Alex Haley to Alien Nation
OK, who knows that four TV version of Alice in Wonderland have been nominees as well as three of the TV-movie sequels to the series version of Alien Nation? Not I before I wrote about them. The cross-references in Alex Haley’s Queen and Alias are incomplete - sorry, I’ll try to fix them in a future update, but there was just more than I could handle.
Alex Haley’s Queen
CBS, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday 9-11 p.m., Feb. 14, 16 and 18, 1993
W: Hairstyling, Miniseries or Special (Linda De Andrea)
N: Miniseries (David L. Wolper, Bernard Sofronski, EP; Mark Wolper, P); Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Special (Ann-Margret); Costume Design, Miniseries or Special (Helen P. Butler); Editing, Miniseries or Special (Paul LaMastra, James Galloway); Makeup, Miniseries or Special (Steve LaPorte, Richard Blair, Thomas Floutz, Angela Levin, Rose Librizzi); Sound Editing, Miniseries or Special (G. Michael Graham, Mark Steele, Stuart Calderon, Richard S. Steele, Rick Crampton, Tim Terusa, John Voss Bonds Jr., Bob Costanza, Mike Dickeson, Gary Macheel, Mark Friedgen, Bill Bell, Dan Luna, Phil Jamtaas, J. Michael Hooser, Todd Kasow); Sound Mixing, Miniseries or Special (Robert J. Anderson Jr., John Asman, George R. Groves Jr., David E. Fluhr)
CBS hoped that dramatizing the life story of Alex Haley’s paternal grandmother, nicknamed “Queen,” would result in another hit miniseries like his Roots did in 1977. Unfortunately they were wrong. Halle Berry starred as the title character, a biracial product of a tryst between a plantation owner’s son and one of his father’s slaves. As an adult, Queen endeavored to establish her place in the world after the Civil War which included an effort to pass as white. Ann-Margret played Sally Jackson, the mother of the plantation owner’s son. Haley provided the story for the script, and David Wolper produced this as he did with Roots, but the results were not as successful with the critics nor viewers. This was the first Emmy win for De Andrea, who apparently cornered the market on creating late 19th century hairstyles, since her other statuettes were for TV-movies in the period - see The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and Scarlett.
La Mastra: Attica, Caroline?, Firefox, Unnatural Causes, Wallenberg. De Andrea: . David Wolper: . Sofronski:. Mark Wolper:. Ann-Margret:. Galloway:. Floutz:. Levin:. Graham:. Mark Steele: . Calderon:. Richard Steele: . Crampton: . Bonds: . Costanza: . Dickeson:. Macheel:. Friedgen:. Bell:. Luna:. Jamtaas:. Hooser:. Asman:. Groves:. Fluhr:.
Alex: The Life of a Child
ABC Wednesday 9-11 p.m., April 27, 1986
N: Writing, Miniseries or Special (Carol Evan McKeand, Nigel McKeand)
Acclaimed Sports Illustrated writer Frank Deford (Craig T. Nelson) and his wife Carol (Bonnie Bedelia) received heartbreaking news in the 1970s: Their daughter Alexandra (Genie James), nicknamed Alex, had incurable cystic fibrosis and would not live until adulthood. A tearjerker based on the book by Deford about his real life experience, its writers for TV were a married couple who worked primarily on several other family-oriented dramas such as The Waltons.
