Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
name	Rede 21
launch	October 21, 1996
closed date	June 5, 2006 (Relaunched on July 7, 2008)
network	Rede Bandeirantes
owner	Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação
country	Brazil
language	Portuguese
broadcast area	Brazil
headquarters	São Paulo, Brazil
former names	Canal 21Play TV
replaced names	Play TV
replaced by names	on June 5, 2006 by Play TV
web	Rede21.com.br
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Rede 21 is a Brazilian television network, launched on October 21, 1996 (relaunched on July 7, 2008), now as Canal 21, broadcasting only for São Paulo. Start to change to network in 2003 with the TV Brasília affiliation. Before this, Salvador and Macapá pass to have the 21 signal. In 2003, Rio de Janeiro receive the 21 on the channel 54 UHF by retransmission, but shut down in the 2005's end.

In 2005, the network nationally broadcast five hours, from 7pm at 12am, but had good quality. Most part of this schedule (7pm - 12am) was occupied by Japanese cartoons and American series like Sex and The City, The X-Files and That 70's Show.

Rise and Decline

The network had presence in 14 cities in 2004, but in this time of the year lost affiliates in Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Vitória and Rio de Janeiro.

In the end of 2005, the small schedule and prime time from 7pm at 12am was reduced even more. The newscast host and the Blog 21 hosts was fired and was canceled the programs Top of the Pops, Doc 21 (with the National Geographic documentaries), the sitcom Seinfeld and Top of the Pops Brasil and put on air the Gamecorp programs.

On June 5, 2006, Rede 21 shut down and Play TV was put in its place.

The 21's return

After two years off the air, on July 7, 2008, Rede 21 back on, after the disaccord between Grupo Bandeirantes and Gamecorp.

Web

Rede21.com.br

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Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
name	Adam West
birth name	William West Anderson
birth date	September 19, 1928
birth place	Walla Walla, Washington, U.S.
nationality	American
education	Walla Walla High School
alma mater	Whitman College
occupation	Actor, voice actor
years active	1954–present
spouse
parents	Otto West Anderson,Audrey V. Speer
website	http://www.adamwest.com }}

Adam West (born September 19, 1928) is an American actor best known for his lead role in the ''Batman'' TV series (1966–1968) and the film of the same name. He is currently known for portraying eccentric characters, as well as his voice work on animated series such as ''The Fairly OddParents'' and as the fictionalized character of the same name on ''Family Guy''.

Early life

West was born William West Anderson in Walla Walla, Washington to Otto West Anderson and Audrey V. Speer. He has a younger brother named John. He attended Walla Walla High School during his freshman and sophomore years, and later enrolled in Lakeside School in Seattle. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and a minor in Psychology from Whitman College in Walla Walla where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and participated on the speech and debate team.

Career

Early roles

Later, while living in Hawaii, West landed a role as the sidekick on a children's show called ''El Kini Popo Show'', which featured a chimp. West later took over as star of the show.

In 1959, the actor moved to Hollywood and took the stage name Adam West. In his autobiography ''Back to the Batcave'' he explains that he chose 'Adam' simply because he liked the way it looked and sounded with 'West', his mother's maiden name. His close friends and family still call him "Bill".

He appeared in the film ''The Young Philadelphians'' with Paul Newman, and guest-starred in a number of television Westerns. He guest starred on Edmond O'Brien's syndicated crime drama ''Johnny Midnight'' and soon snagged a supporting role as police Sergeant Steve Nelson in the crime drama, ''The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor''. He portrayed Wild Bill Hickok in the episode "Westbound Stage" of the 1960 NBC western series ''Overland Trail'', with William Bendix and Doug McClure. He starred in an episode of the original ''Outer Limits'' television series titled "The Invisible Enemy". He made a brief appearance in the film ''Soldier in the Rain'' starring Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen and in the 1964 film ''Robinson Crusoe on Mars''. In 1965, he starred in the comedy western ''The Outlaws Is Coming'', the last feature film starring The Three Stooges.

Batman

Producer William Dozier cast West as Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman, in the television series ''Batman'', in part after seeing West perform as the James Bond-like spy Captain Q in a Nestlé Quik television ad. West was in competition with Lyle Waggoner for the Batman role.

The popular campy show ran on ABC from 1966 to 1968; a film version was released in 1966. The Batboat featured in the film was created by Austin-based company Glastron, whose payment was in having the film premiere in their hometown. In conjunction with the premiere, Jean Boone of Austin CBS affiliate station KTBC interviewed the film's cast, including West.

