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SEASON 1 – FX

Opening theme: “Temptation Sensation” by Heinz Kiessling

• 001. The Gang Gets Racist – 8/4/2005
  • Twin siblings Dennis (Glenn Howerton) and “Sweet Dee” Reynolds (Kaitlyn Olson) and their friends Ronald “Mac” McDonald (Rob McElhenney) and Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day) run the small bar Paddy’s Irish Pub in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dee brings her black friend Terrell (Malcolm Barrett) from her acting class to meet the guys, and after they accidentally come across as racist, they end up hiring him to help bring business to Paddy’s. Charlie has a huge crush on the waitress (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) at Java Company, but he turns her off immediately when she misconstrues him as being racist as well. Mac wants to make more black friends so he drags Charlie to a college campus to mingle. They only seem attracted to Charlie, and a black girl named Janell (Telisha Shaw) asks him out. He is not interested but takes her out to Java so that he can prove to the waitress that he is not racist. The waitress tells Janell what is going on and she punches Charlie and gives him a black eye. Meanwhile Terrell has filled up the bar with customers, but they soon realize that Terrel is gay and it has become a gay bar. Mac and Dee object to this, but Dennis and Charlie are pleased with how much they are making. Dee orchestrates getting Dennis drunk and having her acting class friends pretend they had an encounter with him, which causes him to vote to change the bar back to the way it was. It is revealed that Janell is Terrell’s sister, and that Dee’s acting friends couldn’t show for the ruse, indicating that Dennis’ gay encounters were real. 2/15/15

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SEASON 1 – NBC

Created by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff

Theme song: “It Takes Diff’rent Strokes” composed and performed by Alan Thicke , Al Burton, and Gloria Loring

• 001. Movin’ In – 11/3/1978
  • Wealthy industrialist Philip Drummond (Conrad Bain) lives in a high rise apartment in Manhattan with his 13-year old daughter Kimberly (Dana Plato), who spends most of her time in boarding school. Big changes occur when their black housekeeper Lucy passes away and asks Phil on her deathbed to take care of her two sons. Phil hires a new housekeeper named Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae) and the moves Lucy’s sons 13-year old Willis (Todd Bridges) and 8-year old Arnold Jackson (Gary Coleman) from Harlem into his home. Mrs. Garrett nearly quits when she finds out that her new boss is bringing in two boys, but changes her mind when she finds out they are orphans. They arrive at the penthouse apartment and while Arnold is thrilled with its opulence, Willis has reservations about being a fish out of water and refuses to accept his new home. Mr. Drummond tries to make them feel welcome by getting them to participate in family fun time and then having loads of toys and a pony delivered to their house. Will is still resigned to leaving and going back to Harlem to live with another family, but after Mr. Drummond tells Willis that he is being selfish, and Arnold concurs. Willis spends some time thinking in the hot tub and decides to give living there a shot, with the stipulation that the door is always open if he wants to leave. 2/15/15

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SEASON 1 – CBS

Created by Carl Reiner

Theme music by Earle Hagen

• 001. The Sick Boy and the Sitter – 10/3/1961
  • Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) works as a writer for The Alan Brady Show along with fellow writers Sally Rogers (Rose Marie) and Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam), produced by Alan’s brother-in-law Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon). At home his wife Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) fears that their son Ritchie (Larry Matthews) might be sick when he refuses a cupcake. Rob has been invited to attend a party at his boss Alan’s house, but Laura is concerned about Ritchie. Eventually Rob talks her into attending and they hire babysitter Janie (Mary Lee Dearring). Laura nervously checks her watch at the party when Rob and his staff are asked to entertain. Buddy performs his human joke machine routine, Sally performs I Wish I Could Sing Like Durante, and Rob performs as a drunk trying to hide it from his wife. When they get home they find Janie’s parents (Michael Keith as Sam, Barbara Eiler as Dotty) and Dr. Miller (Stacy Keach Sr.) at the house and nearly freak out … until they find out that Janie had bumped her head on the freezer door and Ritchie is fine. 2/14/15

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SEASON 1 – FOX

Created by Larry Willmore, based on the stand-up comedy of Bernie Mac

Theme song written by Stanley Smith

• 001. Pilot – 11/14/2001
  • Bernie Mac (himself aka Bernie McCullough) is a stand-up comedian living in Los Angeles with his wife Wanda (Kellita Smith), who has to take care for his sister’s three kids Vanessa (Camille Winbush), Jordan (Jeremy Suarez), and Bryana Thompkins (Dee Dee Davis), when their mother Stacey enters rehab. Bernie addresses ‘America’ and tells the tale of how he picked them up from the airport and encountered problems immediately when Jordan has a meltdown. He introduces the rules of the house including not touching any of his things. He later has to pick up Jordan’s asthma medicine at the drug store, where Jordan has an accident and pees on the photo counter as Bernie frantically tries to get him to the restroom. Bernie gives Vanessa a hard time when she disrespects him in front of his friends Chuy (Carlos Mencia), Kelly Perine (himself), and W.B. (Reginald Ballard). She ends up calling Children’s Services about Bernie’s threats and language, and Bernie has to meet with social worker Brad Cooley (Matt Besser) who tells him he needs to quit smoking his cigars. Bernie regains some his composure when Wanda encourages Vanessa to apologize to him. Jordan apologizes as well, although Bernie isn’t sure what he did. 2/14/15

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SEASON 1 – ABC

Theme music by Herschel Burke Gilbert

• 001. The Sharpshooter – 9/30/1958
  • In the early 1880’s following the death of his wife homesteader and Union Civil War veteran Lucas McCain (Chuck Connors) and his ten-year old son Mark (Johnny Crawford) come from their hometown Enid, Oklahoma to the town of North Fork in the New Mexico Territory where McCain plans to buy and operate a ranch. Meanwhile a sharpshooter named Vernon Tippert (Dennis Hopper) plans to enter a turkey shoot contest and his uncle Wes (Charles Arnt) desires to place outside bets on Tippert. McCain and Mark come upon the old Dunlap Ranch and seek out Judge Hanavan (Sidney Blackmer) to purchase it. They check into a California House hotel run by the Judge and his wife Nancy (Kathleen Mulqueen), and he also registers with the judge to enter the shoot using his rifle. When Sheriff Fred Tomlinson (R.G. Armstrong) overhears Mark chatting with Vernon and realizes that where he came from, he was known as The Rifleman, everyone starts betting on him with Jim Lewis (Leif Erickson), the man who basically runs the town. When it becomes clear that Lewis will kill both Vernon and Mark if he wins, he throws the contest with one shot off center. Lewis mocks Lucas, and the judge, who lost a lot of money on him, refuses to sell him the ranch. Wes Tippert tries to claim the money that Lewis promised him if Vernon won, and Lewis kills him. When Vernon hears about his uncle he heads to the Last Chance Saloon for revenge, but Lucas heads there to claim Vernon’s money and takes them all out in a shootout. Vernon joins to assist him and is shot in the hand. As Lucas and Mark start to head out of town, the Judge asks them to stay. Carl Lamprey is Mickey Simpson. Virginia Aldridge is the waitress. 2/4/18

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