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opus · 11-06-2023, 04:49 PM

If you came of age in the 3 network era, which one had the shows and stars you tended to gravitate toward most? Or to phrase it another way, which one did you want to win Battle Of The Network Stars?

Bonniegirl · 11-06-2023, 06:11 PM

I voted CBS , I think most of the shows I watched were on CBS ? But than I know the Friday lineup was ABC. Brady Bunch, Partridge Family and Room 222 so maybe a tie ?

Also the 3 UHF stations where they showed Gilligan's Island, The Munsters and the Flintstones if you could tolerate the bad reception at times, always had to be fiddling with the rabbit ears watching those channels.

Torgo · 11-06-2023, 07:07 PM

ABC. It had most of the shows I watched as a kid - Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, Tales Of The Gold Monkey, The Greatest American Hero, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Battlestar Galactica

For us I only remember 1 UHF Channel: KECH-22. I remember watching Land Of The Giants, Father Knows Best, Mission Impossible. They also played a bunch of the old serials like Buck Rogers, King of the Rocket Men, Flash Gordon.

Mr. Television · 11-06-2023, 07:13 PM

It was between ABC and CBS. I went with ABC because it had the great Tuesday lineup of Happy days, Laverne and Shirley, Three's Company and Soap along with Love Boat, Charlie's Angels, Baretta, Greatest American Hero, The fall Guy. I could go on and on. CBS I liked because of the Norman Lear shows mainly. I think about the only shows I watched on NBC in the 70's was Little House, Sanford & Son, Chico and the Man and the Rockford Files. I do miss those days. There was always something to watch and you pretty much had to watch them live because very few had VCR's.

24/7 reruns · 11-06-2023, 10:11 PM

I went with ABC for Friday nights - Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Room 222, The Odd Couple and Love American Style. I could have gone with CBS since they has a superior Saturday morning cartoons line up.

If I was watching with my parents then NBC would have been the choice. Dad liked Huntley and Brinkley and Laugh-in. Mom liked Star Trek and Ironside.

ThisLittlePiggy · 11-06-2023, 10:26 PM

I'll go with ABC because it had Dark Shadows. But second place is CBS who had Gilligan's Island and The Munsters.

TJ · 11-20-2023, 02:22 PM

I grew up as a child in the 1980s. Most of my favorite shows aired on NBC.

Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Gimme a Break!, Family Ties, Cheers, Silver Spoons, The Hogan Family, CHiPs, Unsolved Mysteries, Late Night with David Letterman

Dude111 · 11-22-2023, 01:13 AM

Thank you TJ for your entry

Merry24 · 11-22-2023, 09:36 AM

I still remember

Sunday’s
Our House NBC
Valerie’s Family NBC

Monday’s
Kate & Allie CBS
Newhart CBS

Tuesday’s
Who’s The Boss? ABC

Wednesday’s
Growing Pains ABC

Thursday’s
The Cosby Show NBC
A Different World NBC

Friday’s
Perfect Strangers ABC
Full House ABC
Mr.Belvedere ABC
Just The 10 Of Us ABC

Local News CBS
Newhart CBS Syndication
Laverne & Shirley CBS Syndication

Local ABC National Lampoons Vacation

Saturday’s
Muppet Babies CBS
Pee Wee’s Playhouse CBS

227 NBC
Amen NBC
Golden Girls NBC
Empty Nest/ Nurses NBC
Sisters NBC
Saturday Night Live NBC

Cable
He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe TBS
She-Ra and The Princess Of Power TBS
The Monkees TBS
The Bad News Bears Original TBS
Meatballs TBS
Little House On The Prairie TBS
Eight Is Enough TBS
The Flintstones TBS
The Brady Bunch TBS

USA Cartoon Express USA Network
Name That Tune USA Network
Just The 10 Of Us USA Network
Uncle Buck USA Network
Problem Child USA Network
Up All Night/Rhonda & Gilbert

Mr.Wizards World NICKELODEON
You Can’t Do That On Television NICKELODEON
Double Dare/ Marc Summers NICKELODEON
Bad News Bears NICKELODEON
Lassie NICKELODEON/NICK at NITE
Dennis the Menace NICKELODEON/NICK at NITE
The Donna Reed Show NICK at NITE
My Three Sons NICK at NITE
Laugh-IN NICK at NITE
The Monkees NICK at NITE
Mister Ed NICK at NITE
Car 54, Where Are You? NICK at NITE

1960'sTVfan · 11-22-2023, 12:10 PM

Years back when I was a kid I seem to remember my mom and dad watched NBC more than the other two networks.

stevea · 11-22-2023, 12:39 PM

Judging by the number of sitcoms in the 1960s and 1970s my family watched, and the soap operas my mother watched (The Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life, The Edge of Night, probably others), CBS

Mrgman · 11-22-2023, 08:10 PM

ABC. Im a 90s kid so TGIF was the best back then. I also love threes company happy days

Mace Dolex · 11-23-2023, 10:13 PM

As a kid I didn't pay much attention to the networks, whatever my favorite show was just happened to land on either ABC and NBC and CBS was mostly called the network for "grandparents".

