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113-473: My Favorite Martian is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes. The show stars Ray Walston as "Uncle Martin" (the Martian) and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara. The first two seasons, totaling 75 episodes, were in black and white, and the 32 episodes of the third and final season were filmed in color. John L. Greene created the central characters and developed

226-404: A San Diego Comic-Con exclusive. In 2015 Greenlight Collectibles produced a prototype My Favorite Martian boxed set featuring the second season's Plymouth Fury , as seen in the show. In November 2017 Zynga Entertainment added My Favorite Martian to its cell phone game "Black Diamond Casino". My Favorite Martian: My Favorite Martians: Sitcom The structure and concept of

339-677: A time machine that transports Tim and the Martian to England in the Middle Ages and other times and places, such as St. Louis in 1849 and the early days of Hollywood, and brings Leonardo da Vinci and Jesse James into the present. Another device he builds is a "molecular separator" that can take apart the molecules of a physical object, or rearrange them (making a squirrel into a human). Another device can take memories and store them in pill form to "relearn" them later. Other devices create temporary duplicates, or levitate Martin and others without

452-437: A 2D object. Being organic, the 2D Mrs. Brown will become permanent in 18 hours. Martin needs a certain metallic compound to restore her. In the mean time, Martin makes her look like a painting. Det. Brennan sees the painting and suggests hanging it in a friend's art gallery. Tim and Martin sneak into the gallery that night. But before they can do anything, some art thieves steal the painting of Mrs. Brown. The thieves whitewash over

565-529: A 30-minute time slot. Throughout their history, American sitcoms have often drawn inspiration from British counterparts. Popular shows like All in the Family , Three's Company , and Sanford and Son were adapted from successful British series. More recently, The Office achieved significant popularity in the United States , following the success of its British counterpart. Numerous television networks in

678-484: A Star , Everything, Everything and You . Formed in 2014, Blue Ribbon Content (BRC) is Warner Bros. Television Studios' digital series production unit. The company takes its name from the "Blue Ribbon” reissues of Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes animation shorts. Live-action BRC productions include series such as the horror-comedy Critters: A New Binge for Shudder , comedy Play It Again, Dick and horror-comedy The Pledge for CW Seed , as well as

791-656: A U.S. Army post after the Civil War. Despite lasting only two seasons, it is still considered a classic of its type. Forrest Tucker , Larry Storch , and Ken Berry led an ensemble cast featuring military misfits, and an Indian tribe, who, among other things, forgot how to do a rain dance. The streak of identifiable series subsided in 1963 with a halt of using stock company contract players and Jack Webb taking over WBTV and not being particularly successful. However, many series were still filmed at Warner Bros. such as F Troop and The F.B.I. For four years, from 1967 to 1971,

904-566: A board game, a magic set, a paint by numbers set, and a springs with bells beanie hat. Licensing resumed in 2012 on the My Favorite Martian property, resulting in both a scale plastic model kit of Uncle Martin's spaceship and a built up version, both from Pegasus Hobbies. Due to the success of the model kit, the Chertok company subsequently has extended the Pegasus license. The Pegasus model kit

1017-475: A children's amusement park. When Martin offers to buy it, Mr. Carter refuses to sell it. Martin decides to disappear and fly the space ship away. He also has Tim slip Carter the money for the ship anonymously. As a thank you, Martin provides a steak dinner for Booboo and all his friends. ( Craig Huxley as Boy #2.) All episodes in black-and-white Tim accidentally cuts a live telephone wire while fixing Mrs. Brown's TV antenna. The wire hits Martin and turns him into

1130-544: A core group of characters who interact in a recurring setting, such as a family, workplace, or institution. However, British sitcoms typically consist of shorter series, often six episodes, and are frequently developed by a smaller writing team. The majority of British sitcoms are half-hour comedies recorded in studio settings using a multiple-camera setup. While many adhere to traditional sitcom conventions, some have ventured into more unconventional territory. For example, Blackadder and Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister shifted

1243-499: A division of Hanna-Barbera until 2001 when the latter absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation . Located in Burbank, California , the studio primarily produces and develops animated programs and shorts for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim , Cartoonito and HBO Max . The company has only produced one theatrically released film, The Powerpuff Girls Movie , distributed by its sister company, Warner Bros. Pictures ; its commercial failure prompted

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1356-437: A live telephone. Meanwhile, Mrs. Brown has called the police to help her locate her missing pocketbook and Det. Brennan is sent over. Martin reads Mrs. Brown's mind and learns that she merely misplaced her pocketbook and he locates it in her house. Det. Brennan is still a little suspicious of Martin and Tim. Martin continues to try and figure out how to disconnect himself back to normal. Martin and Tim overhear on Martin's telephone

1469-541: A major reorganization of WarnerMedia to effectively dissolve the Turner Broadcasting System division, which involved Cartoon Network , Boomerang , Adult Swim , Turner Classic Movies , and digital media company Otter Media being transferred to Warner Bros. Entertainment. Aside from TCM and Otter – which was transferred over to WarnerMedia Entertainment on May 31, 2019, to oversee development on an upcoming over-the-top streaming service from WarnerMedia –

1582-403: A major theatrical film career. Successful Warners television stars found themselves in leading roles of many of the studio's theatrical films with no increase in salary. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was simultaneously the lead of 77 Sunset Strip briefly overlapping with a recurring role as " Dandy Jim Buckley " on Maverick , and also headlined several films until exhaustion forced the studio to give him

