Did any other NYC sitcom have a "blackout" episode during the 1977-78 TV season? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 07-29-2015, 09:08 PM

All in the family and the Jeffersons had one right after the summer of 1977 and was wondering did any other sitcom based in NYC have one

I guess it was written into the script because NYC just experience a blackout the summer before the 1977-78 season.

What about Barney Miller? Welcome Back Kotter? Rhoda?

treky · 07-30-2015, 12:41 AM

ALL IN THE FAMILY did-not for the entire episode though.

tenter · 07-31-2015, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

"Blackout episode" during the 1977-78 season?

I guess it was written into the script because NYC just experience a blackout the summer before the 1977-78 season.

What about Barney Miller? Welcome Back Kotter? Rhoda?

You know maybe you could edit the title a little bit, and write something more about what it's about.

TVFactFan · 08-01-2015, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by tenter

You know maybe you could edit the title a little bit, and write something more about what it's about.

Just made the edit

tenter · 08-01-2015, 02:33 PM

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Just made the edit

Thanks, that's much better. Easier to read.

Ohio8 · 08-01-2015, 10:05 PM

No.

opus · 08-01-2015, 10:13 PM

NBC did a whole night of blackout sitcoms in '94, except for SEINFELD, which wouldn't play along.

http://www.esquire.com/entertainment...kout-thursday/

TVFactFan · 08-01-2015, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by opus

NBC did a whole night of blackout sitcoms in '94, except for SEINFELD, which wouldn't play along.

http://www.esquire.com/entertainment...kout-thursday/

Seemed kind of foolish since it wasn't connected to anything. Atleast viewers knew why there was a blackout ep on the Jeffersons and All in the Family

Ohio8 · 08-02-2015, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

All in the family and the Jeffersons had one right after the summer of 1977 and was wondering did any other sitcom based in NYC have one

I guess it was written into the script because NYC just experience a blackout the summer before the 1977-78 season.

What about Barney Miller? Welcome Back Kotter? Rhoda?

Neither one of these three sitcoms had an episode about the 1977 NYC blackout.

treky · 08-02-2015, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by opus

NBC did a whole night of blackout sitcoms in '94, except for SEINFELD, which wouldn't play along.

http://www.esquire.com/entertainment...kout-thursday/

I remember that, it was their entire Thursday night lineup which at the time was FRIENDS,MAD ABOUT YOU, SIENFELD and something else-I forget what.

opus · 08-02-2015, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by treky

I remember that, it was their entire Thursday night lineup which at the time was FRIENDS,MAD ABOUT YOU, SIENFELD and something else-I forget what.

Madman of the People (Dabney Coleman).

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