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Alan Smithee
Sep 20, 2015, 9:16:32 PM9/20/15
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i found this by accident... thot it was kinda interesting.
There are quite a few TV shows whose copyrights were never renewed or
were renewed improperly and have fallen into the public domain. There is
an ongoing effort to determine what is & isn't protected but the list is
far from complete.
I've appended a partial list of, arguably, the most popular shows & the
number of public domain episodes of each that have been discovered. Bear
in mind however that these are not necessarily consecutive episodes or
even from the same season.
In some cases "special" episodes (anniversaries, births, deaths, etc)
were properly copyrighted with an eye towards future rebroadcasts.
Adventures of Jim Bowie 14 episodes Scott Brady
Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet 104 half-hour, b&w shows.
Adventures of Robin Hood 80 half-hour b&w shows Richard Green as Robin.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 39 half-hour b&w shows Ronald Howard as
Holmes.
Adventures of Sir Lancelot 30 episodes, some in color.
Annie Oakley 24 shows Gail Davis
Beverly Hillbillies 52 half-hour shows.
Bob Cummings Show 20 Shows of "Love That Bob."
Bonanza 31 One-hour color shows
Buccaneers 28 episodes
Cisco Kid -- 32 Color episodes. Duncan Renaldo.
Dragnet 24 half-hour shows
Dusty's Trail 17 color shows with Bob Denver.
Flash Gordon 8 half-hours Steve Holland as Flash.
Frontier Doctor 12 shows with Rex Allen.
George Burns & Gracie Allen Show 13 episodes.
Hawkeye & Last of the Mohicans 13 shows. John Hart.
I Married Joan 24 half hours with Joan Davis, Jim Backus.
Lancelot Link: Super Chimp 3 discs with 24 short adventures. Color,
live-action chimps
Lawless Years 24 shows. Great crime show set in 1920s.
The Lone Ranger 16 half-hour b&w shows + 1 color.
The Loretta Young Show 30 half-hours with Loretta
The Lucy Show 30 half-hour color shows with Lucille Ball.
Man with a Camera 29 episodes with Charles Bronson.
Mr. & Mrs. North 32 episodes. Richard Denning and Barbara Britton.
My Little Margie 24 half-hours with Gale Storm, Charles Farrell.
One Step Beyond 56 half-hour shows about the weird.
Petticoat Junction 20 Shows.
Private Secretary 16 shows with Anne Sothern.
Racket Squad 20 shows. 1950's bunco squad Reed Hadley.
Ramar of the Jungle 24 episodes with Jon Hall
Range Rider 20 shows. Jock Mahoney, Dick Jones.
Red Skelton Show 20 half-hour shows.
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger 6 features made up of 3 TV episodes each.
Roy Rogers Show 56 half-hour black and white shows.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 12 color PD episodes.
Stories of Century Western series with famous outlaws 36 shows.
Trouble with Father 20 episodes with Stu Irwin.
The Veil Boris Karloff supernatural show. 10 episodes.
Victory at Sea 26 half-hour World War-II documentaries.
http://www.answers.com/Q/What_tv_show_is_are_in_the_public_domain
There are quite a few TV shows whose copyrights were never renewed or
were renewed improperly and have fallen into the public domain. There is
an ongoing effort to determine what is & isn't protected but the list is
far from complete.
I've appended a partial list of, arguably, the most popular shows & the
number of public domain episodes of each that have been discovered. Bear
in mind however that these are not necessarily consecutive episodes or
even from the same season.
In some cases "special" episodes (anniversaries, births, deaths, etc)
were properly copyrighted with an eye towards future rebroadcasts.
Adventures of Jim Bowie 14 episodes Scott Brady
Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet 104 half-hour, b&w shows.
Adventures of Robin Hood 80 half-hour b&w shows Richard Green as Robin.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 39 half-hour b&w shows Ronald Howard as
Holmes.
