NBC Promo - NBC See Us (1970)
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jgidley
Posted 3 years 4 months ago
EricEbac24
Posted 5 years 24 days ago
Does anyone know what "Lifeline" was about? Since I first found this video clip and saw the promo for the show, I assumed that it was supposed to be a real-life precursor to "ER".
Solomon G
Posted 5 years 1 month ago
Speaking of the 'N' logo - remember Gilda Radner as the dancing NBC 'N' on Saturday Night Live?
EricEbac24
Posted 5 years 1 month ago
Fyne T(oo)ning--
A little while back, I told you that the "N" logo without its colors helped lead NBC to the demise that they didn't pull out of until the spring of 1986. One thing that I forgot to tell you was that NBC did still use the red and blue double trapezoid "N" at the top of every hour during network programming and also when network affiliates would ID themselves from when they (NBC) first introduced the logo in 1975 until unveiling the "Proud N" logo in the fall of 1979.
A little while back, I told you that the "N" logo without its colors helped lead NBC to the demise that they didn't pull out of until the spring of 1986. One thing that I forgot to tell you was that NBC did still use the red and blue double trapezoid "N" at the top of every hour during network programming and also when network affiliates would ID themselves from when they (NBC) first introduced the logo in 1975 until unveiling the "Proud N" logo in the fall of 1979.
EricEbac24
Posted 5 years 6 months ago
Sadly, NBC has once again fallen into the hole that they were in programming-wise and financially that they fell into from 1975-1986; only this time, NBC-Universal may not escape, and they may be forced to file for Chapter Seven bankruptcy, or total liquidation, unless by some miracle, they can find some new programs that will get them back to #1 in the TV ratings, which they have not seen since the end of the 1996-97 season, and have since plummetted to fourth behind FOX, CBS, and ABC (TVparty.com).
EricEbac24
Posted 5 years 8 months ago
Fyne Tooning--
It's possible; but, as I told one Retro Junker a little while back, NBC was in the ratings hole for a long time, finishing in last place behind CBS and ABC for ten consecutive years (1975 until 1985) and was almost completely bankrupt by the time 1985-86 was over, at least until GE purchased the network in late 1986-early 1987.
It's possible; but, as I told one Retro Junker a little while back, NBC was in the ratings hole for a long time, finishing in last place behind CBS and ABC for ten consecutive years (1975 until 1985) and was almost completely bankrupt by the time 1985-86 was over, at least until GE purchased the network in late 1986-early 1987.
EricEbac24
Posted 5 years 10 months ago
Ms. MapleLeaf--
You're not kidding, either; in fact, the only shows from that season that I know of that still air in reruns are "Little House on The Prairie", which airs on Hallmark Channel, and "The Rockford Files", which airs on WGN America (the old Superstation WGN).
You're not kidding, either; in fact, the only shows from that season that I know of that still air in reruns are "Little House on The Prairie", which airs on Hallmark Channel, and "The Rockford Files", which airs on WGN America (the old Superstation WGN).
EricEbac24
Posted 5 years 10 months ago
I failed to mention in my first note that NBC was almost off the air by the time the 1984-85 season was over, despite the fact that they had nine shows in the Nielsen top 20, including "Cheers", "The Cosby Show", and "Diff'rent Strokes".
EricEbac24
Posted 5 years 10 months ago
Mobilene--
Sad to say, but you're right; in fact, NBC actually finished in last place behind CBS and ABC at the end of ten consecutive seasons, beginning with the 1975-76 season and continuing all the way through the 1984-85 season; the 1980-81 season was by far the worst, as the network only had three shows in the top 20 (I pulled this off of Wikipedia), and, to make matters worse, by the end of the 1984-85 season, NBC was also on the verge of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, thanks to major programming disasters by Fred Silverman and early disasters by his successor Brandon Tartikoff (May he rot in peace). It wasn't until the end of 1985-86 that the network pulled out of the hole and finished at #1 programming-wise and the end of the 1986-87 season shortly after they were sold to GE that they pulled out of the hole financially.
Sad to say, but you're right; in fact, NBC actually finished in last place behind CBS and ABC at the end of ten consecutive seasons, beginning with the 1975-76 season and continuing all the way through the 1984-85 season; the 1980-81 season was by far the worst, as the network only had three shows in the top 20 (I pulled this off of Wikipedia), and, to make matters worse, by the end of the 1984-85 season, NBC was also on the verge of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, thanks to major programming disasters by Fred Silverman and early disasters by his successor Brandon Tartikoff (May he rot in peace). It wasn't until the end of 1985-86 that the network pulled out of the hole and finished at #1 programming-wise and the end of the 1986-87 season shortly after they were sold to GE that they pulled out of the hole financially.
Fyne T(oo)ning
Posted 7 years 6 months ago
There it is at the end of the promo: The "N of Doom", only this time without it's respective colors. You don't suppose it might have been the reason the network stayed way down in the ratings basement for so long?
diskoboy
Posted 7 years 11 months ago
Wow - NBC had some real winners in 1978. I think out of all the new shows featured, The Eddie Capra Mysteries was the only one to last the whole season.
I vaguely remember W.E.B.. It was kinda like an episodic version of 'Network'.
I vaguely remember W.E.B.. It was kinda like an episodic version of 'Network'.
Ms. MapleLeaf
Posted 8 years 13 days ago
Interesting how most of the shows mentioned here only lasted for one season in 1978 and are never shown in reruns !