Buck Rogers : In the 25th Century - 70's Sci-Fi TV Series

The Award-Winning Sci-fi Television Series Buck Rogers: In the 25th Century, was based on the 1928 fictional character of two novellas "Armageddon 2419 AD" created by Philip Francis Nowlan, which also first published and seen on "Amazing Stories" magazine. Buck Rogers adventures became an important part of American pop culture which widely seen and heard in many mediums from 1920's until 1990's, showed in comic strips, movie series (1939), television series (ABC 1950-51 and NBC 1979-81), on computer games and heard on radio for 15 years (1932-1947).

In the 1979 Buck Rogers TV Series, the story was set in 1987 with the space mission of US Airforce pilot Capt. William Anthony "Buck" Rogers of the space shuttle Ranger III, of the NASA's five months manned probe trip around the solar system. But along the way something goes awry, a leaking gas (formed cryogenic suspension) fumed the ship and the life support system freeze taking Buck Rogers into cryogenic sleep, the Ranger 3 malfunctioned and blown out in trajectory into an orbit 1,000 times more vast and takes 500 years to return in orbit, the fresh air entered woken him up. It was year 2491 (25th Century) when Buck Roger returned to Earth, the planet was recovering from 20th Century nuclear holocust and under hostile attack of the Draconian Empire, a space borne armies from the planet Draconia, who are planning invasion and conquer the Earth. With Buck Rogers' incredible fighter pilot skills, he became a valuable member of Earth's Defense Directorate, headed by Dr. Elias Huer, and he joined the squadron headed by beautiful Colonel Wilma Deering and Buck assisted by his compatriots; Twiki (a comical robot) and a mechanical brain of "Dr. Theopolis" (one of Earth's Computer Council) in a box carried by Twiki. The first season of the show focused on Buck Rogers mission to defend the Earth against Draconian, while second season story as Buck and Wilma mission to track down the deep-space vessel "Searcher" boarding human colonies.

The adventures of Buck Rogers : In the 25th Century TV series was aired from September 1979 and lasted until April 1981 on NBC, completed 2 seasons with 37 episodes, now available on DVD.

Buck Rogers In the 25th Century Sci-Fi Series Casts:

• Gil Gerard - Captain William Buck Rogers
• Pamela Hensley as Princess Ardala
• Erin Gray - Colonel Wilma Deering
• Tim O'Connor - Dr. Elias Huer
• Thom Christopher - Hawk
• Wilfrid Hyde-White - Dr. Goodfellow
• Felix Silla - Twiki
• Jay Garner - Adm. Efrem Asimov
• Paul Carr - Lt. Devlin
• William Conrad - Narrator
• Jeff David - Voice of Crichton
• Mel Blanc - Voice of Twiki
• Bob Elyea - Voice of Twiki
• Eric Server - Voice of Dr. Theopolis

Hart to Hart Action Mystery Series

Murder mystery series Hart to Hart by author/creator Sidney Sheldon which was first entitled “Double Twist”, about very wealthy wife and husband turn out on their free time as amateur detectives teaming up together solving murders, smugglings, theft and other international espionage.

Jonathan Hart was a self-millionaire and the CEO of a global conglomerate company, the Hart Industries, he was a man with strength and determination to see through anything married to beautiful former freelance journalist Jennifer, a woman with a nose for finding clues, they teaming up together finding the killers and law breakers. Their loyal servant, friend and sidekick Max always giving a hand to the rich couple detectives, also their canine dog pet named Freeway was included in this action romantic series.

70s Hart to Hart completed 110 47-minute running time episodes aired from August 1979 to May 1984 for total of 5 seasons on ABC.

Major Casts:

• Robert Wagner as Jonathan Hart
• Stefanie Powers as Jennifer Hart
• Lionel Stander as Max
• Richard B. Shull as Lieutenant Gillis

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Blake's 7 Sci-fi TV Series

Blake's 7 TV Series

A British Space sci-fi tv series Blake's 7 was created by Terry Nation and broadcast from January 1978 to December 1981, a space adventures of small group of outlaws fighting against intergalactic corrupt government, The Federation that centers on Earth and drugs billions of its citizens with their water, food and air. The series had big influenced on other sci-fi such as Babylon 5, Hyperdrive, Aeon Flux and Firefly.

The series was set in the third century and follows the life of an alpha-grade worker, Roj Blake. He was falsely accused for a crime molesting a child, he was sentenced to deport in prison planet, Cygnus Alpha. Along he met co-prisoners, a cunning thief Vila Restal, smuggler Jenna Stannis, Olga Gan with her case of murdering a Federation guard and computer genius Kerr Avon who attempted to defraud the Federation Banking system. Blake's group managed to escape from Federation guards, they boarded an advanced alien spaceship called 'The Liberator', the war ship that posses superior power and weaponry and is capable a teleport system. Blake leads the revolution against Federation government attacking and taking down it's main ships, they take their journey along Milky Way seeking way to gain freedom.

