NBC Come Home To The Best 1989

This is a great feel-good promo for the 1989 NBC fall season. Includes Carson, Bob Hope, Cosby, Leno and cast from Golden Girls, Hunter, Night Court, etc.

[@kittygrrlhk]

I was 12 in 1989 and television back then was much better than it is today. Atleast back then program creators had some imagine and created shows that were about something. I miss the family sitcoms and even cop and action shows and primetime soaps.

[@MetuNtr]

Cosby truly ruled the network back then. Count how many times at least one of the characters is in the whole promo.

[@CharlesNigro]

Cosby, Cosby, and more Cosby, my god, how many times did they milk that cow? It's a testament to how good these shows were that most of them were/are in syndication for a number of years.

[@fever_spike]

JOHNNY CARSON, BOBBY HOPE AN' THE GOLDEN GIRLS!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@islandblader]

geez, i was 2 years old when this came out! why cant TV still be like this?

[@jwsu2003]

Latoya is the biggest mystery in this promo. She's actually 22 years early to promote the Apprentice. I didn't see My Two Dads featured anywhere. The longest running show to air this season was the Smurfs!

[@SoGoodWeNamedIt]

i wish they still did stuff like this

[@nicklebackfan]

What memories! The era before reality television poisoned primetime, the era before they cut out theme songs that made shows immortal, the era before cable fragmented the market to the point where bad television was rewarded and not penalized. *Sigh* Life must go on, I guess.

[@FomorViceroy]

By then, I believe Cheers was the second-highest rated series on the network, so, it's strange that no one in the cast was featured in this. Also, Late Night with David Letterman was nowhere in sight, but, I feel like this is something Dave would've hated doing. He's featured in promos like this for previous seasons and he comes off as resenting having to be there.

[@Attmay]

Not doing these promos probably was a factor in him losing the tonight show to Jay Leno who gladly participated.

[@FomorViceroy]

@@AttmayDave was notorious as being difficult with network management.

[@JamesFerret]

30 years later: 🎵 “DVR ‘The Voice’! Busy play-Ing Fort-nite!” 😆

[@soseztheleadr]

Love the memories flooding back right now. ^^

[@keithsmove]

Such a cool promo....man, back in the day!

[@jayanxiety]

While much of this is cheese-extreme, I do like how the normally serious, straight-laced Robert Stack pokes fun at himself in this. Man I miss "Unsolved Mysteries"! That creepy theme, the narration by Stack, and the spooky true stories were q real highlight of my week.

[@Variety1985]

It's my understanding ... Bob Bibb and Lewis Goldstein are responsible for the NBC COME ON HOME promotion. They also did network promotions for FOX and WB. I had an opportunity to speak with both of them on the phone after a letter to the FOX network got their attention and they made a phone call to me! I just LOVE these network jingles!!

[@crnkmnky]

Interesting. My sister just showed me a late 90's WB promo (Hey Dubba, Ho Dubba) and I responded with this video. Classic!

[@JimmySand9]

If NBC were still doing promos like this, they wouldn't be in last place.

[@Anrkist713]

Robert Stack was the most awesome host for a show, ever.

[@toddsmitts]

This was an interesting period in NBC history, while the network was still on top. Cheers (which we didn't see much of in this promo), Golden Girls, and Cosby were still going strong. Seinfeld had premiered over the summer, but was off to a rocky start. Law & Order was a year away. Other hits like Mad About You, Frasier, Friends, and ER wouldn't appear for a couple more years.

[@GWhiz99]

This NBC fall 1989 promo starts w/Winston-Salem,NC-born(8/14/56) Jackée Harry. Start of this TV season coincided w/my 1st semester as a college student. Johnny Carson & successor Jay Leno show up :10 secs in, hardly foretelling how fierce the late night wars would become. Unrelated: Rene(Shannen Doherty)as band leader for “Tonight Show” host Shannon(Ben Affleck), who hosts the show despite living in his parent’s house in Kevin Smith’s “Mall Rats”(1995); Shanice on Leno’s first “Tonight”(5/25/92)

[@pieceofcake125]

i miss the good old days.

[@markelijio6012]

This is Rob Mounsey's best scoring effort for NBC. Come home to the best. From November 1989.

[@keithsmove]

One of the best promos of the 80's tv used to be soooo cool

[@yuandeleon7204]

Yes😄

[@trisr]

Yes, I want the video for 1988 promo, I only have the audio.

