Forgotten Network/Syndicated TV Shows of the Past

[BD Sullivan]

Hawk (a bust for Burt Reynolds)

Another Reynolds series on ABC, "Dan August" found some new life as summer filler on CBS in both 1973 and '75, to take advantage of Reynolds' surging popularity at the time.

 

[cd637299]

"Matchmaker," with Los Angeles radio personality Dave Hull
questioning three men and three women (none of whom he
could see) about their psyches, then eliminating one member
of each gender, until he had two players he thought might make
a good match.

I didn't watch this much, but we had it late nights in Miami. "I. Am. The Matchmaker." [gentle applause] Narciss-city!

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[blackgold]

How about these:
"Cursed" with Steven Weber
"Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine"
"Sailor Moon"
"Lamp Unto My Feet," a CBS religious program
"Look Up And Live," which also aired on CBS
"The Friendly Giant"
"The Sacred Heart Hour," a Catholic religious program
"The Children's Gospel Hour"
"Stump The Stars"
"It's Your Move"
"Compass" (You host for today is....)
"Supermarket Sweep"
"The Edge Of Night"
"Prince Planet" (Can't be beat!)
"Star Blazers"
"Battle Of The Planets"
"Makin' It"
"Angie"
"The Munroes"
"Truth Or Consequences"
"Comedy Capers"
"The Mischief Makers" (With Bobby and Bunny!)
"The Alvin Show"
"Hoppity Hooper"
"The Dipsy Doodle Show" (A 1974 special put together by 3 broadcast groups)
"Gigantor"
"Honey Honey," a Japanese anime show that aired on the CBN Family Channel
"Leo," another anime show on CBN
"Eye Guess"
"The Frank McGee Report"
"Eighth Man"
"Wonder Trio"
"Supersonic," a British rock show
"Make A Wish" with Tom Chapin
"Discovery" from ABC
"Way Out Games"
"Archie's TV Funnies"
"U.S. of Archie"
"Zoom" on PBS
"The Electric Company"
"Soul"
"Soundstage"
Are there more? Think about it.

 

[joeybabe25]

Pretty much anything on NBC primetime roughly during about 1976-September 19, 1984 that wasn't named "Sanford and Son," "Little House on the Prairie," "Gimme a Break," "A-Team," "Diff'rent Strokes," "Facts of Life," "Family Ties," "Mama's Family," "Cheers," "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes," "Tonight Show," and SNL. ;D

So you're saying that "Real People", "The Midnight Special", "Friday Night Videos", "Late Night with David Letterman", "The Tomorrow Show" and "Wheel of Fortune" are forgotten?

"Waverly Wonders,"...

Waverly Wonders, starring Joe Namath as the teacher?

The role was originally offered to Larry Hagman, who turned it down for a role as a Texas oilman on a nighttime soap.

I'd like to see the Tammy Grimes Show (I've heard how bad it was, but for kicks) and "The San Pedro Beach Bums" from 1977 on ABC. Yikes!

 

[johnnya2k6]

What about these talent shows:

Great Pretenders (ABC Family, 1999), hosted by the group Wild Orchid (Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson of the Black Eyed Peas was one of the members)
Your Big Break (syndicated, 1999), hosted by Christopher "Kid" Reid of Kid 'n Play

 

[cd637299]

What about these talent shows:

Great Pretenders (ABC Family, 1999), hosted by the group Wild Orchid (Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson of the Black Eyed Peas was one of the members)
Your Big Break (syndicated, 1999), hosted by Christopher "Kid" Reid of Kid 'n Play

Can't answer, but "Kid 'n Play" was also an animated Saturday morning series on NBC---what, around 1991? And they didn't even have a top 40 record as real folk.....talk about "forgotten".....

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[BD Sullivan]

Pretty much anything on NBC primetime roughly during about 1976-September 19, 1984 that wasn't named "Sanford and Son," "Little House on the Prairie," "Gimme a Break," "A-Team," "Diff'rent Strokes," "Facts of Life," "Family Ties," "Mama's Family," "Cheers," "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes," "Tonight Show," and SNL. ;D

So you're saying that "Real People", "The Midnight Special", "Friday Night Videos", "Late Night with David Letterman", "The Tomorrow Show" and "Wheel of Fortune" are forgotten?

"Waverly Wonders,"...

Waverly Wonders, starring Joe Namath as the teacher?

The role was originally offered to Larry Hagman, who turned it down for a role as a Texas oilman on a nighttime soap.

"The San Pedro Beach Bums" from 1977 on ABC. Yikes!

