1975/76 – All In The Family was #1 on CBS Monday, fifth year running.
Note: Any BOLD shows were cancelled in 1975 season; Cher was cancelled in the second
season.
Alternate Series: Weekend alternated every fourth week on NBC Saturday at 11:30 PM with Saturday Night Live from 1975–1978.
Anniversary: The David Susskind Show celebrated fifteen years in syndication.
Biggest New Hit: Rich Man, Poor Man was #2 on ABC Mondays; really, it was a mini series that garnered best ratings
of the season. It ushered the start of the network TV’s greatest miniseries period.
British Ties: On The Rocks was based on the BBC series, Porridge.
Contract Dispute: Susan Saint James left McMillian & Wife at the end of the season.
Daytime: Happy Days was on ABC weekdays from September 1975–March 1979.
NBC Mystery Movie: McCoy replaced Amy Prentiss this season. Columbo, McCloud and McMillian & Wife were still on
the mystery movie.
Reruns: NBC aired Hawk reruns in the summer. It was previous on ABC in 1966.
The Return:
Both Sonny and Cher returned to TV with a variety show TOGETHER again after his show failed miserable last season. Cher
continued her show till Sonny rejoined her in February 1976 on CBS. It wasn’t that funny, the jokes fell flat because
they weren’t married any more.
Martin Landau and Barbara Bain returned to TV in Space: 1999. Both were best known for their roles on Mission: Impossible
in the 1960’s. They were married at the time on both shows; they divorced in 1993.
Simultaneous:
Hal Williams was on two series at one time – Sanford & Son and On The Rocks.
Martin E. Brooks was on two series at one time – The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.
Spin Off:
Grady from Sanford & Son – Grady moved to his daughter's place in Los Angeles. Grady lasted a few months. His
daughter got extremely tired of Grady's nagging. She threw the old goat out to the streets. Grady went back to Sanford And
Son.
Laverne & Shirley from Happy Days – Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams were very popular on Happy Days that
the Fonzie girls were given a spin off. Of course, the Fonz drop by to see his girls.
Phyllis from The Mary Tyler Moore Show – She moved to San Francisco with her daughter after the death of her husband.
The Bionic Woman from The Six Million Dollar Man – Without Steve’s knowing, Jaimie Sommers begin with her new
life as a teacher AND continued to take secret missions from OSI. Lindsey Wagner was well received on The Six Million Dollar
Man that the producers gave her this series.
TV History – All In The Family is the first show ever to be #1 on two nights in separate seasons. Last season,
it was #1 on Saturday.
Tidbits:
John Aprea and Linda Dano, can you say "incest" with a Capitol I? You are brother and sister of The Montefuscos. Yet, you
went ahead and married each other on July 25, 1991. EIW! How sick is that? You must live in Another World to make that happen!
The viewers wasn't ready for the first woman lawyer in a lead role of a dramatic series. Kate McShane lasted for a few
months. This was Anne Meara's first dramatic series. Anne and her husband, Jerry Stiller, were a comedy team; they appeared
on variety series in the 1970's. Their son is the popular movie star, Ben Stiller.
Joe Forrester moved to NBC Monday to make room for City Of Angels on Tuesday. Neither series make it to a second season.
