"We're here on ABC for just one -reason- season ..."
@RideAcrossTheRiver4 сағат бұрын
Jeez, I'd have watched _The Silent Force_ every week!
@RideAcrossTheRiver8 сағат бұрын
A bit of proto-Letterman there! Then some proto- _Hill Street Blues_ ! And proto-Data!
@RideAcrossTheRiver9 сағат бұрын
_Swiss Family Robinson_ must have been a US-made rework of the earlier Canadian TV series.
@robertsretrorewind58537 сағат бұрын
I used to watch that version on CTV, late Saturday mornings (reruns of course).
@RideAcrossTheRiverКүн бұрын
I recall seeing episodes of _Lifeline, Cliffhangers_ and _Flying High._
@karenhickson8848Күн бұрын
Longstreet was the first detective series that I became interested in watching as a young teen. As I remember it, Bruce Lee was a semi regular and it was a pretty good show.
@robertsretrorewind5853Күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing Karen!
@jim2lane5 күн бұрын
I had no idea that David Letterman and Michael Keaton were on the Mary show with Mary Tyler Moore
@davidcarroll87356 күн бұрын
Most impressive research and digging up high quality choices! #subscribed
@robertsretrorewind58532 күн бұрын
I really appreciate that David. Thank you!
@Lisa-di1wi6 күн бұрын
Just like today, if the ratings were too low, they got yanked off the air right away.
@Lisa-di1wi6 күн бұрын
I was 21 that year.
@Dorthy-wx9fq8 күн бұрын
To bad the show Sierra was so short lived. But there's an episode of Sierra that starts John and Roy of the show Emergency! I think that it was a cross over. I've got it on my phone. But I did enjoy growing up in the 70's and wouldn't have missed it. There were a lot of things that happen in the 70's that was messed up, like the gas prices and the oil embargo, and Water gate, and I remember those.
@robertsretrorewind58538 күн бұрын
Yes, it wasn't all great in the 1970's. Thank you for sharing Dorthy!
@alexnejako77710 күн бұрын
Dynamite was a great magazine that and Pizzazz
@michaelreed474412 күн бұрын
I was born in 1976.
@michaelreed474412 күн бұрын
😍😍😍🦋🦋💐💐💐🌹🌹💋💋💋💘💘🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼❤️❤️
@xemnas909814 күн бұрын
The Sugar Time intro music sounded like a typical porno flick from back then.
@jacktheripoff188817 күн бұрын
Shows our group pitched for that year: "The Nuclear Powered School Bus", "Vigilante Pizza", "Bad News Bears In Breaking Parole", "Reverend Joe, Cocaine Dealer", "The Zodiac Neighbor", "Undercover Nun" , "Everyone's Favorite Bigot", "The Man From The Yellow Pages", there were others but none of them got past the pilot so what's the difference.
@buckiemohawk364320 күн бұрын
because of how the system works and still works today it was cheaper to make a new show, that might be a better show than have a mediocre show that was in the middle
@NuNugirl21 күн бұрын
In a world with no cell phones or internet, I didn’t watch much TV. I was too busy getting out of the house as much as possible. My goal was to achieve independence and control over my life. I got a stereo turntable for my 16th birthday, that was my prized possession. The other was a car, I purchased myself, after I was moved out.
@repugnus22 күн бұрын
Thank you for making these videos they are very entertaining
@robertsretrorewind585322 күн бұрын
I appreciate reading this! Thank you very much!
@jaritime140622 күн бұрын
I offten wonder how in 2024 we have never gotten most of the UnAired they must be somewhere collecting dust why dont they just upload them on KZread or there streaming sites and say Quality is lacking.. These old shows are more popular than anything they make for the Modern Audiance kids are looking for Quality not rejected Idoligys
@robertsretrorewind585322 күн бұрын
I completely agree! I've been watching whatever is available of this stuff, and I'm enjoying it a whole bunch; whether it's good or bad. I wish a company would make a box set of a number of these series, packaged together. I think the market is bigger for this kind of stuff than they realize, it's just not the direction they're familiar with. If they make a box set for all of the short lived Quinn Martin series, put them together, I think it would sell well. Something like that would include 'Most Wanted', 'The Runaways', 'A Man Called Sloane', 'Banyon', 'The Manhunter', 'Caribe', 'Bert D'Angelo/Superstar', 'Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected', etc. Hey, even throw in some of his made for TV movies! I'm sure it could be done.
