The GREATEST BROADCAST DECISION in Super Bowl HISTORY

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At the conclusion of Super Bowl XXII between the Denver Broncos and Washington Redskins, ABC was originally set to air a completely different Super Bowl lead-out program, and was ready to air the pilot episode to China Beach. However, at the last minute, ABC called an audible, and decided to air something completely different with The Wonder Years. And this decision paid off in a big way. This is the story behind the gamble that ABC took at Super Bowl 22, which might have turned out to be the greatest broadcasting decision in the history of the Super Bowl
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@DillonDigitalVideo 2 года назад

In 1985, Dan Marino could have spiked the football into the ground every single play, and STILL had a better rating than "McGruder and Loud"!

@TommyVinMI 2 года назад

You have won the comment section sir.

@DillonDigitalVideo 2 года назад

@@TommyVinMI ~ JG9’s go-to phrase ranks right up at the top of the all-time buzz phrases as “watchu talkin bout Willis?”, and “Lucy, you’ve got some splainin’ to do!”

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

@@DillonDigitalVideo Which, interestingly, Ricky Ricardo never actually said.

@DillonDigitalVideo 2 года назад

@@CTubeMan ~ True! I should replace that poor example with “Ya big dummy!”, or “Elizabeth, I’m coming to see ya’!”

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

@@DillonDigitalVideo Who you calling a big dummy, this 6’6” poster who’s IQ score is barely above the “Gump Line”?

@jackm4457 2 года назад

By an amazing coincidence, actor Robert Picardo played the gym teacher on "Wonder Years," AND a surgeon on "China Beach." He couldn't lose no matter what the network decided.

@chrisguardiano6143 2 года назад

He also played "The Doctor" on Star Trek Voyager

@MarkAHoltz 2 года назад

I guess it's was a good "Picardo Maneuver".

@chadwickwhite6107 2 года назад

Hey Jack M. You forgot that Robert Picardo ALSO played the EMERGENCY MEDICAL HOLOGRAM on Star Trek: "Voyager".

@UnchainedAmerica 2 года назад

LOVE him in Star Trek!!! He is a very talented actor.

@almattei88 2 года назад

Please state the nature of the medical emergency.

@mitchlaurence36 2 года назад

ABC also aired Alias with Jennifer Garner in sexy Victoria's Secret undies after the Super Bowl. Nobody that saw that scene will ever forget it!

@jmb01550 2 года назад

China Beach did end up airing in April 1988 and lasted 4 seasons winning 5 primetime Emmys including 2 for Dana Delaney for best Actress

@knelsud92 2 года назад

The Wonder Years pilot re-aired on March 15th, 1988, after ridiculously heavy promotion during the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. That said, the decision by ABC to not air a two-hour China Beach pilot after the Super Bowl was likely a very smart one. In 1999, the fourth episode of the Sopranos was held up by HBO until the end of the Super Bowl.

@TimmyTickle 2 года назад

3:00: “MACGRUBER! Making lifesaving inventions out of household materials!” …oh, you meant “MacGruDer”…

@MrSchimpf 2 года назад

The good thing is for both shows, it all worked out; The Wonder Years had a long run, syndication, and an acclaimed DVD release, and now has a reboot series dealing with a new era and focus, while China Beach did do well as a four-season cult classic that avoided the curse of a lengthy Super Bowl and long pilot better aired as an event night on its own cutting it short in its prime, and its own acclaimed DVD set. The real winner though; the local news departments, which instead of having to keep their anchors stuck waiting until after midnight or 12:30am to start (and having wasted a long lead-in), were out the door by their usual Sunday night time because a half-hour show certainly kept most of the lead-in, especially going into the Calgary Olympics and that promotional steamroller (which would end up being ABC's last run at the Games).

@michaellee4276 2 года назад

The reboot Wonder Years is the same era (late 1960s). Different Focus, Different Location, Same premise. 12-year-old black boy in Mongomery, Alabama instead of 12-year-old white boy in suburban New York.

@encycl07pedia- 2 года назад

@@michaellee4276 That is an abomination. Don't bring that crap up.

@rwboa22 2 года назад

And the thing is, "The Wonder Years" was also a Vietnam War-era show, albeit in the perspective of the U.S. during that period.

@big8dog887 2 года назад

If I remember right, in that pilot episode, Winnie Cooper's brother was killed in Vietnam.

@SuperNuclearUnicorn 2 года назад

@@big8dog887 I'm guessing that's the ending JG9 was referring to when he said it was anything but a comedy

@TimmyTickle 2 года назад

@@SuperNuclearUnicorn Correct

@tedkijeski339 2 года назад

Thirty-seven years later, I can still remember how ABC promoted the hell out of MacGruder and Loud. Every time I see John Getz doing a guest appearance on Criminal MInds or some other show, my first response is, "Hey, it's the MacGruder and Loud guy!"

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

Meanwhile, Kathryn Harrold, never, really found top breakout roles, despite, hanging around, for, years, Raw Deal, was, supposed to be the beginning, but, I guess, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Darren McGavin, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Joe Regalbuto, Robert Davi, Steven Hill, and, Ed Lauter, form the kind of supporting cast that few actresses can, truly, overcome, that's showbiz.

