Friday the 13th: The Series title, the series has no story connections to the film series of the same title, as Jason Voorhees does not make an appearance, nor does any character connected to the films. In the United Kingdom it was allegedly listed on TV schedules as "Friday's Curse" though when going to advertisement breaks on ITV it was titled "Friday the 13th: The Series". The series and the films have several cast and crew ties, however. The show's producer, Frank Mancuso, Jr., was producer of the film series from "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981) until the final installment distributed by Paramount (""
Jason King (TV series) by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company (which had become successful with such series as "The Saint" and "Danger Man"), for ATV – Grade's broadcasting subsidiary of ITC. However, unlike previous ITC series which were shot on 35mm film, Jason King was filmed on 16mm to cut costs. King's choice of fashion was named by Mike Myers as an inspiration for his popular movie character Austin Powers. An analogue of Jason King appears in the comic book series The Invisibles, written by Grant Morrison as "Mr. Six", the so-called "Last of the International Playboys", and member of "Division X". In