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Retro: North Carolina Monday, February 21, 1966

From TV Guide, North Carolina Edition:

WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS)

6 AM Sunrise Semester: "Classical Mythology"
6:30 Good Morning Show (now 3.5 hours, from 4:30-8 AM)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Old Rebel Show
9:30 What's Cooking Today?
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith (on CBS then, now in syndication on Ch. 2
three times a day: 10 AM, 10:30 AM, and 5:30 PM)
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 News (don't know if local or CBS; if CBS also don't know
who anchored)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Best Of Groucho
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (Darren McGavin, Betsy Palmer)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (Ray Stuart, collector of pictorial
Hollywood memorabilia)
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Movie: "China Gate" (Gene Barry, Nat King Cole, and Angie
Dickinson, from '57)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Wild Wild West (delay from Fri 7:30 PM)
8 PM I've Got A Secret (celebrity guest: John Daly; panel: Henry Morgan,
Bess Myerson, Betsy Palmer, and Arthur Godfrey (subbing for Bill
Cullen))
8:30 The Lucy Show (guest Bob Crane invites Lucy to dinner, unaware he's
dating stuntman "Ironman" Carmichael; John Banner appears as Sgt.
Schultz, COLOR)
9 PM Andy Griffith (COLOR)
9:30 Hazel (the episodes with Ray Fulmer and Lynn Borden instead of Don
DeFore and Whitney Blake, COLOR)
10 PM Strollin '20s (Sidney Poitier hosts a recollection of 1920s Harlem; Harry
Belafonte produced; guests include Diahann Carroll, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Duke Ellington, singers Joe Williams and Gloria Lynne, Nipsey Russell,
George Kirby, guitarist Brownie McGhee, pre-empts "Hollywood Talent
Scouts," COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:25 Naked City

WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS/ABC/NBC)

6 AM Daily Word
6:05 Sunrise Semester
6:35 Almanac
6:45 Gospel Roundup (COLOR)
7 AM Carolina Calling (Arthur Smith)
7:45 News, Weather
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mike Douglas (co-hostess Betsy Palmer)
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Noon Report
12:25 News (most likely CBS)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Betty Feezor
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Love Of Life
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Yogi Bear (COLOR)
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
5:30 Leave It To Beaver
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:25 Editorial (Alan Newcomb)
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Movie: "The Man Who Never Was" (would become
a series on ABC that fall, starring Robert Lansing;
Clifton Webb stars in this one from '56, COLOR)
9 PM Andy Griffith (COLOR)
9:30 Hazel (COLOR)
10 PM I Spy (NBC, delay from Wed 10 PM, COLOR--this
show would move to Mondays in the 1967-68 season)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:25 Editorial
11:30 Roller Derby

WWAY Ch. 3 Wilmington, NC (ABC)

6:45 Devotions
6:50 News
7 AM Bannon's Buddies (kids' show with Art Bannon)
9 AM Little Rascals
9:30 Divorce Court
10:30 Town And Country (women's show)
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Donna Reed (Jay North appears as Dennis the Menace.)
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM The Nurses
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Young Marrieds
4 PM Never Too Young
4:30 Where The Action Is (in-pattern time, but on delay; guests
are Shirley Ellis, the Knickerbockers, and Linda Scott)
5 PM Movie: "The Little Princess" (Shirley Temple)
6:10 News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Superman
7 PM Dennis The Menace
7:30 12 O'Clock High
8:30 Legend Of Jesse James
9 PM A Man Called Shenandoah (Robert Horton as an amnesiac
roaming the West to find out who he is; "Coronet Blue"
did the amnesiac angle better a couple of years later.)
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:10 Movie: "Tall In The Saddle" (John Wayne)

WUNC Ch. 4 Chapel Hill (NET)

