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Get ready America, for ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ฝ๐ค๐๐ฉ this fall! Lauren! Gavin! Bernie! They'll make it a great new year for you and me and all your friends on ABC! ๐บ โ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐โฆโ ๐ต
Another Ernie Anderson promo shilling three new shows: ๐'๐ข ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ผ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐จ, and ๐๐ค๐ค ๐พ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ! Take a good look, America!! ๐บโ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐โฆโ ๐ต
ABC enters the 1980s with this promo narrated by [DEEP VOICE] Ernie Andersonnnnn... ๐บ โ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐โฆโ ๐ถ Did this promo take you right back to fall 1980?
โจ ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ debuted September 1, 1984 โ a Saturday morning mix of music videos, neon style, and young talent that went on to bigger fame (including Stacy โFergieโ Ferguson and Jennifer Love Hewitt). Part variety show, part MTV for kids, it ran for eight seasons through 1994.
#OnThisDay in 1984, ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ debuted in syndication and later moved to Disney Channel. The show followed a group of kids who performed at a local hangout mixing weekly musical performances with light storylines about friendship, school, and growing up.
#OnThisDay we remember Alfred Lutter IIIโEllen Burstynโs son Tommy in ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ and the original ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ pilot. ๐ He later left acting for techโฆand today lives in Park City, once home to Sunn Classic Pictures & the ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ป๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด TV crew.
โWaving goodbyeโฆโ โจ Alfred Lutter III may have left Hollywood young, but his brief time as Tommy Hyatt in ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ (1974) left a lasting mark. A fleeting star, forever remembered. ๐ #Alice #AlfredLutter #70sMovies #GenXNostalgia
๐ฌ Before ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐ was a sitcom, Ellen Burstyn and 12-year-old Alfred Lutter III brought Alice & Tommy to life in ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ (1974). The โquit it, momโ scene shows why their natural chemistry made the film unforgettable. Did you meet Alice here, or later at Melโs Diner?
#OnThisDay in 1976, ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐ premiered on CBS as a TV pilot. Linda Lavin as Alice, Polly Holliday as Flo, Vic Tayback as Mel, opening to โThereโs a New Girl in Town.โ A heartfelt tribute to a film-turned-series with soul. Poor Alfred Lutter would be replaced a month later when series episodes began...
๐ช #OnThisDay in 1976, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ค๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ returned in color, with Buffalo Bob, Clarabell & the Peanut Gallery. 130 syndicated eps were madeโbut the magic of the original didnโt quite carry over. #ForgottenTV #HowdyDoody #ClassicTV
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Martin Landau & Barbara Bain suiting up in a rare 1975 promo for Space: 1999, made just for Channel 11 in New York. The cult classic turns 50 on September 4. ๐๐
Only in 1978 TV: CBS serves up the ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก followed by ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐! Wookiee softcore and jiggle TVโฆ what a family night around the Zenith.
๐จ #OnThisDay 1979: 240-Robert premiered on ABC. Inspired by real LASD search-and-rescue missions, it starred John Bennett Perry, Mark Harmon & Joanna Cassidy, later replaced by Stephan W. Burns & Pamela Hensley. Grounded after 16 eps.
#OnThisDay in 70s TV: ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ (CBS, 1978) โ๏ธ Three flight attendants: Pam (Kathryn Witt), Lisa (Connie Sellecca), and Marcy (Pat Klous) mix romance & comedy in the skies. A blend of ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ'๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด + ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ต, it never stuck the landing and was yanked before all 18 filmed episodes ran.
Aug 27, 1993 โ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ค ๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐ ๐ง. saddled up on FOX. Bruce Campbell as a lawyer-turned-bounty hunter, mixing Westerns with sci-fi and steampunk. One season, 27 eps โ forever cult.
