William Shatner was among the headliners at this year’s Hollywood Show at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport, an edition built around autograph and photo opportunities and a roster of reunion moments for classic TV and film fans.
The lineup mixed screen legends and familiar faces: Lorenzo Lamas, Matthew Lawrence, Susan Olsen, Heather Thomas, Kathy Garver, Michael Learned, Susan Blakely, MacKenzie Phillips and Barbara Steele were listed among the guests, while musicians Cherie Currie, Christopher Riordan and Engelbert Humperdinck appeared on the bill.
Organizers staged a massive Jaws reunion as one of the show’s signature highlights, complete with a life-size Jaws display in the lobby. Jeffrey Voorhees, who played Alex Kintner in Jaws, was part of the gathering, and the program noted smaller casting anecdotes such as Greg Dole — a Navy veteran then living in Massachusetts — who was cast in a small role in the film.
Television tie-ins filled the schedule as well. A T.J. Hooker reunion was promoted alongside nods to The Brady Bunch and other series: Susan Olsen was listed as Cindy Brady, and Charles Martin Smith, known for playing Toad in 1973’s American Graffiti, appeared on the guest roster. The Mrs. Doubtfire kid trio — Lisa Jakub, Mara Wilson and Matthew Lawrence — were identified together; the listing pointed out that Mara Wilson starred in Mrs. Doubtfire and Matilda.
Veteran star Mamie Van Doren made a rare appearance and signed her new book at the show; she is listed at 95. The format followed the usual Hollywood Show pattern: opportunities for fans to meet stars, collect autographs and snap photos throughout the event space.
The event coverage credited additional reporting by Barb Oats and Karen Ruud for Remind Magazine, reflecting the broad, nostalgia-driven reach the program aims for. For readers tracking other recent Shatner appearances, FilmoGaz has earlier coverage of his onstage event with Neil DeGrasse Tyson (
The program offered plenty for collectors and fans, but the published schedule and report did not include basic audience metrics: no attendance figures were provided, and descriptions of how appearances were received by fans were not part of the account. The show was presented as a celebration of reunion moments and meet-and-greets, yet the record here leaves open how heavily attended or enthusiastically received those reunions truly were.
Practical detail: The Hollywood Show runs three times a year at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport; this edition combined film and television-focused reunions with musical guests and book signings. The immediate calendar for the next Los Angeles edition was not supplied in the report, so fans who want to plan for the next lineup should consult The Hollywood Show’s official channels for dates and ticket information.
For now, the takeaway is straightforward: this year’s Hollywood Show grouped William Shatner and a long list of nostalgia-era names under one roof, staging a highly curated set of photo ops and reunion panels while leaving open the scale and reception of those moments to future reporting.
