Thayer David

Columbo ist ein unkonventioneller Polizist. Mit seinem zerknautschtem Trenchcoat löst er die auch noch so schwierigsten Fälle auf eine etwas andere Weise. Ganz ohne Gewalt und Drohungen überführt er die Täter mit geschickt platzierten Fragen und detaillierter Recherche, wobei sich die Verbrecher dank seiner scheinbar trotteligen Art fälschlicherweise meist in Sicherheit wiegen.

Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was unprecedented in daytime television when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began. The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; indeed, as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. Major writers besides Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles.

Die US-amerikanische Krimiserie handelt von drei von ihrem Job gelangweilten Polizistinnen, die von dem mysteriösen und sehr reichen Charlie Townsend angeheuert werden, um in seinem Auftrag als Privatdetektive zu arbeiten. Charlie ist dabei nie zu sehen, sondern stets nur über einen Lautsprecher zu hören. Die drei frischgebackenen und überaus attraktiven Privatschnüfflerinnen Sabrina Duncan, Jill Munroe und Kelly Garrett nutzen fortan neben ihrem kriminalistischen Spürsinn auch ihre weiblichen Waffen, um gegen das Verbrechen zu kämpfen und gefährlichen Schurken das Handwerk zu legen. Als männlicher Helfer dient ihnen dabei gelegentlich Charlies Büroleiter John Bosley.

Die Krimiserie dreht sich um James Scott ‚Jim‘ Rockford, der nach fünf Jahren unschuldig in Haft ein neues Leben als Privatdetektiv beginnt. Sein Domizil samt Büro ist ein Wohnwagen am Strand von Malibu. Um seine schwierige finanzielle Situation in den Griff zu kriegen, nimmt der leidenschaftliche Angler für wenig Geld auch die aussichtslosesten Fälle an und gerät so immer wieder in haarsträubende Situationen, aus denen ihm oftmals sein Vater Joseph wieder heraushilft.

Der Ex-Navy-Seal Steve McGarrett gründet nach der blutigen Ermordung seines Vaters eine neue Spezialeinheit. Gemeinsam mit seinem Team bekämpft er Verbrechen auf Hawaii. Des Weiteren wird das Team durch private Vorfälle zusammengeschweißt.

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.

During the administration of President Ulysses Grant, Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon solve crimes, protect the President, and foil the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States.

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.