[@ResidentPetrolhead]

@VaultMasterDBT The reason it looks like LaToya Jackson is because it IS LaToya Jackson---she appeared in Bob Hope's 1989 TV special.

[@SilasGTBronte]

Neat, vibrant promo!

[@Mao_kit_com_3591]

😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉

[@theironworker781]

I forgot how hot Stephanie Kramer was back then. I also love how these promos celebrate the fact that NBC had their own little shared universe. Imagine the fun x-overs that could have happened.

[@kadii2natalie]

This is so cool....

[@fgldnglbs]

The Cosby Show, L.A. Law, Golden Girls and Night Court are the standouts; Hunter, 227 and Empty Nest(sorry R,.M.) remind you its 20 YEARS.

[@michaelswink5606]

Jackee Harry and Josh Taylor are the only stars in this promo still on NBC (well, technically Peacock, but same thing).

[@jeffreymutia2573]

only on NBC NBC only on NBC

[@sierria64]

BLACK CHICK WITH BOB HOPE WAS THAT LATOYA JACKSON

[@crnkmnky]

@Nezar Berryhill No, it was clearly LaToya. Another commenter said she was in Bob Hope's special that year. 🤷

[@crnkmnky]

@Nezar Berryhill That is Bob Hope kzbin.info/www/bejne/enibcph7n9Fmbrc And La Toya Jackson.

[@JHollowayNetwork]

It was much bigger than the previous 1988 season.

[@pjc858]

Disney didn't buy ABC until 1996

[@GWhiz99]

This NBC fall 1989 season promo starts w/Winston-Salem,NC born Jackée Harry(b.1956); basketballs seen in promo link nicely w/her sharing a Aug. 14 b’day w/Earvin “Magic” Johnson(b.1959). The start of this TV season coincided w/my 1st semester as a college student. Johnny Carson & successor Jay Leno show up :10 secs in, hardly foretelling how fierce the late night wars would become. David Letterman@1:32 (Carson reportedly favored as successor). Nothing foretelling Letterman successor Jimmy Fallon

[@bryanloveseighties]

Boy, network television used to be worth watching in the 80s. Pity, this song and Fall season came when the 80s were coming to an end.

[@ScoopNemeth]

As a college journalism student, and longtime news watch, I grew up watching these NBC News Anchors. Some stayed and have gone. 1) Bryant Gumbel (Today) is at NFL Network, and I Don't Know where Jane Pauley is now 2) Maria Shriver - left to work with California's Governator 3) Tom Brokaw - former Nightly News anchor - is staying, but is being interim on Meet the Press, seeing that Tim Russert died 4) John Palmer, where is he now? 5) Deborah Norville (Today) now at Inside Edition.

[@sherryhannah498]

Jane Pauley is on CBS’ Sunday Morning

[@chantingmammal]

I think Jane Pauley is now at CBS News as far as we know but Brokaw retired

[@markelijio6012]

Miss Julie Moran is now doing other activities such as an actress, author and consultant at NBC Universal since 1994.

[@GWhiz99]

Unrelated to 1981 splits or progenitor of man: Johnny Carson(508-14-8695) was born in CORNing, ADAMs County, IA, which includes UNION, BROOKs, GRANT, JASPER. This promo is for NBC’s primetime fall 1989 schedule, but has personalities from NBC News. bRYANt GUMbEL is unrelated to BRAD SLATER with KAMrun in “Dirty Filthy Man Sex”. Still, KAMrun & CARSON MATTHEWs were in “Bareback My Crack” and MARio Lopez was ALBERT CLIFFord SLATER in NBC’s “Saved By The Bell” premiering Saturday mornings that fall

[@GWhiz99]

From :28 to :32 of this “Come Home To NBC” promo for the fall 1989 TV season, there’s Johnny Carson (508-14-8695), MARla GIBBs, Bill Cosby, Bob HOPE and bRYANt GUMbEL. The sequence begins with CARSON reading the same tabloid-sized “Peacock News” edition as GUMbEL with SPORTS story “Break Out Winner” clearly visible. Unrelated to 1981 splits: BRAD Slater is paired with KAMrun in 2007’s “Dirty Filthy Man Sex”, while KAMrun and CARSON MATTHEWs appear in 2009’s “Bareback My Crack”. Unrelated: Lauer

[@jorgeschannel304]

Jackee Harry

[@NerdNest83]

NBC needs new leadership. Someone who knows what they're doing. Someone who wants NBC to be the best again. It sure as hell ain't Jeff Zucker.

