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m campbell · 02-17-2009, 09:51 PM

What is your favorite blocking of programming
ofr instance mine is

Tuesday nights- 1977- ABC

Happy Days
Laverne and Shirley
Three's Company
Soap
Family.

That was a great time.
Yours

ekkostar · 02-17-2009, 10:28 PM

For a current favorite I'd have to say WGN's combination of Bewitched, Jeannie, Cosby Show and Becker, for past line-ups, I'd have to say the old school Fox line-up of Simpsons, Futurama and King of the Hill.

Scoobiedoo30 · 02-17-2009, 10:35 PM

Tuesday Night

Happy Day's
Laverne and Shirley
Three's Company
Soap
Family

TV-aholic · 02-17-2009, 11:43 PM

NBC in the Mid-80's

Cosby
Family Ties
Cheers
Night Court

repeatshistory · 02-18-2009, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by TV-aholic

NBC in the Mid-80's

Cosby
Family Ties
Cheers
Night Court
and I'll add HILL STREET BLUES

That was one of my favorites too. I also enjoyed Wed nights, in spring 2005 on ABC:

Lost
Alias
EYES

a very nearly perfect night of suspense television.

I kind of enjoyed Friday nights on Fox in the early 90s too:

Brisco
X-Files

Or Sci-Fridays on Sci-Fi channel in the late 90s/early 00s:

The Chronicle
Invisible Man
Farscape

OR

Farscape
Lexx
SG-1

70s show watcher · 02-18-2009, 11:25 PM

nbc wednesday fall 1979 real people different strokes hello larry the best of saturday night live also nbc thursday nights 1995/ 96 friends the single guy seinfeld caroline in the city er

oz615 · 02-18-2009, 11:45 PM

For me it was T-NBC Sat. morning lineup from '94 -'01

Saved by the Bell:The New Class
California Dreams
Hang Time
City Guys
etc.

Goldilocks · 02-19-2009, 12:11 PM

Early 70's:
ABC
Friday Nights: (CST)

7:00 The Brady Bunch
7:30 The Partidge Family
8:00 Room 227?
8:30 ???
9:00 Love American Style

megamanj2004 · 02-19-2009, 02:10 PM

One of mine was NBC's Daytime Game Show Blocks of 1987.

Super Password
Scrabble
Sale of the Century
Classic Concentration (which replaced the 1987 revival of Blockbusters)
Wheel of Fortune
Wordplay (later replaced w/ Win, Lose or Draw)

Pretty much anything NBC had from the mid-to-late '80s and early-to-mid '90s.

Marvo301 · 02-19-2009, 05:39 PM

Saturday night CBS - early 70's

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Carol Burnett Show

YardLion2009 · 02-19-2009, 05:54 PM

I would personally go for the Sitcom City block from WLVI-TV in 1990:

Perfect Strangers
Growing Pains
Who's the Boss
Night Court

Dale Key · 02-19-2009, 06:42 PM

NBC 1993 - 1994

Mad About You
Wings
Seinfeld
Frasier

Four classics, two of them very underrated,

My second favorite is the Laverne & Shirley/Three's Company/Soap lineup. 3 more classics that rank amongst my very favorite shows.

KurtfromPitts · 02-20-2009, 02:33 PM

ABC Friday Night-1970-71; Brady Bunch [7:30], Nanny And The Professor [8:00], Partridge Family [8:30], That Girl [9:00], from January '71 through Fall: Odd Couple [9:30] and Love, American Style [10:00]. Too bad the promo whizzes at ABC didn't herald the lineup as TGIF.

Sal · 02-22-2009, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KurtfromPitts

ABC Friday Night-1970-71; Brady Bunch [7:30], Nanny And The Professor [8:00], Partridge Family [8:30], That Girl [9:00], from January '71 through Fall: Odd Couple [9:30] and Love, American Style [10:00]. Too bad the promo whizzes at ABC didn't herald the lineup as TGIF.

This is easily my favourite as well, but with one minor change.

Take away Nanny and the Professor and add Room 222, which ABC did in Sept. '71, and the lineup becomes even stronger! Those are the shows which shaped my childhood. The great thing about all of them is that anyone of any age can watch them and you didn't have to worry about material which would be harmful to your kids. In other words, it had something for everybody. Plus they were lined up in such a way according to demographics so that, even though you might have a different group watching each hour, the ratings remained strong throughout the night. That's smart network management right there.

I also loved ABC's mid-70s Tuesday night lineup:

Happy Days/Laverne and Shirley/Three's Company/Soap

and NBC's mid-80s Thursday group:

Cosby Show/Family Ties/Cheers/Night Court.

There's another ABC lineup which I would have enjoyed immensely if I had only been alive a few years earlier. This occurred on Thursdays and the lineup was sadly only intact for one season, 1962-63. The shows were:

7:30 Ozzie and Harriet
8:00 Donna Reed
8:30 Leave It To Beaver (final season)
9:00 My Three Sons
9:30 McHale's Navy (first season)

Imagine seeing 4 of TV's legendary families from its early days on the same network on the same night, plus another great series right after them. TV viewers were sure luckier back then!

GARFIELDKOOL · 02-22-2009, 09:18 PM

Aw man! I actually got three of them! Good thread!

CBS Early 80s: Incredible Hulk-Dukes Of Hazzard- Dallas (Friday Nights)

ABC 1985: Webster-Mr. Belvedere-Different Strokes-Benson (Friday Nights)

NBC 1988: 227-Amen-Golden Girls-Empty Nest- Hunter (Saturday Nights)

Man, this was when TV was TV........my childhood!

02-17-2009, 09:51 PM	#1
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Goldilocks Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 08, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 693	Early 70's: ABC Friday Nights: (CST) 7:00 The Brady Bunch 7:30 The Partidge Family 8:00 Room 227? 8:30 ??? 9:00 Love American Style

02-19-2009, 05:54 PM	#11
YardLion2009 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 01, 2009 Location: South Florida Posts: 43	I would personally go for the Sitcom City block from WLVI-TV in 1990: Perfect Strangers Growing Pains Who's the Boss Night Court

02-19-2009, 06:42 PM	#12
Dale Key Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 17, 2005 Location: Washington state Posts: 410	NBC 1993 - 1994 Mad About You Wings Seinfeld Frasier Four classics, two of them very underrated, My second favorite is the Laverne & Shirley/Three's Company/Soap lineup. 3 more classics that rank amongst my very favorite shows.

02-20-2009, 02:33 PM	#13
KurtfromPitts Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 10, 2006 Location: Carnegie PA Posts: 1,536	ABC Friday Night-1970-71; Brady Bunch [7:30], Nanny And The Professor [8:00], Partridge Family [8:30], That Girl [9:00], from January '71 through Fall: Odd Couple [9:30] and Love, American Style [10:00]. Too bad the promo whizzes at ABC didn't herald the lineup as TGIF.

02-22-2009, 09:18 PM	#15
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	Aw man! I actually got three of them! Good thread! CBS Early 80s: Incredible Hulk-Dukes Of Hazzard- Dallas (Friday Nights) ABC 1985: Webster-Mr. Belvedere-Different Strokes-Benson (Friday Nights) NBC 1988: 227-Amen-Golden Girls-Empty Nest- Hunter (Saturday Nights) Man, this was when TV was TV........my childhood!