Quinn Martin - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia I am a simple man trying to live a simple life !!!!!! Quinn Martin Full Name Irwin Martin Cohen Born May 22, 1922 (1922-05-22) New York City Died September 5, 1987, Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States Spouse Marianne "Muffet" Webb (m. 1961–1987), Madelyn Pugh (m. 1955–1960) Children Jill Martin, Cliff Martin, Michael Quinn Martin Parents Anna Messing, Martin G. Cohn Movies The Mephisto Waltz, Code Name: Diamond, Attack on Terror: The FBI vs th Similar People Madelyn Pugh, Roy Huggins, Paul Wendkos, Desi Arnaz, Marvin J Chomsky Tribute to quinn martin 1137 tv shows and movies for all three networks Sponsored Links Quinn Martin (May 22, 1922 – September 5, 1987) was an American television producer.

He had at least one television series running in prime time every year for 21 straight years (from 1959 to 1980), an industry record. Martin is a member of the Television Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1997. Kojak opening Early life He was born on May 22, 1922 in New York City as Irwin Martin Cohn, the second of two children. His father Martin Goodman Cohn was a film editor and producer at MGM; his mother was Anna Messing Cohn. From age four he was raised in Los Angeles. He graduated from Fairfax High School. He served five years in the United States Army during World War II, enlisting in the Signal Corps at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California on September 10, 1940. He achieved the rank of sergeant. He changed his name to Quinn Martin (the Quinn came from the pronunciation his friends gave of Cohn, as "Co-Inn"). Sponsored Links While attending the University of California, Berkeley, Martin majored in English, but did not graduate.

Martin started his career in television as a film editor at MGM and also worked as manager of post production for various organizations, including Universal Studios (1950–1954), but by the mid-1950s had become an executive producer for Desilu Studios. His first wife, Madelyn Pugh Davis, was one half of the writing team behind Desilu's classic I Love Lucy. In 1959 he produced for Desilu Productions a two part special that appeared in season 1 of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse that became a weekly television show: The Untouchables, which would go on to win Emmy Awards. In 1960, Martin established his own production company, QM Productions. He sold it in 1978 and worked as an adjunct professor at the University of California, San Diego's Warren College, where he also endowed a chair in drama.

He also established a scholarship for theater arts and communications students at Santa Clara University QM Productions QM Productions produced a string of successful television series during the 1960s and 1970s, including The Fugitive, Twelve O'Clock High, The F.B.I., The Invaders, The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, and Barnaby Jones. Besides producing sixteen one-hour television network series, he also produced twenty TV movies, including Attack on Terror, Brinks: The Great Robbery, Face of Fear, House on Greenapple Road, and Murder or Mercy. His only feature for the big screen was The Mephisto Waltz, released by Twentieth Century-Fox. In 1979, a group of investors purchased his wholly self-owned QM Productions and subsequently sold it to Taft Broadcasting. Later in that year, the company was reincorporated into Taft Entertainment Television, though the QM name and logo continued to be used on-screen and for copyright purposes until the last official production was broadcast in 1983. After selling QM Productions he moved to Rancho Santa Fe, California where he became president of the La Jolla Playhouse and the Del Mar Fair Board.

He was also involved with business activities developing motion pictures for Warner Bros. with a new company, QM Communications. Typical format of a QM program Series produced by the company were usually introduced with announcer Dick Wesson or Hank Sims announcing the title of the show and then saying, "A Quinn Martin Production". Images of the stars of the show, followed by the guest stars for that week, were shown and their names announced, followed by the name of that night's episode, and various to-black effects. In some series such as The Fugitive and The Invaders, its backstory that led to the plot of the series, narrated by the announcer or the star, was told before the show's guest stars are announced. Most episodes are structured into four "acts" and an "epilogue", each labelled at the start of each segment with the show title and the act number (or "epilogue", near the end of the program). Thoroughbred racing A fan of thoroughbred horse racing, Martin owned several racehorses alone and in partnerships. Among his racing wins were the 1975 and 1978 editions of the Carleton F. Burke Handicap at Santa Anita Park.