๐บDebuting #OnThisDay ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. CBS, 1988. Brad Garrett (pre-Everybody Loves Raymond) starred as a divorced dad & ad exec using celebrity voices to sell ads. Theme by Harry Nilsson, but low ratings sank it after 5 eps. #80sTV
โWhat if The Master ran Cracker Barrel? Welcome to the Old Country Cult. ๐โ
๐ผโจ#OnThisDay in 1979, Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers debuted as Jonathan & Jennifer in ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ. Glamour, romance, mystery, with that Aaron Spelling vibeโฆ because when they met, it was murder! ๐๐
#OnThisDay 1979: ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ debuted on NBC. Mrs. Garrett + Blair, Jo, Natalie & Tootie taught us โyou take the good, you take the badโฆโ for 9 seasons and 201 eps. One of the longest-running โ80s sitcoms! #TheFactsOfLife #80sTV #RetroBlast
Fall 1983 ABC promo featuring ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐บ, ๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, and ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐บ. All starting at 8/7 Central!!
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐๐จ. ๐ผ๐ฝ๐พ, 1983. Lorimar-produced one-hour drama about two families both on second marriages. It was 'traditional' against 'modern' in this 80s 'clean' soap.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 1985: ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ (CBS). Dramedy about 60s college friends reuniting in the more conservative 80s. Inspired by ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก and billed as the first โYuppie TV series,โ it struggled in the ratings and was gone after 9 eps.
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Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ก๐. ๐พ๐ฝ๐, 1976. Cold War parody sitcom set in Moscow. International politics nixed the show after 5 eps, but it gave us the acting debut of Nana Visitor! ๐โจ #ForgottenTV #IvanTheTerrible #70sSitcoms #CultTV
โฐ #OnThisDay in โ89, Saved by the Bell hit NBC and Bayside High was born! ๐๐ From schemer Zack to head cheerleader Kelly, the teen sitcom became a Saturday morning staple, tackling laughs and life lessons. Spin-offs, TV movies, comics, and even a 2020 revivalโthis show left its mark.
๐ก๏ธ๐ On this day in 1982, ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง roared into theatersโMarc Singer, sword & sorcery, and a telepathic bond with beasts! A cult fantasy gem that ruled cable TV reruns all through the 80s... causing people to say HBO stood for "Hey, Beastmaster's On!" ๐๐ฅ
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐พ๐๐ง๐ค๐ก ๐ฝ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ & ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ. ๐ผ๐ฝ๐พ, 1979. 4-episode late summer variety series that basically served as a postscript of ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐ค๐ก ๐ฝ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐. ๐๐ฝ๐พ, 1989. Sitcom created by Allan Burns, Dan Wilcox, and Shelley Zellman, produced by MTM. Starring Robert Hays as station program director. 13 eps.
Legendary English actor Terence Stamp passed away on August 17, 2025, at the age of 87. Possibly best remembered for his iconic role of General Zod in ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ films. ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฑ!
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐ฟ๐ค๐. ๐พ๐ฝ๐, 1975. Medical sitcom. Created by Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels, and David Lloyd, produced by MTM Enterprises. ๐ฟ๐ค๐ starred Barnard Hughes as Dr. Joe Bogert, elderly, kindhearted general practitioner. In 2nd season it was a victim of NETWORK RETOOLING!
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Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐พ๐ก๐ช๐ ๐พ๐ก๐ช๐. ๐พ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐, 1976. Produced by Hanna-Barbera, ๐พ๐ก๐ช๐ ๐พ๐ก๐ช๐ followed a group of four teenage detectives who solved bizarre crimes with the help of two talking dogs, Woofer and Wimper. 8th attempt to clone the ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐บ-๐๐ฐ๐ฐ formula.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐พ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ค๐ง๐ฎ. ๐ผ๐ฝ๐พ, 1984. Period drama created by Ronald M. Cohen. Set right before the Cuban Missile Crisis, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ followed the Sarnac family, led by Air Force pilot Col. Raynor Sarnac (Craig T. Nelson).
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐! ๐ผ๐ฝ๐พ, 1977. ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐'๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐...๐๐๐๐๐๐ '๐๐? ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐'๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐...๐๐๐๐๐ '๐๐? Yes, Paul Klein's poster child for "jiggle TV" debuted on this date in 1977.
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Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐จ. ๐ผ๐ฝ๐พ, 1974 โข๐ฟ๐ค๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ฎ. ๐พ๐ฝ๐, 1979 โข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ. ๐พ๐ฝ๐, 1979 โข๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐พ๐ง๐๐๐ -๐๐ฅ๐จ. ๐ผ๐ฝ๐พ, 1987
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ก. Showtime, 1985. Celebrating its monumental 40th anniversary, this gave us the "almost-true story of how Al Yankovic became weird", a truly unfabricated glimpse into the life of the comedy musician.
๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐! ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐+ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐!! ๐ผ๐ฝ๐พ, 1976. Sitcom that followed the lives of three working-class Black teens in Los Angeles' Watts neighborhood: Raj Thomas (Ernest Thomas), Dwayne Nelson (Haywood Nelson), and Freddy "Rerun" Stubbs (Fred Berry).
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ. ๐พ๐ฝ๐, 1977. Sitcom where struggling musicians Greg (Greg Evigan) and Paul (Paul Shaffer) make a deal with the devil's son and head of a music studio (Gabriel Dell) for a record contract.
Lalo Schifrin composing the Mannix theme. Full podcast now streaming from ForgottenTV.
Lalo Schifrin on composing the Mission: Impossible theme. Full podcast now streaming from Forgotten TV.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ. ๐๐ฝ๐พ, 1977. Sitcom, 5-episode test run. Created by Roger Price and Stanley Ralph Ross. A conniving Appalachian man moves to Californy after he inherits a small two-pump gas station. Groan.
๐ต Dive into the genius of Lalo Schifrin! ๐ถ The composer behind 100+ TV & film scores, he also toured with jazz legends like Dizzy Gillespie. A multiple Grammy and honorary Oscar winner! Tune into the new Forgotten TV episode now! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-sesuj-...
Janice Rand was originally going to have a bigger part on the show. Can you believe she was told to lose weight??
Missed this one yesterday. โข๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก. ABC, 1979. Sitcom that debuted mid-summer for a 4-ep test run. Nick Hannigan (James Gregory) an inept private investigator, operated the Hannigan Detective School. Show returned fall 1979 for a total of 13 eps.
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New Leslie McFarlane doc just dropped. McFarlane was otherwise known as the original "Franklin W. Dixon", writer of the Hardy Boys books. youtu.be/xLWFJVfAX_g
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ค๐จ. ๐๐ฝ๐พ, 1983. Created by Dick Ebersol to seize upon the new popularity of music videos, recently brought to the mainstream by MTV which was not yet available to a majority of viewers.
๐จ ATTENTION Peanuts/Charlie Brown fans ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ฉ๐จ: 75๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ Arriving on Blu-ray and DVD on October 7, 2025
An unsold sitcom pilot w/Karen Valentine, Timothy Stack, Ray Walston, a pre-๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐บ Fran Drescher, and pre-๐๐ฐ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ Ben Savage? Yes, please. On July 25, 1990, ๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ข showed the Kelvin family as seen through the eyes of 10-year-old Sam.
These cases, along with the disappearance of two older boys in Des Moines, accelerated the concept of โstranger dangerโ nationwide to an unprecedented degree. These cases were covered in Forgotten TV's look at ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง & ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐. forgotten.tv/mazes-and-mo...
The disappearance of Adam was the 2nd high-profile missing boy to hit the nation barely two years after 6-year-old Etan Patz of New York City went missing when walking a block and a half from his SoHo home to the school bus stop.
๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ด๐ญ. 6-year-old Adam Walsh went missing from the Sears store at the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida. ๐ผ๐๐๐ข with Daniel J. Travanti and JoBeth Williams aired October 10, 1983 on NBC, faithfully dramatizing the Walshes experience.
RIP legendary American jazz musician Chuck Mangione, dead at age 84. Perhaps best known for "Feels so Good", which became a recurring joke on ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ, where he had a recurring role as himself.
Before The Simpsons put Fox on the map, there was ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐งโa teen spy spoof from the mind behind ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐. UGLI plots. Dee Snider. G. Gordon Liddy. It was wild. Deep dive here: www.patreon.com/posts/new-ad... If you love forgotten TV history, supporting the Patreon helps keep it coming.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐. ๐๐ฝ๐พ, 1971. Summer variety show headlined by The Carpenters and featuring a talented cast including Al Hirt, Mark Lindsay, the Doodletown Pipers, and the comedy duo Patchett & Tarses.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ. ๐๐ฝ๐พ, 1980. Sitcom that was to be the return of Ted Bessell (๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ญ, ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ) to network TV. After the 7-episode order, NBC said goodbye to Harry.
Production on ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ง was abruptly halted before the final four episodes were made. Why? Word is Fox chairman/CEO Barry Diller was watching show dailies and ordered that the show be shut down immediately. It is not clear what he saw to cause this reaction.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ผ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ง. ๐๐๐, 1987. ...its up to Beans & the Network to find his father & destroy U.G.L.I.'s plans for world domination. And if you think it can't be done, then you don't know Beans!"
John Newton appears on the latest Minty Comedic Arts and sets the record straight for the first time regarding his departure from Superboy. youtu.be/M-toptE7o0o
Attention TV Fans: Savage Steve Holland has uploaded all 17 episodes of ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ผ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐ง to the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/the-...
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ. ๐๐ฝ๐พ, 1985. Nick Mancuso was a mysterious character known as Ray who drives a black 1965 Corvette Sting Ray. Ray runs a coded newspaper ad reading โโ65 black Stingray for sale. Barter only. Call 555-7687.โ Stephen J Cannell production.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐จ. CBS, 1971 โข๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฃ'. ABC, 1975 โข๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ช๐. ABC Daytime, 1976
The Origin of the PG-13 Rating article up at Patreon for all followers. www.patreon.com/posts/origin...
I just found that Christopher Ciampa, 'Moose' from ๐๐ช๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ'๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฌ and actor in afterschool specials, died last year at age 55.
Roxetteโs Dangerous just hit the stream on @q1065radio.bsky.social and honestly? Still a banger. ๐ถ If you love non-stop 80s & 90s hitsโwith zero interruptionsโand maybe hearing a familiar voice pop inโฆ You know where to go ๐ q1065.com #Q1065 #Roxette #80sMusic #ForgottenTV
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ & ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ. ๐๐ฝ๐พ, 1975. Summer variety show featuring the popular R&B group debuted 50 years ago. Singer-actor Robert Goulet, comedian Jimmie Walker of ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, and actress Sally Kellerman appeared in the debut episode.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐ ๐ค๐๐ฎ & ๐ฟ๐๐. ๐พ๐ฝ๐, 1975. Ray Heatherton joins daughter Joey on this four-week music and comedy limited series that aired Sunday evenings on CBS in July.
Giant Care Bear Stare to Steve!!
50 years ago Jaws hit theaters and it not only did well at the box office, but changed the movie industry. On an all new episode of the Retroist Podcast, I re-open the beaches to talk about Jaws again. www.retroist.com/p/retroist-j...
"As you can see, it's a beautiful day, the beaches are open, and people are having a wonderful time."
#OnThisDay in 1987: ๐ผ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ releases to theaters. I remember this doing well at the theater, and we brought it back for the free Christmas show. It was my job to 'censor' the two words in THAT scene!! Don't ๐๐ค๐ค๐ก with the babysitter!!
๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐? ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ 50๐, ๐๐ 1999?
They decided to re-edit these as two TV movies, ๐พ๐ค๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ and ๐๐๐. When ๐พ๐๐๐๐ got disappointing ratings, ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ was scrapped. THEN in a last-ditch attempt to salvage something out of the production, the four completed eps were used as a cheap summer series in 1986. Wow!!
