Oh Saturday nights! I remember being in junior high and settling in on the den couch with an iced coffee made from instant coffee so I could stay up until 11 and watching Love Boat and Fantasy Island. I felt so independent and grown up without a bedtime on the weekends!
I must admit The Love Boat theme might just be one of the greatest TV Themes ever, I had forgotten how good it was. I was nine in 79 and I remember being my fathers remote control, he seemed to like BJ and the Bear and I would get up off the floor usually and turn the channel. Didn't bother me any I seem to enjoy it as well being nine years of age... : )
Then you might also enjoy this stretched version -- near as I can tell, it's from one of those "end of the season" 2 hours eps they shot on the actual boat, and they had so many stars they had to extend it: ua-cam.com/video/m_wFEB4Oxlo/v-deo.html
Who would've thought LaWanda "Aunt Esther" Page moonlighted as a private eye? I can imagine her chasing criminals while yelling, 'Watch it, sucka! I've got a badge!" (1:22-1:23)
When The intro to "Paris" came up I thought "whatever reason was that show got axed for, I know it had nothing to do with James Earl Jones". I was right, it got cursed with a crappy timeslot.
Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce were married until he died young. They frequently appeared together in whatever they were doing (Match Game, Love Boat, etc)
CBS's Saturday night lineup was a total disaster...all of the debuting fall programs airing on that night (with the exception of "The Bad News Bears," which premiered six months earlier)--"Working Stiffs," "Big Shamus, Little Shamus," and "Paris"--were complete failures. "Working Stiffs" was terminated after four episodes, due to ABC's "The Ropers" and NBC's "CHiPs" battling it out in the same timeslot (five additional episodes were completed, but didn't air until many years later on cable [long after James "K-9" Belushi and Michael "Batman" Keaton both became household names]). "The Bad News Bears" was pulled in early October, with most of its remaining episodes--leaving three unaired, until Nick at Nite aired the series on its schedule in the late '80s --airing during the summer of '80. "Big Shamus, Little Shamus" fared even worse; the father-and-son detective drama was abruptly yanked after only two extremely low-rated telecasts, due to heavy competition from ABC's "The Love Boat" and NBC's "B.J. and the Bear" (seven additional episodes remain in the can). And James Earl Jones' critically acclaimed crime drama "Paris," was sacked in late October after five weeks (it was scheduled opposite ABC's "Fantasy Island"); it returned in December in a new timeslot (Tuesdays at 10 pm, opposite ABC's jet-set mystery drama "Hart To Hart"), but to no avail--CBS canceled it permanently after six telecasts (two additional episodes were shelved) in January of '80. An interesting note is that "Paris," despite its short run, laid the foundation for the groundbreaking--and far more successful--crime drama "Hill Street Blues," which debuted on NBC the following year...both programs were created by Steven Bochco. (One of the co-stars of "Paris," Michael Warren, would be cast on "Hill Street Blues" as officer Bobby Hill.) Over on ABC, "The Ropers" had moved to Saturdays for its second season (after a hugely successful first year), and the ratings rapidly plummeted...the "Three's Company" spinoff was slaughtered by the first half-hour of NBC's hit crime drama "CHiPs" and was canceled the following spring. "Detective School" had premiered in late July of '79 as a three-week summer replacement series and proved to be a moderate success (due to the fact that it was scheduled opposite repeat programming on CBS and NBC); when ABC added the sitcom to its Saturday night lineup one month later, however, "Detective School" was unable to sustain its early success--due to facing the remaining half of "CHiPs," as well as having "The Ropers" as its lead-in--and ABC pulled it in late November after thirteen episodes. "The Love Boat," which had begun its third season, was still kicking ass (it would continue to kick ass on Saturdays throughout the '80s) at 9 pm. And the Robert Wagner-Stefanie Powers vehicle "Hart To Hart" proved to be successful for the "Alphabet Network," even after moving to Tuesdays one month later (replacing Lou Gossett's short-lived medical drama "The Lazarus Syndrome"); ABC had moved "Fantasy Island"--the previously occupant of the timeslot--to Fridays in September, albeit temporarily...Aaron Spelling's hit drama returned to Saturdays in October, following "The Love Boat" (where it would remain for the remainder of its run). Oddly enough, ABC moved several of their established programs to different nights during the 1979-80 season in order to bolster viewership for their lowest-viewed nights by competing directly with other mega-successful series (particularly those airing on CBS), also known as "counterprogramming." "Mork & Mindy" is a notable example of ABC's unsuccessful scheduling overhaul during the autumn of '79--the "Alphabet Network" moved the sitcom from Thursdays to Sundays (replacing the moderately successful but expensive sci-fi drama "Battlestar Galactica") during its second season to compete directly with CBS's "Archie Bunker's Place" (a continuation of "All In The Family" that was beginning its tenth season). Despite Robin Williams' best efforts, "Mork" was unable to hold its own against the long-running "Archie Bunker's Place," and the ratings quickly nosedived. Faced with a surprising downturn in the ratings, ABC returned "Mork" to its original timeslot (Thursdays at 8 pm) in January of '80, but the damage was already done...having ranked in third place during its inaugural season (behind "Laverne & Shirley" and "Three's Company"), "Mork" slumped to 27th place (behind NBC's "Diff'rent Strokes") for its sophomore season. "CHiPs" (beginning its third season) was the lead series in NBC's line-up on Saturdays; along with "Real People," "Diff'rent Strokes," "Quincy, M.E.," and "Little House On The Prairie," the Southern California-based crime drama was one of the "Peacock Network's" very few successes during the late '70s/early '80s. The trucker comedy/adventure series "B.J. and the Bear" (beginning its second season) was another moderate success for NBC during Fred Silverman's three-year reign as the "Peacock Network's" head honcho (from '78 to '81); its instant success even spawned a marginally successful spinoff, "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo." Sadly, the espionage drama "A Man Called Sloane," starring the ubiquitous Robert Conrad, proved to be a short-lived dud; it also holds the dubious distinction of being the last series to be produced by Quinn Martin (QM) Productions--the company was dismantled shortly after "Barnaby Jones" was canceled by CBS in the spring of '80. Thanks for uploading, RwDt09!
Wow! Thanks for filling in and confirming what I remember as a teen. (I remember the excitement of running a few houses down to my friends house to watch "Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island." Stephanie Powers was/is still a turn-on, but I never stayed-up that late on a school night to watch "Hart 2 Hart," but my mom and dad usually did...) Happy New year.
I was watching The Love Boat intro here and I thought, “I bet Ron Palillo is in this one, it’s the kind of show he’d be on.” And boom. There he is. Why can’t I use my fabulous psychic powers for lottery numbers or something?!
Believe it or not, I've seen every episode of Working Stiffs. The series was put on two VHS tapes during the 80s, tapes carried in the video store where I worked in the early 90s. On a slow weekday, I watched the series, thought it was great.
I wonder if it was the Bounty commercials or her appearance in "The Love Boat" that convinced Alan Carr that Nancy Walker was perfect to direct "Can't Stop the Music"......hmmmm...
in 1979 was a staple for us to watch love boat and fantasy island,i do not remember hart to hart being on as well but I watched that too and I wanted to be stefanie powers even at nine I was like why is Robert with her when he is married to natalie wood.....good tv back then now it is just crap not all but most.
You don't remember Hart to Hart being on Saturday because it was on the night for only a month at the start of the season before moving to Tuesday where it remained throughout its run. Fantasy Island returned to the Saturday 10 pm spot after the Hart move, after Fantasy had been moved to its new Friday 8 pm spot that fall. Hart's move to Tuesday replaced the faltering new medical series The Lazarus Syndrome.
79 looked a great year for TV .Some shows I missed out and are impossible to find Big Shamus Little Shamus with Brian Dennehy and Stephen Bochco's Paris with James earl Jones
A Man Called Sloane's opening sequence could have been cool if they used Hank Simms' voice, the "Tonight's Episode" slide with a copyright notice, and the "Act I/Act II/Act III/Act IV/Epilog" cards.
So you've seen all the network shows, all the basic cable shows, all the premium cable shows, and all the original content from Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu? That's a total of several HUNDRED shows. You must watch a lot of garbage television!
Do STAY TUNED - FRIDAY NIGH TV WINTER 1980! B.A.D. Cats however replaced Fantasy Island in the ABC Friday night 8:00pm timeslot, right before The ABC Friday Night Movie.
The only one of these I can remember watching on a regular basis was MAN CALLED SLOANE. So what was I doing the other two hours of primetime at that time...?
Audra Lindley was very good playing the madam in Cannery Row. Jeffrey Tambor is now up for sexual assault charges. Maybe we better just figure out who ISN'T.
