29 NEW SHOWS OF FALL TV 1991

[@erraticbear5898]

Herman's Head. The original Inside Out

[@graefe827]

Was the voice over guy for Herman's Head the guy that played Ruben Kincaid on The Partridge Family?

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

@@graefe827 -That's what I was thinking, too.

[@RajaReign78]

Erratic Bear I absolutely loved this show and wish it would’ve been on longer.

[@laustcawz2089]

@@graefe827 Yes, Dave Madden.

[@johnpriceprice6860]

I miss T.G.I.F and Saturday morning cartoons. Its kinda sad that my kids will never know the magic of Saturday morning cartoons. I know there are a number of channels that play cartoons 24/7, but its just not the same.

[@brandonfouts4074]

totally agree, its different when you had to watch on there schedule, now you can do it 247

[@vr4runner]

I hear that

[@fromthehaven94]

Don't forget early morning/afternoon cartoons, before they were taken over by talk shows, Judge Judy, and the local news.

[@GulfCoastSportsLLC]

I agree! I miss TGIF and weekend cartoons. As a 45 year old, I never thought that I would say the words, “Back in my day … “ and I especially miss the days without the internet. Yesterday I went to bed at 17 and woke up earlier today wondering what in the world happened?! 😱 😮‍💨😞 What I would give to have the world that I once knew.

[@LRS905]

Damn. How I miss the early 90s, when women loved to wear the "short skirt+pantyhose+high heels+stretch clothing" I so loved in those days.

[@kennykistler6735]

That Flesh 'N' Blood theme song is one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life. And I can't stop listening to it.

[@clxmasisland6724]

Ahhh yes. Step By Step, a show about a family that lives in an amusement park. Pretty novel concept for a show. Somebody should reboot it.

[@sha11235]

Let's also remember the actress who played the Commish's wife was Theresa Saldana, who had survived an attack by a crazed fan several years before.

[@TimothySmiths]

loved and love Eerie Indiana

[@supermanscott]

Me too. I recently rewatched it with my 6 year old. She liked it. It was definitely ahead of it's time.

[@thesnare100]

I lost track of it, have to watch all the episodes over again. Turns out it only lasted 2 seasons, but it was a good show.

[@sha11235]

Fuckers ate all of Mr. Royal's popcorn.

[@tejaswoman]

Started this comment about something else, then 15:56 broke my heart. Loved _Brooklyn Bridge_ more than almost any show ever in the history of television, and I will never forgive the network for how they treated it. None of us deserved that, least of all Gary David Goldberg. Thank you Art Garfunkel for a tune that never leaves my eyes dry. Now on to the other shows I was going to mention... 5:30 and 8:10 loved _Nurses_ and _The Torkelsons_ . Not claiming I thought they were anything great even back then, only thing I enjoyed them and watched them regularly. No need, of course, to say that I watched 11:00 regularly - how many people back then can say they didn't? 12:38 was a big deal and a groundbreaking show, and I wish I could say I watched it more than I actually did. Watched 16:59 faithfully - great period piece. Speaking of which, 18:28 hold a special place in my heart not only because it was a beautiful show and introduced me to Regina Taylor, but also because despite being one of the better informed folks of my generation I discovered how much I had to learn when they aired an episode in which fire hoses were turned on civil rights protesters. I turned to my folks, who had lived in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1960, and said I felt like they were going a little too far to make the point about race relations. It's not like things like that happened. My parents stared at me in horror as they realized I didn't know they were dramatizing a real event from 1960s Alabama. 19:38 !!! Aaahhh! Another groundbreaking show. Be proud, Marlee Matlin.

[@BrandyTexas214]

Fall 1991 I was in 2nd Grade.. I’m 35 now.. life sure moves quick tbh

[@supermanscott]

I would have been in 2nd as well. As much as we watched t v. There are so many shows I dont remember. Time does fly.

[@GulfCoastSportsLLC]

Once we turn 18, it becomes a blur. I’m 45 at the time of my message. What I’d give to quantum leap through time and return back to my timeline with the knowledge I’ve now.

