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Commander And Chief
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The Brady's
The Brady Bunch ????

Who's the Boss?
Growing Pains
Grounded for Life
Jeff Foxworthy Show
The Nanny
Step by Step
Family Matters

The Jeffersons Were In Bad Timeslots And Days between Season 2-Season 5 And Almost Got Canclled In Both Season 4 And Season 5.

Who's the Boss?
Growing Pains
Grounded for Life
Jeff Foxworthy Show
The Nanny
Step by Step
Family Matters


wasn't who's the boss always in the top ten?

"Sledgehammer," starring David Rasche (1986-88) - was fed to the sharks when it ran up against "The Cosby Show," (The #1 show during those 2 seasons at the time) which was why it only lasted two seasons.

"The Rockford Files" - when they aired it up against "Hawaii Five-O" (which was still going strong in the 1975-76 season) in its 2nd season and dipped off the top spots every season after that.

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I think that's also part of why Mork and Mindy completely drifted off the top spot after S1.

"Sledgehammer," starring David Rasche (1986-88) - was fed to the sharks when it ran up against "The Cosby Show," (The #1 show during those 2 seasons at the time) which was why it only lasted two seasons.

"The Rockford Files" - when they aired it up against "Hawaii Five-O" (which was still going strong in the 1975-76 season) in its 2nd season and dipped off the top spots every season after that.
Sledge also aired opposite Dallas during it's first season. It was never given much of a chance.

Sledge also aired opposite Dallas during it's first season. It was never given much of a chance.

I did read about that, also! ABC really fumbled with this show big time! It could've of been another long-running great show, but ABC fumbled and messed up with this show when they aired it up against CBS's most popular show "Dallas" and against NBC's powerhouse of "The Cosby Show."

WKRP- CBS not only kept scheduling this show against the highest rated shows of the other networks, but, with all the time-slot changes, the audience had a hard time finding it....It should have been a bigger hit

Cbs Had A Habit Of moving Show From 1 Timeslot To Another In The Mid To Late 70s Which Cause Of Lot Of There Shows To Decline In The Ratings And Be Canceled From 1975 To 1980.

NewsRadio
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Futurama

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All In The Family
Maude
Good Times

wasn't who's the boss always in the top ten?

Growing Pains and Who's the Boss? were top 10 shows, until they were moved to Saturday nights during their last seasons, where they were cancelled.

Definitely "Flamingo Road." It was gaining an audience after its first season, but for the second season, they put it up against "Hart to Hart," which was doing extremely well for ABC at the time. So, that sucky scheduling, combined with some questionable storylines in its second season, pretty much ended "Flamingo Road" in May 1982...when it could have easily lasted until at least 1986 or 1987, maybe even living throughout the rest of the primetime soap era.

Definitely "Flamingo Road." It was gaining an audience after its first season, but for the second season, they put it up against "Hart to Hart," which was doing extremely well for ABC at the time. So, that sucky scheduling, combined with some questionable storylines in its second season, pretty much ended "Flamingo Road" in May 1982...when it could have easily lasted until at least 1986 or 1987, maybe even living throughout the rest of the primetime soap era.
I loved Flamingo Road but yea I didn't watch it during the second season. If only I had a VCR then.



3rd Rock from the Sun was totally screwed by NBC. Although at least it did manage to stay on the air despite all the timeslot changes.

Newradio, cuz it got moved around so much during it's five season run

Christy (1994-95, CBS) (went up against Mad About You and Wings on NBC, and The Simpsons on FOX)

Flip Wilson's show on NBC was a huge hit until CBS put a new show called The Waltons in the same timeslot. Flip got creamed in the ratings and his show got cancelled!! Wow!!

Growing Pains and Who's the Boss? were top 10 shows, until they were moved to Saturday nights during their last seasons, where they were cancelled.

They were moved to the Saturday Night dumping ground to slowly die

They were moved to the Saturday Night dumping ground to slowly die

didn't the same thing happen to Perfect Strangers? I know it was also on Saturday nights around that time.

I'll need a list of every TV show that aired on Fox during the 1990s.

didn't the same thing happen to Perfect Strangers? I know it was also on Saturday nights around that time.
Perfect Strangers was last seen regularly on Saturday nights in 1992. The remaining 6 or so episodes were run as part of TGIF in the summer of 1993.

Wanda at Large - Fox moved both it and Boston Public to Friday nights and they were both gone by the end of the season.

it seems every show on this thread either was moved ot Friday or Saturday nights to slowly die.

How about The Ropers? It was moved to Sunday nights for it's second season, where it came in just shy of 30th place, then was cancelled.

Malcolm in the Middle. I don't know how it stayed on air for as long as it did, because Fox was constantly switching the time or day. I remember it going from Tuesday, Sunday and Friday a few times.

it seems every show on this thread either was moved ot Friday or Saturday nights to slowly die.

How about The Ropers? It was moved to Sunday nights for it's second season, where it came in just shy of 30th place, then was cancelled.
Actually it aired on Saturday nights opposite Chips...one of the reasons I didn't watch it during season 2.

