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moviequeen1 said:
Oct 26th
10/26/82-8/10/88
NBC's medical drama"St. Elsewhere' one of my all time favorite shows. The series was set in Boston,Mass at St Eligius hosptial where patients were sent who couldn't afford to go to more expensive hosptials. The staff was first rate,'Dr Westphall' chief of staff{Ed Flanders}, "Dr Mark Craig,egotistical heart surgeon{William Daniels},"Dr Aushlander,veteran dr{Norman Lloyd},and the residents/interns. A couple favorites were 'Dr Jack Morrison"{David Morse},'Dr Phillip Chandler{Denzel Washington} Dr Victor Ehrlich{Ed Begley,Jr}
The series finale was strange which I truly hated.The last scene shows Dr Westphall's 6 yrold austic son,Tommy with a snow globe of the hospital in his hand,was all a dream
MTM Enterprises Mary Tyler Moore,her 2nd husband,Grant Tinker,their production company produced this show along with a few others:
"MTM,Hill Street Blues,Remington Steele,Newhart,Lou Grant,WKRP in Cincinatti
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In the days before multichannel TV this was an American show we got.I loved the theme tune.
 

Dr. Kildare
TV Series
Dr. Kildare is an NBC medical drama television series which originally ran from September 28, 1961, until August 30, 1966, for a total of 191 episodes over five seasons. Produced by MGM Television, it was based on fictional doctor characters originally created by author Max Brand in the 1930s and previously used by MGM in a popular film series and radio drama.
Starring:Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey.
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Monty Python was different, drew viewers
SNL in early years, they lost me a long time ago, I'm not hip, cool
Monk-he pursues one killer at a time and other detective shows already listed.

The detective show were 'a crew' of specialist pursues mass killers leave me cold.
 
Oct 29th
10/29/93 CBS detective drama'Diagnosis Murder' '93-'01
Dick Van Dyke stars as Dr Mark Sloan,chief of internal medicine at a fictious hosptial in Los Angeles.He is an amateur detective, serves as a special consultant to LA police dept using his medical skills to solve murders. He is assisted by his 2 young residents,"Amanda"{Victoria Rowell},'Jessie"{Charlie Schlatter},his son Barry who plays'Det Steve Sloan'
 
Highway Patrol
American TV Series
Highway Patrol is a 156-episode action crime drama series produced for syndication from 1955 to 1959.
Genre:Action/Police crime drama
Starring:Broderick Crawford
Narrated by:Art Gilmore
 
Nov 3rd
Different Strokes 11/3/78
This NBC sitcom was about 2 young black brothers,Arnold{Gary Coleman}&Willis {Todd Bridges}Jackson who become 'adoptive' sons to a wealthy business man,'Phillip Drummond' {Conrad Bain}.The boys mother who was the maid to the Drummond family,ask him to look after them after she died.Drummond was a widower had a 13 yr old daughter,Kimberly{Dana Plato}.The ditzy housekeeper 'Mrs Garrett' was played by Charlotte Rae who who left after the 1st season to star in another NBC sitcom'Facts Of Life' Todd Bridges is the only cast member alive
 
Nov 5th
The Nat King Cole show 11/5/56
singer,Nat King Cole became the 1st African American to headline a variety show on NBC It was only 15 min,he sang songs,once in awhile welcome a guest artist.The next yr it was expanded to an hr,due to poor ratings,the show was cancelled in Dec '57
 
Nov 6th
"Meet The Press' 11/6/47
NBC's long running public affairs program{still on the air} from Washington,DC It was created by Martha Roundtree who served as the 1st moderator from 1947-1953.The format hasn't changed over the yrs,a group of reporters discuss the week's news,moderator interviews a leading public figure
Over the yrs,the moderators have been Marvin Kalb'84-'87,Garrick Utley'88-'91,Tim Russert '91-'08
David Gregory '08-'14.Chuck Todd has been the moderator since 2014.
My personal opinion,the show lost its spark with the untimely death of Tim Russert in '08 He was tough but fair asked interesting questions.Todd is dull.
 
Nov 14th
CBS sitcom'Murphy Brown" 11/14/88
Candice Bergen stars in this sitcom,she plays a veteran star news reporter for a weekly fictious CBS news magazine 'F.Y.I' in Washington,DC.She is very opinionated,sarcastic,over bearing,driven but a tireless reporter
Others in the cast,Charles Kimbrough 'Jim Dial' anchorman with no sense of humor,Joe Regalbuto'Frank Fontana' investigative reporter long time friend of Murphy's,Grant Shaud'Miles Silverberg', neurotic exec producer of FYI,Faith Ford'Corky Sherwood',young,perky journalist with not much experience but idolizes Murphy.Pat Corley'Phil' the owner of the neighborhood bar where the team comes,he listens to their problems,gives 'fatherly advice'
I watched the show for most of its 10yr run,it was funny with great ensemble cast
In 2019,the show returned as a 'reboot' trying to capture the magic for a 2nd time,it failed miserably.I watched a couple episodes,it wasn't funny
 
needshave said:
I'm not one for watching or liking Movies, that said I work out every evening starting on the stationary Bike and then Nordic Track, while watching Rawhide on YouTube. All very good actors, Rowdy, Wishbone, Mushy, Vaver, etc, and excellent subject. It was a great show.
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I watched Rawhide last night. What a great show! The titles are always, "The Incidence at........." Frankie Lane singing the theme song is so great. You can keep your Netflax; which I have for free but never watch. Can't stand Netflax! Most of those shows are geared for 16 - 25 year olds. Give me Gunsmoke, Rawhide, The Rifleman, The Life & Times of Wyatt Earp anytime.
 
