George A. Romero, creator of the Dead Series, and Tom Savini pioneered effects that removed the need for cutaways in horror films.

Series creator Glen A. Larson was hired to write the first script draft, with the series ' lead actor David Hasselhoff attached to advise the project and also have an onscreen role.

Series creator Matt Groening is a fan of the band and they appeared on the show at his personal request.

Series creator Terry Nation pitched Blake's 7 to the BBC as " The Dirty Dozen in space ", a reference to the 1967 Robert Aldrich film in which a disparate and disorganised group of convicts are sent on a suicide mission during World War II.

Series creator Shigeru Miyamoto had a fellow designer draw the enemy, but the result was far too realistic to fit in with the tone of the game, so Miyamoto designed the enemy himself.

In the Complete Series DVD release, creator Glenn Eichler says in the notes " 99 percent of the music has been changed, because the cost of licensing the many music bites we used would have made it impossible to release the collection ( and for many years did ).

Series creator Matt Groening felt that the idea gave the writers " nowhere to go.

" Series creator Matt Groening instructed Kavner to voice the duo as characters who " suck the life out of everything.

* The Revd Wilbert Awdry — creator of The Railway Series of children's books

Series creator Joss Whedon conceived the town as a representation of a generic California city, as well as a narrative parody of the all-too-serene towns typical in traditional horror movies.

Series creator and executive producer Carlton Cuse said that the Orb represents faith and that depending on the intentions of those who use it, the object rewards or punishes them accordingly.

Series creator Kenneth Johnson has said that the story was inspired by the 1935 novel It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis.

* Bronk ( TV ) ( 1975 ) Series creator

Series creator Eric Fogel commented, " It took too much internal thinking ".

Known for his work as the head writer of NBC's Days of our Lives and creator / head writer of Passions, Reilly won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing as co-head writer for Guiding Light in 1993.

* Series creator: Chifude Asakura

Series creator Steve Purcell, who had left LucasArts in 1997, worked as an advisor for the development team.

Series creator Weisman, a former English teacher, has often cited his goal of ideally incorporating every myth and legend into the series eventually.

" In the Orlando Sentinel review of the second season premiere, critic Hal Boedeker writes " Series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino writes clever dialogue and ingratiating comedy, but she also knows how to do bittersweet drama.

Series creator Christy Hui has stated that despite the growing popularity of anime in the United States, she preferred to create a show that was a " fusion of Eastern and Western culture ", and this is evident in her work.

Series creator Masashi Kishimoto developed the concept of jutsu to explain the supernatural feats ninja perform in the series, and also to provide an original image of ninja in manga.

Series creator Jane Jensen hopes that the launch of her new studio, Pinkerton Road, will lead to a fourth Gabriel Knight game in the future.

Series creator Shoji Kawamori also gave an explanation about the differences in the television and film depictions of Space War I: " The real Macross is out there, somewhere.

Series creator Brent Butt has said the town lies somewhere between Regina and Saskatoon ; these two cities are apart, so this fact does not contradict anything said on the series.

On August 31, the Diamondbacks acquired former World Series MVP David Eckstein to fill the hole at second base which was opened after Orlando Hudson was placed on the disabled list.

He was the third driver in NASCAR history to win both the Rookie of the Year and Cup Series championship in his career, joining David Pearson and Richard Petty.

* David Bradshaw as Andrew ' Fluff ' Saunders ( Series 1 & 2 )

* David Roberts as Detective Robert Howie ( Series 2 )

Under the direction of Star Trek producer David Rossi and long-time Star Trek technical consultant Mike Okuda, the visual and special effects were recreated to give Star Trek: The Original Series a more authentic feel and modern look.

They appear in 2009, in the novella The Sontaran Games by Jacqueline Rayner, featuring the Tenth Doctor and appeared in the New Series Adventures ( Doctor Who ) book The Taking of Chelsea 426 by David Llewellyn, featuring the Tenth Doctor, fighting both times against the Rutan Host.

On November 8, 2008 former Yankees Scott Brosius, Paul O ' Neill, David Cone and Jeff Nelson, all members of the 1998 World Series championship team, joined 60 children from two Bronx based youth groups Youth Force 2020 and the ACE Mentor Program in ceremoniously digging up home plate, the pitcher's mound pitching plate ( rubber ) and the surrounding dirt of both areas and transporting them to comparable areas of new Yankee Stadium.

Other examples include the Uplift Series by David Brin wherein ecotopian value systems and their implications are explored in a fictional galactic society.

During the 2011 Series, Joe punctuated David Freese's 11th inning walk-off homer for the Cardinals in Game 6 with " We will see you ... tomorrow night!

Butler's story, in turn, inspired the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " The Trouble with Tribbles ", written by David Gerrold.

Indeed, although James is typically tight-lipped about his activities on behalf of the Red Sox, he is credited with advocating some of the moves that led to the team's first World Series championship in 86 years, including the signing of non-tendered free agent David Ortiz, the trade for Mark Bellhorn, and the team's increased emphasis on on-base percentage.

Others who have accepted the Lederer / Cook explanation of the two methods of dating for the time of Pekah are Thiele in his second edition of Mysterious Numbers and later, Leslie McFall, Francis Andersen and David Noel Freedman in their commentary on Hosea in the Anchor Bible Series, T. C. Mitchell, in the Cambridge Ancient History, and Jack Finegan in his Handbook of Biblical Chronology.

In the Troy Series by recently deceased best selling author David Gemmell, the Xanthos is the largest ship ever built, belonging to the series ' main character, Helikaon.

* A People's History of the Civil War: Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom by David Williams, Howard Zinn ( Series Editor ) ( 2005 ) ISBN 1-59558-018-2.

In order to meet Norman's hospital bills, in November 2002 Solid Rock Records began releasing the Essential Series on CD-R, a set of seven Norman albums, with 142 songs ( including 16 previously unreleased songs ), which comprised: Instigator, which included rough mix versions of two previously unreleased songs, " Butterfly " and " Kulderachna ", both removed from 1973's So Long Ago the Garden ; Agitator, which included three unreleased bonus tracks, " Sweet Silver Angels ", " God, Part 2 ", and " People In My Past "; Liberator, which included songs that were aimed at " liberating Christians who felt trapped inside the church and also providing a cultural doorway to allow those who felt dismissed and isolated by Christianity to find their way into fellowship with Christ regardless of the church's response toward them "; Collaborator, which featured songs representing " the combined efforts of Charles and Larry from lyrics and melodies to arrangements and production ", including three unreleased songs: " Perfect World ", " Don't Wanna Be Like You ", and " Jesus Is God ", recorded about 2000 ; Emancipator, included two unreleased songs of Norman singing with Randy Stonehill: a Christian version of the folk song " He Was a Friend of Mine ", which had been popularized by The Byrds and Bob Dylan, which was re-titled " He is a Friend of Mine ", and " I Love You ", the song Stonehill and Norman co-wrote in 1971 for Stonehill's Born Twice album ; Infiltrator, which sees love as " the most powerful infiltrator in the world ", is a collection of Norman's love songs, and includes two new releases: a cover of David Noble's " Waves of Grace ", and " Stranger, Won't You Change "; and Survivor, included the full 8-minute version of " Dark Passage ", an unreleased third verse of " Baby Out of Wedlock ", and " One Star Remains ", which is Judee Sill's " My Man On Love " from her 1971 eponymous debut album.

Late Show with David Letterman has been nominated as Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series for its entire 16 season run from the 1993-94 season through the 2008-09 season.

* David Simko, former NASCAR Cup Series driver

In addition to the cast returning from Series One, Kingdom of the Dead also featured Lysette Anthony, Alec Newman, Lizzie Hopley, Jerry Lacy, and David Warner.

Series nine ( 2003 – 2004 ) featured James Fox as Colonel Race in Death on the Nile, alongside an " all-star cast " which included Emily Blunt, Daisy Donovan, and David Soul, while The Hollow featured his older brother Edward Fox as Gudgeon the butler.

In 1992, writers David Renwick and Michael Baker received an Edgar Award in the category " Best Episode in a TV Series " from the Mystery Writers of America for the Second Series episode The Lost Mine, which, like the other Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes, aired in the U. S. as part of the PBS anthology series Mystery!

In Series Two Elizabeth's recently divorced brother Emmett ( David Griffin ) moves in with her.

With the Yankees, he showed flashes of his former brilliance, belting 11 home runs in a part-time role and helping his team win the World Series in 1996 alongside former Mets teammates Dwight Gooden and David Cone.