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1. 423 relations: A Different World, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, ABC Weekend TV, Accent on Strings, Adam Arkin, Adlai Stevenson II, Adventures of Superman (TV series), Air Power (TV series), Airwolf, Alan Ruck, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Algeria, All My Children, America's Funniest Home Videos, American Bandstand, American Broadcasting Company, American Idol, Ampex, Andy García, Animaniacs, Ann Curry, Annie Oakley (TV series), Anthony Bourdain, Anything but Love, Armchair Theatre, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Arsenio Hall, Arthur Malet, As the World Turns, Associated Television, Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, AzTV, Barbara Stanwyck, Barney & Friends, BBC Television, Beat the Clock, Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series), Belarus, Belarus-1, Bernard King, Bette Davis, Bill Griffeth, Bill Maher, Bing Crosby, Bob Barker, Bob Saget, Bob West, ... Expand index (373 more) »

A Different World

A Different World is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of The Cosby Show.

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Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is an American animated television series developed by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon, and the fifth Nicktoon after Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Rugrats, and Rocko's Modern Life.

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ABC Weekend TV

ABC Weekend TV was the popular name of the British broadcaster ABC Television Limited, which provided the weekend service in the Midlands and Northern England regions of the Independent Television (ITV) network from 1956 to 1968.

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Accent on Strings

Accent on Strings was an Australian television series which aired in 1956 on Sydney station TCN-9.

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Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin (born August 19, 1956) is an American actor and director.

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Adlai Stevenson II

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965.

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Adventures of Superman (TV series)

Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created in 1938.

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Air Power (TV series)

Air Power is a historical educational television series broadcast on CBS from November 11, 1956, until May 5, 1957.

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Airwolf

Airwolf is an American action military drama television series.

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Alan Ruck

Alan Douglas Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965.

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Algeria

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.

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All My Children

All My Children (often shortened to AMC) is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes.

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America's Funniest Home Videos

America's Funniest Home Videos, also called America's Funniest Videos (abbreviated as AFV), is an American video clip television series on ABC, based on the Japanese variety show Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan (1986–1992).

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American Bandstand

American Bandstand (AB) is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.

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American Idol

American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America.

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Ampex

Ampex Data Systems Corporation is an American electronics company founded in 1944 by Alexander M. Poniatoff as a spin-off of Dalmo-Victor.

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Andy García

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956), known professionally as Andy García, is a Cuban-American actor, director and producer.

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Animaniacs

Animaniacs is an American animated comedy musical television series created by Tom Ruegger for Fox's Fox Kids block in 1993, before moving to The WB in 1995, as part of its Kids' WB afternoon programming block, until the series ended on November 14, 1998.

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Ann Curry

Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956) is an American journalist and photojournalist, who has been a reporter for more than 45 years, focused on human suffering in war zones and natural disasters.

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Annie Oakley (TV series)

Annie Oakley is an American Western television series that fictionalizes the life of the famous Annie Oakley.

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Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Michael Bourdain (June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian.

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Anything but Love

Anything but Love is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from March 7, 1989, to June 3, 1992, spanning four seasons and 56 episodes.

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Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974.

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Armstrong Circle Theatre

Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from June 6, 1950, to June 25, 1957, on NBC, and from October 2, 1957, to August 28, 1963, on CBS.

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Arsenio Hall

Arsenio Hall (born February 12, 1956) is an American comedian, actor and talk show host.

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Arthur Malet

Arthur Malet (24 September 1927 – 18 May 2013) was an English stage, film and television actor based in the United States.

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As the World Turns

As the World Turns (often abbreviated as ATWT) is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010.

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Associated Television

Associated Television was the original name of the British broadcaster ATV, part of the Independent Television (ITV) network.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.

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Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991.

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AzTV

AzTV or Azerbaijan Television (Azərbaycan Televiziyası) is a state-controlled national television channel in Azerbaijan.

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Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model and dancer.

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Barney & Friends

Barney & Friends is an American children's television series targeted at children aged two to five, created by Sheryl Leach.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC.

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Beat the Clock

Beat the Clock is an American television game show that involves people trying to complete challenges to win prizes while faced with a time limit.

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Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)

Beauty and the Beast is an American fantasy drama television series that first aired on CBS from September 25, 1987 to August 4, 1990.

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Belarus

Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.

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Belarus-1

Belarus 1 (Беларусь 1) is a state-owned television channel in Belarus.

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Bernard King

Bernard King (born December 4, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player at the small forward position in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.

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Bill Griffeth

Bill Griffeth is an author and retired TV news anchor.

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Bill Maher

William Maher (born January 20, 1956) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, actor, television producer, television and radio personality, and businessman.

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Bob Barker

Robert William Barker (December 12, 1923 – August 26, 2023) was an American media personality and animal rights advocate.

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Bob Saget

Robert Lane Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and television host.

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Bob West

Robert Matthew West (born June 25, 1956) is an American voice actor and graphic designer.

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Body of Proof

Body of Proof is an American medical/crime comedy-drama television series that ran on ABC from March 29, 2011, to May 28, 2013, and starred Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt.

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Bosom Buddies

Bosom Buddies is an American television sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari created by Robert L. Boyett, Thomas L. Miller and Chris Thompson.

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Bozo the Clown

Bozo the Clown, sometimes billed as "Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown", is a clown character created for children's entertainment, widely popular in the second half of the 20th century.

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Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

Brandy & Mr.

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Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan for AMC.