I think CBS also moved "WKRP In Cincinnati" from Mondays at 9:30 pm (following "M*A*S*H") to Saturdays at 8 pm at the tail end of the 1979-80 season (replacing "The Chisholms"), if my memory serves me correctly.
"Hart To Hart" moved to Tuesday Nights were it did better, and "Fantasy Island" returned back to its' usual Saturday Night timeslot instead. As for CBS, they cancelled "Big Shamus Little Shamus" and "Paris" and brought back the "Saturday Night Movies".
For that fall, Fantasy Island moved to Fridays at 8 as ABC seemed to believe it could make a new hit out of Hart to Hart following Love Boat. Didn't happen, so Fantasy Island returned to Saturday about two months later and Hart to Hart moved to Tuesday, and the rest is history.
Competition like that, no Wonder Chips lasted as long as it did... and Bless Robert Conrad (did he ever Not have a series from 65-95?) but Sloane looks like a Grade A Cheddar Bond knock off...
Robert Conrad did indeed star in a f**kload of short-lived television programs--following the abrupt cancellation of "The Wild, Wild West"--throughout the seventies and eighties ("Black Sheep Squadron" was probably the most successful of the bunch), in addition to his hilarious commercials for Eveready batteries.
Actually, CBS had rebounded during the 1979-80 season, hifidistortion27...thanks to two little shows airing on Friday nights (following "The Incredible Hulk") called "The Dukes Of Hazzard" and "Dallas." CBS's long-running Sunday night newsmagazine "60 Minutes" would become the number one program on television that season. Within one year, CBS would be the number one network on television.
Whoops! My bad! Thanks for clarifying my comment, hifidistortion27...sometimes I type at such a rapid pace I don't even know what I type; I occasionally end up looking like a sucker. To comment on your comment, CBS's Saturday night lineup for the 1979-80 season was indeed a disaster...as I mentioned in my initial comment (see below), three of the four programs debuting that season were total clinkers, with "Big Shamus, Little Shamus" being the biggest failure of the bunch (two episodes aired before being abruptly canceled). Love your profile pic, by the way...I can imagine the late Eva Gabor's voice echoing from heaven: "This has been a Filmways presentation, darling." Thanks for commenting!
Shows that didn't make it: The Ropers Detective School Working Stiffs The Bad News Bears Big Shamus Little Shamus Paris BJ and The Bear A Man Called Sloane
Actually, "BJ And The Bear" was renewed by NBC for a third and final season in early 1981 (the 1980-81 fall season was delayed for weeks, if not months, due to the Screen Actors Guild strike that occurred throughout the summer of '80).
I couldn't agree with you more! "The Kardashians" and "Real Housewives" both make "BJ And The Bear" and "The Ropers" look like f**king "Masterpiece Theatre" by comparison!
Oh Saturday nights! I remember being in junior high and settling in on the den couch with an iced coffee made from instant coffee so I could stay up until 11 and watching Love Boat and Fantasy Island. I felt so independent and grown up without a bedtime on the weekends!
I must admit The Love Boat theme might just be one of the greatest TV Themes ever, I had forgotten how good it was. I was nine in 79 and I remember being my fathers remote control, he seemed to like BJ and the Bear and I would get up off the floor usually and turn the channel. Didn't bother me any I seem to enjoy it as well being nine years of age... : )
I was born in 78 and was the TV remote too for the big ole console TV. We didn't get an actual remote TV till about 1990.
And the Ropers theme might be the worst.
Then you might also enjoy this stretched version -- near as I can tell, it's from one of those "end of the season" 2 hours eps they shot on the actual boat, and they had so many stars they had to extend it:
ua-cam.com/video/m_wFEB4Oxlo/v-deo.html
I was only five or six months out of the womb in 1979.
Oh yeah, one of my favorite songs to belt out when nobody's around.
Who would've thought LaWanda "Aunt Esther" Page moonlighted as a private eye? I can imagine her chasing criminals while yelling, 'Watch it, sucka! I've got a badge!" (1:22-1:23)
Of those shows, I remember watching CHIPS, and then watching The Love Boat.
Half these shows are still being played in syndication. Shows how much people still love TV back then.Long live the Love Boat.
Nevr heard of "Working Stiffs". Flew completely under my radar, which is weird considering that team-up of leads.
I remember being 11 in 1979 and the highlight of my week was watching Norman Fell dance with a toilet plunger....golden memories..
When The intro to "Paris" came up I thought "whatever reason was that show got axed for, I know it had nothing to do with James Earl Jones". I was right, it got cursed with a crappy timeslot.