@scottaznavourian3720 2 года назад

When I see John Getz I just remember the guy who Jeff goldbloom maimed with fly vomit 😆

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

@@scottaznavourian3720 He absolutely earned it, cruelly enjoyable.

@bkjbearcat78 2 года назад

The Wonder Years jumped the shark once Kevin grew out of his New York Jets jacket.

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

It had Juliette Lewis, even that, Godawful, wig, and/or, dye job, couldn't ruin her, for, that, it'll always hold a, truly, special place, in my heart.

@kyleolson8977 2 года назад

The Super Bowl thing didn't work for Family Guy. The show barely made it through 2.5 seasons before being cancelled. The episodes were distributed free (and legally) on the internet in the pre-RU-vid days. College kids with good connections saw the show and word of mouth spread. After successful DVD releases, the show was brought back.

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

Similarly, Homicide, was, never, a real ratings giant, but, was, totally, a critical darling.

@kyleolson8977 2 года назад

@@matthewdaley746 Homicide lasted longer (before Family Guy's original cancellation, I mean) and I think it was a great show, but I have no clue how it lasted as long as it did. During one season it was the lowest rated show not cancelled by NBC.

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

@@kyleolson8977 It's what's, now, known as, An, Acclaimed Flop, (the opposite of, A, Sleeper), Cheers, was, also, rated towards the bottom, after, Season One, as well, but, it would get, another, chance, though, I, (and, Ted Danson), thought it had run its course, after, Season Seven, despite, the, terrific final episode.

@kyleolson8977 2 года назад

@@matthewdaley746 TV Networks won't really keep a series on because of awards or press, despite what people think, nor do they cancel shows because the story has reached a logical end point. It's all about cash, and acclaim translates poorly into cash unless there are ratings. There are other examples of critical darlings that don't do as well. Murder One, for example, had better ratings in the first season than Homicide did in its first season (relative to all of TV). What saved Homicide despite being marginal for so long ratings-wise was likely that it wasn't dropping but got a little stronger. Murder One fell off after season one so it's natural it got the axe. What amazes me isn't that Homicide was renewed for a while after it was stable. What amazes me is that it survived that first season. As for the end of the show, even with completely stable ratings a show is likely to be cancelled eventually. The cost of the cast, crew, and producers start increasing and you can only drop so many of them. Eventually the show becomes too expensive. This is the main reason why you see major actors leave shows without warning between seasons. Some shows like Law and Order can cycle out nearly the entire cast and last 20 years, and Homicide did that some.

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

@@kyleolson8977 Cheers and Hill Street Blues both had low ratings when they debuted in the early 1980s, back when NBC’s entertainment was in dead last place. Both shows were saved by winning Emmy awards after their first years.

@nasetvideos 2 года назад

I remember this so well. Wow, did you nail this one perfectly. I truly enjoyed this video so much. I remember it well, as well as watching the Wonder Years after the Super Bowl. This was an exceptional video--Great job with reporting, the nostalgia, and laying out the context.

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

The, Wonder Years, was, one of the few popular shows to premiere, after, the, SB, exceptional.

@taytay8283 2 года назад

The Wonder Years is one of the most underrated sitcoms of all time!!!!!

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

@taytay8283 Yeah, Fred Savage has stepped behind the camera, after, his acting career began to tail off, and, from what I've heard, he's, quite, good, that's, great.

@samuraibeastwarrior2886 2 года назад

@@matthewdaley746 you watching the new version of the Wonder Years

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

@samuraibeastwarrior2886 No, remakes, are, a, bad, idea, and, the, execution, is, surely, worse.

@ryanwatson5117 2 года назад

"Cops by day and lovers by night" 🤣🤣🤣

@DuckAvenger 2 года назад

This was one of my favorite videos of yours you masterfully strung me along haha..the whole time in my head I was like I won't know the show he's talking about then I was like the wonder years?!

@AaronOnTheTrails 2 года назад

"I consider the ending to the pilot of the wonder years to be anything but a comedy series." (Scans memory to remember what was the ending of the wonder years pilot). Oh yeah, damn.

@doesanyonehavegum327 2 года назад

Love the channel, bro! Just found you a week ago. Go Jags!

@ericfitzgerald9214 2 года назад

The Wonder Years was the perfect family show. Loved it!

@Davepool-hs7vr 2 года назад

Me too

@Musicradio77Network 2 года назад

This show ran for a few seasons on ABC and in syndication throughout the 1990’s in reruns. “The Wonder Years” made Fred Savage a household name. He also did a movie called “The Wizard” where the kids went to a video game expo for a competition, and it has a sneak peek of “Super Mario Bros. 3” which was in the movie. I love the movie and it was a fun, and a newcomer to retro gaming if you are a Nintendo fan.

@barrybach3685 2 года назад

I was in 3rd grade. The Denver Broncos were my favorite team and it’s right around the time I developed a heavy interest in the 60s and the Vietnam era. I pleaded with my parents to let me stay up and watch the premiere of The Wonder Years! I loved it and I always tell people that it aired on 1/31/88. Many people didn’t realize that haha.