1695-436: A movie starring Cary Grant and his then-wife Betsy Drake (the only movie that they worked together in) about a married couple with two children of their own who went on to adopt at least two more. The TV series starred Andrew Duggan and Peggy McCay as George and Anna Rose. Acting legend Mickey Rooney 's son Tim , and Ahna Capri , who would continue to do episodic TV roles and feature films (arguably, her best-known movie

1808-468: A new complete boxed set of the series using restored show elements. In 2010, MPI Home Video acquired the series distribution rights for home video. In 2018, Pidax Video Germany acquired both streaming and DVD distribution rights for Germany and released the series the same year under its German title Mein Onkel vom Mars ; As of early July 2013, Warner Bros. held domestic and international syndication rights for

1921-452: A plot to steal the Vandeleer diamond. Martin finds a way for Det. Brennan to capture the crooks. He also figures out how to turn off the telephone inside him. ( Edward Colmans as Mr. Blackstone.) Martin builds a time machine hoping to go back to before he crashed his space ship. Tim touches the machine and inadvertently sends the two of them back to England in 1215 AD. Martin sets about to fix

2034-611: A rest. Many other actors under contract to Warners at the time, who despite their work conditions, did see their stars rise over time, albeit for most only briefly, included Jack Kelly , Will Hutchins , Peter Brown , Ty Hardin , Wayde Preston , John Russell , Donald May , Rex Reason , Richard Long , Van Williams , Roger Smith , Mike Road , Anthony Eisley , Robert Conrad , Robert McQueeney , Dorothy Provine , Diane McBain and Connie Stevens . Edd Byrnes and Troy Donahue would become teen heartthrobs. Another contract player, Englishman Roger Moore ( Maverick and The Alaskans ),

2147-503: A secret while he attempts to repair his spaceship. Uncle Martin has various unusual powers: He can raise two retractable antennae from the back of his head and become invisible; he is telepathic and can read and influence minds; he can levitate objects with the motion of his index finger; he can communicate with animals; he can freeze people or objects; and he can speed himself (and other people) up to do any kind of work. Also an inventor, Uncle Martin builds several advanced devices, such as

2260-505: A similar space suit from the series; his cover was now that of a Government investigator of unidentified flying objects. However, the premise was changed: Martians such as Lloyd's Uncle Martin are now non-humanoids with four arms, four legs, and three eyes who use a gumball (which they call "nerplex") to assume human form. The "nerplex" comes in a selection that will turn the person ingesting it into assorted life forms, including Martian, Venusian and one to "never use" (Venox 7). The TV series

2373-467: A singular label encompassing both scripted and unscripted productions. Notable series and films produced by the Warner Horizon units include The Bachelor dating show franchise , The Voice , Pretty Little Liars (and spin-offs Ravenswood and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists ), Ellen's Game of Games , Fuller House , The Masked Dancer , Whose Line Is It Anyway? , You and

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2486-408: A sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners . These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term "sitcom" emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filmed in front of a live studio audience using a multiple-camera setup ,

2599-401: A sitcom, with No Time for Sergeants . Both the sitcom and the 1958 movie were based on the 1955 Broadway play, which starred Andy Griffith (TV's The United States Steel Hour also adapted the stage play for TV in 1956). The sitcom starred Sammy Jackson as Will Stockdale, a naive Georgia farm boy drafted into the military. 1965 saw the debut of F Troop , a Western spoof taking place at

2712-530: A steady stream of Scooby-Doo direct-to-video films and two new series, What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006) and Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008). In 2006, Warner Bros. Television made some of its vast library of programs available for free viewing on the Internet (through sister company AOL 's IN2TV service), with Welcome Back, Kotter as its marquee offering. Some of these programs have not been seen publicly since their last syndicated release in

2825-403: A stills gallery, script, and interview with Ann Marshall. The season 3 release also includes special features, such as an unaired version of the series pilot, behind the scenes home movies, interviews with Stan Frazen, Ted Rich, James Hulsey, and Wayne Stam, as well as audio commentary by James's Hulsey and Chertok historian and licensing manager Peter Greenwood. In addition, there are also scans of

2938-400: A television contract with Warner Bros. after the previous contract with Disney was not renewed. In 1993, two Time Warner -affiliated production companies Quincy Jones Entertainment and David Salzman Entertainment had merged their companies to form Quincy Jones-David Salzman Entertainment , which was affiliated with Warner Bros. and Time Warner. Not too long after that, Lorimar Television

3051-477: A vain, cold-hearted, plain-clothes police officer , Detective Bill Brennan, who dislikes Uncle Martin and is highly suspicious of him and his activities. "Martin O'Hara's" real name is actually Exigius 12 1 ⁄ 2 . Revealed in the episode "We Love You, Miss Pringle", it was heard again when his real nephew, Andromeda (played by young actor Wayne Stam), crash-landed on Earth late in the show's third season. Andromeda, originally devised to bring younger viewers to

3164-432: Is also producing the upcoming Elizabeth Smart-led series Smart Justice for Lifetime and the new HBO Max competition series Ellen's Next Great Designer . Telepictures also formerly produced TMZ on TV , which it sold to Fox Entertainment in 2021. Cartoon Network Studios is an American production company and the main animation studio for Cartoon Network and its associated channels. It started operating in 1994 as

3277-547: Is an American production company. It was bought by Warner Communications in 1988 and remains a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Television Studios to this day. Programs produced by Telepictures include The Ellen DeGeneres Show , as well as Extra , Judge Mathis , The People's Court , The Real , in addition to the NBC primetime series Ellen's Game of Games and Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways (both produced in association with Warner Horizon Unscripted Television). Telepictures