@arcas842324 күн бұрын
It is amazing TV survived with shows this awful.
@scottlarson154824 күн бұрын
Promise margarine: back when they told us trans-fats were healthy.
@STI200025 күн бұрын
The little girl in Mulligan’s Stew was also Tracy on The Partridge Family.
@JonesMediaMan26 күн бұрын
I just can't tear myself away from these things. I turned 5 in 79, so this would likely be the first I would have remembered any, but as much fun is seeing so many familiar actors in shows I didn't know about.
@robertsretrorewind585326 күн бұрын
That's awesome, I'm happy to read that! Thank you for watching!
@craigfuller153226 күн бұрын
I don't understand why 13 Queens Blvd was cancelled when it was doing well at 26th.
@robertsretrorewind585326 күн бұрын
One of the main reasons, if not THE main reason, was that ABC wanted Eileen Brennan for another show that was in the works, 'A New Kind of Family' that came out the following season. That show didn't perform well (to say the least). I'm sure there are other reasons why '13 Queens Blvd' was canceled. There were casting changes early on, dropping Jerry Van Dyke (though he is credited on IMBD for being in all 9 episodes that had aired), while adding Francis Lee McCain and Karen Rushmore From the episodes that can be seen on KZread, I didn't mind the show.
@craigfuller153226 күн бұрын
I wonder if they still make hamburger helper?
@DireHammer26 күн бұрын
Creating a show so bad Mary Tyler Moore, Michael Keaton, David Letterman, and James Hampton can't save it is kind of impressive.
@adamblackwelder586326 күн бұрын
Out of all those shows, I remember Flying High (😍) and Delta House (😖). The others? Not so much.
@scottlarson154826 күн бұрын
The *only* show I remember from this bunch is The Fantastic Journey. It had decent special effects, pretty good acting, and bizarre plots that appealed to kids like me who read lots of science fiction and watched Star Trek reruns every weekend. I remember the pilot because I expected it to have a bunch of in your face action. Instead it left the viewer with lots of confusion and unanswered questions, similar to how the two hour Lost pilot would thirty years later.
@blackphoenix7726 күн бұрын
Was "When Things were Rotten" a trial run for "Robin Hood: Men in Tights?"
@encapstore578426 күн бұрын
This is very detailed and well assembled. Question for you or anyone that might know - some of these shows appeared to rate higher than competing programs. If that's the case, why were they canceled?
@robertsretrorewind585326 күн бұрын
There are times when a show had strong ratings when it premiered - and in around that time - but as the weeks continued, that show might have dropped off considerably moving forward. So the end of the season rating might be high, but it could be viewed as misleading. A show may have started off with a great time slot, sandwiched between established shows with strong ratings, then the show was moved to a different time slot (different night), and that might have revealed that the show wasn't strong on its own. There were also shows where the lead actor/actors were at odds with the writers, or producers too. I know for a show like 'On Our Own', the network wanted to move the show to Los Angeles when it had been filmed in New York (from what I can remember). Also, I know for 'Toma', the lead actor only wanted to stay on for a single season. The word is that the show was going to be renewed for a 2nd year, but since the main actor wasn't coming back, and from that we ended up with 'Barreta'. I personally think the show wasn't doing that well in the ratings anyway, but the common (and widely accepted) narrative was that it was basically canceled (for lack of a better word) since Tony Musante wasn't coming back. Also a show like 'Bridget Loves Bernie' was killing it in the ratings, but there was the whole mixed religion marriage element, and pressure from the sponsors (via certain groups) to cancel the show. It's too bad, I really like that show! There are probably a lot more reasons than that, but I hope this helps. I really like that question btw. Thank you for watching!
@sheilaholmes845527 күн бұрын
Sorry Mary but they were bad.
@ArmyJames27 күн бұрын
The other “Friends”.
@waynetech1027 күн бұрын
What I love about these old openings, besides the music, are the sweeping shots, of either landscape, or the city streets. A lot of shows, of the era, showed you a lot of the settings, while the credits rolled. I don't know. I just love that.
@robertsretrorewind585327 күн бұрын
Well said Wayne, I couldn't agree more!
@scottlarson154828 күн бұрын
So at this point Patrick Duffy was costarring in the Dallas mini-series, starring on Man From Atlantis, *and* appearing in Taco Bell commercials?
