I was in middle school at the time but it feels like it was perceived to be a "simple time" even then -- Clinton scandals aside. Not to get too deep but 9/11 feels like the end of that.
@@amittaizero Oh definitely. It's quite gradual, but from early 2002 onwards you can see US TV getting sombre and gritty. And then there's now, which feels like it's all come to a head.
When people comment on these videos about how they have never heard of the shows or that they faded into obscurity, I never know whether to be impressed that they made it through life without watching much tv or concerned that many of them include shows that were on for 5-10 years and were pretty popular.
You'd be surprised how often it's happened. In 2013 single camera sitcoms with Michael J. Fox and Robin Williams (the latter created by David E. Kelley) only lasted one season each. Same goes for show with Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton back in 2007. Heck, even Lucille Ball's fourth and final sitcom "Life With Lucy" in the 1980's only lasted half a season.
I remember "You Wish" for starring Maureen McCormick as the mom and for the nightmare fuel of watching a teenager die horribly from eating an expired burger. 1997's TGIF lineup was...interesting. Ally McBeal gifted us with the Dancing Baby meme before we truly understood what memes were.
Losing Hanging with Mr. Cooper to weekends and Step by Step to CBS hurt TGIF a lot. When CBS came for Family Matters, the party was over (even though Urkelmania was waning).
Who has time to watch all this. There's been a plethora of shows that have come and gone and I've yet to watch one minute. Even popular ones like sopranos.
"Michael Hayes" was David Caruso's attempt at a TV comeback after leaving "NYPD Blue" for a movie career that never panned out. The show didn't last long, but I've heard his professional behavior on set went a long way towards rehabilitating his well-earned reputation as a diva. Without it, he might not have donned the famous sunglasses on "CSI- Miami", five years later.
Brooklyn South had a hell of a cast there. Including Titus Welliver. I do like the fact that it appears FOX only had one credits department that only seemed to know one thing.
Back around this time I was eating almond bark (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond_bark ) right out of the package while watching Ally McBeal, the only time I had ever done either of those two things. Ever since then, every time I see a reference to Calista Flockhart, or think about her in any way whatsoever, it reminds me of the taste of that almond bark.
That's how it works every year. Thousands of actors go up for pilots every year. Only a small number will get a role in the main cast. Only a small number of those pilots will get a series order from a network, and only a small number of series will last more than a few weeks or months.
@@toddsmitts And after six seasons of one show under their belt, they try and fail to replicate their success on a second or third show. (I'm talking about you, Tony Danza!)
Interestingly enough, You Wish and Teen Angel apparently share universe with Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Boy Meets World. There was a four part special where Salem the Cat eats a magic time ball that transport the cast of each comedy to a different decade. Only Sabrina and Teen Angel interact, though.
March 10, 1997. ...which is interesting because Buffy fans celebrate March 10 as Buffy Day, and Super Mario fans celebrate Mar10 because it looks like "Mario"!
Man, I had such a crush on Jenna Elfman because of Dharma & Greg. This year was when I finally got my own TV and would sit at night for two-three hours watching sitcoms, before being ordered by parents to go to bed.
Top cop being ~9? episodes I would have thought it was a Mid-season replacement Teen Angel/Meego/You Wish gives me the impression Sabrina the Teenaged Witch resonated with Networks the year before and A Lot of Cop shows (that were 1 & Done) starring people who would go on to have better luck (longer runs) in Longer running Cop Shows...
@@TheMadMaple someone else mentioned that too... looking into it Meego was the outlier and aired on CBS (as opposed to ABCs TGIF) but was from the same Production team that created Perfect Strangers, Family Matters and Full House, (all TGIF anchors at one time or another IIRC)
BTW, you missed one: Union Square, an ill-fated sitcom about the employees and regulars of a NY diner. It was really only notable for the fact that it was slotted right after "Friends".
@@RwDt09 You're right. My bad. I read a little more on this series. Apparently, the two lead characters were dropped entirely after the pilot and it was just retooled as another workplace comedy. (Like, imagine if Sam and Diane were written out after the pilot of "Cheers" and the show just focused on the remaining characters).