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Brett Cullen

Peter Brett Cullen (born August 26, 1956) is an American actor.

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Brian Benben

Brian Edward Benben (born June 18, 1956) is an American actor, best known for his role as Martin Tupper in the HBO comedy television series Dream On (1990–1996), and also known as Sheldon Wallace on ABC medical drama Private Practice (2008–2013), and as Larry in I Come in Peace (1990).

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Bryan Cranston

Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Buffalo Bill (TV series)

Buffalo Bill is an American sitcom television series that featured the misadventures of an egotistical talk show host, played by Dabney Coleman, and his staff (including Geena Davis and Joanna Cassidy) at WBFL-TV, a small TV station in Buffalo, New York.

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Byron Stewart

Byron Stewart (born May 1, 1956 in Baxter Springs, Kansas) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Warren Coolidge in the television series The White Shadow and the television medical drama St. Elsewhere.

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Can Do

Can Do is an American television game show that was broadcast on NBC from November 21, 1956, until December 31, 1956.

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Candid Camera

Candid Camera is an American hidden camera reality television series, with versions of the show appeared on television from 1948 until 2014.

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Captain Kangaroo

Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day.

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Casey Sander

Clinton O. "Casey" Sander (born July 6, 1955 or 1956) is an American actor known as the character "Captain" Jimmy Wennick on the short-lived TV series Tucker.

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Castle (TV series)

Castle is an American crime mystery/comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC for a total of eight seasons from March 9, 2009, to May 16, 2016.

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Catherine Hickland

Catherine Hickland (born February 11, 1956) Note: Aged 51 on Feb.11, 2007 implies that she was born on Feb.11, 1956.

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Catscratch

Catscratch is an American animated television series created by Doug TenNapel (also known for creating the Earthworm Jim series).

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CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.

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Challenge of the Yukon

Challenge of the Yukon is an American radio adventure series that began on Detroit's WXYZ and is an example of a Northern genre story.

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Charlie Adler

Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director.

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Charlie Brown

Charles "Charlie" Brown is the principal character of the comic strip Peanuts, syndicated in daily and Sunday newspapers in numerous countries all over the world.

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Chet Huntley

Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley (December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956.

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Cheyenne (TV series)

Cheyenne is an American Western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1962.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley, that originally aired on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000.

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China Beach

China Beach is an American war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War.

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Claude Rich

Claude Rich (8 February 1929 – 20 July 2017) was a French stage and screen actor.

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Climax!

Climax! (later known as Climax Mystery Theater) is an American television anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958.

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Clint Eastwood

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director.

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Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island

Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island! (or simply Coconut Fred or CFFSI) is an animated television series created by Sammy Oriti and Don Oriolo that aired for two seasons on Kids' WB from September 17, 2005, to May 27, 2006.

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Come Dancing

Come Dancing was a British ballroom dancing competition show made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which aired on BBC One at various intervals from 1950 to 1998.

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Commander in Chief (TV series)

Commander in Chief is an American political drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen (portrayed by Geena Davis), the first female president of the United States, who ascends to the post from the vice presidency after the death of the sitting president from a sudden cerebral aneurysm.

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Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo (Anpezo, Ampëz; historical Hayden) sometimes abbreviated to simply Cortina, is a town and comune in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy.

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Cow and Chicken

Cow and Chicken is an American animated comedy television series created by David Feiss for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

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Craig Bartlett

Craig Michael Bartlett (born October 18, 1956) is an American animator.

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CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami (Crime Scene Investigation: Miami) is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012, on CBS.

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CSI: NY

CSI: NY (Crime Scene Investigation: New York, stylized as CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation) is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes.

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Dana Delany

Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is an American actress.

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Danny Phantom

Danny Phantom is an American animated superhero action adventure television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon.

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David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956) is an American comedian and actor.

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David Brinkley

David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.

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David Caruso

David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American retired actor and producer, best known for his roles as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue (1993–1994) and Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the CBS series CSI: Miami (2002–2012).

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Dean Butler (actor)

Dean Butler (born May 20, 1956) is a Canadian-American actor and producer of entertainment, sports and documentary programming.

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Debbi Morgan

Deborah Ann "Debbi" Morgan is an American film and television actress.

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Deena Freeman

Deena Freeman (born February 11, 1956) is an American actress who has appeared in movies, television and commercials.

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Delta Burke

Delta Burke (born July 30, 1956) is an American actress, producer and author.

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Democratic Party presidential debates

Since 1983, the Democratic Party of the United States holds a few debates between candidates for the Democratic nomination in presidential elections during the primary election season.

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Dennis James

Dennis James (born Demie James Sposa, August 24, 1917 – June 3, 1997) was an American television personality, philanthropist, and commercial spokesman.

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Designing Women

Designing Women is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS between September 29, 1986 and May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes.

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Devious Maids

Devious Maids is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry, produced by ABC Studios, and executive produced by Cherry, Sabrina Wind, Eva Longoria, Paul McGuigan, Larry Shuman, David Lonner, John Mass, Paul Presburger, and Michael Garcia.

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Dexter's Laboratory

Dexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network as the first Cartoon Cartoon.

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Diamond Dallas Page

Dallas Page (born Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr., April 5, 1956), better known by his ring name Diamond Dallas Page (often shortened to DDP), is an American yoga instructor, retired professional wrestler and actor.

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Disney anthology television series

The Walt Disney Company has produced an anthology television series since 1954 under several titles and formats.

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Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green is a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding.