3390-421: Is hurt by their attitude, but Martin tried to warn him. The police arrive at Tim's apartment and discover Martin's spaceship. Martin uses his time machine to take the three of them back to just before Andy heads off to school. Andy has learned his lesson and won't start anymore trouble. Rhino Entertainment released the first two seasons on Region 1 DVD in 2004–2005. Rhino never released the third season. However,

3503-452: Is in fact a scale replica based on the Martian spaceship's appearance as seen in the series episode "Crash Diet", where the spaceship is shrunken down in size; the initial version of the shrunken spaceship is in the same scale used for the Pegasus model. A still of Uncle Martin holding that scaled space ship was placed on the back of the product carton for the assembled, non-kit spaceship. An after-market photo-etched metal detail parts kit from

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3616-556: Is one of the leading channels in India, dedicated entirely to Sitcoms. Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is the longest-running sitcom of Indian television and is also known as the flagship show of SAB TV . On Tiptoes and Shabhaye Barareh were among the first and most important sitcoms that led to the growth of this type of comedy in Iran, both receiving wide critical and audience acclaim. El Chavo del Ocho , which ran from 1971 to 1980,

3729-447: Is pretending to be an Earthling. Andromeda refuses to wear Earth clothes and be called Andy. When Mrs. Brown and Det. Brennan show up, Andy tells them he is from Mars. They think he just has an active imagination. To help him fit in, Martin sends Andy to school. But Andy again refuses to hide his Martian background and demonstrates his Martian abilities to his teacher and classmates. The children all go off running from an obvious alien. Andy

3842-918: Is the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons , the studio which produced Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon shorts from 1933 to 1963, and from 1967 to 1969. Warner reestablished its animation division in 1980 to produce Looney Tunes –related works, and Turner Broadcasting System (who bought MGM/UA which owned pre-1950 Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies shorts) merged with Time Warner (later called WarnerMedia ) in 1996. It replaces Warner Bros. Cartoons and Warner Bros. Feature Animation ; since March 2001, it also replaces Hanna-Barbera as well. In recent years, Warner Bros. Animation has focused primarily on producing television and direct-to-video animation featuring characters Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo , The Flintstones , Tom and Jerry , Animaniacs , Superman , Batman , Justice League and Teen Titans created by other properties owned by Warner Bros., including DC Comics ,

3955-501: The 1960 Writers Guild of America strike , WB reused many plots from its films and other television shows under the nom de plume of "W. Hermanos". This was another example of imitating Warner Bros.' B Pictures who would remake an "A" film and switch the setting. Two of the most popular stars, James Garner and Clint Walker , quit over their conditions. Garner never returned to the Warners fold during this period, instead moving forward into

4068-539: The Associated Artists Productions library, and the RKO Pictures films that United Artists had previously purchased. Warner Bros. Television has produced new productions based on Turner Entertainment 's properties. On June 1, 1986, Alan Shayne has left as president of the studio after 10 years, to start out a new production company, Alan Shayne Productions, which will be affiliated in association with

4181-716: The Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy Series . In 2020, the sixth and final season of Schitt's Creek was nominated for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards . This broke the record for the most Emmy nominations given to a comedy series in its final season. During the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards , the show became the first ever comedy or drama series to sweep the four acting categories ( Outstanding Lead Actor , Outstanding Lead Actress , Outstanding Supporting Actor , Outstanding Supporting Actress for Eugene Levy , Catherine O'Hara , Dan Levy , and Annie Murphy respectively) and one of only four live action shows, along with All in

4294-549: The MGM cartoon studio (via Turner Entertainment Co. ) and Hanna-Barbera Productions . Warner Bros. Kids, Young Adults and Classics ( KYAC ; often known as Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics ), formerly known as Warner Bros. Global Kids and Young Adults , was a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment . It was established on March 4, 2019, as part of a major reorganization of Warner Bros. ' now-defunct parent company, WarnerMedia . On March 4, 2019, AT&T announced

4407-735: The RTR channel. The "boom" of Russian sitcoms began only in the 2000s, when in 2004, the STS started the highly successful sitcom " My Fair Nanny " (an adaptation of the American sitcom " The Nanny "). Since that time, sitcoms in Russia have been produced by the two largest entertainment channels in the country — STS and TNT . In 2007, the STS released the first original domestic sitcom — " Daddy's Daughters " (there were only adaptations before), and in 2010, TNT released " Interns " —

4520-616: The Series Mania Television Festival in Paris, was praised by critics, and earned numerous awards and nominations. Also in 2013, At Home with Julia was criticized by several social commentators as inappropriately disrespectful to the office of the Prime Minister. The show nevertheless proved very popular with both television audiences and critics, becoming the most-watched Australian scripted comedy series of 2011. It

4633-413: The U.S. Department of Defense that was later shown on American television on Jack Webb 's General Electric True . All shows were made in the manner of WB's B pictures in the 1930s and 1940s; fast-paced, much stock footage from other films, stock music from the Warners music library and contracted stars working long hours for comparatively small salaries with restrictions on their career. During

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4746-447: The United States feature sitcoms in their programming. CBS , TBS, Nickelodeon , and Disney Channel are just a few examples of networks that air sitcoms. Warner Bros. Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios , operating under the name Warner Bros. Television (abbreviated as WBTV ; formerly known as Warner Bros. Television Division ), is an American television production and distribution studio and

4859-551: The 1970s and 1980s many British sitcoms also screened on the Seven Network . By 1986, UK comedies Bless This House and Are You Being Served? had been re-screened several times by ABC Television ; they were then acquired and screened by the Seven Network. In 1981, Daily at Dawn was the first Australian comedy series to feature a regular gay character (Terry Bader as journalist Leslie). In 1987, Mother and Son won

