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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 23, 2017 20:46:06 GMT
What are some examples of multiple, unrelated classic TV series sharing the same name?
For example, "On Camera" was a 1954-1958 anthology series from Canada, a 1959-1960 variety series from Australia, and a 1966-1978 documentary series from Britain.
Also, "General Hospital" is a 1963-present American soap opera, as well as a 1972-1980 British soap opera....although both were soaps, they have no connection to each other.
"On the Spot" was a 1953-1954 Canadian series of some kind, as well as a 1959-1960 religious discussion show from Australia.
"Emergency" was a 1959 Australian drama....with an added !, "Emergency!" was a 1972-1979 American drama.
An odd example: "Blankety Blanks" was a 1975 American game show and a 1977-1979 Australian game show, but the two series have no connection to each other at all (The Australian "Blankety Blanks" was actually based on "Match Game 73").
Any other examples of completely unrelated classic TV series sharing the same title?
EDIT: Another example: "Happy Days" was an obscure 1970 American variety series, and a far better known 1974-1984 American sitcom.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Oct 23, 2017 21:33:25 GMT
"Saturday Night Live" - the long running sketch comedy and "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell" a variety show hosted by the famous sports caster that only lasted for 3 episodes in 1975.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 23, 2017 21:44:41 GMT
I suspected that Australian educational TV series intended to be viewed in schools are so obscure, and their titles so generic, that they'd be other shows with their titles. A quick search of IMDb showed my assumption was correct:
"Tomorrow's World" was a 1959 Australian educational series, and a 1965-2003 British documentary series.
"Going Places" was a 1959 Australian educational series, a 1990-1991 American sitcom, and a late-1990s American travel show.
"Health" was a 1959 Australian educational series, and a 1983 American documentary series.
Most of the old Australian educational "for schools" shows aren't listed on IMDb (the three above are among the few listed), but they usually had generic titles that are likely used by other series.
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 23, 2017 22:06:34 GMT
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 23, 2017 22:21:27 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 23, 2017 22:26:53 GMT
Oy vey!
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Oct 23, 2017 23:34:05 GMT
There were two comic strips called Dennis the Menace, completely unrelated to each other, and both had a TV series based on them: Dennis the Menace (1959-1963, USA) and Dennis the Menace (1996-1998, UK).
Yes, I realise it is very strange for two unrelated comics to have the same title.
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Oct 30, 2017 12:16:07 GMT
Not identical names but similar, but entirely different themes.
A for Andromeda, a 1960 BBC TV 12 part miniseries starring 18 year old Julie Christie in her first acting role, as an alien created from code sent from Andromeda.
The Andromeda Strain, a Michael Crichton story about intergallactic disease.
Andromeda, a Gene Roddenberry space opera
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Post by teleadm on Nov 2, 2017 19:27:04 GMT
Omnibus 1952 - 1961 , on CBS 1952 - 1956, ABC 1956 - 1957, NBC 1957 - 1961, "Starting out as a live show from New York City, "Omnibus" was hosted by Alastair Cooke and featured everything from discussions about science and the arts to original works by such playwrights as William Saroyan, interviews with celebrated people both inside and outside the arts, and featured performances by many of the most famous actors, singers and dancers of the day."
Then there is a British...
Omnibus 1967 - 2003, on BBC, "Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations."
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Nov 2, 2017 21:11:00 GMT
Some others I came across while researching TV history:
"Two's Company" is a 1959-1961 Australian variety series, and a 1975-1979 UK sitcom.
"Open House" is a 1989-1990 American sitcom, a 1986-1987 New Zealand drama, a 1952-1962 Canadian "women's show", a 1964 British show of some description, a 1956-1958 Los Angeles show, a 1957-1958 Australian talk show, and a 1956 American music show in Tampa Florida.
"Break the Bank" holds an unusual distinction: it is the title for three totally unrelated American game shows: 1948-1957, 1976-1977, 1985-1986.
While doing the TV schedule threads, I discovered that "Cinema" is both the name of a 1964-1975 UK documentary series, and a 1988 France/Belgium/Italy/Spain dramatic mini-series.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Nov 3, 2017 0:06:00 GMT
I just posted a 1961 Canadian TV schedule on the 60s TV board, which lead to me coming across some more unrelated classic shows with the same name while looking up the shows on IMDb:
"Opinions" is a 1980s/1990s UK comedy show, and a French-Language Canadian show, the latter not listed on IMDb.
