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DO YOU REMEMBER THE FALL NETWORK JINGLES ?

gregg75

gregg75

MarcB's FALL post made me think of this. Somehow the fall jingle I remember the best
is NBC's "This Fall, NBC has it all" (I'd guess around 1972). What were some others
and dates?

I think ABC had some decent ones, but I can't really remember any CBS ones.
 
UPN and The WB jingles were the best

UPN Where The Network Baby

The WB WWWWWW The WB, and Ohhh What A Night I remeber

Such a shame their gone.
 
Who could forget the all-time worst one, NBC Fall 1978:

"N-B-See Us"

cd
 
Couldn't find "This Fall, NBC has it all" on YouTube

Here is ABC 1974 "You'll Be Talking About It Tomorrow" (pretty weak jingle)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jJZZPi_U1g

1977 a better one from ABC "We're Still The One"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqM_PkPV18Y&feature=related

1979 ABC......guess they used the previous one for a few years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9gsFiLOkAY&feature=related

1978 NBC "NB See Us" (pretty lame)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHGXngiLa-o&feature=related

1980 NBC "Proud As A Peacock" (soulful but lame)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dk3ce_AITA&feature=related

QUITE CUTE.....NBC Parody jingle (really good one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8id3o-BPbM&feature=related

1980 ABC "You And Me And ABC" (embarrrassing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeMKycwNDx8

1983 CBS "We've Got The Touch" (America anthem)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Y_eOtYvFM&feature=related

1985 CBS ......see above..... so good they held on to it ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aQmaeMa6t0&feature=related

1985 ABC "You'll Love It" I think they used this for years also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw_c-bzRNec&feature=related

1986 NBC "Come Home To NBC" (decent)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXLp7EZRmZ4&feature=related

1986 ABC "We Belong Together" (sounds like 1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c97hZWq45oI&feature=related
 
gregg75 said:
1980 NBC "Proud As A Peacock" (soulful but lame)
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NBC used "Proud as a Peacock" two seasons in a row (1979 and 1980) -- but the reuse of slogans, of course, does not mean a network's success; this was when Fred Silverman ran the network, and most new shows under his wing tanked left, right and center (especially "Supertrain").

Two things I remember about that campaign was one year, Johnny Carson began an anniversary special with a stuffed peacock while the jingle played; the peacock later blew up after the jingle ended.

Another one featured the singers of the jingle singing a special version of it, which made fun of Silverman and his programming policies that almost tanked NBC.
 
How about "We're Looking Good on CBS"? I remember that KIRO in Seattle had a local version with their anchors jumping around with umbrellas emblazoned with the CBS Eye and Channel 7. For me, that local version was the all-time worst branding spot.
 
From sometime in the early seventies, I remember "This is the place to be, on ABC".

CBS was still using a jingle as late as 2002, because I remember hearing it contstantly during their high def feed when I first bought a high definition tuner -- CBS ran promos through the local commercial breaks for stations that didn't have the equipment to switch their commercials into the high definition feed. It was something based on a U2 hit from a year or two earlier, as I recall.
 
azumanga said:
gregg75 said:
1980 NBC "Proud As A Peacock" (soulful but lame)
Click to expand...

Another one featured the singers of the jingle singing a special version of it, which made fun of Silverman and his programming policies that almost tanked NBC.
Click to expand...

I think that's the bold and underlined one above. Why did they stop doing them? Too corny?
I'd think a good and catchy one could be helpful.
 
I recall the

NBC proud as a peacock.

The local stations would put their own slant on it.

In Chicago they'd have "Channel 5 proud as a peacock."

This worked fine as "Channel 5" and "NBC" each are three syllables.

But I remember pulling in WTHR from Indianapolis one night and they used

"Channel 13" proud as a peacock.

It was so funny the way they said, "Channel 13" really fast so it'd fit into the normal three syllable slogan
 
Steve Sohmer (not to be confused with WFAN's Steve Somers) was
in charge of promotion at all of the Big Three in the late '70s and
early '80s. His picks for the best (and he created them all, so take
these with a grain of salt): "Still The One" (ABC), "Looking Good Together"
(CBS), and "Be There" (NBC). Even I have to admit that he did one promo
in the "Be There" series that was a beaut: Mr. T says something like, "Now
on Tuesdays (1983) there's a show called "Just Our Luck" and another called "The
Mississippi." So if you're watching "The A-Team" you ain't missin' nothin'!" I
remember another, although the show didn't make it: NBC had scheduled a show
called "The Rousters" on Saturdays against "The Love Boat," and did a spot where
toy guns blow a toy boat out of the water; NBC's promo guy, Danny Dark,
imitates ABC's, Ernie Anderson, by saying "Rousters gonna sink the Looooove Boat."

One of the more cloying, from the same era as "Be There," was "That Special
Feeling on ABC"; one of these has a kid bringing home an orphan puppy and petting
iit while the whole family watches television. CBS's "We've Got The Touch"
was about as bad: a paraplegic finishing a marathon in a wheelchair, and a deaf
couple communicating in sign language.

I remember one on CBS in the '60s: "It's got the look of a winner." WNCT Greenville/
New Bern/Washington, NC (a CBS affiliate) used that in its own promos even after CBS
stopped using it.
 
I don't remember it clearly, but this one from ABC is pretty good:

Come On Along with ABC! (1982)
http://youtu.be/ztwEf4OepXc

Growing up, our household watched a lot of CBS, so I remember a few of these:

The Look is CBS (1991):
http://youtu.be/5xF-okzL7F0

CBS Spirit (1987):
http://youtu.be/8qINN7nv24A

Get Ready [for CBS] (1990, buying help from Motown legends The Temptations):
http://youtu.be/eBx6k3iNv-Q

Lastly, I had forgotten about this one from 1994 that borrows from Sly & The Family Stone's "Everyday People". Perhaps I had it mentally blocked, because it hilariously cringe-inducing. I'm willing to entertain that CBS' depression over losing NFL football played a part:
http://youtu.be/VpCHf8IMqvg
 
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