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Don Larsen

Don James Larsen (August 7, 1929 – January 1, 2020) was an American professional baseball pitcher.

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Don Larsen's perfect game

On October 8, 1956, in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, pitcher Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.

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Douglas Edwards

Douglas Edwards (July 14, 1917 – October 13, 1990) was an American radio and television newscaster and correspondent who worked for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) for more than four decades.

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Dragnet (franchise)

Dragnet is an American media franchise created by actor and producer Jack Webb, following Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Joe Friday and his partners as they conduct by-the-book police work and solve crimes in Los Angeles.

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Dream On (TV series)

Dream On is an American sitcom television series created by Marta Kauffman and David Crane.

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DuckTales

DuckTales is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation.

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DuMont Television Network

The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being first overall in the United States.

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Dwayne Wayans

Dwayne Howell Wayans (born August 22, 1956) is an American writer and film score composer.

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Dynasty (1981 TV series)

Dynasty is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981, to May 11, 1989.

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Eddie Parker (actor)

Eddie Parker (December 12, 1900 – January 20, 1960) was an American stuntman and actor who appeared in many classic films, mostly westerns and horror films.

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Ellen (TV series)

Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from March 29, 1994, to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.

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Ernie Kovacs

Ernest Edward Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian, actor, and writer.

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Estes Kefauver

Carey Estes Kefauver (July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee.

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Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1956

The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 was the first edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster i (RSI) on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR).

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Everybody Hates Chris

Everybody Hates Chris (stylized as everybody hates chris) is an American semi-autobiographical sitcom created by Chris Rock and Ali LeRoi and originally broadcast on UPN and The CW from 2005 to 2009.

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Face the Nation

Face the Nation is a weekly news and morning public affairs program airing Sundays on the CBS radio and television network.

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Family Feud

Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Fireside Theatre

Fireside Theatre (later known as Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre, Jane Wyman Theatre, The Jane Wyman Show and Jane Wyman Presents) is an American anthology drama series that ran on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television.

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First Performance

First Performance is a Canadian dramatic television series which aired on CBC Television from 1956 to 1958.

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Ford Star Jubilee

Ford Star Jubilee is an American anthology series that originally aired monthly on Saturday nights on CBS at 9:30 P.M., E.S.T. from September 24, 1955, to November 3, 1956, (With a summer hiatus).

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Ford Theatre

Ford Theatre, spelled Ford Theater for the original radio version and known, in full, as The Ford Television Theatre for the TV version, is a radio and television anthology series broadcast in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by the Fox Entertainment division of Fox Corporation, headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan.

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Full House

Full House is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for ABC.

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Fun Farm

Fun Farm was an early Australian television series.

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Gargoyles (TV series)

Gargoyles (also known as Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles for season 3) is an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, in collaboration with Walt Disney Animation Japan for its first two seasons and Nelvana for its final, and originally aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997.

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Gary Cole

Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor.

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Geena Davis

Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an American actor.

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General Hospital

General Hospital (often abbreviated as GH) is an American daytime television soap opera.

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General Motors Theatre

General Motors Theatre (also known as CBC Theatre, Encounter, Ford Television Theatre, and General Motors Presents) was a Canadian television anthology drama series of television plays, which ran on CBC Television under various titles from September 18, 1952, until January 1, 1961, and in the US on ABC from October 5 to November 2, 1958.

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George Kennedy

George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions.

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George Leech (actor)

George Leech (6 December 1921 – 17 June 2012) was a British film actor and stunt performer who was notable for his work on eleven James Bond films.

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George Peppard

George Peppard (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor.

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Gillette Cavalcade of Sports

The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports is an American radio-turned-television program by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) that ran from 1942 to 1960.

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Grace Under Fire

Grace Under Fire is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 29, 1993, to February 17, 1998.

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Greenleaf (TV series)

Greenleaf is an American drama television series created by Craig Wright, and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate Television.

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Guiding Light

Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera.

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Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston.

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Guy Lombardo's Diamond Jubilee

Guy Lombardo's Diamond Jubilee is an American musical television program that was broadcast on CBS from March 20, 1956, until June 19, 1956.

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame, originally called Hallmark Television Playhouse, is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas Citybased greeting card company.

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Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is an American adult animated television sitcom created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim.

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Hey Arnold!

Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett that aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004.

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Hey, Jeannie!

Hey, Jeannie!, retitled The Jeannie Carson Show during its second season and also during later prime-time reruns, is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1956–57 television season and in first-run syndication during 1958.

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High Finance (game show)

High Finance is a quiz show created and hosted by Dennis James which aired on CBS from July 7 to December 15, 1956.

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Holly Fulger

Holly Fulger is an American actress.

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Home Improvement (TV series)

Home Improvement is an American sitcom television series starring Tim Allen that originally aired on ABC from September 17, 1991, to May 25, 1999, with a total of 204 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons.

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Hound Dog (song)

"Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

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Houseguest

Houseguest is a 1995 American comedy film starring Sinbad and Phil Hartman and directed by Randall Miller, released to theaters in the United States on January 6, 1995.

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Howdy Doody

Howdy Doody is an American children's television program (with circus and Western frontier themes) that was created and produced by Victor F. Campbell, The New York Times, Dec 1 1973.

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HSV (TV station)

HSV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia.

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Hunter (1984 American TV series)

Hunter is an American crime drama television series created by Frank Lupo that ran on NBC from September 18, 1984, to April 26, 1991.

