Sammy Davis Jr.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.

The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.

Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.

While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all dreams are fulfilled as expected.

Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

Cannonball Run adındaki yasal olmayan bir araba yarışını konu ediniyor filmimiz. Yarışa her türden motorlu taşıt katılabiliyor. Yasal olmadığından yarışmacılar aşırı hızdan ceza yiyebilir, yapacakları kazalardan da bizzat sorumlu tutulabilirler. Lamborgini’den Subaru’ya çeşitli spor arabaları da barındıran filmde kuşkusuz en ilgi çeken araç Jackie Chan’ın kullandığı günümüz teknolojisiyle eşdeğer fantastik Subaru’dur. Ayrıca film Jackie Chan’ın rol aldığı ilk Amerikan yapımı filmlerden biridir.

Çeşitli mesleklerden maceracıların, bir milyon dolarlık ödül için katıldıkları amansız yarış...

Uzmanlar, eleştirmenler ve diğer paydaşlarla yapılan güncel röportajlardan arındırılmış olan film, ünlü sanatçının Las Vegas'taki konser serisinin başlangıcında çekilmiş, yakın zamanda keşfedilen arşiv görüntüleriyle ilerliyor. Başlangıçta otelde birkaç hafta sürmesi planlanan 1969 tarihli konser serisi, şaşırtıcı derecede karlı olmuş ve yedi yıldan fazla sürmüştür. Bir müzikseverin coşkusu ve hassasiyetiyle ustaca derlenmiş olan bu belgesel, Presley'nin neşeli, çalışkan, hatta şapşal olduğu provalar ile güçlü ve görkemli performanslardan aceleci performanslara kadar değişen canlı performanslar arasında ustaca geçiş yapıyor.

II. Dünya Savaşı'nda yan yana çarpışmış on bir eski silah arkadaşı, yaklaşık 20 yıl sonra Los Angeles'ta buluşurlar. Şimdi uslanmaz bir kumarbaza dönüşmüş olan Danny Ocean'ın örgütlediği grup, yılbaşı gecesi müthiş soygun yapmak üzere çalışmalara başlar.On birlerin her birini bu soyguna katılmaya iten bir sebep vardır. Biri beysbol oyuncusu olmak için gerekli parayı bulmak adına bu işe girerken; kanser olan bir diğeri çocuklarının geleceği için hayatını tehlikeye atmıştır. Bir başkası karısını striptiz kulübünden kurtarmak istemektedir. Danny'nin örgütlediği soygun ise gerçekten sıfır hatayla gerçekleştirilmek zorundadır: Tek gecede Las Vegas'ın en büyük beş kumarhanesini soymak!

Daha önce hiç duyulmamış kişisel kayıtlar ve arşiv görüntüleriyle Louis Armstrong'un hayatını kendi bakış açısından izliyoruz. Bu aydınlatıcı film, müzik fenomeni, insan hakları aktivisti ve dünyaca ünlü sanatçı olan Armstrong'un çok az kişinin gördüğü yönlerini gösteriyor.

Phillip Glass'ın unutulmaz müzikleriyle belleklere çakılan Koyaanisqatsi, görüntülere dair bir festivali çağrıştırıyor. 1983 yılı itibariyle devrim niteliğinde olan film hayatın imgesel dengesine(ve dengesizliğine) yakılan bir ağıt niteliğinde. Görüntüden görüntüye geçerek, sonunda tüm görüntülerin tek bir görüntünün yansımasından ibaret olduğunu ispatlamaya çalışan film, tabiat bilimleriyle ve sosyal-antropolojiyle bağlarını sıkılaştırıyor.

Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.

Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vegas. Filmmaker Tom Donahue explores Martin’s varied career, including his complicated relationships with Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and others. We hear from admirers such as critic Gerald Early, actor Jon Hamm, and Hip-Hop artist RZA who testify to Martin’s enduring mystique.

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.

In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies. However, when the New York magazine cover story in 1985 dubs them the Brat Pack, stars in the making suddenly find themselves losing control over the trajectory of their careers. Now, almost forty years later, McCarthy looks to reconnect with peers and co-stars so that together they can reflect on their respective legacies.

Sokak vaizleri, İtalyan film yıldızları, hippiler ve klostrofobiyle dolu, eğlenceli olduğu kadar hüzünlü bu müzikal, duyguların doruğa çıktığı 1960’ların çarpıcı stilini ve kent kültürünü yakalıyor. Bu şirin aşk öyküsünün kahramanları “aşka âşık” müzikhol dansçısı Charity Hope Valentine ile utangaç ve ürkek muhasebeci Oscar Lindquist’tir. Fakat Bob Fosse’nin yönettiği ve koreografisini yaptığı bu ilk filmin erken tarihte klasikler arasına girmesini sağlayan öğe, konusundan çok, şaşırtıcı dans adımları ve dansçıların vücut hareketleridir. Fosse’nin 1966’daki özgün Broadway gösterisi 608 kez sahnelenmiş ve 12 kategoride Tony ödülüne aday gösterilmişti.

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million. The story delves into the psychology of the perpetrators, as well as the intricate mechanics of the hold-up.

A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, MLK is followed through major steps in his struggle to promote racial equality. Including footage of King's stirring speeches, it is a fitting tribute to his legacy, and features clips narrated by a wide range of celebrities, including Harry Belafonte, Paul Newman Charlton Heston, Ruby Dee, Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quinn, Walter Matthau, Ben Gazzara, Clarence Williams III, Joanne Woodward, and James Earl Jones.

Jack Noah, film çekmek için gittiği hayali Güney Amerika ülkesi olan Paradorda hiç beklemediği bir başka iş teklifi alır. Aslında ondan istenen yine oyunculuk yapmasıdır; ama bu kez kameralara karşı değil, normal hayatta oynaması gerekmektedir. Jackten istenen, öldüğü herkesten gizlenen diktatörün yerine geçmesi ve diktatörlerine bağlı koca bir ulusu bu yalana inandırmasıdır.

A primetime TV concert special celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Theater with Motown legends.

Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...

On July 31, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Elvis Presley staged a triumphant return to the concert stage from which he had been absent for almost a decade. His series of concerts broke all box office records and completely reenergized the career of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.

A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.