shirley (season 8) The eighth season of ""Laverne & Shirley"", an American television sitcom series, began airing on September 28, 1982 on ABC. The season concluded on May 10, 1983 after 22 episodes. The season aired Tuesdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST). It ranked 25th among television programs and garnered a 17.8 rating. The entire season was released on DVD in North America on May 6, 2014. The series revolves around the titular characters Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, bottle-cappers at Shotz Brewery in 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Episode plots include their adventures with neighbors and friends, Lenny and Squiggy."