@mrdave523228 күн бұрын
Oh wow. Born in 71 , this is the only reason I have the KZread app! Poor Maclean Stevenson. Left Mash because he thought he had better opportunities. I remember being a child watching Hello Larry and knew it was a bomb. And Mad magazine made sooooo much fun of that show and him specifically
@geneobrien890728 күн бұрын
... and all the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas...
@FerdinandCesarano29 күн бұрын
Wait - that last one, "All That Glitters", had 65 episodes in three months?
@robertsretrorewind585328 күн бұрын
It ran from Monday through Friday over a 3 month stretch. Similar to shows like 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman', 'Forever Fernwood', and 'Life and Times of Eddie Roberts', all syndicated, all ran 5 days a week.
@FerdinandCesarano28 күн бұрын
@@robertsretrorewind5853 - Ah! Thanks for the clarification.
@scottlarson154829 күн бұрын
Poor NBC. They couldn't do anything right other than Saturday Night Live. Two years later they'd only have one TV show in the Top 20!
@brinsonharris981629 күн бұрын
What amazes me are all these actors listed in the opening credits of these shows who were never seen again. They probably thought they’d made it-they were cast in a network show and would have great show biz careers. Only a few would make it after being in a failed show.
@jonirving560629 күн бұрын
I love watching these. And it is a reminder of just how difficult it was to produce a hit tv series that lasted 2 or more years.
@robertsretrorewind585329 күн бұрын
Thank you Jon!
@greggabel723829 күн бұрын
Viva Valdez wad an All Latin/Spanish descent cast
@peopleskarmasquad1042Ай бұрын
For the most part, 70’s TV sucked.
@williamjamison4862Ай бұрын
Waverly Wonders just got put in a bad time slot. You can't tell me that show would not be a hit in 2024.
@bartenationalbart-email-na3284Ай бұрын
people been looking for Bigfoot, he is right fukn THERE!
@richcharvel7162Ай бұрын
This movie has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. From what I've read, "Staying Alive" originally was going to be a darker film. "Tony" was going be a strung out junkie/drug addict who was battling between drugs and trying to be a professional dancer. Then Stallone came aboard and wanted "Tony" to be anti-dance and helping out with the problems in his community. Those films would have been interesting. There were rumors that a third installment (mid to late 90's) was going to hit the screens where "Tony" was a club owner. This was a great video. Thanks for posting.
@robertsretrorewind5853Ай бұрын
Thank you Rich! I agree, that both of those other ideas could certainly work, in either direction. I'd be more interested in the one where he's a junkie/drug addict, but still like the original Stallone version as well. I appreciate your post! Thank you for watching!
@phillipstankey8881Ай бұрын
To think...the suits at NBC though "Supertrain" was going to be a huge hit
@RSmith-fb4sfАй бұрын
if you were a theme song writer in the 1970s you had a lot of job stability
@jameswatt8001Ай бұрын
LOL! I was reading the text too quickly and thought it said "Lanigan's Rabbit." WTH?! Was Tenille breaking those teeth in for a horse? So she and the Captain wanted out of their TV contract to concentrate on music. They just went from strength to strength after that, didn't they? Did the Captain talk, or was he like Penn of Penn and Teller? I was in my teens and 20s in the 70s and I don't remember 85% of these shows. To be fair, I was in the Marine Corps so I wasn't watching much TV. I had better things to do. Thanks Robert!! P.S. Robert if you want to use Lanigan's Rabbit as an idea for a show feel free!
@robertsretrorewind5853Ай бұрын
If I use it, I'll be sure to give you royalties for it! 😁 Thank you for your post!
@mikehoffman3131Ай бұрын
Sandy Helberg on Flatbush is the father of Simon Helberg (Howard Wolowitz) from The Big Bang Theory
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"We're here on ABC for just one -reason- season ..."
Jeez, I'd have watched _The Silent Force_ every week!
A bit of proto-Letterman there! Then some proto- _Hill Street Blues_ ! And proto-Data!
_Swiss Family Robinson_ must have been a US-made rework of the earlier Canadian TV series.
I used to watch that version on CTV, late Saturday mornings (reruns of course).
I recall seeing episodes of _Lifeline, Cliffhangers_ and _Flying High._
Longstreet was the first detective series that I became interested in watching as a young teen. As I remember it, Bruce Lee was a semi regular and it was a pretty good show.
Thank you for sharing Karen!
I had no idea that David Letterman and Michael Keaton were on the Mary show with Mary Tyler Moore
Most impressive research and digging up high quality choices! #subscribed
I really appreciate that David. Thank you!
