"or ""The Company"", who tried to atone for his past by offering, usually free of charge, his services as a troubleshooter, a protector, and an investigator. People in need found him through a newspaper classified ad: ""Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer: 212 555 4200."" When he began this business in the pilot episode, it was revealed the nickname ""Equalizer"" was bestowed on him by an operative named ""Brahms"", played by Jerry Stiller. Aided by a group of sometimes-mysterious contacts, some of whom dated back to his spying days, McCall traversed the streets of New York City,"
"the series varied widely, and the variation in clients led to considerable variation in the formats of the episodes. In a number of early episodes Cannon is hired by an insurance company who wants him to investigate a loss. Other episodes involved Cannon being hired by a police detective, by a parent concerned about a child, or by a child concerned about a parent. In some episodes Cannon is hired by someone being threatened. There are also episodes in which Cannon is forced to get involved in order to exonerate himself. Series star William Conrad was nominated for an Emmy"
"advantage. His nickname stemmed from his trademark phrase ""I've got a proposition for you"", going back to his days selling test answers on the school yard. Along with Poot Carr, Wee-Bey Brice, Omar Little, and Bubbles, he is one of the few characters from the drug trade to appear in every season. Joe first appears at an annual basketball game, the Eastside Projects' team versus the Westside Projects. Joe plays on Avon Barksdale's pride, goading him into doubling their wager on the outcome, then bringing in a ringer at the last minute to win the game. That same day, he"
"the size of bricks; the primary methods of long-distance ""instant"" communication were still the land line telephone, fax and telex; and smoking - banned in England, within most public buildings, in 2007 - was still allowed in the workplace as well as inside restaurants, bars and other public places. At the same time, the series dealt with several mature storylines including alcoholism, depression, mental illness, sexual assault of a minor, drug use, homosexuality, physical assault, gambling addiction, prostitution, promiscuity, shoplifting, fraud, bribery, corruption and abortion. The main cast (in alphabetical order as shown in the series credits) included: Recurring support"
"delivered justice upon bullies, corrupt police and politicians, hoodlums, mobsters, rapists, racists, murderers, kidnappers, drug dealers, and other ""truly deserving"" people. ""Please do not do anything you will never live to regret,"" he chides to a villain. His contacts were also prone to human foibles, that ranged from egoism to domestic problems. Many episodes focused on McCall interacting with ""Control"" (played by Robert Lansing), the unnamed head of the Manhattan office of the secret organization which McCall used to work for. As a general rule, however, the people answering the newspaper ad were unremarkable, average, and unknown. McCall's car, weapons,"
"advertising agency. Despite his lack of income, Brian maxes out all his credit cards to buy television ads exposing Stockwell's prior misdeeds, directly leading to his defeat in the mayoral election. When his friends find out that Brian personally funded the commercials and is now unemployed and in a large amount of debt, they hold a fundraiser, the proceeds from which Brian is initially resistant to accept, but ultimately does so gracefully. In the fourth season, he founds his own advertising agency, Kinnetik. He battles testicular cancer, especially tough because of his vanity and narcissism over his sexual prowess, and"
"hoped would hurt him at the polls. Talent had a huge cash-on-hand advantage over McCaskill. Because of the way FEC filing works, Talent's numbers include the money he raised during his 2002 special election campaign. Totals are through July 19. Actor Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson's disease, frequently appears in political advertising to support candidates with a history of supporting embryonic stem cell research. In 2004, Fox appeared in a television commercial for Republican Arlen Specter's 2004 Senate campaign. In the commercial, sponsored by Specter's re-election campaign, Fox says Specter ""gets it"" and Specter's voice is heard saying ""there"
"trap ... set by CBS for opposed-to-soap-opera dialers."" Each episode began with real-life news presented by CBS newsman Douglas Edwards, followed by ""a few items of particular interest to women"" presented by Florence Freeman in the role of the title character, Wendy Warren. Then the actual soap opera began, relating the ""trials and tribulations"" of Warren's daily life. The plot featured Warren as a two-media journalist, reporting for a fictional newspaper (the Manhattan Gazette) as well as on radio. As was typical of radio soap operas, the heroine's personal life was a primary focus, such as in one episode when"
