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101
Operation Petticoat

ABC (ended 1979)

Operation Petticoat, based on the 1959 movie by the same title, starred a post-Gomez John Astin heading up a large ensemble cast including Jamie Lee Curtis in one of her first roles. Called into duty because every ship was needed during WWII, the USS Sea Tiger, a pink submarine, patroled the South Pacific with the mission to rescue downed airmen and sink ships when possible. The pink color resulted from the sub having to set to sea after the depot with it's exterior paint was bombed by the enemy. But the color would soon become a positive thing after the crew rescued a company of nurses who had been stranded on an island. After the show's first season, nearly all the cast was replaced and was cancelled after just 10 episodes into it's second season.moreless
102
Fantastic Voyage

ABC (ended 1970)

Very loosely based on the 1966 movie, this cartoon featured the Combined Miniature Detection Force (CMDF), who, after being shrunk to microscopic size, were sent on missions to stop mysterious threats to mankind. The Team consisted on Commander Jonathan Kidd, Physician Erica Lane, Guru, a mystic, and Busby Birdwell, the pilot and designer of their ship, the Voyager.moreless
103
The Dudley Do-Right Show

ABC (ended 1970)

Dudley Do-Right the bumbling hero of the Canadian Mounties made his first appearance on Rocky and Bullwinkle in the early 1960's ... now he has his own show and is still facing his nemesis the dastardly Snidely Whiplash.moreless
104
Rich Man, Poor Man

ABC (ended 1976)

The small screen adaptation of Irwin Shaw's best-selling 1970s novel Rich Man, Poor Man was the first great American mini-series. It was an epic television event of historical proportions. The story of the Jordache family grabbed the attention of a nation during the winter of 1976. Originally broadcast as a limited twelve-part dramatic series, the series topped the weekly ratings and ended the 1975-76 TV season as the second highest rated show. It was nominated for 20 Emmys (winning 4) and 6 Golden Globes (winning 4, including Best TV Series - Drama.)

"Rich Man, Poor Man" recounts the lives of brothers Rudy (Peter Strauss) and Tom (Nick Nolte) Jordache from 1945 - 1965. One will gain great wealth and power as a businessman and politician while the other will struggle through life as a boxer and gangster thug. They both compete for the love of Julie Prescott (Susan Blakely) with one of them finally making her their wife.moreless
105
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

ABC (ended 1974)

Santa Claus would rather skip Christmas this year, but Mrs. Claus tries to make him see how he would be sorely missed if he did so. Mrs. Claus shows Santa how he really is appreciated by the world and lets him know he should snap out of his blues.moreless
106
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

ABC

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo is the 1979 update of the classic Scooby-Doo character. This was the fourth Scooby-Doo cartoon to date and introduced the world to Scrappy-Doo, Scooby's puppy nephew. Despite being related, Scrappy-Doo was not much like his uncle, Scooby. Situations that would normally cause Scooby-Doo to react in frozen terror would result in Scrappy-Doo putting up his paws and shouting "Lemme at 'em! I'll splat 'em!". Due to his small size and hot temper, Scrappy-Doo would often be in physical danger, forcing Scooby-Doo and Shaggy to reluctantly save him. Scooby, Scrappy, and the rest of Mystery, Inc. were still out solving mysteries. In this series they encounter some truly out-of-this-world characters including the UFO Weirdo, Aztec Acapulco Sea Creature, Sky Skeleton, Devil Bear, and Snake Demon of Haiti. Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo ran for one exciting season in 1979 and had Scooby-Doo fans young and old talking about "Puppy Power!"moreless
107
Salvage 1

ABC (ended 1979)

Once upon a time, a junkman had a dream...

"I'm gonna build a spaceship, go to the moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back and sell it."

So he put together a team. An ex-astronaut...a fuel expert...they built a rocketship...

And they went to the moon. Who knows what they'll do next?moreless
108
The Immortal (1970)

ABC (ended 1971)

WELCOME TO THE IMMORTAL AT TV.COM! Ben Richards works as a test car driver. He is a young, handsome man with no cares in the world. His life is turned upside down after he donates a pint of blood. The doctor tells him that there's something different about his blood. Nothing "wrong" -- to the contrary, Ben's O negative blood contains antibodies and immunities that make him totally immune to everything, including old age. The billionaire who gets his donated blood is brought back from the brink of death because of those antibodies. He learns of Ben's blood and, as the effects of the transfusion wear off, decides he must control Ben's life so that this rare gift will be available any time he needs it. Ben is offered everything in exchange for becoming the billionaire's private fountain of youth. He rejects the offer but finds himself imprisoned. He escapes and is forced to go on the run, leaving behind his job, his home, and his financee. Even after the billionaire dies, Ben is not safe: Fletcher, an employee of the deceased, recruits a new billionaire. Fletcher is given a blank check and the job of finding Ben Richards. While looking over his shoulder for Fletcher, Ben is also on the lookout for his brother, Jason. The two were orphaned and separated as teenagers. No one knows if Jason's blood also possesses these miraculous antibodies. Ben only knows he has to find Jason before Fletcher does.moreless
109
The Beany and Cecil Show