[@fromthesidelines]

4:09- "PRINCESSES" lasted five episodes. Julie Hagerty was displeased with her role in the series, and quit after four episodes. The producers- and CBS- were trying to figure out how to replace her when the network simply cancelled it after airing the fifth episode {eight were taped in all}. The one cast member who came out ahead was Fran Drescher; she pitched the idea for "THE NANNY" to Jeff Sagansky of CBS, and they scheduled it for the fall of 1993.

[@toddsmitts]

Apparently, Redd Foxx suffered what turned out to be a fatal heart attack after an argument with producers on the set of "Royal Family". The cast and crew initially thought he was faking it because of his famous fake heart attack bit on Sanford and Son.

[@derrbow]

This is the big one elizabeth, I’m comin to join you honey!

[@nicktaylor2657]

He did it to paid back the taxes he owed Even Married With Children Al Bundy made a joke that you know he wasn't going to last long 😔

[@robertdubs9466]

Sadly, that time it really was the big one.

[@JohnnyLaRue]

Roc was a good show.

[@jenniferw9196]

Loved that show!! I still call Dutton, Roc.

[@monsterx3055]

yeah it was

[@sha11235]

Excellent show. Should've stayed on longer instead of that minstrel show Martin.

[@DillanOttawa]

It seems that except for Home Improvement, this season did not launch many iconic, long-running shows. It's also funny how many of the theme songs are so "90s!"

[@TJ52359]

How is it Mchael Chiklis looked older in 1991 that he does in 2019?

[@sha11235]

He was heavier then and had hair.

[@TJ52359]

@@sha11235 ... Yeah... 'Thinning/Comb over looks more 'old -man-ish" than simple Bald...

[@charlottecorday8494]

He was also very stressed from Dan Aykroyd trying to get him blacklisted from Hollywood at the time. I'm sure he was doing a lot of unhealthy things.

[@charlottecorday8494]

Richard Kind hasn't aged a day since 1991 apparently.

[@momster64]

Ok. I was 27 in 1991, we had no cable and nothing but 5 or 6 network stations. I remember exactly 4 of these shows. They must have come and gone fairly quickly. And you sure see a lot of the same actors over and over.

[@robert7984]

Agreed big time.

[@thesnare100]

home improvement, step by step, the commish and eerie indiana I know all had more than one season, not sure about the rest

[@Thought0Ninja]

Nurses intro looks like a parody.

[@markk9458]

"Homefront" was maybe the best show that only lasted two seasons.

[@derreckpressley1165]

Facts!

[@pika23]

OMG! Step by Step! So my little sister made us all stand up and scream when the rollercoaster went over the hill. 😇😆she was 5 and we had to do this every Friday

[@sha11235]

I wanted to see that roller coaster derail.

[@andysalter7192]

@@sha11235 HA HA !!

[@vr4runner]

Step by step day by day!

[@Panwere36]

I have to say it: your videos are an absolute chronicle of how NBC (unless like with Dick Wolf the creator(s) make it impossible..) will wreck any show of any genre...

[@luisreyes1963]

The Adventures of Mark & Brian nearly KILLED network TV. 😨

[@maqclark]

I remember Redd Foxx passing away during the first or second season of Royal Family. It was rebooted with Jackee Harry of 227 fame, twice.

[@VaultMasterDBT]

There was only one season of The Royal Family; I believe Foxx completed seven episodes before his death. Jackee was brought in, first as the sister of Della Reese's character, and then later (in the spring 1992 run) as the oldest daughter of Reese.

[@Originolley]

That FBI Untold stories theme didn't have to slap that damn hard!! DAMN!

[@charlottecorday8494]

Slaps harder than Will Smith!

[@GoLions67]

Was in love with Al from Step by step! I am same age!!! Cut me some slack! Lol

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

Aaaaand the award for worst name for a sitcom and worst intro goes to... Flesh N' Blood!

[@Mattwav]

that was real bad!

[@troyc4250]

Perri Gilpin was in 'Flesh & Blood' she would later redeem herself as Roz on 'Frasier '.