Adventures of Sir Lancelot 30 episodes, some in color.
Annie Oakley 24 shows Gail Davis
Beverly Hillbillies 52 half-hour shows.
Bob Cummings Show 20 Shows of "Love That Bob."
Bonanza 31 One-hour color shows
Buccaneers 28 episodes
Cisco Kid -- 32 Color episodes. Duncan Renaldo.
Dragnet 24 half-hour shows
Dusty's Trail 17 color shows with Bob Denver.
Flash Gordon 8 half-hours Steve Holland as Flash.
Frontier Doctor 12 shows with Rex Allen.
George Burns & Gracie Allen Show 13 episodes.
Hawkeye & Last of the Mohicans 13 shows. John Hart.
I Married Joan 24 half hours with Joan Davis, Jim Backus.
Lancelot Link: Super Chimp 3 discs with 24 short adventures. Color,
live-action chimps
Lawless Years 24 shows. Great crime show set in 1920s.
The Lone Ranger 16 half-hour b&w shows + 1 color.
The Loretta Young Show 30 half-hours with Loretta
The Lucy Show 30 half-hour color shows with Lucille Ball.
Man with a Camera 29 episodes with Charles Bronson.
Mr. & Mrs. North 32 episodes. Richard Denning and Barbara Britton.
My Little Margie 24 half-hours with Gale Storm, Charles Farrell.
One Step Beyond 56 half-hour shows about the weird.
Petticoat Junction 20 Shows.
Private Secretary 16 shows with Anne Sothern.
Racket Squad 20 shows. 1950's bunco squad Reed Hadley.
Ramar of the Jungle 24 episodes with Jon Hall
Range Rider 20 shows. Jock Mahoney, Dick Jones.
Red Skelton Show 20 half-hour shows.
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger 6 features made up of 3 TV episodes each.
Roy Rogers Show 56 half-hour black and white shows.
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 12 color PD episodes.
Stories of Century Western series with famous outlaws 36 shows.
Trouble with Father 20 episodes with Stu Irwin.
The Veil Boris Karloff supernatural show. 10 episodes.
Victory at Sea 26 half-hour World War-II documentaries.
http://www.answers.com/Q/What_tv_show_is_are_in_the_public_domain
A Friend
Sep 20, 2015, 10:33:21 PM9/20/15
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In article <mtnlpb$1ij$2...@speranza.aioe.org>, Alan Smithee
is also in the p.d. because it was made for the government. When you
see clips from the series, they're generally from that short; they
don't require clearance, much less payment.
<al...@last.inc> wrote:
> There are quite a few TV shows whose copyrights were never renewed or
> were renewed improperly and have fallen into the public domain. There is
> an ongoing effort to determine what is & isn't protected but the list is
> far from complete.
The ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN short they made for the Treasury Department
> There are quite a few TV shows whose copyrights were never renewed or
> were renewed improperly and have fallen into the public domain. There is
> an ongoing effort to determine what is & isn't protected but the list is
> far from complete.
is also in the p.d. because it was made for the government. When you
see clips from the series, they're generally from that short; they
don't require clearance, much less payment.
Rhino
Sep 20, 2015, 11:01:05 PM9/20/15
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On 2015-09-20 9:16 PM, Alan Smithee wrote:
> i found this by accident... thot it was kinda interesting.
>
>
> There are quite a few TV shows whose copyrights were never renewed or
> were renewed improperly and have fallen into the public domain. There is
> an ongoing effort to determine what is & isn't protected but the list is
> far from complete.
>
> I've appended a partial list of, arguably, the most popular shows & the
> number of public domain episodes of each that have been discovered. Bear
> in mind however that these are not necessarily consecutive episodes or
> even from the same season.
>
> In some cases "special" episodes (anniversaries, births, deaths, etc)
> were properly copyrighted with an eye towards future rebroadcasts.