The new Dalton was a flashback-prone Vietnam vet who drifted across the country in a camper van with his German Shepherd, Wichita, helping people with his unique fighting skills. Based on great Sunday night movie numbers, they ordered a 6-ep series. Production problems had them stop filming after 4.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ producer Tom Greene told Forgotten TV creating this spin-off attempt as a "true nightmare from start to finish," noting it was "truly forced upon us by the network" and "no one in the production staff had any enthusiasm about it." NBC reimagined the main character for ๐พ๐ค๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐พ๐ค๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐. ๐๐ฝ๐พ, 1985. Spin-off of ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ง, from 2nd season backdoor pilot ep "Mouth of the Snake" written by Robert Gilmer & Robert Foster. The series would have followed David Dalton (Charles Taylor) as a suave, acrobatic government agent.
Longtime ratings board chief Richard Heffner gave a series of interviews over two years for an oral-history project at Columbia where he revealed quite a bit of ratings board shenanigans. It is covered in this New Yorker article. archive.ph/SwZRF
I mean a secret meeting engineered by Jack Valenti after it had been unanimously given an R twice by the CARA board. It was imparted to ratings chief Richard Heffner that Poltergeist would be given a PG after MGM appealed the R. Have you not come across this in your research?
Very interested to know if in your book you'll be discussing the 'ratings fix' that got this film a PG rating.
Like all copycats, ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ was adapted into a comic book...but instead of Don Hastings, a young Bruce Porter was used as the photomodel for the Video Ranger. His son Todd became one of the ๐๐๐๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐จ in that 80s TV classic.
Happy 75th Anniversary to ๐พ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ! Blasting off on DuMont Television Network, it was the first sci-fi series on American TV. Set in the distant future, viewers followed Captain Video (Richard Coogan, then Al Hodge) and loyal teenage Video Ranger (Don Hastings).
๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ 45๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ! Step back in time to June 1980 and the US debut of a device that would fundamentally change how the world listened to music: the original Sony Walkman, model TPS-L2.
Nobody's erasing it...we'll cover it in September. Nowhere near as popular as Family, though
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐ค๐๐ค๐๐ฎ'๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ. ๐ผ๐ฝ๐พ, 1980. An attempt to lift British comedy sensibilities and insert them into an American sitcom format with bumbling British detective Roger Hart (Ron Moody) transfers from Scotland Yard to San Francisco. Held over from a fall debut to summer.
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#OnThisDay in 1980: ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ finished its series run on ABC. The one-hour drama featured the Lawrences, an upper-middle-class family residing in Pasadena, California. The show's success was responsible for launching Kristy McNichol and Meredith Baxter Birney into stardom.
Debuting #OnThisDay in 70s/80s TV: โข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ. ๐ผ๐ฝ๐พ, 1978. Sitcom created by Phil Mishkin and Rob Reiner, playing Lithuanian immigrant Joseph Bresner at age 89 and as a young man. Judy Kahan plays wife Anna as they navigate their new lives in America. 5 episodes.
Ok. Who else had Family Dog on Laserdisc? Or one of the several Applause plush dolls? Licensed product was ready to go for the original slated release for the series, March 20th, 1991...But when the show was delayed an incredible two years, product sat around in warehouses.
๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ค๐...the video game?? Yes, a Super Nintendo (SNES) game based on the animated series was released around the same time as the show's debut in 1993. Developed by Imagineering, its development may have been rushed due to the production difficulties of the TV series itself.
#OnThisDay in 1993: ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ค๐ debuted on CBS! Originally a 1987 animated ๐ผ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ episode written and directed by Brad Bird, this animated series took 6 years to make it to the air.
Current mood...
Just....wow....animated prehistoric children turning down imaginary crack while being sung to by Michael Jackstone while Wilma's weird dads winks at us
NEW EPISODE! Back in the late #80s, the #FLINTSTONE KIDS were flying high. Not in the rating! They were dabbling in drugs! Here now is a look at the cast, creation, telling and legacy of THE FLINTSTONE KIDS "Just Say No" special. Please Say Yes! Find it here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
