I wouldn't have changed a cotton pickin' thing about this show. I would have called it Breakfast Time on Fox, given them two hours, told them not to change a thing, and went right after the Today Show and Good Morning America. Within a year, this would have been beating them in the ratings, no doubt in my mind.
I remember watching this episode live. You could actually feel Tom and Laurie's ennui oozing through the screen. They both knew the suits had screwed it up so much it wasn't going to work. But they had to try. FAB is a textbook example of executive micromanagement dooming a business project.
Thumbs Down!!! Dislike! I also have this on tape as well. After waiting the whole summer of 1996 for this premiere, it was one of the biggest TV disappointments of all time. This show was NO COMPARISON to FX "Breakfast Time," which was one of the most entertaining, fun-filled shows of the 1990s. "Breakfast Time" should've never left FX. :(
@Pino4649--It actually began as "Breakfast Time" on the cable FX channel. It then moved to the FOX affiliates as "FOX After Breakfast" where it last two years
Wait... was Fox After Breakfast on Fox News or the normal Fox affiliated stations? I simply don't remember it and someone said it was on Fox News on another video but I only see the Fox channel mentioned online. =/
WBRC became a FOX Owned-and-Operated station on September 1st, 1996 i was in 1st grade and was 6-years old before i turned 7 in October of 1996
deangelomywayentfan 3 months ago
I wouldn't have changed a cotton pickin' thing about this show. I would have called it Breakfast Time on Fox, given them two hours, told them not to change a thing, and went right after the Today Show and Good Morning America. Within a year, this would have been beating them in the ratings, no doubt in my mind.
CombatSportFan 5 months ago
I recall Vicki Lawrence taking over the show.
royals85100 6 months ago
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royals85100 6 months ago
The thing I loved about Breakfast Time was it didn't take it's self to seriously.
FOX YOU SCREWED WITH A MASTERPIECE AND KILLED IT!
YOU SUCK!!!
OxBigly2010 9 months ago
I remember watching this episode live. You could actually feel Tom and Laurie's ennui oozing through the screen. They both knew the suits had screwed it up so much it wasn't going to work. But they had to try. FAB is a textbook example of executive micromanagement dooming a business project.
Bloodybunny 1 year ago
Thumbs Down!!! Dislike! I also have this on tape as well. After waiting the whole summer of 1996 for this premiere, it was one of the biggest TV disappointments of all time. This show was NO COMPARISON to FX "Breakfast Time," which was one of the most entertaining, fun-filled shows of the 1990s. "Breakfast Time" should've never left FX. :(
djkst35 1 year ago
Puppets on adult shows are usually a bad idea. That puppet looks cheap.
donniedarkodevotte 1 year ago
@Pino4649--It actually began as "Breakfast Time" on the cable FX channel. It then moved to the FOX affiliates as "FOX After Breakfast" where it last two years
phillyvideofan 1 year ago
@phillyvideofan Where Fox's meddling murdered the once proud and insanely awesome program. But I was still a fan til Bergeron's last day.
CombatSportFan 1 year ago
Wait... was Fox After Breakfast on Fox News or the normal Fox affiliated stations? I simply don't remember it and someone said it was on Fox News on another video but I only see the Fox channel mentioned online. =/
Pino4649 1 year ago
This was 14 years ago!? ....time has really gotten away.
I had no idea Breakfast Time was moved to Fox News... My family didn't get Fox News channel back then.
Thanks for posting this video. It's nice to see the cast and the apartment again. I've missed that show since it was canceled on fX.
Pino4649 1 year ago
I liked this show. It's too bad some of these nice shows get cancelled.
IncHulkLover 1 year ago
great show!
newsboyjim 1 year ago
I've always thought Tom Bergeron would be a good morning show host.
sycamorenick 1 year ago
I've got about 40 episodes of FAB on tape...I had a crush on Bob the Puppet. XD
biohazardgraphics 2 years ago