8:55 News
9 AM American History
9:30 Physical Science
10 AM World History
10:30 Mathematics
11 AM U.S.A. (summer stock, revival theaters, Shakespeare
festivals, and no-admission theaters)
11:30 Origami (T. Mikami)
12 N Aspect (farm show)
12:30 News (John Greene)
12:45 off the air
5 PM What's New
5:30 Aspect
6 PM News (John Greene)
6:15 History 503
7 PM Glory Trail (the journalists and writers who promoted
and embellished the image of the West: Horace Greeley,
Mark Twain, and Bret Harte)
7:30 What's New
8 PM Men Of Our Time (the career of Benito Mussolini)
9 PM The Pitchmen (operators of open-air markets in England)
9:30 In My Opinion (Stewart Alsop, Washington correspondent for
the Saturday Evening Post; Victor Kopytin of Tass; William
Rusher, publisher of the National Review; Roscoe Drummond
of the New York Herald-Tribune; Murray Kempton of the New
York World-Telegram)
10 PM Piano Styles

WRAL Ch. 5 Raleigh (ABC)

5:30 Aspect
6 AM Daybreak
6:45 Ray Wilkinson (farm news)
7 AM Viewpoint (Jesse Helms)
7:05 CBS News (Mike Wallace, pre-empted on Ch. 11--nobody knew
that WRAL would eventually become a CBS affiliate)
7:55 Weather (Mike Haight)
8 AM Mickey Mouse Club
8:30 Life Of Riley
9 AM Femme Fare (Bette Elliott)
10 AM Time For Uncle Paul
10:30 Donna Reed (says it's the same show airing on ABC at 12 N)
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N News, Weather
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM The Nurses
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Young Marrieds
4 PM Superman
4:30 Movie: "The Wasp Woman"
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:20 ABC News (Peter Jennings)
6:35 Viewpoint (Jesse Helms)
6:40 Weather, Sports
7 PM Double Life Of Henry Phyfe (Red Buttons in a poor man's
"Get Smart," delay from Thu 8:30 PM, COLOR)
7:30 12 O'Clock High
8:30 Legend Of Jesse James
9 PM A Man Called Shenandoah
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Lineup" (feature-length version of the series,
from '58)

WECT Ch. 6 Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS)

6:25 These Things We Share (and I thought only Ch. 3 in Norfolk
carried this)
6:30 Carolina In The Morning
7 AM Today (Swedish anthropologist Jan Myrdal discusses his book
"Report From A Chinese Village," COLOR)
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Zingo Bingo
10 AM Eye Guess (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (anchor not given)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (yet another failed attempt at a morning soap,
COLOR)
11:30 Paradise Bay (ditto, COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Let's Play Post Office (not kissing, but contestants trying to
guess the "authors" of fictitious letters; Don Morrow was the
"Postmaster of Ceremonies," COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Frank McGee)
1 PM Showcase (Jim Burns, local)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Three Stooges
5 PM Lloyd Thaxton (guests: Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels,
COLOR)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Rifleman
7:30 Hullabaloo (the Righteous Brothers, hosts; Nancy Sinatra sings
"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'," COLOR)
8 PM John Forsythe Show (COLOR)
8:30 Dr. Kildare (in the two-half-hours-per-week format, COLOR)
9 PM Andy Williams (Anthony Newley, Vic Damone, Allan Sherman, COLOR)
10 PM Run For Your Life (Ben Gazzara, R.I.P., COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show (Zsa Zsa Gabor is a guest, COLOR)

WITN Ch. 7 Washington, NC (NBC)

6:25 Aspect
6:55 Carolina Farmer
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Leave It To Beaver
9:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
10 AM Eye Guess (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (COLOR)
11:30 Paradise Bay (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Let's Play Post Office (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Girl Talk (actress Jessie Royce Landis; artist
Tibbie Levy; DC TV personality Lorraine Flocks)
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (Anne Jeffreys, Morey Amsterdam,
COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (Y.A. Tittle, Joe Garagiola, COLOR)
4:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
4:30 Funny Page (local kids' show with WITNey the Marching
Hobo, who never spoke)
5:30 Huckleberry Hound
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Car 54, Where Are You?
7:30 Hullabaloo (COLOR)
8 PM John Forsythe Show (COLOR)
8:30 Dr. Kildare (COLOR)
9 PM Andy Williams (COLOR)
10 PM Run For Your Life (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Tonight Show (Ch. 7 was probably one of the last NBC
affiliates to carry the 11:15-11:30 portion, COLOR)

