"not have captioning or subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Ellen (TV series) Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994, to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. The title role is Ellen Morgan, played by stand-up comedian Ellen DeGeneres, a neurotic bookstore owner in her thirties. The title of the series was These Friends of Mine for the first season, but it was subsequently changed to avoid confusion with the NBC series ""Friends"", which premiered in September 1994. The series centered on Ellen's dealing with her quirky friends,"
"together, but now they remain content to be friends, sharing a love of smoking heavily and drinking to excess. Fran otherwise is a hopeless romantic. Manny is introduced in the first episode as an angst-ridden accountant who enters the bookshop seeking ""The Little Book of Calm"". During a drunken night out, Bernard offers him a job as a shop assistant and a room above the shop if he will do Bernard's accounts for him. Sobering up, Bernard realises Manny's optimistic nature is not suited to this ""kind of operation"". Fran, however, seeing that Manny is good for Bernard, forces Bernard"
"commercial center. The Sciolis saw an opportunity, starting with a tiny store and building out. Then, in 1974 they opened a second location on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. Scioli is a New York City native, born in Manhattan's Little Italy to an Italian immigrant parents. He worked in retail and as a cab driver before entering the bookselling business. According to John, it was Susan, a former teacher, who had the literature background; he became more of an avid reader only after opening the bookstores. When the couple separated in 1980, they each took one of the bookstores. John"
"Some of My Best Friends Some of My Best Friends (previously known as ""Macho Man"" and ""Me and Frankie Z"") is an American sitcom shown on CBS from February 28 until April 11, 2001. The series was inspired by the film ""Kiss Me, Guido"". The show was cancelled, and only five of the seven produced episodes aired. ""Some of My Best Friends"" stars Jason Bateman as Warren, a mild-mannered gay writer living in Greenwich Village, and Danny Nucci as Frankie, his straight (and at first homophobic) roommate. Alec Mapa played Vern, Warren's flamboyant best friend, who lived upstairs from Warren"
"He has a hated rival, and his staff only add to his problems by attempting to be helpful. Ralph, the messenger boy, is a deaf octogenarian. Episode 1. J. Pinwright is the proprietor of the smallest multiple store in the world. He has a pretty daughter and a hated rival, and his difficulties are increased by his staff's efforts to be helpful. (November 29th 1946). Episode 2. Christmas is coming and so, not to be beaten by his hated rival, the owner of Macgillygally's Stores, Mr. Pinwright prepares his Christmas Bazaar. There is trouble though, partly occasioned by the sudden"
"A central theme is Bernard's persona of a grouchy and misanthropic shopkeeper who has a hatred of the outside world and all the people who inhabit it, except for his best friend, Fran, who initially ran a trendy bric-a-brac shop, Nifty Gifty, next-door to the shop. Bernard displays little interest or knowledge in retail (or, indeed, anything outside drinking, smoking and reading) and actively avoids having to interact with anyone, even inside his shop, as he has a seething dislike towards his customers, treating his bookshop more like a personal library. It is suggested that Fran and Bernard once slept"
"comedy series, ""Starved"", about the daily lives of four friends with eating disorders who live in New York City; and ""It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"", about the usually very politically incorrect comic misadventures of four people who own a bar in the titular city. Both of these shows feature frank sexual dialogue and strong language, and were pitched as ""The Dark Side of Comedy."" ""Starved"" was derided by groups that sought to publicize eating disorders and was cancelled after its first season due to low ratings. Conversely, ""Sunny"" quickly became a critical darling, consistently achieved high viewership, and was picked"
"show was ""shameless in its use of hoary stereotypes. It brazenly reduces gay people, Italian people, Asian people and aging married people to caricatures in the interests of good ratings and corporate profits,"" but he then concluded, ""It's often pretty darned funny."" Some of My Best Friends Some of My Best Friends (previously known as ""Macho Man"" and ""Me and Frankie Z"") is an American sitcom shown on CBS from February 28 until April 11, 2001. The series was inspired by the film ""Kiss Me, Guido"". The show was cancelled, and only five of the seven produced episodes aired. ""Some"
"ungrateful bigot when it comes to black people. The diner closed a little less than a year after Sibyl Adams was murdered there. Jeb McGuire - Heartsdale's laid-back pharmacist and a good-looking guy. He and Sara dated off and on when he first moved to town before Sara met Jeffrey, and then they had a couple of dates after Sara and Jeffrey were divorced. He owns a boat but can't swim. Betty Reynolds - Owns the Shop-o-Rama Five and Dime store. Jill-June - Manages the Shop-o-Rama, likes to gossip and is locally notorious for an unfortunate choice of hair coloring."
