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Katharyn Blair
Katharyn Michaelian Powers (July 23, 1943 -- December 10, 2024) was a television writer who wrote for several television series from the 1970s through early 2000s. Among the series she has written episodes for are ''Charlie's Angels'', ''Fantasy Island'', ''Airwolf'' and ''Stargate SG-1''. She was the story editor for ''Falcon Crest'', ''Fantasy Island'' and '' The Fitzpatricks''. She was credited as an "executive story consultant" for ''Stargate SG-1'' during its first season. Personal life Katharyn Powers was born Lorna Theresa Patton in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 1943. Her mother, Miriam Aulman, was sixteen years old; her father is still unknown. She graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1960, and went on to study theatre with television actor Bert Holland at Santa Monica College. In 1962, she married stage actor Terry Boole. The two had one daughter, Alexandra Powers, in 1967, but divorced shortly thereafter. In 1969, she married Michael Michaelian. The two had o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie's Angels
''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for ABC. It originally aired from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, airing for five seasons consisting of 115 episodes. It was produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions. The show follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working at a private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, and originally starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone. There were a few casting changes: after the departure of Fawcett at the end of season 1, Cheryl Ladd joined in season 2 and remained in the show till the ending. When Jackson departed at the end of season 3, Shelley Hack joined for season 4, and she was subsequently replaced by Tanya Roberts in season 5. Despite mixed revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enigma (Stargate SG-1)
The first season of the military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' commenced airing on the Showtime channel in the United States on July 27, 1997, concluded on the Sci Fi channel on March 6, 1998, and contained 22 episodes. The show itself is a spin-off from the 1994 hit movie ''Stargate'' written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. ''Stargate SG-1'' re-introduced supporting characters from the film universe, such as Jonathan "Jack" O'Neill and Daniel Jackson and included new characters such as Teal'c, George Hammond and Samantha "Sam" Carter. The first season was about a military-science expedition team discovering how to use the ancient device, named the Stargate, to explore the galaxy. However, they encountered a powerful enemy in the film named the Goa'uld, who are bent on destroying Earth and all who oppose them. Ratings success The 100-minute premiere " Children of the Gods", which aired on July 27, 1997, at 8 p.m, received Showtime's highest-ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Pioneers (miniseries)
''The Young Pioneers'' was a trial-run ABC Western television series about young newlyweds who settle in the Dakota Territory during the 1870s. If the first three episodes had received good ratings the series may have found a place on the network's fall lineup. The series was based on the plot of Rose Wilder Lane's 1933 novel ''Let the Hurricane Roar'', which was reissued as '' Young Pioneers'' though the main characters names came from her novel '' Free Land''. In March 1975 the television film '' Young Pioneers'' was watched by 40 million viewers, so in December 1975 a second film ''Young Pioneers' Christmas'' continued the story of homesteaders Molly and David Beaton, and served as a pilot for a planned ABC series. ''The Young Pioneers'' series aired on Sundays at 7 p.m. The first episode was a two-hour movie, followed by two sixty-minute episodes. Cast * Linda Purl as Molly Beaton, newly married homesteader *Roger Kern as David Beaton, newly married homesteader *Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrocelli
''Petrocelli'' is an American legal drama that ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974, to March 31, 1976. Plot Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American, Harvard-educated lawyer, who grew up in South Boston and gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in Arizona named San Remo (filmed in Tucson, Arizona). His wife Maggie and he live in a house trailer in the country while waiting for their new home to be built (it never was completed over the course of the series). Tony drives an old pickup truck, always a little too fast. Petrocelli hired Pete Ritter, a local cowboy and ex-cop, as his investigator. Format Petrocelli works as a defense lawyer, and each episode follows a similar format, with the clients apparently certain to be convicted of a crime of which they were innocent until a late-emerging piece of evidence allows the protagonist to suggest to the jury an alternative possibility. These alternatives never were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan! (TV Series)
''Khan!'' is an American television Detective fiction, detective series. Set in Chinatown, San Francisco, Chinatown, San Francisco, the titular character is a Chinese-American detective, played by Khigh Dhiegh. Khan's police contact was Lt. Gubbins, played by Vic Tayback. Series regulars were rounded out by his children Kim (played by Evan C. Kim) and Anna (Irene Yah-Ling Sun), who helped him solve crimes. Four episodes were aired in February 1975 on CBS; all seven of the produced episodes were aired during its Australian broadcast run on Seven Network, Channel Seven in 1976. Production and publicity In November 1974, CBS announced the series would replace Planet of the Apes (TV series), ''Planet of the Apes'' starting in February 1975, with Khigh Dhiegh filling the lead role. Khan was billed as a "wily Asian private investigator" who blended modern skills and technology (with help from his daughter and son) with his culture's innate wisdom. Dhiegh insisted on having no onscre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara (1976 TV Series)