1975/76 Fall Season
One Season (1975/76)
Doc – 1975–1977, CBS, comedy, Barnard Hughes, Mary Wicks
Phyllis – 1975–1977, CBS, comedy, Cloris Leachman
Starsky & Hutch – 1975–1979, ABC, crime drama, David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser
Switch –1975–1978, CBS, crime drama, Eddie Albert, Robert Wagner
Welcome Back, Kotter – 1975–1979, ABC, comedy, Gabe Kaplan, John Travolta
Cancelled TV Shows
The Barbary Coast – ABC, western, William Shatner, Doug McClure
Beacon Hill – CBS, soap, 13 episodes, Holland Taylor, Linda Purl
Big Eddie – CBS, comedy, Alan Oppenheimer
Bronk – CBS, crime drama, Jack Palance
Doctors’ Hospital – NBC, drama, George Peppard, John Larroquette
Ellery Queen – NBC, mystery, John Hutton, David Wayne
The Family Holvak – NBC, drama, Glenn Ford
Fay – NBC, comedy, Lee Grant, Audra Lindley
The Invisible Man – NBC, adventure, Craig Stevens
Joe Forrester – NBC, police drama, Lloyd Bridges
Joe & Sons – CBS, comedy, Jerry Stiller, Jimmy Baio
Kate McShane – CBS, drama, Anne Meara
Matt Helm – ABC, mystery, Anthony Franciosa
McCoy – NBC, crime drama, Tony Curtis
Medical Story – NBC, medical anthology, James Daly, Chad Everett
Mobile One – ABC, adventure, Jackie Cooper
The Montefuscos – NBC, comedy, John Aprea, Linda Dano, Ron Carey
On The Rocks – ABC comedy, Hal Williams, Jose Perez
Saturday Night Live With Howell Cosell – ABC, variety, Howell Cosell
Swiss Family Robinson – ABC, adventure, Willie Aames, Helen Hunt
Three For The Road – CBS, adventure, Alex Rocco, Leif Garrett
When Things Were Rotten – ABC, comedy, Dick Van Pattern, Bernie Kopell
5 out of 27 new series SURVIVED for 1976/77
ABC – 2/11, Starsky & Hutch & Welcome Back, Kotter
CBS – 3/9, Doc, Phyllis & Switch
NBC – 0/9,
Mid season shows
Bionic Woman – January 1976–1978, ABC, adventure, Lindsay Wagner
The Blue Knight – December 1975–1976, CBS, crime drama, George Kennedy
Donny & Marie – January 1976–1979, ABC, variety, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond
Family – March 1976–1980, ABC, drama, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Kristy McNichol
The Jacksons – June 1976–1977, CBS, musical variety, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson
Laverne & Shirley – January 1976–1983, ABC, comedy, Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams
One Day At A Time – December 1975–1984, ABC, comedy, Bonnie Franklin, Valerie Bertinelli
The Practice – January 1976–1977, NBC, comedy, Shelly Fabares, John Bryner
Sonny & Cher – February 1976–1977, CBS, variety, Sonny Bono, Cher
Cancelled Mid Season Shows
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar – ABC, crime drama, Paul Sorvino, Robert Pine
The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Show – CBS, cartoon, 5 episodes
City Of Angels – NBC, detective drama, Wayne Rogers
Comedy Theatre – NBC, comedy anthology, failed pilots
The Cop And The Kid – NBC, comedy, Charles Durning, Tierre Turner
The Diahann Carroll Show – CBS, musical variety, 4 episodes, Diahann Carroll
Dinah And Her New Best Friends – CBS, musical variety, Dinah Shore
The Dumplings – NBC, comedy, James Coco
Easy Does It...Starring Frankie Avalon – CBS, musical variety, 4 episodes, Frankie Avalon
Good Heavens – ABC, comedy, Carl Reiner
Grady – NBC, comedy, Whitman Mayo, Haywood Nelson
Ivan The Terrible – CBS, comedy, Christopher Hewett
Jigjaw John – NBC, crime drama, Jack Warden
The John Davidson Show – NBC, musical variety, 4 episodes, John Davidson
The Johnny Cash Show – CBS, musical variety, 4 episodes, Johnny Cash
The Kelly Monteith Show – CBS, comedy/variety, 4 episodes, Kelly Monteith
The Late Summer Early Fall Bert Convy Show – CBS, musical variety, 4 episodes, Bert Convy
Pop! – CBS, comedy, Hector Elizondo
The Rich Little Show – NBC, comedy/variety, Rich Little, Charlotte Rae
Sara – CBS, western, Brenda Vaccaro
Survival–Anglia, LTD. Series – NBC, wildlife/nature
The Undersea World Of Jacques Cousteau – ABC, documentary, 4 episodes, Joseph Campanella