Just like today, if the ratings were too low, they got yanked off the air right away.
I was 21 that year.
To bad the show Sierra was so short lived. But there's an episode of Sierra that starts John and Roy of the show Emergency! I think that it was a cross over. I've got it on my phone. But I did enjoy growing up in the 70's and wouldn't have missed it. There were a lot of things that happen in the 70's that was messed up, like the gas prices and the oil embargo, and Water gate, and I remember those.
Yes, it wasn't all great in the 1970's. Thank you for sharing Dorthy!
Dynamite was a great magazine that and Pizzazz
I was born in 1976.
😍😍😍🦋🦋💐💐💐🌹🌹💋💋💋💘💘🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼❤️❤️
The Sugar Time intro music sounded like a typical porno flick from back then.
Shows our group pitched for that year: "The Nuclear Powered School Bus", "Vigilante Pizza", "Bad News Bears In Breaking Parole", "Reverend Joe, Cocaine Dealer", "The Zodiac Neighbor", "Undercover Nun" , "Everyone's Favorite Bigot", "The Man From The Yellow Pages", there were others but none of them got past the pilot so what's the difference.
because of how the system works and still works today it was cheaper to make a new show, that might be a better show than have a mediocre show that was in the middle
In a world with no cell phones or internet, I didn’t watch much TV. I was too busy getting out of the house as much as possible. My goal was to achieve independence and control over my life. I got a stereo turntable for my 16th birthday, that was my prized possession. The other was a car, I purchased myself, after I was moved out.
Thank you for making these videos they are very entertaining
I appreciate reading this! Thank you very much!
I offten wonder how in 2024 we have never gotten most of the UnAired they must be somewhere collecting dust why dont they just upload them on KZread or there streaming sites and say Quality is lacking.. These old shows are more popular than anything they make for the Modern Audiance kids are looking for Quality not rejected Idoligys
I completely agree! I've been watching whatever is available of this stuff, and I'm enjoying it a whole bunch; whether it's good or bad. I wish a company would make a box set of a number of these series, packaged together. I think the market is bigger for this kind of stuff than they realize, it's just not the direction they're familiar with. If they make a box set for all of the short lived Quinn Martin series, put them together, I think it would sell well. Something like that would include 'Most Wanted', 'The Runaways', 'A Man Called Sloane', 'Banyon', 'The Manhunter', 'Caribe', 'Bert D'Angelo/Superstar', 'Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected', etc. Hey, even throw in some of his made for TV movies! I'm sure it could be done.
It is amazing TV survived with shows this awful.
Promise margarine: back when they told us trans-fats were healthy.
The little girl in Mulligan’s Stew was also Tracy on The Partridge Family.
I just can't tear myself away from these things. I turned 5 in 79, so this would likely be the first I would have remembered any, but as much fun is seeing so many familiar actors in shows I didn't know about.
That's awesome, I'm happy to read that! Thank you for watching!
I don't understand why 13 Queens Blvd was cancelled when it was doing well at 26th.
One of the main reasons, if not THE main reason, was that ABC wanted Eileen Brennan for another show that was in the works, 'A New Kind of Family' that came out the following season. That show didn't perform well (to say the least). I'm sure there are other reasons why '13 Queens Blvd' was canceled. There were casting changes early on, dropping Jerry Van Dyke (though he is credited on IMBD for being in all 9 episodes that had aired), while adding Francis Lee McCain and Karen Rushmore From the episodes that can be seen on KZread, I didn't mind the show.
I wonder if they still make hamburger helper?
Creating a show so bad Mary Tyler Moore, Michael Keaton, David Letterman, and James Hampton can't save it is kind of impressive.
Out of all those shows, I remember Flying High (😍) and Delta House (😖). The others? Not so much.
The *only* show I remember from this bunch is The Fantastic Journey. It had decent special effects, pretty good acting, and bizarre plots that appealed to kids like me who read lots of science fiction and watched Star Trek reruns every weekend. I remember the pilot because I expected it to have a bunch of in your face action. Instead it left the viewer with lots of confusion and unanswered questions, similar to how the two hour Lost pilot would thirty years later.
Was "When Things were Rotten" a trial run for "Robin Hood: Men in Tights?"
This is very detailed and well assembled. Question for you or anyone that might know - some of these shows appeared to rate higher than competing programs. If that's the case, why were they canceled?
