Saturday Night's Alright for Sitcoms

[Frosty81]

This thread is about prime-time sitcoms that aired Saturday nights. Most only have done so in certain seasons and even so, a given timeslot on a given night may not last the whole season out.

Examples of Saturday night sitcoms:
The Partridge Family (1973-74)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (all seasons 1970-77)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972) (all seasons 1972-78)
Working Stiffs (1979-80)
The Facts of Life (1985-88)
M*A*S*H (1973-74)
Mission: Impossible (1966-67 and 1970-December 9, 1972)
Mannix (1967-72)
All in the Family (September 1971-March 1975, November 1976-March 1977)
The Love Boat (1977-86)
Fantasy Island (1978-84)
Hawaii Five-O (1968) (last few episodes in the final season of 1979-80, specifically the spring 1980 episodes)

~Ben

[TVFactFan]

I think a show has to gain a fan base before it's moved to Saturday Nights. It's stupid to put a new show on saturday night when the show hasn't had a chance to gain viewers

[Buffyboy323]

Other prime-time sitcoms that aired on Saturday nights at some point:

Gimme A Break!
The Golden Girls
227
Amen
Empty Nest
Diff'r'ent Strokes
Silver Spoons
The Ropers

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Buffyboy323

Other prime-time sitcoms that aired on Saturday nights at some point:

Gimme A Break!
The Golden Girls
227
Amen
Empty Nest
Diff'r'ent Strokes
Silver Spoons
The Ropers

The Ropers was just a bad show and would have failed if it aired after TC

[McGillicuddy]

My Three Sons at 8:30 (1967-71)
Petticoat Junction at 9:30 (1967-70)
Hogan's Heroes at 9:00 (1967-69)
Green Acres at 9:00 (1969-70)

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Perfect Strangers was aired on Saturday's for it's last season (1992-1993)

[McGillicuddy]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I think a show has to gain a fan base before it's moved to Saturday Nights. It's stupid to put a new show on saturday night when the show hasn't had a chance to gain viewers

......with the exception of the '70's CBS Line-up, with All in The Family at 8; The Mary Tyler Moore Show at 9; The Bob Newhart Show at 9:30 and The Carol Burnett Show at 10. The 8:30 time-slot was used for freshman or newer shows like, Bridget Loves Bernie, M.A.S.H., The Jeffersons, and Doc.

Now-a-days, Saturday nights are re-runs or a place for a show to DIE!

[PrettyinPink55]

It's odd to see that all of these successful sitcoms at one time or other aired on Saturday nights!! Today that's unheard of!!

It seems like they stopped doing this in the 80s-early 90s?

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by markway895

......with the exception of the '70's CBS Line-up, with All in The Family at 8; The Mary Tyler Moore Show at 9; The Bob Newhart Show at 9:30 and The Carol Burnett Show at 10. The 8:30 time-slot was used for freshman or newer shows like, Bridget Loves Bernie, M.A.S.H., The Jeffersons, and Doc.

Now-a-days, Saturday nights are re-runs or a place for a show to DIE!

I wouldn't use the Jeffersons as an example because it was connected to AITF so even though it was new viewers were still familiar with them. So it was no surprise that the show had success on a saturday night

[70s show watcher]

leave it to beaver aired on saturday nights for a couple of seasons

[superpsych]

The final seasons of Who's the Boss, Growing Pains, and Perfect Strangers aired in a spinoff block of TGIF called "I Love Saturday Night" on ABC in 1992.