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NBC doesn't make any changes to 1969-1970 schedule in January

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oldtimeradio

Does anybody remember the 1969-1970 NBC schedule? I remember that year because "...Then Came Bronson" was on, and I enjoyed seeing how they did "Route 66" on a motorcycle.

Anyway, I remember being dumbfounded as NBC announced they were making no (winter/spring) changes to the schedule that had premiered in September. THAT I thought was very unusual.

Mike
 
NBC came so close to winning the season that CBS initiated
"Operation 100," running specials and blockbuster movies
practically every night from January to April. The move
worked; CBS eked out a seasonal win. But CBS began
overhauling its schedule, canceling older (and older-skewing)
shows, starting with Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, and
Petticoat Junction; in 1971, out went Hee Haw, Mayberry RFD,
Family Affair, Jim Nabors, and--of course--The Beverly Hillbillies
and Green Acres.

In their place came younger-skewing shows like All In The Family,
M*A*S*H, Mary Tyler Moore, and Bob Newhart. By 1973 CBS
had nine of the top ten (Sanford And Son on NBC was the tenth).
 
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