"Grant (Sharif Atkins), Janie's husband Marty (Reggie Gaskins), and Shelly's mother Beverly (Penny Johnson Jerald). Several celebrities also make cameo appearances on the show, including Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Brooke Burke, Vivica A. Fox, and Cedric the Entertainer. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The first season introduces the six main characters: Shelly, J.T., Rita, Janie, Nick, and Donovan. Shelly runs the fashion boutique DivaStyle with her friends Janie and Rita. She pursues a relationship with J.T., only to discover he is afraid of commitment and exhibits some chauvinistic behavior. Their relationship is often tested by frequent misunderstandings. Nick wants to find his ideal partner,"
"for himself. Following Olaf's failed attempt and his plot being exposed, the Baudelaires set out to elude Olaf and his followers while uncovering the mystery behind a secret society from their parents' past as they are placed in the custody of different guardians. Daniel Handler cameos as a fish head salesperson at Lake Lachrymose. The first season adapts the first four books of the novel series: ""The Bad Beginning"", ""The Reptile Room"", ""The Wide Window"" and ""The Miserable Mill"". The second season adapts books five through nine of the novel series: ""The Austere Academy"", ""The Ersatz Elevator"", ""The Vile Village"","
"(when the sitcom moved from NBC to ABC), the one-hour season opener revolved around Sam being kidnapped by a bereaved father (played by Royce D. Applegate) hoping to replace his own dead son. In other notable episodes, the family discovered that Kimberly was suffering from bulimia. In another episode, Arnold and Sam met Karen, a street performer. After a performance, she has an epileptic seizure, and Sam is scared thinking she's dying. The boys then feel uncomfortable around her, and when they begin making jokes about her seizures, they find out that housekeeper Pearl herself has epilepsy, but unlike Karen"
"the two. Other neighbors and townspeople aired on a recurring basis included Mrs. Lucy Elkins (a widowed neighbor and the town gossip), Mrs. Dorothy Holland (another widow who aired on a recurring basis in season one only), Miss Esther Cathcart (a lonely spinster), Mr. Otis Quigley (the grocer), Opie Swanson (the TV/appliance store owner), Mr. Lawrence Finch (the druggist), Sgt. Harold Mooney (the policeman), Mr. Krinkie (the newspaper editor), and Buzz (the local handyman), among others. Dennis also had a nemesis named Johnny Brady, whose father and Henry Mitchell also were sometimes at odds. Second- and third-season episodes began to"
"catalog requests every time it airs"" in syndication. This episode is cited in a study of product placement in television. The One with the Apothecary Table ""The One with the Apothecary Table"" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of the American television situation comedy ""Friends"", which was broadcast on NBC on January 6, 2000. The plot concerns Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) buying an apothecary table from Pottery Barn and trying to keep roommate Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) from finding out that she bought it from a chain store. The episode was directed by Kevin S. Bright, written by Brian Boyle"
"the basement of Café Voltaire, a now defunct vegetarian restaurant in Lakeview. Co-founder Sean Graney has been the artistic director since early 2015, when he announced his return from a three year hiatus. The company's name is inspired by Eugène Ionesco’s ""Notes and Counter Notes"", a compendium of interviews on the nature of theatre throughout which Ionesco regularly contradicts himself — hence its title, and The Hypocrites' name. Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 Season 13 Season 14 Season 15 Season 16"
"the demands of Warehouse security. Myka is very saddened by Dickinson's death in the season 2 episode ""Vendetta"". Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock). As co-protagonists, Pete and Myka spend more time on screen together than any other characters. They initially clash with one another in the ""Pilot"" episode as they work together on a case in Washington, D.C., but after both are recruited by Mrs. Frederic to work at Warehouse 13, they try to get along. Myka is at first annoyed by Pete's childlike nature and off-the-cuff style, which clashes with her by-the-book approach; however, after season one, she begins to"
"him to run the family business, the Acropolis café, when he suddenly leaves Australia to return to his homeland Greece. The series centres on the activities of the cafe staff. Greek Jim Stefanidis, is the immature owner and his best friend, Spaniard Ricky Martinez (Palomares) is the sensible manager (seasons 1-2 only). Memo (Kapiniaris) is the traditional Greek waiter, Liz is the liberated Australian waitress. Skip is the naïve new cook from the bush and Manolis is the stubborn cook from the old cafe. 'Hilarity' prevails from the clash of cultures and beliefs. Jim's hairdresser cousin Effie, played by Mary"
