ABC 1985 Fall Season Promo

[nextg]

Wow. You can just tell they spent money on this, in so many ways.

You will NEVER see the likes of this again.

[Number1UltimateMJFan]

I love this promo because Randy Newman remade his hit I Love L.A. for this. I just wonder if my friend, Steve Lukather from Toto, played guitar on this like he did on the original I Love L.A. track. I guess there's only one way to find out....LOL!!!

[jaworskij]

Why did ABC go with the macho look during the 1970s and 1980s? It was really not a vibe I really liked.

[MikeStivic]

The Fall Guy was a fun action show with a hot girl in it.

[e3erockstar08]

Thats not Randy Newman is is? And breakdancers? All in one video, huh? Alright.....

[jwsu2003]

I wonder how Diff'rent Strokes could've been featured in this promo.Either it wasn't picked up by ABC when this promo was created, or they just didn't want to bother since it was way past it's prime.

[Bernie3000]

I love it! I can just imagine suits sitting around a boardroom table watching this on their 19" TV's, rocking in their chairs doing the whiteman overbite and pumping their fists.

[vardiss22]

Good Promo actually better then NBC's "Lets All Be There" promo although in my opinion NBC had the better shows overall in all genres that yr...as a teen in 85 i was glued towards NBC's more youth oriented programming. the late 70's and early 80's was for me a better time for ABC with Battlestar Galactica, Strike Force, That's Incrediable, Happy Days, Tales of the Golden Monkey Greatest American Hero and The Hardy Boys by 85 NBC would take over for alot of must see tv

[TheREALforeverone]

The 3 who disliked this weren't alive back then

[wall91nutz]

Easily the greatest network promo in the history of network promos

[scottbaino]

MacGyver, Growing Pains and the first full season of Moonlighting were just starting that fall of '85. And Saturday mornings - even bettter!

[vardiss22]

@scottbaino ....Your definitely right about the Saturday Mornings i recall they used to have short promos for the toons coming out that fall ...the 80's was prettty much the peak of the by gone Saturday Morning cartoon era.....also one of reasons TV so much more watchable and enjoyable back then was the competition between the 3 networks to outdo each other and be original...now we are in a hypercorprate era of TV were there really arn't networks but Corporations that copy each other endlessly

[aftershock71]

What happened to these promos anyway??

[lowfuellevel]

I was 23 in 1985 and married that year. Now, we are celebrating our 25th! Wow, have things changed.

[JEH78]

With everything being remade these days why can't t.v. go back to how it was in the 80's. Bring back promos like this. So nostalgic.

[scottprodj]

I agree...but let's be honest, it'll never happen. 3;30 is 7 commercials they could be running instead.

[mercyhurstchic]

I remember this!

[IWP2]

Man, this is so upbeat, just like the 80s were. Of course I had to be born in 1990, and grow up in this lousy time period.

[NowhereMan1966]

@IWP2

I was born in 1966 so I experienced this first hand. There are times I wish I was 20 years younger but if I had to miss out on all these good things, I think I'd rather be my 43 year old self.

[osaji922]

@IWP2 you grew up in the 90's. That aint half bad man. That beats this era now

[IWP2]

@osaji922

Very true. The 90s definently kicks the 2000's ass anytime!

[JHollowayNetwork]

the QTQ9 version has a different singer in it, and it was copied in 1986, see the difference between the QTQ9 version, and the ABC version.

[barber747]

1:11

Feminine bow ties. That ought to make a fashion comeback for sure!

[rwk1983]

what was this a 100 years ago

[barber747]

@rwk1983

LOL!

Divide that number by 4 and you'll be right on the spot.

[soseztheleadr]

Oh, man—the memories! ^^

It is a shame promos like this aren't made anymore.

Oh, to be young again. *wistful sigh*

[mattnrva]

Yes -- let's program the "sheeple" to watch more "TV" to get their minds off what's really going on...

You can bet your ass the PTB said and still say, "Let's get these dumbass sheep laughing at an electronic box so we can take whatever we want from 'em"

Commercials like these make me cringe -- as they are nothing but psychological programming...

[Brieannas21]

It's sad that networks stop doing these kind of Promos.

[Godzilla1985]

1985 was a great year for... Saxaphones, New York City, and TV.

[larrystarstruck]

Randy Newman doing a take off of "I love LA."

[bigdon1966]

This reminds me of the episode of the FOX sitcom "Duet" where Jane got a new boyfriend and they called each other "Sugarlips" and "Binky" to which Linda quipped "Sugarlips and Binky, sounds like an ABC show".

[bigdon1966]

I think it's funny that both "Hollywood Beat" and "Lime Street" were both cancelled within the first 3 months of the fall 1985 season. ABC should have stayed with ""T.J. Hooker" and given "Finder Of Lost Loves" more of a fair chance. But alas, the ABC execs were still smarting over their decision to snub "The Cosby Show" and were determined to make ABC #1 again, they were just clueless about how to make that happen.

[Jeff98177]

:56 Check out that TV remote. It's definitely 1985. lol

[NowhereMan1966]

@Jeff98177

So is the TV. Heck, we still use the same TV as we did then, a 1982 Zenith.

[patrickballoonman]

Now, if only Ernie Anderson came in and said "You'll LOOOOOVE it!" the way he'd say "The LOOOOOVE Boat!"

[patrickballoonman]

0:55 - 0:58 I believe the father in that part is Joe Howard aka George Frankly of "Square One TV's" "Mathnet."

