Your Personal Television Hall of Fame

[bmasters9]

If you had your own personal television hall of fame, what would the enshrinements consist of in terms of the categories of characters, openings, theme music, settings, etc.?

Here are some of mine:

For characters, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart from "Hart to Hart." The Harts punched their tickets a long time ago because, to me, it is very refreshing to see a married couple so obviously in love who keep it alive by solving murders and other assorted mysteries. Their houseman, chauffeur, and all-around jack-of-all-trades, Max, and their dog, Freeway, have also punched their tickets for their parts in the show.

Also included: Steve McGarrett and his team from "Hawaii Five-O," Judge Milton Hardcastle and Mark McCormick from "Hardcastle and McCormick," and Mary Richards, Rhoda Morgenstern, etc. from "Mary Tyler Moore."

Openings: "Hawaii Five-O" (the wave), "Hart to Hart" ("This is my boss, Jonathan Hart..."), "Mary Tyler Moore" (Mary tossing her hat up into the air), "Dallas," "What's Happening!!," "Trapper John, M.D.", etc.

Theme music: "Five-O" (Morton Stevens), "Hart to Hart" (Mark Snow), "Mary Tyler Moore" (Sonny Curtis), "Dallas" (Jerrold Immel), "What's Happening!!" (Henry Mancini), "Trapper John, M.D." (John Parker)

Settings: Iolani Palace ("Five-O"), the Hart house ("Hart to Hart"), WJM Minneapolis ("Mary Tyler Moore"), Hill Street Station ("Hill Street Blues"),
Gulls Way ("Hardcastle and McCormick"), Southfork ("Dallas"), St. Eligius ("St. Elsewhere"), etc.

Note that your personal hall of fame can also include TV Guides, lunchboxes, and other memorabilia from the series in question. Also, this is a subjective question, meaning of course that you may like different things than I do.

[dakert]

I wish I could reply but there are too many great shows, openings, theme music from the 1950s-70s to make a list

[Scoobiedoo30]

I would Put Robert Guillaume from Benson in my own Personal Televison Hall of Fame.

[Schmoopie]

In the category of unique shows, I would definitely add "Seinfeld" (for being a show that many can relate to), and "Monk" (for being the most brilliant detective shows I've ever seen. Not only is he a master at sleuthing, but he also has a world of other quirks and problems.

[70s show watcher]

for announcers don pardo and johnny olsen would be in my tv hall of fame throw in ernie anderson too

[MickeyMac]

This is a good thread but I am going to have to take some time on this because there are so many topics and choices I would have to include.

[factsoflife]

Here are a list of shows that i would put in my own personal hall of fame:

Primetime Drama:

Dallas (1978)
ER (1994)
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
NYPD BLUE (1993)
Knot's Landing (1979)
Melrose Place (1992)
Joan Of Arcadia (2003)
Touched By An Angel (1994)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Women (1993)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Law & Order (1990)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
My So-Called Life (1994)
Life Goes On (1989)
Sisters (1991)
Brothers & Sisters (2006)
Boston Legal (2004)
The Practice (1997)
L.A. Law (1986)
Party Of Five (1994)

Primetime Comedy:
Friends (1994)
The New Adventures Of Old Christine (2006)
Kate & Allie (1984)
Maude (1972)
Cheers (1982)
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Desinging Women (1986)
The Golden Girls (1985)
Ally McBeal (1997)
All In The Family (1971)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
Will & Grace (1998)
Caroline In The City (1995)
Just Shoot Me (1997)
Cybill (1995)
Less Than Perfect (2003)
Who's The Boss (1984)
Growing Pains (1985)
Family Ties (1982)
Absolutley Fabulous (1992)
Mad About You (1992)
Ugly Betty (2006)
Empty Nest (1988)
Blossom (1991)

Primetime Performers & Hosts:
Heather Locklear
Carol Burnett
Dick Clarke
Helen Hunt
Bea Arthur
Jane Curtain
George Clooney
Julianna Margulies
Sela Ward
Claire Danes
Shannen Doherty
Alyssa Milano
Judith Light
Sam Waterson
Mariksa Hargitay
Christopher Meloni
Tina Fey
Alec Baldwin
Calistia Flockhart
Swoosie Kurtz
Tom Bergeon
Jeff Probst
Faith Ford
Candice Bergin
Delta Burke
Dixie Carter
Jean Smart
Annie Potts
Alice Ghostly
Meshac Taylor
Judith Ivey
Jan Hooks
Julia Duffy
Rue McClanahan
Betty White
Estelle Getty
Park Overall
Richard Mulligan
Dinah Manoff
Kristy McNichol
Myaim Bialik
Joey Lawerence
Nell Carter
Brandy (Norwood)
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Cher