Nigel McKeand: Family
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
CBS Sundays 9:30-10 p.m.* (also NBC), Oct. 2, 1955-Sept. 6, 1965
W: Editing (Edward W. Williams, “Breakdown”), 1955; Writing, Half Hour or Less (James P. Cavanagh, “Fog Closes In”), 1956; Direction, Half Hour or Less (Robert Stevens, “The Glass Eye”), 1957
N: Action or Adventure Series, 1955; Director, Film Series (Alfred Hitchcock, “The Case of Mr. Pelham”), 1955; Series, Half Hour or Less, 1956; Dramatic Anthology Series, 1957; Director, Drama, Less Than One Hour (Hitchcock, “Lamb to the Slaughter”), 1959; Writing, Drama, Less Than One Hour (Roald Dahl, “Lamb to the Slaughter”), 1959; Art Direction and Scenic Design (John J. Lloyd), 1961; Film Editing (Williams, “Man from the South”), 1961 and (Williams, “Incident in a Small Jail”), 1962; Writing, Drama - Adaptation (James Bridges, “The Jar”), 1964
This delicious suspense anthology was hosted by the master himself, Alfred Hitchcock, who already was a household name as a movie director by 1955. Each story featured a surprise finish, such as “The Glass Eye,” where a woman finds that the ventriloquist she desires is actually a dummy manipulated by a dwarf. Framing each tale were witty introductions and wrap-ups by Hitchcock. The 12 nominations do not begin to do justice for the series, with much egregiously deserving but overlooked Emmy-worthy talent including scripts by Henry Slesar and excellent acting by Barbara Bel Geddes, Claude Rains, and more. It was a top 25 hit for four years when it went to NBC in 1960 and ran unsuccessfully opposite The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis for two years, then went back to CBS in 60-minute form as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour but could not return to its previous popularity two years there and its final year on NBC. While two of its three Emmy winners never received another nomination, Williams did earn one more listing but no win in 1980 for editing the religious program Jews of the Italian Renaissance. And leave it to the Emmys to deny Hitchcock a directing statuette despite two nominations. Hitchcock also earned nominations as Best MC or Program Host in 1955 and Best Male Personality in 1956 but lost both times to Perry Como. Maybe it was the Academy’s idea of a twist ending on Hitchcock.
Lloyd: Checkmate, G.E. Theatre, It Happened One Christmas, Vanished. Bridges: The Paper Chase.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
NBC Sunday 8:30-9 p.m., Sept. 29, 1985-July 20, 1986 (also USA 1987-88)
N: Cinematography, Series (Sherwood Woody Omens), 1986; Guest Actor, Drama (Edward Woodward), 1989
This adequate revival of the TV classic even included the droll openings and closings Hitchcock did for the original version (at least on NBC), but the novelty was not enough to prevent viewers from favoring Murder She Wrote on CBS, and another try to revive it a year after its cancellation on USA was similarly unproductive. It is chiefly of interest here because Woodward holds the distinction of being the first actor to be nominated for dramatic lead and guest actor for the same Emmy ceremony - he received his fourth nomination as lead actor for The Equalizer in 1989 too.
Omens: An Early Frost, Evergreen. Woodward: The Equalizer.
Alias
ABC Sundays 9-10 p.m.*, Sept. 30, 2001-May 22, 2006
W: Cinematography, Single Camera Series (Michael Bonvillain), 2002; Art Direction, Single Camera Series (Scott Chambliss, Cecele De Stefano, Karen Manthey), 2002; Stunt Coordination (Jeff Habberstad), 2003; Makeup, Series, Non-Prosthetic (Diana Brown, Angela Nogaro, Kaori Turner), 2003
N: Lead Actress, Drama (Jennifer Garner), 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005; Supporting Actor, Drama (Victor Garber), 2002, 2003, 2004; Writing, Drama (J.J. Abrams), 2002; Stunt Coordination (Habberstad), 2002, 2004, 2005, (Shauna Duggins), 2006; Costumes, Series (Anne Hartley, Linda Serijan-Fasmer), 2002, (Laura Goldsmith, Wendy Greiner, Leslie Eve Herman), 2003, (Goldsmith, Herman, Christine Orth), 2005; Editing, Single Camera Series (Mary Jo Markey), 2002, (Maryann Brandon), 2003; Supporting Actress, Drama (Lena Olin), 2003; Makeup, Series, Non-Prosthetic (Brown, Nogaro), 2002; Casting, Series (Janet Gilmore, Megan McConnell, April Webster), 2002; Cinematography, Single Camera Series (Bonvillian), 2003, (Donald Thorin, Jr.), 2004; Art Direction, Single Camera Series (Chambliss, De Stefano, Manthey), 2003, 2004; Hairstyling, Series (Karen Bartek, Michael Reitz), 2002, (Bartek, Reitz, Grace Hernandez, Julie Woods), 2004, (Reitz, Katherine Rees), 2005; Sound Editing, Series (Mark Allen, Zane Bruce, Stephen M. Davis, Thomas E. de Gorter, Jay Keiser, Christopher Reeves, Joseph Sabella), 2003, (Allen, Davis, de Gorter, Reeves, Pat Cabral, Cynthia Merril), 2004; Sound Mixing, Single Camera Series (Robert Appere, Douglas Axtel, Edward Carr III), 2004
CIA agent Sydney Bristow (Garner) defeated U.S. government enemies through a variety of identities using wigs, outfits and accents. At home she contended with a score of ever-changing alliances and double crosses, including ones with her dad, fellow CIA agent Jack Bristow (Garber). From 2001-04, this was TV’s best spy series ever, lavishly produced like a movie, with reasonable realistic scenarios of danger leavened with appropriate humor and emotional resonance regarding Sydney’s family and romantic life. Its being overlooked in the drama series category was shameful. But the plots became even more convoluted, dipping into science fiction and making it hard for a casual viewer to follow. For example, nominee Olin played off and on since 2002 Sydney’s estranged mother Laura Bristow, who was really a KGB agent named Irina Derevko who Jack thought he had killed when she put out a contract on Sydney, but really it was her double, and … oh, it’s too complicated to explain, as were most of the later storylines. ABC had faith enough to stick with it for five years despite poor ratings, and its relationship with creator/producer J.J.Abrams did pay off when he gave the network a real hit in 2004 (and a better series too) with Lost.