In 1970, West was offered the role of James Bond by Cubby Broccoli for the film ''Diamonds Are Forever''. West declined, later stating in his autobiography that he believed the role should always be played by someone British (despite the fact that an Australian had already played him).

Post-Batman career

After his high-profile role, West, along with Burt Ward and Yvonne Craig (who played crimefighting sidekicks Robin and Batgirl), was severely typecast. West's first post-Caped Crusader role was in the film ''The Girl Who Knew Too Much'' (1969). His lead performance against type as cynical tough guy Johnny Cain did not erode his Batman image; the movie was a box office disappointment.

For a time, West made a living doing personal appearances as Batman. In 1972, when Ward and Craig reprised their ''Batman'' roles for a TV public-service announcement about equal pay for women, West was absent. Instead, Dick Gautier filled in as Batman. One of his more memorable Batman appearances post-series was when he made an appearance in the Memphis, Tennessee based United States Wrestling Association to engage in a war of words with Jerry "The King" Lawler while wearing the cowl and a track suit and even name-dropping Spider-Man, though he is a Marvel Comics hero.

West subsequently appeared in the theatrical films ''The Marriage of a Young Stockbrocker'' (1971), ''The Curse of the Moon Child'' (1972), ''Partizani/ @#!*% River'' (1974), ''The Specialist'' (1975), ''Hardcore'' (1977), ''Hooper'' (as himself; 1978), ''The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood'' (1980) and ''One Dark Night'' (1983). West also appeared in such television films as ''The Eyes of Charles Sand'' (1972), ''Poor Devil'' (1973), ''Nevada Smith'' (1975), ''For the Love of It'' (1980) and ''I Take These Men'' (1983).

He did guest shots on the TV shows ''Love, American Style'', ''The Big Valley'', ''Night Gallery'', ''Alias Smith and Jones'', ''Mannix'', ''Emergency!'', ''Alice'', ''Police Woman'', ''Operation Petticoat'', ''The American Girls'', ''Vegas'', ''Big Shamus Little Shamus'', ''Laverne & Shirley'', ''Bewitched'', ''Fantasy Island'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Hart to Hart'', ''Zorro'', ''King of Queens'', and ''George Lopez''. West was also in an episode of ''Bonanza'' that supposedly never aired until reruns were shown.

Return to ''Batman''

West often reprised his role as Batman/Bruce Wayne, first in the short-lived animated series, ''The New Adventures of Batman'', and in other shows such as ''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'', ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' (succeeding Olan Soule in the role). In 1979, West once again put on the Batsuit for the live-action TV special ''Legends of the Superheroes''.

West made an appearance in a 1992 episode of ''Batman: The Animated Series'' on Fox, but not as Batman (as the role of Batman was already being played by Kevin Conroy). Instead, he portrayed Simon Trent, a washed-up actor who used to play a superhero in a TV series called ''The Gray Ghost'' and who now has difficulty finding work. West later had a recurring role as the voice of Mayor Grange in the WB animated series ''The Batman''.

The actor vocally reprised his role as Batman for the CGI animated short film ''Batman: New Times''. He co-starred with Mark Hamill, who vocally portrayed The Joker and had originally played the role on ''Batman: The Animated Series''. West also voiced Thomas Wayne, Bruce Wayne's father, in an episode of the animated series ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold''. In the same series, he played Batman's prototype robot, aptly named "Protobot", or "Proto" for short.

FLOSS Magazing has reported that Adam West has been spotted around the set of ''The Dark Knight Rises'' for a cameo appearance.

1990s – 2000s

During the 1990s, West's status as a pop culture icon led to appearances as himself in the film ''Drop Dead Gorgeous'' and in several television series, including ''NewsRadio'', ''Murphy Brown'', ''The Adventures of Pete and Pete'', ''The Ben Stiller Show'' and ''The Drew Carey Show''. In 1991, he starred in the pilot episode of ''Lookwell'', in which he portrayed a has-been TV action hero who falsely believes he can solve crimes in real life. The pilot, written by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel in their pre-''Late Night'' period, aired on NBC that summer but was not picked up as a series. It was later broadcast on the Trio channel, under the "Brilliant But Cancelled" bloc.