>
> Adventures of Jim Bowie 14 episodes Scott Brady
> Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet 104 half-hour, b&w shows.
> Adventures of Robin Hood 80 half-hour b&w shows Richard Green as Robin.
I remember that show from when I was a pup....
> i found this by accident... thot it was kinda interesting.
>
>
> There are quite a few TV shows whose copyrights were never renewed or
> were renewed improperly and have fallen into the public domain. There is
> an ongoing effort to determine what is & isn't protected but the list is
> far from complete.
>
> I've appended a partial list of, arguably, the most popular shows & the
> number of public domain episodes of each that have been discovered. Bear
> in mind however that these are not necessarily consecutive episodes or
> even from the same season.
>
> In some cases "special" episodes (anniversaries, births, deaths, etc)
> were properly copyrighted with an eye towards future rebroadcasts.
>
> Adventures of Jim Bowie 14 episodes Scott Brady
> Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet 104 half-hour, b&w shows.
> Adventures of Robin Hood 80 half-hour b&w shows Richard Green as Robin.
> Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 39 half-hour b&w shows Ronald Howard as
> Holmes.
> Adventures of Sir Lancelot 30 episodes, some in color.
> Annie Oakley 24 shows Gail Davis
>
> Beverly Hillbillies 52 half-hour shows.
many years after the Hillbillies had gone off the air and thinking it
was one of the most hilarious things I'd ever seen. I may never forget
the line where the oil company guy was asking Jed whether he really
wanted to stay where he was - nearest neighbour miles away, no
electricity, no phone, no roads, or things along that line - when he had
other opportunities. Jed thought about it for a minute and said "You
know, you're right. A man would have to be a fool to give all this up!"
> Bob Cummings Show 20 Shows of "Love That Bob."
> Bonanza 31 One-hour color shows
> Buccaneers 28 episodes
>
> Cisco Kid -- 32 Color episodes. Duncan Renaldo.
>
> Dragnet 24 half-hour shows
> Dusty's Trail 17 color shows with Bob Denver.
>
> Flash Gordon 8 half-hours Steve Holland as Flash.
> Frontier Doctor 12 shows with Rex Allen.
>
> George Burns & Gracie Allen Show 13 episodes.
>
> Hawkeye & Last of the Mohicans 13 shows. John Hart.
>
see the same guy, John Hart, playing Hawkeye. (Hey, I was a kid!)
> I Married Joan 24 half hours with Joan Davis, Jim Backus.
>
> Lancelot Link: Super Chimp 3 discs with 24 short adventures. Color,
> live-action chimps
> Lawless Years 24 shows. Great crime show set in 1920s.
> The Lone Ranger 16 half-hour b&w shows + 1 color.
> The Loretta Young Show 30 half-hours with Loretta
> The Lucy Show 30 half-hour color shows with Lucille Ball.
>
> Man with a Camera 29 episodes with Charles Bronson.
ever saw it but I remember hearing the title at some point. We either
didn't get that channel or if was after my bedtime.
> Mr. & Mrs. North 32 episodes. Richard Denning and Barbara Britton.
> My Little Margie 24 half-hours with Gale Storm, Charles Farrell.
>
> One Step Beyond 56 half-hour shows about the weird.
>
> Petticoat Junction 20 Shows.
> Private Secretary 16 shows with Anne Sothern.
>
> Racket Squad 20 shows. 1950's bunco squad Reed Hadley.
> Ramar of the Jungle 24 episodes with Jon Hall
> Range Rider 20 shows. Jock Mahoney, Dick Jones.
own series, including Gidget and the Flying Nun, then move on to TV
movies like Sibyl and then Oscar-winning movies like Places in the Heart
and Norma Rae....
> Red Skelton Show 20 half-hour shows.
> Rocky Jones, Space Ranger 6 features made up of 3 TV episodes each.
> Roy Rogers Show 56 half-hour black and white shows.