[@Subzero20044]

What about Fresh Prince, Law and Order, Blossom, and the other show on NBC Promo?

[@danielsamuels5857]

That's 1990.

[@nomadcowatbk]

Cosby was the highest rated show then

[@sherryhannah498]

I hope you will reply to this loved seeing Andy Griffith in this.......loved the show he was on in this time frame Matlock other than Matlock the other shows I liked were Cheers Night court In the heat of the night and Ms

[@NDW85]

Because Classic Concentration was airing on NBC at the time, Alex Trebek, Majorie Goodson-Cutt and Gene wood should have appeared in this commercial. But I guess Alex was doing a Jeopardy taping and Gene was doing a family feud taping on the day filming began.

[@flipgood89]

lol at Robert Stack....he was probably high as hell when he was doing that promo

[@corrupt200]

does anoyone have the video that went with the 1988 Come home to the best...only on NBC jingle?

[@Lupton2000]

:25 NBC....NBC.....That really got on a lot of people's nerves.

[@VaultMasterDBT]

I don't think they're getting Jackee confused with LaToya. The woman who appears with Bob Hope around 1:12 DOES look just like LaToya. Besides, if some of the people who claim to see LaToya also mention Bob Hope in the same breath, it wouldn't make sense if they didn't know Jackee or Marla. ;)

[@MegaJuanTrinidad]

Greetings!!! I believe the lady appearing alongside Bob Hope is Stepfanie Kramer, from "Hunter."

[@reneen1018]

Can you imagine them having a commercial like this now? NBC is mostly crap these days. Wow, I was three when this came out.

[@emmisonjs17]

those were the days... days when NBC ruled the ratings. Imagine how very early in the 80s, they sucked... literally... and going into the 90s, they ruled... the only thing the network can do now is play it smart and build on the shows they have... like they did in the very early 80s...

[@speed114]

What was up with NBC having all the Disney stuff back then?!

[@Attmay]

For two seasons, they brought back the Sunday night anthology show after it had been on ABC for 2 1/2 seasons.

[@DefLeppardVanHalen]

Bull was really funny on this promo.

[@kurtispopp]

Maaaaaaaaaaaatloooooooooock!!!

[@MoreTashevia]

I Seen Bill, Phylicia, Tempestt, Malcolm, Keyshia, And Sabrina But Where's Lisa ?

[@markelijio6012]

Vanished from the industry.

[@markelijio6012]

Vanished from the industry.

[@markelijio6012]

Vanished from the industry.

[@NewsLynne]

John Palmer? Stepfanie Kramer? Damn. Hope they had fun while it lasted - two years later both were long gone from NBC, just like the "227" cast.

[@keithsmove]

"Miles above the rest"? More like "Miles below the rest" now lol

[@JonathanHale2023]

HE NEED MORE STRENGH 1:09

[@cr3861]

Somehow I get the feeling from these few posts that you guys never heard of Jackee(aka LaToya) from 227. A Googling is in order for the misinformed, as LaToya Jackson never, ever appeared in a regulat TV series. And I suupose you folks never heard of Marla Gibbs, either

[@crnkmnky]

@Chuck Rawlings : Actually, Jackée Harry is at the beginning. LaToya Jackson is quite clearly at 1:10. She was a featured guest in the 1989 Bob Hope special: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enibcph7n9Fmbrc It's been 8 years, come on home to eat some crow!

[@pjc858]

is there a reason why cheers got bypassed in this promo?

[@thejyav]

HOLY CRAP i love the 80s and that was even too 80s for me

[@anothertrackmom]

(1999)

[@xevious87]

Who is woman singing at the start

[@Coolkingman]

@sierria64 Looks like her, but why would she be in a 1989 NBC promo? She looks scarry.

[@DeAngeloStevens]

WVTM 13

[@MeInTX]

They couldn't get one Cheers cast member to show up for this?

[@Attmay]

They did all the ones before this. I guess by this point they had enough clout to say no.

[@corrupt200]

tell me about it, and I thought cheers was the 2nd best sitcom after Cosby, now that Family Ties ended its run.

[@VaultMasterDBT]

No, you are entitled to your opinions, but do you honestly think this many people have bad taste? Come on..