4972-580: The 1980s. On June 11, 2012, WBTV acquired Alloy Entertainment . On June 2, 2014, Warner Bros. Television Group purchased all of Eyeworks ' companies outside of the United States, rebranding as Warner Bros. International Television Production . Eyeworks USA however, will remain independent. In 2020, Warner Bros. Television was renamed Warner Bros. Television Studios as part of WarnerMedia's restructuring of its television divisions. The Warner Bros. Television name continues to be used on-screen, as well as

5085-431: The 1990s these included: Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993), Zabaan Sambhalke (1993), Shrimaan Shrimati (1995), Office Office (2001), Ramani Vs Ramani (Tamil 2001), Amrutham (Telugu 2001–2007), Khichdi (2002), Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2005) F.I.R. (2006–2015), Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008–present), Uppum Mulakum (Malayalam 2015–present), and Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain (2015–present). SAB TV

5198-477: The 2010s, resulting in a decline in sitcom popularity. Nevertheless, there have been recent efforts to revive the sitcom genre. For instance, Netflix released So Not Worth It in 2021, featuring many creators from popular South Korean sitcoms. Popular South Korean sitcoms include the High Kick series, which has spawned several spin-offs. British sitcoms , like their American counterparts, often revolve around

5311-514: The British strip, in its later run, featured Martin's nephew Andromeda. Due to a lack of reference he was depicted as a chubby freckled British schoolboy. The comic rights returned to the Chertok company, who licensed a reprint of the Gold Key title produced by Hermes Press. Hermes Press put out one volume of a two volume set that covered issues #1-7 of the Gold Key series. The planned second would complete

5424-417: The Family , The Golden Girls , and Will & Grace where all the principal actors have won at least one Emmy Award. Sitcoms started appearing on Indian television in the 1980s, with serials like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984), Nukkad (1986), and Wagle Ki Duniya (1988) on the state-run Doordarshan channel. Gradually, as private channels were permitted to operate, many more sitcoms followed. In

5537-448: The Gold Key run and include the TV21 material. They also subsequently issued a special single issue edition reprint for the national free comic book day. That reprint is the only instance of a 1960s television comic reprint being used for this event. Subsequently, during the event, the books, in almost every venue, were the first to sell out. The Chertok Company is actively looking to reprint, for

5650-479: The Mississippi. They make it to land, but are captured by the thief. They escape again and help Lorelei win big at poker. But, they are then caught by Marshal Brennan. ( Hal Baylor as Red. Ken Mayer as Pete. James Jeter as Waiter. Emile Meyer as Ship's Captain.) Martin's 11-year-old nephew Andromeda steals his father's ship and crash lands on Earth. Andromeda is a proud Martian, and doesn't understand why Martin

5763-527: The Paragrafix Company gives modelers the ability to seriously upgrade the model kit's cockpit detail. They also for the first time created a scale version of the time machine suitcase, along with offering Uncle Martin's flight log book reproduced in both English and Martian text. Factory Entertainment produced a shake ems version of both Uncle Martin and his spaceship. They also offered a special edition black-and-white version of their Uncle Martin statue as

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5876-711: The Television Drama Award for portraying a woman suffering from senile dementia and her interaction with her family, presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission . In 2007, Kath & Kim ' s first episode of series 4 attracted an Australian audience of 2.521 million nationally. This was the highest rating for a first episode in the history of Australian television, until the series premiere of Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities in 2009, which garnered 2.58 million viewers. In 2013, Please Like Me received an invitation to screen at

5989-525: The United States in 1926 with the radio show Sam 'n' Henry . The subsequent success of Amos 'n' Andy , also created by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll , solidified the sitcom's place in American radio programming. The transition to television brought about significant changes in the sitcom format. Mary Kay and Johnny , which premiered in 1947, became the first American television sitcom. Today, American sitcoms typically run for 22 minutes, allowing for approximately eight minutes of advertising within

6102-454: The animation studios Warner Bros. Animation , Cartoon Network Studios and Williams Street . On April 7, 2020, Tom Ascheim was named president of the division, now renamed Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics, overseeing Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Adult Swim, and adding Turner Classic Movies to his oversight. On May 11, 2022, Tom Ascheim exited as President of KYAC due to Warner Bros. Discovery's leadership restructuring

6215-637: The broken time machine. Tim helps a young man being attacked and in doing so, prevents the Magna Carta from being delivered to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Before Martin and Tim can take the Magna Carta to the Archbishop, they meet the Duchess of Brimstone. She actually works for King John ( Anthony Eustrel ), who opposes signing the Magna Carta. She distracts Tim and drugs Martin, allowing her henchman Basil to destroy

6328-491: The canvasses so they can smuggle them away. Martin and Tim find the thieves' hide-out. They elude the thieves and Det. Brennan and get Mrs. Brown's painting. Mrs. Brown is restored in time. Lisa Seagram as Felicia Fratoli. ( Herb Andress as Mechanical Man. Harvey Lembeck as Rembrandt Jones.) All episodes now in color. Brennan flicks a switch on Martin's time machine and Martin and Tim are accidentally transported to St. Louis , circa 1849. Because neither of them were holding

6441-552: The company acquired The Wolper Organization, producer of Chico and the Man and Welcome Back, Kotter . In 1978, Stan Margulies, who produced Roots , signed a three-year exclusive contract with the studio. The following week, Warner had acquired contracts with big names like James Komack , Danny Arnold , the trio of Don Nicholl , Michael Ross and Bernie West (NRW) and the duo of Alan Blye and Bob Einstein to distribute programs worldwide. In 1979, Warner Bros. Television produced

