brunner@sdsioa.UUCP (Rob Brunner X2830) (12/09/85)
Near the beginning of this tv season, there was a (short-lived) series about a female british cop teamed up with a male NY cop in England. I can't remember the name of the show or any of the details like what net- work it was on or what day of the week it was on, but I am dying (literally) trying to remember the name of this show... Can someone please help me?? Any help is much appreciated. Rob Brunner ..!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdsioa!brunner "I'll take a raincheck on that tang, Maddie"
barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) (12/10/85)
In article <143@sdsioa.UUCP> brunner@sdsioa.UUCP (Rob Brunner X2830) writes: >Near the beginning of this tv season, there was a (short-lived) series >about a female british cop teamed up with a male NY cop in England. I >can't remember the name of the show or any of the details like what net- >work it was on or what day of the week it was on, but I am dying (literally) >trying to remember the name of this show... Can someone please help me?? Not very short-lived, since it is still being shown. The name of this show is "Dempsey and Makepiece". It is syndicated, so it is shown on different stations and at different times in different areas. Your local station obviously decided to drop it completely. In Boston I think it is shown at midnight on Fridays on channel 5 (WCVB, the ABC affiliate). -- Barry Margolin ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar
johnf@apollo.uucp (John Francis) (12/10/85)
The name of this show was/is "Dempsey and Makepeace" (sp?), and it is on ABC. It is still running in the Boston area on WCVB (Channel 5). WPIX (a New York independent) is also showing it about one week behind WCVB. If your local network affiliate has dropped the show write to them and complain! I do not know what night of the week it is on, as I never watch network TV live, (good old fast-forward button :-) ), but I think it is being shown by WCVB in a "local programming" slot. This does not mean much, as all the Boston network affiliates have a tendency to shuffle their own programs into prime-time slots and run the "bounced" network show at some other time/date. The show is made by London Weekend Television. This is the independent (as opposed to BBC) TV company that, as its name implies, provides weekend television in the London area (a different company provides coverage during the week). It is one of the better (or at least richer) companies, and has very strong ties with (or owns?) Euston Films, a company that makes made-for-TV "movies". The show itself is not bad, although it seems to ignore the fact that Dempsey would spend most of his time off duty waiting for the results of the inquiry into all the times he fired his gun (and he would NOT be allowed to use his own revolver). Apart from that I have only spotted one other glaring technical error in the whole season.
altaji@ihlpg.UUCP (Altaji) (12/10/85)
> Near the beginning of this tv season, there was a (short-lived) series > about a female british cop teamed up with a male NY cop in England. I > can't remember the name of the show or any of the details like what net- > work it was on or what day of the week it was on, but I am dying (literally) > trying to remember the name of this show... Can someone please help me?? > > Any help is much appreciated. > > Rob Brunner > ..!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdsioa!brunner > > "I'll take a raincheck on that tang, Maddie" We get that show here in Chicage on WGN - Channel 9 (an affiliate of INN - Independent Network - I believe). It is on Monday nights at 07:00 O'Clock CST. The show is called "Dempsey & Makepeace" O. Altaji
imd@ihlpl.UUCP (Ira M. Dworkin ) (12/11/85)
> Near the beginning of this tv season, there was a (short-lived) series > about a female british cop teamed up with a male NY cop in England. I > can't remember the name of the show or any of the details like what net- > work it was on or what day of the week it was on, but I am dying (literally) > trying to remember the name of this show... Can someone please help me?? I believe the name of the show you are referring to is "Dempsey and Makepeace". It is showing here (Chicago) Monday nites at 7 on WGN, Channel 9 (an independent). I don't think it was ever on any of the "big three". Ira Dworkin AT&T Bell Labs Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpl!imd
roger@celtics.UUCP (Roger Klorese) (12/13/85)
In article <143@sdsioa.UUCP> brunner@sdsioa.UUCP (Rob Brunner X2830) writes: >Near the beginning of this tv season, there was a (short-lived) series >about a female british cop teamed up with a male NY cop in England. I >can't remember the name of the show or any of the details like what net- >work it was on or what day of the week it was on, but I am dying (literally) >trying to remember the name of this show... Can someone please help me?? > >Any help is much appreciated. > >Rob Brunner >..!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdsioa!brunner > >"I'll take a raincheck on that tang, Maddie" I can't help with the day of the week, since it's syndicated (here I think it's Friday late-nights), but the title is "Dempsey and Makepeace", and the male lead is Michael Brandon. -- ... "What were you expecting, rock'n'roll?" Roger B.A. Klorese Celerity Computing, 40 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701, (617) 872-1772 UUCP: seismo!harvard!bu-cs!celtics!roger ARPA: celtics!roger@bu-cs.ARPA