The show was ranked #57 during November Sweeps period and was in Danger of being cancelled by NBC in December of 1981. But the show did show improvement and finished the 1981-82 season ranked at #45 and was renewed for the 1982-83 season.


Info found in TV Book-"American Television"-by Marc Eliot

that's good it was not cancled it's a very good show NBC would have made a very big mistake if they had cancled it

GAB was always a middle of the road show as far as ratings were concerned.

if only if more people were to give it a chance the ratings would be over the roof

if only if more people were to give it a chance the ratings would be over the roof
It had quite a lot of different timeslots too. I think that hurt it.

Many shows take a season or two before they find their audience... luckily, NBC gave the show a chance to find that audience before cancelling it! :)

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...was one of chief programmer Fred Silverman's "farewell gifts" to NBC before he left the network in 1981. He promised Nell Carter her own series (after her appearances on "LOBO"), and he knew the show had a chance...IF the network stuck with it. Fortunately, Brandon Tartikoff, his successor, thought the same way, and kept it on, even though the initial raings were terrible {let's face it, ALMOST everything on NBC was "terrible" between 1978 and 1982}. He and the viewers were rewarded as the network's schedule "jelled", and the show found its niche!

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I Bet alot of shows could have made it if they give it enough chance to find its audiance like the 60s series"Gidget" it didn't do well in its original run so they cancled it and it went into syndication a year later and it had an audience but Sally feild who was the star of it had signed on for "The Flying Nun'

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