ABC (ended 1988)

Beany and Cecil began in 1949 as a kids' puppet show titled "Time For Beany". It was created by legendary Warner Bros. cartoon director Bob Clampett and featured the voices of Daws Butler and Stan Freberg. The series followed the hijinks and adventures of the crew of the Leakin' Lena: Captain Horatio Huffenpuff, Beany (a little boy with a beanie cap), Beany's pal Cecil the Sea Sick Sea Serpent, and Dishonest John, their arch-nemesis. The show acquired a following of such luminaries as Jimmy Stewart, Albert Einstein, Frank Zappa and Groucho Marx during its seven-year run.

In 1959, Clampett's studio, Snowball Productions, made an animated short, "Beany & Cecil Meet Billy The Squid," featuring these characters, which was screened in Canadian theaters (released by United Artists). In 1962, ABC ordered a weekly series which was aired in primetime as "Matty's Funnies With Beany & Cecil" (sponsored by Mattel toys, of which Matty and sister Sisterbelle were mascots). It featured characters such as Tearalong the Dotted Lion, Little Ace from Outer Space, Cecilia McCoy (Cecil's girlfriend), Careless the Mexican Hairless, Hare-cules Hare, William Shakespeare Wolf (who began on the puppet show as Willy the Wolf), Thunderbolt the Wonder Colt (also a holdover from the puppet show) and So What & The Seven What Nots. That and references in similar episodes (especially "Beanyland", the show's original pilot) were blatant enough to give the Disney company pause (but the references were no less funny for the cause). Bob Clampett himself wrote the outlines for all 78 cartoon shorts and supervised the scripts, which were rich in puns (visual and verbal) and wordplay. It ran only one season in prime time and then migrated to Saturday mornings in 1963 where it enjoyed a five-year run. In the fall of 1989, the show was syndicated weekly, the first time since 1968 that the series had been shown in any capacity. In 2003, selected episodes were screened on Cartoon Network's spotlight series The Bob Clampett Show.
In 1988, ABC commissioned DIC to produce an all-new series of Beany & Cecil cartoons under the direction of John Kricfalusi (who worked on Mighty Mouse the season prior and would be responsible for Ren & Stimpy three years later). This version was dropped after five weeks due to Kricfalusi's hands-on approach to cartoon making conflicting with ABC's interference with the story process.moreless
110
The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show

ABC (ended 1980)

A Ruby Spears animation production The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show was based on the adventures of the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man. The show also featured various other character segments, such as: Baby Plas, Plastic Family, Mighty Man & Yukk, Fangface And Fangpuss, and Rickety Rocket. "Plastic Man" was about the stretchy superhero himself. "Baby Plas" was about Plastic Man and Penny's baby son. "Plastic Family" focused on the adventures of all three of the Plastic Family. "Mighty Man & Yukk" was about a tiny Superhero and his dog that could talk and wears a doghouse because he is so ugly that he could practically kill with his ugliness. "Fangface And Fangpuss" was about a werewolf and his cousin's (who is also a werewolf) adventures. "Rickety Rocket" was about an artificially inteligent space ship that was created by a group of African-American kid geniuses who solve mysteries in the future. This show can occasionally be seen on Cartoon Network and maybe even Boomerang, however, it's only the "Mighty Man & Yukk," and "Fangface" segments. "Rickety Rocket" might have been shown on Cartoon Network.moreless
111
The Dating Game

ABC (ended 2000)

