My Friend Flicka is a 39-episode western television series set at the fictitious
Goose Bar Ranch in Wyoming at the turn of the 20th century. The program
was filmed in color but initially aired on Fridays in black and white on CBS
until February 1, 1957. It was a mid-season replacement for Gene Autry’s
The Adventures of Champion. Both shows failed in the ratings against
ABC’s The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.

James Todd Spader is best known for his unusual roles in movies such as
Sex,Lies, and Videotape (1989), Stargate (1994), and Secretary (2002). His
most famous television role is that of attorney Alan Shore from ABC’s The
Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal, for which he won three Emmy Awards.

 
                     Spader, left, in The Watcher (2000)

This is Tom Jones was a British variety series starring Tom Jones. The show
was exported to the United States by ITC Entertainment and was networked
there by ABC-TV. The series ran between 1969 and 1971 for a total of 65 
color episodes. The show featured guest appearances by many top actors, 
comedians and singers of the time, including Bob Hope.

   
                                       Tom Jones, then and now

Bishop began his career as part of a standup comedy act with his elder brother,
Maury. He guest-hosted on television’s Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 
and frequently appeared on Steve Allen’s and Jack Paar’s previous versions
of The Tonight Show, both on NBC.

Joey starred in a sit-com titled The Joey Bishop Show, that ran for four seasons,
first  on NBC and later on CBS. He later hosted a talk show also titled The Joe
Bishop Show on ABC (below) as competition to Carson’s Tonight Show. It ran
for two years. His sidekick was then-newcomer Regis Philbin. 
 
   
            From left to right, Regis Philbin, Peter Marshall and Joey Bishop

Peter Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio
show at the age of nine. In 1965, ABC News tapped him to anchor its 
flagship evening news program. In 1968 Jennings became a foreign
correspondent. He returned to ABC’s World News Tonight as sole
anchor until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. He
was 67.