WGHP Ch. 8 High Point (ABC)

5:50 Farm And Home Hour
6:30 System For Success
6:55 Daily Devotional
7 AM University Of Michigan
7:30 Mickey Mouse Club
8 AM Romper Room
8:30 Movie: "Virginia"
10 AM Quiz Club
10:30 Dick's Digest (Dick Bennick, better known as Dr. Paul
Bearer on WTOG Tampa-St. Petersburg)
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Harvesters (gospel music)
12:15 News
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM The Nurses
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Lloyd Thaxton (not in color)
4:30 Where The Action Is (the in-pattern show: Freddy
Cannon, the Byrds, Steve Alaimo)
5 PM Movie: "City Across The River"
6:30 Amos 'n' Andy (this would be pulled from syndication
by the end of the year)
7 PM News, Weather, Sports
7:30 12 O'Clock High
8:30 Legend Of Jesse James
9 PM A Man Called Shenandoah
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Safari"

WNCT Ch. 9 Greenville, NC (CBS)

6:30 Carolina Today
8:35 CBS News
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Farm News, Weather
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Love Of Life
1:25 Timely Tips (Corinne Rickert)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Cartoon Junction (with WNCT personality
"Railroad Slim Short")
5 PM Sugarfoot
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Tombstone Territory
7:30 To Tell The Truth (Robert Q. Lewis subs for
Bud Collyer; panel: Kitty Carlisle, Tom Poston,
Orson Bean, Peggy Cass)
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 The Lucy Show (COLOR)
9 PM Andy Griffith (COLOR)
9:30 Hazel (COLOR)
10 PM Strollin' '20s (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Master Race" (Nazi fanatics try to
start World War III, from '44)

WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (NBC/ABC/CBS)

6:15 Electronics At Work
6:45 Farm And Home
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Buckaroo 500 (kids' show)
9:15 Cartoon Theatre
9:25 Cathey (women's show)
9:30 Girl Talk
10 AM Donna Reed (ABC, delay from 12 N)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (COLOR)
11:30 Paradise Bay (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Midday (Jimmy Kilgo)
12:55 NBC News (Frank McGee)
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM The Nurses
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Young Marrieds
4 PM Clown Carnival (Brooks Lindsay, COLOR)
5 PM Lloyd Thaxton (COLOR)
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Addams Family (ABC, delay from Fri 8:30 PM,
program is in black and white to begin with)
7:30 12 O'Clock High
8:30 Legend Of Jesse James
9 PM March Of Time (Huey Long and his heirs)
10 PM The Long Hot Summer (ABC, delay from Wed
10 PM, not in color to begin with)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (CBS/NBC)

6 AM Aspect
6:30 Homer Briarhopper (local country-music show)
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Eye Guess (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Paradise Bay (COLOR)
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 News (don't know if local or CBS)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Peggy Mann
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Another World
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Match Game (Skitch Henderson, Ed McMahon,
delay from 4 PM, COLOR)
4:55 News (don't know if local or NBC on delay from
4:25)
5 PM Huckleberry Hound
5:30 Rifleman
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM The Virginian (NBC, delay from Wed 7:30 PM, COLOR)
8:30 The Lucy Show (COLOR)
9 PM Andy Griffith (COLOR)
9:30 Get Smart (NBC, delay from Sat 8:30 PM, COLOR)
10 PM Run For Your Life (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WNBE (WCTI) Ch. 12 New Bern (ABC)

7 AM Farm News
7:30 Good Morning
8 AM Romper Room
9 AM Movie: "June Bride"
10:30 Jack LaLanne
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM The Nurses
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Young Marrieds
4 PM Never Too Young
4:30 Where The Action Is (same as Ch. 8)
5 PM Fun House
5:30 Loretta Young
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:15 ABC News
6:30 Sea Hunt
7 PM Big Story (story of Tony Slaughter of the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram, who tries to convince a
teenage boy wanted for a series of robberies to
surrender)
7:30 12 O'Clock High
8:30 Legend Of Jesse James
9 PM A Man Called Shenandoah
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Untouchables

WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12 Winston-Salem (NBC)

6:30 Aspect
7 AM Today (COLOR)
9 AM Astroboy
9:30 Bob Gordon (local kids' show)
10 AM Eye Guess (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (COLOR)
11:30 Paradise Bay (COLOR)
12 N Jeopardy! (COLOR)
12:30 Let's Play Post Office (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM This Afternoon
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Superman
5 PM Cheyenne
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (COLOR)
7 PM Star Route (Roy Clark is guest; Rod Cameron
is host)
7:30 Hullabaloo (COLOR)
8 PM John Forsythe Show (COLOR)
8:30 Dr. Kildare (COLOR)
9 PM Andy Williams (COLOR)
10 PM Run For Your Life (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WCCB Ch. 36 (Ch. 18) Charlotte (ABC/CBS/NBC)

10 AM Eye Guess (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Jack LaLanne
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Father Knows Best
12:30 Let's Play Post Office (COLOR)
12:55 TBA
1 PM Never Too Young
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (COLOR)
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (COLOR)
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Where The Action Is (same as Ch. 8)
5 PM Movie: "Secrets Of Scotland Yard"
6:30 Carolina News Report
6:45 ABC News
7 PM My Little Margie
7:30 Hullabaloo (COLOR)
8 PM John Forsythe Show (COLOR)
8:30 Dr. Kildare (COLOR)
9 PM Peter Gunn
9:30 Mr. Lucky
10 PM Run For Your Life (COLOR)
11 PM Movie: "South Of Texas" (Gene Autry)
 
bpatrick said:
8:30 The Lucy Show (guest Bob Crane invites Lucy to dinner, unaware he's
dating stuntman "Ironman" Carmichael; John Banner appears as Sgt.
Schultz, COLOR)

The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy were infamous for gratuitous "stunt cameos" of characters from other CBS shows -- other CBS notables who turned up included Ralph Kramden, Gomer Pyle, and Joe Mannix (an entire episode centered on the latter). Another good example of the "Rule of Funny" trumping basic logic. (E.g., how did Ralph switch coasts, or, more bizarrely, how did Schultz time-warp two decades into the future?) ::)
 
What's even more puzzling is that, in the story, Crane is making
a movie about World War I, when "Hogan's Heroes" was set in
World War II! Yet in TV Guide's ad for the show he's dressed
not unlike Col. Hogan, while the German and Lucy (on a parachute)
are dressed in World War I outfits. Artistic license?
 
We really need to find out what's the deal about these shows airing in the in-pattern
time slot but delayed, and the delayed color shows airing in B&W.

Sending a "shout out" to any master control or video tape operator from any of these
Carolina stations back in the day to spill the beans!

The only thing that comes to mind on color shows airing delayed in B&W is that the
station's VTRs (old VR1100s?) could record in color but only play back in B&W.
 
Stanislav said:
bpatrick said:
8:30 The Lucy Show (guest Bob Crane invites Lucy to dinner, unaware he's
dating stuntman "Ironman" Carmichael; John Banner appears as Sgt.
Schultz, COLOR)

The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy were infamous for gratuitous "stunt cameos" of characters from other CBS shows -- other CBS notables who turned up included Ralph Kramden, Gomer Pyle, and Joe Mannix (an entire episode centered on the latter). Another good example of the "Rule of Funny" trumping basic logic. (E.g., how did Ralph switch coasts, or, more bizarrely, how did Schultz time-warp two decades into the future?) ::)

Something that relates to this I just learned. Listening to a Stu Shostak radio show..he was interviewing Producer Tom Williams and Director Dennis Donnelly of "Adam-12",,They told a story of Lucille Ball wanting Kent McCord and Martin Milner to play "Reed" and "Malloy" from Adam-12 in the Here's Lucy 1973-74 season opener which would have been titled "Adam 12 Lucy 0" Either McCord/Milner didnt want to do it or more likely, NBC wouldnt agree to it. The episode still was made, but with Dick Sargent and Gary Crosby (who had a recurring role in Adam-12 anyway) as the cops, and the episode was retitled "Lucy plays Cops and Robbers"
 