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1967 TV Shows / 1960's TV Shows Rat Patrol (1966-1968) In 1966, key scenes for this series were shot in Spain for added realism - plus there was leftover wreckage from old WWII movies laying around in the desert anyway. It was too expensive to continue filming overseas for season two and the audience noticed the difference - ratings were way down in 1967. ABC / TUESDAY 7:30 Garrison's Gorillas Television shows were so popular there were comic book versions of the top programs, including 1967 titles like: Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes, Flying Nun, Star Trek, Daktari, The Invaders, Lost in Space, Man from UNCLE, Rat Patrol, Garrison's Gorillas, Beverly Hillbillies, The Lucy Show, Gomer Pyle, Gunsmoke, Lassie, Cowboy in Africa, Andy Griffith, Bonanza, Iron Horse, Maya, The Monkees, Batman, Tarzan and many others.

CBS / SATURDAY 9:00 Hogan's Heroes It's cliche in modern times to wonder what CBS might have been thinking when they broadcast a sitcom about the hilarious adventures American POWs had in a German Concentration Camp. But then, all good sitcoms require a hefty suspension of disbelief and Nazis always make a great comic foil. Pitching this to a network today would get you tossed off the lot! FANTASY Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968) Last season for Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin. U.N.C.L.E. was an enormously popular series for the first two years but as the scripts got sillier, ratings sank lower. In an attempt to save the franchise, a new producer and music composer were brought in, new opening titles were shot and the storylines took a more serious turn. They succeeded in improving the quality of the series, but the formula was played out - and a move to Monday nights didn't help. U.N.C.L.E. was cancelled midseason; Robert Vaughn stated that he got word of the show's cancellation just one day before filming was halted.

A couple of two-part episodes were shot this season and released as theatrical features in Europe. Artwork for the Lunch Box (seen above) was by Jack Davis. ABC / TUESDAY 8:30 The Invaders (1967 - 1969) Thrilling sci-fi series about a single witness to an impending alien invasion of Earth. A Quinn Martin production, 'The Invaders' was closer in tone to 'The F.B.I.' (which QM also produced) than 'Star Trek.' NBC / TUESDAY 7:30 Astronaut finds a bottle on the beach. CBS / WEDNESDAY 7:30 Batman (1966 - 1968) In a casting choice that caused shockwaves in Hollywood, Eartha Kitt took over the role of Batman's love interest, Catwoman and Yvonne Craig joined the cast as Batgirl for the third and last season. Bat-ratings were way down in the fall of 1967 but still respectable. NBC wanted to pick up the show for a fourth season but backed out because of the expense of rebuilding the Batcave set - which was destroyed days after ABC cancelled the series.

ABC / THURSDAY 8:00 Flying Nun (1967 - 1970) Premier season - Sally Field takes to the skies to spread mayhem and the gospel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For a show set in a convent, there was very little religious content. ABC / THURSDAY 8:30 Off To See The Wizard Cartoon adventures of Dorothy and the gang frame a series of theatrical films along with nature shows geared to children. This incredible promo displays scenes from 'Clarence, The Cross-Eyed Lion,' 'Zebra In The Kitchen' and more - all popular movies for kids from a few years earlier. This phenomenon also spread into merchandise and became a Halloween favorite through a line of Wizard of Oz costumes . NBC / FRIDAY 8:30 Star Trek (1966 - 1969) 'Star Trek' was cancelled at the end of this season - only to be revived by a 'grass-roots' letter writing campaign that stunned NBC by its enormity. It was later discovered to have been coordinated by producer Gene Roddenberry.

