Long ABC Promo from 1978!!

[@chalklounge]

The iconic pipes of Ernie Anderson. Truly the voice of my tv watching childhood.

[@dace938]

TUESDAY !!! Then.........

[@nathanwilliams9866]

his voice is like butter. so good.

[@joemartin1253]

I don't care what anybody says the 1970's WAS THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION!

[@demetriusdillard2863]

I enthusiastically concur, Joe!

[@troyc4250]

I never watched Taxi as it went over my head as a kid but I knew it had to be a good show...just listen to the theme song. I loved it then as I do now. Man 1978, one year after Star Wars...all my grandparents were alive, biking, playing football in the street, open hydrants on hot days waiting for the ice cream truck. I had to do a book report in the fall of 78, so I did it on a Hardy Boys book the Vampire Trail. Great memories.

[@flex_007]

Wow, all of that sounds fun.even the book report. I was a toddler in 78.👍😁

[@troyc4250]

@@flex_007it was fun. I loved it for what it was. These videos help keep my past alive.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

My whole childhood on parade in one video!

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

Mine To I Was 7😔 I Wanna Go Back Now TV Is Trash Fake Reality KARTRASHIANS And Jenner's And Love Island And Fake Housewives Of Whatever State They Pic 😝😝😝

[@der22672]

Ahhh, the late 70s. Such a special time being a teenager in those days. I was 14 in 1978. Boy, did I have huge crushes on Robert Urich and Grant Goodeve back then.

[@Beatles01able]

I could just leave this on loop all night while I sleep peacefully. #memories

[@meatballmagoo6134]

Play this for me if I'm ever in a coma

[@minouchejean8265]

Man i miss those days

[@VinnieRattolle]

3:38 Fonzie correcting Laverne's pronunciation of "Mork" didn't make it into the final cut of the episode. Thanks for sharing!

[@JackT_Music_on_Vinyl]

A sizzle reel most likely used during the season up-front sales or for affiliates to see.

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

But in this case it was clearly aired on a particular night, specifically September 10, because it identifies the Battlestar Galactica premiere as "one week from tonight."

[@HerAeolianHarp]

This was the voiceover man of my childhood. He built excitement and anticipation into the viewing experience. Who was he?

[@chriscarter409]

Ernie anderson

[@erichall6039]

This was so great thanks!

[@kayandaeddings4803]

It’s hard to believe that this was 40 years ago. In fact, 1978 was the year I was born. Yes I’m showing my age but who on earth cares?

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Aside from "Apple Pie" and "Battlestar Galactica," ABC's 1978-79 schedule was quite successful; "Mork & Mindy," "Taxi," and "Vega$" were all renewed for a second season. Sadly, this would be the final season for "Welcome Back, Kotter," "Starsky & Hutch," "What's Happening!!," "Carter Country," "The Hardy Boys," and "Operation Petticoat."

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Whoops! I forgot to mention "Donny & Marie"! If my memory serves, the variety series was retitled "The Osmond Family Hour" by the time ABC pulled the plug. Thanks for commenting, @Bob Martin.

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

Even "Battlestar Galactica" was a success. It only got cancelled because it cost too much.

[@jimbranca1565]

so cool a room full of tv superstars. and s line up of classic tv. the good ol days!!! How cpuld we go to entertaining tv to todays trash? the movie network hit the nail on the head!!!

[@tejayschwartz7681]

TV gold .. especially for a 13 year old 😊

[@usa02]

That is the late Ernie Anderson v/o the 1978 Were the One promo Campaign and "The Morning Exchange" promo was v/o by David Mark. Mark replaced announcer Dave Pelunis that year.

[@esmeraldaborjas3701]

ABC Saturday Night 800pm- Carter Country 830pm- Apple Pie 900pm- The Love Boat 1000pm- Fantasy Island ABC Sunday Night 700pm- Ed Edd n Eddy 800pm- Johnny Bravo 900pm- The ABC Sunday Night Movie ABC Monday Night 800pm- Welcome Back, Kotter 830pm- Operation Petticoat 900pm- ABC NFL Monday Night Football ABC Tuesday Night 800pm- Happy Days 830pm- Laverne & Shirley 900pm- Three's Company 930pm- Taxi 1000pm- Starsky and Hutch ABC Wednesday Night 800pm- Eight is Enough 900pm- Charlie's Angels 1000pm- Vega$ ABC Thursday Night 800pm- Mork & Mindy 830pm- What's Happening!! 900pm- Barney Miller 930pm- Soap 1000pm- Family ABC Friday Night 800pm- Donny & Marie 900pm- The ABC Friday Night Movie Every Day All Day You ABC Fall Preview 1978-1979

[@Miss_Chick]

ABC had the best shows in 1978!

