The show made its debut on Sunday Night at 1030pm after the airing of the movie "Rocky" on CBS. After finishing 19th, it was still pulled probably because of the drop off from the amount of viewers who watched Rocky. It followed a show that ranked #1 for the week.


im guessing this the first time the movie Rocky ever aired on TV because it ranked higher than the ABC hit shows Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley and Three's Company

Dont think the episode is available

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhnSvmLOd3Y

It was the first television airing of Rocky.

AI Overview

The original Rocky movie made its world television premiere on Sunday, February 4, 1979, on the CBS network.

The broadcast was a major television event, coming just a couple of years after the film's theatrical debut in December 1976. The network premiere was highly anticipated, as Rocky had recently won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

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What kind of numbers were they expecting? It doesn't seem like that big of a drop off when it still finished in the Top 20.

I don't think it was pulled from the schedule just because of the ratings. CBS must not have liked the other completed episodes to not ever broadcast them. There were also viewer complaints and censorship issues because of content according to the Wikipedia page.

It also had one of the worst opening theme songs of all time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-Ed_Fever

It was the first television airing of Rocky.

AI Overview

The original Rocky movie made its world television premiere on Sunday, February 4, 1979, on the CBS network.

The broadcast was a major television event, coming just a couple of years after the film's theatrical debut in December 1976. The network premiere was highly anticipated, as Rocky had recently won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

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What kind of numbers were they expecting? It doesn't seem like that big of a drop off when it still finished in the Top 20.

I don't think it was pulled from the schedule just because of the ratings. CBS must not have liked the other completed episodes to not ever broadcast them. There were also viewer complaints and censorship issues because of content according to the Wikipedia page.

It also had one of the worst opening theme songs of all time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-Ed_Fever


yeah I figured that had to be the reason since it beat the tuesday night powerhouse

It was the first television airing of Rocky.

AI Overview

The original Rocky movie made its world television premiere on Sunday, February 4, 1979, on the CBS network.

The broadcast was a major television event, coming just a couple of years after the film's theatrical debut in December 1976. The network premiere was highly anticipated, as Rocky had recently won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

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What kind of numbers were they expecting? It doesn't seem like that big of a drop off when it still finished in the Top 20.

I don't think it was pulled from the schedule just because of the ratings. CBS must not have liked the other completed episodes to not ever broadcast them. There were also viewer complaints and censorship issues because of content according to the Wikipedia page.

It also had one of the worst opening theme songs of all time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-Ed_Fever


I posted the opening theme it was pretty bad lol