ABC
Three's Company
Two Close For Comfort (later moved to syndication)
Three's A Crowd
Who's The Boss
the whole TGIF block of shows up until late 90's

NBC
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Blossom
Unsolved Mysteries
Diff'rent Strokes (later moved to ABC)
Punky Brewster (later moved to syndication)
Knight Rider
The Cosby Show
V - The first two mini-series and later the ongoing series
Misfits Of Science

Then as a teen in the 90's I was mostly a FOX viewer.

factsoflife · 11-25-2023, 12:56 PM

I voted for NBC because in terms of primetime shows it was my favorite. Mostly due to the Must-See TV line-up of Friends, Seinfeld, Frasier, Mad About You, Will & Grace, etc.

But actually, my favorite network as a whole was Fox. As a baby born in the 80's, Fox was the network I grew up watching. BH 90210, Melrose Place, Party of Five, MadTV, Living Single, these were the shows I watched.

Also, of note for daytime TV ABC was my clear favorite. We were a Good Morning America family; largely because we loved Joan Lunden. I watched ALL of the ABC daytime soap operas as well.

rusty spike · 12-05-2023, 05:10 PM

I voted for NBC because it was the station that came in the clearest from the antennae in the tree, not because it had the best shows. The other two networks came in like a snowstorm in Buffalo. They were unwatchable when the wind was blowing. The other channel which came in decent in good weather was my PBS affiliate.

I lived out in the sticks and poor reception was the norm. My parents refused to buy tv which is supposed to be free ( No cable TV).

View Poll Results: My favorite network was
ABC	8	57.14%
CBS	2	14.29%
NBC	4	28.57%
Voters: 14. You may not vote on this poll

11-06-2023, 04:49 PM	#1
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,492	Which was your favorite network growing up? If you came of age in the 3 network era, which one had the shows and stars you tended to gravitate toward most? Or to phrase it another way, which one did you want to win Battle Of The Network Stars?

11-06-2023, 07:07 PM	#3
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,033	ABC. It had most of the shows I watched as a kid - Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, Tales Of The Gold Monkey, The Greatest American Hero, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Battlestar Galactica For us I only remember 1 UHF Channel: KECH-22. I remember watching Land Of The Giants, Father Knows Best, Mission Impossible. They also played a bunch of the old serials like Buck Rogers, King of the Rocket Men, Flash Gordon.
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11-06-2023, 07:13 PM	#4
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	It was between ABC and CBS. I went with ABC because it had the great Tuesday lineup of Happy days, Laverne and Shirley, Three's Company and Soap along with Love Boat, Charlie's Angels, Baretta, Greatest American Hero, The fall Guy. I could go on and on. CBS I liked because of the Norman Lear shows mainly. I think about the only shows I watched on NBC in the 70's was Little House, Sanford & Son, Chico and the Man and the Rockford Files. I do miss those days. There was always something to watch and you pretty much had to watch them live because very few had VCR's.
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11-25-2023, 12:56 PM	#14
factsoflife Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 11, 2000 Posts: 8,745	I voted for NBC because in terms of primetime shows it was my favorite. Mostly due to the Must-See TV line-up of Friends, Seinfeld, Frasier, Mad About You, Will & Grace, etc. But actually, my favorite network as a whole was Fox. As a baby born in the 80's, Fox was the network I grew up watching. BH 90210, Melrose Place, Party of Five, MadTV, Living Single, these were the shows I watched. Also, of note for daytime TV ABC was my clear favorite. We were a Good Morning America family; largely because we loved Joan Lunden. I watched ALL of the ABC daytime soap operas as well.
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11-06-2023, 06:11 PM	#2
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,772	I voted CBS , I think most of the shows I watched were on CBS ? But than I know the Friday lineup was ABC. Brady Bunch, Partridge Family and Room 222 so maybe a tie ? Also the 3 UHF stations where they showed Gilligan's Island, The Munsters and the Flintstones if you could tolerate the bad reception at times, always had to be fiddling with the rabbit ears watching those channels.