"first season by Paul Walker and in season two by Sean de Veritch). Beatty's best friend was Meredith (Maryedith Burrell), a single teacher who lived in her building, and her co-workers included hip business manager Phil Gaines (Richard Cummings, Jr.), and British-born Prudence Anne Bartlett, who was nicknamed ""Blue"" (Jane Leeves). During the second season, Sandy moved from her original apartment to the recently vacated penthouse in her building. She took in her co-worker Blue to help out with rent, but the differences between straitlaced, somewhat conservative Sandy and the free-spirited Blue became more pronounced as they both lived and"
"and Toby unaware that these characters are responsible for the pandemic. While the first book in the series, ""Oryx and Crake"", is told from the perspective of Jimmy/Snowman, ""The Year of the Flood"" is told from the point of view of two women, Ren and Toby. Atwood's tour to promote the book included choral performances of 14 religious hymns that appear in the book. For both ""Oryx and Crake"" and ""The Year of the Flood"", Atwood donated naming rights to characters in the novel to charity auctions. One of the winning bidders was journalist Rebecca Eckler, who paid $7,000 at"
"doing the opposite of what his instincts tell him he should do, lands a job with the New York Yankees and Elaine leaves ""Pendant Publishing"" because of a comedy of errors that lead to its demise. Another story arc has George returning to live with his parents. In the midst of the story arc, Kramer creates and promotes his coffee table book. The show was again nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, but lost to the ""Cheers"" spin-off ""Frasier"", then in its first season. ""Seinfeld"" was nominated for the same award every year for its entire run but always lost to"
"face revealing how much he truly cares for Pete. While defending Pete and Myka to the Regents, Artie says, ""Agents Lattimer and Bering, I mean, they've repeatedly shown bravery, they've shown quick-thinking, they're an excellent team, and they're probably the best agents that the Warehouse has ever had."" Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly). During much of the first season Artie and Myka have a strained relationship. She resents Artie's compulsive secrecy and believes she and Pete are being treated as if they're expendable, to which Artie reacts ... ""Did she not notice the word secret in her job description? Their job"
"adored Clinton and was welcomed into the Clinton White House for visits during the period between the show's beginning in the fall of 1999 and the inauguration of George W. Bush as president in January 2001. Sorkin said he took some of Bartlet's characteristics from his own father, namely his ""great love of education and literature [and] all things old,"" his ""[belief] in a genuine goodness in people,"" and his ""'Aw, Dad' sense of humor."" In the middle of the show's first season, it is revealed that Bartlet has multiple sclerosis. According to Sorkin, this was not planned; the plot"
"episodes were published by Penguin Books in novel form in 1989. The author was named as Stan Hey. The series was dubbed into French for French television and the title was translated as ""Miss Manager et ses footballeurs"". Season One : A Man's Game Fit The Management Reserves the Right Collapsible Brollies One of Us Home and Away Season Two: Doing the Business Pingvin Lakrids Steal Your Heart Away A Hundred and Ten Percent A Match for Anyone At the End of the Day The Manageress The Manageress is a television series about a woman who becomes manager of a"
"scenes to other characters of the cast, and later gave the position of doorman of the apartment building by a recently introduced new character, Ataíde. Catchphrases: ""É ripa na chulipa!"" (a common Brazilian phrase, meaning something like ""it's on!"") / ""Magoei..."" (something like ""My feeling are hurt"", said when someone scolded him, and usually followed by a sad face expression commonly known in Brazil as ""beicinho"") A cheapskate executive who became infatuated with Cassandra Salão. The character was introduced in 2000, as the owner of the Cafe at the ground floor of the apartment building. He only lasted one season"
"out ""ad nauseam"""" ... ""mundane"" and ""bilge."" My Friend Tony My Friend Tony is an American crime drama that aired on NBC in 1969. The pilot originally aired as ""My Pal Tony"" on ""The Danny Thomas Hour"" on March 4, 1968. The series features Enzo Cerusico as the title character, Tony Novello, and James Whitmore as John Woodruff, a professor of criminology who served in Italy during World War II. As a child, Novello had been a street urchin who survived as a pickpocket, with Woodruff being one of his intended victims. The premise of the series was that the"