Sara may refer to: People * Sara (given name), a feminine given name People with the given name * Sara Aboobacker (1936–2023), Indian writer and translator * Sara Ahmed (born 1969), British-Australian writer * Sara Allgood (1880–1950), Irish-American actress * Sara Bareilles (born 1979), American musician * Sara Sun Beale (born 1949), American law professor * Sara Cox (born 1974), British broadcaster and author * Sara Davies (born 1984), British businesswoman, entrepreneur, and television personality * Sara Duterte (born 1978), 15th Vice-President of the Philippines * Sara Gadimova (1922–2005), Azerbaijani singer * Sara Ali Khan (born 1995), Indian actress * Sara Gilbert (born, 1975), American actress * Killing of Sara-Nicole Morales, Sara-Nicole Morales (1986–2021), American woman who was shot dead * Sara Elisabeth Moræa (1716–1806), Swedish founder of the Linnean Society of London * Sara Nuru (born 1989), German fashion model * Sara Agnes Rice Pryor (1830–1912), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Land (TV Series)
New Land or ''variant'' may refer to: * ''The New Land'' (1972 film), a Swedish film * ''The New Land'' (1924 film), a German film * ''The New Land'' (TV series), a 1974 American dramatic series * ''New Land'' (magazine), an Australian magazine * ''New Land'' (novel), a 1933 children's book by Sarah Lindsay Schmidt * "New Land" (song), by Avatar, 2017 * Novaya Zemlya (English: New Land), a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean * Uusimaa Uusimaa (; , ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, alo ... (English: New Land), a region of Finland See also * '' New Lands'', a 1923 book by Charles Fort * "New Lands" (song), a 2012 single by Justice * New states (other) * New Country (other) * Newland (other) * Newlands (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kung Fu (1972 TV Series)
''Kung Fu'' is an American Action (genre), action-Adventure film, adventure martial arts Western (genre), Western Drama (genre), drama television series starring David Carradine. The series follows the adventures of Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk who travels through the American Old West, armed only with his spiritual training and his skill in martial arts, as he seeks Danny Caine, his half-brother. Many of the aphorisms used in the series are adapted from or derived directly from the ''Tao Te Ching'', a book of ancient Taoist philosophy attributed to the sage Lao-tzu. Plot Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine) is the orphaned son of an American man, Thomas Henry Caine (Bill Fletcher), and a Chinese woman, Kwai Lin, born in mid-19th-century China. After his maternal grandfather's death he is accepted for training at a Shaolin Monastery, where he grows up to become a Shaolin priest and martial arts expert. In the pilot episode, Caine's beloved mentor and elder, Master Po, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dukes Of Hazzard
''The Dukes of Hazzard'' is an American action comedy television series created by Gy Waldron that aired on CBS from January 26, 1979, to February 8, 1985, with a total of seven seasons consisting of List of The Dukes of Hazzard episodes, 147 episodes. It was consistently among the top-rated television series in the late 1970s and early 1980s (at one point, ranking second only to ''Dallas (TV series), Dallas'', which immediately followed the show on CBS's Friday night schedule). The show is about two young male cousins, Bo Duke, Bo and Luke Duke, who live in rural Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and are on probation for moonshine-running. Probation prevents the "Duke Boys" from owning guns, and they are armed with bows and arrows and clever plans to outwit a corrupt sheriff and greedy rich "city slickers." They and their family (cousin Daisy Duke and patriarch Uncle Jesse Duke) live on a small farm on the outskirts of town, where they plan various escapades to expose and evade co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smoke & Mirrors (Stargate SG-1)
The sixth season of ''Stargate SG-1'', an American-Canadian television series, began airing on June 7, 2002 on Sci Fi. The sixth season concluded after 22 episodes on February 19, 2003 on the UK's Sky One, which had overtaken the Sci-Fi Channel's number of new-episode broadcasts mid-season. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner. Season six regular cast members include Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, with Corin Nemec, and Don S. Davis. Production "Redemption" features a brand new opening sequence, with various shots of the gate spinning, and Michael Shanks' name being removed to make way for Corin Nemec's in between Christopher Judge and Don S. Davis. The following episode, "Descent", has a different title sequence. In most of the shots in "Abyss" where Ba'al is talking to O'Neill, Cliff Simon is actually talking to a stand-in for O'Neill and not Richard Dean Anderson due to the limited time Richard Dean Anderson had in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossroads (Stargate SG-1)
The fourth season of ''Stargate SG-1'', an American-Canadian television series, began airing on June 30, 2000 on Showtime (TV network), Showtime. The fourth season concluded after 22 episodes on February 14, 2001 on British Sky One, which overtook Showtime in mid-season. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner. Season four regular cast members include Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, with Christopher Judge, and Don S. Davis. Production and release In the scene in "Divide and Conquer" that flashes back to the events in Upgrades, where Carter and O'Neill are trapped on opposite sides of the forcefield, lines were written but the actors chose not to say them. In "Watergate", melted toxic wax was used to give Maybourne a Freezing, frozen look. Tom McBeath couldn't breathe it in or would have risked his own health. The actual ending of the episode where O'Neill proposes that the two races had just exchanged hostages was not the intended en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretense (Stargate SG-1)
The third season of the military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' commenced airing on Showtime in the United States on June 25, 1999, concluded on Sky1 in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2000, and contained 22 episodes. The third season follows SG-1 in their fight against the Goa'uld Empire's System Lords, the main being Sokar until " The Devil You Know" and then Apophis, after he regained power during that episode. The season introduces the long-unseen and unnamed enemy of the Asgards, the Replicators, who are self-replicating machines that seek to convert all civilizations into more of themselves, thus posing a dire threat to all other beings. The Replicators are first mentioned, but not named, in season three episode "Fair Game". The one-hour premiere " Into the Fire", which debuted on June 25, 1999, on Showtime did not receive any syndication rating, but overall got a high viewership level. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