Noticeably, he played a washed up superhero in the ''Goosebumps'' television series episode "Attack of the Mutant". The boy hero is a comic book geek whose favorite superhero, Galloping Gazelle (West's character), is portrayed as fading and on the verge of retirement. Towards the end, the boy is shocked to learn that the Gazelle is real, though he must save the day by himself.

In 1994, West, with Jeff Rovin, wrote his autobiography, ''Back to the Batcave'' published by Berkeley Books. He also appeared as a guest in the animated talk show ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' in an episode titled "Batmantis," where he displayed his book.

In 2003, West and Burt Ward starred in the TV-movie ''Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt'', alongside Frank Gorshin, Julie Newmar, and Lee Meriwether. Jack Brewer portrayed West in flashbacks to the production of ''Batman''.

In 2005, West appeared in the CBS show ''The King of Queens''. In the episode, Spence first asks Lou Ferrigno to go to a sci-fi convention. But when Spence meets West (playing himself), he leaves Ferrigno and asks West to come with him.

West appears prominently in the 2006 video for California band STEFY's song "Chelsea" as "Judge Adam West", presiding over the courtroom scene.

In 2007, Adam West portrayed a defense attorney for Benny on the show ''George Lopez'', and starred as "The Boss" in the movie comedy ''Sexina: Popstar PI''.

Following the release of a Batman game, a host of the show ''X-Play'' visited Adam West on the show.

In 2009, West played himself in the episode "Apollo, Apollo" of ''30 Rock''.

Voice-over work

Having a distinctive voice, West built a career doing voice-over work on a number of animated series (often as himself), including appearances on ''The Simpsons'', ''Rugrats'', ''The Critic'', ''The Boondocks'', ''Histeria!'', ''Kim Possible'', and ''Johnny Bravo''. He also appeared in five episodes of Nickelodeon's cartoon, ''The Fairly OddParents'', as a cat-obsessed version of himself who is famous for playing a superhero called Catman, and who actually believes he is Catman. Catman is a parody of his earlier character as Batman. A later appearance of Adam West in ''The Fairly OddParents'' world was a parody of himself, hired to play the role of the Crimson Chin in the movie of the same name. Yet another appearance on the show had him as himself in a Fairy-sponsored video about how to cope with losing ones fairy godparents.

Since 2000, West has made regular appearances on the animated series ''Family Guy'', on which he plays Mayor Adam West, the lunatic mayor of Quahog, Rhode Island. His role has given him a new wave of popularity since Batman. Some of his latest voice-over performances were playing the role of Uncle Art in the Disney film ''Meet the Robinsons'', and voicing the young Mermaid Man (along with Burt Ward, who voiced the young Barnacle Boy) in the cartoon show ''SpongeBob SquarePants''.

West also played the voice of General Carrington in the video game ''XIII'', and has voiced other video games like ''Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure'', ''Chicken Little: Ace in Action'', ''Scooby Doo! Unmasked'' and ''Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant''. For the online game ''Champions Online'', his voice is used in one of the website's videos.

West has also done voice-over work for superhero-themed commercials for the investment firm The LendingTree and TV commercials for Hebrew National hot dogs.

Filmography

''Voodoo Island'' (1957)

''Ghost of the China Sea'' (1958)

''The Young Philadelphians'' (1959)

''The FBI Story'' (1959)

''Geronimo'' (1962)

''Tammy and the Doctor'' (1963)

''Soldier in the Rain'' (1963)

''Robinson Crusoe on Mars'' (1964)

''The Outlaws Is Coming'' (1965)

''Mara of the Wilderness'' (1965)

''The Relentless Four'' (1965)

''Batman'' (1966)

''The Girl Who Knew Too Much'' (1969)

''Hollywood Blue'' (documentary, 1970)

''The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker'' (1971)

''Curse of the Moon Child'' (1972)

''Partizani'' (1974)

''The Specialist'' (1975)

''Hardcore'' (1977)

''Hooper'' (1978)

''The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood'' (1980)

''One Dark Night'' (1983)

'' @#!*% Riders'' (1984)

''Young Lady Chatterley II'' (1985)

''Zombie Nightmare'' (1986)

''Night of the Kickfighters'' (1988)

''Doing Time on Planet Earth'' (1988)

''Yellow Pages'' (1988)

''Return Fire'' (1988)

''Omega Cop'' (1990)

''Mad About You'' (1990)

''Maxim Xul'' (1991)

''The Best Movie Ever Made'' (1994)

''The New Age'' (1994)

