"Ponderosa (TV series) Ponderosa is a television series developed by ""Bonanza"" creator David Dortort for PAX-TV (now known as ION) that ran for the 2001–2002 television season. Envisioned as a prequel to the long-running NBC series ""Bonanza"", covering the time when the Cartwrights first arrived at the Ponderosa, when Adam and Hoss were teenagers and Joe a little boy, it had less gunfire, brawling and other traditional western elements than the original. ""Bonanza"" creator David Dortort approved PAX TV's decision to hire Beth Sullivan, creator and executive producer of """", to oversee scripts and executive produce, which some believe gave"
"was revived for three made-for-television movies featuring the Cartwrights' children: """" (1988), """" (1993), and """" (1995). Michael Landon Jr., played Little Joe's son Benji while Gillian Greene, Lorne Greene's daughter, played a love interest. In the second movie, airing on NBC, a one-hour retrospective was done to introduce the drama. It was hosted by both Michael Landon Jr., and Dirk Blocker, who looks and sounds much like his father Dan Blocker. According to the magazine ""TV Guide"", producer Dortort told Blocker he was too old to play the Hoss scion, but gave him the role of an unrelated newspaper"
"that a long time ago, way out in the West somewhere, on a ranch known as the Okie-Dokie corral, there lived a group of cowboy brothers. One of the brothers named Reuben greets the viewers with ""'Allo, little doggies!"" After that, the rest of the brothers were introduced, who are all named Simeon, Levi, Izzy, Zeb, Gad, Ash, Dan, Natty, and Jude. There was also Baby Ben, but ""he was too little to come outside"". There was also one more brother, named Little Joe (played by Larry the Cucumber). Little Joe then comes out from the ranchhouse, to which Jude"
"a chance to fully develop before the show's abrupt cancellation in November 1972 (with last episode airing January 16, 1973). Many fans, as well as both Landon and Greene, felt that the Hoss character was essential, as he was a nurturing, empathetic soul who rounded out the all-male cast. For 14 years, the Cartwrights were the premier western family on American television and have been immensely popular on cable networks such as TV Land, INSP, Family Channel, and the Hallmark Channel. The series currently airs on Me-TV, TV Land, INSP, and Encore Westerns. TV Land airs ""Bonanza"" from only the"
"four Golden Globe awards and 13 Emmy awards, more than any other miniseries in history. Episode 1 opens in Boston 1770 on the cold winter night of the Boston Massacre. It portrays John Adams arriving at the scene following the gunshots from British soldiers firing upon a mob of Boston citizens. Adams, a respected lawyer in his mid-30s known for his dedication to the law and justice, is sought as defense counsel for the accused Redcoats. Their commander, Captain Thomas Preston, asks him to defend them in court. Reluctant at first, he agrees despite knowing this will antagonize his neighbors"
"series writers regarding Adam's lack of independence, noting that his 30-plus year old character was dependent on his ""Pa's"" approval. Despite the show's success, Roberts departed the series after the 1964–65 season (202 episodes) and returned to stage productions. Attempts to replace Adam with Little Joe's maternal half-brother Clay (Barry Coe) and Cartwright cousin Will (Guy ""Zorro"" Williams), were unsuccessful. Creator David Dortort introduced a storyline that would keep the character of Adam in the mix, but with a lighter schedule. During season five Adam falls for a widow with a young daughter, while making Will Cartwright a central figure."