I recall one of their early shows had a football theme, and was shown the day after had the TV premiere of "The Longest Yard"--the original, not the sorry Adam Sandler effort. Naturally, ABC relentlessly promoted this show during the movie's breaks, implying it would be just as good. Of course it was. :

 

[rnigma1]

"Your Big Break" was a retooling of "Puttin' On the Hits," wherein hopeful singers were impersonating famous ones... the difference was, they were doing their own singing instead of lip-syncing.

"Due South" aired in the '90s, not the '80s.

 

[blackgold]

"Puttin' On The Hits" really sucked! After all, lip-synching is a poor imitation of actual singing.

 

[Markieo]

Hawk (a bust for Burt Reynolds)

Another Reynolds series on ABC, "Dan August" found some new life as summer filler on CBS in both 1973 and '75, to take advantage of Reynolds' surging popularity at the time.

Hawk was also rerun, in the summer of '76 on NBC.

 

[Dighton Rockhead]

How about these:
"The Edge Of Night"
"Truth Or Consequences"

"The Edge of Night" was so forgotten....that it only ran for 28 years as a mainstay on the CBS-TV daytime schedule, and later, on ABC.

'Truth or Consequences" was a highly popular NBC, and later, syndicated game show of the 1940's through 1970's, hosted first by creator Ralph Edwards, and later, by a young fellow named Bob Barker.

These shows are old....but they were far from forgotten...especially by the generation(s) that watched them.

 

[joeybabe25]

"Camera Three" - CBS Sunday Morning stage show sort of thing - 1960's-1970's

"I believe that "Camera Three", "Look Up And Live" and "Lamp Unto My Feet' were all canceled in 1979 to make room for CBS' "Sunday Morning". I think they 86'd the religion department at the network at the same time.

They were three very good long running shows.

 

[azumanga]

"Camera Three" - CBS Sunday Morning stage show sort of thing - 1960's-1970's

"I believe that "Camera Three", "Look Up And Live" and "Lamp Unto My Feet' were all canceled in 1979 to make room for CBS' "Sunday Morning". I think they 86'd the religion department at the network at the same time.

They were three very good long running shows.

Actually, "Look Up" and "Lamp" were replaced with "For Our Times", another religious show that ran on CBS for several years through the mid-1980s.

 

[Corky Marlowe]

A couple more church-produced shows (both anthology-style dramas) that were on for a long time, but are mostly forgotten today: the Catholic-produced "Insight", and "This Is The Life", produced by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

How about these:
"The Edge Of Night"
"Truth Or Consequences"

"The Edge of Night" was so forgotten....that it only ran for 28 years as a mainstay on the CBS-TV daytime schedule, and later, on ABC.

Here's a daytime soap I'm betting many today wouldn't remember: Search For Tomorrow.

 

[joeybabe25]

I think soap fans over a certain age would remember "Search" with great fondness.

How about "The Secret Storm" which ran from 1954 until 1974. Has that ever been shown on the soaper rerun network?

Joe

 

[Wright County Guy]

I think soap fans over a certain age would remember "Search" with great fondness.

How about "The Secret Storm" which ran from 1954 until 1974. Has that ever been shown on the soaper rerun network?

Joe

I'd be willing to bet very few episodes exist.

 

[Dighton Rockhead]

I think soap fans over a certain age would remember "Search" with great fondness.

How about "The Secret Storm" which ran from 1954 until 1974. Has that ever been shown on the soaper rerun network?

Joe

Yep!.....I remember "Search for Tomorrow" (well...the opening theme and visuals, anyway). For most of my elementary school years, I lived close enough to the various elementary schools, that I could actully walk home for "lunch hour"....and the opening to "Search" would be playing just as I had to head out the door and back to school to finish out the day.

As for "Secret Storm"...it didn't get cleared much here, as WPRO (later WPRI) Channel 12 usually pre-empted the show for things like "Merv Griffin".

 

[sshuffield70]

I got one....kind of a sister show to "Secret Storm".....CBN's "Another Life" (1980-82). They ran the series in full twice. And it's been on TBN for a spell. But not much in 30+ years.

Oh, and if "Truth or Consequences" was so forgotten in 1972, do you think Bob Barker would have gotten that gig on CBS? I forgot the name of the show. (/sarc)

 

[rnigma1]

Oh, and if "Truth or Consequences" was so forgotten in 1972, do you think Bob Barker would have gotten that gig on CBS? I forgot the name of the show. (/sarc)

It's certainly not forgotten by some folks in a certain New Mexico town.