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1993-94 U.S. TV season.


ABC ABC
 in full American Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928.
 PRODUCTIONS

JOE'S LIFE Exec. Producer: Bob Meyer Robert Bernard Meyer (born August 4, 1939, in Toledo, Ohio) is a former professional baseball pitcher. The left-hander was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1960.  Cast: Peter Onorati Peter Onorati (born May 13, 1954 in Boonton, New Jersey) is an American actor. Biography
He was born and raised in Boonton, New Jersey and attended Boonton High School.[1] He attended Lycoming College, where he received his B.A.
, Karla Tamburrelli Format: Half-hour comedy An umemployed family man takes a night job as a bartender while his wife works in the daytime.

THE PAULA POUNDSTONE Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959 in Huntsville, Alabama) is an American stand-up comic. She is known for her quiet, self-deprecating style, political observations, and her trademark suit and tie outfit.  SHOW Exec. Producers: Paula Poundstone, Bonnie Burns Cast: Paula Poundstone Format: One-hour comedy Popular stand-up stand·up or stand-up  
adj.
1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar.

2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar.
 comedienne hosts fresh and exciting comedy hour.

MOMENT OF Crisis--midseason Exec. Producer: Phyllis McGrady Format: One-hour ABC newsmagazine.

ACI ACI American Concrete Institute
ACI Arch Coal Inc
ACI Airports Council International (formerly Airport Associations Coordinating Council)
ACI Automobile Club d'Italia
ACI American Competitiveness Initiative
 

ANGEL FALLS Angel Falls, waterfall, Sp. Salto Ángel, 3,212 ft (979 m) high, SE Venezuela, in the Guiana Highlands. Springing from Auyán-Tepuí Mesa, it is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.  Exec. Producers: Frank Konigsberg, Larry Sanitsky, Joyce Eliason Cast: James Brolin James Brolin (born July 18, 1940) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning American television, film, character actor, producer, and director. Biography
Early life
The eldest of two brothers and two sisters, Brolin was born
, Peggy Lipton, Chelsea Field Format: One-hour drama A woman who returns to her home-town after her father's death is given a chance to start over.

CARSEY-WERNER

GRACE UNDER FIRE Exec. Producers: Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Caryn Mandabach, Chuck Lorre Cast: Brett Butler, Dave Thomas Format: Half-hour comedy A single working mother raising three small children.

CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast.  PRODUCTIONS

DAVE'S WORLD Exec. Producer: J. Axelrod, F. Barron, D. Chapin, B. Krost, J. Widdoes Cast: Harry Anderson Format: Half-hour comedy Based on humorist hu·mor·ist  
n.
1. A person with a good sense of humor.

2. A performer or writer of humorous material.


humorist
Noun

a person who speaks or writes in a humorous way

 Dave Barry's syndicated columns.

EYE TO EYE WITH CONNIE CHUNG Eye to Eye With Connie Chung was a news show that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1995. The show, hosted by Connie Chung as a second project from her time as co-anchoring the CBS Evening News  Cast: Connie Chung Format: One-hour Newsmagazine hosted by CBC (1) (Cell Broadcast Center) See cell broadcast.

(2) (Cipher Block Chaining) In cryptography, a mode of operation that combines the ciphertext of one block with the plaintext of the next block.
 anchorwoman an·chor·wom·an  
n.
1. A woman who narrates or coordinates a newscast in which several correspondents give reports.

2. Sports A woman who is an anchor in a competition, such as a relay race.
 Connie Chung.

THE ADVENTURES OF NED BLESSING (summer-run) Exec. Producer: Bill Wittliff Cast: Brad Johnson Format: One-hour drama Western about a man who ends up as sheriff.

COLUMBIA PICTURES

DO THE STRAND Exec. Producer: Harley Peyton Cast: Bill Campbell, Ally Walker Format: One-hour drama A soft-spoken private eye teams up with an impetuous im·pet·u·ous  
adj.
1. Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate.

2. Having or marked by violent force: impetuous, heaving waves.
 beauty for offbeat off·beat  
n. Music
An unaccented beat in a measure.

adj. Slang
Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor.
 investigations.