"television series ""Believe"". She recently portrayed ""Taylor Otto"" in the pilot for the ABC series ""American Housewife"", but was replaced by actress Meg Donnelly before the series was picked up by the network. Johnny Sequoyah Johnny Sequoyah Friedenberg (born October 25, 2002) is an American child actress, best known for her role as Bo Adams on the NBC television series ""Believe"". Sequoyah is from Boise, Idaho, where she was introduced to acting at age eight. In 2013-14, she filmed roles in ""Ass Backwards"", and ""I Believe in Unicorns"". She appeared in ""Among Ravens"", directed by her father, Russell Friedenberg, and"
"novels, ""The Lying Game"" (which ran from 2011 to 2013) and ""Ravenswood"" (which aired for one season from 2013 to 2014). That summer also saw the debut of its first comedy hit, ""Melissa & Joey"" (a domestic sitcom in the vein of ""Who's the Boss?"" that starred Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence, who previously co-starred in the 2009 ABC Family original movie ""Holiday in Handcuffs"", as a city councilwoman raising her imprisoned brother's teenage children and the stockbroker she hired to serve as their housekeeper); the series would become the first original sitcom in the network's history to get"
"The Brothers (1956 TV series) The Brothers is an American television sitcom broadcast by CBS during its 1956-57 season. Reruns of ""The Brothers"" were also broadcast by CBS during the summer of 1958 on an alternate-week basis, alternating with repeats of ""Bachelor Father"". ""The Brothers"" was about the small adventures of the Box brothers, Gil and Harvey, who owned a photography studio in San Francisco. Harvey was the more aggressive, overbearing brother while Gil was a reserved, shy man who happily allowed his big brother to run things. Both of them had steady girlfriends who were matched to their personalities,"
"Sam Edwards Sam Edwards (May 26, 1915 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor. His most famous role on television was as banker Bill Anderson on ""Little House on the Prairie"". Born into a show business family, his first role was as a baby in his mother's arms. He appeared on radio in the 1930s in the ""Adventures of Sonny and Buddy"" one of the first radio serials ever syndicated, and later in ""The Edwards Family"", a series based on the life of Sam, brother Jack, sister Florida, and his parents, Edna Parks and Jack Edwards Sr. Sam was"
"both in front of and behind the camera. Sam Edwards Sam Edwards (May 26, 1915 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor. His most famous role on television was as banker Bill Anderson on ""Little House on the Prairie"". Born into a show business family, his first role was as a baby in his mother's arms. He appeared on radio in the 1930s in the ""Adventures of Sonny and Buddy"" one of the first radio serials ever syndicated, and later in ""The Edwards Family"", a series based on the life of Sam, brother Jack, sister Florida, and his parents,"
"Hilly Hicks Hilly Gene Hicks Sr. (born May 4, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) is an American character actor. The role for which Hicks is perhaps best known is Lewis Moore (the younger son of Alex Haley's second great-grandfather Chicken George) in the TV mini-series ""Roots"". He appeared in the programs ""Adam-12"", ""The Bill Cosby Show"", ""Night Gallery"", ""Hill Street Blues"", ""M*A*S*H"" (appearing twice; once as a soldier trying to steal penicillin and again as an Army medic), ""Roll Out!"" (a short-lived sitcom created by ""M*A*S*H""'s Larry Gelbart & Gene Reynolds), the TV movie ""Friendly Fire"", the theatrical movies ""Gray"
"""The Lucy Show"" on CBS and Richard Chamberlain's ""Dr. Kildare"" medical drama on NBC. The TV series was adapted into a comic strip by Dan Spiegle, distributed by Gold Key Comics. The Legend of Jesse James (TV series) The Legend of Jesse James is an American western series starring Christopher Jones in the title role of notorious outlaw Jesse James. The series aired on ABC from September 13, 1965, to May 9, 1966. Allen Case joined Jones as Jesse's brother, Frank James. The series portrays James as a 19th-century Robin Hood in Missouri, who robbed trains and banks to repay"
"shipment of Seymour Butts tapes that was about to be inadvertently mailed to an American state where importation of pornography is illegal. Family Business (U.S. TV series) Family Business (referred to as Porn: A Family Business in the UK) is an American reality TV series produced for the cable network Showtime. Based in Los Angeles, the series focused on the pornography industry and the life of Adam Glasser, a reality porn star and video director who uses the stage name Seymore Butts. Also featured on the series were his son, Brady, along with his mother, Lila Glasser, and his older"
"and the rest of the series on BBC One. The series introduced many new characters, real and cartoon, including Little Howards ""Sort-of half-brother, kind-of"" Little Albert. Actors who appeared in series 2 included David Schneider, Sy Thomas, Lucy Porter, Siân Lloyd, Jarred Christmas, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Marek Larwood, Barney Harwood, and Andre Vincent. Helen Lederer featured in more than one episode as Big Howard's Mum. Series 3 began airing on 18 May 2011. Actors who appeared in series 3 included: Rusty Goffe, Ben Moor, Daniel Hill, Chris Cox, Doc Brown, Trevor Neal, and Thomas Nelstrop. Little Howard's Big Question Little Howard's"
"actor, Childress found none as he was typecast as Amos Jones. For a short time, Childress found himself parking cars for an upscale Beverly Hills restaurant. Childress also appeared in roles on the television series ""Perry Mason"", ""Sanford and Son"", ""Good Times"" and ""The Jeffersons"" and in the films ""Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"" (1974) and ""The Day of the Locust"" (1975). When Childress appeared as a minister in a 1972 episode of ""Sanford and Son"", he was reunited with two former cast members: Lillian Randolph of ""Amos 'n' Andy"" in the role of Aunt Hazel and Lance Taylor, Jr. of ""Anna"
"Isabelle, Andy Jones, Julia Chan, Patricia Isaac, Stephen Oliver Oates and Mary Walsh. The series was originally pitched to the CBC as a drama, but Hynes was convinced by producer Sherry White to retool it as a comedy. Little Dog (TV series) Little Dog is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on CBC Television on March 1, 2018. The series stars Joel Thomas Hynes as Tommy ""Little Dog"" Ross, a boxer who is offered the chance to redeem himself in a rematch against Rico ""Havoc"" St. George (Dwain Murphy), several years after forfeiting their first bout by walking away"
"into Liz and Jim McDonald's old house on the street. Producers hoped Thomas and Langley would achieve the same heartthrob status as Adam Rickitt, who played Nick Tilsley for two years before leaving to pursue a pop career. ""We thought it was time for some good looking boys,"" said a spokeswoman. The Grimshaws are often portrayed as arguing rivals in their scenes. Jason and his brother Todd Grimshaw (Bruno Langley) are portrayed as ""bickering brothers"". Jason is often cheeky to their mother, Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver). Thomas told a reporter from ""Soaplife"" that he and Langley were best friends off-screen."
