How many spinoffs did “All in the Family” (CBS, 1971-79) have?
The TV series had four spinoffs:
“Maude” (CBS, 1972-78); “The Jeffersons” (CBS, 1975-85); “Archie Bunker’s Place” (CBS, 1979-83); and “Gloria” (CBS, 1982-83).
The TV series had four spinoffs:
“Maude” (CBS, 1972-78); “The Jeffersons” (CBS, 1975-85); “Archie Bunker’s Place” (CBS, 1979-83); and “Gloria” (CBS, 1982-83).
In the original British TV series, “The Avengers”, Patrick Macnee’s Steed played opposite Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale. Blackman later became known as James Bond’s love interest, Pussy Galore, in Goldfinger. By the time the series was imported to America in 1966, Diana Rigg, as Emma Peel, had replaced Blackman.
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) trade convention, held in January, is where you go to sell a TV show for syndication. There producers and distributors sell game shows, reruns, etc., to station managers and program directors.
Mrs. McGillicuddy, Lucy Ricardo’s (Lucille Ball’s) mother, was played by Kathryn Card on “I Love Lucy” (CBS, 1951-57). Charles Winninger played Fred Mertz’s (William Frawley’s) father in 1954.
Clara Peller asked, “Where’s the beef?” for Wendy’s, and Walter Mondale asked it in the 1984 presidential campaign.
Jonathan Winters, who hatched from an egg sprouted from Mork’s navel in 1981, played Mork and Mindy’s baby on the TV show “Mork & Mindy” (ABC, 1978-82).
On their syndicated TV show, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert have been putting thumbs up and down to movies since September 1982. They first gained national fame on PBS’s “Sneak Previews” in 1977.