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Places where American Bandstand was pre-empted

bpatrick said:
...I know that the first New Year's Rockin' Eve aired on Sunday, December 31, 1972--on NBC, and I think it was called "Three Dog Night's New Year's Rockin' Eve." That night, ABC had the Sugar Bowl starting at 9 (ET), and many of its affiliates, which carried Lawrence Welk anyway, carried his one and only New Year's Eve show separate from his regular show (I feel certain CBS had Guy Lombardo).
The next year, New Year's Eve fell on Monday; NBC had "The Tonight Show" as usual, so "New Year's Rockin' Eve" switched to ABC, which was doing the hodgepodge "Wide World Of Entertainment" format at the time. I think that's when it was first called "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve."
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According to the Wikipedia article, the first two editions (1973 and 1974) were on NBC, with the special not seen on ABC until the 1975 edition. Also, I read somewhere that Dick Clark was not in Time Square the first year, and someone else was there to help count'em down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Clark's_New_Year's_Rockin'_Eve_with_Ryan_Seacrest
 
Looking back now, I believe that there was a missed opportunity on someone's part. Someone should have released Barry Manilow's recording of the Bandstand theme song as a single. It probably would have been a big hit! "TSOP" by MFSB (the Soul Train) theme was a #1 hit in 1974. TV themes, especially of sitcoms, but also of some dramas, were big radio hits in the '70s, and Manilow himself was a big name at the time, so it would have been a win-win for them. But of course, since I know of Manilow's start as a jingle singer, the Bandstand theme might have been recorded while he was still an unknown.
 
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