Which tv shows aired on all three networks?

[FreddyE1977]

I have known many Space Cadets, but none named Tom Corbett.

He used to be the Governor here in Pennsylvania.

 

[marklungo]

The Monkees began in prime time on NBC, then had Saturday afternoon reruns on the other two networks.

 

[anotherguyTN]

I cheated, so I will not list them. I could only guess one, the Ernie Kovacs Show. That I was familiar with due to a book I read about the 50's comedian. For the life of me, I could not remember any other.
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TCM is running a night of Ernie Kovavcs' TV shows and movies on Wed. Jan. 23 in honor of his 100th birthday. I'm guessing it will include some of his ABC specials. That will definitely be worth watching!

 

[anotherguyTN]

It was in the summer of 1986, for maybe two months.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRS5Icky9CQ 9/11/86.
Some references refer to these episodes as 'specials, but they were on the air several weeks in a row(and by the Brooks and Marsh definition, four consecutive weeks in the same time slot qualified as a 'series'.
CBS moved Magnum P.I.' off of Thursday nights in '86, and figured 'TPIR' was as good as anything for a replacement.

According to Wikipedia there was also a summer run in 2002 as a tribute to veterans and another run during the 2007-08 writers strike.

 

[seatownmedia]

TCM is running a night of Ernie Kovavcs' TV shows and movies on Wed. Jan. 23 in honor of his 100th birthday. I'm guessing it will include some of his ABC specials. That will definitely be worth watching!

I watched some of this tonight, and really don't get it. Perhaps it was cutting edge for the era, but these short segments don't seem particularly amusing today. I seem to remember Kovacs with some more intelligent comedy on other shows that TCM is not showing. Just my 2 cents.

 

[gr8oldies]

What about all the various incarnations of Password and Pyramid?

 

[onairb2014]

All three networks had 'Password'. NBC never had any form of 'Pyramid'(the syndicated $100,000 Bill Cullen version of the '70s aired on the NBC affiliate in my area when I was young, so for many years, I had a 'false' memory' that it was an NBC show in the evening, and ABC during the day.)

 

[crainbebo]

According to Wikipedia there was also a summer run in 2002 as a tribute to veterans and another run during the 2007-08 writers strike.

The 2008 run was the Million Dollar Spectaculars, where three contestants won the million dollar prize. TPIR has not done that ever since.

 

[anotherguyTN]

All three networks had 'Password'. NBC never had any form of 'Pyramid'(the syndicated $100,000 Bill Cullen version of the '70s aired on the NBC affiliate in my area when I was young, so for many years, I had a 'false' memory' that it was an NBC show in the evening, and ABC during the day.)

The daytime versions of Password have been on all of the big 3, but it has only been on in prime time on CBS with the 60's version and the million dollar version in the 2000's.

 

[anotherguyTN]

I watched some of this tonight, and really don't get it. Perhaps it was cutting edge for the era, but these short segments don't seem particularly amusing today. I seem to remember Kovacs with some more intelligent comedy on other shows that TCM is not showing. Just my 2 cents.

It turned out that the last 2 shows were reversed with episode 8 coming before 7 and Ben Mankiewicz's commentary not matching them. The one episode I wish they had shown was the silent show, which has the tilted table routine, my favorite bit by Kovacs.

 

[ShawnHill1]

Didn't "The Wonderful Wold Of Disney" air briefly on CBS (80's maybe?) in addition to NBC and ABC? Also, waaay back, I'm thinking both "Candid Camera" (in its earliest run in the late 40s-early 50s) and Ted Mack's Amateur Hour ran on all 3, and in Ted Mack's case, DuMont as well.

The Disney anthology series did air on all Big Three networks, one point or another...

ABC: 1954-61, '85-88, intermittently since 1997
CBS: 1981-86, '91-97
NBC: 1961-81; '88-91

Candid Camera also aired on all Big Three, and at least twice on each network---CBS alone has had three incarnations of that series, plus two separate syndicated runs (the most recent was in the early '90s) as well.

 

[anotherguyTN]

I guess it time to ask seatownmedia, but what's the answer, at least according to your sources? Thanks.

 

[seatownmedia]

I guess it time to ask seatownmedia, but what's the answer, at least according to your sources? Thanks.

I believe the OP mentioned "primetime", and many have offered non-prime time entries here. That said, my list is just a beginning, based on my source, "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows", (1946-Present), by Tim Books and Earle Marsh. Copyright 1979).

 

[seatownmedia]

I guess it time to ask seatownmedia, but what's the answer, at least according to your sources? Thanks.

As the OP, I was speaking of "primetime", and perhaps wasn't clear. Many have offered non primetime entries here. That said, my list is just a beginning, based on my source, "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows", (1946-Present), by Tim Books and Earle Marsh. (Copyright 1979).