[@stvojay]

No joke. Missed that part of the 90s and glad I did lol

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

I loved Herman's Head back in the day! It was a fun and unique show. It's also interesting that it gives you a chance to see the Simpsons' Yeardly Smith and Hank Azaria live and in person. I loved Step by Step too until the last couple of seasons. The Step by Step credits are interesting too. They hadn't cast the two younger boys- Christopher Castile and Josh Byrne- until after they filmed the initial scenes at the park, so they had to shoehorn their credit in and Castile into the waving scene with first Peggy Rae and then Sasha Mitchell. It makes the first season credits look so weird to not see them in the credits apart from two scenes. And I know it doesn't count because it actually started in 1989, but let's not forget Baywatch officially began its long run in 1991 too.

[@SchofieldAJ]

Actually on the Step By Step thing is they did to have Casted both of the younger boys as in Mark as he was already casted as Chris Catiile but it was Josh Byrne aka Brendan whom was Recasted as they had another boy the played Brendan in the Unaired Pilot! And the reason why for the Mark/Chris being down at the bottom waving is they found out that Chris has Motion sickness as a kid and also he was filming the Bethoven Movie then and was unavailable for that Opening Video and why they had him waving w/ Peggy Rae then they redone it w/ the new Brendan!

[@Margann1987]

I love "The Torkelsons" :)

[@sha11235]

Wonderful show.

[@tueudeeuiexdtu7317]

22:25 I like how Tony Lo Bianco opens his arms to reveal his own name in the title sequence 😅

[@PreApocalypseJitters]

Herman’s Head only stayed alive because it had Married With Children as a lead-in.

[@laustcawz2089]

Having 2 voice cast members of "The Simpsons" didn't hurt.

[@RoyPage1970]

​@@laustcawz2089for some reason I don't recall it

[@db399]

That was definitely the only reason I watched it.

[@sha11235]

I think the first show was just Carol and Company done again. And Carol should've tugged on her ear instead of winked.

[@fromthesidelines]

CBS wanted Carol back in an updated version of her variety series for the fall of 1991. Unfortunately, she had the same success that Garry Moore (her former variety show mentor) had- which was NONE. His attempt at a more "contemporary" program lasted from September 1966 through January 1967. Carol's attempt lasted nine weeks {November- December 1991}. And there were problems plaguing the show. She doesn't want to talk about it these days any more than her stint on "THE ENTERTAINERS" (1964-'65).

[@db399]

It seems like every video I watch for one of these years of TV has a new Dabney Coleman show in it. RIP.

[@Atomykpimp]

Step By Step had their version of Urkel in Cody who was great on the show until he was fired due to domestic charges I believe and they kept trying to fill his role with other people but the show was not the same until they later brought him back and even then it just ran it’s course.

[@laustcawz2089]

Meanwhile, on cable: MTV--"Liquid Television" (which spun off "Aeon Flux" & "Beavis & Butthead"--which, in turn, spun-off "Daria" in 1997). Nickelodeon--"The Adventures Of Pete & Pete" transitions from 2-minute between-show shorts to occasional half-hour specials to full-fledged series. Also, Nick introduces "NickToons"--"Doug", "Rugrats" & "Ren & Stimpy". HBO--Hour-long comedy "Dream On" premiers its 2nd season.

[@ki5aok]

Could be wrong on this, but didn't "Beavis & Butthead" also spin off "King of the Hill?"

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

Really liked Herman's Head, Brooklyn Bridge and The Commish.

[@sha11235]

BB should've stayed on longer.

[@ThePwig]

So many big names attached to shows that were unsuccessful. Like James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, for instance. They had hits and misses all over the place. And so many notable actors on forgotten shows. Also, wow Homefront looked expensive lol!

[@Mattwav]

I kinda remember the torkelsons I used to watch it even though memory of it is pretty hazy

[@sha11235]

You can catch the episodes again on here.

[@maundamartin59]

I was in the streets after high school and STRAIGHT TO THE US NAVY......I COMPLETELY missed ALL OF THIS.

[@paulcarr5918]

I do not remember Flesh N' Blood, though it's interesting to hear a Leon Russell theme song there. I vaguely remember The Royal Family because I know Redd Foxx died in the middle of it, but I definitely did not remember a little Naya Rivera being in it.