6554-520: The company returned to prime-time shows after producing one show for four years. One of the first shows upon returning were the NBC shows Nichols and The Jimmy Stewart Show and the CBS show The Chicago Teddy Bears . Also that year, animation studio Filmation and Warner Bros. entered a deal to produce cartoons for film and television, with its television subsidiary having global distribution rights. In 1975,

6667-474: The company to stop theatrical releases of its films, though Regular Show: The Movie was released to theaters at a limited capacity. The studio also produces live-action series for Adult Swim and formerly Cartoon Network under various pseudonyms. Warner Bros. Animation Inc. is an American animation studio closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. The studio

6780-402: The company's lone output was the existing television series The F.B.I. , by 1970, several of the former talent from 20th Century-Fox Television as well as former agent writers was defected to Warner Bros., such as Paul Monash , Rod Amateau , Bill Idelson and Harvey Miller, Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein , Jerry Gardner and Dee Caruso , Hal Kanter and A.J. Carothers . By 1971,

6893-740: The company's trade name. On November 30, 2022, WBTV head Channing Dungey announced that they were in talks with Amazon to make animated DC content for its streaming service Amazon Prime Video . In addition to the main Warner Bros. Television Studios label, the company also owns and operates the following production companies in the United States: Warner Horizon Unscripted Television is Warner Bros. Television Studios' alternative television, cable and streaming production unit; founded in April 2006, it originally operated as

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7006-510: The core format of the series, which was produced by Jack Chertok . A human-appearing extraterrestrial in a one-man spaceship nearly collides at high altitude with the U.S. Air Force 's rocket plane, the North American X-15 . The spaceship's pilot is a 450-year-old anthropologist from Mars. Tim O'Hara, a young newspaper reporter for The Los Angeles Sun , is on his way home from Edwards Air Force Base , where he had gone to report on

7119-459: The debut of The Roaring Twenties , which was thought to be a more benign alternative to Desilu 's The Untouchables . Whether or not that was actually the case, it was, in fact, much less successful. WBTV expanded on its existing genre of Westerns and crime dramas, and in January 1962, produced its first sitcom, Room For One More . Based on the memoirs of Anna Rose , which in 1952 WB made into

7232-401: The distribution arm of WBD units HBO , Cartoon Network and Adult Swim . As of 2015, it is one of the world's two largest television production companies measured by revenue and library along with Sony Pictures Television . As of May 2024, WBTV is producing nearly 40 scripted series for WBD’s Max , external streaming platforms, cable, and the five U.S. broadcast networks. The division

7345-555: The first season of Pennyworth . On August 10, 2020, Warner Bros. Television Group separated the Warner Horizon label into two standalone companies maintaining individualized production focuses: Alloy Entertainment is a book packaging and production company under Warner Bros. Television Studios. Notable series and films produced by Alloy include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants , Gossip Girl , The Vampire Diaries , Pretty Little Liars , The 100 , The Sun Is Also

7458-637: The first sitcom, filmed as a comedy (unlike dominated "conveyor" sitcoms). Sitcoms, or "시트콤" in Korean, gained significant popularity in South Korea during the 1990s. This popularity was fueled by the success of shows like Dr. Oh's People , LA Arirang , and Men and Women . The use of computer graphics (CG) in sitcoms began to increase in the late 1990s as more broadcasters adopted CG technology. This led to more visually dynamic and creative sitcoms. However, viewer preferences shifted towards dramas and thrillers in

7571-690: The first time, the British comic adaptation in a single, stand-alone volume. However, the TV21 Martian pages have been used as special features on the US DVD release of the TV series from MPI, for the Australian DVD release from Umbrella Entertainment, and more recently on the Australia New Zealand DVD release from Shock Entertainment. During the show's initial run, several products were produced, resulting in

7684-408: The first two seasons, Martin was able to do much more in the final season, such as stimulating mustache growth to provide Tim and himself with quick disguises, and levitating using his nose. Brennan's boss, the police chief, was involved in many episodes in the third season, generally as a device to humiliate the overzealous detective Brennan. My Favorite Martian , which premiered in the fall of 1963,

7797-418: The flagship studio of the Warner Bros. Television Group division of Warner Bros. , a flagship studio of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Launched on March 21, 1955 by William T. Orr , it serves as a television production arm of DC Comics productions by DC Studios and, alongside Paramount Global 's CBS Studios , The CW , the latter that launched in 2006 and WBD has a 12.5% ownership stake. It also serves as

7910-501: The flight of the X-15. Returning home to Los Angeles, O'Hara spots the same silver spaceship coming down quickly, after which it crash lands nearby. Tim takes in the Martian , saying to other people that he is Tim's Uncle Martin. The Martian refuses to reveal any of his special traits to humans, other than Tim, to avoid both publicity and human panic. Tim agrees to keep the Martian's Earth identity

8023-441: The focus from domestic or workplace settings to the world of politics. A more recent development in British comedy is the mockumentary , a style that blends documentary and comedic elements. Shows like The Office , Come Fly with Me , W1A , People Just Do Nothing , and This Country have successfully employed this format to explore a variety of topics and characters. Sitcoms, or situation comedies, made their debut in

8136-630: The following original films: The Banana Splits Movie and Critters Attack! for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Syfy , plus Good Girls Get High for AT&T's DirectTV Cinema. BRC also produces the upcoming mixed-media series BizarroTV for DC Universe, plus the animated series Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons for CW Seed. Series produced by Shed Media include Who Do You Think You Are? for NBC , Criminal Confessions and Murder for Hire for Oxygen, Huda Boss for Facebook Watch , Supernanny for Lifetime , and The Real Housewives of New York City for Bravo . Telepictures