Some people believe that NBC deliberately made the final season of 'Star Trek' so abysmal that no one would care when they cancelled it for good in 1969. NBC / FRIDAY 7:30 Tarzan (1966-1968) Diana Ross and the Supremes appeared as nuns in one of the last episodes. CBS aired reruns of 'Tarzan' during the summer of 1969. ABC / SUNDAY 7:00 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea (1964-1968) On this last tour of duty, Commander Crane (David Hedison) and Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart) faced off against a devious leprechaun, abominable snowmen, pirates, and deadly dolls. Like all Irwin Allen productions, the first few episodes of the season were top notch. ABC wanted to renew 'Voyage' for another year - but Allen talked them into the infinitely inferior 'Land of the Giants' instead. MONDAY Set in Arizona, this series deals with the Cannon and Montoya families.

CBS / THURSDAY 7:30 (1967 - 1971) One of three new westerns this season to get renewed. NBC / WEDNESDAY 7:30 - Virginian (1962 - 1971) James Drury and Doug McClure in a first class oater set in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, circa the 1890's. Key cast member Lee J. Cobb left the production in 1966 and was replaced by John Dehner, Charles Bickford (who died) and then John McIntire, who had successfully replaced Ward Bond on 'Wagon Train.' Jeanette Nolan ('Dirty Sally') joined the cast this year. ABC / WEDNESDAY 7:30 Legend of Custer (1967-1968) Wayne Maunder as disgraced General George A. Custer with Slim Pickens as his sidekick, California Joe. Michael Dante was cast as Crazy Horse. NBC / THURSDAY 7:30 Fess Parker ('Davy Crockett') as the famous frontiersman.

NBC / SUNDAY 9:00 Bonanza (1959-1973) David Canary was added to the show in season 9 as Candy. On the first episode of the season, Ben joined up with an Army unit to rescue Hoss and Little Joe from hostile natives. John Wayne dismissed these shows as 'living room westerns' because they were shot on a set, which meant lots of indoor situations. CBS / MONDAY 7:30 - Gunsmoke (1955-1975) Starting on radio in 1952, there are still 'Gunsmoke' TV movies being produced today. Jim Arness gained more control over the production this year - with superior scripts in 1967, the show shot into the top ten for the next six years. ABC / FRIDAY 8:00 Hondo (1967-1968) Based on the classic John Wayne film (1953); a one-hour weekly series with Ralph Taeger starring as Cavalry scout Hondo Lane. The series also featured Kathie Brown, Noah Berry, Jr. and Buddy Foster (Mayberry RFD).

Michael Pate returned in the role he played in the original film, Chief Vittorio. Hondo's dog Sam, who ended up on the wrong end of an Indian's lance in the movie, was resurrected in the TV version which was cancelled after only three months. Two episodes were edited together to comprise a feature film, Hondo and the Apaches. ABC / FRIDAY 9:00 Guns of Will Sonnett (1967-1969) One of the better dramas of 1967. Walter Brennan as Will Sonnett, his grandson was played by Dack Rambo - they search dusty Western towns for their son/father, an outlaw gunfighter on the run. Along the way, they encounter human interest stories - all neatly wrapped up in thirty minutes. ABC / SATURDAY 9:30 Iron Horse (1966-1968) Dale Robertson wins a railroad in a poker game, then fights his way down the tracks - violent competitors and angry creditors be damned! Derailed midseason.

CBS / WEDNESDAY 10:00 Dundee and the Culhane (1967-1968) A sophisticated British barrister travels the wild frontier in search of cases - a wagon train chaser, if you will. Starred John Mills. CBS / FRIDAY 7:30 Wild, Wild West (1965-1969) In order to keep the show on the air in 1965, Robert Conrad agreed to do his own stunts to save money. An accident while filming in January, 1968 left Conrad in the hospital for a week - that's when CBS demanded he stop with the stunts. The star - and the show - were too valuable. It seems absurd that this was considered the most violent program on TV in 1967. - 8 of these 13 Westerns were renewed. CBS / TUESDAY 7:30 Daktari (1966 - 1969) Third season. A smash hit when it debuted January, 1966, Daktari spawned a host of imitators and lasted three seasons.