MISSING PERSONS Exec. Producers: Stephen J. Cannell Stephen Joseph Cannell, (born February 5, 1941; IPA pronunciation: ['kænəl], rhymes with "channel"), is an Emmy award winning American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor. , Gary Sherman Cast: Daniel J. Travanti Daniel J. Travanti (born Danielo Giovanni Travanti on March 7, 1940) is an American actor. He is known for his starring role as Frank Furillo in the television drama Hill Street Blues. , Jorjan Fox Format: One-hour drama Stories from the head of a missing-persons division of the Chicago police department The Chicago Police Department, also known as the CPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, under the jurisdiction of the city mayor.  

THE NANNY Exec. Producer: Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser Cast: Fran Drescher Format: Half-hour comedy A young woman becomes a nanny to the children of a handsome widower.

PHENOM Exec. Producers: James L. Brooks, Dick Blasucci, Danny Kallis Cast: Judith Light, William Devane Format: Half-hour comedy A single mother with a 15-year-old tennis star, who has an obnoxious coach.

GEORGE Exec. Producers: Tony Danza, Steve Sauer, Norman Safford Vela vela

plural of velum.
 Cast: George Foreman, Suzanne Douglas Format: Half-hour comedy A boxer turned guidance counselor guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters .

THEA The´a

prop. n. 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.

Noun 1. Thea - (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
Theia
 Exec. Producers: Bernie Kukoff, Andrew Susskind Cast: Thea Vidale, Adam Jeffries Format: Half-hour comedy A widowed mother of four children works two jobs to make ends meet

SECOND HALF Exec. Producers: John Mendoza, Leo Leo, in astronomy
Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
 Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick Cast: John Mendoza, Jessica Lundy Format: Half-hour comedy A sportswriter sports·writ·er  
n.
A person who writes about sports, especially for a newspaper or magazine.



sports
 adjusts to life as a divorced single man raising two daughters.

DADDY DEAREST Exec. Producers: Billy Van Zandt William "Billy" Van Zandt (born December 13, 1957 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA) is an author.

He is the author of the Off-Broadway play The Property Known as Garland and co-author with Jane Milmore of 22 other theatrical plays including off-Broadway comedies
, Jane Milmore, Howard Klein Cast: Richard Lewis, Don Rickles Format: Half-hour comedy A divorced man adjusts to living with his young son after his father moves in.

BIRDLAND Exec. Producers: Walter F. Parkes, Scott Frank, Laurie MacDonald Cast: Brian Dennehy Format: One-hour drama Story of the chief of psychiatry in a metropolitan hospital.

CITY HIGH (midseason) Exec. Producers: Rob Sternin, Prudence Fraser, Alan Haymon Cast: Hammer, Richard MacGregor Format: Half-hour comedy Rapper Hammer stars as a former rapper who becomes a teacher to inner city kids.

704 HAUSER STREET (midseason) Exec. Producer: Norman Lear Format: Half-hour comedy An African-American family moves into Archie Bunker's old house.

THE WYATTS (midseason) Exec. Producers: Stephen Kampmann, Will Aldis Cast: William McNamara Format: One-hour drama A 19-year-old moves back into his parents' house with his pregnant young wife.

DISNEY PRODUCTIONS

BOY MEETS WORLD Exec. Producer: Michael Jacobs Cast: Ben Savage, William Daniels Format: Half-hour comedy A look at life through the eyes of an II-year old.

THE BOWMANS (midseason) Exec. Producers: Jeff Martin, Kevin Curran, Suzanne Martin Cast: John Caponera Format: Half-hour comedy The life of a blue-collar family man.

THESE FRIENDS OF MINE (midseason) Exec. Producer: Neal Marlens, Carol Black Cast: Ellen Degeneres Format: Half-hour comedy The life of friends living in Los Angeles.

MONTY (midseason) Exec. Producers: Marc Lawrence, Henry Winkler Cast: Henry Winkler, Kate Burton Format: Half-hour comedy Henry Winkler stars as a right wing talk show host

SINBAD Exec. Producer: Larry Strawther, Gary Murphy Cast: Sinbad Format: Half-hour comedy Stand-up comic Sinbad is a bachelor video game designer who adopts two children.

