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Jerryt

09-02-2017, 01:20 AM

I always thought this schedule was weird, not shocking considering the shape NBC were in at the time. I revised the schedule with the idea of maybe my version would've helped soften the blow of losing Cosby, Golden Girls, and etc.

Original lineup

NBC Saturday Night
800pm - Here and Now
830pm - Out All Night
900pm - Empty Nest
930pm - Nurses
1000pm - Sisters

NBC Sunday Night
700pm - Secret Service
800pm - I Witness Video
900pm - NBC Sunday Night at the Movies

NBC Monday Night
800pm - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
830pm - Blossom
900pm - NBC Monday Night at the Movies

NBC Tuesday Night
800pm - Quantum Leap
900pm - Reasonable Doubts
1000pm - Dateline NBC

NBC Wednesday Night
800pm - Unsolved Mysteries
900pm - Seinfeld
930pm - Mad About You
1000pm - Law & Order

NBC Thursday Night
800pm - A Different World
830pm - Rhythm & Blues
900pm - Cheers
930pm - Wings
1000pm - L.A. Law

NBC Friday Night
800pm - Final Appeal
830pm - What Happened?
900pm - The Round Table
1000pm - I'll Fly Away

My Version

NBC Saturday Night
800pm - The Powers That Be
830pm - Almost Home
900pm - Empty Nest
930pm - Nurses
1000pm - Sisters

NBC Sunday Night
700pm - I Witness Video
800pm - Quantum Leap
900pm - NBC Sunday Night at the Movies

NBC Monday Night
800pm - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
830pm - Blossom
900pm - NBC Monday Night at the Movies

NBC Tuesday Night
800pm - Wings
830pm - Mad About You
900pm - Reasonable Doubts
1000pm - Dateline NBC

NBC Wednesday Night
800pm - Unsolved Mysteries
900pm - Homicide: Life on the Street
1000pm - Law & Order

NBC Thursday Night
800pm - Here And Now (short lived show starring Malcolm Jamal Warner of Cosby Show, made better sense to have it air on Thursday)
830pm - A Different World
900pm - Cheers
930pm - Seinfeld
1000pm - L.A. Law

NBC Friday Night
800pm - Rythmn & Blues
830pm - Out All Night
900pm - I'll Fly Away
1000pm - The Round Table

danderson400

09-02-2017, 11:53 AM

I wouldn't change much apart from having a NFL postgame show on weeks that NBC has a doubleheader.

70s show watcher

09-02-2017, 05:11 PM

cnnbcbs

09-17-2017, 01:07 PM

You ever read the Masked Scheduler, Preston Beckman? He said that when he joined NBC's scheduling department his first instinct was to slide Seinfeld post-Cheers. He was informed by NBC brass that they had made a time-period commitment to Paramount Television as part of a renewal of Cheers. Paramount's Wings had to air behind Cheers for two and a half seasons so it could get into syndication. As soon as the commitment was done NBC slid Seinfeld right in there.

danderson400

09-17-2017, 01:56 PM

Why would Paramount ask that Wings air after Cheers, so it could get into syndication?

cnnbcbs

09-17-2017, 02:00 PM

Yes. Paramount knew the show wouldn't have an audience on its own so they used Cheers as leverage. Carsey-Werner had a similar contractual set-up with Cosby/A Different World.

NBC was able to get-away from time-period commitments for a few years until WB's Veronica's Closet in the late-90s which came from the 'Friends people.'