In 1960s America, a young couple struggle to expose the truth about a hidden alien invasion, while a secret government organization follows its own agenda in dealing with the threat. It turns out that aliens were responsible for just about everything in the 60's, from the Kennedy assassination to the New York blackout. Featured a pre-Voyager Jeri Ryan as a Russian agent. (1 season)
The year is 2045, and a highly addictive computer-based reality drug takes the users of the drug into a fantasy world. Jake Cardigan, a cop who was jailed on trumped charges, is hired by the mysterious Walter Bascom to fight the drug. Jake's first partner was Sid Gomez who was replaced by sexy Sam Houston; Nika is a computer wiz who works for Bascom; Cowgirl and Spaz are two "cyberpunks"; and Shelley Grout is a government agent trying to stop Jake. The creator of the show (and one of its stars) was also the star of a much-better known sci-fi series. (1 season, though over three years)
After spending years in the Peruvian jungle during his tour in Army Special Forces, Cascade PD Detective James Ellison developed hyperactive senses, which came back to him five years after his return to the US. He can see people in darkened windows at night from two hundred yards, hear the music playing on the radio of the car he's chasing after he's lost sight of it, and can distinguish between wood and plastic after both have been in a three thousand degree fire. After being cancelled after three seasons, support from fans got the network to give it another half season to tie up all the plots.(4 seasons)
A computer technician for the NSA secretly longs for a chance to work on the field. Circumstance puts him in a top secret laboratory, in the middle of a shootout between security guards and a saboteur. During the battle, a vial containing an experimental serum explodes, covering the technician with shrapnel. But it turns out that the serum is actually nanomites, microscopic submachines that heal his injuries and alter his body. Upon discovering his new mind-boggling powers, the technician begins to operate at an atomic level, possessing superhuman strength, lightning-fast speed, heightened hearing, magnified vision and the ability to communicate telepathically with computers. The NSA soon realizes that he is an untested asset and forms a Special Ops team with him at its core. The actor who played the geek-turned-superhero-agent also is on of the leads in a current spy show (cable network). (1 season)
After witnessing the destruction of the Earth from orbit, a group of astronauts is sent back in time and given 5 years to prevent the disaster from happening. The actor mentioned in the show above also played a leading role in this one. This was also Peter Weller's first starring role on a TV show. (1 season)
The third show was, indeed, "The Sentinel." Richard Burgi played a cop with heightened senses.
The first was "Dark Skies."
The second was "Tek War," created by William Shatner.
The fourth was "Jake 2.0," (I always thought of "Chuck" as a rip-off) starring Chris Gorham, who presently stars in "Covert Affairs" on USA Network, and also had a lead role in
The fifth show, "Odyssey 5."
I watched them all in their entirety, except Tek War, of which I saw only a couple of episodes.
This show has been on the air for 60 years. One person starred on it for 30 years, but actually filmed fewer episodes (4531) than another star who was on the show for 21 years (4610 episodes).
This cable reboot of series that originally appeared in the 1980s makes a few alterations. The lead female character is no longer a reporter but a high school student. The lead males are unchanged. In a manner of speaking. When the main characters call each other on their cell-phone-like communication devices, the ring tone is the theme music from the original series.
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hiway29
I'm not clear what your point is then. I don't think I'm much older than anyone here. I thought the whole point of this game was to stir memories ,and realize-'oh yeah-I do remember that show !' I'm
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In the "Jump the Shark" episode of Batman B&B, they go through all of the ways to JTS listed on that website, including having Ted McGinley on! :lol: George
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C) The DC/Fawcett character must be Captain Marvel, now known as Shazam. I think the show is Beat Shazam George
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No, and
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Expanded clues soon.