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I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning six seasons.

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Imelda Staunton

Dame Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress and singer.

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In Living Color

In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on Fox from April 15, 1990, to May 19, 1994.

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Instant Mom

Instant Mom is an American sitcom produced for the NickMom block on the Nick Jr. Channel.

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It's a Great Life (TV series)

It's a Great Life (also known in syndicated reruns as The Bachelors) is an American situation comedy which aired on NBC from 1954 to 1956.

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It's Always Jan

It's Always Jan is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1955–56 television season.

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It's Polka Time

It's Polka Time is an American musical television series broadcast by ABC from July 13, 1956, to September 24, 1957.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.

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ITV Granada

ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man.

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ITV Television Playhouse

ITV Television Playhouse, often simplified to Television Playhouse, was a British anthology television series produced by and airing on the ITV television network from 1955 through 1963.

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Jack Nicholson

John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker.

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Jackée Harry

Jacqueline Yvonne "Jackée" Harry (born August 14, 1956) is an American actress, comedian and television personality.

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Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman is an American crime drama television series starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles.

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James Cagney

James Francis Cagney Jr. (July 17, 1899March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer.

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Janet Hubert

Janet Louise Hubert (born January 13, 1956) is an American film and television actress and dancer.

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Jean Bruce Scott

Jean Bruce Scott (born February 25, 1956) is a retired American actress, best known for her role as former Texas Highway Patrol helicopter pilot Caitlin O'Shannessy in the 1984-1987 CBS action thriller television series Airwolf.

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Jeanette MacDonald

Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (The Love Parade, Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow and One Hour With You) and Nelson Eddy (Naughty Marietta, Rose-Marie, and Maytime).

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Jeannie Carson

Jeannie Carson (born Jean Shufflebottom; 23 May 1928) is a British-born retired comedian, actress, singer, and dancer.

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Jim Watkins (news anchor)

James Raymond Watkins (born October 21, 1956) is an American journalist and television news presenter/anchor.

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Joe Penny

Joseph Edward Penny Jr. (born June 24, 1956) is a retired American actor best known for his roles as Nick Ryder on the detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1986, and as Jake Styles in the CBS television series Jake and the Fatman from 1987 to 1992.

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John James (actor)

John James Anderson (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor and producer widely known to television audiences for his roles as Jeff Colby in both the prime-time soap opera Dynasty and its spin-off series The Colbys throughout the 1980s.

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John Kapelos

John Kapelos (born March 8, 1956) is a Canadian actor from London, Ontario.

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John Vernon

John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor.

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Jon Walmsley

Jon Walmsley is a musician and actor.

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Jonathan Coleman (presenter)

Jonathan "Jono" Harry Coleman (29 February 1956 – 9 July 2021) was an English-born television presenter, radio announcer, writer, comedian, and advertorial spokesperson.

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Jonathan Winters

Jonathan Harshman Winters (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist.

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Jungle Jim (TV series)

Jungle Jim is a 1955–56 American TV series based on the Jungle Jim newspaper comic strip.

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Justice (1954 TV series)

Justice is an American drama television series about lawyers with The Legal Aid Society of New York City that aired on NBC from April 8, 1954, to March 25, 1956.

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Kathleen Beller

Kathleen Beller is an American actress who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Promises in the Dark (1979) and was well known for her role as Kirby Anders on the prime time soap opera Dynasty.

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Keith David

Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor.

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Kevin Meaney

Kevin Gerard Meaney (April 23, 1956 – October 21, 2016) was an American stand-up comedian and actor.

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Kim Cattrall

Kim Victoria Cattrall (born 21 August 1956) is a British and Canadian actress.

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Kim Possible

Kim Possible is an American animated action comedy television series created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney Channel.

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Kimberly Beck

Kimberly Beck is a former American actress and model.

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Kings Row (TV series)

Kings Row is an hour-long American television period drama starring Jack Kelly, Nan Leslie and Robert Horton which was broadcast on ABC between September 13, 1955 and January 17, 1956 as part of the wheel series Warner Bros. Presents.

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Korean Broadcasting System

The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) is the national broadcaster of South Korea.

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Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre is an American anthology drama television series running from 1947 to 1958.

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KUAM-TV

KUAM-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Hagåtña (Agana), Guam, serving the U.S. territory as an affiliate of NBC and CBS.

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Kukla, Fran and Ollie

Kukla, Fran and Ollie was an early American television show using puppets.

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L.A. Reid

Antonio Marquis "L.A." Reid (born June 7, 1956) is an American record executive, A&R representative, and record producer.

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Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Legacy (American TV series)

Legacy is an American western drama series starring Brett Cullen which aired on UPN for eighteen episodes from 1998 to 1999.

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Life Is Worth Living

Life Is Worth Living is an inspirational American television series which ran on the DuMont Television Network from February 12, 1952, to April 26, 1955, then on ABC until April 8, 1957, featuring the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

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Linda Hamilton

Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress.

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List of World Series broadcasters

The following is a list of national American television and radio networks and announcers that have broadcast World Series games over the years, as well as local flagship radio stations that have aired them since 1982.

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Little House on the Prairie (TV series)

Little House on the Prairie (Little House: A New Beginning in its ninth and final season) is an American Western historical drama television series about the Ingalls family, who live on a farm on Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s–90s.

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Louis Herthum

Louis Herthum (born July 5, 1956) is an American actor and producer.

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Love of Life

Love of Life is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980.