THURSDAY 8:30 - Bewitched 8:30 - That Girl "Oh Donald, please Donald... your pants are hanging in my closet and I'm feeling so sad!" Season two for Ann Marie's quest for fame in New York. Ethel Merman and Sid Caesar guest starred during '67-68; Ruth Buzzi had a recurring role as Ann's kooky friend. 9:00 - Peyton Place Fourth year for the original prime time soap opera - broadcast Monday and Thursday nights at 9:30. Ed Nelson, Christopher Connelly and Ryan O'Neal were seen. The next season of 'Peyton Place' was the last. 10:00 - Good Company Famed lawyer F. Lee Bailey (O.J. Simpson trial) interviewed stars like Tony Curtis and Hugh Hefner from their homes. Gone by December. CBS / FRIDAY 8:30 ABC / TUESDAY 9:30 N.Y.P.D. (1967-1969) ABC loves these initials - remember 'N.Y.P.D. Blues' not to mention their current series, 'N.Y.P.D. 24/7'?

CBS / SATURDAY 10:00 Mannix (1967-1975) TV's coolest private eye - driving that hot 'cuda convertable. During this first season, Joe Mannix (Mike Connors) was working for a high tech firm, Intertect. He opened his own office in year two with secretary Peggy (Gail Fisher). The success of this show led to a flood of lone detective-with-secretary shows. ABC / MONDAY 9:00 (1966-1969) Howard Duff, Ben Alexander and Dennis Cole starred as LA cops, filmed at locations around the city. Barney Phillips joined the cast in 1967 as their new boss. NBC / THURSDAY 9:30 Dragnet 67 / 68 After a nine year run in the fifties, 'Dragnet' returned to NBC in January, 1967 with faster paced stories dealing with relevant themes like drug abuse and student unrest. Sergeant Joe Friday's inflexible manner when confronting young malcontents was a great comfort to the old folks at home who were convinced that society was crumbling around them.

Starred Jack Webb and Harry Morgan - oddly, the pilot film was shot in 1966 but didn't air until 1969. NBC / SATURDAY 7:30 'The Saint' returned to NBC in February, 1968 with reruns from the 1966 season; replaced 'Maya' which never caught on. Future James Bond Roger Moore as the cool do-gooder crook who left behind a distinctive calling card. YOUR CHOICES ON ABC 7:30 - Legend of Custer The critics hated it. Native American leaders were revolted. Historians puked in their beer. ABC cancelled 'Time Tunnel' for this?!? ABC was trying to sap the audience away from what was on NBC - 'The Virginian' - but failed. 8:30 - The Second Hundred Years Light comedy about a suburban guy who's 100 year-old grandfather thaws out of an iceberg and comes to live with the family. Starred Monte Markham in a dual role as grandfather and grandson... with Arthur O'Connell as the son in the middle.

9:00 - Movie 9:30 - He and She Even though Wednesday was a big ratings night for CBS, the audience tuned out 'He and She,' one of the finest shows of the year. This was the sitcom that broke the mold, re-introducing strong writing and mildly eccentric but believable characters to the genre; from the guys who later brought us 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and 'The Bob Newhart Show.' Richard Benjamin portrayed New Yorker Dick Hollister, cartoonist for a popular comic strip and TV character Jetman. Benjamin's real-life bride Paula Prentiss was seen his wife Paula and Jack Cassidy was the pompous ass who played Jetman. Like most fore-runners, recognition and ratings were not forthcoming. Re-run as a summer replacement series (June - September) in 1970. Rolls over, dies and is gone in December - mourned by no one. NBC 7:30 - Virginian The competition on the other channels was so weak, this show gave NBC a solid lead-in audience.

