ABC-TV 1963 FALL PREVIEW 

Very impressed by the previous commenters on the video of " THE NEW ABC " . I like to add an another spin as far as the comments on the vid . James Aubrey, the then president of CBS TV from December 1959 to January 1965 . He had been been the assistant in charge programs to Oliver Treyz , ABC president in the late 1950s . He brought ABC to being competitive with the other networks through a formula of Hollywood produced filmed action adventure and comedy programs while CBS and NBC still relied a lot on NYC live drama , game and variety shows . ABC had almost become the most popular prime time network in 1960 , when a lot of these type programs had peaked . By 1963 a lot of of these had peaked and would be replaced. Others would continue lose audience during the even this 1963-64 this advertisement . Another reason the aforementioned Aubrey had brought his formula to CBS , which retained its dominance from 1961 peaking by 1964 . By that time NBC by comparison had Bonanza and little else . ABC was by this time purged of popular programs and virtually had to start over . The so called new ABC and NBC would become little more competitive in the 1963-64 season which led to Aubrey's dismissal in early 1965, a victim of his own overwhelming success . For me the old ABC ended in 1966 when The Flintstones , Donna Reed and especially Ozzie and Harriet were sent packing

At 47:10, the announcer says that people would be watching Lawrence Welk in the 21st century. Well, here in 2023, his reruns survive on PBS, long after he passed.

Gerry Matthews, whose voice you hear at various points in this video as the man interacting with the dark haired lady, is best known as the voice of Sugar Bear in TV commercials for Sugar Crisp cereal.

GREAT VIDEO ! MONDAY 11/6/23 NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Before the likes of Disney, The ABC Television Network in Fall 1963 was an outstanding place to watch great TV, and Monday nights introduced TV viewers to "the awe and mystery of the hidden world" as "THE OUTER LIMITS" made its ABC debut, and brought serious science fiction to the small screen each week-in fact, one episode, "The Architects of Fear", it's alien was THAT scary, that many ABC affiliates had censored it, but being that this was 1963, viewers were new to the realistic and scary aliens that appeared on this series, considered one of "THE TWILIGHT ZONE"s main rival, the Leslie Stevens created series (he also created "STONEY BURKE"), with "PSYCHO" writer, Joseph Stefano, who produced the series, was truly a first of its kind! Then, there was the debut of "THE FUGITIVE", a Quinn Martin Production in association with United Artists Television, and created by Roy Huggins ("MAVERICK") this groundbreaking TV drama with David Janssen as "Dr. Richard Kimble", a wrongly accused man convicted for the murder of his wife, while being taken aboard a Train by "Lt. Phillip Gerard" played by Barry Morse, is miraculously spared, as the Train de-rails, giving Dr. Kimble a chance for freedom, to hunt for a one-armed man who was seen fleeing from his home on the night his wife was murdered, would begin the amazing four-year run of this exceptional TV series, and it's incredible conclusion in 1967! Then, ABC introduced "ARREST AND TRIAL", which was the "LAW AND ORDER" of its time, that was produced by Revue Studios (later to become Universal Television, who later went on to produce "LAW AND ORDER" in 1989, and has since, became a franchise for NBC), and, the debut of "BREAKING POINT" from Bing Crosby Productions, the producers of ABC's "BEN CASEY" Medical drama, "BREAKING POINT" explored the psychological aspects of the medical business-that series ran for only 30 episodes and was created by Meta Rosenberg ("THE ROCKFORD FILES"), while The New ABC in Fall 1963 also introduced "THE PATTY DUKE SHOW" from Chrislaw Productions and United Artists Television, starring Academy Award winner Patty Duke, as a pair of identical twin cousins, and the debut of "THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER" from Screen Gems, with William Windom and Inger Stevens, and "THE TRAVELS OF JAIMIE McPHEETERS" from Metro Goldwyn Mayer, with a young Kurt Russell and Dan O'Herihy ("ROBOCOP"), plus a failed late night talk show by Jerry Lewis, (later replaced by "THE HOLLWOOD PALACE") all made The New ABC a great time in this network's history-and this Fall Preview TV special was written by Mel Brooks. I almost overlooked "BURKE'S LAW" from the defunct Four Star Films, with Gene Barry, that later became "AMOS BURKE, SECRET AGENT", during the height of the spy craze of the 1960s, and the debut of the Folk Music variety series, "HOOTENANNY", which was later succeeded by "SHINDIG!" in Fall 1964. This is the ABC-TV that we all grew up watching before the network was sold to Walt Disney in 1996, and just like at the bang-up job that they've done!

This is a very special timeframe and zeitgeist.

It is interesting to see these promos after all these years.

Good shows with great actors that missed out because they weren't in color.

A young Kurt Russell as Jaimie McPheeters is a great start to a great career. He is a great actor.

