#stephen j cannell

[mitochondriaandbunnies]

Booker is kind of great, actually

[hollywoodoutbreak]

Back in 1981, superheroes weren’t dominating television like they are today. Surprisingly, there was only one live-action superhero show on the air—The Greatest American Hero. This series didn’t just stand out because it was alone in its lane; it earned its place with a blend of humor, heart, and a quirky twist on the superhero formula that set it apart.

The show gleefully leaned into its lighthearted tone, playfully riffing on the classic superhero tales while riding the wave of the Superman movies success. While it never became a ratings juggernaut, it found another way to embed itself into pop culture. Its theme song, Believe It or Not, became an unexpected musical hit, soaring onto the pop charts and capturing the feel-good spirit of the show.

At its core, the story centered on Ralph Hinkley, a regular, somewhat hapless school teacher who finds himself thrust into the role of a superhero when extraterrestrials gift him a super-powered suit. The catch? The instruction manual is nowhere to be found. Chaos (and comedy) ensues as Ralph stumbles his way through using the suit’s powers, all while trying to work out how to save the day. William Katt brought an endearing charm to the role, making Ralph’s awkward yet earnest attempts at being a hero both relatable and lovable. At a Retro Con Panel Katt spoke about how he landed the role without even auditioning, a testament to how perfectly he fit the character.

For fans of unique superhero stories or anyone after a dose of nostalgia, The Greatest American Hero is a trip worth taking. You can catch the entire series streaming on Prime Video and Peacock, or pick it up on DVD and digital Platforms. It’s time to rediscover this cult classic and hum along to that unforgettable theme song!

[2ndaryprotocol]

The explosively entertaining TV series ‘The A-Team’ premiered this week 40 years ago. 🚐🔫💥

“𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛!”

[vertigoartgore]

Ken Wahl as Vinnie Terranova in January 1988 (the main character of the late 80's tv show Wiseguy by Stephen J. Cannell & co.).

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[streamondemand]

'Wiseguy' – TV's great undercover cop drama on Prime Video and Peacock

Ken Wahl stars as Vinnie Terranova, a veteran FBI agent making a transition to deep cover operative in the (fictional) Organized Crime Bureau divitaion, in the undercover thriller Wiseguy (1987-1990). Created by Stephen J. Cannell and Stanley Lupo, it took a radically different approach to TV crime as it charted the long, slow process of Terranova infiltrating the mob. His first assignment is to…

[famousdeaths]

Stephen Joseph Cannell was an American television producer, writer, novelist, actor, and founder of Cannell Entertainment and The Cannell Studios.

Link: Stephen J. Cannell

[sittinwithyou]

This was the pinnacle of transitions when I was growing up.

[helifreds]

17 december 1985, Los Angeles, California

The NBC passes on the national tv for the first time ever the "Uncle Buckle-up" episode from the elegant and rinomated tv show named A-Team

An episode rich of such class and strong valors to leave everyone asking only two questions :

"Who did this?"

"Why?"

Ok, now that this introdution it's over let's talk about real stuff XD

For how stupid and foolish this episode could seem, it contained such EVIDENT sexual references - male ones obviously - all performed by HM Murdock

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3 aka "Murdock spreading his gayness all over the world"

Of course have to deeply thank our dear story editor Bill Nuss and beloved creator Stephen J. Cannell for these pearls :>

[neon-genesis-evangayalien]

Assignment for my medieval history class. We're were supposed to make a manuscript page based off a page of a book and I chose the first page of Final Victim by Stephen J. Cannell cause why the fuck not lol

[docgold13]

This list reflects just one individual’s personal opinion...  that said, let’s get started:

1). Sherlock Holmes created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 

2). Batman created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane

3). Auguste Dupin created by Edgar Allan Poe

4). Hercule Poirot created by Agatha Christie

5). Philip Marlowe created by Raymond Chandler

6). Jane Marple created by Agatha Christie

7). Frank Columbo created by Peter Falk, Patrick McGoohan and Steven Bochco

8). Sam Spade created by Dashiell Hammett

9). Virgil Tibbs created by John Ball

10). Nancy Drew created by Carolyn Keene

11). Alex Cross created by James Patterson

12). Dirk Gently created by Douglas Adams

13). Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

14). Jessica Fletcher created by Peter S. Fischer and Richard Levinson

15). Mma Precious Ramotswe created by Alexander McCall Smith 

16). Velma Dinkley and Fred Jones created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears

17). Jim Rockford created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins

18). Shawn Spencer created by Steve Franks

19). Leroy ‘Encyclopedia’ Brown created by Donald J. Sobol

20). Harry Bosch created by Michael Connelly

21). Adrian Monk created by Andy Breckman

22). Nero Wolfe created by Rex Stout 

23). Shinichi Kudo created by Gosho Aoyama

24). Benoit Blanc created by Rian Johnson

[mitochondriaandbunnies]

Bob Conrad you are a fucking delight

Also what in god's name is your outfit. You are supposed to be a tough Chicago boxer. Why do you look like you're on your way to the Studio 54

[chiosblog]

Just watched an interview with Stephen J. Cannell, one of the co-creators of the A-Team and here a list of things to love this man:

He loved Amy's character and wanted her to stay (he wanted someone girls could look up to)

He said about the show quote "It was not violent. It was stupid."