@scottaznavourian3720 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed something that day 😆

@teen_laqueefa Год назад

@@scottaznavourian3720 coz it wasn't the game. I did thoroughly enjoy this last super bowl, however I did not expect to even see a Bengal team that far yet

@dpf2122 2 года назад

This was awesome. I love football and TV broadcasting history, so your content is perfect. Thanks!

@zeppelinfan 2 года назад

Thank you for this. I was a big of the Wonder Years, I had completely forgot that the showed premiered after the Redskins laid a beatdown on the Broncos in Super Bowl 22.

@jesselopez7850 2 года назад

Awesome. I was in middle school the night my Broncos lost that Super Bowl, and all people talked about the next day (teachers included) was the new show about Kevin Arnold.

@AD-vf3ek 2 года назад

I can’t wait to listen to Al Michaels call the super bowl again. I love it he does. He usually calls some of the best super bowl games too.

@RicksTravelogue 2 года назад

Treasure it, it's almost guaranteed to be his last one.

@ATCguy1973 2 года назад

Al is the Man 👍

@RichV20 2 года назад

This Super Bowl, SB XXII, in Jan 1988 was Al Michaels first Super Bow broadcast.

@AD-vf3ek 2 года назад

@Rich Viola oh really. Didn’t even know that.

@AD-vf3ek 2 года назад

@Rick's Travelogue it’s sad but it’s fun to look back at stuff from the past.

@aegisofhonor 2 года назад

I loved The Wonder Years, I was a huge fan of Fred Savage and his great "awkward comic" timing. Easily one of the greatest child actors of all time and The Wonder Years really shows how good he was.

@CarbideSix Год назад

Wait, “The Wonder Years” was a comedy?

@manuginobilisbaldspot424 2 года назад

Ah, The Wonder Years, one of the best shows of my lifetime. After watching Doug Williams break down amazing barriers as a young Black kid, I got to watch the pilot of a show I immediately fell in love with. Great evening for young me.

@americangiant1003 2 года назад

Agreed Manu. Even though this was a butt kicking by the team formerly known as the “ Washington Redskins” over the Elway led Broncos, this 1988 Big game was historic in 3 other ways as well. Not only this SB was a land mark and ground breaking event with the show by Doug Williams performance. Matter of fact, Williams then record breaking “game of his life” was huge in helping to end the semi racial barrier of Black Quarterbacks winning a championship. Plus the 2nd historical memory from this big game with not only the debut of the classic show “The Wonder Years.” It was also the debut of former lead Olympic Hockey & MLB Commentator Al Michaels first time calling the Super Bowl as well.

@encycl07pedia- 2 года назад

@@americangiant1003 They're still the 1987 Redskins. Just because they don't go by that name now doesn't erase history.

@teen_laqueefa Год назад

@@americangiant1003 you are talking to Manu's bald spot.

@F40PH-2CAT 2 года назад

You should do a vid on the SB XXVI halftime show and how FOX counterprogramming destroyed it.

@kct1975 2 года назад

YES!!!! Absolutely!!!

@ibrahimkhalif83 2 года назад

Word. In Living Color

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

Not to pre-empt JG9, but Peyton’s Places did a feature on that halftime counterprogramming.

@jefffinkbonner9551 2 года назад

It seems like competitor networks have a prime opportunity to air programming that people uninterested in the superbowl would find appealing. Especially during the halftime show and the postgame ceremony. There’re other target demographics who aren’t interested in the game plus if the game itself is terrible or boring or becomes one-sided, superbowl viewers might wanna check out what else is on. Plus in recent years the halftime show has become rather risqué in many people’s minds, so they might want to flip over to something more wholesome for a half hour. The postgame award ceremony is such a bore for anyone who isn’t a fan of the winner that I’d contend that the time slot immediately after the game on other networks is more valuable than the superbowl network’s time slot after the trophy broadcast; most have already tuned out.

@JoelGarcia 2 года назад

@@jefffinkbonner9551 That is sadly not a thing anymore with all four networks now involved with the NFL in some form or another. The only counterprogramming around is the Puppy Bowl, mostly because Animal Planet and Discovery have no involvement with the league.

@Phateagle262 2 года назад

Wasn't expecting a mention of China Beach on JG9...my Army vet mom loved that show back in the 80s.

@DoobieKeebler 2 года назад

I believe "Arrested Development" aired after the Super Bowl. And I never would have watched it, otherwise because the ads were so *terrible* . I'm _SO_ glad I did, though.

@MatthewChristianMurray 2 года назад

So they...DIDN’T make a huge mistake?

@andrewhaywood1262 2 года назад

Reminds me of how NBC aired the "Stress Relief" episode of The Office right after Super Bowl XLIII, so right after the big game, viewers were treated to one of the funniest scenes in the entire show. "STANLEY! BARACK IS PRESIDENT, YOU ARE BLACK!"

@PowerPackers90 2 года назад

the best is the CPR dummy scene. lol

@TPTGopher 2 года назад

"I consider myself a good person...but I'm gonna try to make him cry."

@RichV20 2 года назад

I didn't like that episode of "The Office" after the Super Bowl and thought the cold open was over the top to pander to the Super Bowl crowd. Watching it on it's on multiple times years later on Netflix, I appreciate the episode on it's own. #SaveBandit

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

@@PowerPackers90 Stayin Alive, Stayin Alive.

