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TVFactFan

09-12-2007, 09:01 PM

FactoryGirl

09-12-2007, 09:15 PM

:eek:

That looks terrible!

TVFactFan

09-12-2007, 09:18 PM

:eek:

That looks terrible!

Yup, if that Sunday Move at the start of season 6 didn't happen then it would have been OVER for Mr. Jefferson

1975-1978-lol

FactoryGirl

09-12-2007, 09:28 PM

Yup, if that Sunday Move at the start of season 6 didn't happen then it would have been OVER for Mr. Jefferson

1975-1978-lol

I wonder why people stopped watching. The storylines didn't seem that bad to me.

TVFactFan

09-12-2007, 09:40 PM

I wonder why people stopped watching. The storylines didn't seem that bad to me.

Season 4 the show was on Saturday nights and couldn't compete with Starky and Hutch and in Season 5 the show was on Wednesday Nights and couldn't compete with Eight is Enough

hcollinsmith72

09-13-2007, 09:31 AM

Wow!, that info was very shocking. I could not imagine that the rating were really that bad. I'm glad they did move the show, to allow its full potential.

TVFactFan

09-13-2007, 09:42 AM

Wow!, that info was very shocking. I could not imagine that the rating were really that bad. I'm glad they did move the show, to allow its full potential.

I think they made adjustments to the George character too, if you noticed in season 6, he was completely different, less irrirtable and more friendly to tom and bentley. I think they had to since he was the star of the show

JulieSomoski

09-13-2007, 03:58 PM

I think they made adjustments to the George character too, if you noticed in season 6, he was completely different, less irrirtable and more friendly to tom and bentley. I think they had to since he was the star of the show

it's weird, because I always loved George when he was mean and arrogant in the first seasons the best. And, I always thought the show reached it's peak around season 6, after that, the storylines seemed to be "dumbed down".

In the first few seasons, the storylines were smart and very original. I wonder why no one tuned in.

Although, going from 49th to number 1 in the matter of a couple seasons is VERY impressive. It had to be the timeslot.

TVFactFan

09-13-2007, 07:23 PM

it's weird, because I always loved George when he was mean and arrogant in the first seasons the best. And, I always thought the show reached it's peak around season 6, after that, the storylines seemed to be "dumbed down".

In the first few seasons, the storylines were smart and very original. I wonder why no one tuned in.

Although, going from 49th to number 1 in the matter of a couple seasons is VERY impressive. It had to be the timeslot.

Yeah it was the Timeslot and the Jeffersons had Good Times as a Lead In during season 4-lol It was referred to as Ghetto Night on CBS in 1976-lol Found that out in a Jet Magazine from 1978

USATVFAN

09-28-2007, 09:34 AM

Those Are Not Very Good.
Aleast The Ratings Went Back Up A Little Bit In Season 5, From 56th Place In It Fourth Season To 49th Place In It Fifth Season.
Also The Show Had The Same Ratings In It Fourth Season As In The Eleventh Season With Both Season Ranking 56th.
Now That That We Have It Completed Iam Going To Write All The Seasons Ratings Out
Season 1 1974-1975 Final Ranking #4
Season 2 1975-1976 Final Ranking #21
Season 3 1976-1977 Final Ranking #24
Season 4 1977-1978 Final Ranking #56
Season 5 1978-1979 Final Ranking #49
Season 6 1979-1980 Final Ranking #8
Season 7 1980-1981 Final Ranking #6
Season 8 1981-1982 Final Ranking #3
Season 9 1982-1983 Final Ranking #12
Season 10 1983-1984 Final Ranking #19
Season 11 1984-1985 Final Ranking #56

JulieSomoski

09-28-2007, 03:50 PM

TVFactFan

09-28-2007, 05:53 PM

I thought the last season's ratings were in the thirties. Going from #19 to #56doesn't seem right, even for The Jeffersons.

CBS put it up against The A-Team in the last season

JulieSomoski

09-28-2007, 06:29 PM

CBS put it up against The A-Team in the last season

Still, I thought it was around #32 for it's last season.

ethelmaepotter

11-24-2007, 05:56 PM

Norman Lear must have had a lot of pull with CBS to keep the show on after the 4th & 5th season. Because those ratings are pretty bad....

OH Nuts!

11-24-2007, 07:21 PM

The Final Ranking for Season 4 of the Jeffersons after the 1976-77 season was #56

The Final Ranking for Season 5 of the Jeffersons after the 1977-78 season was #49

Info from book-"Blacks and White TV" by J. Fred Macdonald, 1983

Fortunately ratings are not the complete end all and be all. The Jeffersons is NEVER EVER #56 or #49 in my book.

Thank God it survived being cut.

TVFactFan

11-24-2007, 09:33 PM

Fortunately ratings are not the complete end all and be all. The Jeffersons is NEVER EVER #56 or #49 in my book.

Thank God it survived being cut.

It was all about Finding the Right SLOT and that's what they did.

CDThe1

01-26-2009, 03:48 PM

Yes, it is all about the time slot and what it is competing against. I remember the early 80's, though, and that Sunday night CBS lineup. "Archie Bunker's Place," "One Day at a Time," "Alice," and "The Jeffersons." Great lineup. They all placed in the top 20 for a couple of years there. They broke it up in 83 or 84. I remember "One Day at a Time" being moved to Wednesdays and "Alice" was on Thursday for a while. All the shows really hit the skid marks once they moved them around.

TVFactFan

01-26-2009, 03:53 PM