These shows would have been in their 10th episode around the time of the JFK assassination. For seniors .... the other landmark day pre 9/11

Hi Jeff! Love the "The Great American Adventures!" Thanx for the work you've put into it! ...dmbakker

Coming this fall, seizures.

0:15 - Epilepsy warning at the beginning. Be warned.

That railroad passenger car that derailed in the opening of 'The Fugitive' intro looks like it was assembled from an Athearn blue box kit.

Price is Right primetime moved to ABC Wednesday, September 18th where a famous celebrity play for people from out of the studio audience. This practice was used in the daytime version a week earlier when the daytime version moved to ABC on Monday, September 9th. As far as the ex-champion's picks in the 36th annual Miss America Pageant is concerned, it's uncertain whether if the ex-champion from the NBC version won the $10,000 or not. One other champion, Mrs. Marilyn Petersen who won a $17,950 Cleanmobile returned to compete, but it is also uncertain whether if she retained her championship or not. When the Primetime version of Price ended after 7 years on both networks, Mrs. Dorothy Batesky became the final champion and was invited to compete on the daytime version against the daytime champion, a new challenger and star Robert Q. Lewis.

Was, or was not, the instrumental “Bugler’s Holiday” the theme for “Fight of the Week”? And why no mention of “Make That Spare”? Bowling has always been a stepchild on TV!

19:34- this was an actual Dutch Masters commercial Sid Caesar performed on his monthly series "AS CAESAR SEES IT" in early 1963 (which became the bi-weekly "SID CAESAR SHOW" that fall).

While the network was positioning itself in 1963-64 as "The New ABC," the logo itself was first unveiled sometime in October 1962 but didn't get fully integrated until about December. Also joining it, a 'circle 7' logo adopted by ABC's O&O's starting in August 1962 with KGO in San Francisco and - again, by December - spread to the other four stations. And this 'new' branding extended to those O&O's. I saw ads in the fall of 1963 from WABC-TV in New York calling themselves "The New 7." And those "color" prints look more like somewhat oversaturated sepia tone to me . . .

"Hootenanny" premiered as a Summer replacement in April of 1963, got strong ratings, and was popular enough to get renewed for the full 1963-64 TV season. While it continued to enjoy strong ratings until the end of 1963, the show's popularity nosedived in early 1964, due in large part to the "British Music Invasion", and ABC cancelled "Hootenanny" at the end of the season.

At 14:36, FredFlix finds his channel's avatar photo...

60 Years Ago.

The 1963-64 ABC Fall Preview was obviously orientated towards "Outer Limits", with clips from the pilot episode being shown. Note that the game show "100 Grand" was promoted as "rig-proof", since it premiered just five years after the quiz show scandals broke and was the first big-money game show broadcast since then. The "new" ABC logo actually was unveiled a year earlier, in the Fall of 1962.

My parents got married one week before the new abc fall television got started

EPISLY WARNING

The "color" clips represented the three prime-time color series that the network could afford to schedule in the 1963-'64 season (and ONLY three!!!): "WAGON TRAIN", in its 90 minute format [it reverted to an hour- and black and white- the following season]; "THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" {produced by Desilu}; and "THE FLINTSTONES". With an influx of cash, and technical upgrades, ABC finally began colorcasting about half of its evening schedule in the fall of 1965......

Young Kurt Russell there on the first show shown...

The original (unaired) "PATTY DUKE SHOW" pilot was filmed in Hollywood, and set in San Francisco. The series was filmed in New York [with the locale changed to "Brooklyn Heights"], and the roles of "Martin Lane" and "Ross Lane" were recast....and the pilot was reworked into a "flashback" episode at the end of season one, "The Cousins".

ABC's new 1963-64 Fall shows featured two big hits ("Patty Duke" and "The Fugitive"), two moderate hits ("Outer Limits" and "Farmer's Daughter"), and two huge flops ("100 Grand", which lasted a month, and "The Jerry Lewis Show", which lasted thirteen episodes).

12:12- "100 GRAND", with Jack Clark as emcee, lasted exactly THREE WEEKS.

Arrest and Trial, the precursor to Law and Order.

Written by Mel Brooks???

Upfront Vintage?

3:20 He'd go on to fire Dick Jones.

The "winners" among new shows that season: *'THE OUTER LIMITS" *"THE FUGITIVE" *"THE PATTY DUKE SHOW" *"BURKE'S LAW" *"THE JIMMY DEAN SHOW" *"THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER" The "losers" lasted one season {or less}. ABC remained in third place behind CBS and NBC in ratings and viewers.

TUESDAY

looks like the dumped/purged all their Warner Bros produced Westerns and Detective shows...

Somebody DID show a couple in bed together before THE MUNSTERS!

WRITTEN BY MEL BROOKS!

I love the promos..except the plug for The Jerry Lewis Show..I hate the zoois.

19:33

COMBAT SUCKED