Alice
CBS Sundays 9-9:30 p.m.*, Aug. 31, 1976-July 2, 1985
N: Lead Actress (Linda Lavin), 1979; Supporting Actress, Comedy (Polly Holliday), 1978, 1979, 1980; Supporting Actor (Vic Tayback), 1978; Directing, Comedy (Marc Daniels), 1985; Videotape Editing (Tucker Wiard), 1983; Tape Sound Mixing (Jerry Clemans, Don Helvey), 1983
Alice Hyatt (Lavin) - love that surname - arrived in Phoenix with her prepubescent son Tommy (Philip McKeon) to work at Mel’s Diner, a greasy spoon operated by gruff Mel Sharples (Tayback), while trying to pursue a singing career. Her fellow waitresses were dense Vera Louise Gorman (Beth Howland) and sharp-tongued Florence Jean “Flo” Castleberry (Holliday 1976-80), whose frequent rejoinder to anyone who crossed her was “Kiss my grits!” Producers Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn (Pugh) Davis and frequent director Marc Daniels all were involved in I Love Lucy, but this does not measure up to that series’ level of quality. It too often confused being loud and crass as being funny, and the depths of Vera’s stupidity could be excruciating to believe. Still, it won over enough viewers to be in the top 15 from 1977-82 and launch a spinoff, Flo. This provided the only Emmy nominations for Lavin, a four-time Tony nominee who won as actress in the play Broadway Bound in 1987, and Tayback, a frequent TV guest star from 1958 until his death in 1990 mostly in dramas as a cop or bad guy.
Holliday: Flo. Daniels: Fame. Wiard: American Bandstand’s 30th Anniversary Special, Carol Burnett Show, Murphy Brown, Scarlet Letter. Clemans: Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters, Cybill, Donna Summer Special, Fame, John Denver and George Burns: Two of a Kind, Kenny Rogers and the American Cowboy, The Magic of David Copperfield, Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights, Police Story, Sinatra: the First 40 Years, Sinatra: The Man and His Music, Solid Gold, Spring in San Francisco, Star Trek: the Next Generation, Sweeney Todd, A Woman Named Jackie.
Alice at the Palace - See Project Peacock
Alice in Wonderland
CBS Monday 8-11 p.m. and Tuesday 9-10 p.m., Dec. 9 and 10, 1985
N: Hairstyling, Miniseries or Special (Josee Normand, Jo Thomas); Makeup, Miniseries or Special (Terry Smith, Werner Keppler, Leo Lotito Jr.); Art Direction, Variety or Music Program (Phillip M. Jeffries, Ross Bellah, Hub Braden, Audrey A. Blasdel, Robert De Vestel); Costume Design, Variety or Music Program (Paul Zastupnevich); Sound Editing, Miniseries or Special (Joseph Melody, Dino Dimuro, David R. Elliott, Mark Friedgen, Anthony Ippolito, Larry Kemp, John Kline, Greg Schorer, Rusty Tinsley, Scott A. Tinsley, Joseph A. Mayer, Erma E. Levin)
Young Alice (a nice turn by Natalie Gregory) followed a walking, talking White Rabbit (Red Buttons) into a cave and fell in a topsy turvy world that included the Mock Turtle (Ringo Starr), the White Queen (Carol Channing), the Walrus (Karl Malden), the Dodo Bird (Shelley Winters) and many more. A flashy all-star affair that looked to be more fun to make than to watch, based on how some of the actors mugged for the camera, but it is an acceptable rendition of the classic tale if you do not expect too much. There was some nepotism here - producer Irwin Allen’s wife Sheila played Alice’s mother, Telly Savalas (as the Cheshire Cat) appeared along with his brother George (the Courtier), and Jayne Meadows, the wife of the miniseries’ songwriter Steve Allen, played the Queen of Hearts. Sammy Davis Jr. (as the Caterpillar) appeared in an earlier TV version in a different role; see Alice in Wonderland or What’s a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Several nominees were previous Oscar candidates - Jeffries and De Vestel for art direction for Tom Sawyer (1973), Bellah for art direction for The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956), and Zastupnevich for costumes for The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Swarm (1978) and When Time Ran Out (1980) - all three of which were disaster movies produced by Irwin Allen.
