James S. Henerson (Writing)

Mutiny

Fact-based story about 300 predominantly black sailors who were killed on July 17, 1944 while loading munitions on a ship in San Francisco. Three weeks later, 50 survivors were court-martialed for refusing to load another shipment. The men cited the Navy's lack of care for their safety.

Release Date: 1999-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 4

The Tempest

An adaptation of Shakespeare's classic is set in the Mississippi bayous during the Civil War.

Release Date: 1998-12-13

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 11

The Love Letter

20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?

Release Date: 1998-02-01

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Vote Count: 26

Getting Gotti

Though she grew up in the same neighborhood with him, the new Assistant U.S. Attorney is determined to prosecute Mafia boss John Gotti. Uncooperative FBI agents and bureaucrats will not deter the driven young prosecutor as her quest culminates in the memorable and controversial trial of the "Dapper Don."

Release Date: 1994-05-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 8

To Save the Children

Teacher Jake Downey has relocated to a small town in Wyoming hoping to escape the urban problems of his last assignment. His myth of rural bliss is shattered when a former police officer comes unglued, builds a bomb and takes Jake's class hostage. The heroism of his true story unfolds as the hostage drama takes many surprising turns towards the phenomenal conclusion.

Release Date: 1994-04-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 5

The Fire Next Time

In the near future, the unrelenting heat waves and coastal flooding brought on by the greenhouse effect are ravaging the Earth. While scientists and politicians argue and lay blame, ordinary citizens pay the price for a world sickened by pollution and economic disaster. The Fire Next Time is the story of an American family forced to confront this ruinous legacy. Emmy Award-winning actor Craig T. Nelson leads his embattled family through a Grapes of Wrath for the modern era. Through this harrowing odyssey, the Morgan family stands as a paradigm of courage, faith, and family unity in the face of adversity on a cataclysmic scale.

Release Date: 1993-04-18

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 5

A Mother's Justice

A young girl named Debbie is attacked by a bus stop one evening and is blindfolded and raped. Her mother, Lila, who is consumed with guilt is determined to catch the rapist...

Release Date: 1991-11-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 3

And the Sea Will Tell

A wealthy couple (James Brolin and Deidre Hall) are killed on their yacht off the coast of a secluded South American island called Palmyra. The suspects are a hippyish pair (Hart Bochner and Rachel Ward) whom the rich folks had befriended. It’s fairly clear that the hippies were involved in the crime: The question is, did the man do it while the girl looked on helplessly, or was she a willing accomplice?

Release Date: 1991-02-24

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 8

She'll Take Romance

A TV reporter leads a search for the most romantic man in Seattle and finds one for herself.

Release Date: 1990-11-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 1

The Rape of Richard Beck

The tables turn for cynical police officer Richard Beck when he's viciously attacked by two homicidal crooks. Having never been empathetic toward the victims he's dealt with on a daily basis, Beck must now confront the tough system he was a part of. As he struggles to regain his status at work, he also must make sure those responsible for his attack are prosecuted.

Release Date: 1985-05-27

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Character: Mailan

Vote Count: 9

For Love or Money

A man and a woman participate in a new game show where partners have to choose between love and money.

Release Date: 1984-11-20

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 2

Intimate Agony

Anthony Geary (General Hospital) stars as a compassionate doctor who must treat an STD outbreak at an upscale vacation resort. Judith Light (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) co-stars as an afflicted resident whose heart is broken by this personal tragedy. A despicable real estate tycoon played by Robert Vaughn (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) is determined to keep the scandal from the press, thus protecting his investment.

Release Date: 1983-03-21

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Character: Bartender (as Jim Henerson)

Vote Count: 3

Inmates: A Love Story

Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his companions, who profited from his cheat, will help him to a revision of his judgment. Meanwhile he has to adapt to a life in jail - which works out quite well, especially when he meets the self-conscious convicted thief Jane and falls in love. He starts to woo her. But then, while working in the prison's accounting department, he discovers that the prisoners' accounts are not properly kept. The director tries to keep him in her prison as long as possible.

Release Date: 1981-02-13

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Attica

Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.

Release Date: 1980-03-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 14

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Six buddies spend the summer together at a Malibu beach house after each has separated from his wife at about the same time.

Release Date: 1979-09-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 2

Doctors' Private Lives

Two heart surgeons clash over personal issues and medical ethics in a big-city hospital.

Release Date: 1978-03-20

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Barnaby and Me

Barnaby and Me is a 1978 Australian TV movie about a girl and her talking koala who are pursued by criminals.

Release Date: 1977-08-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 2

Secrets

A young woman trapped in an unhappy marriage goes from affair to affair in her search for the "secret" to happiness.

Release Date: 1977-02-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Someone I Touched

A woman learns that her husband has been unfaithful and that she has acquired a venereal disease. Then she learns that, after years of trying, she is finally pregnant

Release Date: 1975-02-26

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Vote Count: 6

The 500 Pound Jerk

An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian gymnast.

Release Date: 1973-01-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

The Feminist and the Fuzz

A dedicated women's libber and a male chauvinist cop become roommates.

Release Date: 1971-01-26

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 2

I Dream of Jeannie

While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".

Release Date: 1965-09-18

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 36

Vote Count: 772

Bewitched

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.

Release Date: 1964-09-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 11

Vote Count: 692