>
could be driving jeeps around in a Western. It gradually dawned on me
that it was set in the present day, not the 1860s or whatever....
> Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 12 color PD episodes.
> Stories of Century Western series with famous outlaws 36 shows.
>
> Trouble with Father 20 episodes with Stu Irwin.
> The Veil Boris Karloff supernatural show. 10 episodes.
>
> Victory at Sea 26 half-hour World War-II documentaries.
>
> http://www.answers.com/Q/What_tv_show_is_are_in_the_public_domain
the ones I remember....
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Rhino
anim8rfsk
Sep 20, 2015, 11:50:31 PM9/20/15
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In article <mtnrpq$u2m$1...@dont-email.me>,
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Rhino <no_offline_c...@example.com> wrote:
> > Hawkeye & Last of the Mohicans 13 shows. John Hart.
> >
> I remember Hawkeye as well. When M*A*S*H started, I halfway expected to
> see the same guy, John Hart, playing Hawkeye. (Hey, I was a kid!)
Why would you expect The Lone Ranger to be in Korea?
> > Hawkeye & Last of the Mohicans 13 shows. John Hart.
> >
> I remember Hawkeye as well. When M*A*S*H started, I halfway expected to
> see the same guy, John Hart, playing Hawkeye. (Hey, I was a kid!)
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anim8rfsk
Sep 20, 2015, 11:52:25 PM9/20/15
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In article <200920152233191419%no...@noway.com>,
For decades if you saw a clip from Batman 66, it was from the movie,
because the rights to that weren't in dispute.
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because the rights to that weren't in dispute.
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Your Name
Sep 21, 2015, 3:05:22 AM9/21/15
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> i found this by accident... thot it was kinda interesting.
>
> There are quite a few TV shows whose copyrights were never renewed or
> were renewed improperly and have fallen into the public domain. There is
> an ongoing effort to determine what is & isn't protected but the list is
> far from complete.
>
> I've appended a partial list of, arguably, the most popular shows & the
> number of public domain episodes of each that have been discovered. Bear
> in mind however that these are not necessarily consecutive episodes or
> even from the same season.
>
> In some cases "special" episodes (anniversaries, births, deaths, etc)
> were properly copyrighted with an eye towards future rebroadcasts.
>
<snip - list of shows>
>
> There are quite a few TV shows whose copyrights were never renewed or
> were renewed improperly and have fallen into the public domain. There is
> an ongoing effort to determine what is & isn't protected but the list is
> far from complete.
>
> I've appended a partial list of, arguably, the most popular shows & the
> number of public domain episodes of each that have been discovered. Bear
> in mind however that these are not necessarily consecutive episodes or
> even from the same season.
>
> In some cases "special" episodes (anniversaries, births, deaths, etc)
> were properly copyrighted with an eye towards future rebroadcasts.
>
>
> http://www.answers.com/Q/What_tv_show_is_are_in_the_public_domain
I don't know if they're already on that list or not, but Archive.org
has quite a few old movies, TV shows, adverts, etc. on their website,
although the quality is pretty awful on most of them.
A Friend
Sep 21, 2015, 7:08:09 AM9/21/15
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> On 2015-09-20 9:16 PM, Alan Smithee wrote:
> > Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 39 half-hour b&w shows Ronald Howard as
> > Holmes.
>
> The British actor, not the young Ronnie Howard from the Andy Griffith Show.
And son of Leslie Howard. The Brits made a number of these
> > Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 39 half-hour b&w shows Ronald Howard as
> > Holmes.
>
> The British actor, not the young Ronnie Howard from the Andy Griffith Show.
cheap-but-good series in the '50s and sold them in the U.S. in order to
get dollars. (We also got all the good scotch, too.)
Michael Black
Sep 21, 2015, 11:16:37 AM9/21/15
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interest you. I've found magazines scanned in there, and at least one
Woody Guthrie album is there, the one about the Columbia River.