"Angel" is a 1960-1961 American sitcom, a 1979-1980 Japanese cartoon (not the original title, but retitled Angel in U.S.), and a 1999-2004 American drama (for the record, anything up to and including 1999 is considered classic TV for the purposes for this thread).
"Heritage" is a 1951 American show (possibly about art), a 1958-1967 Canadian documentary series, and a 1971 British drama series.
"Face to Face" is a 1946-1947 American game show, a 1950s/1960s British series of some kind, a 1960s/1970s American talk show, a 1992-1994 talk show from India, a 1995-1998 Australian talk show.....plus, it seems, a 1960s Canadian show not listed on IMDb.
Here's a very close one: "News Magazine" was a 1958-1960 Australian news show for women, and "Newsmagazine" was a 1950s-19?? Canadian series.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Nov 3, 2017 3:15:26 GMT
I've been posting more 1961 Canadian TV schedules on the 60s TV board, and came across some more unrelated classic shows with the same title:
"Bachelor Father" is a 1957-1962 American sitcom, and a partially lost 1970-1971 UK sitcom.
"Contact" is a 1957 UK talk show, and a 1960s Canadian show, the latter not listed on IMDb.
"Close-Up" is a 1946-1947 British variety show, a 1994-20?? Netherlands/Germany/Belgium documentary series, and a 1998-2006 talk show from the Dominican Republic....as well as a 1960s Canadian show not listed on IMDb
"Manhunt" is a 1951-1952 American drama, a 1959-1961 American crime drama, and a 1970 UK war drama.
"Tempo" is a 1961-1968 British arts show, and a French-language Canadian show, the latter not listed on IMDb.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Nov 3, 2017 5:27:02 GMT
I posted several more 1961 Canadian TV schedules today, and came across several more unrelated classic shows with the same name:
"Background" is a 1954-1955 American series. There's also a 1960s series (possibly Canadian?) by this title not listed on IMDb.
"Perspective" is a 1955-1958 Canadian drama, a 1974-1978 Australian documentary series....and another series, not on IMDb, a French-language Canadian(?) series.
"Time Out" was a 1963 Australian series with a fascinating format: a historical figure, played by an actor, would be interviewed by a modern day TV interviewer. Many episodes survive but few have been digitised. "Time Out" was also a 1982 Swedish mini-series. "Time Out" was also another series, not listed on IMDb, possibly Canadian, during the 1960s.
"Domino" was an early 1960s Belgium series (maybe a music show??), a 1974 French talk show, a 1991 mini-series from Denmark, a 1994-1999 show from Belgium, and a 1999 comedy series from Israel......there may be additional 20th century series with this title.
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 20, 2017 23:31:06 GMT
...though completely unrelated title wise, there was Man with A Camera with Charles Bronson and Candid Camera with Allen Funt...
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 7, 2017 10:19:21 GMT
While cataloguing my DVD collection, I came across the following on the IMDb:
"Storyboard" was a 1961 BBC anthology series, of which all episodes are lost. It is also a 1983-1989 Thames Television anthology series, which I have on DVD.
"Bless This House" is a 1971-1976 Thames Television sitcom starring the great Sid James. It is also a 1995-1996 CBS sitcom starring the infamous Andrew Dice Clay. For the record, it is the Sid James show in my DVD collection.
"That's My Boy" was a 1954 CBS sitcom, and I have no idea if the episodes still exist. "That's My Boy" is also a 1963 sitcom aired on Britain's ABC Weekend Television, part of the ITV network, and bizarrely starred adult dwarf Jimmy Clitheroe as a young kid, and happily all episodes still exist despite ABC's archive being mostly destroyed in the late-1960s. "That's My Boy" is also a 1981-1986 sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television, also part of the ITV network. For the record, it is the 1963 series which is in my DVD collection. "Our House" was a 1960-1962 hour-long sitcom aired on ABC Weekend Television with a cast drawn mainly from the "Carry On" films, and of the 39 episodes produced only 3 are known to survive. "Our House" is also a 1986-1988 NBC drama. "Our House" is also a 1993-1999 Australian documentary series which it seems few people remember, and IMDb doesn't list which network it aired on. "Our House", for that matter, is also a 1996-2005 British reality series aired on ITV. For the record, it is the 1960-1962 series which is in my DVD collection.
