Leonard Katzman Movies
Leonard Katzman left his native New York to move to Los Angeles in his teens. He got his start in the film industry working as an assistant director on the serials Batman, Superman, and Brenda Starr for his uncle Sam Katzman, a producer. Katzman later became a television director during the medium's early years. He later spent 20 years working with the CBS network on such... (read more) series as Gunsmoke, The Wild, Wild West, and Hawaii Five-0, but he is best known for Dallas. Katzman produced 365 episodes of the popular nighttime soap and also wrote and directed a few episodes. His three children also took part in the show's production. Katzman died in his Malibu home of an apparent heart attack on September 5, 1996; he was 69. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Dallas: J.R. Returns
1996
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Walker, Texas Ranger [TV Series]
1993
Karate-champion-turned-movie-star Chuck Norris was ideally cast as the title character in the contemporary Western series, Walker, Texas Ranger. Introduced as a two-hour...
Dallas: Season 14
1990
The 14th and final season of Dallas finds ruthless oil executive J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) escaping from a mental institution, then resuming his Herculean efforts to...
Dallas: Season 13
1989
As Dallas enters its 13th season on the air, only actors Larry Hagman and Ken Kercheval, cast respectively as ruthless oil tycoon J.R. Ewing and his lifelong enemy,...
Dallas: Season 12
1988
Having avoided getting shot by his frustrated wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), at the end of Dallas' 11th season, ruthless oil tycoon J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman)...
Dallas: Season 11
1987
Although Victoria Principal had left Dallas at the end of season ten, by the time the series' 11th season rolled around, Principal's character, Pamela Ewing, was...
Dallas: Season 10
1986
At the tail end of Dallas' ninth season, Pamela Ewing (Victoria Principal) was awakened from her troubled slumbers by the sound of a familiar voice in her bathroom....
Dallas: Season 09
1985
The infamous ninth season of Dallas begins with Pamela Ewing (Victoria Principal) grieving over the death of her ex-husband Bobby, who was killed saving Pamela from...
Dallas: Season 08
1984
As season eight of Dallas gets under way, Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) painfully convalesces from the gunshot wound that felled him at the end of season seven. The most...
Dallas: Season 07
1983
The fire that trapped J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman), his wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), their son, John Ross (now played by Omri Katz), and J.R.'s half-brother,...
Dallas: Season 06
1982
Season six of Dallas opens with the resolution of the cliffhanger that ended season five, as Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), hated rival of conniving oil tycoon {%J.R....
Dallas: Season 05
1981
Having closed its fourth season with the unidentified body of a young woman floating in the Ewing family swimming pool, Dallas launches its fifth season by casting suspicion...
Dallas: Season 04
1980
"Who shot J.R.?" Those were the words on the lips of Dallas fans throughout the world as the popular prime-time serial launched its fourth season on CBS. Speculation...
Dallas: Season 03
1979
Steadily building up its viewership during its first few seasons, Dallas certainly gives its fans their money's worth during season three, which begins as the newborn son of...
Dallas: Season 01
1978
Dallas begins its original five-week trial run as Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy), youngest son of Texas oil millionaire Jock Ewing (James Davis), shows up at...
Dallas: Season 01 & 02
1978
Having proven itself as a viewer magnet during its five-episode trial in the spring of 1978, the multi-plotted prime-time serial Dallas launched its second season (and its...
Gunsmoke: Season 20
1974
The record-breaking 20th season of Gunsmoke also proved to be the series' last stand--not because it had lost its huge fan base (the series still managed to rank among the 30...
Gunsmoke: Season 19
1973
That Gunsmoke was the longest-running dramatic series in TV history was common knowledge by the time the program entered its nineteenth season in the fall of 1973. What few...
Gunsmoke: Season 18
1972
With the cancellation of Bonanza in December of 1972, Gunsmoke remained standing as the last of the "golden age" TV westerns as it entered its record-breaking eighteenth...
Gunsmoke: Season 17
1971
Seventeen seasons and 540 episodes since it burst on the TV scene as the first truly "adult" western back in 1955, Gunsmoke returned with 24 all-new episodes in the fall of...