And just out of curiosity I've typed searchwords in there, and found them.
Michael
Michael Black
Sep 21, 2015, 11:20:34 AM9/21/15
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Michael
A Friend
Sep 21, 2015, 6:24:29 PM9/21/15
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In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
Yep. Now we get "American versions" of stuff. If they'd done that in
the old days, there'd have been no Prisoner and no Avengers, at least
as we know them.
Fortunately, there are alternative sources these days, although that
doesn't do much for legacy-building: The mass audience will never find
them, or even care about them.
the old days, there'd have been no Prisoner and no Avengers, at least
as we know them.
Fortunately, there are alternative sources these days, although that
doesn't do much for legacy-building: The mass audience will never find
them, or even care about them.
Alan Smithee
Sep 21, 2015, 7:24:42 PM9/21/15
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On 09/21/2015 07:24 PM, A Friend wrote:
> Yep. Now we get "American versions" of stuff. If they'd done that in
> the old days, there'd have been no Prisoner and no Avengers, at least
> as we know them.
Now imagine an American version of "Monty Python"...
> Yep. Now we get "American versions" of stuff. If they'd done that in
> the old days, there'd have been no Prisoner and no Avengers, at least
> as we know them.
RichA
Sep 21, 2015, 7:31:54 PM9/21/15
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RichA
Sep 21, 2015, 7:35:02 PM9/21/15
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On Sunday, 20 September 2015 23:01:05 UTC-4, Rhino wrote:
> >
> > Hawkeye & Last of the Mohicans 13 shows. John Hart.
> >
> I remember Hawkeye as well. When M*A*S*H started, I halfway expected to
> see the same guy, John Hart, playing Hawkeye. (Hey, I was a kid!)
Hawkeye was the first TV show I ever saw blood shown on. Some kid fell and hit his head on a shoe sole scraper.
> >
> > Hawkeye & Last of the Mohicans 13 shows. John Hart.
> >
> I remember Hawkeye as well. When M*A*S*H started, I halfway expected to
> see the same guy, John Hart, playing Hawkeye. (Hey, I was a kid!)
Adam H. Kerman
Sep 21, 2015, 8:03:33 PM9/21/15
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A Friend <A Friend> wrote:
>In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
>Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, A Friend wrote:
>>
>> > In article <mtnrpq$u2m$1...@dont-email.me>, Rhino
>> > <no_offline_c...@example.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 2015-09-20 9:16 PM, Alan Smithee wrote:
>> >
>> >>> Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 39 half-hour b&w shows Ronald Howard as
>> >>> Holmes.
>> >>
>> >> The British actor, not the young Ronnie Howard from the Andy Griffith Show.
>> >
>> >
>> > And son of Leslie Howard. The Brits made a number of these
>> > cheap-but-good series in the '50s and sold them in the U.S. in order to
>> > get dollars. (We also got all the good scotch, too.)
>> >
>> Yes, back when commercial tv was more international.
>
>
>Yep. Now we get "American versions" of stuff. If they'd done that in
>the old days, there'd have been no Prisoner and no Avengers, at least
>as we know them.
Were there American versions in the 1960s? Famously we got American versions
>In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
>Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, A Friend wrote:
>>
>> > In article <mtnrpq$u2m$1...@dont-email.me>, Rhino
>> > <no_offline_c...@example.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 2015-09-20 9:16 PM, Alan Smithee wrote:
>> >
>> >>> Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 39 half-hour b&w shows Ronald Howard as
>> >>> Holmes.
>> >>
>> >> The British actor, not the young Ronnie Howard from the Andy Griffith Show.
>> >
>> >
>> > And son of Leslie Howard. The Brits made a number of these
>> > cheap-but-good series in the '50s and sold them in the U.S. in order to
>> > get dollars. (We also got all the good scotch, too.)
>> >
>> Yes, back when commercial tv was more international.
