I remember this. I was working at an ABC affiliate (WMGC-TV in Binghamton NY). I remember dubbing them. Half of the shows never made the cut. I think the first one to get the axe was "Hardcastle And McCormick" which they really pushed hard as if it was the next "Starsky and Hutch." It wasn't.
That lasted three seasons on ABC. The final season was scheduled on Monday nights (before "NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL"), before the network canceled it in 1986.
"LIME STREET" {as "J.G. CULVER" was eventually titled} never quite recovered after Samantha Smith (24:40) was killed in a plane crash in August 1985. Eight episodes were produced; five were scheduled on ABC [the unaired episodes were later shown on "Lifetime", two years later].
Despite having good promos, abc was dead last in Prime Time as CBS dropped to 2nd place and NBC became #1 The only good thing abc had were Who's the Boss?, Growing Pains and Moonlighting Dynasty was in the Top 10 for the last time with Hotel in the Top 25
ABC had two of the industry's best announcers with Joel Crager and Ernie Anderson.
Good observation my friend
Closed Circuit!
So while we were watching ABC, ABC were watching us!
Great TV, all the same.
Saw this presentation as an advertiser in NYC. Thanks for the upload!
I can guess you really weren't impressed with most of them. 😏
Wow this is top quality and really well done. Nice promo and looks ahead of its time
i'm so done with 2023. i'm headed back to 1985 - who's with me....
The actor who gets soaked at the beginning is Joe Howard.
That Closed Circuit telop is from the "WE'RE WITH YOU" era...
I remember this. I was working at an ABC affiliate (WMGC-TV in Binghamton NY). I remember dubbing them. Half of the shows never made the cut. I think the first one to get the axe was "Hardcastle And McCormick" which they really pushed hard as if it was the next "Starsky and Hutch." It wasn't.
That lasted three seasons on ABC. The final season was scheduled on Monday nights (before "NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL"), before the network canceled it in 1986.
Well Done with This Video, back When TV was Free and The The Network Promoted,What They Paid for
"LIME STREET" {as "J.G. CULVER" was eventually titled} never quite recovered after Samantha Smith (24:40) was killed in a plane crash in August 1985. Eight episodes were produced; five were scheduled on ABC [the unaired episodes were later shown on "Lifetime", two years later].
Travel Back in Time to The Saga of a Star World on Battlestar Galactica
Michael Keaton before Beetlejuice before The Dark Knight he was Mr. Mom
17:01 - that guy is like a cross between Michael Jackson and Prince
That’s Stoney Jackson
"THE INSIDERS" lasted 13 episodes (the last one was "burned off" in June 1986).
Tangerine Dream at 4:29
Did the Seaver’s own a Volvo 240 or a 740?
Good stuff...too bad this looks incomplete; cuts off before we see the preview of the Mini-series'
any more closed circuit stuff?
no sorry
There's a good ABC affiliate extended promo reel from the '70s floating around somewhere on CZcams
Very Cool!
007 5:13
2:21 9:05 ♥️💛💙
"DYNASTY II: THE COLBYS" lasted two seasons. ABC gave Aaron Spelling two seasons to make it a success. He couldn't.
Despite having good promos, abc was dead last in Prime Time as CBS dropped to 2nd place and NBC became #1
The only good thing abc had were Who's the Boss?, Growing Pains and Moonlighting
Dynasty was in the Top 10 for the last time with Hotel in the Top 25
ABC was on top of the heap in the late Seventies, but in the Eighties it fell hard and fast.