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This is a list of television programs that are produced by MGM Television and its predecessors. MGM Television ''This is a list of television series produced or distributed by MGM Television. The first half is owned by Warner Bros. Television Studios through Turner Entertainment Co. and the second is owned by MGM itself''. Pre-1985 shows ''Note: (*) Denotes public domain''. * ''MGM Parade'' (1955–1956) * ''The Thin Man'' (1957–1959)* (Based on the 1934 film and its sequels by MGM) (co-production with Clarington Productions) * ''Northwest Passage'' (1958–1959)* * ''National Velvet'' (1960–1962) (co-production with Velvet Productions) (Based on the 1944 film of the same name by MGM) * '' The Best of the Post'' (1960) * '' The Islanders'' (1960–1961) * ''The Asphalt Jungle'' (1961) * ''Cain's Hundred'' (1961–1962) (co-production with Vandas Productions) * '' Dr. Kildare'' (1961–1966) (Based on the 1937 movie '' Internes Can't Take Money'' and its sequels by MGM) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MGM Television
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, formerly known as MGM/UA Television, is the television studio arm of the American film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), specializing in broadcast syndication and the production and distribution of television shows and miniseries. Television show, Television programs were distributed by Sony Pictures Television through the Sony Pictures-led MGM Holdings, consortium acquisition of MGM from February 11, 2005, until May 31, 2006. Since then, MGM has assumed total control over its television output and rejoined Broadcast syndication#First-run syndication in the U.S., the local first-run syndication market for the first time in many years with ''Paternity Court''. Background Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) first used television for promotional purposes, having a tie in with ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' on CBS in the early 1950s. However, when ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' switched to 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Fox, MGM attempted to arrange a promotional agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Benedict
''Sam Benedict'' is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack Neuman, and produced by William Froug. The series starred Edmond O'Brien in the title role, with Richard Rust as his assistant Hank Tabor, and Joan Tompkins as his secretary Trudy Wagner. The character Sam Benedict is based on real-life lawyer Jake Ehrlich, who served as technical consultant for the series. According to Hal Erickson in his 2009 ''Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows'', "Beyond his salty delivery of lines and bulldozer courtroom demeanor, Sam Benedict shared with Jake Ehrlich an up-from-poverty background (including a short stint as a prizefighter!), and a sincere empathy for underdog clients." Guest stars *Inger Stevens * Vera Miles * Fred Aldrich *Elizabeth Ashley * Phyllis Avery *Larry Blyden * Anthony Call * Spencer Chan * Sidney Clute * Fred Coby * Hazel Court *Yvonne Craig *Howard Duff * Ross Elliott, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Studio
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio (also commonly referred to as MGM Cartoons) was an American animation studio operated by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the Golden Age of American animation. Active from 1937 until 1957, the studio was responsible for producing animated shorts to accompany MGM feature films in Loew's Theaters, which included popular cartoon characters '' Tom'', '' Jerry'', ''Droopy'', '' Butch'', '' Spike'', '' Tyke'', and '' Barney Bear''. Prior to forming its own cartoon studio, MGM released the work of independent animation producer Ub Iwerks, and later the '' Happy Harmonies'' series from Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. The MGM cartoon studio was founded to replace Harman and Ising, although both men eventually became employees of the studio. After a slow start, the studio began to take off in 1940 after its short '' The Milky Way'' became the first non-Disney cartoon to win the Academy Award for Best Short Subjects: Cartoons. The studio's roster of talent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MGM Animation/Visual Arts
MGM Animation/Visual Arts was an American animation studio established in 1962 by animation director/producer Chuck Jones, producer Les Goldman and executive Walter Bien as Sib Tower 12 Productions. Its productions include the last series of ''Tom and Jerry'' theatrical shorts, the TV specials ''Horton Hears a Who!'' and '' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'', and the feature film ''The Phantom Tollbooth'', all released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. History The studio was founded in 1960 as "S I B Productions, Inc.", which in 1962 had hired the just developing Filmation Associates to animate a syndicated series called '' Rod Rocket''. It afterward evolved into "Sib Tower 12, Inc.", being taken over by Chuck Jones after he was fired from Warner Bros. Cartoons, because he was in violation of his contract where he had served for over 30 years directing the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series. A number of animators who had worked under Jones during his Warner Bros. career fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom And Jerry
''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on the enmity between the titular characters of a cat named Tom Cat, Tom and a mouse named Jerry Mouse, Jerry. Many shorts also feature several List of Tom and Jerry characters#Recurring characters, recurring characters. In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts for MGM from 1940 to 1958. During this time, they won seven Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film, tying for first place with Walt Disney's ''Silly Symphonies'' with the most awards in the category. After the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, MGM cartoon studio closed in 1957, MGM revived the series with Gene Deitch directing an additional 13 ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts for Rembrandt Films i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Please Don't Eat The Daisies (film)