[jaworskij]

Why did ABC always go for this macho image? It is one reason why I hated ABC entertainment programming in the 1970s and 1980s because it played up this type of stuff.

[shannonm75]

Cool, I don't think I remember this promo but I recognize the Randy Newman music.

[CitySon]

Does anyone remember a series of promos around '87-'89 that had doo wop vocals set to the melody of the Jackson 5's "ABC?" I know I'm not imagining this. I remember it distinctly yet I haven't been able to find any trace it ever existed. I think ABC used it primarily to promote their Saturday morning line-up. Can anyone help me out?

[shannonm75]

I remember the Jackson 5 "ABC" promo but that was 1992 or 93. I'm pretty sure.

[osaji922]

@CitySon try '92

[divadaneen]

Look, it's 1985--when there used to be something to watch on television!

[Jonnn79]

@divadaneen You sure aren't kidding. 1985 was a GREAT year.

[retrotypestuff]

Every once in a while a snippet of one of these songs goes through my head and I alwyas think, "Nobody else remembers that". lol

[SoulThing1981]

Bruce Willis when he was on Moonlighting with Cybill Shepard... love it when he pulls the Tablecloth and it has a big ABC LOGO she gives him a look after he says"You'll Love It" . Bruce Willis had hair back then now he's Bald..lol

[SoulThing1981]

Great ad campaign from 1985.. love the two guys "Poppin' and Lockin' " on the blue mat with the black "Orb" logo with the lowercase letters..!!

[barber747]

Um...I think that's a man and a woman.

[jbell12681]

ABC...Another Bad Channel...hahaha

[678BUMPERLOVER]

abc sucks now their slogan should be abc you'll hate it lol

[polarisathena]

All the actors in the video look so young I did to back then. How time moves on but the memories always keep up and stay bright in the mind. ABC, Los Angeles and the 80's, what a great trio. =)

[FattestJack]

the guy in black and white? He used to be on Math Net!

[MostHauntedCharmedG]

seriously kick ass promo

[LMmccallL57]

What great times and great televison back then. Today's shows, along with the popular music has really, really changed since then, and not for the better, IMO. I miss the days when family and friends (all ages) could gather around and find something great on TV to watch together.

I was a teen in the 80's, so I was really into a lot of these shows and I looked up to a lot of the actors. Again...those were great times.

Thanks for sharing!

[fromthesidelines]

Yep, that's Pamela, all right...

[Chett01]

Can anyone tell me who the woman is at 0:44? She looks familiar but I just can't place her.

[bossbob]

I think that's Pamela Bellwood from Dynasty.

[TresGriffin]

@Chett01 It's Pamela Bellwood. She played Claudia on Dynasty.

[entertainme3000]

@Chett01 That was Genie Francis of "North @ South." It was a miniseries my mother taped between the 85/86 season. It starred the late Patrick Swayze.

[cowboybear40]

@Chett01 Pamela Bellwood, she played Claudia on DYNASTY

[whitbyterry]

Thanks for posting - what a great blast from the past.

[fromthesidelines]

Using Randy Newman's "I Love L.A." as the basis for their 1985-'86 jingle, this was a very crucial season for ABC- they had jettisoned almost all of Aaron Spelling's shows from the previous season {save "THE LOVE BOAT", "HOTEL" and "DYNASTY"}, gambling on a few new comedies {including "GROWING PAINS"} and the rise of their mid-season replacement "MOONLIGHTING"...and the network DID turn itself around!

[megamanj2007]

and in turn NBC and ABC double-teamed CBS.

[adinajud]

What a great quality video! Thanks for posting this. I was getting tired of my grainy one. I LOVE IT!!

[noahf67]

How did I get nostalgic for this out of nowhere? When this launched, I was some heady HS senior, obsessed with the history

of the 1960's & thought this all nonsense.

And now? I feel like Woody Allen in "Sleeper"..!

[Marsena]

Much better copy. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[Chett01]

Thanks, I'm glad I found this in my collection. The other ones I've seen out there with bad video and no sync sound drive me nuts.

[cgsguy]

I thought I would see Scooby-Doo in this promo just like the "Come On Along" promo. But I did like that scene from 1 of the "Superman" movies.

[barber747]

Now this is what i'm talking about. A clean copy! It's 'bout time it happened!!!

[678BUMPERLOVER]

thats what it's like now

[DontBeTrippin]

Nope. ABC has been good again these last few years, it's NBC we don't love overall.

[678BUMPERLOVER]

no it has not its been boring

[DontBeTrippin]

What ABC are you watching? I don't know, maybe it's just personal taste, but I do follow Lost, am hooked on Brothers & Sisters and Ugly Betty, and do like some of the reality shows. The only area they need to make up for currently is sitcoms; they had nearly all their new comedies bomb this season.

[norton2]

Hehe...me too...especially Lost, Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty.

[barber747]

But what about Deal or No Deal and Heroes?

[norton2]

NBC's washed up...I miss the old NBC, back in 2001, all those great shows like Friends, Fraiser, Will & Grace, Crossing Jordan...etc. I sure hope that network recovers.

[Jnelson09Returns]

NBC is the best network no one's watching... except me. They got My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, Scrubs (the show Grey's Anatomy ripped off), and 1 vs. 100. And I don't mean to sound like a shill, but their news is the best on TV.

[barber747]

@norton2

Deal or No Deal was pretty much the only good show in NBC's lineup. But since that ain't on no more, NBC's in the shitter now!

[678BUMPERLOVER]

we don't love it ! lol

[nomadcowatbk]

YOU'LL LOVE IT OR ELSE!!!