Viva Valdz – ABC, comedy, James Victor
Syndication
The Bobby Vinton Show – 1975–1978, syndication, musical variety, Bobby Vinton
The Cross–Wits – 1975–1980, syndication, quiz, Jack Clark
Don Adams' Screen Test – syndication, comedy/audience participation, Don Adams
Friends Of Man – syndication, documentary, Glenn Ford
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – January 1975–1978, syndication, soap, Louise Lasser
Match Game P.M. – 1975–1982, syndication, game, Gene Rayburn
Nashville On The Road – 1975–1983, syndication, music, Jim Ed Brown
Space: 1999 – 1975–1977, syndication, sci-fi, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain
Late Night
Saturday Night Live – 1975–present, NBC, variety, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, John Belushi
Two Seasons (1974/75)
Almost Anything Goes – July–August 1975, 1976, ABC, competition
Baretta – January 1975–1978, ABC, crime drama
Barney Miller – January 1975–1982, ABC, comedy
Cher – February 1975–1976, CBS, variety
Chico & The Man – 1974–1978, CBS, comedy
Harry-O – 1974–1976, ABC, mystery
Jeffersons – January 1975–1985, CBS, comedy
Little House On The Prairie – 1974–1983, NBC, drama
Lorne Greene's Last Of The Wild – 1974–1979, syndication, wildlife/nature
Movin’ On – 1974–1976, NBC, adventure
Petrocelli – 1974–1976, NBC, drama
Police Woman – 1974–1978, NBC, crime drama
Pop! Goes The Country – 1974–1982, syndication, music
Rhoda – 1974–1979, CBS, comedy
Rockford Files – 1974–1980, NBC, crime drama
S.W.A.T – February 1975–1976, ABC, crime drama
Sammy And Company – Early 1975–1977, syndication, talk/variety
That’s My Mama – 1974–1976, ABC, comedy
Tony Orlando & Dawn – July 1974–1977, CBS, variety
The $25,000 Pyramid – 1974–1979, syndication, quiz
Weekend – 1974–1979, NBC, newsmagazine
Three Seasons (1973/74)
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert – 1973–1981, syndicated, music
Good Times – February 1974–1979, CBS, comedy
Happy Days – January 1974–1984, ABC, comedy
Kojak – 1973–1978, CBS, crime drama
The Mac Davis Show – July 1974–1976, NBC, musical variety
Police Story – 1973–1977, NBC; 1988/89, ABC, police anthology
The Six Million Dollar Man – January 1974–1978, ABC, adventure
The Tomorrow Show – 1973–1982, NBC, talk
The Wild, Wild World Of Animals – 1973–1978, syndication, wildlife
Four Seasons (1972/73)
Barnaby Jones – January 1973–1980, CBS, crime drama
Bob Newhart – 1972–1978, CBS, comedy
M*A*S*H – 1972–1983,CBS, comedy
Maude – 1972–1978, CBS, comedy
The Midnight Special – February 1973–1981, NBC, music
The Rookies – 1972–1976, ABC, crime drama
Streets Of San Francisco – 1972–1977, ABC, crime drama
The Waltons – 1972–1981, CBS, drama
Five Seasons (1971/72)
Cannon – 1971–1976, CBS, crime drama
Columbo – 1971–1977, NBC, crime drama
Emergency – January 1972–1977, NBC, drama
McMillan & Wife – 1971–1977, NBC, crime drama
NBC Mystery Movie – 1971–1977, NBC
Sanford & Son – January 1972–1977, NBC, comedy
Six Seasons (1970/71)
All In The Family – January 1971–1979, CBS, comedy
Mary Tyler Moore – 1970–1977, CBS, comedy
McCloud – 1970–1977, NBC, crime drama
Monday Night Football – 1970–2006, ABC, sports
That Good Ole Nashville Music – 1970–1985, syndication, music
Seven Seasons (1969/70)
Marcus Welby MD – 1969–1976, ABC, drama
Medical Center – 1969–1976, CBS, drama
Eight Seasons (1968/69)
Hawaii Five-O – 1968–1980, CBS, crime drama
Hee Haw – 1971–1993, syndication, variety
60 Minutes – 1968–present, CBS, newsmagazine
Nine Seasons (1967/68)
Carol Burnett – 1967–1978, CBS, variety
Wild Kingdom – 1971–1988, syndication, wildlife
Fifteen Seasons (1961/62)
The David Susskind Show – 1961–1987, syndication, talk
Twenty two Seasons (1954/55)
The Lawrence Welk Show – 1971–1982, syndication, music
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson – 1962–1992, NBC, talk/variety
Wonderful World of Disney – 1954–1983, anthology
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