moviequeen1 said:
Oct 29th
10/29/93 CBS detective drama'Diagnosis Murder' '93-'01
Dick Van Dyke stars as Dr Mark Sloan,chief of internal medicine at a fictious hosptial in Los Angeles.He is an amateur detective, serves as a special consultant to LA police dept using his medical skills to solve murders. He is assisted by his 2 young residents,"Amanda"{Victoria Rowell},'Jessie"{Charlie Schlatter},his son Barry who plays'Det Steve Sloan'
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Diagnosis Murder, was one of my favourites.
 
Liberty said:
Adore "Columbo" reruns ...nobody did it like Peter Falk. Its the only murder "mystery " where you knew who done it at the beginning of the show and the real "mystery" was how Columbo proved it while driving the murderer crackers. "Oh, just one more question..."
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Columbo, will go down in history as being one of my all-time favourites.
 
RadishRose said:
Rocky and Bullwinkle

began life in the 1950's television show, The Frostbite Falls Review. It was created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott. Their names in that show were Rocket J. Squirrel and Canadian Moose. The Frostbite Falls Review was not very successful so Rocky and Bullwinkle became the stars of their own show, Rocky and His Friends.

The show was co-created by Alex Anderson and premiered on November 29th, 1959 on ABC. Added to the cast were Boris and Natasha, two Pottsylvanian spies. The show also featured various segments; Peabody's Improbable History, Fractured Fairy Tales, Mr. Know-It-All, and Aesop and Son.

In 1961, the show moved to NBC and was renamed The Bullwinkle Show. In 1964 the creators moved the show back to ABC where it was cancelled at the end of that season. The next year the show did reappear back on ABC; Bullwinkle and Rocky were replaced by Hoppity Hooper, while the other segments remained.

The show ran on ABC until 1974. It was then syndicated under the name of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. In 1996, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle was picked up by Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network. It has since moved to the classic cartoon network, Boomerang where it is still running today.

http://www.tv.com/shows/the-rocky-and-bullwinkle-show/
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Seems just like yesterday that I was watching the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show and Captain Kangaroo before heading off to kindergarten.

What a walk down memory lane.
 
Packerjohn said:
I watched Rawhide last night. What a great show! The titles are always, "The Incidence at........." Frankie Lane singing the theme song is so great. You can keep your Netflax; which I have for free but never watch. Can't stand Netflax! Most of those shows are geared for 16 - 25 year olds. Give me Gunsmoke, Rawhide, The Rifleman, The Life & Times of Wyatt Earp anytime.
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Rawhide, Gunsmoke (especially those with Festus) and the Rifleman are my favorite as well. I have never seen the The life &Time of Wyatt Earp. I need to look that one up. I have been watching a lot of coach recently. Sad we don't have shows like that any more. Netflax is dead to me.
 
needshave said:
Rawhide, Gunsmoke (especially those with Festus) and the Rifleman are my favorite as well. I have never seen the The life &Time of Wyatt Earp. I need to look that one up. I have been watching a lot of coach recently. Sad we don't have shows like that any more. Netflax is dead to me.
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I'm with you on original actors like Festus.

Television shows I originally gravitated towards with their original cast of actors, I quickly lost my love for when original cast members were replaced with new substitutes.
 
needshave said:
Rawhide, Gunsmoke (especially those with Festus) and the Rifleman are my favorite as well. I have never seen the The life &Time of Wyatt Earp. I need to look that one up. I have been watching a lot of coach recently. Sad we don't have shows like that any more. Netflax is dead to me.
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"The Life & Times of Wyatt Earp" starring Hugh O'Brien is available on ROKU channel for those of you who download shows using the ROKU stick or box. I tried to order it on Amazon for years but it is not available. The show ran from 1955 - 1961. It ran for 6 seasons for a total of 226 shows. I'm only on the 1st season but I also on the 8th season of Gunsmoke, the 4th season of The Rifleman & will soon be starting the 4th season of "Have Gun Will Travel". With ole' Corvid-19 around scaring the B-Jesus out of everyone & the long cold winter months upon us here in Canada, the border closed to travel, it's good to hanker down for some good clean (no swearing & nudity) western shows. Nope, they sure don't make shows now like they used to. You can keep all that new stuff. I'm with Wyatt, Kitty, Lucas McCain, Doc, Chester, Marshall Dillon & Palladin. I did order "Wagon Train". It's coming in the mail. No reason to be bored during Corvid-19 at all.
 
I almost forgot to mention 2 of my most favorite shows. I don't think I missed one episode of either of them. "Dexter" 2006-2013 and "The Mentalist" 2008 -2015.
 

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