"of ""Animaniacs"" had a segment called ""You Risk Your Life,"" where if the secret word was said, Wakko would hit the contestant who said it on the head with a mallet. The contestants were Mrs. Myra Puntridge and Aristotle. The secret word was ""yes,"" and Aristotle said it three times. An episode of ""In Living Color"" had a skit called ""You Bet Your Career"" where Jamie Foxx plays as Bill Cosby featuring washed up celebrities competing for a walk-on role in sitcoms. In 1980, Buddy Hackett hosted a new version produced by Hill-Eubanks Productions, and syndicated by MCA. Fenneman's announcer/sidekick"
"did not use this device as frequently as his friend and ""rival"" Fred Allen did then, or as cast member Phil Harris later did on his successful radio sitcom. Nevertheless, for years, Benny insisted in contract negotiations that his writers pen the sponsor's commercial in the middle of the program (leaving the sponsor to provide the opening and closing spots) and the resulting ads were cleverly and wittily worked into the storyline of the show. For example, on one program, Don Wilson accidentally misread Lucky Strike's slogan (""Be happy, go Lucky"") as ""Be Lucky, go happy"", prompting a story arc"
"during the show, in response to a scene in which Hank and Sonja smoke marijuana, have sex, and vomit. When Network Ten premiered Season 2, the Christian fundamentalist group Salt Shakers led an e-mail campaign against advertisers, requesting they withdraw their advertisements. This resulted in 49 companies withdrawing their advertising, including the show's main sponsor, Just Car Insurance. The show and the lead actor, David Duchovny, were both nominated for Golden Globes in 2007; Duchovny won the lead actor award, but the award for best TV series in this category went to ""Extras"". American Cinema Editors (ACE) BAFTA Television Awards"
"in blood on a wall near the crime scene, the latter added to a note in an evidence bag carried past the camera. While the marketing campaign succeeded in raising the profile of the show, it proved unpopular with many mobile owners, who saw this as spam advertising aimed at mobile phones. In response to complaints about the SMS element of the campaign, Fox issued the following statement: The show's lead actor, Michael C. Hall, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer, while filming season four of ""Dexter"". Immediately upon completion of filming the fourth season, Hall took"
"as a challenge when she first arrived to Norbridge High. Together they had established the underground school magazine: ""Damn Magazine"". Her first attempt to leave the newspaper to attend a writing course at the local college is thwarted by Lynda, but she eventually leaves in series five to attend university (mirroring the reason for Holmes' departure). Frazer ""Frazz"" Davis (Mmoloki Chrystie) is one of Spike's co-delinquents forced into working on the paper, his initial main task writing the horoscopes. Frazz is initially portrayed as ""intellectually challenged"", such as not understanding the synonymous relationship between ""the astrology column"" and the horoscopes."
"episodes always open with a quick montage of a newspaper personals section ad under ""Red Shoes"" seeking women to mail in their personal diaries with stories of love, passion and/or betrayal. The presenter and host Jake Winters (David Duchovny) is then shown walking on desolate train tracks with his dog Stella. He begins reading a letter from his post office box out loud that begins with ""Dear Red Shoes..."" He first took out the ad after the suicide of his fiancée, and his subsequent confrontation of the man with whom she was having an affair, a construction worker and shoe"
"title character to his experience as a patient at a teaching hospital. Shore recalled: ""I knew, as soon as I left the room, they would be mocking me relentlessly [for my cluelessness] and I thought that it would be interesting to see a character who actually did that before they left the room."" A central part of the show's premise was that the main character would be disabled in some way. The original idea was for House to use a wheelchair, but Fox rejected this. Jacobs later expressed her gratitude for the network's insistence that the character be reimagined—putting him"
"revealed to be muscular when stripped. The starting gimmick of the series was that Holliday had inserted a comma in a news story which saved the publisher a small fortune in a trial. The grateful publisher rewarded Holliday with a trip around the world, which set the scene for him to solve crimes and thwart foreign spies in every port of call he visited. The series was hampered by a low budget which did not permit convincing recreations of the different exotic foreign locations featured in each episode. Other cast members included actor Ainslie Pryor as Holliday's reporter sidekick, Joel"