"Fired Up"

The Bernie Mac Show

Actually it aired on Saturday nights opposite Chips...one of the reasons I didn't watch it during season 2.

ABC Saturday nights? Do you know what it was paired up with?

How about State of Grace on the Fox (now ABC) Family Channel from 2001-02? That was the second coming of The Wonder Years if you ask me. It was promoted quite heavily on the radio from what I recall. ISTR it being moved around quite a few times. That show could still be running today had TPTB at that network used their heads.

can someone tell me How All In The Family was a Victims of a Bad Scheduling

can someone tell me How All In The Family was a Victims of a Bad Scheduling

I'd like to know, too.

ABC Saturday nights? Do you know what it was paired up with?
It was a short lived comedy called Detective School which starred James Gregory from Barney Miller.

It was a short lived comedy called Detective School which starred James Gregory from Barney Miller.

No wonder why it was cancelled. I always thought it was going to do well back when it was on, but I guess viewers just weren't interested (either that, or they weren't home in time to see it on Saturday nights)

No wonder why it was cancelled. I always thought it was going to do well back when it was on, but I guess viewers just weren't interested (either that, or they weren't home in time to see it on Saturday nights)
They should have left The Ropers on Tuesdays until it was better established. ABC didn't have any luck with programing shows on Saturdays at 8 until T.J. Hooker in 1982 and even that wasn't a top 30 show.

They should have left The Ropers on Tuesdays until it was better established. ABC didn't have any luck with programing shows on Saturdays at 8 until T.J. Hooker in 1982 and even then it wasn't a top 30 show.

You're right. But when it was on Tuesday nights, it was in place of Three's Company. If they had left it, one show would have had to move to a different night, which was probably why ABC moved The Ropers to Saturdays. Even then, they could have put it on a better night.

You're right. But when it was on Tuesday nights, it was in place of Three's Company. If they had left it, one show would have had to move to a different night, which was probably why ABC moved The Ropers to Saturdays. Even then, they could have put it on a better night.
They should have had it at 9:30 after TC and moved Taxi to another night since it had a year to get established. They shouldn't have moved it to Saturday though. That really was a death slot. It's funny. I was never a big fan of Taxi back then. I'd watch it because nothing else was on but after I saw it in syndication....which for me wasn't until it aired on N@N, I loved it. It's funny how your tastes change years later. :lol:

The Partridge Family - In the early 1970s, it was one of ABC's most popular shows. It was comfortably established as part of a killer Friday night lineup that ABC has been unable to match ever since. It was on after "The Brady Bunch" and was followed by "The Odd Couple", "That Girl", "Room 222", and "Love American Style". You'd have to be crazy to break up a winning combination like that one, especially the Bradys and Partridges running back to back, but ABC did it, and I've never forgiven them for it ever since.

During the 1973-74 season, ABC moved the show to Saturdays at 8 pm, where it would run smack-dab against CBS's monster hit "All In The Family". Needless to say, the new arrangement didn't work, the ratings took a nosedive, and the show was cancelled after only 96 episodes in August of 1974. Ironically, the "Brady Bunch", now the undisputed anchor of Friday nights, was also cancelled that summer, leaving ABC without 2 of their biggest hits in the space of one year. Not only that, but the rest of the Friday sitcoms would also be cancelled, except for "The Odd Couple", which was moved to a new night and only lasted one more season, all because of one dumb move!

The Partridge Family - In the early 1970s, it was one of ABC's most popular shows. It was comfortably established as part of a killer Friday night lineup that ABC has been unable to match ever since. It was on after "The Brady Bunch" and was followed by "The Odd Couple", "That Girl", "Room 222", and "Love American Style". You'd have to be crazy to break up a winning combination like that one, especially the Bradys and Partridges running back to back, but ABC did it, and I've never forgiven them for it ever since.

During the 1973-74 season, ABC moved the show to Saturdays at 8 pm, where it would run smack-dab against CBS's monster hit "All In The Family". Needless to say, the new arrangement didn't work, the ratings took a nosedive, and the show was cancelled after only 96 episodes in August of 1974. Ironically, the "Brady Bunch", now the undisputed anchor of Friday nights, was also cancelled that summer, leaving ABC without 2 of their biggest hits in the space of one year. Not only that, but the rest of the Friday sitcoms would also be cancelled, except for "The Odd Couple", which was moved to a new night and only lasted one more season, all because of one dumb move!

Never knew about that . . . but I never was a fan of the Partridge Family in the first place. It's the dumb moves like that make networks look very stupid. Things like that still happen today.

The Ellen Show. Great show....but bad scheduling .

Bob.....Bob Newhart's other sitcom. It was great but was burried on Friday nights. In season 2 they revamped it instead of moving it. They ruined it instead. :rolleyes:

"Spenser: For Hire"

First it was up against Falcon Crest & Miami Vice. Then, it was up against Hunter. And then it went up against Family Ties.

