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Biography (TV series)

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Biography is a documentary television series with three separate original broadcast runs: two syndicated runs (1961–1964 & 1979), and the recent run on A&E (1987–2006), which was moved to A&E's Biography Channel/FYI (2006–2012). Each episode was accompanied by a narration, using stock footage, on-camera interviews, and photographs of the people's lives. Biography was expanded into a franchise (2017) by using the previous logo for mini-series and movies (Biography Movies series) across A&E Networks' channels. The original version (1961–1963) was a half-hour filmed series produced for syndication by David Wolper and hosted by Mike Wallace. It featured historical figures such as Helen Keller and Mark Twain. A 1979 revival of Biography aired briefly on CBS covering a more recent collection of influential figures such as Idi Amin and Walt Disney. The A&E series placed the emphasis on modern celebrities, such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Queen Elizabeth II. It also included fictional characters like Superman, Betty Boop, and Santa Claus. With this large catalog of profiled figures, A&E created a spin-off network called The Biography Channel (1998). Initially, most of the episodes featured the life stories of historical figures (similar to the original version) or present political or social leaders. People such as William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Enrico Caruso, and Eva Perón were profiled. After a few years, however, the show began producing episodes on figures from pop culture, including Britney Spears, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, and Marilyn Manson. This move away from purely intellectual subject matter has been criticized by some. Figures covered from the business and technology world include Sam Walton, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, J. C. Penney, Dave Thomas, Colonel Sanders, Bernie Marcus, and Arthur Blank. [1]

57 relations: A&E (TV channel), A&E Networks, Al Pacino, Arthur Blank, Atlas Media Corp., Barnes & Noble, Behind the Music, Bernard Marcus, Betty Boop, Bill Mumy, Bio (Australian TV channel), Britney Spears, Broadcast syndication, Bruce Nash, CBS News, Charles Dickens, Colonel Sanders, Crown Publishing Group, Dave Thomas (businessman), David Janssen, David L. Wolper, E! True Hollywood Story, Elizabeth II, Elvis Presley, Enrico Caruso, Eva Perón, Foxstar Productions, FYI (U.S. TV network), Harry Smith (American journalist), Helen Keller, Idi Amin, Jack Perkins (reporter), James Cash Penney, Joan Lunden, Johnny Depp, Larry Page, Marilyn Manson, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Twain, Mike Wallace, Parents Television Council, Peter Graves, Popular culture, Prometheus Entertainment, Robert Small (producer), Sam Walton, Santa Claus, Sergey Brin, Sky UK, Superman, ..., Television documentary, The Biography Channel (UK and Ireland), Viceland (Canada), Walt Disney, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 20th Television. Expand index (7 more) »

A&E (TV channel)

A&E is an American digital cable and satellite television television channel.

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A&E Networks

A&E Networks (branded as A+E Networks) is a US media company that owns a group of television channels available via cable & satellite in the U.S. and abroad.

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Al Pacino

Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Arthur Blank

Arthur Morris Blank (born September 27, 1942) is an American businessman and a co-founder of The Home Depot.

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Atlas Media Corp.

Atlas Media Corp. is a New York-based independent production company of non-fiction entertainment.

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Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is the bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States, and a retailer of content, digital media, and educational products.

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Behind the Music

Behind the Music is a documentary television series on VH1.

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Bernard Marcus

Bernard "Bernie" Marcus (born May 12, 1929) is an American businessman.

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Betty Boop

Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.

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Bill Mumy

Charles William Mumy Jr. (born February 1, 1954) is an American actor, musician, pitchman, instrumentalist, voice actor, author and a figure in the science-fiction community.

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Bio (Australian TV channel)

Bio (stylised as bio., formerly The Biography Channel) was an Australian general entertainment channel available on Australia's Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television pay television services.

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Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer, dancer, and actress.

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Broadcast syndication

Broadcasting syndication is the license to broadcast television programs and radio programs by multiple television stations and radio stations, without going through a broadcast network.

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Bruce Nash

Bruce Mitchell Nash (born August 14, 1947) is an American reality television producer.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio service CBS.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

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Colonel Sanders

Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (now known as KFC) and later acting as the company's brand ambassador and symbol.

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Crown Publishing Group

The Crown Publishing Group is a subsidiary of Random House that publishes across several categories including fiction, non-fiction, biography, autobiography and memoir, cooking, health, business, and lifestyle.

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Dave Thomas (businessman)

Rex David "Dave" Thomas (July 2, 1932January 8, 2002) was an American business magnate and philanthropist.

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David Janssen

David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer, March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (1963–1967).

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David L. Wolper

David Lloyd Wolper (January 11, 1928 – August 10, 2010) was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and the blockbuster Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).

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E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows, and well-known public figures.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso (25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic tenor.

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Eva Perón

Eva María Duarte de Perón (7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952) was the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón (1895–1974) and First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952.

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Foxstar Productions

Foxstar Productions was a television production subsidiary of News Corporation.

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FYI (U.S. TV network)

FYI (stylized as fyi) is an American digital cable and satellite channel that is owned by A&E Networks, a cable network joint venture between the Disney–ABC Television Group subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Communications (each own 50%).

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Harry Smith (American journalist)

Harry Smith (born August 21, 1951) is an American television journalist, working for NBC News.

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Helen Keller

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer.

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Idi Amin

Idi Amin Dada (2816 August 2003) was a Ugandan politician and military officer.

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Jack Perkins (reporter)

Jack Perkins (born December 28, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman.

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James Cash Penney

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Joan Lunden

Joan Lunden (born Joan Elise Blunden on September 19, 1950) is an American journalist, an author, and a television host.

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Johnny Depp

John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician.

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Larry Page

Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin.

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Marilyn Manson

Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known by his stage name, Marilyn Manson, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, actor, painter, author, and former music journalist.

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

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Mike Wallace

Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality.

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Parents Television Council

The Parents Television Council (PTC) is a United States-based censorship advocacy group founded by conservative Christian Republican Catholic activist L. Brent Bozell III in 1995.

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Peter Graves

Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American film and television actor.

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Popular culture

Popular culture (also called pop culture) is generally recognized as a set of the practices, beliefs, and objects that are dominant or ubiquitous in a society at a given point in time.

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Prometheus Entertainment

Prometheus Entertainment is an American production company, specializing in documentary, reality, and non-fiction television programming and specials.

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Robert Small (producer)

Robert "Bob" Small is an American television, film and event producer who co-created MTV Unplugged with Jim Burns in 1989.

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Sam Walton

Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club.

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Santa Claus

Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved ("good" or "nice") children on Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December).

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Sergey Brin

Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin (Серге́й Миха́йлович Брин; born August 21, 1973) is a Russian-born American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur.

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Sky UK

Sky UK (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited, BSkyB and Sky) is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom.

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Superman

Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Television documentary

Documentary television is a genre of television programming that broadcasts documentaries.

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The Biography Channel (UK and Ireland)

The Biography Channel (also known as Bio.) was an English speaking general entertainment channel available in some European countries.

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Viceland (Canada)

Viceland was a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel.

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Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.

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20th Television

Twentieth Television (or 20TV, stylized as 20th Television) is an American television syndication studio and the syndication arm of 20th Century Fox Television, itself a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography_(TV_series)

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