Masterpiece generally contributes 10% of a program’s budget in exchange for input on casting and content, but not editorial control.
Mousterpiece theater series#
The series was to debut with the first episode of The First Churchills under the banner title The Best of the BBC, but was changed to Masterpiece Theatre before the first broadcast. The series features programming from the UK’s BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Trivia: The longest running weekly primetime drama series in American television history.Synopsis: The series is known for presenting adaptations of novels and biographies, but it also shows original television dramas.Hosts: Alistair Cooke (1971–1992), Russell Baker (1992–2004), Gillian Anderson (Masterpiece Classic, 2008), Alan Cumming (Masterpiece Mystery), Matthew Goode (Masterpiece Contemporary, 2008), Laura Linney (Masterpiece Classic, 2009), David Tennant (Masterpiece Contemporary, 2009).Trivia: NBC removed the show from the schedule after the March 10 episode, returning to finish its run on May 12.Broadcast History: One season, 15 episodes, last broadcast on June 23, 1961.
Synopsis: Unable to afford a place of their own, a meteorologist (Dick Cooper) and his wife (Penny Cooper) decided to move in with her parents (Barney and Mildred Hogan) and grandparents (Charley and Lovey Hackett) in the same house together.Guest Cast: Willard Waterman, Maurice Gosfield, James Komack, George Tobias.Cast: Dick Sargent, Jody Warner, Chick Chandler, Elisabeth Fraser, Jack Kirkwood, Cheerio Meredith.No new shows premiered this week in 1951.Did any of your favorite shows debut this week? Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and find out! 1951 2011 had one multi-season comedy launch but the other shows that aired that year are mostly forgotten ten years later. 1981 gave us two long-running, but very different, dramas, while 2001 saw the debuts of three sitcoms (two aimed at kids) and a reality show that was recently revived. 1971 saw the launch of two classic series, one of which is still on the air today, and the other can still be seen in syndication. With the holidays behind us and people settling in for a long, cold winter (in most places), the broadcast and cable networks begin to release some real heavy hitters this week throughout the decades.
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