General TV trivia

[onomatopoeia]

Two different women won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in consecutive years, for different roles on the same show. Name them both, and the show.

Stump.

 

[unassuming]

What show was a comedy/spoof on rogue/Dirty Harry type cops?

Sledge Hammer.

Correct!

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who portrayed The Crying Indian in an iconic 1970 television commercial, and what was controversial about his casting?

He wasn't Native American. He was Italian I believe.

He was, indeed, Italian. please reread the question; I can't give you a correct answer for this, but you get one shot at his name. One shot. Two is pussy.

 

[shack]

I can't find the post with the question but I think that Ralph Malph's father was a dentist.

On My Three Sons, what was the occupation of widower Steven Douglas, played by Fred MacMurray?

An engineer?

 

[unassuming]

What show was the first police/forensic type show?

This show was on years before Quincy, Crossing Jordan and all the CSIs

Answered

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in both a Drama Series and a Comedy Series, two consecutive years, for the same role on the same show?

 

[unassuming]

What show was the first to have an AIDS diagnosed character?

Answered

 

[onomatopoeia]

On My Three Sons, what was the occupation of widower Steven Douglas, played by Fred MacMurray?

I can't find the post with the question but I think that Ralph Malph's father was a dentist.

An engineer?

Steven Douglas was an aeronautical engineer, your answer is close enough. Ralph Malph's father, Mickey Malph, was not a dentist.

 

[onomatopoeia]

What show was the first to have an AIDS diagnosed character?

St Elsewhere, Mark Harmon's character, the plastic surgeon.

 

[unassuming]

What show was the first to have an AIDS diagnosed character?

St Elsewhere, Mark Harmon's character, the plastic surgeon.

Correct!

 

[unassuming]

onomatopoeia, check your private messages

 

[unassuming]

What show was based on the Brit show, "Keep It In The Family"?

Answered

 

[onomatopoeia]

There were a couple of times in which two different men won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a series for the same show, but not in consecutive years. One was for Comedy, the other for Drama. Name either or both pairs.

Stump.

 

[onomatopoeia]

What controversial ABC series from March/ April 2000 about day to day life in a mental heath institution was pulled from the Thursday 10 PM slot after two airings, and did not re-air until 2009, on the 101 Network, which broadcast all eight produced episodes, minus the 'humming' theme music by Madonna?

Stump.

 

[unassuming]

What Quebecois teenage heartthrob had a variety show on CBC?

Answered

 

[onomatopoeia]

What 1990's Canadian sitcom told the story of Curtis, an agoraphobic television addict, and his anal retentive roommate Nathan, who did time in The Don Jail for killing a homeless man with a bag full of cat food cans?

Answered correctly by Valcazar.

 

[onomatopoeia]

What Quebecois teenage heartthrob had a variety show on CBC?

René Simard.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who provided the voice for the title character's cat Salem on Sabrina, The Teenage Witch? (90's/00's, live action).

Answered correctly by drc75.

 

[unassuming]

What Quebecois teenage heartthrob had a variety show on CBC?

René Simard.

Correct!

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who staggered offstage after throwing his bass guitar in the air and catching it with his forehead, at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards?

Stump.