THE DATING GAME was and still is by all accounts, the premiere game show for singles. It was the forerunner for many imitators such as "Love Connection", MTV's "Singled Out" and numerous others. But they all have the same influence: Chuck Barris, the creator of the one that started it all! "THE DATING GAME" first premiered on December 20-24, 1965 on abc-TV and remained a fixture on the network in both daytime and nighttime incarnations through the rest of the 1960s and well into the 1970s. Jim Lange, fresh from his announcing duties with Tennessee Ernie Ford stepped through the flower-speckled rotating partitions for the first of many, many times shortly before Christmas 1965. The game play was simple. On one side you had 3 bachelors answering questions from a girl on the other side of the partition (each not being able to see the other). The girl was given a certain amount of time to ask as many questions as she could to the 3 bachelors. More often than not the questions would be of a quirky nature. (E.G.: "If we were marooned on a desert island, what would be the first thing you'd do and why?"). During a commercial break, the girl would think about which bachelor she'd select. When the show returned, Jim would have her announce her choice. After meeting the 2 boys she didn't select, she's meet her date at which point Jim would tell them where they were going for their dream date. On less frequent occasions, the roles were reversed. To wit, the game would feature a boy selecting 1 from the 3 Bachelorettes. The show became an enormous hit with young viewers. (In fact, in light of its success, Baskin-Robbins named an ice cream flavor in honor of the show.) And over the years, the show featured many stars of the day (Burt Reynolds, Paul Petersen and even Dick Clark showed up) as well as newcomers who would in later years become big stars in their own right (John Ritter, Teri Garr, Tom Selleck and Farrah Fawcett were among these.) The show left abc-TV on July 2-6, 1973, but stayed in syndication for another year (1973-1974) before leaving the airwaves altogether. Creator Chuck Barris brought the show back again 4 years later with Lange as host from 1978 to 1980. Along with an updated version of "The Newlywed Game" and 2 new shows, ("The Gong Show" and "The $1.98 Beauty Show") "The Dating Game" returned to syndicated in 1978, only this time with a more adult-oriented borderline dialogue format--perhaps in an effort to recapture the same audience that had grown up watching THE DATING GAME in the 1960s. The newer version- along with Jim Lange's gaudy red tuxedo- lasted for 2 years until local stations finally got tired of the protesting phone calls. Once again, the show featured both present-day and future stars such as Jaye P. Morgan, Bob Saget and Murray "The Unknown Comic" Langston. THE DATING GAME was all but forgotten until the mid-80s, when Barris decided to do it yet again. An all new 80s update of "The Dating Game (The All-New DATING GAME)" premiered on syndicated on September 8-12, 1986, but this time the hosting duties were handled by Elaine Joyce (Lange was busy at the time hosting "The $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime"). This version lasted for three years with Joyce hosting the 1st season and Jeff McGregor hosting the last 2 Seasons and again as in the previous 2 incarnations, the show featured present and future stars. (Among the future stars was Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding, Jr.!) The Program Demised on September 8, 1989. Now... as for the NINETIES update? Well... I don't know terribly much about it except for the following: By the time the 90s rolled around, Chuck Barris sold the rights to all his shows to Columbia-Tristar Television. A newer, corporate-whitewashed version of the DATING GAME was released on September 9-13, 1996 and packaged with another updated version of "The Newlywed Game", this time with Chuck ("Love Connection") Woolery (1st Host is Whose Line is it Anyway (US) Brad Sherwood for the 1st Season for the difference) and outside of the quizzer and the respective suitors & suitorettes not being able to see one another, the rules were almost completely overhauled and all ended the show on September 15, 2000. But if you're a game show retrophile like me, you would have to agree that there's just no Dating Game without Jim Lange with or without the awful tux. And now you don't have to suffer from Lange withdrawal because Game Show Network has some episodes to show you... And HEEEEEEEE-RE THEY ARRRRRRRR-RE! Now you can see the classic Jim Lange episodes of the original DATING GAME on The Game Show Network- in particular, the ones that featured present-day and future superstars. You can see them Saturday and Sunday nights at 11:30pm on GSN. Enjoy them if you can... and if you can't stay up that late, TAPE THEM... LIKE ME!! (Dates with celebrities are always subject to their availability.) THE BROADCAST HISTORY of THE DATING GAME: December 20, 1965-March 31, 1967 at 11:30am-12Noon on ABC-TV April 3, 1967-July 12, 1968 at 4:00-4:30pm on ABC-TV July 15, 1968-July 6, 1973 at 2:30-3:00pm on ABC-TV. On 1st Run Syndicated from September 10, 1973-September 15, 2000.moreless
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American Music Awards

ABC

The American Music Awards show is one of four annual major American music awards shows. The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC.moreless
113
Lidsville

ABC (ended 1973)

Lidsville was the Krofft's third show.

It involves a boy (Mark) who goes to see Merlo the Magician at Six Flags over Texas. He is so intersted by what the hat can do, he decides to sneak back-stage to find out the secret.

When it starts to grow, he climbs on the brim and falls in. After a nightmarish trip through the hat, he lands in Lidsville, the land of living hats.

Every kind of hat is here. There is an opera hat, which is a top hat with huge side-burns. There is a cowboy hat that looks like the old twinkie mascot, and many more. There is also Hoo-Doo and the bad hats.

To help Mark out is Weenie the Genie (Billie Hayes in a good guy role). But Hoo-Doo shook her up so much, her magic constantly goes wrong.