8249-495: The latter of which continues in some modern productions such as The Big Bang Theory and Fuller House . Other formats make use of a laugh track or "canned laughter". Since the 1990s, sitcoms have since expanded to animated sitcoms , with successful shows of the genre including The Simpsons , King of the Hill , and Family Guy . Critics have debated the exact definition of a sitcom, mostly regarding productions created at

8362-476: The lead roles; many of the stars appeared in ensemble casts in such films as The Chapman Report and Merill's Marauders . Some stars such as Connie Stevens, Edd Byrnes, Robert Conrad and Roger Smith made albums for Warner Bros. Records . One particular recording, a novelty tune titled Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) became a big hit for Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens (1959). The following year, Connie Stevens had her own hit, with Sixteen Reasons . It

8475-444: The live-action series. The pair also have a Martian pet named Okey, a sort of bouncing sheepdog with antennae. Tim also had a niece of his own, named Katie, living with them. Brennan also had a teenage son named Brad living with him and a pet chimpanzee named Chump. None of the characters were voiced by the original actors; Bixby was at the time committed to his latest project, The Magician , and Walston tried to distance himself from

8588-625: The music, with lyrics by Stan Jones or Paul Francis Webster , among others. For the crime shows, it was up to the songwriting team of Jerry Livingston and Mack David , who also scored the themes for the sitcom Room for One More , and The Bugs Bunny Show . In 1960, WBTV turned its attentions to younger audiences as they brought Bugs Bunny and the other WB cartoon characters to prime time, with The Bugs Bunny Show , which featured cartoons released after July 31, 1948 (which had not been sold to Associated Artists Productions ), combined with newly animated introductory material. Also, that year saw

8701-464: The name of the junk yard. Martin notices that Booboo, a neighborhood dog, was hanging around and may have seen the junk men. Booboo and his dog friends help Martin track down the junk yard. When Martin and Tim get to the junk yard, the Junkyard Manager ( Vito Scotti ) tells them that the ship has already been sold to a Mr. Carter ( Cliff Norton ). Turns out Carter is using it as a "rocket" carousel at

8814-413: The need of his index finger. Tim and Uncle Martin live in a garage apartment owned by a congenial but scatterbrained landlady, Mrs. Lorelei Brown (a former WAVE as revealed in the first episode of season one) who often shows up when not wanted. The Martian and she have an awkward romance from time to time, but Uncle Martin never gets serious for fear of his ultimately going home to Mars. She later dates

8927-468: The newly transferred properties came under a newly formed Global Kids & Young Adults division. The division was responsible for overseeing the parent company's family, kids, animation, and young adult properties, its properties include the former Turner Broadcasting System cable television networks Cartoon Network (including the programming blocks Adult Swim , Toonami , Cartoonito , and ACME Night ), Boomerang , and Turner Classic Movies ; and

9040-440: The organization and eliminating his role. The studios were moved under Warner Bros. Television while Kathleen Finch 's U.S. Networks Group assumed oversight over the linear networks, effectively dissolving the unit. Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (formerly Warner Bros. Television Distribution ) is the television distribution and broadcast syndication arm of Warner Bros. Television Studios. Established in 1971,

9153-475: The original comic series, scripts, and the shooting schedule. In its first season, My Favorite Martian did very well in the Nielsen ratings, ranking at No. 10. However, by the end of the second season the show had dipped to No. 24. Still, the series was doing well enough to be renewed for a third season. Ratings dipped even further in the third season due to repetitive story lines involving Martin's time machine, and

9266-477: The parchment. Plus, the drug shrinks Martin. Martin helps Tim create a copy of the Magna Carta and they go to see the King. Martin's tiny size and Martian tricks scare the King into signing. Martin also finds an antidote for the drug he took. Tim and Martin get to the time machine and return home. Martin builds a machine that turns 3D items into 2D. Mrs. Brown inadvertently walks in front of the machine and gets turned into

9379-588: The pilots for Maverick and 77 Sunset Strip . The success of Cheyenne led WBTV to produce many series for ABC such as Westerns ( Maverick , Lawman , Colt .45 , Bronco , a spin off of Cheyenne , Sugarfoot , and The Alaskans ), crime dramas ( 77 Sunset Strip , Hawaiian Eye , Bourbon Street Beat , and Surfside 6 ), and other shows such as The Gallant Men and The Roaring Twenties using stock footage from WB war films and gangster films respectively. The company also produced Jack Webb 's Red Nightmare starring Jack Kelly for

9492-519: The premiere of its self-titled anthology series Warner Bros. Presents on ABC. The one-hour weekly show featured rotating episodes of television series based on the WB films Casablanca and Kings Row , as well as an original series titled Cheyenne with Clint Walker . The first one-hour television western, Cheyenne became a big hit for the network and the studio with the added advantage of featuring promotions for upcoming Warner Bros. cinema releases in

9605-530: The role. As a result, Jonathan Harris voiced Martin and Jane Webb voiced Mrs. Brown. The cartoon utilized a number of scripts from what would have been season four of the live action show; as of early July 2013, Jack Chertok Television co-owned it, with the Chertok company retaining all merchandising rights to the show. At least two VHS tape volumes were released of the cartoon series in 1989 by UAV. Distribution rights were held, as of April 2013, by Classic Media as part of their Filmation holdings. The series

9718-427: The season 3 release from Australia's Umbrella Entertainment, on February 5, 2008, was as an import to North America. This release is classified as "Region 0", making it viewable around the world on any region-free DVD player. Rhino also released a 3-DVD box of "The Best of My Favorite Martian" in 2007, comprising episodes 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 29, 31, 34, and 37. In January 2010, MPI Home Video acquired

