The only shows to remain on NBC's Saturday night lineup the following year were Gimme a Break and Hunter -- which was moved there midseason. The Facts of Life also joined the Saturday night lineup the following year alongside the premieres of 227 and The Golden Girls.
Finder of lost loves. didn't last very long. I still remember the joke that Johnny Carson told . That his network had come up with a counter show called. Finder of lost luggage.
1:47 - that theme of the Love Boat wasn't used until the final season (1985-1986).The Gimme a Break episode was from the Spring of 1985. Jonathan Silverman appeared on a two -parter in late 1984, but was not in the opening credits until the season finale in May 1985....which was also Dolph Sweet's last show before he died.
I just got back from living overseas in Panama for 4 years. My father was stationed at Howard AFB Panama. We got back in Nov 84 . I lived 4 years with out seeing American TV, well should I say, all these shows, we had a limit of what TV Shows The AFRTS would show. A lot of shows I never heard of till we got back state side. Brings back Lots of Great Memories.
Mike Hammer was a great show. Too bad it didn't last longer. I remember, in each episode, he'd briefly exchange glances with some gorgeous woman who would then disappear. lol Thanks for sharing these :)
@@tense99 I think so. He was also friends with Cheech n Chong, and the "just say no" years, hurt all of them. To me, 1986 was the last of the greatest times.
9 year old me was watching: 8/7C: Different Strokes 8:30/7:30C: Gimme a Break 9/8C: The Love Boat 10/9C: I don't remember those shows, but vaguely recall the Finder of Lost Loves intro, so must have settled on that. Wow! This is so great, but what an odd season line-up! Adrian Zmed doing double duty on TJ Hooker AND The Love Boat. I do not remember that Dionne Warrwick LB intro and she sings the next theme as well. Fun that so many old Hollywood legends were on these shows back then.
Man, this was the Ultra-modern mid-80s! To this day, I feel like these actors would live forever. Now most of them are gone. 1974-1986 was just the best! As soon as the lousy, evil 90s began, I got the feeling the best was over, and it was.
That's a hell of a 7pm ratings battle. Geez... anyone know who won? I'd have probably opted for Airwolf. Hooker close second. That Love Boat cast was basically an audition for Falcon Crest
Ted McGuinley was the Grim Reaper of TV shows that outlived their usefulness. Any wonder he was on The Love Boat where every actor's career was a total washout?
Those who were watching ABC on Saturday nights at the time experienced the voice of Dionne Warwick twice: The Love Boat at 9:00 and Finders of Lost Loves at 10:00.
Even though my birthdate was 1982, it still feels as if '80s children should support '70s children. Life was so incredible a few decades ago for some reason. Can we please figure this crazy mystery out?
Finder Of Lost Loves, let's start with the title of the show, it should have been named Lost Loves, had that title not been so long, had one watched that short lived show, I think most would have caught on to the gist of the series
In the fall of 1984 I had been married for 16 months. If I was off duty, the missus and I would go three blocks down the street to a local restaurant for their $10.99 prime rib special on Friday and Saturday nights. We would stay there until closing at 2:00 A.M., drinking and talking about the day and our future. Screw television. And with shows like this, you can see why it was the last thing on our minds.
Love boat with out Julie YUKKKK (it was like Mr. Roarke's new assistant) and the "kiss of Death" Ted M. Double Yukk!! (When it was just him on Happy Days, god help us!!)
I do recall Partners In Crime, it was a touch of Charlie's Angels with the Cagney & Lacey approach, should have gone on longer and had it been on a different night, possilby could have lasted, a lot of these short lived shows were not bad, they just put them on the wrong night or horrible time slots
Cover Up, I hardly remember this one, I was around 10/11 years old when it came out, I know I was watching other shows on Saturdays or possibly out with my parents visiting friends while they played cards, but that show seems like a CBS take on Hart To Hart or possibly Moonlighting
I wonder if there Partners in Crimes fans that were upset that the show got cancelled & said the following year "I can't believe this great show got cancelled & they replaced it with a dumb show about 4 old ladies living in Miami"?
Nope, sorry, it was ON bu NOBODY watched "Finders of Lost Loves." Now these were just reruns of shows on during the week, right. I mean like today when networks have abandoned Saturday night. (great post and thanks for the memories.)
A lot of these shows were on their last legs. T.J. Hooker would have its last season on ABC. Diff'rent Strokes went to ABC the next year for its last season. The Love Boat would limp into harbor for another two years. Lynda and Loni could not save Partners in Crime. Mike Hammer was off and on due to Stacy Keach's troubles.
Syndicated Game Shows For Fall Of 1984 Every Second Counts, The All New Let's Make A Deal, Anything For Money, Jeopardy New Host Alex Trebek, The $100, 000 Name That Tune New Host Jim Lange, Wheel Of Fortune, Love Connection, Tic Tac Dough, And The New Host Of The Joker's Wild Bill Cullen.
the gorgeous Hexum died in a freak prop accident, not much later. He was just fooling around with a prop gun put it to his head and pulled the blank. Not knowing the blunt force of the gun would assault his skull.
+Patrick McCarron Janet Jackson isn't dead, as are not the kids who played Arnold's classmates Robbie and Lisa. Jason Hervey (of Wonder Years fame) was a regular in the final season, and he's definitely living. Be careful when you say "everyone".
Dixie Carter was replaced by Mary Ann Mobley, heheh, an, Jon Erik Hexum died during the filming of Cover Up, he was playing with a gun with blanks and he shot himself in the head and had a hemorrhaging. I was never crazy about Telma Hopkins on Gimme a Break too much, I didn't find her that funny. Kerrie Keane is Canadian
The rendition of "Holding Out for a Hero" was sung by Elizabeth Daily, the girlfriend of Jon-Erik Hexum at the time. She was filming Pee-Wee's Big Adventure at the time (she played Dottie). In the scene in PWBA where Pee-Wee first discovered his bike was missing, and he called for Dottie and loudly honked the bike horn, she supposedly had a very horrified look on her face. This was not scripted, and was because of the emotional trauma of having lost Hexum. Elizabeth Daily (often credited as E.G. Daily) had a few pop hits at about this time, and went on to voice Tommy Pickles (Rugrats) and Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls), among others. Also, she was briefly married to Rick Salomon (from the Paris Hilton sex tape).
Patrick McCarron I had heard/assumed he shot himself (with a prop gun) on the set of Voyagers (where he co-starred with Meeno Peluce.) but I was wrong. I was in the 4th grade at the time and never forgot it because Voyagers was my favorite series and it was abruptly discontinued by NBC. I guess the kids in my schoolyard assumed it was because he shot himself. Funny how these childhood memories get mixed up.
@@pervotheclown2199 Meeno Peluce is related to Soleil Moon-Frye (Punky Brewster), and has a habit of popping up in her shows. If they do that Punky Brewster sequel, he'll most likely be there too.
Did ABC have some kind of deal with Dionne Warwick for her to perform themes to some of their TV series? I thought the original Love Boat theme sounded better. I'm not taking anything away from Dionne Warwick. She's a good singer, but her singing a TV series theme just isn't her thing.
Big Bossman Warwick was known to maintain a high standard of living during this period and these themes paid handsomely to support such a lifestyle. Unfortunately, she pissed away most of her wealth and her voice got shot from years of smoking.