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Mad About You

Mad About You is an American television sitcom starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a married couple in New York City as they navigate life together.

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Madam Secretary (TV series)

Madam Secretary (titled Madam President for its sixth and final season) is an American political drama television series created by Barbara Hall, with Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary as executive producers.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.

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Major League Baseball on NBC

Major League Baseball on NBC was the de facto branding for weekly broadcasts of Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by NBC Sports, and televised on the NBC television network and its streaming service Peacock.

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Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for Fox.

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Mary Mapes

Mary Alice Mapes (born May 9, 1956) is an American journalist, former television news producer, and author.

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Maureen McCormick

Maureen Denise McCormick (born August 5, 1956) is an American actress.

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Maurice Cheeks

Maurice Edward Cheeks (born September 8, 1956) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as assistant coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Medical Horizons

Medical Horizons is a public affairs television series, focusing on advancements in medical technology, which aired on ABC from September 12, 1955, to March 5, 1956.

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Meet the Press

Meet the Press is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC.

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Mel Allen

Mel Allen (born Melvin Allen Israel; February 14, 1913 – June 16, 1996) was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees.

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Mel Gibson

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and film director.

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Mel Harris

Mel Harris (born July 12, 1956) is an American actress best known for her role as Hope Murdoch Steadman in the ABC drama series Thirtysomething (1987–1991), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 1990.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Melody Thomas Scott

Melody Thomas Scott (born Melody Ann Thomas, April 18, 1956) is an American actress best known for playing Nikki Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

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Michael Biehn

Michael Biehn (born July 31, 1956) is an American actor, primarily known for his roles in science fiction films directed by James Cameron; as Sgt.

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Michael J. Weithorn

Michael J. Weithorn (born December 17, 1956) is an American writer, director, and producer whose works include the sitcom The King of Queens.

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Midlands

The Midlands is the central part of England, bordered by Wales, Northern England, Southern England and the North Sea.

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Midnight Caller

Midnight Caller is an American drama television series created by Richard DiLello, which aired on NBC from October 25, 1988, to May 10, 1991.

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Moesha

Moesha is an American television sitcom that aired on UPN from January 23, 1996, to May 14, 2001.

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My Friend Flicka (TV series)

My Friend Flicka is an American children's Western television series.

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My So-Called Life

My So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz.

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Nancy Lee Grahn

Nancy Lee Grahn (born April 28, 1956) is an American actress known primarily for her work in daytime soap operas, portraying Julia Wainwright Capwell on Santa Barbara from 1985–93 and Alexis Davis on General Hospital since 1996.

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Natalie West

Natalie West is an American television, film and stage actress best known for her role as Crystal Anderson-Conner on the 1988–2018 TV series Roseanne.

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Nathan Wang

Nathan T. Wang (born Wang Tsung-Hsien, August 8, 1956) is an American music composer and director.

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National Association of Broadcasters

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is a trade association and lobby group representing the interests of commercial and non-commercial over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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NBC Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from October 31, 1955, to June 27, 1958.

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Nicolette Goulet

Nicolette Goulet (June 5, 1956 – April 17, 2008) was a Canadian-American film, television and musical theatre actress.

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Nigel Hawthorne

Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor.

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Norman Alden

Norman Alden (born Norman Adelberg, September 13, 1924 – July 27, 2012) was an American character actor who performed in television programs and motion pictures.

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Northern England

Northern England, or the North of England, is a region that forms the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire.

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NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan.

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Omnibus (American TV program)

Omnibus was an American, commercially sponsored, educational variety television series.

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Once and Again

Once and Again is an American family drama television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999, to April 15, 2002.

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One Life to Live

One Life to Live (often abbreviated as OLTL) is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via Prospect Park from April 29 to August 19, 2013.

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Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)

Opportunity Knocks is a British television and radio talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson.

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Our Miss Brooks

Our Miss Brooks is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high-school English teacher.

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Ozark Jubilee

Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s American television program that featured country music's top stars of the day.

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Panorama (British TV programme)

Panorama is a British current affairs documentary programme broadcast on the BBC.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.

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Patricia Kalember

Patricia Kalember (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress, best known for her role as Georgiana "Georgie" Reed Whitsig in the NBC drama series, Sisters (1991–1996).

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Patty Duke

Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, 1946 – March 29, 2016) was an American actress.

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Paul Burke (actor)

Paul Raymond Burke (July 21, 1926 – September 13, 2009) was an American actor, best known for his lead roles in two 1960s ABC television series, Naked City and 12 O'Clock High.

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Paul Scofield

David Paul Scofield (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor.

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Paul Stojanovich

Paul John Stojanovich (February 13, 1956 – March 15, 2003) was an American television producer who created reality television police shows.

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Peanuts

Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz.

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Pet Alien

Pet Alien (French: Alien Bazar) is an animated television series created by Jeff Muncy of Pajanimals fame, with episodes written by Dan Danko and directed by Andrew Young.

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Peter Robbins (actor)

Peter Robbins (born Louis G. Nanasi; August 10, 1956 – January 18, 2022) was an American actor.

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Peyton Place (TV series)

Peyton Place is an American prime-time soap opera that aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964, to June 2, 1969.

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Pinky and the Brain

Pinky and the Brain is an American animated sitcom created by Tom Ruegger for the Kids' WB programming block of The WB.

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Play of the Week (TV series)

Play of the Week is a 90-minute British television anthology series produced for the ITV network by a variety of companies including Granada Television, Associated-Rediffusion, ATV and Anglia Television.

