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The Powers That Be

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Summary

The Powers That Be is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,063 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: David Crane[3]
  • Director: Art Wolff[4]
  • Composer: Marvin Hamlisch[5]
  • Genre: sitcom[6]
  • Cast member: John Forsythe[7], Holland Taylor[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[9]
  • Country of origin: United States[10]
  • Start time: March 7, 1992[11]
  • End time: January 16, 1993[12]
  • Distributed by: Sony Pictures Television[13]
  • Narrative location: Washington, D.C.[14]
  • Main subject: politics[15]
  • Number of episodes: 21[16]
  • Executive producer: Norman Lear[17]
  • Title: The Powers That Be[18]
  • Number of seasons: 2[19]

Why It Matters

The Powers That Be is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . live.dbpedia.org. Retrieved . live.dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . dbpedia.org. Retrieved . dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Zestier · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Thetvdb series id → 76668
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  2. 23w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Distributed by → Sony Pictures Television
    Number of seasons → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}
    Number of episodes → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+21'}
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