Daytime Television Series-
All My Children (1970)
General Hospital (1963)
One Life To Live (1968)
The Oprah Winfery show (1986)
The View (1997)
The Tyra Banks Show (2005)
Sally Jesse Raphael (also called Sally or Sally Jesse) (1983)
Donahue (The Phil Donahue Show) (1967)
The Charles Perez Show (1994)
The Ricki Lake Show (1993)
Guiding Light (started on radio in 1937 and on tv in 1952)
Port Charles (1997)
Entertainment Tonight (1981)
Leeza (aka The Leeza Gibbons Show) (1994)

Daytime Television Performers & Hosts-
Oprah Winfery
Mary Harte
Sally Jese Raphael
Susan Lucci
Linda Dano
Anthony Geary
Erika Slezak
Robin Strasser
Susan Haskell
Jill Larson
Genie Francis
Finola Hughes
Fiona Hutchison
Robert S. Woods
Tonja Walker-Davidson
Lisa Peluso
Lynn Herring
Kristina Wagner
Jacklyn Zeamen
Sarah Joy Brown
Vanessa Marcil
Eva La Rue
Ricki Lake
Tyra Banks
Phil Donahue
Leeza Gibbons

[AMackII]

Late Night Programming:
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Late Night with David Letterman
Saturday Night Live(pre-2000s era)
The Midnight Special
Tonight Show with Jay Leno(1990s era)
Tomorrow with Tom Snyder
The Arsenio Hall Show(Original)
Lauren Hutton And...
Friday Night Videos

Classic Game Shows of the 20th Century:
Match Game(1973-1982 incarnation)
Clark Pyramid(20K, 25K & 100K)
The Price is Right(Barker Pre-1993, Kennedy & Cullen)
Sale of the Century(1980s version w/ Perry; Pre-WBMG era)
Wheel of Fortune(Sajak Pre-1997 & Woolery)
Family Feud(Dawson/Combs; 1994-1995 season not included)
Love Connection(Woolery)
Double Dare(1986-1993 incarnation)
Concentration(Narz)/Classic Concentration
Card Sharks(Perry/Eubanks)
Password/Password Plus/Super Password
Starcade
Whats My Line(Daly, Bruner/Blyden)
Ive Got A Secret(Moore/Allen)
To Tell The Truth(Collyer, Moore/Gargiola, Ward)
Blockbusters(Cullen)
Sports Challenge

1960s Primetime Shows:
The Flintstones
Star Trek
Flipper
The Andy Griffith Show
Green Acres
Hazel
Gunsmoke
Daniel Boone
The Donna Reed Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Family Affair
The Rifleman
Gilligan's Island
It Takes A Thief
Perry Mason
The Mothers In Law
Leave It To Beaver
The Doris Day Show
The Big Valley
Batman
That Girl
Wagon Train
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Petticoat Junction
My Three Sons
The Twilight Zone
Ironside
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeannie

1970s Primetime Shows:
The Carol Burnett Show
Emergency
Adam 12
Welcome Back Kotter
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bob Newhart Show
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Charlie's Angels
Three's Company
The Odd Couple
The Brady Bunch
Eight is Enough
The Partridge Family
Love American Style
Rhoda
The Jeffersons
All in the Family
Maude
Good Times
Sanford and Son
Alice
One Day at the Time
WKRP in Cincinnati
CHiPs
The Incredible Hulk
Wonder Woman
Little House on the Prairie
The Rockford Files
Police Woman
Barney Miller
Fantasy Island
What's Happening
The White Shadow
Family
The Rookies
Barnaby Jones
Columbo
Mork & Mindy

1980s Primetime Shows:
Dynasty
Magnum PI
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Love Boat
Matlock
Dallas
Knots Landing
Cheers
The Golden Girls
ALF
Benson
Remington Steele
Newhart
Taxi
Valerie/The Hogan Family
Who's The Boss
Miami Vice
Macgyver
Hart to Hart
The Cosby Show
Different Strokes
The Facts of Life
Knight Rider
Murder She Wrote
Kate and Allie
Hunter
Cagney & Lacey
The Fall Guy
Amen
Family Ties
Hill Street Blues
Airwolf
Moonlighting
Its A Living
The A-Team
Trapper John MD
227
Falcon Crest

[danderson400]

Here is mine

For characters i'd add Carolee Simpson Aldrich, R. N. from The Doctors(soap) and also Dr. Maggie Hansen Powers from the same show. And of course since i've mentioned Carolee, then i should have to mention First Lieutenant (later Captain) Colleen McMurphy from China Beach.

Theme music: The Doctors(the pop flavored arrangement of the Bob Israel 1971 theme, with a melody carried by vibes and electric harpsichord), China Beach( "Reflections" by Diana Ross & the Supremes).

And for settings, Hope Memorial Hospital, the Jet Set and the China Beach hospital too.

[danderson400]

Originally Posted by 70s show watcher

for announcers don pardo and johnny olsen would be in my tv hall of fame throw in ernie anderson too

excuse me, if you are going to talk about johnny olsen and don pardo, what about mel brandt, known for saying "the doctors will return in just a moment!" or "the following program is brought to you in living color on nbc!" bill wolff would be another one, for his another world work...and rod roddy, who followed johnny o on price is right....

and of course, we cant leave out jay stewart on lets make a deal or jack clark on wheel of fortune or gene wood on family feud and concentration. not to mention wayne howell, who preceded gene on concentration...and wayne howell was the announcer for the miss america pagent too. johnny jacobs for the jokers wild and dating game too.

several soap opera announcers fit this too...cbs had a few good ones, like ken roberts, alan berns, dan mccullough, harry kramer, hal simms, bern bennett, and dan region.

[danderson400]

Originally Posted by bmasters9

If you had your own personal television hall of fame, what would the enshrinements consist of in terms of the categories of characters, openings, theme music, settings, etc.?

Here are some of mine:

For characters, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart from "Hart to Hart." The Harts punched their tickets a long time ago because, to me, it is very refreshing to see a married couple so obviously in love who keep it alive by solving murders and other assorted mysteries. Their houseman, chauffeur, and all-around jack-of-all-trades, Max, and their dog, Freeway, have also punched their tickets for their parts in the show.

Also included: Steve McGarrett and his team from "Hawaii Five-O," Judge Milton Hardcastle and Mark McCormick from "Hardcastle and McCormick," and Mary Richards, Rhoda Morgenstern, etc. from "Mary Tyler Moore."

Openings: "Hawaii Five-O" (the wave), "Hart to Hart" ("This is my boss, Jonathan Hart..."), "Mary Tyler Moore" (Mary tossing her hat up into the air), "Dallas," "What's Happening!!," "Trapper John, M.D.", etc.

Theme music: "Five-O" (Morton Stevens), "Hart to Hart" (Mark Snow), "Mary Tyler Moore" (Sonny Curtis), "Dallas" (Jerrold Immel), "What's Happening!!" (Henry Mancini), "Trapper John, M.D." (John Parker)

Settings: Iolani Palace ("Five-O"), the Hart house ("Hart to Hart"), WJM Minneapolis ("Mary Tyler Moore"), Hill Street Station ("Hill Street Blues"),
Gulls Way ("Hardcastle and McCormick"), Southfork ("Dallas"), St. Eligius ("St. Elsewhere"), etc.

Note that your personal hall of fame can also include TV Guides, lunchboxes, and other memorabilia from the series in question. Also, this is a subjective question, meaning of course that you may like different things than I do.

Openings: The Doctors ( Young and the Restless-influenced head drawings of each of the cast principals that would be arranged in a circle that represented an "O" in the word "doctors"), Life Goes On, China Beach, Another World, especially when Bill Wolff says "We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds" , American Gladiators (loved the montage and Mike Adamle and whichever co-host's chat in the beginning of the episode at the beginning and when they introduced each gladiator individually before the opening chat.)

Theme music: "The Doctors Theme"(both original and the 1977 version, with vibes and electric harpsichord) "Another World Theme"/"(You Take Me Away to) Another World" (the latter sung by Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris) "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"(theme for Life Goes On, sung by Patti LuPone and the cast) "Reflections"(theme for China Beach, sung by Diana Ross) and the original American Gladiators theme too.

[MA]

Theme songs: Touched By An Angel, Home Improvement, The Office, Night Court, and 7th Heaven, The Brady Bunch

Characters: The angels from Touched By An Angel (Tess, Andrew, Monica, Gloria, Adam), Michael Scott from The Office, Harry T. Stone from Night Court, Jill Taylor from Home Improvement, and Carol Brady from The Brady Bunch

[MA]

Openings: The dove in the Touched By An Angel intro, the opening shot of Pennsylvania in The Office, all of the Bradys in The Brady Bunch

[danderson400]

Originally Posted by 70s show watcher

for announcers don pardo and johnny olsen would be in my tv hall of fame throw in ernie anderson too

What about John Harlan, the voice of Name That Tune and American Gladiators? or Jay Stewart, who did Sale Of The Century, Tic Tac Dough, among others?

[principehomura]

Actresses:
Lucille Ball
Betty White
Jessica Walter
Elizabeth Montgomery
Mary Tyler Moore
Roseanne Conner
Katey Sagal
Dana Plato
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss
Gillian Anderson
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Lecy Goranson
Sara Gilbert
Anna Faris
Claire Foy

Actors:
Bob Newhart
Edward Asner
Peter Falk
Edward James Olmos
John Ritter
Ed O'Neill
Kelsey Grammer
Kyle MacLachlan
Tim Allen
John Goodman
David Duchovny
Kyle Chandler
Timothy Oliphant
Michael J. Fox
David Tennant

Openings and music:
Twin Peaks
The X-Files
Hill Street Blues
Miami Vice
Friday Night Lights