Knock Knock Live on Fox I think in 2016 for one episode before being canccelled.
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Most obscure program you remember
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Tony Danza's self-titled NBC sitcom from 1997. Lasted 5 episodes. The main differences between this show and 'Who's The Boss' were that he was a sportswriter, and had two tween daughters.
I remember that Danza was scheduled to sing the national anthem at the World Series(which aired on NBC that year)...but did not do so. Bob Costas informed viewers that Danza had surgery for an ingrown toenail(which sounds like a sitcom plot), but NBC had already put the show on hiatus by that point.
I remember that Danza was scheduled to sing the national anthem at the World Series(which aired on NBC that year)...but did not do so. Bob Costas informed viewers that Danza had surgery for an ingrown toenail(which sounds like a sitcom plot), but NBC had already put the show on hiatus by that point.
Don't Look Now - a clone of You Can't Do That on Television produced in 1983 for PBS stations. They only made 5 episodes, but I remember watching it because it was so unusual to see something like that on PBS. And my cable system didn't get Nickelodeon until 1985 so I had no idea that kind of program existed. When I was older I almost thought I dreamed the whole thing until I saw a reference to the show and that it was real and on PBS.
Maximum Bob, a summer replacement series on ABC, probably one of the last years they called them replacement series. Starring Beau Bridges. Good show.
Going Places on ABC. That was on from 1990-1991. It was part of the TGIF lineup but that was cancelled and replaced by another Miller-Boyett owned show called Step by Step.
Today Nielsen has "overnight" ratings to determine flop or not. In 1969 how were they able to determine so quickly that the show bombed?
The way I heard it, the pushback from affiliates was so strong, due to the show's content, that ABC pulled the show immediately.
“It’s About Time”, CBS Sunday nights 7:30-8. Lasted one season ‘66-‘67. About a spaceship that goes back in time. I kind of liked it at 7 years old, but apparently I was one of few.
How about You're In the Picture, Jsckie Gleason's prine time game that was so much of a train wreck that on the second telecast Jackie appeared in an easy chair apologizing for YITP.
I think Johnny Carson (may be wrong) cracked a joke about the idea of reviving My Mother, the Car and updating it to reflect modern attitudes. It would be called My Car, the Mother.
I think Johnny Carson (may be wrong) cracked a joke about the idea of reviving My Mother, the Car and updating it to reflect modern attitudes. It would be called My Car, the Mother.
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Antenna TV ran both It's About Time and My Mother the Car a few years ago, I hadn't seen either of them since their original Network run, CBS preempted the episode where the Astronauts return to Earth and didn't show it the next week, instead, they showed it as the last episode, they still run the show this way in syndication.
I remembered one My Mother the Car episode from the original run - "For Whom the Horn Honks" - In order to get his mitts on the Porter, Captain Manzini fakes a terminal illness.
Up until I saw the first Pat Paulson show (Amazon Prime) a few days ago, these two shows were the longest I'd gone without seeing a Network show in reruns.
Kirk Bayne
I remembered one My Mother the Car episode from the original run - "For Whom the Horn Honks" - In order to get his mitts on the Porter, Captain Manzini fakes a terminal illness.
Up until I saw the first Pat Paulson show (Amazon Prime) a few days ago, these two shows were the longest I'd gone without seeing a Network show in reruns.
Kirk Bayne
For some reason I remember the theme song...
It's about time, it's about space, it's about two men in the strangest place.
Here you go:
Oh, Lordy, do I remember this one! My brother and I changed the lyrics to "It's about time, it's about space, It's about time to slap your face!", and proceeded to have slapfights all night. Needless to say, my Mom put a stop to this show in our house!
I think this intro were the same singers on Gilligan’s Island. If not, very good copycats.
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Some ABC affiliates pulled the show halfway through. IIRC, WLWI Indianapolis was one of them. I was watching the show (I love a good train wreck.
) but I don't remember what they aired in its place.I wouldn't be surprised if another show used the same production house
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