Likeable characters. I used to try to watch the pilot episodes of most shows and I remember the first episode of Grey's Anatomy where the main character was an amoral slut. No thanks.
Following on from what I said about Presidential elections: midterm elections for Congressmen, Senators and Governors/Lt. Governors (state equivalent of President/VP). Here is one example, from ABC in 1978, for The '78 Vote: Also, here is what ABC's Chicago bureau w/the late Max Robinson looked like for that '78 midterm coverage (more than what we usually saw):
Street scenes where you see actual passing pedestrians' faces. No selective blurring of shots. Drinking and smoking and language without any issue about it at all if the story calls for it. The kind of wit found in the great "roasts" of stars past, just applied now. Documentaries that have a hard edge. I enjoy Ken Burns, but I love Frederick Wiseman. C.
I just caught Stone Cold, although severely behind the curve, and I have to admit I really enjoyed it. Seeing Tom in a relaxed yet cool role really drew me in. Much better than his Magnum P.I. days.
Definitely. Watched one this morning, and I was surprised how engaging the show is. This could be my version of Hallmark movies (which I cannot stand, by the way).
No one except the candidates and their John Q. Public supporters had a vested interest in the outcome. Go figure.
How young is young? She was well into her thirties when I Dream of Jeannie started. This is the young Barbara Eden:
Watch a lot of Perry Mason on MeTV. The amount of cigarette smoking is incredible, and they throw a lot of them on the ground when finished as well!
I AGREE! there's more sex on that show than the medical procedures...ha ha ha...Grey's Anatomy...LITERALLY.
Shows about families or married couples All In The Family The Honeymooners The Andy Griffith Show Leave It To Beaver I Love Lucy
Sit Ubu Sit, Good Dog - Woof! (I thought he said boo boo all those years growing up after my favorite shows???)
Shows being aired once a week. Streaming services make me binge and I forget the whole series because I watched the whole thing in a week.
Package shows... Hanna-Barbera did this a lot since The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958 (where at least two other supporting player segments were included), including: The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show (ABC, 1975-76) ** Tom & Jerry (1 of 3) ** The Great Grape Ape Show (1 of 2) ** Tom & Jerry (2 of 3) ** The Great Grape Ape Show (2 of 2) ** Tom & Jerry (3 of 3) The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show (ABC, 1976) ** Tom & Jerry (1 of 2) ** The Great Grape Ape Show (1 of 2) ** The Mumbly Cartoon Show ** Tom & Jerry (1 of 2) ** The Great Grape Ape Show (2 of 2) The Tom & Jerry/Mumbly Show (ABC, 1976-77) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (ABC, 1976) ** The Scooby-Doo Show ** Dynomutt, Dog Wonder The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show (90-minute expansion of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, also including Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?) (ABC, 1976-77) ** The Scooby-Doo Show ** Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? ** Dynomutt, Dog Wonder The Space Ghost/Frankenstein, Jr. Show (NBC, 1976-77) (featuring reruns of Space Ghost and Frankenstein, Jr.) ** Space Ghost (1 of 2) ** Frankenstein, Jr. ** Space Ghost (2 of 2) The All-New Super Friends Hour (ABC, 1977-78) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (ABC, 1977-78) Skatebirds (CBS, 1977-78) (original 1-hour series also featured reruns of Clue Club under the title Woofer & Whimper: Dog Detectives) Go-Go-Globetrotters! (NBC, 1978) (2-hour package show featuring reruns of The Harlem Globetrotters, CB Bears, Space Ghost and The Herculoids) Yogi's Space Race (NBC, 1978-79) * Original 90-minute configuration consisted of Yogi's Space Race, Galaxy Goof-Ups, The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost ** Yogi's Space Race (act 1) ** The Buford Files ** Galaxy Goof-Ups ** The Galloping Ghost ** Yogi's Space Race (act 2) *** Starting November 4, 1978, Galaxy Goof-Ups aired in its own half-hour timeslot for its remaining five episodes, and Yogi's Space Race, The Buford Files and The Galloping Ghost (in that order) continued as a 1-hour series for its remaining five shows. *** Starting February 3, 1979, both Yogi's Space Race and The Buford Files/The Galloping Ghost were given their own half-hour timeslots; the former ended its run on March 3, 1979, while reruns of the latter remained through September 15, 1979. The Godzilla Power Hour (NBC, 1978) * Original 1-hour configuration consisted of Godzilla and Jana of the Jungle. Unusually, both segments aired in an alternating fashion: act 1 of both segments ended with "To be continued later!" ** Starting November 4, 1978, reruns of Jonny Quest were added to the block; as a result, the series was now renamed The Godzilla Super 90. For their last five shows, the two newer segments now played in a standard uniform fashion instead of alternating. Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (NBC, 1979) * Original 1-hour configuration consisted of seven new episodes of The New Fred and Barney Show (which for its first ten episodes aired in its own half-hour timeslot from February 3 to September 15, 1979), and two 11-minute segments of The Thing, in this order: ** The Thing ** The New Fred and Barney Show ** The Thing ** Starting December 1, 1979, The New Shmoo (which for its first ten episodes aired in its own half-hour timeslot) joined the lineup, turning it into the 90-minute Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo. Since the Thing (a character from The Fantastic Four, which Hanna-Barbera produced in 1967) was the first segment to air for the first 10 episodes, the 90-minute updating now has The New Shmoo as the first and last segments. ** The New Shmoo ** The Thing ** The New Fred and Barney Show ** The Thing ** The New Shmoo ~Ben
Bumping this up: a YouTube user named David Gideon has recently come up with many apparently never-before-seen rarities of television's title tracks and title sequences of the past, and quite a few closing credit sequences as well. One I'd like to spotlight is that of that short-lived 1978 CBS action/adventure series called The American Girls, w/Priscilla Barnes, Debra Clinger and David Spielberg; the reasons I'd like to spotlight this one are because it has the title sequence/title track in full, and because it has the closing credits and closing title track in much better picture/sound quality than the one circulating public domain episode that had the late Ross Martin in it. Bonus: we also have the Sunburst/Abstract Torch of Columbia Pictures Television on it, w/Suzanne Ciani's jingle (the reason I say that is because while quite a few of these clips have the end logos, but no jingle thereto, this one for The American Girls does have the Sunburst/Abstract Torch with its native jingle). Here is that American Girls opening/closing clip:
The above reminds me of two other trends that were big on Saturday Morning for a time: Live Action Shows: Among them were The Kroft Supershow, Shazam, Isis, Big John/Little John, H. R. Puffenstuff, Lidsville, The Lost Saucer, and Far Out Space Nuts) Animated Versions of Live Action Shows: My Favorite Martians, The Brady Kids, The Oddball Couple, I Dream Of Jeannie, and Partridge Family 2020.
I had a crush on Susan Anton back then. I watched her 4 NBC shows during the summer of 1979 and I got to meet her at the Oregon State Fair in September of '79. There were a handful of variety shows after that including the infamous Pink Lady and Jeff in the spring of 1980 and Steve Allen had a short lived variety show later that year.