• CBS Summer Playhouse is an American anthology series that ran from June 12, 1987 to August 22, 1989 on CBS. It aired unsold television pilots during the...
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    television series. Ruffalo made his acting debut in an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse. He began collaborating with Kenneth Lonergan and appeared in several...
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    several television programs, including Simon & Simon, Kojak, and CBS Summer Playhouse. She appeared in The Imagemaker (1986), her first film screen role...
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  • pilot went unsold, but was televised on July 4, 1989, as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse pilot anthology series. A Tamil film, My Dear Marthandan, was produced...
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  • Coming to America (TV pilot) (category CBS television specials)
    ultimately went unsold, but it was still televised on CBS on July 4, 1989 as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse pilot anthology series. Irresponsible Prince Tariq...
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  • The pilot was not picked up for a series but in 1987 it aired on CBS Summer Playhouse, a series that aired unsold television pilots. In the 1990s, another...
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    Anne Meara, and B. Smith. Ferrell portrayed Berta the housekeeper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, appearing in a total of 212 episodes from 2003...
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    television pilot Kung Fu: The Next Generation. On June 19, it aired on CBS Summer Playhouse, a program that specialized in rejected pilots and allowed the audience...
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    of her second retirement, she returned to television in 1988 on CBS Summer Playhouse. Her last work was an appearance on Dave's World, in which she played...
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    officer, in The Border with Jack Nicholson. In 1986, she starred in the failed CBS comedy series Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills with Harvey Korman. In the years...
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  • The Facts of Life Mrs. Martinez "Adventures in Baileysitting" 1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Lupe Cordero "Fort Figueroa" 1988 Hunter Santana "Dead on Target:...
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  • has written episodes for ABC Weekend Specials, Charles in Charge, CBS Summer Playhouse, Clueless (also co-executive producer), Saved by the Bell: The New...
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    Alien from L.A.. In 1989, Mathews guest starred on an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse. In 1990, he portrayed Tim Murphy in the television film Rock Hudson...
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    the Moon. After high school, Ferrer studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Ferrer's friend Bill Mumy cast him as a drummer in the series Sunshine...
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    turned his attention to acting and performed in plays at the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky. Majors graduated from Eastern Kentucky in 1962...
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    returned to the role in the 2022 West Coast premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse. Her other notable Broadway credits include Butley (1972), We Interrupt...
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    1986 9 to 5 Devlin Episode: "Even Super Women Get the Blues" 1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Montanna Episode: "Mad Avenue" 1989 Empty Nest Chuck Episode: "Full...
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    Next Generation Captain Thadiun Okona "The Outrageous Okona" 1989 CBS Summer Playhouse Wayne "The Heat" 1993 Moon Over Miami Walter Tatum Main role Armistead...
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  • December 1978 to January 1996. The series began under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was changed during the 1984–85 season. The concept was similar...
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  • Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. The show was produced at...
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  • Pee-wee's Playhouse, with a budget of US$325,000 per episode (comparable to that of a half-hour prime-time sitcom), and full creative control, although CBS did...
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    He played Gonzalo in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in May 2016. He also played Solly Two Kings in the play by August Wilson...
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    Rushfield, Richard (July 15, 2013). "Richard Rushfield visits the set of CBS's summer hit 'Under the Dome'". Grantland.com. Retrieved August 7, 2013.[permanent...
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  • America (1952–57) CBS Playhouse (1967–70) CBS Summer Playhouse (1987–89) CBS Television Workshop (1952) CBS Workshop, also known as CBS Repertoire Workshop...
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    Globe Award in 1986. In 1990, Down played the role Stephanie Rogers in the CBS drama series Dallas. During 1997–99, she played Olivia Richards in the NBC...
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    role (season 1) 1987 In Self Defense Susan Andrews TV film 1987 CBS Summer Playhouse Judith "Day to Day" 1988 Addicted to His Love Cassie Robbins TV film...
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    twice her age, played by Robert Loggia. The series had a brief run on CBS that summer but was not renewed. She also acted in the television crime movie Dead...
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    Rebeck's Spike Heels (1992) alongside Kevin Bacon and Julie White. In the summer of 2006 at Second Stage Theatre he starred opposite Kate Burton in another...
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  • unscripted original series (e.g. CBS' High Risk); NBC and ABC also benefited from sports programming (NBC relied on the Summer Olympics in September and the...
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    Sideris 11 episodes 1988–1989 Knightwatch Rebecca 2 episodes 1989 CBS Summer Playhouse Jan Engle Episode: "Curse of the Corn People" 1992 Seinfeld Nina...
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