Normand: Deadwood, Moonlighting, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy. Keppler: The Mystic Warrior, Star Trek: The Next Generation, V, V: The Final Battle. Lotito: Fantasy Island, Lady of the House, The Mystic Warrior, V, V: The Final Battle. Braden: Buck Rogers in the 25th, A Death in California, Invitation to Hell, Mrs. Santa Claus, Murder, She Wrote, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Blasdel: Fallen Angel, QB VII, There Must Be a Pony. Melody: Blue and the Gray, Buffalo Girls, Capture of Grizzly Adams, Category 7, Conagher, The Day After, Earth Star Voyager, Heart of Darkness, Inside the Third Reich, Joseph, Lonesome Dove, Marian Rose White, Monte Walsh, OP Center, Out on a Limb, Positively True Adventures, Son of the Morning Star, Steal the Sky, Streets of Laredo, Tuskegee Airmen, Under Siege. Dimuro: Childen in the Crossfire, Earth Star Voyager, Embassy, Kenny Rogers as the Gambler, Out on a Limb, Under Siege. Elliott: Blue and the Gray, A Bunny’s Tale, Capture of Grizzly Adams, Children in the Crossfire, Day After, Embassy, Inside the Third Reich, Marian Rose White, Out on a Limb, Plutonium Incident, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Under Siege, Women’s Room. Friedgen: Earth Star Voyager, Embassy, The Fire Next Time, The Grid, Hercules, Julius Caesar, The Librarian: Return to King Soloman’s Mines, Lonesome Dove, NetForce, OP Center, Out on a Limb, Purgatory, Queen, Rough Riders, Son of the Morning Star, Spartacus, Stalin, Steal the Sky, Three: The Dale Earnhardt Story, Tuskegee Airmen, Under Siege. Kemp: Live from Bagdad, Under Siege. Kline: Amazing Howard Hughes, Blue and the Gray, A Bunny’s Tale, Capture of Grizzly Adams, Children in the Crossfire, Eleanor and Franklin, Embassy, J.J. Starbuck, Kenny Rogers as the Gambler, Marian Rose White, Night That Panicked America, Return of the Shaggy Dog, Save the Dog, Stingray, Uncommon Valor, War and Remembrance, Whale for the Killing, Wiseguy, Women’s Room. Schorer: A Bunny’s Tale, Earth Star Voyager, Embassy, Gypsy, Quantum Leap, Rough Riders, Stalin, Under Siege. Rusty Tinsley: Amber Waves, Attica, Blue and the Gray, Buffalo Girls, A Bunny’s Tale, Capture of Grizzly Adams, Children in the Crossfire, David, Day Lincoln Was Shot, Embassy, Evita Peron, Fire Next Time, Gypsy, Heart of Darkness, the Hunley, Ike, Inside the Third Reich, Into the West, Joseph, Julius Caesar, Lost Battalion, Marian Rose White, Monte Walsh, NetForce, OP Center, Out on a Limb, Plutonium Incident, Positively True Adventures of the …, Raid on Entebbe, Rough Riders, Stalin, Steal the Sky, Uncommon Valor, Under Siege, Whale for the Killing, Who Will Love My Children?, Women’s Room. Scott Tinsley: Children I the Crossfire, Conagher, Earth Star Voyager, Embassy, Lonesome Dove, Monte Walsh, NetForce, OP Center, Out on a Limb, Son of the Morning Star, Steal the Sky, Third Watch, Under Siege, Uprising. Mayer: The Day After, Inside the Third Reich, Kenny Rogers as the Gambler, Space, Under Siege, Who Will Love My Children? Levin: Paris Trout.
