 This is the SF Productions podcast network That wonderful TV year 1977 from the pop culture bunker. I'm Mindy and I'm mark you can check out our audio podcast How I got my way three comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network comm well first off We made it to 100 episodes That's our party exactly So I mentioned recently that I collected TV guide fall Preview issues over the years and thought it would be fun to talk about which shows made it which didn't and which ones We actually watched yes, and now I have to give credit to Ken reads TV guidance counselor podcast for this idea He apparently has an enormous number of TV TV guides and his concept is he brings in this other person generally a comedian and They pick an old TV guide issue and then talk about what they would have watched. Yes so So 1977 this is a year when Star Wars came out But it came out too late to actually impact much at all. Yes in television the next year big time so we start with Saturday night and Operation petticoat now on for one year. Was that like a military show or something where there were like nurses exactly Okay, it was based on a movie But the TV show was an early role for Jamie Lee Curtis wasn't her dad in the movie. I believe he was yes There was also we've got each other which we're on for three whole months and it is so generic No, that was on our own you wouldn't know the difference I it's we've got each other Ah boy, I don't even Which is why it was only off for three months Oliver Clark and Betty Archer household names. Yeah, okay But then we move on to something that went slightly longer the love I watch the love boat. Yeah. Well, no question. Yeah, that was that was standard viewing. No no question in my mind And it's actually available now on if you get me TV I think they show it on the weekends. The only trouble is The syndication package doesn't include the whole series. Yeah, it stops after like the third season You never get anything without Julie, right? And I think what happened was they started doing musical numbers and they don't want to pay for the lights Because that was when like the last season is when we got The the the the dancing girls. Yeah with with Terry hatcher Early role for her Moving on to Sunday on our own it lasted a year. Yeah another incredibly generic series Monday night we had the Betty White show which lasted five months It was her playing the role of an actress on a TV show that kind of parodied police woman They should they should show reruns of that now. Yeah We then had Rafferty which was on for three whole months and Featured Patrick McGowan as a doctor Yeah, okay generic doctor Yeah We had the San Pedro Beach Bums also lasted for three months So even back then things didn't last very long. No, no it was especially shows like this It was like, okay, you know here. We're giving up now That's what I do want to note here is that back in the 70s You didn't get like a four-episode commitment. You got at least a 13 episode commitment So all of these shows should have 13 episodes. Well, maybe they got maybe they got They didn't actually produce them But they had a commitment that they would actually, you know Paid for the 13 So we also have young Daniel Boone One whole month. That's Parker wasn't it? Well, it was Parker was the original one. Yeah, this one people you've never heard of and would never hear of again All right Then finally on Monday night, we have Leucan 1.5 years a year and a half About a kid raised by wolves That's vaguely to me, but I don't think I'm glowing eyes or something. I don't know. Yeah, kind of supernaturally Well, there's a lot of shows that came in on Tuesday night in 77 starting with soap soap Which lasted for four years very popular a hugely popular show a parody of soap operas Although frankly near the end it always came a soap opera of its own Oh, yes, because it got actually dramatic and a character was killed off and the da da, but So there you go Lou Grant five years dramatic spin-off of Mary Tyler more. Yes So this was the first time you took character from a sitcom moving him to a one-hour drama and So he moved from being being working at WJM to moved to Los Angeles and he Newspaper editor. Yeah, right and as we learned at the Emmys It was the first time that someone had won an Emmy for playing the same character in both a comedy and a drama. Yeah Hey, we had the Richard Pryor show lasted one month very controversial show But it was an early role for Robin Williams pre Morgan Mindy. Yes, and Tim Reed. Yes, pre WKRP The Fitzpatrick's five months an early role for Helen Hunt. Was she like a little kid on this? Yep. Yep. Oh, and not even I think in the main cast. Oh, okay And finally for Tuesday night Mulligan stew three months the big thing here was there were three People actors who were TV kids Eleanor Donahue Johnny Whitaker and Suzanne Croft so Johnny Whitaker was a family affair Suzanne Croft was Partridge family. Yeah Wednesday night the Oregon Trail Lasted two months and it's pretty much what you think it is. It's them the prequel to the video game. Yeah, exactly Yes Game is based on the Oregon Trail We have then big Hawaii and early prime-time soap that lasted two months a prequel to Hawaii 5-0 Thursday night Carter country which lasted two years. So this was a sitcom about a Northerner who goes down and works in this small town southern police station Okay, and And the Carter country is referring to Jimmy Carter. Okay, okay We have then chips. I watched chips. Yes six years Which of course introduced Erica strata to the world. Yes, the California Highway Patrol Then we had man from Atlantis Okay, I watched me in from it as I one year of course introduced Patrick Duffy with the webbed hands In the swimming like a dolphin. Yeah, yeah Okay Rosetti and Ryan which sounds like a USA show from today, but it was a lot drama which lasted two months. Okay Red Fox comedy hours lasted five months. So after Sanford and well technically, yes but this was red doing a variety show and It was very generic and It didn't last very long We had then James at 15 a one year show Well, I couldn't last more than a year because then he would be 16 Well, then they renamed it at one point James at 16 And it was a realistic teen drama which actually got a lot of critical praise. Yes. I vaguely remember it Then finally Friday night Now that Red Fox has moved on it's the Sanford arms a spin-out without Red Fox And I think Luanda Paige was the star of the show Odesta It lasted a whole month And finally Logan's run in the grand tradition of Movie turned into TV show and failing and failing miserably it lasted six months But it was an early role for Gregory Harrison who then letter later went out to trapper John MD Okay, and as I'm paging through here I'm seeing like big long articles about say the mini what you would call a mini series or You know a network special kind of thing and yeah specials and then they even have a section on what's changing on the news Yeah, there was so little stuff on television you could actually cover everything ABC news plans close-ups on teenage alcoholism Vietnam veterans today and the volunteer army and a January documentary on hostages and terrorism You know, you couldn't do that now because they do so much of this stuff It's just you know, like what's happening now, right? You know, right? Maybe that's just the result of the 24-hour news cycle. I Think that's fine. Yeah, so this is our first shot at a fall TV preview issue episodes We might do more in the future. We'll see what happens. Maybe I'll I'll pick out like my favorite year, huh? And in the meantime, you can check out our radio podcast how I got my way three comics on items or on our website I said I guess And I'm mark thanks for watching for 100 episodes