>
>
>Yep. Now we get "American versions" of stuff. If they'd done that in
>the old days, there'd have been no Prisoner and no Avengers, at least
>as we know them.
of Steptoe & Son and Till Death Us Do Part; not sure either would have
had a mass American audience.
A Friend
Sep 21, 2015, 10:40:21 PM9/21/15
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In article <mtq5si$ba5$3...@news.albasani.net>, Adam H. Kerman
upper-class types, and so they were a good fit with American audiences.
I'm familiar with Steptoe & Son but not the other; I'd agree that S&S
would not have worked as it was. My point is that, these days, they
wouldn't even *try* the original Prisoner or Avengers on a U.S.
network. They'd probably laugh themselves silly at the notion.
I'm not too familiar with the reverse -- that is, U.S. shows redone by
the Brits. I did appreciate how Friends got turned into Coupling,
which I liked much better. The U.S. version of Coupling, however, was
notoriously awful. NBC should have run the original.
<a...@chinet.com> wrote:
> A Friend <A Friend> wrote:
> >Yep. Now we get "American versions" of stuff. If they'd done that in
> >the old days, there'd have been no Prisoner and no Avengers, at least
> >as we know them.
>
> Were there American versions in the 1960s? Famously we got American versions
> of Steptoe & Son and Till Death Us Do Part; not sure either would have
> had a mass American audience.
Probably not. The Prisoner and The Avengers were spy dramas featuring
> A Friend <A Friend> wrote:
> >Yep. Now we get "American versions" of stuff. If they'd done that in
> >the old days, there'd have been no Prisoner and no Avengers, at least
> >as we know them.
>
> Were there American versions in the 1960s? Famously we got American versions
> of Steptoe & Son and Till Death Us Do Part; not sure either would have
> had a mass American audience.
upper-class types, and so they were a good fit with American audiences.
I'm familiar with Steptoe & Son but not the other; I'd agree that S&S
would not have worked as it was. My point is that, these days, they
wouldn't even *try* the original Prisoner or Avengers on a U.S.
network. They'd probably laugh themselves silly at the notion.
I'm not too familiar with the reverse -- that is, U.S. shows redone by
the Brits. I did appreciate how Friends got turned into Coupling,
which I liked much better. The U.S. version of Coupling, however, was
notoriously awful. NBC should have run the original.
David Johnston
Sep 21, 2015, 11:48:32 PM9/21/15
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A Friend
Sep 22, 2015, 12:19:43 AM9/22/15
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In article <mtqiup$bk7$1...@dont-email.me>, David Johnston
Spare me the snorting. The link you provided has these "highest
average US viewing figures":
Downton Abbey 10.2m (PBS)
Merlin 5.3m (NBC)
Doctor Who 5m (BBC America)
Sherlock 4.1m (PBS)
Mr Selfridge 4m (PBS)
The Paradise 3.1m (PBS)
Call the Midwife 3m (PBS)
The number given for Downton Abbey is fairly good, especially for PBS.
The rest of the PBS numbers are not impressive. You're really calling
three or four or five million U.S. viewers a "mass audience"?
The mass U.S. audience still watches the Old Three and some Fox,
especially football. The stuff I'm talking about doesn't show up on
any major outlet anymore. This is self-evident. Now let's go ask the
mass audience if they're ever even heard of Mr Selfridge or pretty much
anything on that list. You might get some recognition of Doctor Who
thanks to its longevity and the fact that it's been on commercial
outlets in the U.S. before. They'll mistake Elementary for Sherlock,
so no joy there. The rest, nah, not even Downton Abbey.
average US viewing figures":
Downton Abbey 10.2m (PBS)
Merlin 5.3m (NBC)
Doctor Who 5m (BBC America)
Sherlock 4.1m (PBS)
Mr Selfridge 4m (PBS)
The Paradise 3.1m (PBS)
Call the Midwife 3m (PBS)
The number given for Downton Abbey is fairly good, especially for PBS.