The only redeeming factor about "Union Square" was that it was scheduled in the highly coveted eight-thirty p.m. timeslot directly between "Friends" and "Seinfeld" on Thursdays; other than that, it was nothing more than an uninspired and rather derivative imitation of the aforementioned "Friends." (If my memory serves me correctly, "Union Square" actually ranked in the top five overall for the largely lackluster 1997-98 season, despite mediocre reviews...in any case, NBC declined to renew it for a second season.)
Where is Buffy? You're also missing South Park, one of my all time favorite shows. I guess network tv doesn't include the WB and Comedy Central. This is about the time I started drifting away from the networks anyway. Towards cable tv.
Undoubtedly one of the weakest--not to mention lackluster--fall seasons in television history, bar none. Of the thirty-five new programs that debuted on the (then) six major television networks that autumn, only "Ally McBeal," "Dharma & Greg," "Working," "Veronica's Closet," and "Dawson's Creek" (which premiered on the WB network in January of '98) survived the ax.
By 1997, I had already stopped watching network television shows and it seems that I did not miss any of these new shows because they were all absolute rubbish. Out of the bunch, only "Dharma & Greg" & "Ally McBeal" were hits. The rest just faded into oblivion... where they belong!
I love the late '90s vibe of American TV. It's very unique, aesthetically speaking.
I was in middle school at the time but it feels like it was perceived to be a "simple time" even then -- Clinton scandals aside. Not to get too deep but 9/11 feels like the end of that.
@@amittaizero Oh definitely. It's quite gradual, but from early 2002 onwards you can see US TV getting sombre and gritty. And then there's now, which feels like it's all come to a head.
Onappending of Waaht you meen, u r haviing a mind of mid-90s or eeefen early 90s. Not late 90s. Sonny.
When people comment on these videos about how they have never heard of the shows or that they faded into obscurity, I never know whether to be impressed that they made it through life without watching much tv or concerned that many of them include shows that were on for 5-10 years and were pretty popular.
Calling time travel by 2007 in 97 is gutsy. Not only does it instantly age your show, but what if it’s a hit? You clearly can’t have ten seasons.
When you create a show based on a JCVD movie you clearly don't hope for success
I'm so disappointed! It's 2021 and I STILL can't time travel!
They probably wouldn't have gone that many seasons. Many shows do not.
@@danmseattle975 - ikr!?
Time travel would be pretty sweet right about now.
@@sha11235 - The Simpsons sure did...
Had no idea that Ice-T was in a series that he co-created with Dick Wolf, but now I know how he got the role in Law and Order: SUV.
I loved Players. ☺️ ❤️
Always so happy to see a new video of yours pop up. They're so well put together and full of flashbacks and surprises. Thanks for doing what you do!
'97 a cruel year when Tony Danza and Kirstie Alley both have bombs of shows.
Veronica's Closet couldn't survive outside the comfort zone between Seinfeld and ER. It's third season, that's when the ratings plummeted.
I read a book by the creator of The Tony Danza Show and the wacky stuff that goes on on creating TV.
You'd be surprised how often it's happened. In 2013 single camera sitcoms with Michael J. Fox and Robin Williams (the latter created by David E. Kelley) only lasted one season each. Same goes for show with Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton back in 2007.
Heck, even Lucille Ball's fourth and final sitcom "Life With Lucy" in the 1980's only lasted half a season.
I didn't think KA's show was that bad.
This channel rules the school!
it really does 👍👍
Another excellent lineup. Plenty of stuff I'd forgotten, a few things I remember, and some I never even knew existed.
The lineup is crap. 1997 was a horrible year filled with horrible shows and horrible people.
Pretty ironic that a show called ''Built to Last'' didn't last too long! LOL
I remember "You Wish" for starring Maureen McCormick as the mom and for the nightmare fuel of watching a teenager die horribly from eating an expired burger. 1997's TGIF lineup was...interesting.
Ally McBeal gifted us with the Dancing Baby meme before we truly understood what memes were.
Losing Hanging with Mr. Cooper to weekends and Step by Step to CBS hurt TGIF a lot. When CBS came for Family Matters, the party was over (even though Urkelmania was waning).
