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Beauty & The Beast
Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow’s updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent (Ron Perlman), a mythic, noble man-beast, and Catherine (Linda Hamilton), a savvy Assistant District Attorney in New York; and a secret Utopian community of social outcasts living in a subterranean sanctuary. Through an empathetic bond, Vincent senses Catherine’s emotions, and becomes her guardian. The series follows the developing relationship between the characters and the division between New York and the hidden world beneath it. In a twist from the original tale, however, this “beast” does not transform into society’s idea of beauty after gaining the love of Catherine. Rather, Vincent’s inner beauty is allowed to remain the focus of who he is, and it is Catherine’s life that transforms from her relationship to Vincent. Vincent’s makeup was devised by veteran Hollywood makeup artist Rick Baker.
In the third season after the death of the character Catherine, Jo Anderson became the new female lead, playing Diana Bennett, a police woman investigating Catherine’s murder.
As the title indicates, the premise of the series is inspired by the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast”; in particular, there is some connection to the Jean Cocteau French film of 1946, La Belle et la Bête.
In 2004 and 2007, Beauty and the Beast was ranked #14 and #17, respectively, on TV Guide’s Top Cult Shows Ever.
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Family Dog
Family Dog is an American animated television series that aired in the summer of 1993 on CBS. It is created by Brad Bird, and the plot of the story was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog, It first appeared as an episode of the TV show Amazing Stories, then was expanded into a very short-lived series of its own. Click here to watch a clip from the show »
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Fish Police
Fish Police is an animated television series from Hanna-Barbera based on the comic book series that first aired on CBS in 1992, lasting only six episodes over one season. In February of that year, three episodes of the series aired, but the show was promptly axed after failing in the television ratings. The remaining three episodes have never been aired in the U.S. As of 2012, it is the last Hanna-Barbera show to premiere on CBS.
However, the show was aired in its entirety for the European syndication market (most notably on Euro-Cartoon Network and Euro-Boomerang). The show had a decidedly more mature tone than most other animated Hanna-Barbara shows. Episodes would often be filled with innuendo and cases of mild language.
The series was part of a spate of attempts by major networks to develop prime time animated shows to compete with the surprise success of Fox’s The Simpsons, alongside ABC’s Capitol Critters (co-produced by Fox, which also produced The Simpsons) and CBS’s own Family Dog. Hanna-Barbera Productions (which also worked on Capitol Critters) pitched the series to CBS Entertainment, which quickly agreed to pick it up. All three were canceled in their first season. Click here to watch the opening credits »
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