Charles acquired cult status in 1988, in his television acting debut, as the Liverpudlian slob Dave Lister, in BBC2's new science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf.

Since being released on home video and television it has become a cult classic.

In 1991 Jim Jarmusch appeared as himself in Episode One of John Lurie's cult television series Fishing With John.

Reflecting its devoted cult fan base, the series became a part of popular culture, referenced in other television shows, commercials, comic books, video games, films and song lyrics.

Tom Waits and the Nocturnal Emissions toured the United States and Europe extensively from October 1976 until May 1977, including a performance of " The Piano Has Been Drinking " on cult BBC2 television music show the Old Grey Whistle Test in May 1976.

After various appearances in film and television, Ryder continued her career with the cult film Heathers ( 1988 ), a controversial satire of teenage suicide and high school life, which drew Ryder further critical and commercial attention.

The series has received a strong cult following, attention in fandom, parody, and academia, and has influenced the direction of other television series.

Anderson is perhaps best known for her role as Mary Ingalls on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie, as well as for her film roles ; as Vivian in Midnight Offerings, as Ginny in the cult classic slasher Happy Birthday to Me, and as Alex in the ABC Afterschool Special, Which Mother Is Mine ?, for which she won the Emmy Award in 1979.

The Scooby Gang, or " Scoobies ", are a group of characters in the cult television series and comic book Buffy the Vampire Slayer who battle the supernatural forces of evil.

In 2008, Fringe debuted to high ratings and critical acclaim during its first season on Tuesdays ; though its viewership declined through its run, the series has developed a large loyal fanbase / cult following that had turned the show into a cult television show.

However, as was noted in an article entitled ; " Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: From Inauspicious Debut to Timeless Classic ", exponential home video and DVD sales, as well as repeated television airings, the film has since developed into a cult classic.

The movie. The movie is based on a character created for television promos at the time of the launch of the music network Channel in 1994 which had cult following.

A similar poll conducted by TV Zone magazine in 2003 for the top 100 cult television programmes placed Blake's 7 11th.

For Marsters, the role as Spike began a career in science fiction television, becoming " the obvious go-to guy for US cult ".

Kelley started to work on a strategy to transform Smith from a cult figure to a mainstream entertainer in film, recordings, and television.

* In the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, Autolycus appeared as a comical antihero, portrayed by cult actor Bruce Campbell, who has a kinder heart than he lets on.

On television, Burton has helped dramatize the last days of Jim Jones's suicide cult in Guyana, the life and times of Jesse Owens, and the life of the nine-year-old Booker T. Washington.

Throughout the years the band has been established, they have had little radio or television exposure, although a cult following began to build behind the group with the release of albums such as 1991's Butchered at Birth and 1992's Tomb of the Mutilated which both reached over one million in worldwide sales by 2003, including 558, 929 in the United States, making them the top-selling death metal band of all time in the US.

" The film has since gained a cult following through cable television and home video.

Devon Ryan Gummersall ( born October 15, 1978 ) is an American actor, writer, and television and film director, perhaps best known for acting on the cult classic television show My So-Called Life.

Theatrical releases, and especially TV syndication, of the Toho monster movies created a new cult movie market for Japanese monster movies, and such long-running television movie syndication packages such as Creature Double Feature exposed the Toho movie monsters to young American audiences, who embraced them and helped them maintain their popularity throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

The film later became a hit and cult classic in the home video market and cable television, spawning two more commercially successful sequels, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Austin Powers in Goldmember, with a fourth film currently in the works.

He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of vampire hunter Charles Gunn on the WB cult television series Angel.

It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media ; its equivalents, the Grammy Awards ( for music ), Emmy Awards ( for television ), and Tony Awards ( for theatre ) are modeled after the Academy.

A television series was also created, based on the book, which airs in the United States, Australia, Canada, the UK, Norway and Venezuela.

* Brad Lesley ( born 1958 ), American baseball player and television personality also nicknamed " The Animal "

) As well as portraying Miss Marple on television, Hickson also narrated a number of Miss Marple stories on audio books.

This production was also broadcast on television.

Since 2002 she has also made numerous television and radio appearances, including as a television presenter.

Carolla has also appeared on the network reality television programs Dancing with the Stars and The Celebrity Apprentice.

This unique RF box was also where the power supply connected in a unique dual power / television signal setup similar to the RCA Studio II's.

It has also been viewed as foretelling the future emergence of reality television.

Blue Remembered Hills, a television play by Dennis Potter, takes its title from " Into My Heart an Air That Kills " from A Shropshire Lad, the cycle also providing the name for the James Bond film Die Another Day: " But since the man that runs away / Lives to die another day ".

Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television.

The Bronx was the setting for the 1983 film Fuga dal Bronx, also known as Bronx Warriors 2 and Escape 2000, an Italian B-movie best known for its appearance on the television series Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

* Nico ( also known as Nicholas ), a TV series for educating children about blind people ( considering television a sort of literature )

" Burt Ward, who portrayed Robin in the 1960s television show, has also remarked upon this interpretation in his autobiography Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights ; he writes that the relationship could be interpreted as a sexual one, with the show's double entendres and lavish camp also possibly offering ambiguous interpretation.

BBC Text also enabled channel association, the ability for the user to retain their selected television channel visible in one section of the screen whilst viewing the text service, in contrast to Ceefax, which could only be viewed as a full-screen display, or as a semitransparent overlay ( i. e. opaque blocks of colour on top of the television channel, with the black background now transparent ; not ' translucent blocks of colour with a translucent black background ') above the television picture.

For example a B205 console was often shown in the television series Batman as the Bat Computer ; also as the computer in Lost in Space.

He also mentored directors such as Sydney Pollack and John Frankenheimer and appeared in several television films.

BBC News ( also referred to as the BBC News Channel ) is the BBC's 24-hour rolling news television network in the United Kingdom.

This coverage was improved in 1998 with the advent of digital television in the United Kingdom allowing satellite and digital terrestrial television viewers to also view the service.

The university also has a student-staffed newspaper ( The Collegian ), yearbook ( Vintage ) and radio and television station ( WBJU ).