The late voice-over icon Don Messick made a rare on-camera appearance on Bill Tush's WTBS chat-fest circa 1981. Clips include Yogi Bear, and Bill has a Jokey Smurf toy, likely from a McDonald's Happy Meal.
Based on a series of graphic novels from the Philippines, Trese arrived earlier this year on Netflix, introducing viewers to a supernatural forensic detective, Alexandra Trese (Shay Mitchell, ex-Pretty Little Liars).
Alexandra inherits her father's role as a special investigator working with the local police. Only six episodes for the first season, and I'd not be surprised if producer Jay Oliva gets the go-ahead for season 2.
There is a comics version of the series here in the US, which was previewed last month during Free Comic Book Day, and worth checking out.
Let's take a look at a trailer:
A collaborative effort between Sesame Workshop here in the US, and Canada's CineGroupe, Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat, based on a series of children's books by best-selling author Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club), landed on PBS Kids in 2001. That was the good news. The bad news? One season of 40 episodes, and done.
Apparently, American children weren't interested in a series set in China in another age. Since the series' cancellation, however, Sagwa continues to air reruns across the globe, and remained on PBS for a while. PBS likely has it online at present.
Following is a sample open/close:
Season 1 of The Transformers was a bit of an odd duck.
The season began with a 3-part miniseries, "More Than Meets The Eye", and then shifted to a weekly format for the next 13 weeks, finishing right after Christmas.
Right before Halloween, Marvel Television, Sunbow, & Hasbro introduced the Dinobots.
Marking the 30th anniversary of one of the most landmark and controversial episodes in the history of Marvel's X-Men, the publisher entered into an agreement to bring the mutant heroes back to television, this time with the auspices of some Japanese anime producers.
Marvel Anime: X-Men was one of four series in the package, the others featuring a Wolverine solo series, plus Blade and the return of Iron Man. It'd been a year since the last American-produced X-series had aired (Wolverine & The X-Men), and the producers were able to bring in three actors from that last series. Jennifer Hale (Jean Grey/Phoenix/Dark Phoenix), Steve Blum (Wolverine), & Fred Tatasciore (Beast) had previously worked on Wolverine & The X-Men). Curiously, despite bringing Blum in, the same producers cast Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes; currently on This is Us) in the role for the other series.
The cast also included current The Flash co-star Danielle Nicolet.
Edit, 12/21/23: Had to change the video. Here's the intro:
"Flames of Doom" was the series opener of Return to The Planet of The Apes, a short-lived adaptation of Pierre Boulle's original novel that hewed closer to the novel than the movies and the previous season's live-action series had.
Worth noting is that Austin Stoker (Jeff) was the only cast member with any previous experience in the franchise, having appeared in "Battle For The Planet of The Apes".
Whereas in the movies and the CBS series, this version has three astronauts, including one female, Judy (Claudette Nevins, ex-Headmaster). Henry Corden steps in for Mark Lenard as General Urko.
The character designs were done by associate producer Doug Wildey, the creator of Jonny Quest.
Inspired by Don Pendleton's The Executioner novels, writer Gerry Conway introduced the Punisher in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man in the 70's. More than 20 years later, the vigilante made his TV debut in Fox's Spider-Man series.
I realize we're in the middle of a season-long story arc, with Punisher (John Beck, ex-Dallas) making his debut in chapter 7, but there's a reason for this.