[@WorldNews92]

Why are Letterman and Cheers not featured?

[@Attmay]

Letterman refused to do these things. So much of his act was built around taking jabs at NBC and whoever owned it at any given time that he probably would’ve found it out of character to participate. Considering how they treated him after Brandon Tartikoff jumped ship for Paramount, can you blame him?

[@hilarioph]

How many years when Disney is on NBC?

[@Attmay]

20 years of the original 29 season run +2 years of the four year 1980s revival.

[@BexxiesTV]

Bob Hope is in this b/c he did TV specials on NBC back then...I think he did them until the mid 90s or somewhere in there. As for Latoya, I have no idea. LOL. This promo was...a bit much. I think it went on about 2 minutes too long. The 1990 one, The Place to Be, was much better in my opinion.

[@Awesoman]

@ronniemas1 Agreed...it's so annoying it's surreal.

[@jwsu2003]

Interesting, NBC hasn't been the same since Bob Hope died in 2003.

[@PacRimJim]

What's on ABC?

[@Attmay]

A Buncha Crap.

[@markelijio6012]

The Emmy winning Max Headroom (1985-1991) is still going strong on ABC with Matt Frewer, David Naughton (1988-1991), Amanda Pays and George Coe. Lasted for seven successful seasons.

[@markelijio6012]

@@Attmay Gabriel's Fire, Going Places, Living Dolls, Married People.

[@Ulalafanboy]

What I wanna know is why the Golden Girls have coloured hair. For that matter, where was Bea Arthur? Jayson

[@thenextrung]

@Edgehead10075 Tony Danza what a shame. :(

[@BlackNGoldRules]

I don't think they said NBC NBC enough in that song! lol

[@Attmay]

It was so people didn’t think they were actually watching the Disney Channel.

[@brianp2025]

cbs.................SCARED...................

[@brianp2025]

LAW AND ORDER

[@jas9946]

That looks like Roseanne at the very end of the promo. but she was on ABC hmm.

[@gmta28]

Latoya scares me..

[@newsboysrok]

No, I don't think they all have bad taste. I just didn't like it. It didn't fit my taste. Maybe I'm the one with bad taste.

[@SoGoodWeNamedIt]

yeh why is latoya in this? lmao...and why is bob hope in this? can sumone explain without me having to go thru the 95 comments on here lol

[@HocusFocusProductions]

it's not that yoou have bat taste newsboy, but in `89 you probably would have watched ABC. What are we all going to think 20 years from now looking back at promos for reality shows where people say things on TV that end their marriages.

[@Attmay]

The ABC promos from this era were abominable. I honestly think Brandon Stoddard, Brandon Tartikoff’s counterpart at that network, hated comedy. And who did Stoddard answer to? If I recall correctly, Robert Iger. He was dumbing down the American public even before he joined Disney.

[@corrupt200]

it's already bad enough that Famiy Ties had already ended...so no MJF in this promo

[@markelijio6012]

So does She's the Sheriff ended after 3 seasons, the Emmy winning Mama's Family ended after 8 seasons and My Two Dads has coming to an bitter end after 3 seasons.

[@antoniocampbell1830]

nbc

[@danarussell27]

And now we only have lousy reality show to look forward to. sigh!

[@askforscratch2]

you can see mickey mouse.

[@boramedica96]

Come Home to The Best!, Seven is Coming Truth! - Seven Network

[@VaultMasterDBT]

What is wrong with you? That was one of the best campaigns ever (even visually). Obviously it isn't awful if people left a year's worth of comments above you praising it..

[@MindYourOwn777]

@SteakDinnerBoom LOL omg I haven't been to this video since the one time I watch it a year or longer ago. I tried to watch the whole video again and this time it was total torture! lol This song really is annoying after 30 seconds like ronniemas said. I didn't see LaToya in the video this time either, so it probably was Jasmine Guy, which would make more sense as she was one of the main characters on "A Different World" on NBC.

[@wizardoferror9942]

This promo did not age well thanks to Bill Cosby...

[@Attmay]

The one from the year before it arguably aged worse because it was built around a party where Bill himself appeared to be the host. Bring your own drinks.

[@newsboysrok]

That. Was. Soooooooo awful. And really long. (That's what she said)

[@anothertrackmom]

(1999)

[@anothertrackmom]

(1999)

[@Nickelodeon7969]

@@anothertrackmom NO THIS WAS (1989)