"Cagney and Lacey" was the first major TV show to feature two women detectives as the protagonists. Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly played the lead roles of Christine Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey, from 1981 to 1988. Surrounded by testosterone, their boss was Lt. Bert Samuels, and one of their fellow detectives was the womanizing Victor Isbecki, played by Martin Kove.
2. The Dick Van Dyke Show
Answer: Millie Helper
On "The Dick Van Dyke Show", the Petries lived on Bonnie Meadow Road in New Rochelle, New York. Rob was a comedy writer for the "Alan Brady Show" while wife Laura was a housewife and mother of Richie. Aside from the scenes at Rob's office, they focused on the Petrie's homelife, with their next door neighbors, Jerry Helper (Jerry Paris) and his wife Millie, played by Ann Morgan Guilbert.
3. House, M.D.
Answer: Lisa Cuddy
The irascible and intense Dr. Gregory House was brilliantly played by Englishman Hugh Laurie on "House, M.D.". Dr. House practiced at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey, along with his hand-picked team of doctors. His boss and on-again-off-again love interest was Lisa Cuddy, the Dean of Medicine. Cuddy was played by Lisa Edelstein.
4. The Bob Newhart Show
Answer: Elliot Carlin
Stand-up comedian Bob Newhart began starring as Chicago psychologist Dr. Bob Hartley on "The Bob Newhart Show" which ran from 1972 to 1978. Apart from his wife Emily and his wacky neighbor Howard, many of the scenes took place at Bob's office. There was his secretary, Carol Kester, and practicing dentist Jerry Robinson, but the wackiest of all was, perhaps, his patient Elliot Karlin, played by Jack Riley.
5. The Six Million Dollar Man
Answer: Oscar Goldman
After playing the illegitimate son of Victoria Barkley, Lee Majors went on to star on "The Six Million Dollar Man" from 1974 to 1978. The premise had test pilot Colonel Steve Austin severely injured and having to be rebuilt with bionic limbs and implants. With the help of his cybernetic parts, he has super strength and speed. Austin becomes a super crime-fighting agent who is overseen by Oscar Goldman, his superior, played by Richard Anderson (also on "The Bionic Woman").
6. That '70s Show
Answer: Jackie Burkhart
Many of the scenes on "That '70s Show" were set in the basement of the Forman's house. Red and Kitty Forman's son Eric was the protagonist of the comedy which was set in Wisconsin in the 1970s. It revolved around the relationships between the teenagers which included live-in friend Hyde, Eric's girlfriend Donna, exchange student Fez, Kelso and his occasional wealthy and shallow girlfriend Jackie Burkhart, played by Mila Kunis.
7. Gunsmoke
Answer: Chester Goode
Going back to the earlier days of television, we have the very successful Western "Gunsmoke" which ran for a remarkable twenty years, i.e., 1955 to 1975. It depicted frontier life and the exploits of Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) of Dodge City, as he enforced the law. Also featured were Miss Kitty, Matt's paramour and owner of the Long Branch Saloon, and the Marshal's trusty partner, Chester Goode, played with a limp and an accent by Dennis Weaver.
8. Married...with Children
Answer: Jefferson D'Arcy
Now on to one of the most dysfunctional families on television, i.e., the Bundy's on "Married...with Children". Spreading dysfunction, from 1987 to 1997, were Al, his wife Peggy and their two kids, Kelly and Bud. Also sharing Al's miserable life in Chicago were his neighbors Marcy (formerly married to Steve Rhoades) and her second husband Jefferson D'Arcy, played by Ted McGinley (often called "the patron saint of shark-jumping").
9. Star Trek: The Next Generation
Answer: Katherine Pulaski
Set 100 years after Gene Roddenberry's original "Star Trek", we have the follow-up, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" which aired from 1987 to 1994. The show featured a whole new cast helmed by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). The Star Fleet crew consisted of a Betazoid, an android, an El-Aurian (Guinan), etc.
The ship's doctor was Beverly Crusher until she was replaced for a year by Dr. Katherine Pulaski, played by Diana Muldaur.
10. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Answer: Alexander Waverly
The time was the 1960s and Westerns were being replaced by action/adventure "spy" shows with dastardly villains and crime-fighting gimmicks. In 1964 along came "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."; the acronym stood for United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, fighting enemies, including the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H. (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity).
Their main agents were Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin who reported directly to the British chief Alexander Waverly, played stoically by Leo G. Carroll.
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