Photo Courtesy of ABC China Beach depicts the Vietnam War through the eyes of nurses, doctors, entertainers, various military personnel and civilians. Set in the 510th evacuation hospital and R and R (rest and recreation) facility in De Nang in 1967, it looks at the way people dealt with the everyday horrors of the war. […]
Falcon Crest
Photo Courtesy of CBS The series charts the lives of two feuding families in the wine-making industry, the Channings and the Gilbertos. Set in the fictional Tuscany Valley – based on Napa Valley – the story centers on the Falcon Crest vineyards and winery. Matriarch Angela Channing Jane Wyman) rules with an iron fist and […]
ER
Photo Courtesy of NBC This medical drama centers on the doctors and nurses who work in the Emergency Room – ER – of Chicago’s County General Hospital. Its large recurring cast includes patients, paramedics and hospital staff of all kinds, and by the end of its fifteen seasons, not a single character from the first […]
Coach
Photo Courtesy of ABC Coach follows the exploits of Coach Hayden Fox (Craig T. Nelson), his family, friends, and football team. Hayden is head coach of the brilliantly named, but sadly fictional, Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles football team. There he is joined by defensive coordinator Luther Van Dam (Jerry Van Dyke) and special team […]
Designing Women
Photo Courtesy of CBS This series follows four unique Southern women and one loyal and hilarious man as they run Sugarbaker’s, an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. The Sugarbaker sisters Julia (Dixie Carter) and Suzanne (Delta Burke) co-own the firm, while Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts) and Charlene Frazier (Jean Smart) both work as […]
Little House on the Prairie
Photo Courtesy of NBC Adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s series of books of the same name, Little House on the Prairie follows the fortunes of the Ingalls, a family living and working in the frontier town of Walnut Grove, Minnesota, during the late 1800’s. Charles Ingalls (Michael Landon) – Charles is the head of the […]
MASH
Photo Courtesy of CBS This series follows the adventures of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M*A*S*H) stationed in Uijeongbu, South Korea during the Korean War. It is loosely based on the historic 8055th MASH unit and draws on the experience of real MASH surgeons. Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce (Alan Alda) – Captain Pierce, […]
Knots Landing
Photo Courtesy of CBS Knots Landing was the spin-off show of the incredibly popular Dallas. Set in California, it followed the lives of J.R. Ewing’s brother Gary (Gary Shackelford), Gary’s former wife Valene (Joan Van Ark), and three other married couples in the cul-de-sac of Seaview Circle, Karen and Sid Fairgate (Michelle Lee and Don […]
Dallas
Photo Courtesy of CBS Dallas centers on the loves and hates of two strong and powerful families, the Ewings and the Barnes. The Ewing clan, headed by Jock Ewing (Jim Davis) and his wife Miss Ellie (Barabara Bel Geddes) own and run the lucrative family business, Ewing Oil. Back in the 1930’s, Jock supposedly cheated […]
Sex and the City
Photo Courtesy of HBO Sex and the City follows the romantic endeavors of four Manhattan women, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon). The women are best friends and confidantes navigating the dating scene in New York City. Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) writes […]