"Two of a Kind" is a 1962-1966 sketch comedy produced by Associated Television (ATV), part of Britain's ITV network, starring the popular comedy duo of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, and has remarkably survived despite ATV regularly destroying their shows (they continued erasing mastertapes of scripted shows even into the early 1980s!). "Two of a Kind" is also a 1998-1999 sitcom aired on America's ABC network. For the record, it is the Associated Television series in my DVD collection, though I would love to have the ABC series as well (I haven't seen it for years but remember it fondly).
"Odd Man Out" is a 1977 sitcom produced by Thames Television, part of the ITV network, and starring the wonderful John Inman playing a man who seems to "go both ways". "Odd Man Out" was also a 1999-2000 series aired on America's ABC network, as part of the popular "TGIF" line-up. Despite the general popularity of TGIF, the series was not a hit. For the record, it is the Thames series in my DVD collection.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 21, 2017 23:30:41 GMT
When doing research on the ever-popular TV station and production company Yorkshire Television, I came across the following.
"Keep It in the Family" was a show on American's not-very-popular-at-the-time ABC network in 1957, no idea what kind of show it was. In 1971, the same title was used for a sitcom by Yorkshire Television, which only lasted six episodes. Later, from 1980 to 1983 it was the title for a popular sitcom produced by Thames Television. Only the Thames show is on DVD.
"The Loner" is such a good title for a TV series that it is surprising only two series have used it (WHY isn't there a 2010s cable series with this title??). A 1965-1966 western by this title aired on CBS, produced by 20th Century Fox Television, with 26 episodes produced. In 1975, the title was used by sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television which only ran for 3 episodes.
There have been a number of TV series titled "Justice". Those which are old enough to be considered classic include a 1954-1956 crime drama aired on NBC, a 1971-1974 drama by Yorkshire Television about a lady barrister, and a French series aired 1999-2000 on TF1. Of these, I believe the 1971-1974 series is the only one on DVD.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 22, 2017 1:13:56 GMT
When doing research on Tyne Tees Television (great name), I came across the following: "Check It Out" was a 1979-1980 series produced by Tyne Tees, of which no other information appears on its IMDb page. "Check It Out" was also a Canadian sitcom which aired 1985 to 1988 and starred Don Adams?!
"Young at Heart" was a 1960 Tyne Tees music show hosted by Jimmy Savile and Valerie Masters. "Young at Heart" was also a 1977-1982 sitcom originally by Associated Television (ATV) with the final series by Central Independent Television since ATV ceased to exist in early 1982......
As far as I know, none of these series are on DVD.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Dec 25, 2017 10:45:29 GMT
While doing research on production company/TV station Yorkshire Television, I came across the following:
"Celebrity Playhouse" was an anthology series aired on NBC from 1955 to 1956, and was produced by Screen Gems. "Celebrity Playhouse" was a completely unrelated anthology series aired 1981 on ITV and produced by Yorkshire Television.
"Thicker Than Water" was a comedy aired 1968-1969 on the BBC, for which all episodes are lost. "Thicker Than Water" was a 1973 American sitcom aired on ABC and starring Julie Harris, and was a remake of the British series "Nearest and Dearest". "Thicker Than Water" was also a 1981 sitcom aired on ITV and produced by Yorkshire Television. Interesting that three unrelated sitcoms each have the same title.
"Ad Lib" is the title for four classic TV series across several genres: a 1970-1972 UK talk show, a 1981 American jazz show aired on BET, a 1981 series of unknown genre produced by Yorkshire Television, and a 1986-1995 French-Canadian talk show.
"Second Chance", among other things, was the title for a 1977 American game show aired on ABC (for which most episodes are lost), a 1981 ITV drama produced by Yorkshire Television, and a 1992 BBC educational series.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 9, 2018 17:01:46 GMT
Not quite but close: "The Search for Beauty" was a 1955 NBC series, and "Search for Beauty" was a 1966-1967 Scottish Television (STV) series. Their respective IMDb pages provide limited info, but I presume the two series had no connection to each other.
EDIT: "My Husband and I" was a 1987-1988 UK sitcom, and a 1956 UK sitcom. No episodes survive of the 1956 series.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 9, 2018 18:28:42 GMT
The Good Life 1971-1972 originally aired on NBC USA 13 episodes, about a married couple that pose as servants for a rich industrialist. Starring Larry Hagman and Donna Miils as the married couple, and David Wayne and Hermione Baddeley as the rich industrialist couple.
then there is...
The Good Life 1975-1978 originally aired by BBC Great Britain 30 episodes, about a man who jumps of the "rat race" and starts to live the green life growing and farming in suburbia, much to the chock to their snobbish neighbours. Starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington.
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