The rest of the PBS numbers are not impressive. You're really calling
three or four or five million U.S. viewers a "mass audience"?
The mass U.S. audience still watches the Old Three and some Fox,
especially football. The stuff I'm talking about doesn't show up on
any major outlet anymore. This is self-evident. Now let's go ask the
mass audience if they're ever even heard of Mr Selfridge or pretty much
anything on that list. You might get some recognition of Doctor Who
thanks to its longevity and the fact that it's been on commercial
outlets in the U.S. before. They'll mistake Elementary for Sherlock,
so no joy there. The rest, nah, not even Downton Abbey.
RichA
Sep 22, 2015, 12:32:54 AM9/22/15
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anim8rfsk
Sep 22, 2015, 12:44:10 AM9/22/15
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In article <677168d3-1c75-4765...@googlegroups.com>,
That would have been tragic!
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David Johnston
Sep 22, 2015, 1:23:55 AM9/22/15
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getting.
>
> The mass U.S. audience still watches the Old Three and some Fox,
> especially football.
audience.
Dimensional Traveler
Sep 22, 2015, 1:35:05 AM9/22/15
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Veni, vidi, snarki.
Your Name
Sep 22, 2015, 3:10:05 AM9/22/15
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In article <5600e6d3$0$1700$742e...@news.sonic.net>, Dimensional
There were "American versions" of British shows in the old days too,
but back then they at least had the decency to also change the name
along with all their other butchering of the original idea ... for
example, "Three's Company" is an Americanised version (although one of
the very few that's even remotely recognisable!) of the British show
"Man About the House".
but back then they at least had the decency to also change the name
along with all their other butchering of the original idea ... for
example, "Three's Company" is an Americanised version (although one of
the very few that's even remotely recognisable!) of the British show
"Man About the House".
Alan Smithee
Sep 22, 2015, 3:46:34 AM9/22/15
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On 09/21/2015 11:40 PM, A Friend wrote:
> I'm not too familiar with the reverse -- that is, U.S. shows redone by
> the Brits.
The "Golden Girls" was re-made into "Brighton Belles" for the limeys.
> I'm not too familiar with the reverse -- that is, U.S. shows redone by
> the Brits.
Alan Smithee
Sep 22, 2015, 3:51:23 AM9/22/15
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On 09/21/2015 09:03 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Were there American versions in the 1960s? Famously we got American versions
> of Steptoe & Son and Till Death Us Do Part; not sure either would have
> had a mass American audience.
"Mind Your Language" became "What A Country." To give you an idea of how
> Were there American versions in the 1960s? Famously we got American versions
> of Steptoe & Son and Till Death Us Do Part; not sure either would have
> had a mass American audience.
bad it was, it had Yakov Smirnov. Then there's "Being Human" UGH!
Michael OConnor
Sep 22, 2015, 5:59:27 AM9/22/15
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> Lancelot Link: Super Chimp 3 discs with 24 short adventures. Color,
> live-action chimps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d5dKBMK5mo
Michael Black
Sep 22, 2015, 11:16:47 AM9/22/15
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After the USSR came apart, he seemed to disappear, as if Russian roles
were no longer wanted. Except, of course, for roles about the Russian
Mafia.
Michael
Michael Black
Sep 22, 2015, 11:19:06 AM9/22/15
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it, I thought of Lancelot Link. Then I was surprised to find the chimp
show on the list too.
Michael
anim8rfsk
Sep 22, 2015, 12:02:00 PM9/22/15
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(infrequently) as himself and give motivational speeches. You can go to
his website and buy stuff at the online gift shop.
--
SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEQUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuu......
