Topic: I love reading familiar names

[DJ Doena]

I watched a lot of TV shows over the years. And when I say a lot, I mean A LOT. And I watched accross the board. I watched The Guiding Light for two years straight (it's a soap opera whose German title was the Springfield Story). I watched medical shows like Trapper John M.D. and lawyer shows like L.A. Law. I watched the 80s action shows from MacGuyver to Riptide. I even watched Love Boat every weekday on one of the first private channels in Germany: Sat.1. I got up at 6am on every Saturday morning to watch Rawhide (Tausend Meilen Staub, lit. "A Thousand Miles of Dust") with a very young and pre-Fistful Clint Eastwood. I knew who Daniel Boone was around the same time I met the Cartwrights as well as the men from the Shiloh Ranch.

Most of the actors disappear after the show they were on. Not many get to be in a second successful show. And even less get more than that.

But some of the actors decide that "behind the camera" is actually more for them. Jonathan Frakes (William Riker) and LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge) from Star Trek: TNG become directors and producers and so did Peter DeLuise from 21 Jump Street who directed and produced Stargate SG-1.

And when Chuck started I was pleased to read the name Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris from Star Trek: Voyager) as producer of the show.


And I was just starting to watch the season finale of King & Maxwell when I spotted the director's name: James Whitmore jr. I've seen him many times as director before but for me he will always be a member of the 214, a short-lived show whose original name I've only learned recently: Baa Baa Black Sheep (I've only known it under it's German title Pazifikgeschwader 214, lit. "Pacific Squadron 214").

And I'm just always pleasantly suprised to see a name I've been familiar with for many years and see that they are still in the business and hopefully doing what they love.

PS: A regular on the show is Dichen Lachman which I've come to enjoy on another short-lived series: Dollhouse.

PPS: And a guest star in this episode is Catherine Bell a.k.a. Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie from JAG fame.

[DJ Doena]

The above post had me gotten curious just how many TV shows I've watched over the years, so I assembled a list based on all the TV shows the german site www.wunschliste.de was listing and created a list on my own watched shows.

It only contains scripted, live-action fiction shows. No cartoons, no scripted reality and I have watched at least one full season of it (or the one season if it didn't last longer than that).

I came up with 244(!) entries and I don't claim completeness:

24	24
$#*! My Dad Says	$#*! My Dad Says
10 Things I Hate About You	10 Dinge, die ich an dir hasse
18 to Life	18 to Life
2 Broke Girls	2 Broke Girls
21 Jump Street	21 Jump Street
Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The	Abenteuer des Brisco County Jr., Die
Airwolf	Airwolf
Alarm für Cobra 11	Alarm für Cobra 11
ALF	ALF
Alien Nation	Alien Nation
Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal
Angel	Angel
Arabela	Märchenbraut, Die
Arabela se vraci	Rückkehr der Märchenbraut, Die
Arrow	Arrow
A-Team, The	A-Team, Das
Auf Achse	Auf Achse
Automan	Automan
B.L. Stryker	B.L. Stryker
Baa Baa Black Sheep	Pazifikgeschwader 214
Baby Daddy	Baby Daddy
Babylon 5	Babylon 5
Batman [1965]	Batman [1965]
Battlestar Galactica [1978]	Kampfstern Galactica [1978]
Battlestar Galactica [2003]	Battlestar Galactica [2003]
Baywatch	Baywatch
Beauty and the Beast [1987]	Schöne und das Biest, Die [1987]
Beauty and the Beast [2012]	Beauty and the Beast [2012]
Bewitched	Verliebt in eine Hexe
Big Bang Theory, The	Big Bang Theory, The
Bionic Woman	7-Millionen-Dollar-Frau, Die
Bonanza	Bonanza
Bones	Bones - Die Knochenjägerin
Booker	Booker
Breaking In	Breaking In
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Buck Rogers
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Buffy - Im Bann der Dämonen
Burn Notice	Burn Notice
Cagney & Lacey	Cagney & Lacey
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future	Captain Power
Castle	Castle
Charlie's Angels [1976]	Drei Engel für Charlie [1976]
CHiPs	CHiPs
Chuck	Chuck
Clown Ferdinand	Clown Ferdinand
Columbo	Columbo
Come Fly with Me	Come Fly with Me
Common Law	Common Law
Cosby Show, The	Bill Cosby-Show, Die
Cougar Town	Cougar Town
Coupling (UK)	Coupling (UK)
Daniel Boone	Daniel Boone
Dark Angel	Dark Angel
Dawson's Creek	Dawson's Creek
Desperate Housewives	Desperate Housewives
Dexter	Dexter
Doctor Who	Doctor Who
Doogie Howser, M.D.	Doogie Howser, M.D.
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Dr. Quinn
Due South	Mountie in Chicago, Ein
Dukes of Hazzard, The	Duke kommt selten allein, Ein
Early Edition	Allein gegen die Zukunft
Elementary	Elementary
Emergency!	Notruf California
ER	Emergency Room
Fall Guy, The	Colt für alle Fälle, Ein
Fantaghirò	Prinzessin Fantaghiró
Fantasy Island	Fantasy Island
Farscape	Farscape
Father Dowling Mysteries	gesegnetes Team, Ein
Firefly	Firefly - Der Aufbruch der Serenity
Flash, The	Flash - der rote Blitz
Flipper	Flipper
Forever Knight	Nick Knight
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The	Prinz von Bel-Air, Der
Friends	Friends
Full House	Full House
Glee	Glee
Go On	Go On
Good Wife, The	Good Wife
Goodwin Games, The	Goodwin Games, The
Gossip Girl	Gossip Girl
Großstadtrevier	Großstadtrevier
Growing Pains	Unser lautes Heim
Guiding Light, The	Springfield Story
Gunsmoke	Rauchende Colts
Guys with Kids	Guys with Kids
Happy Days	Happy Days
Happy Endings	Happy Endings
Hardcastle & McCormick	Hardcastle & McCormick
Hart of Dixie	Hart of Dixie
Hart to Hart	Hart aber herzlich
Hercules	Herkules
Heroes	Heroes
High Chaparral, The	High Chaparral
Highlander	Highlander
Highlander: The Raven	Raven - Die Unsterbliche
Highway to Heaven	Engel auf Erden, Ein
Highwayman, The	Highwayman
Hogan's Heroes	Käfig voller Helden, Ein
Home Improvement	Hör mal, wer da hämmert!
House of Cards	House of Cards
House of Lies	House of Lies
House, M.D.	Dr. House
Houston Knights	Houston Knights
How I Met Your Mother	How I Met Your Mother
Human Target	Human Target
I Dream of Jeannie	Bezaubernde Jeannie
Ich heirate eine Familie	Ich heirate eine Familie
Incredible Hulk, The [1978]	Hulk [1978]
Ironside	Chef, Der
IT Crowd, The	IT Crowd, The
JAG	J.A.G. - Im Auftrag der Ehre
Jake and the Fatman	Jake & McCabe
Justified	Justified
King & Maxwell	King & Maxwell
King of Queens, The	King of Queens
Knight Rider	Knight Rider
Kommissar Rex	Kommissar Rex
Kung Fu	Kung Fu
Kung Fu - The Legend Continues	Kung Fu - Im Zeichen des Drachen
L.A. Law	L.A. Law
Land of The Lost [1977]	Im Land der Saurier [1977]
Land of The Lost [1991]	Im Land der Saurier II [1991]
Last Man Standing	Last Man Standing
Letajici Cestmir	fliegende Ferdinand, Der
Leverage	Leverage
Life Unexpected	Life Unexpected
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Superman - Die Abenteuer von Lois & Clark
Longmire	Longmire
Lost	Lost
Love Boat	Love Boat
M*A*S*H	M*A*S*H
MacGyver	MacGyver
Mad Men	Mad Men
Man from Atlantis, The	Mann aus Atlantis, Der
