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Forgotten Network/Syndicated TV Shows of the Past

willdav713 said:
CrankyYankee said:
How about "The Big Picture", "Victory at Sea" and "Police Surgeon."
(The first two being staples of early morning, usually weekend, TV.)
In the early days of Fox News, they would show a bunch of 'Fox Movietone Newsreels' early(6ayem) Sunday morning.
I'd get up early just to see them.
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I have several tapes recorded of Victory At Sea.
Weekend Gardener
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Never have heard of Weekend Gardener. Was that a gardening show like P Allen Smith and many others, syndicated?
And, Dinosaurs, Archie Bunker's Place and SCTV aren't really forgotten, especially SCTV. Used to air in reruns all the time on Comedy Central, and later on NBC around 2000 [on Later, before the Last Call Carson Daly days].

-crainbebo
 
Yeah, my local CBS affiliate, which had a secondary affiliation
with NBC, carried "Say When!" at that time (10 AM) and did
the same thing when "Calendar" became the "CBS Morning News
With Mike Wallace."

Speaking of CBS daytime, the "death spot" on its schedule from
1956 (when Robert Q. Lewis gave up his daily show) to 1961 (when
"Password" debuted) was 2 PM (ET). A couple of these you know,
but there are some you may not remember from that era:

The Johnny Carson Show
Our Miss Brooks (reruns)
Beat The Clock
The Jimmy Dean Show
For Better Or Worse
Full Circle
Face The Facts

And NBC had a similar problem in the early '60s, before the debut of
"Days Of Our Lives" at 2 PM in 1965. "Let's Make A Deal" originally
aired at 2, but do you remember

Charge Account (aka "The Jan Murray Show")
The Merv Griffin Show (his first attempt at a talk show)
People Will Talk (which morphed into "Hollywood Squares")
Ben Jerrod
Moment Of Truth
 
The Pat Sajak Show debuted the same week as The Arsenioooooooo Hall Show with Arsenio debuting one week earlier. Arsenio lasted a lot longer though. Pat's Show, after being cut from 90 minutes to 60 minutes, lasted a total of about 14 months and Pat wasn't even there at the end. Comedian Paul Rodriguez hosted the final show.
 
WMC2006 said:
The Pat Sajak Show debuted the same week as The Arsenioooooooo Hall Show with Arsenio debuting one week earlier. Arsenio lasted a lot longer though. Pat's Show, after being cut from 90 minutes to 60 minutes, lasted a total of about 14 months and Pat wasn't even there at the end. Comedian Paul Rodriguez hosted the final show.
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Two things notable about the show -- Chevy Chase was its first guest, and Rush Limbaugh was guest host two weeks before the show ended. Furthermore, in its final weeks, Sajak hosted Mondays to Thursdays, while Friday's show, taking a cue from Carson, was hosted by guest hosts, leading to Paul Rodriguez hosting the final episode.

More here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pat_Sajak_Show
 
Also about the Sajak Show....I do believe that when it started, Pat wanted to be "different," by placing his desk on the LEFT of the TV screen (left of the guests as one views the screen), unlike all the other talk show hosts....but even THAT didn't go over well, and it was back to the right side, like the others!

cd
 
I think Pat Robertson on The 700 Club was the first to have his desk on the left throughout the '70s (with the guest chairs on the right).
 
Hell Town (1985-86), with Robert Blake, plus a catchy theme song by Sammy Davis Jr.

Captain Nice (1965 or 66) William Daniels pre-St. Elsewhere as a superhero....they reran this back in the early 90s on HA!/Comedy Central.
 
Dance 360 (syndicated, 2003), which was sort of like Dance Fever for the 2000's and hosted by Kel Mitchell
The new version of Love Connection (syndicated, 1998) with -- yep -- Pat Bullard
The new Flipper (syndicated, 1994), starring a young Jessica Alba
Malibu, CA (syndicated, 1998), created and produced by Peter Engel
And these starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, whose mother passed away this week:
Shaky Ground (Fox, 1992)
The Byrds of Paradise and McKenna (both ABC, 1994), the former also starring Timothy Busfield
Time Of Your Life (Fox, 1999), a spinoff of Party Of Five

Then there was the XWF (syndicated, 2001), who attempted to fill the wrestling void left behind by the WWE's buyout of rival WCW but failed. The announcers were Tony Schiavone (the longtime voice of WCW) and Jerry "The King" Lawler with Mean Gene Okerlund (the latter two would return to WWE, first with Lawler after the 2001 Survivor Series -- Paul Heyman replaced him for much of the year -- and later Okerlund shortly before the name change from WWF) and they originated from the very same studio at Universal Orlando in Florida where TNA/Impact Wrestling currently tapes.
 
Dance 360 aired late nights on KSTW/11 here in Seattle.

-crainbebo
 
A few more!

The Love Report (ABC, 1984)
The Wizard (CBS, 1986)
Sandblast (MTV, 1994), hosted by Olympic gold medalist Summer Sanders
Rodeo Drive (Lifetime, 1990), hosted by Louise DuArt and premiered on the same day as the new Supermarket Sweep
The New Lassie (syndicated, 1990)
 
"Lamb Chop's Play Along (PBS, 1991)"

For kids who grew up in the 90s it's hardly forgotten, any more than the Mickey Mouse Club. That show actually had a long run on PBS starting in 1992; five seasons of original episodes (which continued in reruns long afterward) plus a spinoff show, Charlie Horse's Music Pizza, which started up in production as soon as the original wrapped and continued with new episodes until Shari Lewis passed away in the summer of 1999.

Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse stayed on in replay on PBS stations around the country, and on YTV in Canada, for several years after Ms. Lewis' passing, just like Fred Rogers' work continues on the air eight years after his death. Kids who saw it all through the 90s, and their parents, probably remember it well. I work with a public broadcasting organization and hear people still asking about it from time to time--they'd like their kids to see it, although they know Ms. Lewis is gone.
 
Every Second Counts (syndicated, 1984), hosted by Bill Rafferty
Cro (ABC, 1993), an animated series produced by Sesame Workshop
Doctor Dean (NBC, 1992), a medical talk show with Dr. Dean Edell
Generations (NBC, 1989)
Beverly Hills Teens (syndicated, 1987)
 
Speaking of forgotten magazine shows...anybody remember Taking Advantage and Breakaway (both syndicated, 1983)?

I think they both lasted only one season.
 
Taking Advantage is a new one on me, however, I recall seeing a promo or two for Breakaway. Who were the co-hosts on the latter?
 
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