Non-Japanese TV Shows (broadcast, cable, etc.)

shin2 wrote:A bit of trivia re: the original Hawaii Five-O--remember Wo Fat, the arch nemisis of Steve McGarrett? He was played by an actor named Keigh Deigh who wasn't anywhere close to being an Asian (his real name was Kenneth Dickerson).

Today's episode of Five-O featured Mark Lenard (best known for his role as Spock's father, Sarek) portraying a Japanese... And a ninja, to boot! :rofl:

Kind of hard to figure which thread to put this in,it's a broadcast show about Japanese Americans. The 1976 NBC tv movie Farewell to Manzanar is FINALLY coming out on DVD: http://blog.janm.org/index.php/2011/10/07/farewell-to-manzanar-release-on-dvd/

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Coming out on October 24:

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bmwracer wrote:Coming out on October 24:

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I loved Robert Wagner in this as a teen, soooooo cool! :smitten:

Eve wrote:I loved Robert Wagner in this as a teen, soooooo cool! :smitten:

Yup, and the opening theme by Dave Grusin is terrific. :victory:

gaijinmark wrote:Kind of hard to figure which thread to put this in,it's a broadcast show about Japanese Americans. The 1976 NBC tv movie Farewell to Manzanar is FINALLY coming out on DVD: http://blog.janm.org/index.php/2011/10/07/farewell-to-manzanar-release-on-dvd/

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So, spent the afternoon down at JANM where they had a screening of Farewell to Manzanar. The movie itself is just okay, gotta remember this was a 1976 made-for-tv movie. To the directors credit all the actors were Japanese-Americans.

They had the director and some of the actors there as well for a short Q-and-A. That was interesting. According to the director when he first pitched it to Universal they liked it, but instead of telling the story thru the eyes of this Japanese American family, they wanted it told thru the eyes of the white school teacher. I guess TV execs were idiots even back then.

More interesting was one of the members of the audience. He was an 89 year old man that had actually been at Manzanar and he had been a "No-No Boy". They were the guys that refused to sign the loyalty oath and all got shipped back to Japan. Somebody should do a movie about him!

Antenna TV (5.2) has been airing back-to-back episodes of It Takes a Thief on Saturday nights.... Nice. :victory: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:Antenna TV (5.2) has been airing back-to-back episodes of It Takes a Thief on Saturday nights.... Nice. :victory: :applaud:

You are so lucky!!

I am so hooked on the Next Iron Chef. :beaten:

Eve wrote:You are so lucky!!

I think you can stream episodes via Hulu, Evie. :)

Ugh me and my roomate have been hooked on Gossip Girl! its so addiciting even though the same thing happens in every ep someone hooks up, someone cheats, big party everyone dresses up and everyones secerets get reaveld and then repeat, but its so interesting o-o

Taira-Panku wrote:Ugh me and my roomate have been hooked on Gossip Girl! its so addiciting even though the same thing happens in every ep someone hooks up, someone cheats, big party everyone dresses up and everyones secerets get reaveld and then repeat, but its so interesting o-o

Have a lot of friends hooked on that one. We only watched a couple eps due to the repetitive factor.


Thanks Beem, I'll try hulu. :victory:

Eve wrote:Thanks Beem, I'll try hulu. :victory:

Hmm, looks like Hulu has dumped the episodes for some reason... :(

Here's another link that might work: http://www.tvduck.com/It-Takes-a-Thief.html :fingerscrossed:

Took in two more episodes of It Takes a Thief today on Antenna TV. :victory:

Really enjoying the series... Hope they drop the price of the box set to something more reasonable or release the series season by season. :fingerscrossed:

A couple of weeks ago, for reasons I still haven't remembered, I decided to watch the NBC show Parenthood and got hooked. Just watched the midseason finale a few days ago and now have to wait until mid-January for the show to resume :puppydog:

The Walking Dead had its midseason finale last week and I was glad it was a good episode because the last few were dragging on.

Other shows I've been hopelessly hooked on (and have managed to find time to watch despite all the readings and homework :sweat:): Bones, Burn Notice, Dexter

Two more episodes of It Takes a Thief today... Terrific. :victory: :applaud:

Geezer wrote:Itazura ichiban

I thought Game of Thrones was terrific. Amazing group of actors, great production values, and if you like the genre (which I do) a very good story line.

My only problem with the show is that it ended way too soon... and it's gonna be too long before the next installments come out.

It's true! I wish it would have lasted more and the wait is killing me!

I got really hooked on an british series called Downton Abbey.

Interesting coincidence: One of today's Rifleman episodes starred Patricia Blair and Ed Ames, both of whom would be regulars on the TV series Daniel Boone. :)

Currently in love and addicted to the British series Downton Abbey anyone else watching?

Taira-Panku wrote:Currently in love and addicted to the British series Downton Abbey anyone else watching?

I'm in love with Downton Abbey too. Awesome series.

bmwracer wrote:
I think you can stream episodes via Hulu, Evie. :)

REally, I missed this post.

Think my husband would love that series. It was a rerun when I was a teen and I had a big crush on Robert Wagner.

Bob Crane from Hogan's HEroes was my first love though. :smitten:

Too bad he had such an unsavory end. :bleh: