My parents bought a Sony Trinitron color tv in 1974. It was just a 12 inch model for use in the kitchen, and had great color. Plus, it was 'instant on', no waiting for vacuum tubes to warm up. Very cool, ahead of its time.
I was 15 when Billy aired. My friends and I loved it. I remember fondly of Billy daydreaming about being Don Adams' booking agent and Billy's dad becoming The Hulk (Lou Ferrigno). I would love to see them again. 2 of my other favorite series that were short-lived are out on Bluray, Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Police Squad. So maybe some day.
As a high school student, Jigsaw John was one of my favorite police detective shows. Ol' Jack Warden was fun to watch solving crimes. As Detective John St. John. 🚨
You bet! I have a bunch of videos ready to go. The only reason I haven't posted, has to do with monetization (very frustrating). I will be resuming the series shortly. I appreciate your asking! Thank you!
Thank you! I have a bunch of videos that are ready to go. The delay in releasing them, has to do with my trying (and failing) to get monetized. I appreciate your words.
Longstreet was the first detective series that I became interested in watching as a young teen. As I remember it, Bruce Lee was a semi regular and it was a pretty good show.
To bad the show Sierra was so short lived. But there's an episode of Sierra that starts John and Roy of the show Emergency! I think that it was a cross over. I've got it on my phone. But I did enjoy growing up in the 70's and wouldn't have missed it. There were a lot of things that happen in the 70's that was messed up, like the gas prices and the oil embargo, and Water gate, and I remember those.
Shows our group pitched for that year: "The Nuclear Powered School Bus", "Vigilante Pizza", "Bad News Bears In Breaking Parole", "Reverend Joe, Cocaine Dealer", "The Zodiac Neighbor", "Undercover Nun" , "Everyone's Favorite Bigot", "The Man From The Yellow Pages", there were others but none of them got past the pilot so what's the difference.
because of how the system works and still works today it was cheaper to make a new show, that might be a better show than have a mediocre show that was in the middle
In a world with no cell phones or internet, I didn’t watch much TV. I was too busy getting out of the house as much as possible. My goal was to achieve independence and control over my life. I got a stereo turntable for my 16th birthday, that was my prized possession. The other was a car, I purchased myself, after I was moved out.
I offten wonder how in 2024 we have never gotten most of the UnAired they must be somewhere collecting dust why dont they just upload them on RU-vid or there streaming sites and say Quality is lacking.. These old shows are more popular than anything they make for the Modern Audiance kids are looking for Quality not rejected Idoligys
I completely agree! I've been watching whatever is available of this stuff, and I'm enjoying it a whole bunch; whether it's good or bad. I wish a company would make a box set of a number of these series, packaged together. I think the market is bigger for this kind of stuff than they realize, it's just not the direction they're familiar with. If they make a box set for all of the short lived Quinn Martin series, put them together, I think it would sell well. Something like that would include 'Most Wanted', 'The Runaways', 'A Man Called Sloane', 'Banyon', 'The Manhunter', 'Caribe', 'Bert D'Angelo/Superstar', 'Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected', etc. Hey, even throw in some of his made for TV movies! I'm sure it could be done.
I just can't tear myself away from these things. I turned 5 in 79, so this would likely be the first I would have remembered any, but as much fun is seeing so many familiar actors in shows I didn't know about.
One of the main reasons, if not THE main reason, was that ABC wanted Eileen Brennan for another show that was in the works, 'A New Kind of Family' that came out the following season. That show didn't perform well (to say the least). I'm sure there are other reasons why '13 Queens Blvd' was canceled. There were casting changes early on, dropping Jerry Van Dyke (though he is credited on IMBD for being in all 9 episodes that had aired), while adding Francis Lee McCain and Karen Rushmore From the episodes that can be seen on RU-vid, I didn't mind the show.
The *only* show I remember from this bunch is The Fantastic Journey. It had decent special effects, pretty good acting, and bizarre plots that appealed to kids like me who read lots of science fiction and watched Star Trek reruns every weekend. I remember the pilot because I expected it to have a bunch of in your face action. Instead it left the viewer with lots of confusion and unanswered questions, similar to how the two hour Lost pilot would thirty years later.
This is very detailed and well assembled. Question for you or anyone that might know - some of these shows appeared to rate higher than competing programs. If that's the case, why were they canceled?
There are times when a show had strong ratings when it premiered - and in around that time - but as the weeks continued, that show might have dropped off considerably moving forward. So the end of the season rating might be high, but it could be viewed as misleading. A show may have started off with a great time slot, sandwiched between established shows with strong ratings, then the show was moved to a different time slot (different night), and that might have revealed that the show wasn't strong on its own. There were also shows where the lead actor/actors were at odds with the writers, or producers too. I know for a show like 'On Our Own', the network wanted to move the show to Los Angeles when it had been filmed in New York (from what I can remember). Also, I know for 'Toma', the lead actor only wanted to stay on for a single season. The word is that the show was going to be renewed for a 2nd year, but since the main actor wasn't coming back, and from that we ended up with 'Barreta'. I personally think the show wasn't doing that well in the ratings anyway, but the common (and widely accepted) narrative was that it was basically canceled (for lack of a better word) since Tony Musante wasn't coming back. Also a show like 'Bridget Loves Bernie' was killing it in the ratings, but there was the whole mixed religion marriage element, and pressure from the sponsors (via certain groups) to cancel the show. It's too bad, I really like that show! There are probably a lot more reasons than that, but I hope this helps. I really like that question btw. Thank you for watching!
What I love about these old openings, besides the music, are the sweeping shots, of either landscape, or the city streets. A lot of shows, of the era, showed you a lot of the settings, while the credits rolled. I don't know. I just love that.
Oh wow. Born in 71 , this is the only reason I have the RU-vid app! Poor Maclean Stevenson. Left Mash because he thought he had better opportunities. I remember being a child watching Hello Larry and knew it was a bomb. And Mad magazine made sooooo much fun of that show and him specifically
It ran from Monday through Friday over a 3 month stretch. Similar to shows like 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman', 'Forever Fernwood', and 'Life and Times of Eddie Roberts', all syndicated, all ran 5 days a week.