Alice in Wonderland
NBC Sunday 8-11 p.m., Feb. 28, 1999
W: Costume Design, Miniseries or Movie (Charles Knode); Makeup, Miniseries or Special (Anne Spiers, James Kell, Duncan Jarman, Sandra Shepherd); Music Composition, Miniseries or Movie (Richard Hartley); Special Visual Effects (David Booth, Richard Conway, Bob Hollow, Andy Lomas, Alex Parkinson, Martin Parsons, Jamie Courtier, Avtar Bains, William Bartlett, Nick Bennett, Oliver Bersey, Murray Butler, George Roper, Pedro Sabrosa, Angus Wilson, Ben Cronin)
N: Art Direction, Miniseries or Movie (Roger Hall, Alan Tomkins, Rosalind Shingleton, Karen Brookes), Main Title Design (Chris Allies)
Another one of the myriad versions of the classic Lewis Carroll novel on film and TV, this take featured eye-popping spelling effects as its drawing card along with the typical helping of famous faces in famous roles. The way the crew exaggerated Martin Short’s head as the Mad Hatter and blended Whoopi Goldberg’s smiling face onto the otherwise realistic looking Cheshire Cat was seamless and beautiful. The makeup and costume design contributed to the believability here as well. Alas, the winning score does not rank in the same category - the tunes created nearly 50 years earlier for the Walt Disney version are much more memorable and flavorful. As for the rest, well, to me no matter what different orchestrations, sets, actors or characters they use, if you’ve seen one Alice in Wonderland, you’ve seen them all. Among the other winners, Knode previously was up for an Oscar for his costumes in 1995’s Braveheart.
Knode: Dinotopia, Don Quixote, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, War and Peace.
Alice in Wonderland or What’s a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
ABC Wednesday 8-9 p.m., March 30, 1966
N: Arranging (Marty Paich)
Alice (voice of Janet Waldo) met many of the colorful characters described in this musical cartoon interpretation of the story with recognizable voices, including Sammy Davis Jr. (the Cheshire Cat), Zsa Zsa Gabor (the Queen of Hearts) and in a posthumous role Hedda Hopper (Hedda Hatter). This highly-rated special was so thoroughly a production of cartoon moguls William Hanna and Joseph Barbera that they included Fred and Barney from The Flintstones as the two-headed Caterpillar. Sponsor Rexall Drugs got into the act by using the animated Alice in its commercials during the show.
Paich: Ironside, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.
Alice Through the Looking Glass
NBC Sunday 7:30-9 p.m., Nov. 6, 1966
W: Art Direction and Allied Crafts (Ray Aghayan, Bob Mackie, costume design)
N: Art Direction and Allied Crafts (Claude Thompson, makeup)
Another Alice in Wonderland in less than eight months? This was a musical too, but live action, with one more amazing cast that included Jimmy Durante (as Humpty Dumpty), Agnes Moorehead (Red Queen), Jack Palance (Jabberwock) and Tom and Dick Smothers (Tweedledum and Tweedledee). Playing Alice was Judi Rolin, an ingénue whose Hollywood career never took off. Co-winners Aghayan and Mackie competed against each other in 1968 in the Individual Achievement in the Visual Arts category.
Aghayan: Academy Awards, Carol Channing Pearl Bailey Broadway, Wonderful World of Burlesque. Mackie: Academy Awards, Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls, Blue Suede Shoes - Ballet Rocks, Carol & Company, Carol Burnett Show, Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion, Cher, Cher and Other Fantasies, Cher at the Mirage, Cher Live in Concert from Las Vegas, Cher the Farewell Tour, Evening with Diana Ross, Fresno, Gypsy, Julie & Carol: Together Again, Mama’s Family, Men Movies & Carol, Mrs. Santa Claus, Mitzi: Roarin’ in the 20s, Mitzi Zings into Spring, Neil Diamond … Hello Again, Once Upon a Mattress, Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Wonderful World of Burlesque. Thompson: And Debbie Makes Six.