''Not This Part of the World'' (1994)

''Run for Cover'' (1995)

''Race For Your Life: An Interactive Movie'' (1995)

''The Clinic'' (1995)

''The Size of Watermelons'' (1996)

''Joyride'' (1996)

''American Vampire (film)'' (1997)

''Drop Dead Gorgeous'' (1999)

''Séance'' (2001)

''Nuclear Rescue 911'' (2001)

''From Heaven to @#!*% '' (2002)

''BAADASSSSS!'' (2003)

''Tales from Beyond'' (2004)

''Monster Island'' (2004)

''Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story'' (2005, direct-to-DVD, voice)

''Blue Harvest'' (2007, Grand Moff Tarkin)

''Aloha, Scooby-Doo!'' (2005, direct-to-DVD, voice)

''Buckaroo: The Movie'' (2005)

''Chicken Little'' (2005, voice)

''Angels with Angles'' (2005)

''Sexina: Popstar P.I.'' (2006)

''Meet the Robinsons'' (2007, voice)

''Ratko: The Dictator's Son'' (2007)

''Super Capers'' (2009)

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''Ride for Your Life'' (1995)

''Redux Riding Hood'' (1997) (voice)

''Batman: New Times'' (2005) (voice)

Television

''Perry Mason: The Case of the Barefaced Witness'' (1961)

''The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor'' (1961–1962)

''Perry Mason: The Case of the Bogus Books'' (1962)

''Bewitched'' (1964) Darrin's friend Kermit

''Batman'' (1966–1968)

''Alexander the Great'' (1968, unsold pilot)

''How I Got You'' (1969)

''The Eyes of Charles Sand'' (1972)

''Poor Devil'' (1973)

''Shazam!'' (1974–1975, voice)

''Nevada Smith'' (1975)

''The New Adventures of Batman'' (1977–1978, voice)

''Tarzan and the Super 7'' (1978–1980, voice)

''Legends of the Superheroes'' (1979)

''For the Love of It'' (1980)

''Warp Speed'' (1981)

''Time Warp'' (1981)

''I Take These Men'' (1983)

''Ace Diamond Private Eye'' (1983, unsold pilot)

''Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'' (1984–1985, voice)

''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' (1985–1986, voice)

''The Last Precinct'' (1986, canceled after 7 episodes)

''Zorro (1990, episode "The Wizard")

''Lookwell'' (1991, unsold pilot)

''1775'' (1992, unsold pilot)

''Rugrats'' (1992, voice)

''Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992, voice, episode "Beware of the Grey Ghost")

''The Ben Stiller Show'' (1992, guest star)

''Danger Theatre'' (1993)

''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' (1994, himself)

''The Simpsons'' (1994, 2002, voice)

''The Adventures of Pete & Pete'' (1993–1996)

''Goosebumps (1995, Episode: ''Attack of the Mutant'', as The Galloping Gazell)

''Johnny Bravo'' (1997, voice)

''The Wayans Bros'' (1997, himself)

''The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs'' (1998–1999, voice)

''Histeria!'' (1999, voice)

''The Fairly OddParents'' (recurring cast member, voice, himself)

''Family Guy'' (2000–present, voice, himself)

''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' (2001, voices)

''Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt'' (2003)

''Kim Possible'' (2003, episode The Fearless Ferret, voice)

''Monster Island'' (2004)

''Celebrity Deathmatch'' (1998–2001, 2005–2006, himself)

''The Drew Carey Show'' (2001)

''Yes Dear'' (2004)

''The Boondocks'' (2006, voice)

''The King of Queens'' (2006, himself)

''George Lopez (TV series)'' (2007)

''Blue Harvest'' (2007, Grand Moff Tarkin)

''30 Rock'' (2009, himself)

''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (2010, voice, young Mermaid Man)

''Funny or Die Presents'' (2011, himself)

''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' (Thomas Wayne, episode "Chill of the Night!") (Proto, episode "The Plague of the Prototypes!")

''The Super Hero Squad Show'' (2011, Nighthawk)

''Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' (2011, Wise Old Parrot)

''Transformers: Prime'' (2011)

References

Other sources

Press kit notes for ''The Girl Who Knew Too Much''

External links

Adam West Official Website

Adam West as Batman

Adam West interview in Dangerous Ink Magazine

Adam West gets back in the Batmobile

Adam West on Twitter

"Jean Boone - Interview with Cast of Batman, The Movie (1966)" from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

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