Man From U.N.C.L.E., The	Solo für O.N.C.E.L.
Married with Children	Eine schrecklich nette Familie
Matlock	Matlock
Max Headroom	Max Headroom
Melissa & Joey	Melissa & Joey
Men at Work	Men at Work
Midnight Caller	Nachtfalke, Der
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	Power Rangers
Mike & Molly	Mike & Molly
Mork and Mindy	Mork vom Ork
Mortal Kombat Conquest	Mortal Kombat
Mr. Belvedere	Mr. Belvedere
Mr. Ed	Mr. Ed
Munsters Today, The	Familie Munster
Munsters, The	Munsters, Die
Murder, She Wrote	Mord ist ihr Hobby
Murphy Brown	Murphy Brown
My Secret Identity	Ultraman - Mein geheimes Ich
Nashville	Nashville
Neighbours	Nachbarn
New Girl	New Girl
Newsroom, The	Newsroom, The
Night Court	Harrys wundersames Strafgericht
North and South	Fackeln im Sturm
North and South, Book II	Fackeln im Sturm II
NTSF:SD:SUV::	NTSF:SD:SUV::
O.C., The	O.C., California
Odd Couple, The	Männerwirtschaft
Operation Petticoat	Operation Petticoat
Out of this World	Mein Vater ist ein Außerirdischer
Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Parker Lewis
Party Down	Party Down
Perry Mason	Perry Mason
Person of Interest	Person of Interest
Pretender, The	Pretender
Primeval	Primeval - Rückkehr der Urzeitmonster
Quantum Leap	Zurück in die Vergangenheit
Quincy, M.E.	Quincy
Raising Hope	Raising Hope
Raumpatrouille Orion	Raumpatrouille Orion
Raven	Raven
Rawhide	Tausend Meilen Staub
Remington Steele	Remington Steele
Riptide	Trio mit vier Fäusten
Roseanne	Roseanne
Sarah Connor Chronicles, The	Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
Sarah Jane Adventures, The	Sarah Jane Adventures, The
Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Agentin mit Herz
Schwarzwaldklinik, Die	Schwarzwaldklinik, Die
SeaQuest DSV	SeaQuest DSV
Sentinel, The	Sentinel, Der
Seven Days	Seven Days
Shogun	Shogun
Simon & Simon	Simon & Simon
Six Million Dollar Man, The	6-Millionen-Dollar-Mann, Der
Sledge Hammer!	Sledge Hammer
Sliders	Sliders - Das Tor in eine fremde Dimension
Smallville	Smallville
Space - Above and Beyond	Space 2063
Space Rangers	Space Rangers
Spartacus	Spartacus
Spuk im Hochhaus	Spuk im Hochhaus
Spuk unterm Riesenrad	Spuk unterm Riesenrad
Spuk von draußen	Spuk von draußen
Star Trek	Raumschiff Enterprise
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Next Generation, The	Raumschiff Enterprise: Das nächste Jahrhundert
Star Trek: Voyager	Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager
Stargate SG-1	Stargate
Stargate: Atlantis	Stargate: Atlantis
Starsky & Hutch	Starsky & Hutch
Step By Step	starke Familie, Eine
Stingray	Stingray
Street Hawk	Street Hawk
Strike Back	Strike Back
Suburgatory	Suburgatory
Suits	Suits
Superboy	Superboy
Supernatural	Supernatural
Sweating Bullets	Tropical Heat
Switched at Birth	Switched at Birth
T. J. Hooker	T. J. Hooker
Team Knight Rider	Team Knight Rider
Tequila and Bonetti	Tequila und Bonetti
The 10th Kingdom	zehnte Königreich, Das
Three's Company	Herzbube mit 2 Damen
Thunder in Paradise	Thunder in Paradise
Time Trax	Time Trax - Zurück in die Zukunft
Trapper John, M.D.	Trapper John, M.D.
Tripods, The	dreibeinigen Herrscher, Die
True Blood	True Blood
Türkisch für Anfänger	Türkisch für Anfänger
Two and a Half Men	Two and a Half Men
V [1983]	V - Die außerirdischen Besucher kommen [1983]
V [1984]	V [1984]
V: The Final Battle [1984]	V - Die außerirdischen Besucher kommen zurück [1984]
Vampire Diaries, The	Vampire Diaries
Veronica Mars	Veronica Mars
Viper	Viper
Virginian, The	Leute von der Shiloh-Ranch, Die
Voyagers!	Zeitreisenden, Die
Walker, Texas Ranger	Walker, Texas Ranger
War of the Worlds	Krieg der Welten
White Collar	White Collar
Who's the Boss?	Wer ist hier der Boss?
Xena: Warrior Princess	Xena
Zorro [1990]	Zorro [1990]

            

[GSyren]

I have vague memories of Raumpatrouille Orion from when it was shown on Swedish TV in the sixties. I remember the computer voice counting down and the saucer being launched from beneath the sea. But that's about all I remember. It was rather short-lived, wasn't it?

[DJ Doena]

I have vague memories of Raumpatrouille Orion from when it was shown on Swedish TV in the sixties. I remember the computer voice counting down and the saucer being launched from beneath the sea. But that's about all I remember. It was rather short-lived, wasn't it?

It had seven episodes.

[Dragonfire]

I've been watching King & Maxwell..the first season has ended here.  I liked it.