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Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes.

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Playwrights '56

Playwrights '56, a.k.a. The Playwright Hour, is a 60-minute live American dramatic anthology series produced by Fred Coe for Showtime Productions.

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Popeye

Popeye the Sailor is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.

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Prison Break

Prison Break is an American drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox.

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Private Practice (TV series)

Private Practice is an American medical drama television series that aired on ABC for six seasons from September 26, 2007, to January 22, 2013.

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Quadruplex videotape

2-inch quadruplex videotape (also called 2″ quad video tape or quadraplex) was the first practical and commercially successful analog recording video tape format.

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Queen for a Day

Queen for a Day was an American radio and television game show that helped to usher in American listeners' and viewers' fascination with big-prize giveaway shows.

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Ramona Singer

Ramona Singer (Mazur; born November 18, 1956) is an American television personality, businesswoman, and author.

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Rance Howard

Rance Howard (born Harold Engle Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor who starred in film and on television.

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Randy Jackson

Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on American Idol from 2002 to 2013.

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Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (known as Tangled: The Series during its first season) is an American animated television series developed by Chris Sonnenburg and Shane Prigmore, and produced by Disney Television Animation.

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Ray Combs

Raymond Neil Combs Jr. (April 3, 1956 – June 2, 1996) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and game show host.

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Ray Donovan

Ray Donovan is an American crime drama television series created by Ann Biderman for Showtime.

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Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year.

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Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher is an American television talk show that airs weekly on HBO, hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher.

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Remington Steele

Remington Steele is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason.

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Rex Linn

Rex Maynard Linn (born November 13, 1956) is an American film and television actor.

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Richard Karn

Richard Karn (born Richard Karn Wilson; February 17, 1956) is an American actor, author and former game show host.

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Richard Kind

Richard Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor and comedian.

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Rip Torn

Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years.

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Riptide (American TV series)

Riptide is an American detective television series that ran on NBC between January 3, 1984 and April 22, 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray.

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Rob Paulsen

Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films.

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Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966.

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Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American drama television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950, until June 24, 1957.

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Rocko's Modern Life

Rocko's Modern Life is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Nickelodeon.

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Rod Cameron (actor)

Rod Cameron (born Nathan Roderick Cox; December 7, 1910 – December 21, 1983) was a Canadian film and television actor whose career extended from the 1930s to the 1970s.

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Ron White

Ronald Dee White (born December 18, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and author, best known as a charter member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

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Roseanne

Roseanne is an American television sitcom created by Matt Williams that originally aired on ABC from October 18, 1988, to May 20, 1997, and briefly revived from March 27, 2018, to May 22, 2018.

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born Ruben Santiago Jr., November 24, 1956) is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories.

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Russell Curry

Russell Curry (born August 28, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American actor.

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Sachi Parker

Stephanie Sachiko Parker (born September 1, 1956) is an American actress who has film and television credits.

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Santa Barbara (TV series)

Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to January 15, 1993.

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Screen Directors Playhouse

Screen Directors Playhouse (sometimes written as Screen Directors' Playhouse) is an American radio and television anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949.

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Sean Connery

Sir Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor.

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Search for Tomorrow

Search for Tomorrow is an American television soap opera.

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Sela Ward

Sela Ann Ward (born July 11, 1956) is an American actress.

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Sex and the City

Sex and the City is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO.

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Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph OJ (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress and singer.

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David Adkins (born November 10, 1956), better known by his stage name Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

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Sister, Sister (TV series)

Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers.

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Sisters (American TV series)

Sisters is an American family drama television series that aired from May 11, 1991 to May 4, 1996 on NBC.

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Skipp Sudduth

Robert Lee "Skipp" Sudduth IV (born August 23, 1956) is an American theater, film and television actor.

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Soap opera

A soap opera, daytime drama, or soap for short, is typically a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Spin City

Spin City is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 17, 1996, to April 30, 2002, on ABC.

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St. Elsewhere

St.

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Stage Show (TV series)

Stage Show is a popular music variety series broadcast in the United States on the CBS Television Network and originally hosted on alternate weeks by big band leaders and brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.

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Stairway to the Stars (TV series)

Stairway to the Stars was an early Australian television series that aired on Melbourne station HSV-7.

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Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor.

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State Trooper (TV series)

State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the American West of the 1950s, starring Rod Cameron as Lt.

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Stepfanie Kramer

Stepfanie Kramer (born August 6, 1956) is an American actress, writer, and singer/songwriter.

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Stephanie Hodge

Stephanie Hodge (born December 24, 1956) is an American actress and stand-up comedian, known for her roles as Nurse Sandy Miller in the NBC sitcom Nurses from 1991 to 1993 and Jennie Malloy on the WB sitcom Unhappily Ever After from 1995 to 1998.

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Stephanie Zimbalist

Stephanie Zimbalist (born October 8, 1956) is an American actress best known for her role as Laura Holt in the NBC detective series Remington Steele.

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Steven Bauer

Steven Bauer (born Esteban Ernesto Echevarría Samson; December 2, 1956) is an American actor.

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Steven Ford

Steven Meigs Ford (born May 19, 1956) is an American actor, and the youngest son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford and former First Lady Betty Ford.

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Stop the Music (American game show)

Stop the Music is a prime time radio game show that aired on ABC Radio on Sundays, from March 21, 1948 to August 10, 1952.