[@luisreyes1963]

Pop Quiz: Which TV sitcom was a more depressing slog, ROC or The Torkelsons? Also, Homefront was never given a chance due to the fickle viewers.

[@GlenPlumlee-c9r]

I don't remember any of these...91-93ish i was doing alot of drugs ...these shows look pretty awful anyway lol.

[@AldenRDavis]

13:04 - TEECH. I remember that show. I watched every Wednesday nights, it was funny.

[@ladybirdlee3058]

Eerie Indiana another great show!

[@richardludwig3673]

In some ways it feels like a spiritual forerunner of Eureka.

[@SyndicateSuperman]

Good Lord these shows were majority awful (like most other failed series) but some seasons like these are essentially piles of 💩 with gold flakes on the top.

[@AldenRDavis]

19:24 - REASONABLE DOUBTS. Love that show. It should be out on DVD.

[@Originolley]

Man, New York use to be a place you'd be jealous of not living there. Looked so amazing and always moving. Now, it would be a nightmare. Different Society i suppose.

[@sha11235]

Don't you love that The Commish is always looking for a pen? Reminds me of Columbo.

[@BladeEdge121212]

I can't believe that I was a 10 year old, semi couch potato, but I only remember 25 percent of these shows. And I thought Eerie, Indiana was in the mid-90's?

[@pika23]

Still looking for the intro to a couple of short lived season replacements... One was from 89 called heartland, I think... It was a sitcom about a farm family... It's the first time I heard the word wiz used for peeing. At the end of the tornado drill the kid says, I gotta take a wicked wiz. That became the family joke for the next 30 years. The other was a sitcom called Grand. Set in fictional grand Pennsylvania where the grand piano was invented. It was very much like Soap

[@RwDt09]

Heartland's first episode, along with others, is on KZbin - kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6WoqoRjnJ6XopI and Grand's 2 intros are here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/noS6o3iQbdZomc0 and kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnnaoYSvmtmcatE

[@scottdaniels8129]

Wish one of the streaming services would pick-up Herman's Head. They have the episodes on youtube but the picture is annoyingly grainy when I pull it up on the big-screen.

[@DancesWithFriesians]

So I see Pros and Cons was yet another thing that James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair were in together.

[@chrisw6164]

Wow, what a tv wasteland. I recognize very few of these shows.

[@derreckpressley1165]

I loved Homefront and was devastated when it got canceled

[@thesnare100]

I liked the Commish, but my uncle thought it was kinda silly- because a real police commisioner doesn't do those things. As I understand it the commissioner isn't a cop he acts as a liason/in charge of a police department/departments in a city between the mayor/selectman. He doesn't chase criminals or investigate crimes or arrest people.

[@willE84]

These vids are fun, but at the same time they're depressing as fuck... Life really needs a do-over button. At least one chance to go back and do shut differently😟

[@lostnthenoise]

Reasonable Doubts was a show I loved. Harmon and Matlin had great chemistry.

[@greysky1252]

I always got Step by Step confused with Full House.

[@sha11235]

Step was Brady Bunch of the 90's. Hell, even the mother had the same name.

[@greysky1252]

@@sha11235 lol yeah I remember it being just as..."dry" as the Brady Bunch. Where everyone is perfectly ideal and happy to the point of being robotic and creepy. Like, the opposite of edgy, I'm not sure what the word is.

[@stvojay]

I ate up Step by Step as a kid. Haha. Loved Cody, JT, and had crushes on Karen & Al.

[@donaldpaluga]

@@greysky1252 dull

[@taylorlconner]

They were hoping you would.

[@fromthesidelines]

24:03- Even though it was a flop in the U.S., "P.S.I. LUV U" was a success in Europe- all 13 episodes.

[@melissapeters1218]

Been looking for a kids show “Brainwaves” produced by Kiro TV in Seattle WA 1991-1992. Found 2 news articles but no clips... anyone?

[@GulfCoastSportsLLC]

OH MY GOD … HOME IMPROVEMENT! I LOVED THAT SHOW!

[@Bishopspipes]

Brooklyn Bridge! An amazing show

[@Koshka42]

I hate these shows that give no indication at all of what the show's about at all in the opening.

[@thesnare100]

I think Eerie indiana definitely does, he ever says it explictly

[@fromthehaven94]

@@thesnare100 I always wondered, if the population wasn't exactly what it said on its sign, would something bad happen?

[@GulfCoastSportsLLC]

ROC was one helluva show!

[@PreApocalypseJitters]

Nurses only stayed alive for 3 seasons because it had Empty Nest as a lead-in.

[@sha11235]

It was by the same people and a spinoff.

[@PreApocalypseJitters]

A crude and unfunny spinoff

[@stvojay]

My mom would watch it a lot because she was a nurse, my main reason for remembering it’s existence lol

[@fromthehaven94]

On NBC's Saturday night lineup before Dark Skies, The Pretender, and Profiler- all in 1994, I think. Dark Skies, I think, would have better than the show it knocked off, The X Files, if it had lasted more than one season.

[@yaywhewclips242]

I liked SIBS. Martha Mason and Jami gertz!!

[@kennykistler6735]

Jami Gertz is a billionaire now, believe it or not.

[@creates100]

I'll fly away and Brooklyn Bridge both excellent shows that deserved a better fate .

[@hegmonster]

4:28 Great actresses, but I'm guessing the CREEEPY AF intro killed this show before it got out of the gate.

[@ticketspleasereviews1079]

Nah, I think the concept for the show did enough to kill it. It feels like something that got concocted in the 1950s.

[@fromthesidelines]

23:06- "PROS & CONS" was an "overhauled" version of "GABRIEL'S FIRE" from the season before (here, James Earl Jones smiled more). It lasted through January 1992.

[@petergray7576]

Colonel Trautman..... Darth Vader....... They're cops!

[@willE84]

Herman's Head! That shit came up randomly in a conversation with my bud man the other day lol.

[@alanoldham1700]

A lot of flops this season with lots of unaired eps. CBS really took it on the chin in '91.

[@FriedConsole]

The entire 90's was not good for CBS. Local affiliates started playing syndicated movies over the primetime programming.

[@CTback]

At least they learned their lesson? They finally got Step by Step and Family Matters...in their final seasons.

[@fromthehaven94]

CBS's fortunes changed because of decisions at ABC and NBC. The former declined on a drama series centered around the use of forensic science to solve crimes. The latter had a military/legal drama that was canceled after on season. CBS decided to take both shows. One was CSI, the other was JAG, which had a backdoor pilot for a show called NCIS.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

Hermans Head. Nothing better

[@primemover1416]

Was it just me or did those doors to where Herman works look a lot like the doors from The Mary Tyler Moore show?

[@dennisc6716]

I only have memory of about 6 of these shows.

[@jenniferw9196]

4:21 cool intro. Never heard of the show...

[@lp-xl9ld]

Okay, fall 1991...29...just before I moved from NYC to Philly...I can say with some certainty that I heard of some of these but I can also say with some certainty that I never *watched* any (either at the time or in syndication). Probably watched the already established shows, which were likely much better...

[@RoyPage1970]

Erie Indiana has to be some of the lamest crap that was ever filmed and aired on television

[@givemebackmypurse.6894]

Without Commish, he probably wouldn't have been in The Shield.

[@sha11235]

Who knows? He had a series between both shows as well.

[@Lynn17]

I didn't even know Step by Step had an extended theme song until I caught the older episodes in syndication. And I remember the Brooklyn Bridge reruns on channel 12 NJ way back in the early aughties!

[@ferociousgumby]

3:24 Freddie Rumsen from Mad Men

[@ladybirdlee3058]

Nurses was a great show! Wish some of these shows were shown again on tv or netflix.

[@ferociousgumby]

And whatever happened to Ron Liebman?

[@fromthesidelines]

He kept himself busy over the years. The last thing he did on TV was the occasional voice of "Ron Cadillac" on "ARCHER". He died in December 2019 of complications from pneumonia, age 82.

[@nicktaylor2657]

Wasn't he Rachel Green dad?

