The Worst Fall Line-Up in TV History (NBC 1983)

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Here’s an article I found about it: https://www.portablepress.com/blog/2...up-in-history/

• The Yellow Rose. CBS’s Dallas, a soap about a family of Texas oil barons was the #1 show on TV at the time. The Yellow Rose was NBC’s take. It was a soap opera about…a family of Texas oil barons.
  
• Mr. Smith. The titular character is a put-upon political advisor…as well as a chimpanzee made super-smart with an experimental chemical. It starred the orangutan from the popular movie Every Which Way But Loose.
  
• Jennifer Slept Here. A typical American family moves into a new home in Los Angeles…that’s still inhabited by the ghost of the Old Hollywood movie star who once lived there.
  
• Bay City Blues. Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law) created this show about the bittersweet lives of a constantly touring minor league baseball team.
  
• We Got it Made. Much to the chagrin of their girlfriends, two New York roommates hire a sexy live-in maid.
  
• Boone. A 1950s-set drama about a teenager named Boone Sawyer who wants to be a part of that newfangled “rock and roll music,” much to the chagrin of his conservative father.
  
• The Rousters. The adventures of two modern-day bounty hunters who are descended from Western lawman Wyatt Earp.
  
• For Love and Honor. A romantic drama set on a military base, clearly inspired by An Officer and a Gentleman.
  
• Manimal. A handsome playboy helps police solve crimes…with his unique ability to transform into any animal he wishes. (Man + animal = “manimal.”)

In 1983-84, NBC’s schedule of nine new series became nine new failures.