Blake's 7 completed 4 seasons with 52 episodes, now available on special DVD package.

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Blake's 7 Casts:

• Gareth Thomas as Roj Blake
• Michael Keating as Vila Restal
• Paul Darrow as Kerr Avon
• Jacqueline Pearce as Servalan
• Josette Simon as Dayna Mellanby
• Sally Knyvette as enna Stannis

"Super Friends" – 70s Justice of League TV Series

Super Friends – 70s Justice of League TV Series

The Super Friends animated series, produced by creative team of William Hannah and Joseph Barbera in 1973, features the adventures of the long-running DC Comics book series started in 1960s, well-known as “The Justice League of America”, compose of all time heroes Superman, Batman & Robin, Wonder Woman and Aquaman plus their apprentice training to become superheroes Wendy Harris, Marvin White and their caped-pet Wonderdog. The early Saturday morning hour-long tv series of action-adventures Super Friends putting down criminals, saving people lives and stopping terrible disasters, in a child-friendly version show with some lesson of educational values like environmental issues, moral dilemmas and other thought-provoking conflicts. The Super Friends routinely monitoring the world from their headquarter called Hall of Justice with an automated warning system the “Trouble Alert” signals someone need their help, they fight injustice, right that which is wrong and serve all mankind.

The show in later years featured many follow-up spin-offs and revivals until 1986 such as The All-New SuperFriends Hour (1977 - Wendy, Marvin & Wonder dog replaced by planet Exxor Wonder Twins Zan & Jayna and their space-monkey Gleek), Challenge of the SuperFriends (1978 - now features the team Justice League of America versus super villains group in DC Comics The Legion of Doom), The Worlds Greatest SuperFriends (1979), SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984), The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985).

The SuperFriends animated TV series first season by Hannah-Barbera Production was premiered on September 1973 and lasted until August 1974 with total of 16 episodes, now on DVD.

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SuperFriends Voice Casts:

• Danny Dark ............... Superman / Clark Kent voice
• Olan Soule ............... Batman / Bruce Wayne voice
• Casey Kasem ............... Robin / Dick Grayson voice
• Shannon Farnon ............... Wonder Woman / Diana Prince voice
• Norman Alden ................ Aquaman voice
• Sherry Alberoni ............... Wendy Harris voice
• Frank Welker ............... Marvin White voice
• Ted Knight .............. Narrator

"Josie And The PussyCats in Outer Space"

70s Josie And The PussyCats in Outer Space Adventures

A Saturday morning animated tv series, a continuation and spin off from the popular cartoon TV show, Josie And The PussyCats, a more exciting and new story series as the gang accidentally gets launched into the outer space. The Josie and The Pussycats characters was came from 1968 popular comic book series, Archie and His Friends (Josie McCoy first introduced), Josie formed all-girl pop music band with Melody Valentine and Valerie Brown (wears leopard printed leotard shirt with long tails and cat ears hat), band's roadie and Josie boyfriend Alan M. Mayberry, rich cowardly manager Alexander Cabot III with his twin snobbish sneaky and mean sister Alexandra (have serious crush with Alan) with a black white cat pet Sebastian (reincarnation of a witchcraft ancestor of Cabots).

In Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space series, the band was invited to play at the launch of new NASA spaceship, soon they ride the top gantry of the ship for photo pose but the bumbling Alexandra attempts to knock Josie out of spotlight with body slam bump Josie causing them all go tumbling inside the Rocketship X-M through it's open hatch. Alexandra pulls the launch lever, taking off the ship good thing smart Valerie managed to operate the ship, they face trouble and adventures in outer space chasing with some alien race dictators capture them, perform couple of musical number (alien comatose as they starts to play) and they able to escape return to Earth but Alexandra trying to win Alan always messing things up turning the ship off-course and land to another planet. Cuddly blob-like alien Bleep join and help their adventures.

Josie and The Pussycats in Outer Space cartoon tv series was debuted from 1972 lasted until 1974, created and produced by William Hanna-Joseph Barbera production, now available on DVD.

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Voice Casts:

• Josie McCoy ........ Janet Waldo (Voice) / Cathy Douglas(Singing Voice)
• Alan M. Mayberry ....... Jerry Dexter (Voice)
• Sherry Alberoni ....... Alexandra Cabot (Voice)
• Melody Valentine ....... Jackie Joseph (Voice) / Cheryl Ladd (Singing Voice)
• Valerie Brown ....... Barbara Pariot (Voice) / Patrice Holloway (Singing Voice)
• Alexander Cabot III ....... Casey Kasem (Voice)
• Alien Bleep/ Cat Sebastian ....... Don Messick (Voice)

"The Odd Couple" - 1970'sTV Series

Based from 1965 Broadway play, The Odd Couple considered one of the finest and successful sitcom dominates in 1970's. An early example of well-written, character-driven and sophisticated sitcom hit film and TV series although not receive the viewer's popular recognition, it's syndication blossomed both in domestic and foreign audiences considering a highly relevant sitcom that deals with issues such as generation gap and sex in an adult fashion.

