I was working for an ABC station when this ran and frankly, we were kind of proud of being an ABC station. No the programming wasn't exactly entertainment for intellectuals, but it made people laugh and entertained them without being obscene, gross, or otherwise offensive. The shows were well made, did well in the ratings, and left people feeling good when the late news came on. And what's wrong with any of that? Frankly, I think we could use some of that today.
A hot air balloon silhouetted against a sunset with ABC's version of Orleans' "Still the One" playing. What could be more '70s? So good. When did networks stop putting these Fall Previews together?
I guess Im asking the wrong place but does someone know of a method to get back into an instagram account? I was dumb forgot my account password. I would love any assistance you can give me!
@Ricky Santino I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and Im in the hacking process now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
The Ladies of the Network were Hot such as Suzanne Somers (Three's Company), Susan Richardson (Eight is Enough), Lynda Goodfriend (Happy Days), Donna Pescow (Angie), Penny Marshall (Laverne & Shirley), Shelley Hack (Charlie's Angels) and Lauren Tewes (The Love Boat).
As a network ABC starting to slip to the No.2 network. Still better than NBC at the time. Too bad the audience overlooked "The Associates" & "Lazarus Syndrome".
ABC WAS thinking of bringing Lou Gossett back in a revised version of "THE LAZARUS SYNDROME" (as "MAX SINCLAIR, M.D.") the following season, but the plans fell through.
Funny thing is this jingle was blatant use of Orleans hit song "Still the one". Definitely NOT a disco tune. When they MOR a genre of pop music then you can surmise, yes a backlash will happen soon.
I wish a backlash would happen with today's 2022 tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick zeros and one computer ?music? You hear it at the gas station; you hear it at the red light; Who is this drummer getting all these record albums this person gets to play on??? Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick ----mehhh
800,000-year icecore study: Within the bubbles studied, high concentrations of carbon was found within the air bubbles at the dawn of the industrial revolution. What else do people need to know? Now, from my life experience, my childhood friends know more about corporate sports teams as opposed to scientific fact.. Lake Mead is the cart before the horse. You need snow in the Rocky Mountains to feed Lake Meade.... It's sad our culture just not want to own up to climate change, but they sure do know about corporate sports teams..
"This fall, five new shows round out the already-impressive comedy special"... followed by four new comedy shows, because Ron Moody's "Nobody's Perfect" -- originally slated to premiere in September -- was blatantly hacked out at 6:52. (Sorry, "Detective School." Including you at the last minute would have cost them too many shekels.) And of course because ABC was just that competent, they leave a shot of Moody in the second part of this upload. Thanks for posting this; in one half hour, it admirably summed up everything that was wrong with that network in '79 and why they would soon deservedly go into the toilet. The sched they put together was horrible too, and they killed multiple hits in the process. How the hell did "The Lazarus Syndrome" even get picked up? How could they have watched that pilot and thought, "Yeah, here it is. This is the one."
Ron's series (originally offered to John Cleese, who wisely declined) was originally intended to be titled "HART IN SAN FRANCISCO". Instead, the network waited until June 1980 to "burn off" the eight episodes that were produced.....as "NOBODY'S PERFECT".
ABC tried to revive Lou Gossett's series as "MAX SINCLAIR, M.D." in 1980 (with a much lighter tone than the original). It never got past an unaired pilot episode.
It WAS to have been titled "HART IN SAN FRANCISCO". Instead, ABC "sat" on the eight episodes already produced, until they needed something to pair "BARNEY MILLER" with on Thursdays in June 1980. Then, it was telecast as "NOBODY'S PERFECT". And quietly burned off.
ABC changed the title because they picked up "Hart to Hart" -- and, obviously, that was the better title. Interestingly, in the U.K. it got to keep "Hart" in the title. It was called "Hart of the Yard" over there. Because ITV already had a "Nobody's Perfect." Presumably, that's what it would have ended up being titled here had "Hart to Hart" not been a thing.