So many shows I loved when I was 8 ! Great memories!
Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce were married until he died young. They frequently appeared together in whatever they were doing (Match Game, Love Boat, etc)
Two years after Bad News Bears was cancelled, Corey Feldman made a guest appearance on Cheers as a Little League baseball player.
I guess I was an ABC kid in 1979, you can't lose with a lineup like that anyway!
The 70's LOVE THEIR BASELINES AND📯 AND 🧵!
CBS's Saturday night lineup was a total disaster...all of the debuting fall programs airing on that night (with the exception of "The Bad News Bears," which premiered six months earlier)--"Working Stiffs," "Big Shamus, Little Shamus," and "Paris"--were complete failures. "Working Stiffs" was terminated after four episodes, due to ABC's "The Ropers" and NBC's "CHiPs" battling it out in the same timeslot (five additional episodes were completed, but didn't air until many years later on cable [long after James "K-9" Belushi and Michael "Batman" Keaton both became household names]). "The Bad News Bears" was pulled in early October, with most of its remaining episodes--leaving three unaired, until Nick at Nite aired the series on its schedule in the late '80s --airing during the summer of '80. "Big Shamus, Little Shamus" fared even worse; the father-and-son detective drama was abruptly yanked after only two extremely low-rated telecasts, due to heavy competition from ABC's "The Love Boat" and NBC's "B.J. and the Bear" (seven additional episodes remain in the can). And James Earl Jones' critically acclaimed crime drama "Paris," was sacked in late October after five weeks (it was scheduled opposite ABC's "Fantasy Island"); it returned in December in a new timeslot (Tuesdays at 10 pm, opposite ABC's jet-set mystery drama "Hart To Hart"), but to no avail--CBS canceled it permanently after six telecasts (two additional episodes were shelved) in January of '80. An interesting note is that "Paris," despite its short run, laid the foundation for the groundbreaking--and far more successful--crime drama "Hill Street Blues," which debuted on NBC the following year...both programs were created by Steven Bochco. (One of the co-stars of "Paris," Michael Warren, would be cast on "Hill Street Blues" as officer Bobby Hill.)
Over on ABC, "The Ropers" had moved to Saturdays for its second season (after a hugely successful first year), and the ratings rapidly plummeted...the "Three's Company" spinoff was slaughtered by the first half-hour of NBC's hit crime drama "CHiPs" and was canceled the following spring. "Detective School" had premiered in late July of '79 as a three-week summer replacement series and proved to be a moderate success (due to the fact that it was scheduled opposite repeat programming on CBS and NBC); when ABC added the sitcom to its Saturday night lineup one month later, however, "Detective School" was unable to sustain its early success--due to facing the remaining half of "CHiPs," as well as having "The Ropers" as its lead-in--and ABC pulled it in late November after thirteen episodes. "The Love Boat," which had begun its third season, was still kicking ass (it would continue to kick ass on Saturdays throughout the '80s) at 9 pm. And the Robert Wagner-Stefanie Powers vehicle "Hart To Hart" proved to be successful for the "Alphabet Network," even after moving to Tuesdays one month later (replacing Lou Gossett's short-lived medical drama "The Lazarus Syndrome"); ABC had moved "Fantasy Island"--the previously occupant of the timeslot--to Fridays in September, albeit temporarily...Aaron Spelling's hit drama returned to Saturdays in October, following "The Love Boat" (where it would remain for the remainder of its run).
Oddly enough, ABC moved several of their established programs to different nights during the 1979-80 season in order to bolster viewership for their lowest-viewed nights by competing directly with other mega-successful series (particularly those airing on CBS), also known as "counterprogramming." "Mork & Mindy" is a notable example of ABC's unsuccessful scheduling overhaul during the autumn of '79--the "Alphabet Network" moved the sitcom from Thursdays to Sundays (replacing the moderately successful but expensive sci-fi drama "Battlestar Galactica") during its second season to compete directly with CBS's "Archie Bunker's Place" (a continuation of "All In The Family" that was beginning its tenth season). Despite Robin Williams' best efforts, "Mork" was unable to hold its own against the long-running "Archie Bunker's Place," and the ratings quickly nosedived. Faced with a surprising downturn in the ratings, ABC returned "Mork" to its original timeslot (Thursdays at 8 pm) in January of '80, but the damage was already done...having ranked in third place during its inaugural season (behind "Laverne & Shirley" and "Three's Company"), "Mork" slumped to 27th place (behind NBC's "Diff'rent Strokes") for its sophomore season.