''Please Don't Eat the Daisies '' is a 1960 American Metrocolor comedy film in CinemaScope starring Doris Day and David Niven, made by Euterpe Inc., and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The movie was directed by Charles Walters and produced by Joe Pasternak, with Martin Melcher (Day's husband) as associate producer. The screenplay was written by Isobel Lennart and was partly inspired by the 1957 book of the same name, a collection of humorous essays, by Jean Kerr. The film also features Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, and Jack Weston. Spring Byington made her final film appearance in this film, but appeared in TV shows later. Plot Professor Lawrence "Larry" Mackay and his wife Kate are struggling with four young sons in a tiny two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Months before, they had announced their intention to move to a house in the country, but have not been able to find one. Meanwhile, their lease has expired and the landlord has ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Please Don't Eat The Daisies (TV Series)
''Please Don't Eat the Daisies'' is an American Situation comedy, sitcom that aired on NBC from September 14, 1965, to September 2, 1967.Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present'' (first edition), pages 499-500, Ballantine, 1979 The series is based on the 1957 Please Don't Eat the Daisies, book by Jean Kerr and the Please Don't Eat the Daisies (film), 1960 film starring Doris Day and David Niven.Maltin, Leonard, ''Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide, 1991 Edition'', page 900, Plume, 1990 The series ran for 58 half-hour episodes and starred Pat Crowley, Patricia Crowley and Mark Miller (actor), Mark Miller. The show also features Dub Taylor, Clint Howard, Bonnie Franklin and Ellen Corby in recurring appearances. Robert Vaughn and David McCallum appear in the first-season episode "Say UNCLE" as Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin from ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', while Stefanie Powers appears as April Dancer from ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Called Shenandoah
''A Man Called Shenandoah'' is an American Western television series that aired Monday evenings on ABC-TV from September 13, 1965 to May 16, 1966. It was produced by MGM Television. Some of the location work for the 34 half-hour black and white episodes were filmed in California's Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert. The series starred Robert Horton, who had costarred on ''Wagon Train'' from 1957 to 1962. He left that series, vowing never to do another television western, but agreed to star in ''A Man Called Shenandoah'' because he felt the show would be a great opportunity for him as an actor. The series is set in 1870 and portrays an amnesiac facing hardship and danger while trying to unravel his identity and his past. Overview Robert Horton plays a man who was shot and left for dead. In the premiere episode, two buffalo hunters find him out on the prairie and, thinking he might be an outlaw, take him to the nearest town in hopes of receiving reward money. When he regains consc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From U
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Many Happy Returns (TV Series)
''Many Happy Returns'' is an American sitcom that ran on CBS for twenty-six episodes, from September 21, 1964 to April 12, 1965. General Foods sponsored it from 9:30 to 10 Eastern Time on Monday nights. Personnel The show starred John McGiver as widower Walter Burnley, the manager of the Adjustments and Refunds Department at the fictitious Krockmeyer's Department Store in Los Angeles. Elinor Donahue played Burnley's daughter, Joan Randall. Mark Goddard played Joan's husband, Bob Randall. The Randalls' daughter, Laurie, was played by Andrea Sacino. Elena Verdugo played complaint department employee Lynn Hall, with Richard Collier as Harry Price, Jesslyn Fax as Wilma Fritter, and Mickey Manners as Joe Foley, all store employees. Doris Packer played Cornelia. Russell Collins was cast as Burnley's demanding, often unreasonable boss, Owen Sharp. Parke Levy was the program's creator and executive producer. Directors included Theodore J. Flicker, Stanley Z. Cherry, and Sherman Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flipper (1964 TV Series)
''Flipper'' is an American television program broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the pet of Porter Ricks, chief warden at Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve (a fictional version of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida), and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic ''Lassie (1954 TV series), Lassie''", and a considerable amount of children's merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first run. Production The television show is an extension of the 1963 film ''Flipper (1963 film), Flipper'' starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin as Porter and Sandy Ricks, and of its 1964 sequel, ''Flipper's New Adventure''. For the second film, the producers scripted that Mrs. Ricks had died, making Porter now a single parent, with Brian Kelly (actor), Brian Kelly taking over the role as Porter Ricks, but now as a trainee park ranger rather than a fisherman. In adapti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Travels Of Jaimie McPheeters (TV Series)
''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series based on Robert Lewis Taylor's 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, same name, and starring Kurt Russell, Dan O'Herlihy and (in the final 13 episodes) Charles Bronson. The series aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC for one season, 1963–64, and was produced by MGM Television. Synopsis The series was aimed at teenaged boys and young families. It was known for the breakthrough performances of the 12-year-old Kurt Russell in the title role and Charles Bronson as Linc Murdock, the second wagon master in the last 13 episodes. Bronson began his role in the episode "The Day of the Toll Takers" (January 5, 1964). Each episode begins with the title "The Day of ..." Although it started out with an ensemble cast, by the end of the run, the cast had largely been reduced to the characters of Jaimie and Linc. The orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