9831-412: The series Spy Game for ABC , with Universal alumnus Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert of Renaissance Pictures, and Warner alumnus John McNamara producing the series, but it did not last long, as it only lasted one season on the air. In 2001, Warner Bros. Television fully took over distribution of Hanna-Barbera related properties produced by Warner Bros. Animation such as Scooby-Doo , producing

9944-612: The series was canceled. An animated series , My Favorite Martians , was made by Filmation and was broadcast as part of the Saturday morning programming on CBS from September 8, 1973, to December 22, 1973, for a total of sixteen episodes. The series features Tim, Martin, Mrs. Brown and Detective Brennan (Brennan is considerably different). To appeal to a younger audience, Uncle Martin is joined by his Martian nephew named Andromeda, nicknamed "Andy", who only has one antenna and thus lesser powers than Uncle Martin and did appear in one episode of

10057-765: The series' Region 1 rights under license from the Jack Chertok estate-owned Jack Chertok Productions. At the time, it was announced that they planned on releasing season 3 on DVD in the summer of 2010. This release, however, never materialized and was postponed. It was subsequently released on October 30, 2012. MPI re-released season 1 on June 24, 2014. and season 2 on December 23, 2014. On October 20, 2015, MPI Home Video released My Favorite Martian- The Complete Series' on Region 1 DVD. In Region 4 (Australia), Umbrella Entertainment released all 3 seasons on DVD. These releases are all Region Free. The season 1 release includes special features, such as audio commentary with Ann Marshall,

10170-572: The series. Those rights have since returned to the Chertok Trust. The theme music for the series was composed by George Greeley and performed in part on an Electro-Theremin by Paul Tanner , a former member of Glenn Miller 's band. It was influential in Brian Wilson 's engagement of Tanner in 1965 and 1966 to work with the Beach Boys on their landmark hit, " Good Vibrations ". Greeley also scored

10283-600: The series; an album of his music from the first two seasons was released by La-La Land Records in 2007 (dedicated to the composer, who died while the album was being prepared). Unhappy with early script submissions from creator/producer Jack Chertok, the network hired script doctor Sherwood Schwartz to lend a hand. Schwartz changed the Tim-centric scripts to focus more on the Martian, as a "fish out of water", on, as he termed it "this backwards planet." The pilot featured Mrs. Brown's daughter Annabelle as Tim's love interest, but she

10396-519: The show has earned an estimated $ 1 billion in syndication fees alone for Televisa . Gliding On , a popular sitcom in New Zealand in the early 1980s, won multiple awards during its run including Best Comedy, Best Drama and Best Direction at the Feltex Awards . The first Russian sitcom series was "Strawberry", which resembled "Duty Pharmacy" in a Spanish format. It was aired from 1996 to 1997 on

10509-407: The show's last ten minutes. One such segment for Rebel Without a Cause featured Gig Young notably talking about road safety with James Dean . With only Cheyenne being a success, WB ended the ten-minute promotions of new films and replaced Warner Bros. Presents with an anthology series titled Conflict . It was felt that "Conflict" was what the previous series lacked. Conflict showed

10622-546: The show, disappeared without explanation after this single episode, and was not referred to again in the live-action series' eight remaining episodes. Andromeda was, however, a regular on the later My Favorite Martians animated series. Andromeda had a single antenna, which Martin explained was because his baby antennae had fallen out and only one adult antenna had come in so far. Uncle Martin also reveals that on Mars he lives on Fulton Canal, which ultimately leads to comedic mix-ups and confusion with Canal Fulton, Ohio . The series

10735-410: The stars of Lynda Carter , Warner Bros. and DC Comics produced the television series Wonder Woman . National was purchased by Kinney National Company in 1967 and remained the part of the company until Kinney bought Warner Bros. in 1969. Also that year, the company secured a deal with Bill Carruthers and his production company to develop its game shows and other videotaped programming. In 1976,

10848-473: The studio, in order to develop four made-for-TV movies and miniseries projects, which was developed for the 1987–88 season. Prior to the merge with Time Inc. , Warner Communications acquired Lorimar-Telepictures . The acquisition completed on January 12, 1989. Lorimar Television folded into WBTV in July 1993. Telepictures later became a television production company. In 1992, Witt/Thomas Productions signed

10961-615: The television series The Dukes of Hazzard . In 1980, Phillip Saltzman and his Woodruff Productions company signed a deal with the studio. In 1982, Aaron Spelling and his production company had struck a deal with the studio to distribute the shows. The pact would continue until 1988. On March 25, 1986, Ted Turner and his Turner Broadcasting System purchased Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) from Kirk Kerkorian for $ 1.5 billion, and renamed MGM Entertainment Company, Inc. Turner immediately sold MGM's United Artists subsidiary back to Kerkorian for roughly $ 480 million. However, Turner

11074-613: The time machine, it was sent back in time but stayed in California. When they eat before leaving, Tim pays with 20th century money which the owner says is counterfeit. They are arrested by a Marshal Brennan, Brennan's ancestor. They manage to escape and get on a riverboat. Onboard, they meet Mrs. Brown's ancestor, Lorelei Glutz. Because her dowry's been stolen, she won't make it to California and produce her child that would lead to Mrs. Brown. The thief knows about Martin and Tim's escape from Marshal Brennan. Before he can turn them in, they jump into

11187-518: The turn of the 21st century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use a single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, instead more resembling documentaries or the comedy-dramas of the 1980s and 1990s. Although there have been few long-running Australian-made sitcoms, many American and British sitcoms have been successful in Australia, since sitcoms are considered a staple of the government broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). In