He loved B.A and Murdock chemistry and how they are important for each other

He wasn't interested in creating a show/writing episodes to put veterans in a good light (like in Magnum) cause he just wanted to write his silly stories (with his silly little characters)

He didn't care much for the war aspect of the show

He disliked the idea that the team had to work for Stockwell in season 5 but he had to find a way to keep the show going for an another year and said it was actually his fault cause he had been lazy and his little studio didnt have much resources left

He had literally written some interesting facedock episodes like 'Mind games' (the hug scene guys)

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When cops Schmidt #Jonah Hill and Jenko #Channing Tatum join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go under cover as high-school students (just like the tv series)

#March 16, 2012 #cameo #Peter Deluise

Based on: 21 Jump Street; by Patrick Hasburgh; Stephen J. Cannell #TV series

Pt 1

[lecameleontv]

Le 20 février 2001, les acteurs Andrea Parker et Michael T Weiss se sont rendus avec leurs conjoints/compagnons respectifs au dîner de Gala du 41ème Festival de la Télévision de Monte-Carlo (Monaco, Europe), pour représenter la série/Tv film Le Caméléon (V.O. : The Pretender).

A leurs côtés : Maria Grazia Cucinotta, son HSH Albert de Monaco, Gena Lee Nolin, Stephen J. Cannell.

Photos : Toni Anne Barson Sources : tvfestival.com, WireImage et gettyimages.fr  

Alias Jarod et Mlle Parker dans la série Le Caméléon.

[cantsayidont]

Hateration holleration, oddball selections:

MOTHERS' INSTINCT (2024): Peculiar drama-cum-thriller, set in 1960, starring Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway as suburban neighbors Alice and Celine, whose friendship is disrupted when Celine's young son Max (Baylen D. Bielitz) is killed in an accident. Afterward, Celine becomes unusually attached to Alice's son Theo (Eamon O'Connell), who was Max's best friend, which begins to make Alice very nervous. Does Celine mean Theo harm, or is Alice's guilt (she was watching Max at the time of his accident) making her paranoid? The way the plot plays out offers little tension and few surprises — it feels a little twist-deficient as a thriller, attempting to compensate with a surprisingly dark finale — and it doesn't offer a lot of motive for the eventual drastic escalations beyond "sometimes motherhood makes women crazy." Also, while one can see why Chastain and Hathaway were interested in these parts as actors, they both seem a little too old for their characters, and Anders Anielsen Lie and Josh Charles are both wasted as their respective husbands. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Early on, it seems like there's something between Alice and Celine, but the movie isn't interested in exploring or even acknowledging that. VERDICT: Grim and gloomy, but never very exciting, and it keeps flirting with the idea of making some kind of point about the sexual politics of its time that never gels.

THE POKER HOUSE (2008): Lori Petty made her directorial debut with this semi-autobiographical drama, scripted by David Alan Grier from Petty's story about an eventful and upsetting day in the life of a 14-year-old girl named Agnes (Jennifer Lawrence), growing up dirt poor in a rough, mostly Black neighborhood, where her mother Sarah (Selma Blair) turns tricks when her boyfriend/pimp Duval (Bokeem Woodbine) isn't running illegal poker games, leaving Agnes in loco parentis for her younger sisters (Chloë Grace Moretz and Sophi Bairley), who hang out at the local bar while Agnes is at school. The story takes some dark turns — it centers on Agnes being sexually assaulted by Duval — but because it's based on Petty's own life, it's never indulgently sordid, and, with the notable exception of Sarah, it has a lot of compassion for the people in Agnes' neighborhood, who are doing the best they can with almost nothing to work with. As a result, the film is heartfelt if not particularly polished. (Curiously, it was produced by prolific TV writer-producer Stephen J. Cannell, best known for detective and action shows including THE ROCKFORD FILES, THE A-TEAM, HUNTER, and SILK STALKINGS, with a score by TV perennial Mike Post.) CONTAINS LESBIANS? Nope. VERDICT: If you like Lori Petty and can handle the subject matter (CWs apply for sexual violence), it's worth a look.

THE RAINBOW (1989): Earnest but somewhat awkward Ken Russell dramatization of the last section of the 1915 D.H. Lawrence novel, set around the end of the 19th century, about a young woman from Derbyshire, Ursula Brangwen (Sammi Davis), who has affairs with both her swimming instructor Winifred (Amanda Donohue) and a young soldier named Anton (Paul McGann), while striving for financial, intellectual, and romantic freedom that her era doesn't offer or encourage, especially for women. It's sort of a prequel to Russell's 1969 adaptation of Lawrence's WOMEN IN LOVE, which follows Ursula and her sister Gudrun 20 years later. I have not read either novel, so I can't say how Russell's versions compare, but taken strictly on its own terms, THE RAINBOW feels like something director Stephanie Rothman might have made for Roger Corman in the '70s, with dollops of Second Wave feminist idealism in what often plays like an exploitation movie. The uneasiness of that mixture leaves no space to interrogate some troubling aspects of the plot, like Ursula's racist ideas about moving to India with Anton, or her violent outburst at a student in the school where she becomes a teacher. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Ursula is bisexual, and part of the plot deals with her relationship with Winifred. VERDICT: At the risk of undermining my literary bona fides, I thought it worked far better as an exploitation movie than a feminist drama.