Alien Nation
Fox Mondays 9-10 p.m., Sept. 18, 1989-Sept. 17, 1990
W: Makeup, Series (Michelle Burke, Ken Diaz, Katalin Elek, Richard Snell, Rick Stratton)
Detective Matt Sikes (Gary Graham) defended the streets of Los Angeles with his partner George Francisco (Eric Pierpont), a refugee from the planet Tencton whose members resemble human except for enlarged craniums that sported dark striations on otherwise bald heads. The contrast between jaded bachelor Sikes and inquisitive family man Francisco formed the basis of some nice repartee, and the discrimination the Franciscos faced among bigoted Earthlings resonated with many minority viewers. Too bad Fox played up the freakier aspects of the aliens in its promotions (They drink curdled milk! The men have babies!), which helped limit its popularity mainly to the sci-fi crowd. But its continuing popularity with fans - and Fox’s failure to draw better ratings in its time slot until Ally McBeal in 1997 - convinced the network to order TV-movie reunions from 1994-1997. Stratton, who was makeup effects supervisor, and Snell participated in those and earned nominations for several of them too - see the next three entries.
Diaz: American Family: Journey of Dreams, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Elek: Max Headroom, Stalin. Snell: Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, Revelations, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Stratton. Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within.
Alien Nation: Body & Soul
Fox Tuesday 8-10 p.m., Oct. 10, 1995
N: Makeup, Miniseries or Special (Richard Snell, Rick Stratton, Janna Phillips, Craig Reardon, Jill Rockow, Kenny Myers, David Abbott, Steve LaPorte, Karen Westerfield)
The second TV-movie sequel to the series (for the first, see the next entry) had the major plot twist that Sikes (still Gary Graham) contemplating a sexual relationship with his alien apartment neighbor across the hall, Cathy Frankel (Terri Treas). Be calm - remember, Spock on Star Trek was the result of this sort of liaison. Anyway, there were three more films to go after this - see Alien Nation: The Enemy Within.
Snell: Alien Nation, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, Revelations, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Stratton. Alien Nation, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within. Phillips: Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Reardon: Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files. Rockow: Angel, Stephen King’s the Shining, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Myers: Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, Carnivale. Abbott: Alien Nation: The Enemy Within. LaPorte: Angel, The X-Files. Westerfield: Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, Enterprise, Lackawanna Blues, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager.
Alien Nation: Dark Horizon
Fox Tuesday 8-10 p.m., Oct. 25, 1994
N: Makeup, Miniseries or Special (Rick Stratton, Richard Snell, Janna Phillips, Craig Reardon, Zoltan Elek, Eduoard F. Henriques)
Following the cliffhanger last new episode of the first season of Alien Nation (which turned out to be its last show produced), this TV-movie sequel told how former slave masters on the planet Tencton sent an envoy to Earth to return the escapees now living free on the planet, including the Franciscos. This marked the seventh and to date last Emmy nomination for Elek, who shared an Oscar for Best Makeup with Michael Westmore for Mask (1985) a year before his only Emmy win for Amazing Stories.
Snell: Alien Nation, Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, Revelations, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Stratton: Alien Nation, Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within. Phillips: Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Reardon: Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files. Elek: Amazing Stories, The Annihilator, The Day After, Max Headroom, Roots: The Next Generation, Who Will Love My Children? Henriques: Alien Nation: The Enemy Within.
Alien Nation: The Enemy Within
Fox Tuesday 8-10 p.m., Nov. 12, 1996
N: Makeup, Miniseries or Special (Rick Stratton, Richard Snell, Janna Phillips, Craig Reardon, Eduoard F. Henriques, David Abbott, Karen Westerfield, Kenny Myers)
The fourth entry in the TV-movie franchise (after Alien Nation: Millennium in early 1996) touched on George’s “enemy within” - his prejudices against other aliens when they are attacked. There was one more installment, Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy in 1997, before the whole thing finally was put to rest, meaning that the TV-movie revivals lasted three times longer than the original series - rather impressive, I’d say.
Snell: Alien Nation, Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Revelations, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Stratton: Alien Nation, Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon. Phillips: Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Reardon: Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files. Henriques: Alien Nation: Dark Horizon. Abbott: Alien Nation: Body and Soul. Westerfield: Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Enterprise, Lackawanna Blues, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager. Myers: Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Carnivale.