"Family Business (U.S. TV series) Family Business (referred to as Porn: A Family Business in the UK) is an American reality TV series produced for the cable network Showtime. Based in Los Angeles, the series focused on the pornography industry and the life of Adam Glasser, a reality porn star and video director who uses the stage name Seymore Butts. Also featured on the series were his son, Brady, along with his mother, Lila Glasser, and his older cousin, Stevie Glasser, both of whom help Adam run the eponymous ""family business"" of the series, which is a successful porn video"
"A Family for Joe A Family for Joe is an American sitcom that starred Robert Mitchum in the title role. It started out as a television movie that aired NBC on February 25, 1990, before turning it into a series that lasted from March 24 until August 19, 1990. Nine episodes of the series were filmed. ""A Family for Joe"" is about the Bankston children, 15-year-old Holly (Juliette Lewis), 16-year-old Nick (David Lascher), 9-year-old Chris (Ben Savage), and 7-year-old Mary (Jessica Player) who have been recently orphaned. Rather than have themselves split up into foster care, they find a homeless"
"and the 14th and final season ended on January 16, 1973. Blocker's remains were interred in a family plot in Woodmen Cemetery, in De Kalb, Texas. The common grave site is marked by a plain stone with the name ""B. Dan D. Blocker"" engraved; three family members are buried beside him, his father, mother, and sister. The following are named after Blocker: Dan Blocker Bobby Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972) was an American television actor and Korean War veteran. He is best remembered for his role as Hoss Cartwright in the NBC Western television series"
"Movie"". Ken Howard and Blythe Danner had previously appeared together in the 1972 film ""1776"", as Thomas and Martha Jefferson. Adam's Rib (TV series) Adam's Rib is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from September 14 to December 28, 1973. Thirteen episodes were produced by MGM Television. The series was a TV adaptation of the 1949 MGM motion picture of the same name. Adam Bonner was a young assistant DA while his wife, Amanda Bonner, was a junior partner in a law firm. Their jobs often put them in conflict within the courtroom and, by extension, at home due to"
"the sitcom ""Amos 'n' Andy"" and the anthology series, ""Four Star Playhouse"". ""Biff Baker"" was filmed by Revue Productions, which has since become Universal Television. Alpha Video released two volumes featuring select episodes of the series on Region 1 DVD in the United States. Biff Baker, U.S.A. Biff Baker, U.S.A. is an American crime drama television series that aired on CBS from November 6, 1952, to March 26, 1953 starring Alan Hale, Jr. as Cold War spy Biff Baker. Set in the early years of the Cold War, the series stars Alan Hale, Jr. in the title role as an"
"Little Joe for saving the town, which Joe feels rather downhearted about, hoping that his family is alright. Back at the Okie-Dokie Corral, the drought has also affected the ranch of Joe's family, with his brothers saying ""We are doomed!"" Joe's younger brother Benjamin (played by Junior Asparagus) tries to assure his brothers that everything will be just fine, but the brothers still repeat the same statement after that. Back in Dodgeball City, a lot of townspeople have come to Little Joe in order to acquire some food from the silo, so that they can get by during the drought."