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Super Circus

Super Circus is an American television program that aired live on Sunday afternoons from 5 to 6pm Eastern Time from 1949 to 1956 on ABC.

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Superimposition

Superimposition is the placement of one thing over another, typically so that both are still evident.

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Superman

Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Superman: The Animated Series

Superman: The Animated Series is an American animated superhero television series based on the DC Comics character Superman.

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Susan Pratt

Susan Pratt is an American actress.

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Susanne Blakeslee

Susanne Blakeslee is an American actress.

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SVT1

SVT1 (SVT Ett; commonly referred to as Ettan) is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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Sydney Chaplin

Sydney John Chaplin (16 March 1885 – 16 April 1965) was an English actor.

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Sydney Tonight

Sydney Tonight was an Australian television variety series which aired from December 1956 to early 1959 on Sydney station ATN-7.

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T.U.F.F. Puppy

T.U.F.F. Puppy is an American animated action television series created by Butch Hartman.

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Tales of the Texas Rangers

Tales of the Texas Rangers is a 20th century Western old-time radio and television police procedural drama which originally aired on NBC Radio from 1950 to 1952 and later on CBS Television from 1955 to 1958.

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TCN

TCN is the flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia.

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Televisión Española

(acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.

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Tennessee Ernie Ford

Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and western, pop, and gospel musical genres.

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Tesvisio

Tesvisio (earlier TES-TV) was the first television channel in Finland.

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Texaco Star Theater

Texaco Star Theater is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956.

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957.

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The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958.

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The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (or just The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron and often shortened as Jimmy Neutron) is an American animated television series created by John A. Davis for Nickelodeon.

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family.

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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network.

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The Arsenio Hall Show

The Arsenio Hall Show is an American syndicated late-night talk show created by and starring comedian Arsenio Hall.

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The Big Story (TV program)

The Big Story is a primetime newscast currently broadcast on One News every weeknights at 8:00 PM (PST).

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The Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC.

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The Brighter Day

The Brighter Day is an American daytime soap opera which aired on CBS from January 4, 1954, to September 28, 1962.

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The Chisholms

The Chisholms is a CBS western miniseries starring Robert Preston, which aired from March 29, 1979, to April 19, 1979; and continued as a television series from January 19, 1980, to March 15, 1980.

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The Colbys

The Colbys (originally titled Dynasty II: The Colbys) is an American prime time television soap opera that originally aired on ABC from November 20, 1985, to March 26, 1987.

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The Crown (TV series)

The Crown is a historical drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.

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The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.

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The Eddy Arnold Show

The Eddy Arnold Show is the name of three similar American television summer variety programs during the 1950s hosted by Eddy Arnold and featuring popular music stars of the day.

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The Edge of Night

The Edge of Night is an American mystery crime drama television series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions.

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The Exorcist (TV series)

The Exorcist is an American supernatural horror television series created by Jeremy Slater for Fox.

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The Fairly OddParents

The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon.

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The Ford Show

The Ford Show (also known as The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show) is an American variety program starring singer and folk humorist Tennessee Ernie Ford, which aired on NBC on Thursday evenings from October 4, 1956, to June 29, 1961.

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom created by Andy and Susan Borowitz for NBC.

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The Gale Storm Show

The Gale Storm Show is an American sitcom starring Gale Storm.

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The Geena Davis Show

The Geena Davis Show is an American sitcom television series created by Terri Minsky starring Geena Davis.

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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show, was a half-hour television sitcom broadcast from 1950 to 1958 on CBS.

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The Good Old Days (British TV series)

The Good Old Days is a BBC television light entertainment programme produced by Barney Colehan which ran for 30 years from 20 July 1953 to 31 December 1983.

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The Grove Family

The Grove Family was a British television series soap opera, generally regarded as the first of its kind broadcast in the UK, made and broadcast by the BBC Television Service from 1954 to 1957.

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The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners is an American television sitcom that originally aired from 1955 to 1956, created by and starring Jackie Gleason, and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of Gleason's variety show.

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The Huntley–Brinkley Report

The Huntley–Brinkley Report (sometimes known as The Texaco Huntley–Brinkley Report for one of its early sponsors) is an American television broadcasting show broadcast by NBC.

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The Isador Goodman Show

The Isador Goodman Show is an early Australian television variety series.

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The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series.

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The Lawrence Welk Show

The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk.

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The Mickey Mouse Club

The Mickey Mouse Club is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned to social media in 2017.

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The Millionaire (TV series)

The Millionaire is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1955 to 1960.

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The Phil Silvers Show

The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, is a sitcom which ran on the CBS Television Network from 1955 to 1959.

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The Powerpuff Girls

The Powerpuff Girls is an American superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera (later Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network.

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The Price Is Right (1956 American game show)

The Price Is Right is an American game show produced by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, wherein contestants placed successive bids on merchandise prizes with the goal of bidding closest to each prize's actual retail price without surpassing it.

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The Roy Rogers Show

The Roy Rogers Show is an American Western television series starring Roy Rogers.

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The Secret Saturdays

The Secret Saturdays is an American animated television series created by Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens for Cartoon Network.

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The Secret Storm

The Secret Storm is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from February 1, 1954, to February 8, 1974.

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The Simple Life (1998 TV series)

The Simple Life is an American sitcom television series starring Judith Light which aired on CBS from June 3 until July 8, 1998.

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The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show was an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen from June 1956 to June 1960 on NBC, from September 1961 to December 1961 on ABC, from the Museum of Broadcast Communications and in first-run syndication from 1962 to 1964.

