SHOWS WHOSE TITLE WAS CHANGED

[rbjones]

Not to nit-pick at all, but in between "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" and "Live with Regis and Kelly," the show was actually titled "Live With Regis" for a few months while they were searching for a new co-host.

Also, John Ritter's last show was originally titled "8 Simple Rules for My Teenage Daughter." I believe it was after he died (but it could have even been before), the name of the show was shortened to "8 Simple Rules."

 

[dhett]

Actually, it was 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. It's pretty easy to see why this would have been shortened.

 

[azumanga]

CBS's many variations of the 7am-9am period: "CBS Morning News", "The Morning Program", "CBS This Morning", "This Morning", and finally "The Early Show".

Between the "CBS Morning News" and "The Morning Program", there was also "[day of week] Morning", later shortened to "Morning". The long-running "Sunday Morning" had its roots in the weekday fiasco.

 

[RyanHoward]

"Too Close For Comfort" became "The Ted Knight Show," IIRC.

"Too Close For Comfort" was always the title of the show when it aired on ABC and in
syndication. "The Ted Knight Show" was a short-lived CBS sitcom in 1978.

 

[flashback]

All in the Family---->Archie Bunker's Place
Three's Company---->Three's a Crowd

Both of these examples should really be considered revamped shows, rather than old shows with new names.

thats the same as what happened with amos burke secret agent.

 

[azumanga]

"Too Close For Comfort" was always the title of the show when it aired on ABC and in
syndication. "The Ted Knight Show" was a short-lived CBS sitcom in 1978.

In 1985, "Too Close for Comfort" became "The Ted Knight Show", when the gang moved across the Golden Gate to Marin County, and Ted became part owner of a local paper.

Following Ted Knight's death, however, repeats of "The Ted Knight Show" was retitled "Too Close For Comfort" and added to that series, as so few episodes of the former were made.

 

[milwaukee_dave]

In 2002, ABC had a short-lived spring sitcom that focused on the goings on in a fictitious TV network. The show was originally called, "Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)" and, you guessed it, aired in that very timeslot. After two airings and anemic ratings, the show was pulled from the schedule and resurrected as a summer burn-off with a new title: "My Adventures in Television." Despite the name change, the show again aired at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time. It was yanked after three weeks. Five episodes in all aired (under both titles) and seven unaired episodes reportedly sit on the shelf to this day.

 

[BobbyNBC10]

A few more, in the news/magazine/talk genre:

One of NBC's '80s news magazine attempts, "Monitor", becoming "First Camera", and fading into oblivion.

Tom Snyder's "The Tomorrow Show" becoming "Tomorrow: Coast to Coast".

Local "A.M. Chicago" morphing into "The Oprah Winfrey Show"/"Oprah".

WABC-TV's local "The Morning Show" becoming "Live with Regis & Kathy Lee", and eventually becoming "Live with Regis & Kelly".

"Early Today" on NBC becoming "NBC News at Sunrise", then back to "Early Today" (as a CNBC production).



NBC Magazine with David Brinkley became just NBC Magazine when Brinkley left for ABC in 1981 to do This Week With David Brinkley ,and NBC Magazine had Garrick Utley, Douglas Kiker, Jack Perkins and Betsy Aaron doing their own stories and introducing them like the 60 Minutes team. Also, the show's predcessor, Prime Time Sunday with Tom Snyder was moved to Saturday in 1979 before fading into oblivion in the summer of 1980.

I do remember when Prime Time Sunday did a piece on a New Mexico family having their own satellite dish in a report by Bob Dotson.

"A.M. America" becoming "Good Morning America" (though you could argue the latter was a flat-out replacement for the former).

and CBS's many variations of the 7am-9am period: "CBS Morning News", "The Morning Program", "CBS This Morning", "This Morning", and finally "The Early Show".

 

[wbhist]

WABC-TV's local "The Morning Show" becoming "Live with Regis & Kathy Lee", and eventually becoming "Live with Regis & Kelly".

The Morning Show / Live with Regis & Kathie Lee / Live with Regis & Kelly were all preceded by the granddaddy of 'em all (as far as NYC was concerned), A.M. New York, which premiered in 1970 (and whose first host was future commercial pitchman John Bartholomew Tucker). Around 1977, a year or so into Stanley Siegel's hosting run on that program, it became The Stanley Siegel Show prior to him (and the title) defecting to WCBS-TV in 1978. Channel 7's local show later became Good Morning New York whose last hosts, prior to its 1983 cancellation, were Judy Licht and Doug Johnson, both of whom worked for that station's Eyewitness News at the time. It was after GMNY's end that The Morning Show signalled WABC's re-entry into the local AM talk/newsmagazine business.

 

[TVWorldwide]

Barbara Walters' 1970s daytime show Not for Women Only was known as For Women Only before she took over. According to Walters, she asked for the title to be changed in order to broaden the show's appeal.

 

[Ultimajock]

...To Tell The Truth was titled Nothing But The Truth on its premiere broadcast over CBS on 18 December 1956. The title was changed a couple of days later...

 

[Mark Giardina]

Wasn't there a few name changes for Arthur Godfrey's program?

 

[Ultimajock]

Wasn't there a few name changes for Arthur Godfrey's program?

...no, as Godfrey had four different series on CBS in the '50s -- Arthur Godfrey Time in daytime, and Arthur Godfrey & His Friends, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts and the summertime instructional series Arthur Godfrey & His Ukulele, all in prime time...

 

[Dave Andrews]

NCIS was originally "Navy NCIS" but that was deemed redundant.

James At 15 was re-titled (slightly) when he turned 16 in the show.

And, going back to the early 1970s or so, the show Ghost Story, hosted by Sebastian Cabot, was renamed Circle of Fear.

 

[wbhist]

Wasn't there a few name changes for Arthur Godfrey's program?

...no, as Godfrey had four different series on CBS in the '50s -- Arthur Godfrey Time in daytime, and Arthur Godfrey & His Friends, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts and the summertime instructional series Arthur Godfrey & His Ukulele, all in prime time...

However, what had been Arthur Godfrey & His Friends was renamed The Arthur Godfrey Show for its final (1958-59) season.

 

[therealjm12]

However, what had been Arthur Godfrey & His Friends was renamed The Arthur Godfrey Show for its final (1958-59) season.

Mostly because Godfrey had run out of friends by that time.

 

[Hal Erickson]

Has anybody mentioned THE MEN FROM SHILOH, the James Drury-less version of THE VIRGINIAN?

A few other syndicated titles of netwok series:

AWARD THEATER (originally ALCOA/GOODYEAR THEATER)
UNCOVERED (originally MARK SABER)
CAPTURED (originally GANGBUSTERS)
SAN FRANCISCO BEAT (originally THE LINEUP)
FOLLOW THAT MAN (originally MAN AGAINST CRIME)

TEN-FOUR (this is what they called HIGHWAY PATROL in markets where the show was participation-sponsored, rather than being carried by a single sponsor).
Similarly, rerun episodes of DEATH VALLEY DAYS that weren't sponsored by Borax were distributed under such titles as THE PIONEERS, TRAILS WEST and WESTERN STAR THEATER.

 

[Corky Marlowe]

"Saturday Night Live" was originally called "NBC's Saturday Night"...I think it was originally supposed to be called "Saturday Night Live", but ABC beat them to the punch with "Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell".

 

[azumanga]

going back to the early 1970s or so, the show Ghost Story, hosted by Sebastian Cabot, was renamed Circle of Fear.

...with "Circle of Fear" not having a host.

 

[dtuba]

IIRC, the show Black Sheep Squadron with Robert Conrad was called Baa Baa Black Sheep for its first season.