The “Gilligan’s Island” (CBS, 1964-67) cast and characters were .. .
Gilligan—Gilligan (Bob Denver)
The Skipper—Jonas Grumbly (Alan Hale, Jr.)
The Millionaire—Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus) His Wife—Mrs. Lovey Howell III (Natalie Schaefer) The Movie Star—Ginger Grant (Tina Louise)
The Professor—Roy Hinkley (Russell Johnson) Mary Ann—Mary Ann Summers (Dawn Wells)
“Search for Tomorrow” (CBS, 1951-1982; NBC 1982-1987) was the longest-running daytime TV drama. However, “The Guiding Light” is the longest daytime drama to run on both radio and TV. It began its run on radio in 1937. It has been on CBS-TV from 1952 to the present.
Loretta Swit played Chris Cagney and Tyne Daly was Mary Beth Lacey in the 1981 TV movie pilot “Cagney and Lacey”. In the series (CBS, 1982-88), Meg Foster played Cagney in the first few episodes; she was replaced by Sharon Gless. Daly continued as Lacey.
Carol Merrill’s daughter Hillary Saffire became the hostess on the new TV game show “Truth or Consequences” (syndicated) in 1987. Merrill herself was the hostess on “Let’s Make a Deal” (NBC, 1963-68; ABC, 1968-76).
Their first names of Scott, Chekov, and McCoy on “Star Trek” are as follows: Montgomery Scott Pavel Andreivich Chekov Leonard McCoy
Catherine Coulson played the Log Lady on the TV series “Twin Peaks” (ABC, 1990-91).
George Wyle and “Gilligan’s Island” producer Sherwood Schwartz wrote “The Ballad of Gilligan’s Island” for the TV series.