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In 1960s America, a young couple struggle to expose the truth about a hidden alien invasion, while a secret government organization follows its own agenda in dealing with the threat. It turns out that aliens were responsible for just about everything in the 60's, from the Kennedy assassination to the New York blackout. Featured a pre-Voyager Jeri Ryan as a Russian agent. (1 season)
The year is 2045, and a highly addictive computer-based reality drug takes the users of the drug into a fantasy world. Jake Cardigan, a cop who was jailed on trumped charges, is hired by the mysterious Walter Bascom to fight the drug. Jake's first partner was Sid Gomez who was replaced by sexy Sam Houston; Nika is a computer wiz who works for Bascom; Cowgirl and Spaz are two "cyberpunks"; and Shelley Grout is a government agent trying to stop Jake. The creator of the show (and one of its stars) was also the star of a much-better known sci-fi series. (1 season, though over three years)
After spending years in the Peruvian jungle during his tour in Army Special Forces, Cascade PD Detective James Ellison developed hyperactive senses, which came back to him five years after his return to the US. He can see people in darkened windows at night from two hundred yards, hear the music playing on the radio of the car he's chasing after he's lost sight of it, and can distinguish between wood and plastic after both have been in a three thousand degree fire. After being cancelled after three seasons, support from fans got the network to give it another half season to tie up all the plots.(4 seasons)
A computer technician for the NSA secretly longs for a chance to work on the field. Circumstance puts him in a top secret laboratory, in the middle of a shootout between security guards and a saboteur. During the battle, a vial containing an experimental serum explodes, covering the technician with shrapnel. But it turns out that the serum is actually nanomites, microscopic submachines that heal his injuries and alter his body. Upon discovering his new mind-boggling powers, the technician begins to operate at an atomic level, possessing superhuman strength, lightning-fast speed, heightened hearing, magnified vision and the ability to communicate telepathically with computers. The NSA soon realizes that he is an untested asset and forms a Special Ops team with him at its core. The actor who played the geek-turned-superhero-agent also is on of the leads in a current spy show (cable network). (1 season)
After witnessing the destruction of the Earth from orbit, a group of astronauts is sent back in time and given 5 years to prevent the disaster from happening. The actor mentioned in the show above also played a leading role in this one. This was also Peter Weller's first starring role on a TV show. (1 season)
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Mrs Wolf said that #3 was "the Sentinel."
(Please name or letter them for easy reference, I will request.)
They all sound very interesting, though.
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The third show was, indeed, "The Sentinel." Richard Burgi played a cop with heightened senses.
The first was "Dark Skies."
The second was "Tek War," created by William Shatner.
The fourth was "Jake 2.0," (I always thought of "Chuck" as a rip-off) starring Chris Gorham, who presently stars in "Covert Affairs" on USA Network, and also had a lead role in
The fifth show, "Odyssey 5."
I watched them all in their entirety, except Tek War, of which I saw only a couple of episodes.
WW is up (unless Mrs. Wolf want so join in). :)/>
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hiway29
I never saw a minute of any of those shows. When I was 20 I would have been watching all of them. I have no idea what it all means.
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In theory, I could have watched most of them.
They were usually not on at convenient times for me.
(I avoided "TekWar" on purpose.)
I've no memory of hearing of "Odyssey 5", and Mrs Wolf's got no memory of
hearing of "Jake 2.0". So you might have never heard of some of these.
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I think that all of these shows might have been on UPN, rather than the "big 3" networks. I think they were all shows from the 90's.
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The remake of this show didn't last long, but I personally have no idea why.
I liked that it went into some background details of the settings and recurring roles,
where the original series did absolutely nothing of the kind.
Among the new characters for the remake was Fyvush Finkel as a travel agent,
and Mädchen Amick as an onsite assistant with multifaceted talent.
The original had many celebrity guest-stars, and was mostly filmed in California.
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Maybe Malcolm McDowell was too surly as Roarke.
"Fantasy Island."
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I don't think that's it, but I still don't know what it might have been.
I liked both shows.