"and an ambiguous ethnic origin. Moe is the owner and operator of Moe's Tavern, frequented by Homer Simpson and other characters including Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Sam and Larry and his former most loyal customer, Barney Gumble. The bar is noted for its depressing atmosphere and uncleanliness. The regular patrons of the tavern have been abandoned by Moe in several episodes in which he changes its target audience. The first of these was ""Flaming Moe's"", in the third season. As a running joke, Moe is sometimes seen engaging in unlicensed or illegal activities at the tavern, such as smuggling pandas"
"gift for comforting grieving people. He and David initially clash because David is angry at him for leaving home and constantly points out the undertaking-related mistakes Nate is making, but they eventually mend fences and work well together. He also develops a relationship with Brenda Chenowith that began as a random sexual encounter in an airport and slowly becomes something more. In July 2001 (the end of the first season), Nate learns that he has arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a potentially fatal brain condition which could cause him to have a seizure or stroke at any time, but thanks in large"
"aired 178 episodes. At the start of season one (1998–99), six months have passed since the death of her Grams, Penny Halliwell (Jennifer Rhodes). A jobless Phoebe returns from New York City and moves back into her family's Victorian Manor with her two sisters Prue (Shannen Doherty) and Piper (Holly Marie Combs). On the night of Phoebe's return, she finds a book called the ""Book of Shadows"" within the Manor's attic. After Phoebe unknowingly recites aloud what turns out to be an incantation from the book, the three sisters each receive a magical power and discover their destiny as The"
"an elitist who loves working at Starshmuck's coffee shop. He despises Foamy, who refuses to kowtow to ""coffee house propaganda"" and grows increasingly irate at the difficulty of getting a regular cup of coffee. Franklin's homosexuality is implied throughout the series, with acknowledgement after the reboot. He eventually quit working at Starsmucks in an attempt to open his own homosexual-themed coffee shop with Germaine as a business partner, although the blatantness of the coffee shop's theme lead to poor business and his castration by Germaine out of frustration. Mammed Udi is a hard-working Hindu man from India. His jobs include"
"series juggles these two narratives: the overall series dealing with why Michael was burned, and individual episodes focusing on the cases he works for clients. The first season, consisting of 12 episodes, follows Michael Westen's investigation into the identity of the man who burned him. It also introduced the main characters: Fiona Glenanne, Michael's ex-girlfriend; Sam Axe, a former Navy SEAL and Michael's best friend; and Madeline ""Maddie"" Westen, Michael's hypochondriac mother. The season had many appearances by Agents Harris and Lane (Marc Macaulay and Brandon Morris), two FBI agents sent to keep tabs on Michael, but were eventually replaced"
"complete series has been released on DVD and is also available for download on iTunes and to stream through Amazon.com. Ben Ernst, a divorced, good-natured, somewhat bumbling father from New Jersey, has bought the Bar None Dude Ranch seeking escape from his high-pressure job as a New York City accountant. His son, Buddy, is displeased with the change of locale, primarily because he is unable to use his skateboard on the desert sand. Buddy's dog Cassie was featured in Season 1, but was dropped for Season 2. For Season 1, the teenage staff consisted of two boys and two girls:"
"to purchase any. Scioli was an unconventional bookstore manager with an ""acerbic wit"", known for sitting in a chair in front of the store, smoking cigarettes, quoting prices that sometimes seemed arbitrary, and uninterested in giving recommendations. The shop's hours moved later and later, largely open when Scioli wanted to, and typically only after 5:00 PM, sometimes staying open past midnight. John Scioli and then-wife Susan Scioli opened the first Community Bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn, in 1971. At the time, Park Slope was becoming a popular place for young people but the area did not yet have a strong"
"implicitly the infamous Cabrini–Green projects, shown in the opening and closing credits. Florida and James have three children: James Jr., also known as ""J.J.""; Thelma; and Michael, called ""the militant midget"" by his father due to his passionate activism. When the series begins, J.J. is seventeen years old, Thelma is sixteen, and Michael is eleven. Their exuberant neighbor, and Florida's best friend, is Willona Woods, a recent divorcée who works at a boutique. Their building superintendent is Nathan Bookman (seasons 2–6), who James, Willona and later J.J. refer to as ""Buffalo Butt"", or, even more derisively, ""Booger"". The characters originated"