Actually, Maureen McCormick was on "Teen Angel", and they wrote her out after a few episodes.
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I loved that show, I liked the one where everyone kept dying from eating that burger.
Sleepwalkers sure does look interesting. Bad ass intro, great cast and intriguing premise.
Lord did they love crime shows and montages that season
I don't remember 90% of these shows. Dharma and Greg, Ally McBeal, Disney thats about it. I didn't remember Tony Danza having another show in the 90s.
Who has time to watch all this. There's been a plethora of shows that have come and gone and I've yet to watch one minute.
Even popular ones like sopranos.
"Michael Hayes" was David Caruso's attempt at a TV comeback after leaving "NYPD Blue" for a movie career that never panned out.
The show didn't last long, but I've heard his professional behavior on set went a long way towards rehabilitating his well-earned reputation as a diva. Without it, he might not have donned the famous sunglasses on "CSI- Miami", five years later.
🎶 *Won't get fooled again* 🎶
"Do your impression of David Caruso's career!"
This is so 90's, it hurts. Lol
in a good way
Brooklyn South had a hell of a cast there. Including Titus Welliver.
I do like the fact that it appears FOX only had one credits department that only seemed to know one thing.
Dellaventura, still one of the best themes for a TV Show [It's a Dion B side called I (was) Born to Cry]. One of my top 100 themes of all time.
This channel rocks
I love these videos so much! Keep 'em coming!
Back around this time I was eating almond bark (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond_bark ) right out of the package while watching Ally McBeal, the only time I had ever done either of those two things. Ever since then, every time I see a reference to Calista Flockhart, or think about her in any way whatsoever, it reminds me of the taste of that almond bark.
A lot of actors must've been out of work once these were cancelled.
That's how it works every year. Thousands of actors go up for pilots every year. Only a small number will get a role in the main cast. Only a small number of those pilots will get a series order from a network, and only a small number of series will last more than a few weeks or months.
@@toddsmitts And after six seasons of one show under their belt, they try and fail to replicate their success on a second or third show. (I'm talking about you, Tony Danza!)
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
Interestingly enough, You Wish and Teen Angel apparently share universe with Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Boy Meets World. There was a four part special where Salem the Cat eats a magic time ball that transport the cast of each comedy to a different decade. Only Sabrina and Teen Angel interact, though.
Looked like the beginning of the end for TGIF to me.
thanks for uploading!!
I am glad I was able to watch even if the some sound was out 👍❣️💐
That Wonderful World of Disney intro went so hard to me as a kid
I was born in 1990's with my birthday is March 23, 1997 and my age is 24.
George and Leo was the first show Bob Newhart had that didn't have his name in the title.
It was also Newhart's first failure--hell, even his previous sitcom "Bob" limped through two dismal seasons in '92 and '93, despite scathing reviews.
Ones I remember (although I was 10 in 1997):
- "Ally McBeal"
- "Dharma & Greg"
- "George & Leo"
- "Jenny"
- "Meego"
- "Nothing Sacred"
- "Teen Angel"
- "The Gregory Hines Show"
- "The Tony Danza Show"
- "The Wonderful World of Disney"
- "The World's Funniest"
- "Veronica's Closet"
- "Working"
- "You Wish"
Meego was Mork and Mindy meets Perfect Strangers.
"Starring Eric Roberts" is something you just don't ever wanna see.
Rather see that than
"Starring Julia Roberts".
Unless it's "Brother Sweet Brother: The Killing of Stanton Sweet"
@@fromthehaven94 That's true. Or when he played the husband in "The Other Side of Darkness"... he was unforgetable.
Buffy came out in 97 . Can’t remember if it was in the fall, though.
It was in the spring.
I think it was in the spring of 1997. 🤔
March 10, 1997.
...which is interesting because Buffy fans celebrate March 10 as Buffy Day, and Super Mario fans celebrate Mar10 because it looks like "Mario"!
8:22 where do they get off using footage from Fritz Lang's Metropolis?
Sleepwalkers reminds me a bit of Brainstorm with Christopher Walken.
I made the right choice to not watch prime time tv that year.