BUDDY BLUES Exec. Producer: Larry Levin Cast: Giancarlo Esposito, Ron Eldard Format: Half-hour comedy Two mismatched police par small California city.

HARMONY GOLD

WALKER, TEXAS RANGER Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television western/police dramatic series, created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It aired on CBS for eight seasons, from April 21 1993 to May 19 2001, and was broadcast in over 100 countries.  Exec. Producer: David Moessinger Cast: Chuck Norris Format: One-hour drama Western with Chuck Norris,

KUSHNER-LOCKE

HARTS OF THE WEST Exec. Producer: Robert Moloney Cast: Beau Bridges, Lloyd Bridges Format: One-hour drama/comedy A big-city family buys a run-down dude ranch in the "wild" west

MCA/UNIVERSAL TV

SEAQUEST DSV Exec. Producer: Steven Spielberg, Tommy Thompson Cast: Roy Schneider, Stephanie Beacham Format: One-hour adventure Adventures on a high-tech, futuristic submarine.

SOUTH BEACH Exec. Producers: Dick Wolf, Robert DeLaurentis Cast: Yancy Butler, John Glover Format: One-hour adventure A 22-year-old con woman and an American spymaster spy·mas·ter  
n.
One who directs clandestine intelligence activities.

Noun 1. spymaster - someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities
master - directs the work of others
 work together in Miami.

THE HIDDEN ROOM Exec. Producer: Lewis B. Chesler Cast: Ally Sheedy, Tom Hulce, Stephanie Zimbalist, Helen Mirren Format: Half-hour suspense An anthology series of mystery stories presenting people torn between their dreams and realities.

JOHNNY BAGO (midseason) Exec. Producer: Robert Zemeckis, Robert A. Papaizin, James Hirsch Cast: Peter Dobson Format: One-hour action/adventure The trials of a man running from the police for a murder he &d not commit.

MANTIS (midseason) Exec. Producers: Sam Raimi, Sam Hamm, Robert Tapert Cast: Carl Lumbly, Bobby Hosea Format: One-hour Action-adventure series about a black superhero su·per·he·ro  
n. pl. su·per·he·roes
A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime.
.

MOZARK PRODUCTIONS

TOM (midseason) Exec. Producer: Linda Bloodworth Cast: Tom Arnold Format: Half-hour comedy Comedy starring Tom Arnold.

NBC NBC
 in full National Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network.
 PRODUCTIONS

NBC NEWSMAGAZINE Exec. Producer: Jeff Zucker Cast: Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric Format: One-hour Newsmagazine hosted by NBC anchor Tom Brokaw and Today's Katie Couric.

SAVED BY THE BELL GOES TO COLLEGE Exec. Producers: Peter Engel Cast: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond Format: Drama The story continues from the popular Saturday morning show.

GREAT ESCAPES Exec. Producers: Various Cast: Various Collection of one-hour, six episode serials, including Danielle Steele's Jewels.

PARAMOUNT TV

SOUTH OF SUNSET South of Sunset is a detective series, starring musician/actor Glenn Frey that aired just one episode on CBS in 1993.

Frey played Cody McMahon, a private eye whose offices were located just south of Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills.
 Exec. Producers: Stan Rogow, John Byrum Cast: Glen Frey Format: One-hour drama A cynical private eye in Los Angeles.

FRASIER Exec. Producers: David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee Cast: Kelsey Grammer, John Mahoney Format: Half-hour comedy Cheers spinoff with Dr. Fraiser Crane now living in Seattle.

MOMMIES Exec. Producer: Terry Grossman Cast: Marilyn Kentz, Caryl Kristensen Format: Half-hour comedy Neighbors face being 90's mothers.

VIPER (midseason) Exec. Producers: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo Cast: James McCaffrey, Joe Nipote Format: One-hour Man with an extraordinary car.

BIG WAVE DAVE'S (midseason) Exec. Producers: David Isaacs, Ken Levine Format: Half-hour comedy Friends from Chicago open surf shop in Hawaii.

SISTER, SISTER (midseason) Exec. Producers: Suzanne de Passe Suzanne de Passe (born in 1948 in New York City, New York) is an American entertainment executive; the CEO of television production company de Passe Entertainment; and the first and only African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for writing. , Gary Gilbert Format: Half-hour comedy Thirteen-year-old twins reunite.