"to appear. Tony Bennett credited his appearance on Bob and Doug McKenzie's variety-show debacle ""The Great White North Palace"" for triggering a significant career comeback. Carol Burnett did an ad for the show in which an alarm clock goes off next to her bed, she rises up suddenly and advises those who couldn't stay up late enough (the NBC version aired from 12:30 to 2 a.m.) to go to bed, get some sleep, then wake up to watch the show. Burnett later briefly appeared in a climactic courtroom episode of ""The Days of the Week"". Former Chicago Second City player,"
"""TV Guide"" in 1994 that after the burglary he called on the producers of ""Press Your Luck"" to stage a ""tournament of champions"" for a chance to score big again. The producers declined. The 1994 release of the film ""Quiz Show"" renewed discussion about game show scandals, and Larson appeared on ""Good Morning America"". By this time, he had been diagnosed with throat cancer, and his voice was noticeably weakened. Larson soon got caught up in an illicit scheme to sell part of a foreign lottery, and he fled Ohio. His family was contacted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange"
"whatever he can. In another episode, he reveals to Wilson that he's been borrowing larger and larger sums of money from him without paying him back, just to see at what point Wilson would turn him down. While the show was originally set to be a medical procedural, the idea changed when the writers started to explore the possibilities of a curmudgeonly title character. Shore traced the concept for the title character to his background as a patient at a teaching hospital. Shore recalled that ""I knew, as soon as I left the room, they would be mocking me relentlessly"
"the series, going from head of household affairs to state budget director (at which time his surname, DuBois, was revealed), and eventually was elevated to the position of lieutenant governor. During the final episodes of the 1985–86 season, Benson ran for governor against Gatling. Kraus (who had moved up to head of household affairs) proved to be Benson's strongest supporter, and he made her his personal assistant and campaign manager. The term-limited Governor Gatling ran for reelection as an independent candidate, with Benson securing the party nomination, setting the stage for the two to go head-to-head in the general election."
"one seen in the opening credits. To avoid bad feeling over billing, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam were alternated in the opening credits, so that one week Bewes was billed first and the following week Bolam was. In the closing credits the billing was reversed, with whoever had been billed second in the opening credits being billed first. Bewes maintained his connections with ""The Likely Lads"", appearing in a cameo role as the old newspaper seller in a 2002 ITV remake of the series' most popular episode, ""No Hiding Place"", starring Tyneside presenters/actors/entertainers Ant and Dec, which aired under the"
"a highly paid pro sports agent who is fired after having a moral revelation, writing and distributing a manifesto and mission statement calling for sincere service to the athletes and less money for themselves. He strikes out to form his own agency. Tom Cruise played the title role of Jerry and Cuba Gooding, Jr. played Rod Tidwell, an aging wide receiver, whose catchphrase, ""Show me the money!"", became culturally ubiquitous for a time. Renée Zellweger appeared as an accountant, who sets aside her job security to follow Maguire's charismatic moral-aspiration, in both work and love. Gooding won a Best Supporting"
"his television, used to carefully screen calls and people. Gross, his business partner, assures him that temporary business losses will be ironed out, and that if Morgan is unavailable to work the problem, he will be happy to do so on his behalf. In reality, he is redirecting this money for himself, and using Morgan's agoraphobia to his advantage. Meanwhile, Morgan, who gambles on National Football League games casually, has begun to bet more and more on these games to cover quickly mounting losses. Friends make efforts to help Jimmy and even to get him to leave the house, but"
"popular. One of the most watched ""I've got good news"" spots was a soap opera parody featuring television actor Sebastian Siegel. In another series of ads, a GEICO pitchman is played by actor Jerry Lambert in an extremely bland and understated way, parodying the stereotype of an insurance man, such as reading to a group of uninterested children from a book of fairy tales about insurance, watching a view of cats in the living room where a gecko is standing on the couch, relaxing on a hot tub with a couple, and a flashback about ""Honk If You Like"". In"
"advert in the role for a sexual dysfunction therapy. His Sgt. Gilroy (now 80 years old), arrives to save the day when a newlywed wife complains about her husband ""speeding"" in the sack – and then prosecutes him in court. This advert created much controversy and Wenzel was featured on ""A Current Affair"", defending the advert and stating that he was ""an actor and this is what I do"" and being thrown into the spotlight after almost 20 years out of it. In May, he appeared on a spoof of the ad that was aired on ""Rove Live"". Wenzel remains"