There are times when a show had strong ratings when it premiered - and in around that time - but as the weeks continued, that show might have dropped off considerably moving forward. So the end of the season rating might be high, but it could be viewed as misleading. A show may have started off with a great time slot, sandwiched between established shows with strong ratings, then the show was moved to a different time slot (different night), and that might have revealed that the show wasn't strong on its own. There were also shows where the lead actor/actors were at odds with the writers, or producers too. I know for a show like 'On Our Own', the network wanted to move the show to Los Angeles when it had been filmed in New York (from what I can remember). Also, I know for 'Toma', the lead actor only wanted to stay on for a single season. The word is that the show was going to be renewed for a 2nd year, but since the main actor wasn't coming back, and from that we ended up with 'Barreta'. I personally think the show wasn't doing that well in the ratings anyway, but the common (and widely accepted) narrative was that it was basically canceled (for lack of a better word) since Tony Musante wasn't coming back. Also a show like 'Bridget Loves Bernie' was killing it in the ratings, but there was the whole mixed religion marriage element, and pressure from the sponsors (via certain groups) to cancel the show. It's too bad, I really like that show! There are probably a lot more reasons than that, but I hope this helps. I really like that question btw. Thank you for watching!
Sorry Mary but they were bad.
The other “Friends”.
What I love about these old openings, besides the music, are the sweeping shots, of either landscape, or the city streets. A lot of shows, of the era, showed you a lot of the settings, while the credits rolled. I don't know. I just love that.
Well said Wayne, I couldn't agree more!
So at this point Patrick Duffy was costarring in the Dallas mini-series, starring on Man From Atlantis, *and* appearing in Taco Bell commercials?
Oh wow. Born in 71 , this is the only reason I have the KZread app! Poor Maclean Stevenson. Left Mash because he thought he had better opportunities. I remember being a child watching Hello Larry and knew it was a bomb. And Mad magazine made sooooo much fun of that show and him specifically
... and all the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas...
Wait - that last one, "All That Glitters", had 65 episodes in three months?
It ran from Monday through Friday over a 3 month stretch. Similar to shows like 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman', 'Forever Fernwood', and 'Life and Times of Eddie Roberts', all syndicated, all ran 5 days a week.
@@robertsretrorewind5853 - Ah! Thanks for the clarification.
Poor NBC. They couldn't do anything right other than Saturday Night Live. Two years later they'd only have one TV show in the Top 20!
What amazes me are all these actors listed in the opening credits of these shows who were never seen again. They probably thought they’d made it-they were cast in a network show and would have great show biz careers. Only a few would make it after being in a failed show.
I love watching these. And it is a reminder of just how difficult it was to produce a hit tv series that lasted 2 or more years.
Thank you Jon!
Viva Valdez wad an All Latin/Spanish descent cast
For the most part, 70’s TV sucked.
Waverly Wonders just got put in a bad time slot. You can't tell me that show would not be a hit in 2024.
people been looking for Bigfoot, he is right fukn THERE!
This movie has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. From what I've read, "Staying Alive" originally was going to be a darker film. "Tony" was going be a strung out junkie/drug addict who was battling between drugs and trying to be a professional dancer. Then Stallone came aboard and wanted "Tony" to be anti-dance and helping out with the problems in his community. Those films would have been interesting. There were rumors that a third installment (mid to late 90's) was going to hit the screens where "Tony" was a club owner. This was a great video. Thanks for posting.
Thank you Rich! I agree, that both of those other ideas could certainly work, in either direction. I'd be more interested in the one where he's a junkie/drug addict, but still like the original Stallone version as well. I appreciate your post! Thank you for watching!
To think...the suits at NBC though "Supertrain" was going to be a huge hit
if you were a theme song writer in the 1970s you had a lot of job stability
LOL! I was reading the text too quickly and thought it said "Lanigan's Rabbit." WTH?! Was Tenille breaking those teeth in for a horse? So she and the Captain wanted out of their TV contract to concentrate on music. They just went from strength to strength after that, didn't they? Did the Captain talk, or was he like Penn of Penn and Teller? I was in my teens and 20s in the 70s and I don't remember 85% of these shows. To be fair, I was in the Marine Corps so I wasn't watching much TV. I had better things to do. Thanks Robert!! P.S. Robert if you want to use Lanigan's Rabbit as an idea for a show feel free!
If I use it, I'll be sure to give you royalties for it! 😁 Thank you for your post!
Sandy Helberg on Flatbush is the father of Simon Helberg (Howard Wolowitz) from The Big Bang Theory