NBC fall 1978 (NB See Us) 03

NBC fall of 1978 program lineup.

NBC Saturday Night
800pm - CHiPs
900pm - Various Programs
1000pm - Sword of Justice

NBC Sunday Night
700pm - The Wonderful World of Disney
800pm - The Big Event
1000pm - Lifeline

NBC Monday Night
800pm - Little House on the Prairie
900pm - NBC Monday Night at the Movies

NBC Tuesday Night
800pm - Grandpa Goes to Washington
900pm - The Big Event

NBC Wednesday Night
800pm - Dick Clark's Live Wednesday
900pm - NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies

NBC Thursday Night
800pm - Project UFO
900pm - Quincy, M.E.
1000pm - W.E.B.

NBC Friday Night
800pm - The Waverly Wonders
830pm - Who's Watching the Kids
900pm - The Rockford Files
1000pm - The Eddie Capra Mysteries

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Entertainment

Tags:

• NBC
• promo
• tv
• nostalgia
• 1978
• Johnny Carson
• Michael Landon
• Bob Hope
• James Garner
• Jack Klugman
• Dean Martin
• Dick Clark
• Joe Namath
• Jack Albertson
• Dack Rambo
• Scott Baio
• Vincent Baggetta

[Gnillob802]

ABC owned the 60's and 70's for the younger people and CBS owned them for the older people. NBC pretty much survived off of Little House on the Prairie until the A-Team showed up and knocked Happy Days off the air.

[radamail]

"Lifeline" looks like it might have been worth a look, but "Grandpa Goes To Washington" sounded like trouble even before show #1.

[efan2011]

@Gnillob802

NBC also had SNL in the 70's but even they fucked the show up in 1980.

[EricEbac22]

Laceykat66--

Indeed they did; in fact, NBC floundered in last place every year from 1975-76 until 1984-85, most of the time only having three or fewer successful shows in the "Nielsen" Top 20.

[Laceykat66]

@larrystarstruck Sword of Justice was pretty good though it was not given a chance.

The network would flounder until the mid 80s with some of the worst shows on T.V. including "Super Train."

[Troy1967]

NB See Sucks.

[larrystarstruck]

NBC had a pretty forgettable lineup at that time. I don't remember any of those shows.

[Raretelevisiondvds]

I have 4-dvd set of Land of The Lost 1978 with original commercials,

NBC Salutes The Wonderful World of Disney 1978 with original commercials-2hr,

Journey Back To Oz By Filmation 1978 with original commercials-2hr

A Flintstones Christmas 1978 with original commercials,&More.Email for info.

[fromthesidelines]

Oh, by the way, "CAPRA" appeared that fall as "THE EDDIE CAPRA MYSTERIES", because NBC's new president ,Fred Silverman, decided it needed a "snappier" title to "grab" viewers. It didn't help, as it barely survived the season. In fact, not ONE of the network's series introduced that fall lasted beyond the 1978-'79 season....

[fromthesidelines]

"DICK CLARK'S LIVE WEDNESDAY" was supposed to be an "updated" version of "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW"- but Clark wasn't Sullivan, and his guests (and "stunts") were mostly mediocre {I remember seeing Harvey Korman & Buddy Hackett doing an Abbott & Costello routine in order to promote their upcoming NBC made-for-TV movie, "Bud & Lou"}. Not only was it short-lived, Clark also sold CBS a similar series for the fall of 1988, "LIVE! DICK CLARK PRESENTS", when THEY had ratings problems...

[fromthesidelines]

"LIFELINE" was primarily a weekly medical documentary, not a "reality show" {nothing was "staged" or "created" for the cameras, as most "reality shows" are these days}. I saw several episodes [when most viewers didn't], and it was a lot better than most network shows, even then...the best thing about "GRANDPA GOES TO WASHINGTON" was that old pro of an actor, Jack Albertson [Larry Linville's character was virtually the same as his "Major Frank Burns" on "M*A*S*H"]...

[countenanceblog]

@radamail Lifeline was actually a reality show, way way way ahead of its time. Newsweek (?) said it would revolutionize TV and herald in a new genre. They were right, but it would take more than two decades.