"fighting the dawning realisation that he may actually be the very thing he despises. At the same time, Claire, who clearly wants to see herself as socially responsible and philanthropic, is doggedly determined to further her own career. Other recurring characters include Nathan's idiot flatmate Toby (Rhys Thomas) and the staff at Dan Ashcroft's magazine, ""Sugar Ape"": asinine chief editor Jonatton Yeah? (Charlie Condou), Ned Smanks (Richard Ayoade) and Rufus Onslatt (Spencer Brown), a pair of gormless graphic designers, and receptionist Sasha (Nina Sosanya). Barley has an inoffensive young assistant called Pingu (Ben Whishaw). The eccentric and ludicrous Doug Rocket,"
"role, not only as the boyfriend of Candy Pruitt (Bridget Hanley), the beautiful, unofficial leader of the brides, but also as a young man struggling with a conversation-stopping stammer. In one episode, he is temporarily cured of his impediment, following coaching by a traveler who has come to Seattle. Upon discovering that his benefactor is actually a con artist, his faith is shaken so deeply that the stammer returns. The show addressed many social issues — racism, ethnic discrimination, treatment of the handicapped and mentally impaired, business ethics, and ecology. Opening credits sequence: Ending credits: Opening credits: Those listed for"
"title character, an agent for high-profile athletes. From 2000 to 2001, he was a frequent panelist on the ESPN game show 2 Minute Drill, often quizzing the contestants on sports-related movies. Wuhl was a player in the Game Show Network's ""Poker Royale"" series, a competition between pros and comedians. In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, ""Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl"", where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. A second chapter entitled ""Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl"" aired on HBO in"
"pursues a trader to acquire evidence that supports the complaints their customers make, to which the show uses an occasional catchphrase - ""We never give up."" The general format of each episode is that Allwright will usually introduce viewers to the rogue trader(s) they are seeking to expose, revealing brief details about the issues they have caused, and highlighting the business that they run; for the latter, the show has generated a catchphrase, in which the host occasionally advises viewers that the business is ""not to be confused with any other companies of the same name"" or any other variation"
"central player in a battle between the ""good"" Powers That Be and the ""evil"" law firm Wolfram & Hart and his possible role in a prophesied apocalypse. It mixes the complex, series-long storyline along with more stand-alone, villain-of-the-week episodes. The show blends different genres, including horror, fantasy, supernatural, and a combination of comedic and dramatic content. The first season is mainly told in a ""monster of the week"" format, with each episode creating a self-contained story that took place around the title character. Later seasons became more serialized, where the majority of episodes contribute to a larger story arc that"
"in ""Variety"" as ""a ""Field of Dreams""-type drama set in a law firm where a thirty-something attorney, whose name is the title of the show, begins having larger-than-life visions that compel him to do out-of-the-ordinary things"". Eli suffers from an inoperable brain aneurysm that causes him to have realistic hallucinations often relating to the plot of the episode to the extent that he may be considered a modern-day prophet. Pop singer George Michael was featured prominently throughout the first season of the series, and each episode was named after one of his songs. Berlanti is a fan of Michael and"
"since chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs was featured on the show, implying that he watched the program when the primate served as the show's mascot, which was from 1953 to 1957. In ""The Problem Solvers"", when Tracy asks him if he ""want[s] to be a page forever"", Kenneth nervously asks ""Who said I've been alive forever?"". In ""Future Husband"", Kenneth states that he remembers Jenna's first acting role in a commercial that aired in the 1970s, commenting that she was ""a fat little baby"". In ""Don Geiss, America and Hope"", when NBC is bought out by Kabletown, Kenneth becomes worried and"
"smile, and smile, and be a villain."" Remarking on the change from Stout's title to ""More Deaths Than One"" for the British edition, Rev. Fredrick G. Gotwald wrote, ""It seems strange that the name was changed in a country from which the original came."" Cyril Orchard, the publisher of the weekly Horse Racing Almanac, is poisoned with cyanide during a live soft drink commercial on a popular radio talk show. A media sensation, the case attracts the attention of Nero Wolfe, who is facing a crippling income tax bill, and Archie Goodwin is dispatched to convince the producers and sponsors"