9:00 - Kraft Music Hall 10:00 - Run For Your Life Ben Gazzarra portrayed a lawyer with only a short time left to live, so he travelled the country looking for people to help. A reverse 'Fugitive' that lasted three seasons. Auto huren makes it possible to compare all car rental companies all over the world! » MAKE A LIST – TV SERIES REMAKES, by Michael Shonk MAKE A LIST – TV SERIES REMAKES, by Michael Shonk MAKE A LIST – TV SERIES REMAKES by Michael Shonk Remakes of TV series are so popular it seems everyone is doing it. Books continue the stories of MURDER SHE WROTE and MONK, comic books keep BUFFY THE VAMPIRE and THE MIDDLEMAN alive, and movies (and the studios that make them) love dead TV series. One could make a long list of TV series that have made it to the big screen including GUNN (1967, based on PETER GUNN), A TEAM, POLICE SQUAD, X-FILES, STARSKY AND HUTCH, etc. So it is no surprise television occasionally turns to its own past.

Not all remakes are a bad thing. Look at the past of COLUMBO. The character Columbo first appeared in an episode of the TV anthology series THE CHEVY MYSTERY SHOW in “Enough Rope” (NBC 7/31/60). The story for the episode was partly based on a short story “May I Come In” (published in ALFRED HITCHCOCK MYSTERY magazine under the title “Dear Corpus Delicti”) that did not have Columbo in it. In 1962 the TV episode was remade into a stage play “Prescription Murder” which was adapted into a NBC TV Movie in 1968 starring Peter Falk. In 1971 the character returned in a NBC TV Movie called “Ransom For a Dead Man.” COLUMBO then became one of the rotating series in NBC MYSTERY MOVIE from 1971 until 1978. ABC brought back the cancelled series in 1989 for a series of TV Movies, first as part of ABC MYSTERY MOVIE (1989-1990) series, then as randomly scheduled TV Movies that lasted until 2003.

The resurrection of cancelled TV series is so common there is a book out covering the subject, TV FAST FORWARD: SEQUELS & REMAKES OF CANCELLED TV SERIES 1955-1992 (McFarland & Co. 1993) by Lee Goldberg (DIAGNOSIS MURDER). No doubt the book would double in size if it were brought up to date. To avoid a book long post here, I decided to be extra picky about what I include (feel free to ignore my rules in the comments). What I discovered was how much of TV’s best shows were adapted from other mediums. So it must be original for TV. No series based on characters from books. Bye Sherlock Holmes, The Saint, Nero Wolfe, Ellery Queen, Mike Hammer, Perry Mason, Dracula, THE UNTOUCHABLES, HOUSE OF CARDS, and even STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO (yes, the two main characters were based on books by Carolyn Weston). No films. Bye LA FEMME NIKITA, ROBOCOP, and MCCLOUD. No plays. Bye CASABLANCA. No radio.

Bye DRAGNET and GUNSMOKE. No comics. Bye BATMAN, SUPERMAN, FLASH GORDON, HUMAN TARGET and THE TICK. Not even “pulps”. Bye SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE. The remake must have aired on American TV. No unaired pilots. I will limit myself to the mystery/crime genre. But every genre has many TV remakes of its own including science fiction with STAR TREK, and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, westerns with MAVERICK, KUNG FU, and BONANZA, action with SEA HUNT and DUKES OF HAZZARD, romance with CUPID and LOVE BOAT, horror with DARK SHADOWS, KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER and THE ADDAMS FAMILY, children’s programs with SCOOBY DOO and BUGS BUNNY, comedies with GILLIGAN’S ISLAND, GIDGET, and ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, and dramas with DALLAS and THE FUGITIVE.