11-06-2023, 10:11 PM	#5
24/7 reruns Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 10, 2022 Location: New York Posts: 1,468	I went with ABC for Friday nights - Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Room 222, The Odd Couple and Love American Style. I could have gone with CBS since they has a superior Saturday morning cartoons line up. If I was watching with my parents then NBC would have been the choice. Dad liked Huntley and Brinkley and Laugh-in. Mom liked Star Trek and Ironside.

11-06-2023, 10:26 PM	#6
ThisLittlePiggy Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 02, 2013 Posts: 84,595	I'll go with ABC because it had Dark Shadows. But second place is CBS who had Gilligan's Island and The Munsters.

11-20-2023, 02:22 PM	#7
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,681	I grew up as a child in the 1980s. Most of my favorite shows aired on NBC. Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Gimme a Break!, Family Ties, Cheers, Silver Spoons, The Hogan Family, CHiPs, Unsolved Mysteries, Late Night with David Letterman

11-22-2023, 01:13 AM	#8
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 36,319	Thank you TJ for your entry

11-22-2023, 09:36 AM	#9
Merry24 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 10, 2017 Location: beach Posts: 2,042	I still remember Sunday’s Our House NBC Valerie’s Family NBC Monday’s Kate & Allie CBS Newhart CBS Tuesday’s Who’s The Boss? ABC Wednesday’s Growing Pains ABC Thursday’s The Cosby Show NBC A Different World NBC Friday’s Perfect Strangers ABC Full House ABC Mr.Belvedere ABC Just The 10 Of Us ABC Local News CBS Newhart CBS Syndication Laverne & Shirley CBS Syndication Local ABC National Lampoons Vacation Saturday’s Muppet Babies CBS Pee Wee’s Playhouse CBS 227 NBC Amen NBC Golden Girls NBC Empty Nest/ Nurses NBC Sisters NBC Saturday Night Live NBC Cable He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe TBS She-Ra and The Princess Of Power TBS The Monkees TBS The Bad News Bears Original TBS Meatballs TBS Little House On The Prairie TBS Eight Is Enough TBS The Flintstones TBS The Brady Bunch TBS USA Cartoon Express USA Network Name That Tune USA Network Just The 10 Of Us USA Network Uncle Buck USA Network Problem Child USA Network Up All Night/Rhonda & Gilbert Mr.Wizards World NICKELODEON You Can’t Do That On Television NICKELODEON Double Dare/ Marc Summers NICKELODEON Bad News Bears NICKELODEON Lassie NICKELODEON/NICK at NITE Dennis the Menace NICKELODEON/NICK at NITE The Donna Reed Show NICK at NITE My Three Sons NICK at NITE Laugh-IN NICK at NITE The Monkees NICK at NITE Mister Ed NICK at NITE Car 54, Where Are You? NICK at NITE

11-22-2023, 12:10 PM	#10
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,104	Years back when I was a kid I seem to remember my mom and dad watched NBC more than the other two networks.

11-22-2023, 12:39 PM	#11
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,695	Judging by the number of sitcoms in the 1960s and 1970s my family watched, and the soap operas my mother watched (The Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life, The Edge of Night, probably others), CBS

11-22-2023, 08:10 PM	#12
Mrgman Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 12, 2005 Posts: 658	ABC. Im a 90s kid so TGIF was the best back then. I also love threes company happy days

11-23-2023, 10:13 PM	#13
Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,669	As a kid I didn't pay much attention to the networks, whatever my favorite show was just happened to land on either ABC and NBC and CBS was mostly called the network for "grandparents". ABC Three's Company Two Close For Comfort (later moved to syndication) Three's A Crowd Who's The Boss the whole TGIF block of shows up until late 90's NBC The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Blossom Unsolved Mysteries Diff'rent Strokes (later moved to ABC) Punky Brewster (later moved to syndication) Knight Rider The Cosby Show V - The first two mini-series and later the ongoing series Misfits Of Science Then as a teen in the 90's I was mostly a FOX viewer.

12-05-2023, 05:10 PM	#15
rusty spike Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 08, 2015 Location: Southwest Posts: 1,124	I voted for NBC because it was the station that came in the clearest from the antennae in the tree, not because it had the best shows. The other two networks came in like a snowstorm in Buffalo. They were unwatchable when the wind was blowing. The other channel which came in decent in good weather was my PBS affiliate. I lived out in the sticks and poor reception was the norm. My parents refused to buy tv which is supposed to be free ( No cable TV).