The Odd Couple is a story about two men divorced with their wives and have to live & share the same apartment, in spite they are mismatched friends and differs in lifestyle. Felix Unger, a neat, tidy, healthy nut and neurotic working as photographer in a portrait studio and as connoisseur of a classical music but being divorced and thrown out of his apartment needed to live with his childhood friend Oscar Madison. Oscar working as sloven Sports Journalist in New York Times, live exactly opposite with Felix, being a slow, casual, sloppy and messy. Felix's hygienic and healthy tips annoys Oscar who live like a pig that upsets Felix. Humor and comedy bring up the show as hey nearly drive each other's crazy, but morally they learn trust, love and friendship are further important living in different world. In the final episode, Felix's wife return to him remarried while Oscar finally gained his longing freedom.

The Odd Couple TV Series aired from 1970 until 1975, completed 5 seasons with total of 114 episodes and Tonny Randall played as Felix Unger won Emmy Award after the show was canceled.

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"The Best of Muppet Show"

The Best of Muppet Show

Jim Henson first created the muppet characters in 1955, appears on numerous tv programs both local and national but only gained popularity when they showed on the tv series Sesame Street in 1969. Jim sought a program that will be enjoyed both by young and old until in 1976, The Muppet Show was premiered and they become a cultural phenomenon. The show was actually produced in England and syndicated around the world and garnered tremendous ratings and stores jammed with muppets in toy merchandises.

The show features the Muppet stock company doing variety show filled with music, dancing and silly comedy sketches, humors and slapsticks. Weekly, they have special guest star join them accompanied by Kermit the Frog who serves as the host and stage manager of the show. Popular characters of the show includes:

• Kermit the Frog: show manager and host
• Miss Piggy: a glamorous diva pig show also pursuit Kermit
• Fozzie Bear: a stand-up comic bear
• Scooter: the gofer
• Great Gonzo: a general all-around weirdo or whatever
• Rowlf the Dog George: the playing piano dog
• Doctor Bunsen Honeydew: the scientist
• Beeker Meep: a slow-witted janitor
• Droop: the Anteater
• Crazy Donald later named Crazy Harry
• Brewsters: the old timer
• Mildred: the goose
• Rufus later named Muppy
• and many other
  

One of the special featured actress Mia Farrow, taught the muppets about love, and that everyone loves something.

The Best of the Muppet Show includes seasons 1-5 with total of 120 episodes lasted for 5 years from 1976 to 1981 now released on DVD available at TVAddicts.tv

.:: The "Centennial TV Miniseries" - 1978 ::.

Marked as on of the longest and most ambitious television project at that time with huge budget ($25 Million) most complicated (employed four directors, five cinematographers, five producers with almost 100 speaking parts, several hundred extras and spanning 26 & 1/2 hours of television viewing.

Centennial was based on the best-selling novel with the same title by James A. Michener, a story history of a fictional town of Centennial, Colorado under settling of American West from late 18th century to the present (1970). People came to Centennial for gold, freedom and crime for many generations among memorable frontiersmen, trappers, Indians, ranchers, cowboys, and farmers from long ago and took a 100 years for murder cases to be solved. Packed with various adventures, affairs, opportunists, tragedy, violence, dubious Western progress and racial injustice just for the name of destiny.

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"WKRP in Cincinnati" - Award Winning 1978 Comedy hit TV Series::.

An American comedy series of misadventures of the staff in a radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The series runs from 1978 'till 1982 took its finale. WKRP also won Humanitaz Prize and nominated for 10 in Emmy's.

The story plays as Arthur Carlson trying to rebuild his mother's failing business with his incompetent skills in business field but succeed with the help of his strange employees. Together with ideas, running gags and different gimmicks of his staff compose of a Wild Disc Jockey, a Venus Flytrap, a geeky News Director, an obsolete Advertising Sales Manager, a shy Journalism Major, a pretty Receptionist and a Firm Progarm Director work together and brought back the business to success into the restaurant.

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"The Six Million Dollar Man" - TV Series::.

The Six Million Dollar Man TV Series aired on 1973 and end on 1978 at ABC Network features Lee Majors as the major character.

The Six Million Dollar Man is a TV Series about a cyborg working for US OSI Secret Service. Steve Austin is a former astronaut involved in NASA's Northrop M2-F2 lifting body accident crash due to pilot error. Steve was severely injured and his body being rebuild by an operation costing six million dollars.

His strength, speed and vision enhanced after the implants in his right arm, both legs and in his left eye and he also popularly called the Bionic Man. He work as a Secret Agent for Office of Strategic Intelligence.

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