Cancelled series getting remade as pilots is nothing new but perhaps the earliest to make it back on the air was TIGHTROPE (CBS 1959-60) with unsold pilot THE EXPENDABLES that aired on ABC 9/27/62. Starting in the 1970s the TV Movie became a popular format. The increase demand for content had each network looking everywhere for program ideas including its dead but not totally forgotten TV series. TV series to return as TV Movies included RETURN OF THE MOD SQUAD (ABC 1979), RETURN OF FRANK CANNON (CBS 1980), RETURN OF THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (CBS 1983), STILL CRAZY LIKE A FOX (CBS 1987), WILD WILD WEST REVISITED (CBS 1979), MORE WILD WILD WEST (CBS 1989), and I SPY RETURNS (NBC 1994). PETER GUNN returned to TV in a TV Movie (ABC, 1989) starring Peter Strauss.

According to TV FAST FORWARD, the PETER GUNN TV Movie was a pilot that, along with MURPHY’S LAW (starring George Segal), would have been part of ABC MYSTERY MOVIE. But ABC went with Universal studios for COLUMBO and KOJAK remakes instead. MURPHY’S LAW (based on a book series TRACE that was a remake of a book series DIGGER, both written by Warren Murphy) was picked up as a weekly series but PETER GUNN was not. Others to rise from the dead in TV Movies included James Garner in THE ROCKFORD FILES (CBS 1994-99), Angela Lansbury in MURDER, SHE WROTE (CBS 1997, 2000 -2003). Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers in HART TO HART (NBC 1993-94; Family Channel 1996-97). POLICE STORY started as a weekly series on NBC (1973-77). In 1977 the series changed from 60-minute episodes to TV Movies that ended in 1978.

In 1987-88 NBC brought POLICE STORY back for a series of TV Movies. During the late 1980’s the market for programs exploded with the addition of new networks Fox, UPN, WB, and cable networks such as USA. The number of TV series remakes (the return of at least one of the original cast) and reboots (old series with new cast) increased. Perhaps the strangest series remake was for ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS. During the series first run (1958-65) it bounced between CBS and NBC with different titles, the one thing uniting the series was host Alfred Hitchcock. Producer Christopher Crowe wanted to do an anthology series but had recently failed with one, DARKROOM (ABC 1981-82). The networks were not interested until he mentioned ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS. NBC aired the NEW ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS first as a TV Movie in 1985.

Based on the TV Movie’s success NBC made it a weekly series that aired from 1985 to 1986, then NBC moved it to its sister station cable network USA. The series featured Alfred Hitchcock as host which was unusual as Hitchcock had died in 1980 five years earlier. The series colorized Hitchcock’s original black and white introductions and used them with the new stories. Cancelled TV series that have made the comeback to weekly series include BURKE’S LAW (ABC 1963-66; CBS 1994 -95). An episode from the remake is currently available on YouTube. Others to return from cancellation as a new weekly series included THE FBI (ABC 1965-74) that was rebooted as TODAY’S FBI (ABC 1981-82), THE HITCHHIKER (HBO 1983-87) waited until 1989 when it aired on USA until 1991. And HAWAII FIVE-O (CBS 1968-80) has returned as HAWAII FIVE-0 (CBS 2010-present).

CHARLIE’S ANGELS (ABC, 1976-81) enjoyed a successful theatrical series run after ABC cancelled the series before crashing in a terrible TV series remake (ABC 2011). MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (CBS 1966-73) got its TV remake series (ABC 1988-90) first before being rebooted into a successful movie series. There are episodes from the remake currently on YouTube. IRONSIDE (NBC 1967-75) returned in 1993 with the original cast in TV Movie RETURN OF IRONSIDE. NBC rebooted the series in 2013 with Blair Underwood as Ironside. This was not the first rebooted TV series that changed the race of a main character. THE NEW ADAM 12 (syndicated, 1990) still featured a police car patrolling the city, but the black and white now had two different cops inside, one white and the other black.