Tim L said:
Stanislav said:
bpatrick said:
8:30 The Lucy Show (guest Bob Crane invites Lucy to dinner, unaware he's
dating stuntman "Ironman" Carmichael; John Banner appears as Sgt.
Schultz, COLOR)
The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy were infamous for gratuitous "stunt cameos" of characters from other CBS shows -- other CBS notables who turned up included Ralph Kramden, Gomer Pyle, and Joe Mannix (an entire episode centered on the latter). Another good example of the "Rule of Funny" trumping basic logic. (E.g., how did Ralph switch coasts, or, more bizarrely, how did Schultz time-warp two decades into the future?) ::)

Something that relates to this I just learned. Listening to a Stu Shostak radio show..he was interviewing Producer Tom Williams and Director Dennis Donnelly of "Adam-12",,They told a story of Lucille Ball wanting Kent McCord and Martin Milner to play "Reed" and "Malloy" from Adam-12 in the Here's Lucy 1973-74 season opener which would have been titled "Adam 12 Lucy 0" Either McCord/Milner didnt want to do it or more likely, NBC wouldnt agree to it. The episode still was made, but with Dick Sargent and Gary Crosby (who had a recurring role in Adam-12 anyway) as the cops, and the episode was retitled "Lucy plays Cops and Robbers"

I'm surprised they never considered a Dragnet spoof, though the same verboten cross-network miscegenation probably would have prohibited it. Jack Webb certainly had no objection to playful, affectionate parody (as evidenced by the famous "copper clappers" routine with Johnny Carson). The notion of Friday and Gannon's taciturn, deadpan, no nonsense attitude assaulted by Lucy's scatter-brained, hyper illogic is a rather delicious proposition!
 
Tim L said:
Stanislav said:
bpatrick said:
8:30 The Lucy Show (guest Bob Crane invites Lucy to dinner, unaware he's
dating stuntman "Ironman" Carmichael; John Banner appears as Sgt.
Schultz, COLOR)

The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy were infamous for gratuitous "stunt cameos" of characters from other CBS shows -- other CBS notables who turned up included Ralph Kramden, Gomer Pyle, and Joe Mannix (an entire episode centered on the latter). Another good example of the "Rule of Funny" trumping basic logic. (E.g., how did Ralph switch coasts, or, more bizarrely, how did Schultz time-warp two decades into the future?) ::)

Something that relates to this I just learned. Listening to a Stu Shostak radio show..he was interviewing Producer Tom Williams and Director Dennis Donnelly of "Adam-12",,They told a story of Lucille Ball wanting Kent McCord and Martin Milner to play "Reed" and "Malloy" from Adam-12 in the Here's Lucy 1973-74 season opener which would have been titled "Adam 12 Lucy 0" Either McCord/Milner didnt want to do it or more likely, NBC wouldnt agree to it. The episode still was made, but with Dick Sargent and Gary Crosby (who had a recurring role in Adam-12 anyway) as the cops, and the episode was retitled "Lucy plays Cops and Robbers"

Probably NBC put the crush on it. Plus Adam-12 was a Universal series, while Lucy was paramount.
 
Markieo said:
Tim L said:
Something that relates to this I just learned. Listening to a Stu Shostak radio show..he was interviewing Producer Tom Williams and Director Dennis Donnelly of "Adam-12",,They told a story of Lucille Ball wanting Kent McCord and Martin Milner to play "Reed" and "Malloy" from Adam-12 in the Here's Lucy 1973-74 season opener which would have been titled "Adam 12 Lucy 0" Either McCord/Milner didnt want to do it or more likely, NBC wouldnt agree to it. The episode still was made, but with Dick Sargent and Gary Crosby (who had a recurring role in Adam-12 anyway) as the cops, and the episode was retitled "Lucy plays Cops and Robbers"

Probably NBC put the crush on it. Plus Adam-12 was a Universal series, while Lucy was paramount.

Paramount was only directly involved in the first season, and sometime during the series' run, the show switched studios from Paramount to Universal.
 
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