Which Network had the Worst TV Shows during the 70's? ABC or NBC? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 06-19-2004, 08:49 PM

I will go with NBC because the network only had two good shows during that era. Sanford and Son and Different Strokes. All the other shows from 70-79 were Garbage.

Chico and the Man
Bonanza
Adam-12
Rockford Files
Police Woman
Little House on the Prairie
Columbo
Lawrence Welk
Quincy
Grady

The list goes on. So NBC was defintely a network to stay away from in the 70's.

Skywalker · 06-19-2004, 08:59 PM

NBC

vashti1999 · 06-19-2004, 09:11 PM

I'd say NBC. I barely remeber any NBC sitcoms from the 70's aside from Sanford & Son. The 70's, especially the late 70's, belonged to ABC:

Welcome back Kotter
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Three's Company
Soap
Mork & Mindy
Taxi
Charlie's Angels
Love Boat
Starsky & Hutch
Vegas
What's Happening
Fantasy Island

Dean Winchester · 06-19-2004, 09:34 PM

NBC, can't think of anything NBC aired besides Diff'rent Strokes, Sanford and Facts Of Life in the 1970's.

TVFactFan · 06-19-2004, 09:38 PM

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Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
NBC, can't think of anything NBC aired besides Diff'rent Strokes, Sanford and Facts Of Life in the 1970's.

Facts of Life was more of a 80's it premeired in the summer of 1979

I am Roboto · 06-20-2004, 02:05 AM

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Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I will go with NBC because the network only had two good shows during that era. Sanford and Son and Different Strokes. All the other shows from 70-79 were Garbage.

Chico and the Man
Bonanza
Adam-12
Rockford Files
Police Woman
Little House on the Prairie
Columbo
Lawrence Welk
Quincy
Grady

The list goes on. So NBC was defintely a network to stay away from in the 70's.

NBC. ABC had Three's Company, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Welcome Back, Kotter, Barney Miller, ect. It was defintely the better of the two.

barwars · 06-20-2004, 07:45 AM

NBC was dead until the mid-80s.

TVFactFan · 06-20-2004, 10:09 AM

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Originally posted by barwars
NBC was dead until the mid-80s.

Yup-1978 to 1983

barwars · 06-20-2004, 10:26 AM

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Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
Yup-1978 to 1983

I meant to say "trash" instead of dead.

Because besides Sanford & Son (trash, literally) all there was was trash.

TVFactFan · 06-20-2004, 10:44 AM

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Originally posted by barwars
I meant to say "trash" instead of dead.

Because besides Sanford & Son (trash, literally) all there was was trash.

Yeah during the 70's NBC will always be known two shows, Chico and The Man and Sanford and Son.

Mr. Television · 06-20-2004, 10:50 AM

NBC had the worst shows in the 70's easily.

jamesanthony · 06-20-2004, 03:08 PM

NBC was in bad shape in the 70s. Besides Sanford and Son the only humor show it had in the first 1/2 of the decade that got any kind of decent rating was Flip Wilson and for a short while Laugh-In. In the second half it only had Chico and the Man and Diff'rent Strokes. Even the dramas were not all that memorable, except for Ironside, the mystery movie franchise, Little House on the Prairie, Bionic Woman and Quincy NBC had a bunch of very low rated duds on its lineups.

hawaii five-o · 06-20-2004, 03:19 PM

NBC

By the way, does anyone remember "Super Train"???

Sean Snow · 06-20-2004, 03:49 PM

Definitely NBC. There weren't really many memorable shows from NBC during the 70's...the only ones that come to mind at the moment are Sanford & Son, Chico & the Man, The Flip Wilson Show, and Diff'rent Strokes (which I consider more of an 80's show). Oh, and the The Rockford Files and Columbo. ABC, on the other hand, had a lot of memorable shows, especially towards the end of the decade.

TVFactFan · 06-20-2004, 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by hawaii five-o
NBC

By the way, does anyone remember "Super Train"???

I never saw the show but it was considered one of the most expensive failures in TV History. Ran from Feb of 1979 to July of 1979

06-19-2004, 08:49 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,135	Which Network had the Worst TV Shows during the 70's? ABC or NBC? I will go with NBC because the network only had two good shows during that era. Sanford and Son and Different Strokes. All the other shows from 70-79 were Garbage. Chico and the Man Bonanza Adam-12 Rockford Files Police Woman Little House on the Prairie Columbo Lawrence Welk Quincy Grady The list goes on. So NBC was defintely a network to stay away from in the 70's.

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vashti1999 NY METS - #1 Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 14, 2003 Location: The world's greatest city - New York City Posts: 11,404	I'd say NBC. I barely remeber any NBC sitcoms from the 70's aside from Sanford & Son. The 70's, especially the late 70's, belonged to ABC: Welcome back Kotter Happy Days Laverne & Shirley Three's Company Soap Mork & Mindy Taxi Charlie's Angels Love Boat Starsky & Hutch Vegas What's Happening Fantasy Island
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Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,408	Definitely NBC. There weren't really many memorable shows from NBC during the 70's...the only ones that come to mind at the moment are Sanford & Son, Chico & the Man, The Flip Wilson Show, and Diff'rent Strokes (which I consider more of an 80's show). Oh, and the The Rockford Files and Columbo. ABC, on the other hand, had a lot of memorable shows, especially towards the end of the decade.
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jamesanthony Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 2,180	NBC was in bad shape in the 70s. Besides Sanford and Son the only humor show it had in the first 1/2 of the decade that got any kind of decent rating was Flip Wilson and for a short while Laugh-In. In the second half it only had Chico and the Man and Diff'rent Strokes. Even the dramas were not all that memorable, except for Ironside, the mystery movie franchise, Little House on the Prairie, Bionic Woman and Quincy NBC had a bunch of very low rated duds on its lineups.

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