"CHiPs" (beginning its third season) was the lead series in NBC's line-up on Saturdays; along with "Real People," "Diff'rent Strokes," "Quincy, M.E.," and "Little House On The Prairie," the Southern California-based crime drama was one of the "Peacock Network's" very few successes during the late '70s/early '80s. The trucker comedy/adventure series "B.J. and the Bear" (beginning its second season) was another moderate success for NBC during Fred Silverman's three-year reign as the "Peacock Network's" head honcho (from '78 to '81); its instant success even spawned a marginally successful spinoff, "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo." Sadly, the espionage drama "A Man Called Sloane," starring the ubiquitous Robert Conrad, proved to be a short-lived dud; it also holds the dubious distinction of being the last series to be produced by Quinn Martin (QM) Productions--the company was dismantled shortly after "Barnaby Jones" was canceled by CBS in the spring of '80.
Thanks for uploading, RwDt09!
Working Stiffs seemed to be similar to I'm Dickens, He's Fenster.
Wow! Thanks for filling in and confirming what I remember as a teen. (I remember the excitement of running a few houses down to my friends house to watch "Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island." Stephanie Powers was/is still a turn-on, but I never stayed-up that late on a school night to watch "Hart 2 Hart," but my mom and dad usually did...) Happy New year.
You're very welcome, @@travist7777!
I was watching The Love Boat intro here and I thought, “I bet Ron Palillo is in this one, it’s the kind of show he’d be on.”
And boom. There he is.
Why can’t I use my fabulous psychic powers for lottery numbers or something?!
Believe it or not, I've seen every episode of Working Stiffs. The series was put on two VHS tapes during the 80s, tapes carried in the video store where I worked in the early 90s. On a slow weekday, I watched the series, thought it was great.
I wonder if it was the Bounty commercials or her appearance in "The Love Boat" that convinced Alan Carr that Nancy Walker was perfect to direct "Can't Stop the Music"......hmmmm...
Probably her starring role in Blansky's Beauties as Nancy Blansky.
Those were great....thanks for posting....
in 1979 was a staple for us to watch love boat and fantasy island,i do not remember hart to hart being on as well but I watched that too and I wanted to be stefanie powers even at nine I was like why is Robert with her when he is married to natalie wood.....good tv back then now it is just crap not all but most.
You don't remember Hart to Hart being on Saturday because it was on the night for only a month at the start of the season before moving to Tuesday where it remained throughout its run. Fantasy Island returned to the Saturday 10 pm spot after the Hart move, after Fantasy had been moved to its new Friday 8 pm spot that fall. Hart's move to Tuesday replaced the faltering new medical series The Lazarus Syndrome.
I missed most of the 70s due to being assigned to Germany for a number of years. I'm only now discovering some of these programs.
Peter Falk walked away from Columbo in 1978 because he said TV audience was changing...and by looking at this lineup he was right
79 looked a great year for TV .Some shows I missed out and are impossible to find Big Shamus Little Shamus with Brian Dennehy and Stephen Bochco's Paris with James earl Jones
That CHIPS THEME SONG GOES HARD!!!🎉🎉🎉
My little sister loved Heart to Heart.
OMG Rad Daly on The Bad News Bears😍 I had such a crush as a kid.
Thought Hart To Hart was an '80's show. My mom loved it. M. Keaton with hair & a skinny Jim Belushi-lol.
Hart to Hart started in 1979 and ran to 84. The Same with Facts Of Life. Most people consider it an 80's sitcom, but actually started in 79.
Ditto for "Diff'rent Strokes" (which debuted in 1978).
A Man Called Sloane's opening sequence could have been cool if they used Hank Simms' voice, the "Tonight's Episode" slide with a copyright notice, and the "Act I/Act II/Act III/Act IV/Epilog" cards.
If memory serves, "A Man Called Sloane" was the final program produced by Quinn Martin Productions (QM) until its demise the following year.
The sad thing is that the shows the execs thought were no good are better than the garbage we have on tv now.
So you've seen all the network shows, all the basic cable shows, all the premium cable shows, and all the original content from Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu? That's a total of several HUNDRED shows. You must watch a lot of garbage television!
Scott Larson I meant garbage in a general way, I'm sure there must be something good on.
Used to watch love boat, chips and BJ and the Bear 🐻
Do STAY TUNED - FRIDAY NIGH TV WINTER 1980!
