" K " Television

So many bloggers claim they do not watch much television, so this challenge might prove to be a little difficult.  And, because I don't know which of these shows were shown outside of the US, this might be an impossible challenge for readers who live in other countries.  But, give it a try and see how you do.

There have been a number of television shows with titles that start with the letter "K".  Your job is to name each show, using the hints/information to reach your answers.  Good luck!

1.  Premiered: September 19, 2007                                                           Show Categories: Reality, Action/Adventure                                                  Forty over-achieving kids are given free reign to create their own society in this new reality-based offering from CBS. Forty kids are given forty days free of adult supervision in an abandoned New Mexico town to build a new world.

 

2.  Premiered: September 26, 1982    Last Aired: August 8, 1986           Show Categories: Action/Adventure, Science-Fiction                                        The adventures of Michael Knight and his incredible super-car K.I.T.T.  Selected by a dying billionaire, Wilton Knight, Michael now works for the Foundation for Law and Government with the job of rooting out evil that is above the law, with only his trusty car!

 

3.  Premiered: September 21, 1998    Last Aired: May 14, 2007             Show Category: Comedy                                                                                  The story revolves around Doug Heffernan ( Kevin James) a Queens, N.Y., parcel delivery man with simple desires, his wife, Carrie ( Leah Remini), and Carrie's widowed father, Arthur ( Jerry Stiller), who lives with them.

 

4.  Originally on: BBC-1 (30 min.)  Show Category: Comedy                        One of the best and most popular British sitcoms, or 'Britcoms,' of all time. Patricia Routledge played Hyacinth Bucket, a woman who pretended to be upper-class but wasn't. To side herself with Britain's top ten percent, Hyacinth insisted her surname be pronounced "bouquet."

 

 

5.  Premiered: October 14, 1972    Last Aired: March 8, 1975                        Show Category: Action/Adventure                                                                 This series follows the adventures of Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin priest, in the American West. Caine was an orphan of a Chinese-American marriage, and was schooled in a Shaolin monastery, by his mentors, Masters Po and Kan. Through his life's journeys, he remembers the lessons and philosophy they imparted him with. 

 

6.  Premiered: December 1, 1979    Last Aired: May 13, 1993                        Show Categories: Drama, Soap                                                                 Hoping to ride the crest of its success with Dallas , CBS spun off this series featuring the black sheep of the Ewing Family, Gary Ewing. Gary, a reformed alcoholic remarried his wife, Valene, and moved to the Southern California community, known by the same name as the title.

 

 

7.  Premiered: March 19, 1984    Last Aired: May 22, 1989                             Show Categories: Comedy, Children                                                           Susan Saint James' character is a woman recently divorced from her unstable and somewhat flighty part-time actor husband, Max. She has one daughter, 14-year-old Emma (Ari Meyers).  Jane Curtin's character is also recently divorced from her successful, but unfaithful doctor husband, Charles. She has a 14-year-old daughter Jennie (Allison Smith) and a seven-year-old son, Chip (Frederick Koehler). Neither Kate nor Allie have ruled out remarriage but view their new situation as a provisional reprieve, a time for both women to come to know and appreciate themselves.

 

8.   Premiered: October 24, 1973    Last Aired: March 16, 1990                     Show Categories: Drama, Action/Adventure                                                   An independent-minded police detective solves crimes on the streets of New York City.

 

9.  Premiered: October 13, 1947    Last Aired: May 1, 1957                           Show Category: Children                                                                                One of the first television puppet shows, originally designed for children, but soon watched by more adults than children. Burr Tillstrom created and performed all the characters.  Fran Allison was usually the only human to appear onscreen.  

 

10.  (Give yourself a real pat on the back if you get this one!)

Premiered: September 12, 1981    Last Aired: December 26, 1981                Show Category: Animation                                                                        This was a creation of Tex Avery and his old friends William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. This was the last cartoon Tex Avery made before he passed away. The main character (the same name as the title of the show) had to keep away from Wilford Wolf who was always trying to eat him.

 

ANSWERS: 1. Kid Nation  2. Knight Rider  3. King of Queens                                4. Keeping Up Appearances  5. Kung Fu  6. Knots Landing 7. Kate & Allie           8. Kojak    9. Kukla, Fran and Ollie   10. Kwicky Koala

Bonus One Follows, Picture Only, No Answer Provided    

    

Ok, if you must know, it's King of the Hill.