KOJAK (CBS 73-78; CBS TVM 1985 and 1987; ABC (part of ABC MYSTERY MOVIES) 1989-90; USA 2005 – weekly series) Kojak, TV’s most famous Greek-American detective played by Telly Savalas (who died in 1994), would be recast with black actor Ving Rhames taking over the role of Kojak for the 2005 USA network series. As with IRONSIDE and KOJAK, there have been cancelled series that have enjoyed the afterlife as a TV movie and TV series. GET SMART (NBC 1965-69; CBS 1969-70) has been remade and rebooted in a variety of forms including a TV movie GET SMART AGAIN (ABC 1989) and a TV series sequel (FOX 1995). KNIGHT RIDER (NBC 1982-86) first returned on NBC in TV Movie KNIGHT RIDER 2000 (1991).

Syndicated TV movie KNIGHT RIDER 2010 (1994) kept little but the title. Next was syndicated TV series TEAM KNIGHT RIDER (1997-98). NBC tried one more time and rebooted the original version with a TV Movie and TV series in 2008-09. While SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN was based on a book, the Bionic Woman Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) was a character created for the TV series in 1975 and spun off to her own TV series, BIONIC WOMAN (ABC, 1976-77; NBC 1977-78). She also appeared in the three TV Movie remakes of the SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN on NBC (1987-94). NBC rebooted the series again for a series in 2007 that had Michelle Ryan taking over the role of Jaime Sommers. HUNTER (NBC 1984-91) returned on NBC as TV Movies in 1995, 2002 and in 2003.

In 2003 a weekly series was attempted but lasted only three hour-long episodes. YouTube currently has the 2003 episodes on line. Here is episode three. The British and American have been exchanging TV series since the 1960s. Today PBS and BBC America make sure American’s see the British originals and British remakes of US series such as LAW AND ORDER UK (2009-present), while other networks are shopping all over the world for shows to Americanize. THE AVENGERS (United Kingdom 1961-69) aired on ABC (1966-69). The remake THE NEW AVENGERS aired in the UK from 1976-77 and aired on CBS in 1978-79. CBS wanted to do an American version. It was to be produced by Quinn Martin and created by Brian Clemens (THE AVENGERS). It was called ESCAPADE (that may have aired once on CBS in 1978). Here is a YouTube clip of the opening.

British series that had American versions included CRACKER (1993-95) remade by ABC (1997-1999), BLACKPOOL (2004) became VIVA LAUGHLIN (CBS 2007), LIFE ON MARS (2006-07) with ABC’s version airing 2008-09, and ELEVENTH HOUR (2006) remade by CBS (2008). THE PRISONER (1967-68) was shown on CBS in 1968 and rebooted by AMC in 2009. LOW WINTER SUN (AMC 2013) was based on the British LOW WINTER SUN (2006). Remakes not only come from our past and the United Kingdom, but now from all over the world. Israel has inspired two American series. HOMELAND (SHOWTIME 2011-present) is based on PRISONER OF WAR (aka HATUFIM) (2009- present).

HOSTAGES (CBS 2013-present) is airing at almost the same time as Israeli version of HOSTAGES (BNEI ARABA). Other countries supplying programs for American remakes are Denmark with FORBRYDELSEN (2007-12) rebooted as THE KILLING by AMC (2011-2013). THE BRIDGE (F/X 2013-present) is based on a Denmark-Sweden coproduction (Danish: BROEN; Swedish: BRON – 2011-present). While Netherlands PENOZA (2010-12) inspired RED WIDOW (ABC 2012). And coming soon to FOX is RAKE, based on the Australian series (2010-present). With the increasing number of places and ways the audience can find programs, places such as Amazon, Hulu, Netflix, and YouTube where you don’t even need a TV set to watch, new programs need to find some way to stand out in the crowd. The remake is a quick easy way to attract attention, but just the title will not make any series successful.

The series still has to be good enough to make viewers want to watch it next week. SOURCES: TV FAST FORWARD by Lee Goldberg IMDb

Question: Which American TV producer who died in 1987 was responsible for 1960'S TV shows such as "The Untouchables", "The Fugitive" and "The Invaders" ?
Answer: QUINN MARTIN