@andrewhaywood1262 2 года назад

@@PowerPackers90 "He has no wallet, I checked."

@davidfiddleman2312 2 года назад

Great video. Enjoyed that series!

@hughgurney8686 2 года назад

Watched SBXXII over here in England. I remember ABC heavily trailing The Wonder Years throughout but, of course we didn't get to see it for a few years - great show. I got to bed about 4am - the first three quarters took over 3hrs but fortunately with the game out of reach the final quarter went quickly. By comparison, a year later with the classic Montana-to-Taylor ending, I was in bed closer to 2:30am. These days with the later kickoffs it's around 3:15am

@TimmyTickle 2 года назад

Can you remember what Channel 4 aired afterwards?

@hughgurney8686 2 года назад

@@TimmyTickle Ha ha - think it was straight to the closedown logo. May have occasionally aired something like Spectacular Sporting Bloopers and Football Funnies.

@hughgurney8686 2 года назад

Remembering now I recall the timings because I was watching at a friend's house and had left the VCR recording at home. With the game running long, I was nervous the tape was going to run out as I had a recording of the Championship games programme on it first.

@SuperNuclearUnicorn 2 года назад

Makes me glad to live in Australia where it starts at 10:30 in the morning so I can either take the day off to watch it or watch/listen to it at work

@encycl07pedia- 2 года назад

England showed American football in the 1980s?

@assassssasa 2 года назад

The pilot episode for “The Wonder Years” is one of the best pilots in television history

@nathansimpson5721 2 года назад

I love the Wonder Years. Fantastic show. I honestly had no idea it piloted after Superbowl 22

@pullt 2 года назад

How about some content about Anheuser-Busch's controversial decision to include Bud Ice and Bud Dry in the later Bud Bowls?

@lamontbradford4630 2 года назад

Bud Ice is good(not as good as Budweiser). Bud Dry sucks.

@jimmym3352 2 года назад

@@lamontbradford4630 Do they even make Bud Dry anymore? It always strikes me as dated. Even made fun of in an old Simpsons episode as Duff Dry.

@lamontbradford4630 2 года назад

They still do in certain areas.

@pullt 2 года назад

@@jimmym3352 Why ask why? Try Bud Dry.

@johnmiwa6256 2 года назад

China Beach was an amazing show.

@oofoof12814 2 года назад

I have never been here this early before to a JG9 video. I guess I am interested in random NFL/AFL stuff that, most of the time, hasn't been relevant in many years.

@teddyjam8134 2 года назад

That was a great night for me because I grew up a redskins fan and we dominated that super bowl. Then the wonder years airs and I was absolutely hooked from the 1st episode.

@aussieaussie4848 2 года назад

Sorry the who? Don't you mean the Football Team????

@fnyourmom3064 2 года назад

“They’re cops by day, and lovers by night”

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

Ernie Anderson!

@hrtvfan2870 2 года назад

And in addition to all the other factors (longer halftime, post-game); this was also the second season of the original version of instant replay, with no time limits on reviews. That would have been a real disaster had ABC stuck with the 2-hour "China Beach" pilot.

@michaellee4276 2 года назад

Kevin Arnold getting his first kiss thanks to his Jets jacket is the second biggest Jets win of the Super Bowl era.

@samuraibeastwarrior2886 2 года назад

The Wonder Years and Boy Meets World are 2 good shows

@davidtaylor-it9pw 2 года назад

Both are savage as well lol.. And two shows i grew up with and loved

@lloydmarshalljr1951 2 года назад

@@davidtaylor-it9pw Fred Savage was in TWY, and younger brother Cory starred in *BOY MEETS WORLD* a few years later. Both would be mega-hits.

@davidtaylor-it9pw 2 года назад

@@lloydmarshalljr1951 and Ben savage was in boy meets world both spectacular shows. Both brothers savage did a damn good god with their respective shows

@mkendra29 2 года назад

The narrator who had that deep voice was a perfect touch. His voice overs were always on the nose.

@nmarkert01 2 года назад

The wonder years was an amazing show in general. I didn’t even realize it started then. I was too young. But it was a favorite of mine growing up.

@markbrian7179 2 года назад

I remember The A-Team aired after Super Bowl 17.

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

It, was, the, first, new show to premiere, after, the, SB, but, with, the, exception, of, it, The, Wonder Years, Homicide, and, Family Guy, none, even, lasted, a year, to the point, where, new episodes, of, existing shows, took their place.

@benjamin1383 2 года назад

Airwolf aired after super bowl 18 and it was a 2 hour pliot too

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

@benjamin1383 It, was, much, more, of a cult hit, than, a ratings hit, even, Knight Rider, did, better, somehow, just weird.

@deuce-infinitum2001 2 года назад

God. I loved that show. It's making cry right now.

@scottybbadd 2 года назад

Survivor The Australian Outback premiered after the Super Bowl. In fact, some held their Super Bowl ads for the premier of Survivor.

@SgtJoeSmith 2 года назад

i was born in 78. i remember seeing china beach advertised. i think i saw air wolf few times as kid. i know i knew of it as kid. i remember wonder years but didnt watch. a-team was my favorite as kid and i been binge rewatching all episodes from start on peacock past few weeks. i didnt 1st see super bowl or know of it really till 90s. i thought post super bowl shows or premiers just became a thing then. wasnt an episode of xfiles after super bowl 1 year? i only watched game that year for commercials and couldnt wait for new xfiles.

@altfactor 2 года назад

This year (2022), with NBC-TV holding the rights to the Winter Olympics, and with the Olympics occurring at the same day as Super Bowl LVI, the network will air Olympics coverage after the Super Bowl instead of the premiere of a new entertainment series. Likely, based on the schedule of Olympic events, the long program in ice dancing and one of the women's hockey semifinals (if the U.S. is playing in the game to be played late that evening) would be the two events NBC will show.

@luisreyes1963 2 года назад

I still can't fathom the fact that some wartime soap opera "China Beach" outlasted a REAL war drama "Tour Of Duty". Also, thanks to the SB, we are cursed with a trash TV show still haunting the airwaves, Survivor. 😩

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

The royalties, for, Paint It Black, were, probably, greater, than, the budget, The, Supremes, theme song, was, also, very expensive, canceling any program that has a female lead is, "sexist," how, else do you explain, Grey's Anatomy, and, SVU, remaining on, they're truly terrible.

@sandrasanders706 Год назад

Loved both shows!

@matthewdaley746 Год назад

@@sandrasanders706 Additionally, adored, both, outstanding.

@jjgillmen Год назад

God, how I miss the 80s and 90s. Shows like The Wonder Years, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Rescue 911...all make me reflect on a time when things made sense.

@MartelLamar 2 года назад

People loved their 60s nostalgia back then.

@fallandbounce 2 года назад

I never saw it, but I do remember Macgruder & Loud. It was built to fail; an uninspired cop show in a genre that had grown weary at the time.

@kennethlatham3133 2 года назад

It was her hair. Kathryn Harrold's hair. If she had tied it back in a ponytail while on duty and let it down while chilling with her man-cop-partner, it would have helped signal the magnificent quantum leap from one composure to the other. It would've been like, Clark Kent's glasses.

@mgb4692 2 года назад

What if ABC held Cop Rock until the Super Bowl instead of rolling it out in September 1990? Sad thing was it didn't even *make* it to SB 25. Its last episode aired on December 26 Huge misfire for Steven Bochco before getting back to business with NYPD Blue. Maybe he didn't want the comps to L&O (which also debuted) off the bat--the whole DS9/Babylon 5 argument, which is understandable

@dentonyoung4314 2 года назад

I remember Airwolf. One of the very few shows I actually watched (other than news and sports) back then. (The other shows I liked were Spenser: For Hire, Knight Rider, and Magnum, P.I.)

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

My Dad enjoyed, Spenser, For, Hire, (for, the scenery, his, Hometown), and, Magnum, P.I., because, he, was, one of the very select people to whom Hawaii, was, not, "mysterious," (Navy).

@stephengrinkley9889 2 года назад

Same here

@Musicradio77Network 2 года назад

“Airwolf” lasted for three seasons on CBS when it moved to first-run syndication in 1987 where it remained for another season or two. I remember “Airwolf” since I was a kid.

@dougclark7077 2 года назад

First a personal recollection from that night. I was trying to watch the Super Bowl that night but became ill at half time (I think it may have been food poisoning) so I missed the the second half (I left the TV on so I could listen to it). I didn't miss much action since there was only one touchdown scored in the second half. I had to see the Wonder Years pilot when it reaired. There have been several instances since that the lead out of the Super Bowl started late. One such was Alias was scheduled by ABC after the 2001 Super Bowl. It didn't start until just after 11:00 p.m Eastern. It was one of the lowest rated lead outs in quite some time. There was a year on FOX that American Dad premiered after 11:15 p.m. The reboot of 24 on FOX also started around 11:00. The lead outs just don't seem to get the attention of the viewing audience anymore. Although a show like This Is Us did OK, the last blockbuster post Super Bowl was Undercover Boss on CBS.

@lloydmarshalljr1951 2 года назад

(Please note: I paused this at the 2:55 mark...) I remember Super Bowl XIX quite well... here in Buffalo and environs, we had a real bad blizzard that day, and the snowfall/subsequent snowdrifts made travel nearly impossible for a good part of the upcoming work week. Not only that, but schools were closed for that week because of the conditions described. As an aside: the next day, January 21 of 1985, was my state(New York)'s first observance of MLK Day; it wouldn't be a federal thing until 1986. Plus, IIRC, that upcoming weekend would've been my junior-high chorus' performance of *THE WIZARD OF OZ.* It turned out we'd have to wait a few more weeks to get that in. Finally, Super Bowl night's outro show was the short-lived *MacGRUDER AND LOUD* crime series; it turns out the police captain was played by the same fella who played the Cowardly Lion in *THE WIZ.* However, this series didn't last too long. But: the next ABC foray with the Super Bowl was Super Bowl XXII; the series that started after that game, *THE WONDER YEARS,* would prove to be a mega-hit.

@pyrusane 2 года назад

I actually remember Macgruder and Loud. It was okay, I guess, but I was 10 at the time so not really my speed

@shackdaddy7106 2 года назад

I will never forget at the time they said that this was the first of many Super Bowls for Dan Marino. Unfortunately it wasn’t. It was the only.

@MarkAHoltz 2 года назад

Then there are the memorable Super Bowl commercials: Mean Joe Green, Budweiser Clydesdales Post-9/11 Commercial, Apple's 1984.

@drewzuhosky6826 2 года назад

The subsequent two ABC Super Bowl lead-out shows (those being _Davis Rules_ after Super Bowl XXV and _Extreme_ after Super Bowl XXIX) fared poorly when compared to _The Wonder Years._ _Davis Rules_ was dropped by ABC before its first season wrapped-- and despite a channel hop to CBS [after ABC went back on its earlier word to use _Davis Rules_ as a midseason replacement in 1992] and a retool by CBS, the show ended after 29 episodes. _Extreme_ only lasted *seven* episodes, despite having James Brolin in the lead role. Ever since 1996, when NBC aired an hour-long and star-studded _Friends_ episode, the consensus has been to have an established series air after the game-- with little exception.

@caseysmith544 2 года назад

Only Exception was for Fox with Family Guy and that went well until one episode And Then There Were Fewer, after that the show dropped off with only a few exceptions of the mainly if not all Brian and Stewie time, travel, or other science episodes and one locked in the vault, or the origin of the Joke episode. After the writers stopped the mainly Brian and Stewie episodes the show became mostly a joke, even inside the show sometimes making fun of how bad and dumb the show has become, and how poor the writing is so I tuned it out.

@ZJ-ne9kn 2 года назад

I first saw wonder years when it followed doogie howser about 5 years ago in reruns and ever since been one ive my favorite shows ever and u see why so many others loved it

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

To be like George Giuliani, this was a well-done video. Great job per uzh! CBS aired Tour of Duty around that same time. It was another Vietnam War based show that aired before China Beach. Yet China Beach still did better overall. This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about a disastrous Apple commercial that aired during Super Bowl 19.

@donaldpaluga 2 года назад

Because CB had Dana Delany and Marg Helgenberger

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

Yeah, OT, but, Dana Delany, was, the, first, choice to play Carrie Bradshaw, but, she turned it down, because, she had just done, Exit To Eden.

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

@donaldpaluga Yeah, hard to believe, looking back, that Dana Delany didn't have a, better, career, too sad, just, was, really, was.

@stevep8445 2 года назад

disastrous??? I suggest some research on the subject...

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

@stevep8445 Tony Scott's, career, (and, life), never, fully recovered, from the flop that, was, DOT, if only he'd directed, TLBS, first.

@beast1160 2 года назад

Wow, The Wonder Years, brilliant!!!!!

@chadwickwhite6107 2 года назад

Well the Denver Broncos started playing WORSE than a 39.6 in the 2nd Quarter of Super Bowl XXII. They would have been BETTER OFF just SPIKING JOHN ELWAY into the ground on EVERY single OFFENSIVE play!!!! OOPS I FORGOT. The Washington Redskins SPIKED John Elway into the ground on EVERY single OFFENSIVE play!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@scottgreenberg1596 2 года назад

It was only a war show because Dan Lauria (Jack Arnold) would only take the role if he was a Korean War vet. Dan Lauria was a Vietnam War vet himself. The father was supposed to be Elliott Gould.

@CinemaDemocratica Год назад

I only ever saw one episode of TWY but it's hard to imagine that they ever did better -- I know that's a weird combination, but there it is. Fred Savage and his dad were traveling at night for some reason, and one bad thing happened after another, raising the tension between the two of them to the breaking point. At the show's climax, the car has a flat tire and Fred Savage decides that *he* is strong enough to break the lug-nut, after his prime-aged father has tried and failed. They have an extremely heated exchange and ... and then Fred breaks the lug-nut. Absolutely fantastic stuff: I remember sitting there for a long moment with my mouth open and my hand on top of my head. TV writing is not generally that good even with the classier properties out there.

@benjamin1383 2 года назад

The A-Team and Airwolf still rules

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

Not, The, USA Network, version, it, (and, the, departure, of, The, USA Cartoon Express), were, the, beginning, of, an, irreparable, Network Decay, when a show is, better, with, Ernest Borgnine, the bottom's truly fallen out, period.

@benjamin1383 2 года назад

@@matthewdaley746 I know season 4 sucked big time I actually have the whole series on dvd

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

@@benjamin1383 Rule Of Thumb, if you can't buy, a, season, (or, film), separately, it sucks, The, Bad News Bears, Trilogy, is, The, Most Triumphant Example, of this.

@benjamin1383 2 года назад

@@matthewdaley746I understand that

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

@@benjamin1383 Thank You, often, The, Final Season, of a program can only be purchased in, The, Complete Series Collection, really sucks.

@distantandvague 2 года назад

The Wonder Years was an amazing show.

@briang4225 2 года назад

Great video

@DatOneRadDad 2 года назад

ABC had the Grey's Anatomy pilot after the Superbowl, 19 seasons later, still an ABC top draw

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

It, SVU, and, NCIS, ALL, need to, end, considering that Mark Harmon's left, I predict it, ends, after, an abbreviated 20th Season, NCIS LA, ends, after, this Season, most, likely.

@donaldpaluga 2 года назад

I'm STILL baffled as to how that crap is still on the air

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

@@donaldpaluga Grey's Anatomy is still on, because, Ellen Pompeo's contract has an out clause that's, MORE, expensive, than, production, SVU, is still on to pad the record, and, because, canceling it would be, "sexist," NCIS, is still on to get to 20 Seasons, next year, it will, and, will be quietly canceled, following, (at the expense of a, totally, better, program).

@waynelaney42 2 года назад

@@matthewdaley746 svu is great

@mgb4692 2 года назад

A few weeks from now Law and Order is back for a 21st season after a 12-year hiatus. All about giving Dick Wolf three straight nights of prime time (FBI, Chicago) nothing else

@rgwebb5165 2 года назад

I noticed the narrator was different for the pilot. It didn't sound right. So glad ABC figured this out quickly and made the change. Otherwise the show wouldn't have been nearly as good. That show, perhaps more than any other, was made by the narrator, which was Daniel Stern. He began on the second episode and subsequent re runs of the pilot featured his voice as well. The opening credits were nearly as important with Joe Cocker's rendition of "With a little help from my friends". Such a fantastic show that really made you feel the emotions of the ensemble cast.

@samuraibeastwarrior2886 2 года назад

I saw The Wonder Years this Past Wednesday the episode was good

@cubzrulz 2 года назад

NBC did better with Super Bowl XLIII. They went with The Office and that changed the series forever and made it the icon it is today.

@lloydmarshalljr1951 2 года назад

And to think: midway through the presentation, I was about to change my previous message. Thankfully, I decided to hold back and wait until everything played out to see if my original message would hold up. Sure enough, and knock on wood...

@altfactor 2 года назад

Chicken Parma: This (2022) will be the first time since 1976 that another sports event has directly followed the Super Bowl. In 1976, the final round of the Phoenix Open golf tournament was broadcast immediately following Super Bowl X on CBS, and set a record for the most number of viewers to have ever watched golf on television (although the final round of the 1997 Masters, Tiger Woods' first career win in that event, would shatter the 1976 Phoenix Open ratings record). There may have been one or two other times (maybe other Phoenix Opens?) that a sports event immediately followed the Super Bowl. But in all those prior examples, the Super Bowl began around 2:05 P.M. EST.

@troyturner173 2 года назад

I still remember the promo for the Phoenix Open

@mgb4692 2 года назад

Fun fact: the 2009 Open overlapped with Cards/Steelers (as I mentioned in a previous JG9 vid) when Kenny Perry and Charley Hoffman went to a playoff. I don't think NBC's ever had one though. The funniest they had was when Rickie Fowler won it *right at* 6:00 et in 2019, I know cause I switched right over to Monk (not really giving a rat's ass about the Rams or the Patriots), the season two episode with Gary Cole as a Hugh Hefner-type--it was greeeeeeaaaaaaat

@DwigtArmyOfChampions 2 года назад

The greatest broadcast decision in Super Bowl history was in 1993 when In Living Color and Fox did their own Super Bowl halftime show because everybody hated Gloria Estefan’s music so much.

@PichuLondonSports 2 года назад

China Beach only had 61 episodes and 4 seasons and never was truly a ratings success. As for the Wonder Years, there’s a reboot out now 😆

@F40PH-2CAT 2 года назад

Like most reboots, its unwatchable.

@fromthehaven94 2 года назад

If China Beach's ratings were compared to present day network TV shows, theirs would be higher than most.

@TimEric4d3d3d3 2 года назад

How many of us crushed on Danica McKellar & Dana Delany?

@Jared40 2 года назад

Danica McKeller is a hottie 😄

@TimEric4d3d3d3 2 года назад

@@Jared40 oh yes!

@samuraibeastwarrior2886 2 года назад

@@Jared40 The person who play Topanga is to

@Jared40 2 года назад

@@samuraibeastwarrior2886 indeed 😄👍🏻

@206Vin 2 года назад

Olivia D'Abo for me.

@ChefBojack 2 года назад

I normally just turn the tv off after the game so I never have scene lead out programs lol

@jlh4jc 2 года назад

I think what helped the ratings was the show was about Baby Boomers in their teens in 1968 and that generation was about to hit 40 in 1988. So that gave them a break from their midlife crisis and allowed them to relive their younger days with Kevin Arnold. The Vietnam War was overdone at that point so good on ABC.

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

Or what I call the “Two Decade Rule”.

@Nickrj3 2 года назад

What was Denver doing during the second quarter?

@vickrunalza8057 2 года назад

Interesting that I actually heard several of the Cancelled Shows and I arrived in USA in June 1989.

@F40PH-2CAT 2 года назад

Don't diss my Airwolf, bro.

@matthewdaley746 2 года назад

The, USA Network, version can't be dissed, enough, once they got rid of, The, USA Cartoon Express, that network, was, simply, unwatchable.