TINSEL tin·sel  
n.
1. Very thin sheets, strips, or threads of a glittering material used as a decoration.

2. Something sparkling or showy but basically valueless: the tinsel of parties and promotional events.
 TOWNSEND PRODS

TOWNSEND TELEVISION Exec. Producers: Loretha Jones, Robert Townsend Cast: Robert Townsend Format: One-hour variety Musical numbers, sketches, comedy and film pieces.

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TV

NYPD BLUE Exec. Producers: Steven Bochco, David Milch Cast: David Caruso, Sherry Stringfield Format: One-hour drama Realistic police drama set in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
, viewed from the perspective of a 15-year veteran.

FRONT PAGE Exec. Producers: David Corvo Cast: Ron Reagan, Andria Hall, Tony Harris, Josh Mankiewicz, Vicki Liviakis Format: One-hour Lifestyle-type news magazine.

THE X-FILES Exec. Producers: Chris Carter Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson Format: One-hour drama An unconventional FBI agent and his young female partner investigate a group of unsolved cases.

SOUTH CENTRAL (midseason) Exec. Producers: Ralph Farquhar, Michael J. Weithorn, William E. Baker Cast: Tina Lifford, Larenz Tate Format: Half-hour comedy A single African-American mother struggles to raise her family in South Central L.A.

COP FILES (midseason) Exec. Producers: John Langley, Malcolm Barbour Cast: Richard Roundtree Format: Half-hour reality Reality-based police officers on the beat and on special assignments.

THE CHEVY CHASE SHOW Exec. Producer: Steve Bider Cast: Chevy Chase Format: One-hour talk-show Synopsis: Talk-comedy

WARNER BROS. TV

LOIS LOIS Land-Ocean Interaction Study
LOIS Law Office Information Systems
LOIS Lofar Outrigger in Scandinavia
LOIS Loss of Interim Status
LOIS Laser Operated Ion Source
LOIS Learning Options in Suffolk
LOIS Location Oriented Information System
 & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN Adventures of Superman may refer to the following works featuring Superman:
  • The Adventures of Superman (radio), 1940s radio program.
  • The Adventures of Superman (novel), 1942 novel written by George Lowther.
 Exec. Producers: Robert Butler, David Jacobs Cast: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher Format: One-hour drama All-new Superman stories which focus on romance.

CRESCENT CITY (midseason) Exec. Producer: Mark Rosner Format: One-hour drama A rookie cop gets to know his way around the underworld of New Orleans and has an affair with a singer.

FAMILY ALBUM Exec. Producers: Marla Kaufmann, David Crane Cast: Peter Scolari, Pamela Reed Format: Half-hour comedy A family moves to Philadelphia to be near grandparents grandparents nplabuelos mpl

grandparents grand nplgrands-parents mpl

grandparents grand npl
.

IT HAD TO BE YOU It Had to Be You could mean:
  • It Had to Be You! (2005 film)
  • It Had to Be You (television series)
  • It Had to Be You (1989 film)
  • It Had to Be You (2000 film)
  • It Had to Be You (song)
  • It Had to Be You (1947 film)
 Exec. Producers: A. Addison, Andrew Nicolls, Darrell Vickers Cast: Faye Dunaway, Robert Urich Format: Half-hour comedy A socialite publisher falls in love with a carpenter.

THE TROUBLE WITH LARRY Cast: Bronson Pinchot Format: Half-hour comedy A man who was presumed dead for 13 years returns to his wife and her new family.

TALL HOPES (midseason) Exec. Producers: Rust Eustis, Michael Elias Format: Half-hour comedy A basketball player and his brother.

AGAINST THE GRAIN Exec. Producers: Lee Rich, Bruce Sallan, Jeff Freilich Cast: John Terry, Donna Bullock Format: Half-hour drama A high-school football coach in a small Texas town.

CAFE AMERICAIN Exec. Producers: Peter Noah Cast: Valerie Bertinelli, Maurice Godin Format: Half-hour comedy An American woman moves to Paris.