Butch Patrick used to play Eddie Munster while Charles Nelson Reilly went on to be a nine year panelist on Match Game!moreless
114
That's My Mama

ABC (ended 1975)

That's My Mama debuted in the fall of 1974 on ABC and starred Theresa Merritt in the title role as Eloise "Mama" Curtis. The series took place in Washington D.C. and centered around Clifton Curtis, Mama's son and young barber, he had inherited the family barbershop from his late father, Oscar Curtis. Mama wanted the best for her son and that meant a woman in his life, so she often tried finding him a mate even though he enjoyed bachelor life. Other in the cast include, Tracy, who was Curtis's sister, Leonard, Tracy's husband, Earl, Clifton's buddy and two old timers who hung out in the barber shop, Wildcat and Josh. The series lasted a year and a half and aired its final episode, a repeat, on December 24, 1975. First Telecast: September 4, 1974
Last Telecast: December 24, 1975
Episodes: 39 Color Episodes ABC Broadcast History September 1974-September 1975----Wednesdays----8:00 p.m.
September 1975-December 1975----Wednesdays----8:30 p.m. Nielsen Ratings: (Top 25 or Better) Never ranked above 25moreless
115
Grape Ape

ABC (ended 1977)

Grape Ape is a 40 feet tall (that's about 13 metres) purple gorilla that always wore the same clothes: a cap, a green jacket and a bow tie. Most of his statements end with him repeating his name twice ("Grape Ape. Grape Ape."). His best friend is Beegle Beagle, a normal-sized white dog. Along with his canine companion, Grape Ape travels around the world in search for adventure and usually finding themselves in all sorts of wacky situatons. Grape Ape first appeared on TV as part of the "Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show" (which ran on ABC between 1975-1976). He then appeared in his very own half hour show in 1977 and was a regular on "Scooby Doo's All Star Laff-a-lympics" as a member of the Yogi-Yahooeys between 1978-1980.moreless
116
The Captain and Tennille

ABC (ended 1977)

Pop music stars Captain and Tennille hosted their own ABC-TV variety series which premiered in September, 1976 and ran through March, 1977. On Monday nights at 8pm, you could find much of the United States tuning in to watch Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille perform musical numbers and comedy sketches with various guest stars. The hour long show aired opposite of NBC-TV's "Little House On The Prairie," and CBS-TV's "Rhoda" and "Phyllis" comedy block.

The entire series consisted of 20 episodes of which the final 8 were produced by Dick Clark. The opening musical theme song was set to an orchestrated version of Captain & Tennille's Grammy winning hit song "Love Will Keep Us Together." Every show closed with the first verse of their own composition entitled "We Never Really Say Goodbye." Their series was a ratings success and could have continued beyond the first season. Instead, Captain & Tennille opted to focus on their music and touring career. After the initial run of The Captain & Tennille Variety Show, they starred in 3 follow-up ABC-TV specials, two of which aired in the spring of 1978 and the third in March 1979.moreless
117
Fish

ABC (ended 1978)

Fish debuted in 1977 as a spin-off from ABC's Barney Miller. Detective Phil Fish and his wife Bernice move out of their apartment in New York and into a broken-down house. They then become foster parents to five children. Psychologist Charlie Harrison (Barry Gordon) tries to help with their venture, but his impractical ideas don't help. This leaves Bernice and Fish to tend to most of the children's problems by themselves.moreless
118
Detective School

ABC (ended 1979)

This short-lived sitcom—also known as Detective School—One Flight Up—dealt with an unusual assortment of students who, obviously, attend a night school for detectives run by inept private investigator Nick Hannigan. Their lesson plan is continually interrupted by evidence of actual criminal activity in progress. The students included show salesman Eddie Dawkins; secretary Teresa Cleary; La Fleke Lingerie Company model Maggie Ferguson; an elderly gentleman named Robert Redford; housewife Charlene Jenkins; door-to-door salesman Leo Frack; and mailroom clerk Silvio DaSalvo. The Hannigan Detective School and Agency was suuposedly located at 1407 East Figaroa.moreless
119
Carol Burnett & Company

ABC (ended 1979)

Carol Burnett and Company ran for four weeks during August/September 1979. It was first presented to CBS, but they rejected it and ABC picked it up. During the series' short run, Carol featured such guest stars as Tim Conway (McHale's Navy) and Vicki Lawrence (Laverne and Shirley), both of which had starred on The Carol Burnett Show. However, variety shows were an all too common thing around the time of this show and Carol Burnett and Company was cancelled after 4 episodes.moreless
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ABC Weekend Specials

ABC (ended 1997)

A collection of animated and live-action specials that aired during ABC's Saturday morning lineup.
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