@johnliberty3647 2 года назад

The Wonder Years was an excellent show to follow the superbowl. At that time it was Baby Boomer Parents and Gen X at home as their children. The show had nostalgia from the 1960'snd 70s' . in a way never seen before, like the Greatest Generation wasn't there to censor the baby boomers so it felt a bit more authentic than previous shows that took place in that time. There wasn't a real political message because it was from a kids POV who hated that in every direction. Baby Boomers got their nostalgia. and Puberty reaching (me) Gen X's. got characters dominating a show we could related to because they were our age. It was rare to find a show made in the 80's that was about 60's. without crappy politics but ABC did it with the wonder years with no politics

@TimmyTickle 2 года назад

What do you think of the remake?

@johnliberty3647 2 года назад

@@TimmyTickle Didn't know they had one, but I am certain I will not like it due to cultural degeneracy being in control of the arts.

@stevengrvp 2 года назад

this is great

@crixxxxxxxxx 2 года назад

“Handle With Care” starring Troy McClure

@sandrasanders706 Год назад

China Beach was an awesome series!

@SMEARGLEX75 2 года назад

And I thought the one good thing that I liked from Super Bowl 22 is seeing Washington winning their 2nd Ring. Interesting tho.

@diaz5292 2 года назад

I see the trap you set there JG9, with your 'Animal House' disinfo about the bombing of a certain harbor. A well laid trap, my good man. A well laid trap!...lol

@brianarbenz1329 2 года назад

Instead of staying in Vietnam, ABC made a bold decision, coming home to a domestically-based show and had success. If only the United States had made such a decision in the ‘60s!

@jefftaylor1186 2 года назад

I will say that it was a good decision only logistically in terms of time management. The Wonder Years would’ve done well regardless of when it premiered. China Beach would’ve stayed on the air maybe twice as long if it had premiere during the Super Bowl. Because it was still a pretty good show.

@deuce-infinitum2001 2 года назад

Wow. I definitely watched the hell outta this. I was in 7th grade. I think what year was this...???

@thecawdsquad875 2 года назад

Marino versus Montana, best quarterback matchup in Super Bowl history.

@CTubeMan 2 года назад

Brady vs Mahomes last year ranks up there.

@thecawdsquad875 2 года назад

@@CTubeMan Agreed. It will be interesting to see how Mahomes' career works out. Running QB's often wear down sooner than pocket passers. Right now Mahomes looks unstoppable.

@musicman76enator 2 года назад

Wonder Years = One of the greatest TV shows ever. Thank God ABC aired that rather than China Beach. We wouldn't have known who Fred Savage or Danica McKellar are if it wasn't for ABC's decision.

@spacealienjesus709 2 года назад

I have to see that first show

@stantheman8609 Год назад

It made a whole lot of sense to air the program ABC did air instead of what they originally planned to air, even in Washington where those interested in military-oriented shows vis-a-vis Airwolf would have STILL preferred to see Washington highlights and celebrations instead of a TV show, and even if Frank Herzog was still covering for WJLA after calling the Super Bowl for Washington, they still would have changed the channel to see what George Michael (WRC) and Glenn Brenner (WUSA) had to say; not that Herzog was bad, but WJLA at the time was a third-place station in essentially a two-station market dominated on the news end by Jim Vance (WRC) and Gordon Peterson (WUSA). ABC is lucky the Super Bowl didn't drag on all night since Washington ran away with the medicine ball, and The Wonder Years became iconic and definitive of the network in the turn from the 80s to the 90s.

@stantheman8609 Год назад

P.S. It would be a real ratings medicine ball had the Broncos won since KUSA (aka 9News) dominated Denver in the 80s, except Denver didn't win. They did make up for it though when the Broncos beat the Packers in XXXII, ironically doing so at Jack Murphy Stadium ten years later, in the last ever NBC Super Bowl before Sunday Night Football came online for the Peacock.

@altfactor 2 года назад

I wonder if network affiliates might pressure their networks in future years to extend Super Bowl postgame coverage until 11 P.M. EST, with local news to follow in the Eastern half of the country. By having local news immediately following the big game, local stations would be delighted for their news would get the Super Bowl lead-in.

@TimmyTickle 2 года назад

That’s probably what would be happening now if ABC had stuck to their guns and aired China Beach Although it would depend on what the top local news stories of the day would be (other than in the city where the game is being held, and the home markets of the two participating teams)

@lloydmarshalljr1951 2 года назад

@@TimmyTickle If it was *CHINA BEACH,* local news might not start til 12:30am on the East Coast. This sudden swap actually allowed *Eyewitness News* (or whatever you call your local news show) to actually start at 11pm.

@lloydmarshalljr1951 2 года назад

@@TimmyTickle Wait... that's right; the stations in the cities whose teams played the game might start things much later, depending on how long they were spending on interviewing players and coaches for post-game analysis and other reaction.

@daprofessa289 2 года назад

Cool 😎 story bro 💯🎯

@bandit2613 Год назад

damn I've never heard of The Winder Years

@vickrunalza8057 2 года назад

Is that Culombo with Mac Gruber & Leoud?

@benjamin1383 2 года назад

I Never ever ever watch the super bowl halftime show

@andrewschwartz22 2 года назад

Who narrated the teaser at 11:58? The script replaces the pilot episode's monologue with something more fitting for promotion during the game, but the voice sounds nothing like Daniel Stern.