B.A.D. Cats however replaced Fantasy Island in the ABC Friday night 8:00pm timeslot, right before The ABC Friday Night Movie.
What a sad lineup for CBS after having had All in the Family, MTM, Bob Newhart and Carol Burnett as their Saturday Night bloc.
The only one of these I can remember watching on a regular basis was MAN CALLED SLOANE. So what was I doing the other two hours of primetime at that time...?
Audra Lindley was very good playing the madam in Cannery Row. Jeffrey Tambor is now up for sexual assault charges. Maybe we better just figure out who ISN'T.
Jack Tripper.
Micheal Keaton been battling MPB FOR 40 years.
Not paying property tax - that does sound nice.
Big Shamus only lasted two episodes. What show replaced it?
Movies mostly paired with ongoing series Paris at 10 till winter, when The Chisolms led off the night followed by movies.
I think CBS also moved "WKRP In Cincinnati" from Mondays at 9:30 pm (following "M*A*S*H") to Saturdays at 8 pm at the tail end of the 1979-80 season (replacing "The Chisholms"), if my memory serves me correctly.
"Hart To Hart" moved to Tuesday Nights were it did better, and "Fantasy Island" returned back to its' usual Saturday Night timeslot instead. As for CBS, they cancelled "Big Shamus Little Shamus" and "Paris" and brought back the "Saturday Night Movies".
CBS never aired movies on Saturday nights before, that was the domain of NBC. ABC did it in the early 1970s.
@@ricknibert6417 "CHiP's" was the best show since it ran from 1977 to 1983, and is still good in reruns.
if they ever do a remake of the love boat, nick searcy as the captain could work
Remember Working Stiffs. Incredibly Silly Show.
I could’ve sworn Fantasy Island came on after Love Boat.
For that fall, Fantasy Island moved to Fridays at 8 as ABC seemed to believe it could make a new hit out of Hart to Hart following Love Boat. Didn't happen, so Fantasy Island returned to Saturday about two months later and Hart to Hart moved to Tuesday, and the rest is history.
Competition like that, no Wonder Chips lasted as long as it did... and Bless Robert Conrad (did he ever Not have a series from 65-95?) but Sloane looks like a Grade A Cheddar Bond knock off...
Robert Conrad did indeed star in a f**kload of short-lived television programs--following the abrupt cancellation of "The Wild, Wild West"--throughout the seventies and eighties ("Black Sheep Squadron" was probably the most successful of the bunch), in addition to his hilarious commercials for Eveready batteries.
Wow CBS fell hard in just a couple of years time
Actually, CBS had rebounded during the 1979-80 season, hifidistortion27...thanks to two little shows airing on Friday nights (following "The Incredible Hulk") called "The Dukes Of Hazzard" and "Dallas." CBS's long-running Sunday night newsmagazine "60 Minutes" would become the number one program on television that season. Within one year, CBS would be the number one network on television.
Demetrius Dillard no doubt those shows were great catalysts but I was specifically talking about their Saturday night lineup
Whoops! My bad! Thanks for clarifying my comment, hifidistortion27...sometimes I type at such a rapid pace I don't even know what I type; I occasionally end up looking like a sucker.
To comment on your comment, CBS's Saturday night lineup for the 1979-80 season was indeed a disaster...as I mentioned in my initial comment (see below), three of the four programs debuting that season were total clinkers, with "Big Shamus, Little Shamus" being the biggest failure of the bunch (two episodes aired before being abruptly canceled).
Love your profile pic, by the way...I can imagine the late Eva Gabor's voice echoing from heaven: "This has been a Filmways presentation, darling."
Thanks for commenting!
Demetrius Dillard it's all good, we both enjoy and have a passion for classic TV
Amen!
Well a least it was something new on Saturday night. Not like now reruns !
0:13 So, isn't this great?!
Shows that didn't make it:
The Ropers
Detective School
Working Stiffs
The Bad News Bears
Big Shamus Little Shamus
Paris
BJ and The Bear
A Man Called Sloane
Actually, "BJ And The Bear" was renewed by NBC for a third and final season in early 1981 (the 1980-81 fall season was delayed for weeks, if not months, due to the Screen Actors Guild strike that occurred throughout the summer of '80).
Horrible shows for the 70s.. The 80s were even worse. Today? Total trash.
I couldn't agree with you more! "The Kardashians" and "Real Housewives" both make "BJ And The Bear" and "The Ropers" look like f**king "Masterpiece Theatre" by comparison!