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The Tonight Show

The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954.

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The Voice of Firestone

The Voice of Firestone was a radio and television program of classical music.

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The Waltons

The Waltons is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II.

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The West Point Story (TV series)

The West Point Story, also known simply as West Point, is a dramatic anthology television series shown in the United States by CBS during the 1956–57 season and by ABC during the 1957–58 season.

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The White Shadow (TV series)

The White Shadow is an American drama television series starring Ken Howard that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978, to March 16, 1981, about a white former professional basketball player who takes a job coaching basketball at an impoverished urban high school with a racially mixed basketball team.

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The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

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The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless (often abbreviated as Y&R) is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS.

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Third Watch

Third Watch is an American crime drama television series created by John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero that aired on NBC from September 23, 1999, to May 6, 2005, with a total of 132 episodes spanning over six seasons.

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Thirtysomething

Thirtysomething is an American drama television series created by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz for United Artists Television (under MGM/UA Television) and aired on ABC from September 29, 1987, to May 28, 1991.

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This Is Show Business

This Is Show Business is an American variety television program that was broadcast first on CBS and later on NBC beginning July 15, 1949, and ending September 11, 1956.

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This Is Your Life (American franchise)

This Is Your Life is an American reality documentary series broadcast on NBC radio from 1948 to 1952, and on NBC television from 1952 to 1961.

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This Is Your Life (British TV series)

This Is Your Life is a British biographical television documentary, based on the 1952 American series.

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Tim Brando

Tim Brando (born February 27, 1956) is an American sportscaster with Fox Sports.

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Tim Daly

James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor.

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Tim Russ

Timothy Darrell Russ (born June 22, 1956) is an American actor, musician, screenwriter, director and amateur astronomer.

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Time Squad

Time Squad is an American animated television series created by Dave Wasson for Cartoon Network and the tenth of the network's Cartoon Cartoons.

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Tiny Toon Adventures

Tiny Toon Adventures is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992.

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Today (American TV program)

Today (also called The Today Show) is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC.

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Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Tom Irwin (actor)

Tom Irwin (born June 1, 1956) is an American film, television, and stage actor.

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Too Close for Comfort

Too Close for Comfort is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from November 11, 1980, to May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984, to February 7, 1987.

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Truth or Consequences

Truth or Consequences is an American game show originally hosted on NBC radio by Ralph Edwards (1940–57) and later on television by Edwards (1950–54), Jack Bailey (1954–56), Bob Barker (1956–75), Steve Dunne (1957–58), Bob Hilton (1977–78) and Larry Anderson (1987–88).

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TV Channell

TV Channell was an early Australian television that aired live on Sydney station ABN-2 from 15 November 1956 to around 11 April 1957, airing on Thursdays, and starred Douglas Channell.

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TV Reader's Digest

TV Reader's Digest is the title of a 30-minute American television anthology drama series, which aired on ABC from January 17, 1955, to July 9, 1956.

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TV1 (Algerian TV channel)

TV1 (in al-Jazā’iriyyah al-’Ūlā), formerly Algerian Television (in التلفزيون الجزائري) then The Terrestrial Channel (in القناة الأرضية), is the first Algerian general public network of Établissement public de télévision (EPTV) formerly Établissement national de télévision (ENTV), along with TV2, TV3, TV4, TV5, TV6, TV7, TV8 and TV9.

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U.M. & M. TV Corporation

U.M. & M. TV Corporation was an American media company best known as the original purchaser of the pre-October 1950 short films and cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures, excluding Popeye and Superman.

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Unhappily Ever After

Unhappily Ever After is an American television sitcom that aired for 100 episodes on The WB from January 11, 1995, to May 23, 1999, for a total of five seasons.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Up the Garden Path

Up the Garden Path is a 1984 novel by Sue Limb, which was adapted into a radio series by BBC Radio 4, and later into a television sitcom by Granada TV for ITV.

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Veep

Veep is an American political satire comedy television series that aired on HBO from April 22, 2012, to May 12, 2019.

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Vic Morrow

Victor Morrow (born Victor Morozoff; February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor.

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Vin Scully

Vincent Edward Scully (November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022) was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcast work in Major League Baseball.

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Walter Cronkite

Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981.

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Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.

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Wendy Crewson

Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer.

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Westinghouse Broadcasting

The Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

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What the Papers Say

What The Papers Say is a British radio and television series.

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What's My Line?

What's My Line? is a panel game show that originally ran in the United States, between 1950 and 1967, on CBS.

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William Fichtner

William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor.

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Wings (1990 TV series)

Wings is an American sitcom television series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from April 19, 1990, to May 21, 1997, for a total of 172 episodes.

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WMAQ-TV

WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet.

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Your Hit Parade

Your Hit Parade was an American radio and television music program that was broadcast from 1935 to 1953 on radio, and seen from 1950 to 1959 on television.

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Zoo Quest

Zoo Quest is a series of multi-part nature documentaries broadcast on the BBC Television Service between 1954 and 1963.

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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers edged out the Milwaukee Braves to win the National League title.

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1956 New York Yankees season

The 1956 New York Yankees season was the 54th season for the team.

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1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956.

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1956 Winter Olympics

The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 (Anpezo 1956 or Ampëz 1956), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956.

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1956 World Series

The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees of the American League and the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League in October 1956.

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1986 in American television

The year 1986 in television involved some significant events.

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