Man, I had such a crush on Jenna Elfman because of Dharma & Greg. This year was when I finally got my own TV and would sit at night for two-three hours watching sitcoms, before being ordered by parents to go to bed.
I ***loved*** WORKING. But I also prayed I'd never end up at a company like Upton Webber...
Timecop reminds me of timetrax.
Loved TimeTrax...
Naomi Watts!!
I do believe I was really High in 1997.
Don't think I can put into words how much I hated Ally McBeal.
It was definitely a show directed towards leftist females.
Top cop being ~9? episodes I would have thought it was a Mid-season replacement
Teen Angel/Meego/You Wish gives me the impression Sabrina the Teenaged Witch resonated with Networks the year before
and A Lot of Cop shows (that were 1 & Done) starring people who would go on to have better luck (longer runs) in Longer running Cop Shows...
Hell,I'm pretty sure Teen Angel, Meego, and You Wish were all in the same *programming block* as Sabrina. They definitely sound like TGIF shows to me.
@@TheMadMaple someone else mentioned that too... looking into it Meego was the outlier and aired on CBS (as opposed to ABCs TGIF) but was from the same Production team that created Perfect Strangers, Family Matters and Full House, (all TGIF anchors at one time or another IIRC)
No Buffy, but I guess it started in the Spring and thus isn't part of the traditional Fall lineup.
BTW, you missed one: Union Square, an ill-fated sitcom about the employees and regulars of a NY diner. It was really only notable for the fact that it was slotted right after "Friends".
It's there, at 7:46.
@@RwDt09 You're right. My bad. I read a little more on this series. Apparently, the two lead characters were dropped entirely after the pilot and it was just retooled as another workplace comedy. (Like, imagine if Sam and Diane were written out after the pilot of "Cheers" and the show just focused on the remaining characters).
The only redeeming factor about "Union Square" was that it was scheduled in the highly coveted eight-thirty p.m. timeslot directly between "Friends" and "Seinfeld" on Thursdays; other than that, it was nothing more than an uninspired and rather derivative imitation of the aforementioned "Friends." (If my memory serves me correctly, "Union Square" actually ranked in the top five overall for the largely lackluster 1997-98 season, despite mediocre reviews...in any case, NBC declined to renew it for a second season.)
1:40 - welp, that's dated.
How did Platypus Man ever get cancelled considering these crap shows brought in to replace it
R.I.P. Richard Jeni.
Bob Denver will always be Gilligan
Alan Hale will always be the Skipper
And
Calista Flockhart will always be Ally McBeal ..
Bob Denver was Maynard G. Krebs
before he was Gilligan.
Was Jerry Stiller busy this year? And exactly how many law and order rip offs have been made.
Jenny McCarthy: Miss Anti-vaxxer herself!
Mostly because her child became autistic, through the childhood vaccines- according to her.
Richard T Jones keeping them bills paid
FLEX Gonna KEEP THEM BILLS PAID!
Where is Buffy? You're also missing South Park, one of my all time favorite shows. I guess network tv doesn't include the WB and Comedy Central. This is about the time I started drifting away from the networks anyway. Towards cable tv.
The channel only does network TV shows, so no South Park, and Buffy was released in the Spring.
My gawd, were ALL of these USA network???
Some of these intros are so bad you don't even know what the damn show is about, so why would you even bother to watch it?
Undoubtedly one of the weakest--not to mention lackluster--fall seasons in television history, bar none. Of the thirty-five new programs that debuted on the (then) six major television networks that autumn, only "Ally McBeal," "Dharma & Greg," "Working," "Veronica's Closet," and "Dawson's Creek" (which premiered on the WB network in January of '98) survived the ax.
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By 1997, I had already stopped watching network television shows and it seems that I did not miss any of these new shows because they were all absolute rubbish. Out of the bunch, only "Dharma & Greg" & "Ally McBeal" were hits. The rest just faded into oblivion... where they belong!
Cable was where it was at 😎
What a wasteland! Watched dharma&greg a bit, but the rest? Yikes.
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Television has always been terrible
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10% of any season is stuff that stands the test of time and 90% is forgetful crap
@@oldradiosnphonographs I can agree with that