11300-552: Was Enter the Dragon starring Bruce Lee ) were cast as the Rose's natural children. The show only lasted for half a season. In the fall of that year, a WWII drama The Gallant Men debuted, but lasted for only one season. WBTV exclusively produced shows for the ABC network until 1962, when GE True premiered on CBS . In 1964, WBTV once again tried to turn a classic film comedy of its own into

11413-544: Was adapted into comic book form by Dan Spiegle and was distributed by Gold Key Comics ; it lasted nine issues and ran from 1963 through 1966. Gerry Anderson's company Century 21 acquired the rights to produce a comic strip adaptation; it ran in their weekly newspaper, formatted comic TV21 , for two years (1965–66) and was featured in three of the British Christmas comics annuals. Unlike the Gold Key Comics adaptation,

11526-411: Was also remade as a feature film in 1999 starring Christopher Lloyd as the Martian and Jeff Daniels as Tim. This film was released and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures . Ray Walston was featured in the film (both Bill Bixby and Pamela Britton had since died; the former in 1993 and the latter in 1974) and played another Martian who had been trapped on Earth since the time of the first series and wore

11639-431: Was dropped to allow Tim to become more of a playboy. In a major change, Mrs. Brown, who was multi-talented, intelligent, and suspicious in the pilot, became decidedly more scatterbrained. The first two seasons were filmed in black-and-white (at Desilu ), but the final season was shot in color (at MGM ), resulting in minor changes in the set and the format of the show. In addition to the extraterrestrial powers indicated in

11752-460: Was during this period that series, particularly Westerns like Cheyenne and Maverick , and the crime dramas like 77 Sunset Strip , Hawaiian Eye and Surfside 6 featured catchy theme songs that became just as much a part of the American pop culture landscape as the shows themselves. Depending on the particular series (in this case, the Westerns), William Lava or David Buttolph would compose

11865-484: Was folded into WBTV, taking some key members with them. In 1993, Tom Arnold and Roseanne Barr via Wapello County Productions struck a deal with the studio. In 1994, writers-producers of Friends , Kevin Bright , Martha Kauffman and David Crane , and associated with the studio since 1992 had struck its exclusive deal with the studio. In 1996, Warner Bros. Television collaborated with Universal Television to develop

11978-579: Was followed up by a television series of the same name that ran from 2001 to 2018, airing in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. Corner Gas , which ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009, became an instant hit, averaging one million viewers per episode. It has been the recipient of six Gemini Awards and has been nominated almost 70 times for various awards. Other noteworthy recent sitcoms have included: Call Me Fitz , Schitt's Creek , Letterkenny , and Kim's Convenience , all of which have been winners of

12091-803: Was growing displeased with Warner as his contract was expiring and would relocate to Europe from Hollywood, becoming an international star on television, and eventually, in theatrical films, playing James Bond among other roles. Warners also contracted established stars such as Ray Danton , Peter Breck , Jeanne Cooper and Grant Williams . These stars often appeared as guest stars, sometimes reprising their series role in another TV series. The stars appeared in WB cinema releases with no additional salary, with some such as Zimbalist, Walker, Garner (replacing Charlton Heston in Darby's Rangers ), and Danton (replacing Robert Evans in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond ) playing

12204-531: Was nominated at the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for Best Television Comedy Series. Although there have been several notable exceptions, relatively few Canadian sitcoms attained notable success in Canada or internationally. Canadian television has had much greater success with sketch comedy and dramedy series. The popular show King of Kensington aired from 1975 to 1980, at its peak garnering an average of 1.5 to 1.8 million viewers weekly. The 1999 movie Trailer Park Boys

12317-783: Was produced by Jack Chertok Television in association with CBS Productions . The show was originally syndicated by Wolper Pictures, then it moved to syndicator Telepictures , and finally by successor-in-interest to Warner Bros. Television Distribution . The Chertok Company retained ownership of all copyrights for the series; Rhino Entertainment held U.S. video distribution rights until August 2008. Australian entertainment company Umbrella Entertainment acquired distribution rights for Australia and New Zealand and released seasons one through three (the last in full color) in 2007 and 2008 on region-free DVD. Those rights, together with video streaming, were acquired by Shock Video; in November 2017 Shock released

12430-411: Was started on March 21, 1955, with its first head being Jack L. Warner 's son-in-law William T. Orr . ABC had approached Warner Bros. initially with the idea of purchasing the studio's film library (WB eventually sold the rights to the negatives of pre-1950 films and pre-1948 cartoons and shorts to Associated Artists Productions , or a.a.p., in 1956 ). WB formally entered television production with

12543-485: Was the first of the "fantasy" situation comedies prevalent on American television in the mid-1960s featuring characters who could do extraordinary things, predating My Living Doll (1964–1965), Bewitched (1964–1972), and I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970). All episodes in black-and-white Junk men Mike ( Tom Kennedy ) and Bruno ( Karl Lukas ) mistakenly empty Martin and Tim's garage instead of Mrs. Brown's, and wind up taking Martin's space ship. Mrs. Brown doesn't know

12656-534: Was the most-watched show on Mexican television and had a Latin-American audience of 350 million viewers per episode at its popularity peak during the mid-1970s. The show continues to be popular in Central America as well as in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Spain, the United States, and other countries. Syndicated episodes average 91 million daily viewers in all its American markets. Since it ceased production in 1992,

12769-405: Was unable to find financing for the rest of the deal because of concerns in the financial community over the debt-load of his companies; thus, on August 26, 1986, Turner was forced to sell MGM's production and distribution assets to UA for $ 300 million. The MGM lot and lab facilities were sold to Lorimar-Telepictures . Turner kept the pre-May 1986 MGM film and television library, along with

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