I really appreciated the nods to the original show-
Roarke looking at a closet of white suits, picking the black, then saying to burn
the others, Roarke in a flashback IN a white suit, a guy ringing the bell with
a hammer and yelling "THE PLANE! THE PLANE!" and Roarke telling him ONE shout
is sufficient. Amick, I'm sure you remember, played a shapechanger who was therefore
very versatile for roles all over the island. Finkel's office helped explain
how people ever got to the island.
Then again, some people are happier just dealing with the island and that's it.
The newer "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" gave Wonka's back story, and even
with Christopher Lee, it didn't seem to add much to the movie. So, maybe people
thought a back-story and the staff actually having some role was a handicap to
the series.
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This show has been on the air for 60 years. One person starred on it for 30 years, but actually filmed fewer episodes (4531) than another star who was on the show for 21 years (4610 episodes).
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hiway29
Gotta be a soap opera. I'll say Days of our Lives because they still constantly advertise it in my area.
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Could also be "the Tonight Show." I know that's been on since before Johnny Carson and was
in black and white originally.
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It is the Tonight Show. Because he often "guest hosted" for Johnny, Jay Leno actually "starred" in more "episodes."
Did you know, that back in 1957, the Tonight Show was briefly a newscast?
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This game show had an episode where round 1 lasted most of the episode,
because both contestants kept guessing poorly at the last question,
and they had to answer correctly to win it-
despite having 50/50 odds at a wild guess to do so.
"YOU FOOL!" accompanied many of the misses.
It's based partly on a children's game.
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This game show had an episode where round 1 lasted most of the episode,
because both contestants kept guessing poorly at the last question,
and they had to answer correctly to win it-
despite having 50/50 odds at a wild guess to do so.
"YOU FOOL!" accompanied many of the misses.
It's based partly on a children's game.
This show also had a short-lived spinoff,
a game-show targeted towards children based on the original.
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This game show had an episode where round 1 lasted most of the episode,
because both contestants kept guessing poorly at the last question,
and they had to answer correctly to win it-
despite having 50/50 odds at a wild guess to do so.
"YOU FOOL!" accompanied many of the misses.
It's based partly on a children's game.
This show also had a short-lived spinoff,
a game-show targeted towards children based on the original.
Although this show is named for a location in California,
it's held episodes in Florida in an identically-named location,
using pictures of ring-buoys (life-preservers) and crossed
water-skis during the games.
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This game show had an episode where round 1 lasted most of the episode,
because both contestants kept guessing poorly at the last question,
and they had to answer correctly to win it-
despite having 50/50 odds at a wild guess to do so.
"YOU FOOL!" accompanied many of the misses.
It's based partly on a children's game.
This show also had a short-lived spinoff,
a game-show targeted towards children based on the original.
Although this show is named for a location in California,
it's held episodes in Florida in an identically-named location,
using pictures of ring-buoys (life-preservers) and crossed
water-skis during the games.
The first version of the show premiered in 1966, the last version
ended in 2004 (not counting syndication, of course.)
Bert Parks, Peter Marshall, John Davidson and Tom Bergeron have hosted.
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And I used to live in the Florida city.
Hollywood Squares
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It is "Hollywood Squares."
The "You Fool!" episode is famous, and has Gilbert Gottfried
(and Penn Gillette) yelling that several times in a round
that just wouldn't end.....
Hollywood, Florida had X and O cards instead of electric things.
It's partly based on Tic-Tac-Toe.
The spinoff was "Storybook Squares", a great concept that took up
too much time to be practical.
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This cable reboot of series that originally appeared in the 1980s makes a few alterations. The lead female character is no longer a reporter but a high school student. The lead males are unchanged. In a manner of speaking. When the main characters call each other on their cell-phone-like communication devices, the ring tone is the theme music from the original series.
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If you look at my WHOLE post, all of it, I give away the answer.
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"Dallas"?
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I'm thinking this is "the Carrie Diaries", some sort of prequel or something to
"Sex and the City."
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