"Little John. Richard Dimitri played a dual role as identical twin brothers; Renaldo, one of the Merry Men, and Bertram, the Sheriff's right-hand man. Brooks again spoofed the Robin Hood legend in his 1993 film """". One-liners, sight gags and literal humor were hallmarks of the show's style, e.g., complaining villagers, commanded to ""Hold your tongues!,"" obediently reach into their mouths. In another episode, the Sheriff asked to hang the banners, with an immediate cutaway to a husband, a wife, and their two children on a wall, saying ""Hi, we're the Banners."" There was also occasional breaking of the fourth"
"Trail"" was an Old West adaptation of ""Gilligan's Island"", complete with the star of the earlier show, Bob Denver. ""Little House on the Prairie"" was set on the frontier in the time period of the western, but was essentially a family drama. ""Kung Fu"" was in the tradition of the itinerant gunfighter westerns, but the main character was a Shaolin monk, the son of an American father and a Chinese mother, who fought only with his formidable martial art skill. ""The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams"" was a family adventure show about a gentle mountain man with an uncanny"
"Bros. Pictures in the United States on May 20, 2016. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed $62 million on a $50 million budget. In 1977 Los Angeles, a boy named Bobby witnesses the death of fading porn star Misty Mountains (Murielle Telio) in a car crash. Later that week, down-on-his-luck alcoholic private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) is approached by Mrs. Glenn (Lois Smith), Misty's aunt, who claims to have seen her niece alive after her supposed death. March is skeptical of her claim, but realizes that a missing girl named Amelia Kuttner (Margaret Qualley) is somehow involved"
"in Reseda, California (formerly Vons), often with actual customers used as extras. 10 Items or Less (TV series) 10 Items or Less is a partly scripted, partly improvised American comedy series created by Nancy Hower, Robert Hickey and John Lehr. It starred Lehr as a less-than-successful businessman who returned home to run ""Greens & Grains"", the family-owned supermarket, upon the death of his father. The series debuted on TBS on November 27, 2006. During its first season, the program aired Monday nights at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The second and third seasons aired on Tuesday nights at 11 p.m. ET/PT. In"
"He is the younger brother of actor Lorne Berfield. Berfield is Jewish. He bought and then later sold the house previously owned by """" stars Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. Berfield's first screen appearance was in a Folgers coffee commercial at age five. He went on to appear in 20 other nationally broadcast American commercials as a young child. His TV debut came in the short-lived series ""The Good Life"" (1994) in which he co-starred with Drew Carey. More TV appearances followed in ""Hardball"", ""The Boys Are Back"", ""The Mommies"" (1994–1995). His first long-running TV role was as Ross Malloy"
"thrice-widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene). He had three sons, each by a different wife: the eldest was the urbane architect Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts) who built the ranch house; the second was the warm and lovable giant Eric ""Hoss"" Cartwright (Dan Blocker); and the youngest was the hotheaded and impetuous Joseph or ""Little Joe"" (Michael Landon). Via exposition (S01:E01 – ""Rose for Lotta"") and flashback episodes, each wife was accorded a different ancestry: English (S02:E65 – ""Elizabeth My Love""), Swedish (S03:E95 – ""Inger My Love"") and French Creole (S04:E120 – ""Marie My Love"") respectively. The family's cook was the"
"Mayfield. Before returning to ""AMC"", Cosgrove was said to be in talks with ""One Life to Live"" to play the role of Joey Buchanan. Cosgrove led a long career outside of daytime, having appeared in shows such as ""Beverly Hills 90210"" and ""Dirty Sexy Money"". Dr. Chris Hughes is a member of the long-standing Hughes family of Oakdale, Illinois. He is the son of Bob Hughes and Kim Hughes, the brother of Tom Hughes, Frannie Hughes, Sabrina Hughes and Andy Dixon. He is also the grandson of Chris Hughes and the town's matriarch Nancy Hughes. Growing up in the town's"
"For a number of years they hosted a live sketch show together in New York City called ""Midnight Pajama Jam"", and have also performed stand-up comedy together for many years, often playing characters who bicker and argue with each other while on stage. Glaser created and starred in the Comedy Central web-series ""Tiny Hands"", which has been shown on the channel's short film series ""Atom TV"" a number of times. More recently Glaser worked as a contributing writer and occasional performer on the sketch comedy programs ""Human Giant"", ""Jon Benjamin Has a Van"" and ""Nick Swardson's Pretend Time"", as well"
"in 1993, contained four episodes, but after the show's success, it returned for three further six episode runs in 1994, 1995 and 1997 respectively. The show acted as a springboard for Hill's television career, and his Channel 4 show, ""Harry Hill"", was similar in style and structure to ""Fruit Corner"". A compilation of the best material from Series 1 to 3 was released on audio CD and cassette on 2 October 1995. Hill hosted the show as himself, and each week was joined by a number of characters, including his big brother Alan Hill (Al Murray), his three year old"