Alan Smithee
Sep 22, 2015, 1:06:07 PM9/22/15
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or Franklin Ajaye? (not sure of the spellings)
Alan Smithee
Sep 22, 2015, 1:09:28 PM9/22/15
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Smith_%28TV_series%29
Michael Black
Sep 22, 2015, 1:54:07 PM9/22/15
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2015, Alan Smithee wrote:
> On 09/22/2015 01:01 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
>> Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2015, Alan Smithee wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 09/21/2015 09:03 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>> Were there American versions in the 1960s? Famously we got American
>>>>> versions
>>>>> of Steptoe & Son and Till Death Us Do Part; not sure either would have
>>>>> had a mass American audience.
>>>>
>>>> "Mind Your Language" became "What A Country." To give you an idea of how
>>>> bad
>>>> it was, it had Yakov Smirnov. Then there's "Being Human" UGH!
>>>>
>>> Whatever happened to Yakov?
>>>
>>> After the USSR came apart, he seemed to disappear, as if Russian roles
>>> were no longer wanted. Except, of course, for roles about the Russian
>>> Mafia.
>>>
>>> Michael
>
>> He hasn't had an acting credit in 20 years. He seems to appear
>> (infrequently) as himself and give motivational speeches. You can go to
>> his website and buy stuff at the online gift shop.
>
> He is also on Twitter. He was never very popular. Remember Johnny Yuhn? or
> Franklin Ajaye? (not sure of the spellings)
>
I don't know, maybe "popular" isn't the right term.
> On 09/22/2015 01:01 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1...@darkstar.example.org>,
>> Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2015, Alan Smithee wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 09/21/2015 09:03 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>> Were there American versions in the 1960s? Famously we got American
>>>>> versions
>>>>> of Steptoe & Son and Till Death Us Do Part; not sure either would have
>>>>> had a mass American audience.
>>>>
>>>> "Mind Your Language" became "What A Country." To give you an idea of how
>>>> bad
>>>> it was, it had Yakov Smirnov. Then there's "Being Human" UGH!
>>>>
>>> Whatever happened to Yakov?
>>>
>>> After the USSR came apart, he seemed to disappear, as if Russian roles
>>> were no longer wanted. Except, of course, for roles about the Russian
>>> Mafia.
>>>
>>> Michael
>
>> He hasn't had an acting credit in 20 years. He seems to appear
>> (infrequently) as himself and give motivational speeches. You can go to
>> his website and buy stuff at the online gift shop.
>
> He is also on Twitter. He was never very popular. Remember Johnny Yuhn? or
> Franklin Ajaye? (not sure of the spellings)
>
But there was a period when he was all over the place, the "token" Russian
in America. It seems like when the USSR broke up, there was no longer a
need for that, so he disappeared.
Movies! subchannel is playing "Moscow on the Hudson" this month.
Michael
Your Name
Sep 22, 2015, 9:44:18 PM9/22/15
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In article <3efc4cf1-0600-4627...@googlegroups.com>,
There's two (so far) animated Space Chimps movies you should probably
also watch. ;-)
From memory one of the characters in those movies is called Link, so
there may even be a connection (I've never seen Lancelot Link: Secret
Chimp).
also watch. ;-)
From memory one of the characters in those movies is called Link, so
there may even be a connection (I've never seen Lancelot Link: Secret
Chimp).
A Friend
Sep 23, 2015, 12:12:38 AM9/23/15
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In article <mts201$otn$2...@speranza.aioe.org>, Alan Smithee
There was a thing called CHATTER. It was a series of short films that
ran inside kidvid shows of the early 1960s, along with the usual
cartoons. They'd film a chimp mucking about on a cheaply built set
that was sized for him, and the narrator would try to take whatever the
chimp was doing into account as he made jokes about it. I remember one
about Chatter being a weatherman, knocking over the map and so on.
ran inside kidvid shows of the early 1960s, along with the usual
cartoons. They'd film a chimp mucking about on a cheaply built set
that was sized for him, and the narrator would try to take whatever the
chimp was doing into account as he made jokes about it. I remember one
about Chatter being a weatherman, knocking over the map and so on.
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