MY GIRLS Exec. Producers: Yvette Denise Lee, Tom Anderson Cast: Queen Latifah, Kim Coles, Kim Fields, Erika Alexander Format: Half-hour comedy Four upwardly mobile African-American women living in New York City.

LOCALS (midseason) Exec. Producers: Mert Rich, Brian Pollack Cast: John Ratzenberger Format: Half-hour comedy A town barber in Mt Ellen.

THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY, JR. Exec. Producers: Jeffrey Boam, Carlton Cuse Cast: Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry Format: One-hour drama An action-adventure set in the Old West during the late 1800's.

MOTHER COUNTRY (midseason) Exec. Producers: Penny Marshall, William Blaylock, Elliot Abbot Cast: Judge Reinhold Format: Half-hour comedy An emergency room doctor at Los Angeles County General Hospital.

ASPEN (midseason) Exec. Producer: Richard DiLello Format: One-hour drama Primetime soap opera about the rich in Colorado's most exclusive resort.

LARROQUETTE Exec. Producers: Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas, John Larroquette Cast: John Larroquette, Liz Torrez Format: Half-hour comedy The manager of a graveyard shift bus station in St. Louis.

MY KIND OF TOWN (midseason) Exec. Producers: Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas and David Landsberg Cast: Jeff Garlin, Leah Remini Format: Half-hour comedy The personal and professional misadventures of a Chicago policeman.

WORLDVISION

WINNETKA ROAD Exec. Producers: Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, John Byrum Format: One-hour drama The changing state of three relationships in the 90's.
704 Hauser Street                    Columbia Picture
Against the Grain                    Warner Bros.
Angel Falls                          ACI
Aspen                                Warner Bros.
Big Wave Dave's                      Paramount TV
Birdland                             Columbia Pictures
Boy Meets World                      Disney Productions
Buddy Blues                          Disney Productions
Cafe Americain                       Warner Bros.
City High                            Columbia Pictures
Cop Files                            Twentieth Century Fox
Crescent City                        Warner Bros.
Daddy Dearest                        Columbia Pictures
Dave's World                         CBS Productions
Do the Strand                        Columbia Pictures
Eye to Eye With Connie Chung         CBS Productions
Family Album                         Warner Bros.
Frasier                              Paramount TV
Front Page                           Twentieth Century Fox
George                               Columbia Pictures
Grace Under Fire                     Carsey-Werner
Great Escapes                        NBC Productions
Harts of the West                    Kushner-Locke
It Had to Be You                     Warner Bros.
Joe's Life                           ABC Productions
Johnny Bago                          MCA/Universal
Larroquette                          Warner Bros.
Locals                               Warner Bros.


Lois & Clark. The New Adventures of Superman Warner Bros.
Mantis                               MCA/Universal
Missing Persons                      Columbia Pictures
Moment of Crisis                     ABC Productions
Mommies                              Paramount TV
Monty                                Disney Productions
Mother Country                       Warner Bros.
My Girls                             Warner Bros.
My Kind of Town                      Warner Bros.
NBC Newsmagazine                     NBC Productions
WPD Blue                             Twentieth Century Fox
Phenom                               Columbia Pictures
Saved by the Bell Goes to College    NBC Productions
seaQuest DSV                         MCA/Universal TV
Second Half                          Columbia Pictures
Sinbad                               Disney Productions
Sister, Sister                       Paramount TV
South Beach                          MCA/Universal
South Central                        Twentieth Century Fox
South of Sunset                      Paramount TV
Tall Hopes                           Warner Bros.


The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Warner Bros.
The Adventures of Ned Blessing       CBS Productions
The Bowmans                          Disney Productions
The Chevy Chase Show                 Twentieth Century Fox
The Hidden Room                      MCA/Universal
The Nanny                            Columbia Pictures
The Paula Poundstone Show            ABC Productions
The Trouble With Larry               Warner Bros.
The Wyatts                           Columbia Pictures
The X-Files                          Twentieth Century Fox
Thea                                 Columbia Pictures
These Friends of Mine                Disney Productions
Tom                                  Mozark Prods.
Townsend Television                  Tinsel Townsend Prods
Viper                                Paramount TV
Walker, Texas Ranger                 Harmony Gold
Winnetka Road                        Worldvision
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