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The show made it's debut on Thursday, Oct 29, 1981 at 8:30pm on NBC

The show features Gabe Kaplan who is know for his 1970's sitcom Welcome Back Kotter

The character who played Little Ear on What's Happening was a character on the show

The characters Freddie Boom Boom and Epstein from Welcome Back Kotter appeared in episode 5

The guy who played Clark on the show was also the Deputy on the 1970's Sitcom Carter Country

The show was part of the Thursday Night Primetime lineup featuring Harper Valley at 8pm, Lewis and Clark at 830pm, Different Strokes at 9pm and Gimme a Break at 930pm.

Lewis and Clark and Gimmie a Break made it's debut on the same night

The show was up against Magnum PI on CBS and Best of the West on ABC

The ranking for the show after the first airing-10/29/81 was #57 out of 69 shows which was the lowest number for that timeslot

The ranking for the show after 2nd airing-11/5/81 was #68 out of 69 shows

The ranking for the show after 3rd airing-11/12/81 was #67 out of 72 shows

The ranking for the show after 4th airing-11/19/81 was #62 out of 65 shows

The show was pre-empted for 3 weeks and was moved to Saturday nights at 9:30pm starting 12/12/81

The new competition was Love Boat on ABC and CBS Movies

After the first airing on Saturday Night, not much changed and the show was ranked #67 out of 68 shows.

After the second Saturday Night airing-12/19/81, the show ranked #74 out of 75 shows

After the Jan 2, 1982 airing the show was cancelled would not air again until the summer of 1982 and would be the 95th ranked show out of 105 shows for the 1981-82 season















Philadelphia Daily News, Oct 29, 1981, Dec 12, 1981, Dec 19, 1981

Fortworth-Telegram, Nov 4, 1981, Nov 18, 1981, Nov 25, 1981

Des Moines Tribune, Nov 11, 1981

LA Times, Dec 17, 1981, Dec 24. 1981

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