Television In The 1990's ... Remember? Quiz

Answer: Friends

"Friends" debuted in 1994, and ran for TEN seasons.

"The King of Queens" ran for NINE seasons, starting in 1998.

Starting in 1990, "Seinfeld" ran for NINE seasons.

"Everybody Loves Raymond" ran for NINE seasons, from 1996 until 2005.

Answer: Alfonso Ribeiro

Ribeiro, who played the character or Dr. Maxwell Stanton co-starred on the series with rapper L.L. Cool J.

The series earned Ribeiro an "Image Award" in 1998, and another "Image Award" nomination in 1999 for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series".

Ribeiro is probably best known for his preppy character, Carlton Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", starring Will Smith.

"In The House" was canceled after only one season by NBC due to low ratings. The series was picked up by the United Paramount Network (UPN) and ran for an additional four seasons.

Answer: NBC

NBC series ended in the #1 position for seven seasons with top rated shows;
"The Cosby Show" in 1990, "Cheers" in 1991, "Seinfeld" in 1995, "ER" in 1996 and 1997,"Seinfeld again in 1998, and with "ER" returning to the top spot in 1999.

CBS held the top position for three consecutive seasons, with "60 Minutes" in 1992, 1993, and 1994.

The ABC series "Roseanne" tied for the top position in 1990 with "The Cosby Show".

Answer: Trials of Rosie O'Neill

"The Trials of Rosie O'Neill" aired for two seasons (1990 and 1991) and starred Sharon Gless as the title character. Gless is probably best remembered as Christine Cagney in the long running crime drama, "Cagney and Lacey" (1982), with Tyne Daly.

The series, "Gabriel's Fire" (1990) starring actor James Earl Jones in the title role, aired for one season with 22 episodes. Even with its short run, the highly acclaimed series earned series star James Earl Jones the 1991 "Emmy Award" for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series", and his co-star, Madge Sinclair, with the 1991 "Emmy Award" for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series".
Jones was also nominated for the 1991 "Golden Globe" award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Drama", and a win (Image Award) for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-series, or Television Movie".

"The Flash" (1990) aired 22 episodes during its single season.

The science fiction thriller "E.A.R.T.H. Force" had the shortest run with only three episodes airing in 1990 season.

Answer: True

Jerry made a reference to his sister only one time, in the episode, "The Chinese Restaurant" (season 2, episode 11), originally aired on May 23, 1991.

Other rarely mentioned siblings of the cast key characters included a brother George mention in the episode, "The Suicide" (season 3, episode 15) originally aired on January 29, 1992, and again in the episode, "The Parking Space" (season 3, episode 22), originally aired on April 22, 1992.

Elaine receives a phone from her sister Gail in St. Louis in "The Pick" (season 4, episode 13), after receiving a photo Christmas card from Elaine that accidentally exposed a part of her bare breast.

Answer: Picket Fences

The highly acclaimed series, "Picket Fences" first aired on September 19, 1992.
This gritty drama centered around the residents of a small town, Rome, Wisconsin, and their day to day activities, which were not always what one would describe as "routine".
Tom Skeritt starred as Sheriff Jimmy Brock, the towns top law enforcement official. Kathy Baker starred as Jill Brock, the town doctor and wife of Sheriff Brock. The Brocks had three children. Other interesting characters of Rome were the elderly, nearly senile public defender, Douglas Wambaugh, played by Fyvush Finkel, and Judge Henry Bone, played by Ray Walston.

This Emmy Award winning series aired 88 episodes during its four seasons on the air.
The series earned five Emmy Award nominations in 1966, resulting in three wins; Four Emmy Award nominations in 1995, with wins in each of the four categories; ten Emmy Award nominations in 1994, winning four of the nominations; and eight Emmy Award nominations in 1993, resulting in three wins.

Answer: ER

Dr Peter Benton was played by Eriq La Salle. Dr. Benton appeared in the pilot episode of the series as a second year Surgical resident. Later in the series, Dr. Benton was assigned to supervise third year medical student, John Carter (Noah Wyle). Dr. Benton was a straight forward, no non-sense mentor for Dr. Carter, and often came across as being sometimes arrogant and irritable, but always proved to be a highly skilled surgeon. La Salle portrayed Dr. Benton for the first eight seasons of the series.

With the episode "Life After Death" broadcast on September 25, 2008, the series started its 15th television season, making it one of the longest running drama series in television history.

"ER" chronicled the working and personal lives of a group of medical professions working in the emergency room of the busy County General Hospital in Chicago.

Answer: ER

"ER" (1994) took the top honors in 1996.

"L.A. Law" (1986) won the Emmy Award both in 1990 and 1991.

"Picket Fences" (1992) won the coveted award in both 1993 and 1994.

"The Practice" (1997) was awarded the top honors in 1998 and 1999.

Answer: Friends

The ensemble comedy series "Friends" ranked in the top five rated television
shows four times in the 1990's, but never ended in the number one slot.

"Cheers" (1982) starred Ted Danson as bar owner Sam Malone, ended the 1991 season in the number one position.

"Seinfeld" (1990), starring Jerry Seinfeld took the top honors in 1995 as the top rated show.

"Roseanne" (1988) starring comedienne Roseanne Barr, tied with "The Cosby Show" (1984) as the highest rated television program in 1990.

Answer: False

"Cops", one of the longest running series on the FOX Network premiered on Saturday, March 14, 1989.
The series gave viewers an up-close look at the day to day activities of law enforcement officers as they performed their duties.
For the series, a cameraman and a sound technician accompanied police officers and sheriff's deputies through their routine daily activities.
The commentary was unscripted, and provided by the officers themselves.

The series was created by John Langley and Malcolm Barbour. In the original format, the show covered both the home and work lives of the officers. Because the stories involving the personal lives of the officers appeared somewhat "artificial" in the eyes of Langley, the format was changed during the first season to reflect only the on-duty activities of the featured peace officers.

On September 30, 2007, the series began it's 20th season on the air. The show is accented by its signature theme song, "Bad Boys", performed by Jamaican Raggae group, "Inner Circle".

Each episode of the series ends while an actual police radio broadcast is heard as the shows credits rolled. The radio broadcast was, "132 on Bush, I've got him at Gunpoint. O.K. gunpoint, 132 on Bush, cover is code 3". The radio broadcast was originated by a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff, assigned to the Lakewood Station, and a sheriff's department communications operator. The deputy, responding to a radio call of a "prowler" was first on-scene, and caught the suspect red handed. The broadcast by the deputy advised the communications dispatcher of her situation. The operator acknowledged the transmission then informed that another sheriff's unit to assist her (cover) was responding to the location using red lights and siren (code 3). The radio designation used by the deputy (132) identified a unit assigned to the Lakewood Sheriff's Office (13) and the number of the geographic beat (2).