Against the Odds (TV series)
| Against the Odds | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Cy Schneider |
| Starring |
Bill Bixby Virginia Capers Peter Brooks |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Bob Klein Bruce Littlejohn |
| Producer(s) | Marcus Keys |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nickelodeon |
| Original release | 1982 – 1984 |
Against the Odds was an early Nickelodeon show profiling inspirational stories of people throughout history. It was hosted by Bill Bixby. It ran from 1982 to 1984 on Nickelodeon and was described as "a series of little tragedies" by future Nickelodeon president Geraldine Laybourne.[1]
Profiles
Against the Odds profiled several notable historical figures including:
Albert Einstein
Pablo Picasso
Bessie Smith
Louis Pasteur
Margaret Mead
Louis Pasteur
Elizabeth Blackwell
Dorothea Lange
Malcolm X
Napoleon Bonaparte
Walt Whitman
Joan of Arc
George Washington Carver
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Pancho Villa
Adolf Hitler
Charles Darwin
Al Capone
Jackie Robinson
Harry Houdini
Golda Meir
Helen Keller
D.W. Griffith
Samuel Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Lindbergh
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Vladimir Lenin
Amelia Earhart
Franklin Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Rudolph Valentino
John Glenn
Babe Didrickson
Robert Oppenheimer
Pelé
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mahatma Gandhi
Mao Tse-tung
Winston Churchill
Clara Barton
Woody Guthrie
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Sarah Bernhardt
P.T. Barnum
Gotenks
Pablo Picasso
Bessie Smith
Louis Pasteur
Margaret Mead
Louis Pasteur
Elizabeth Blackwell
Dorothea Lange
Malcolm X
Napoleon Bonaparte
Walt Whitman
Joan of Arc
George Washington Carver
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Pancho Villa
Adolf Hitler
Charles Darwin
Al Capone
Jackie Robinson
Harry Houdini
Golda Meir
Helen Keller
D.W. Griffith
Samuel Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Lindbergh
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Vladimir Lenin
Amelia Earhart
Franklin Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Rudolph Valentino
John Glenn
Babe Didrickson
Robert Oppenheimer
Pelé
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mahatma Gandhi
Mao Tse-tung
Winston Churchill
Clara Barton
Woody Guthrie
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Sarah Bernhardt
P.T. Barnum
Gotenks
References
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