Spenser: For Hire had the potential to become a smash, but damn ABC had threw the show around way too much. The first minute it's on a Friday, the next minute it's on a Tuesday, then it's on a Saturday, then it's on a Sunday, then again it's on a Saturday (My God ABC, make up your mind. And did you that every season of Spenser: For Hire premiered on September 27th (except for season one, which started a week earlier)?

I think Family Ties' ratings took a nosedive when it was taken off Thursday nights and put up against Murder She Wrote on Sundays. The Brady Bunch's ratings went down the tubes once Sanford & Son came on the scene (and directly opposite them).

I think Family Ties' ratings took a nosedive when it was taken off Thursday nights and put up against Murder She Wrote on Sundays. The Brady Bunch's ratings went down the tubes once Sanford & Son came on the scene (and directly opposite them).


The Brady Bunch was supposed to be on at 7pm defintely not 8pm

I think Family Ties' ratings took a nosedive when it was taken off Thursday nights and put up against Murder She Wrote on Sundays. The Brady Bunch's ratings went down the tubes once Sanford & Son came on the scene (and directly opposite them).
Family Ties was still in the top 20 during the first season it was opposite Murder She Wrote but the second season it went down as everyone knew the show was ending. But the final episode did finish #1 for the week so at least it went out in style.

can someone tell me How All In The Family was a Victims of a Bad Scheduling
in the 76-77 season cbs moved All In The Family From Monday to Wednesday where it Ratings dropped from First Place To 12th Place.

"Green Acres"took a real nosedive in the ratings when it was moved from its comfortable Wednesday slot,where it was a top 20 show,for the fifth season on Saturday,it didn't rank in the top 20 at all,and again,when it was moved to Tuesday in its last season,it was not a top 20 series. And "Petticoat Junction",which spun-off "Green Acres",suffered immensely when it was moved fron Tuesday Night to Saturday."Petticoat Junction"died ,ratingswise,on Saturday.

All is Forgiven, with Bess Armstrong and Terrenc Knox, had the potential of being a hit show but it was bad scheduling and not given a fair shake of developing.

in the 76-77 season cbs moved All In The Family From Monday to Wednesday where it Ratings dropped from First Place To 12th Place.

And because of CBS's miscue, ABC became the #1 network from 1977 until 1980 when CBS regained the #1 spot with "Dallas."

Most of ABC's sitcoms that were on the air in 1977 were top shows.

During the 1973-74 season, ABC moved the show to Saturdays at 8 pm, where it would run smack-dab against CBS's monster hit "All In The Family". Needless to say, the new arrangement didn't work, the ratings took a nosedive, and the show was cancelled after only 96 episodes in August of 1974. Ironically, the "Brady Bunch", now the undisputed anchor of Friday nights, was also cancelled that summer, leaving ABC without 2 of their biggest hits in the space of one year. Not only that, but the rest of the Friday sitcoms would also be cancelled, except for "The Odd Couple", which was moved to a new night and only lasted one more season, all because of one dumb move!

But ABC would later re-deem themselves in the late '70s when CBS miscued with their ratings for "All in the Family," and that allowed ABC to sneak up and put a black eye in CBS's ratings until 1980.

"Green Acres"took a real nosedive in the ratings when it was moved from its comfortable Wednesday slot,where it was a top 20 show,for the fifth season on Saturday,it didn't rank in the top 20 at all,and again,when it was moved to Tuesday in its last season,it was not a top 20 series. And "Petticoat Junction",which spun-off "Green Acres",suffered immensely when it was moved fron Tuesday Night to Saturday."Petticoat Junction"died ,ratingswise,on Saturday.

I think CBS moved Green Acres on purpose. I have heard somewhere that by that time, CBS was trying to get rid of most of its urban sitcoms like Green Acres and Petticoat Junctions, quietly by moving timeslots.

I think CBS moved Green Acres on purpose. I have heard somewhere that by that time, CBS was trying to get rid of most of its urban sitcoms like Green Acres and Petticoat Junctions, quietly by moving timeslots.
I think you mean "rural" lol. Urban means city/metropolis-type areas. Rural means farming communities and that sort of thing.

ANOTHER victim was "Gilligan's Island"-The first season,CBS aired the series on Saturday Night and it did fairly well,ranking 19th.But all of the other seasons,it was moved first to Thursday,where it Was NOT a top 20 show,and then AGAIN to Monday,where it also wasn't a top 20 show.But ironically,somewhat saner heads (this time at NBC)aired the reunion films(with ALL the cast except for Tina Louise returing )"Rescue from Gilligan's Island",on Saturday Night again,and it did pretty well ratingswise.

I think you mean "rural" lol. Urban means city/metropolis-type areas. Rural means farming communities and that sort of thing.

God, do I feel stupid-LOL. Still, I did make the point clear :lol:

WKRP was moved around alot on CBS's schedule until they canceled it. It became a bigger hit in syndication though.