[@missytucker5202]

This Brings Back So Many Memories / Some Of These Stars Are Dead Now / But Was A Great Time For Movie Entertainment /I Guess I Was 8 Years Old Back Then /Its So Cool To Go Back N Time 📺🎬🎞❤

[@claycarpenter8625]

The great days of television. I don't watch anything from the Big 3 channels today. It just doesn't compare

[@SufferingFoolsMusic]

The unidentified series at 5:39 was a sitcom called "Apple Pie" that lasted for all of two episodes. Dabney Coleman's character is confusingly referred to in some sources as "Fast Eddie" Murtaugh and in others as "Fast Eddie" Barnes.

[@WhoonieInfamy]

+SufferingFoolsMusic It ran almost as long in this promo as it ran in its own right!

[@thewipsportstalkfan3160]

Thanks for the info. The 78-79 season was a huge blockbuster for ABC. a lot of memorable programs on the network that fall. Its just a shame that they couldnt come up with a better jingle. "Were the one" sounded montonous and having the stars sing together, as nice as it looked on paper seemed cheesy and forced. The previous "Still the one" (which used no celebrities ) was perfect. However, when you're #1 you can get away with (nearly) anything, no matter how corny.

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

8:39 Mid-level executive: Wow, what a shot! Let's use all of it! CEO: But she's nobody. She's just a minor character in one of our lesser sitcoms. Mid-level executive: Who cares? People will want to watch her! CEO: But they might not even know what show she's in. Mid-level executive: ...Then they'll have to watch ABC all the time! CEO: Son, you've got a promotion coming.

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

3:36 I didn’t know Mork hitched a ride on the Starship Enterprise!

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

1978 in the the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota: KMSP-TV 9 was in its final year as an ABC affiliate, the station will continue to operate as an independent in 1979 as they will no longer be "The One." KSTP-TV 5 will be in its final year as an NBC affiliate, since they announced that they will be with ABC in 1979. The "groovy 5" logo (which is still used today in one form or another, started being used alongside NBC's peacock logo in 1969) WTCN-TV (now KARE) 11 will become the Twin Cities' NBC affiliate in 1979 after spending the previous eight years as an independent station.

[@joehill9671]

This was another universe of ABC-TV's history of Primetime,and its cultural value,like this 1978-79 Promotional reel,which showed how ABC fared in the late 1970s-and back then,all these Primetime shows are STILL better,then the ABC of 2014,,total shit!!

[@flex_007]

It's a who's who of tv shows. Powerful lineup 👍❤️

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

I loved Robert Urich in Vega$.

[@lynnanneeddington9633]

Am I really that old?? ……. When tv was fun to watch !!

[@TheMediaHoarder]

When did this air? Looks like it was before a show was supposed to start.

[@MarkFartman]

They would show the upcoming Fall TV shows promo sometime during September, and I think they usually ran throughout the month. I remember seeing one of these just before the evening news in the 70s.

[@rick3747]

I was 12 in 1978. ABC's dumb shows, Disco music and Carter in the Oval Office made for horrible times in the US then. Thankfully, "Van Halen" was released in 1978 making 1978 a bit happier and putting the nail in the coffin of Disco. RIP Edward

[@SantiagoRevecoLepeReborn]

World's most longest promos ever made!

[@joemartin1253]

Santiago Reveco Lepe Reborn that's cause they had something to promote unlike today's shit!

[@Musicradio77Network]

0:04 - “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” tomorrow 9:30AM to 10AM.

[@Remlik103]

is that Barbi Benton at 8:39

[@joejoewest]

That's Bond Gideon from Operation Petticoat.

[@utubedude70]

I went to the comments just to find this out too ;)

[@TheReginaldDwight]

No, it is not.

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

However, it could very well be Barbi Benton at 6:51

[@corrbenbernsten4902]

Hilarie Thompson is hot 🔥 in operation petticoat

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

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

[@tolfan4438]

The year welcome back Cotter was ruined

[@davidborjas3666]

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[@daveatkinson7462]

Game Shows On ABC Daytime The $20,000 Pyramid And Family Feud

[@nicoleberry2750]

@videoholic50s60s70s I am sorry that I forgot I asked if I could make requests before and I got an answer saying yes but no guarantees. I sent you a list too. So did you get my request list yet or not can you please let me know so I will know when to send you a new one or not via KZbin?