[@dubliners0999]

I love these vids!

[@raestalgia]

10:45- I remember watching this all the time with my mom, and this part would either confuse us, or make us want to do this 🤦‍♀. It looked like they took the parking lot of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, and covered it with a big body of water. It looked completely unnatural, but hey, that's your 90's cheesy CGI for ya.😆

[@richardludwig3673]

It’s supposed to be an actual amusement park in Green Bay (where there really is a wooden coaster right on the shore of the lake) but it’s actually Six Flags Magic Mountain.

[@raestalgia]

@@richardludwig3673 Really. I didn't know that, and I was born, and raised in Wisconsin. The only amusement parks I know that was either in,or near Wisconsin was either Six Flag Great America in Gurnee,Illinois, or Wisconsin Dells, but neither one of them is near a big body of water. Well, that's good to know.

[@richardludwig3673]

@@raestalgia here’s a Google maps pin if interested: maps.app.goo.gl/ECM4fAEWpDqm4Y2FA There’s all kinds of neat hidden treasures around our neat state!

[@harumskarum3481]

I actually like Home Improvement more now than when it was on the air.

[@sha11235]

Never liked it because I'm not a fan of Tim Allen.

[@asecretone]

Mike Post is the 🐐

[@stvojay]

I remember a lot of these, Step by Step major part of my childhood & Herman’s Head is pretty underrated IMO. Princesses had a cool video open but the music is cringe. Also read that it had a lot of drama behind the scenes. Never heard of Flesh N Blood, but I can see why it was cancelled terrible name and intro, haha. Great video as always, keep it up! 😁

[@michaelingram2926]

Wow, aside from Herman's Head, some really bad tv shows!

[@tiadaid]

Home Improvement is not a bad show

[@fromthehaven94]

Eerie Indiana, I'll Fly Away, Roc- those were not bad at all.

[@cindypruitt9534]

So many of these shows had excellent actors and such, too bad I can't remember almost any of them except the hits.

[@donaldpaluga]

Rachel Phelps sired Dr. Evil's son?????????

[@taylorlconner]

Pound-force per Square Inch Love You?

[@robert7984]

Eerie Indiana lol. Don't remember that one

[@PKSandman]

It didn't last long, but gained enough of a following on FOX Kids in the late '90s to gain a spinoff which lasted one season.

[@donaldpaluga]

Nothing is stranger than Eerie, Indiana And nothing is eerie like Stranger Things

[@supermanscott]

Loved it as a kid. Just rewatched it with my daughter who is 6. It was ahead of it's time.

[@laustcawz2089]

I think it aired opposite "60 Minutes".

[@fromthehaven94]

@@laustcawz2089 The death knell of many a show, getting a third season was an accomplishment for any show in that timeslot.

[@Susquehanna80]

Great video as always but just makes one ill to realize how similar all the shows are.. and everyone must be so happy, ugh.. Nothing on tv then or now to engage a viewer or make him think

[@kennykistler6735]

You really believe that there's nothing on TV now that engages viewers or makes viewers think?

[@TheNightmareMan]

29 new flops of fall 1991 lol

[@Panwere36]

This video is surprising to me out of many. Not because of the shows that didn't make it.. but the ones that did. Network television reached its real zenith (for me) between 1982-2002. While before there were good periods, and after we got temporary reprieves... the true decline of good network television started when SJWs took over... and is has been downhill since.

[@jenniferw9196]

Hard to compete when you have cable is airing Sopranos, Wire, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Curb, The Shield and much more.

[@Panwere36]

@@jenniferw9196 , but those still came from "network extension" places. But, sadly, SJWs are ruining shows like that as well. NONE of those would air now because "someone is/or could be offended by reality".

[@BostonSmitty]

This is driving me insane, can anyone tell me the guys name who does the voice over for Herman’s Head intro? It sounds so familiar but can’t place it.

[@VaultMasterDBT]

Dave Madden, of "Partridge Family" fame.

[@BostonSmitty]

VaultMasterDBT I can’t thank you enough. Obviously it’s neither there nor there in the whole scheme of things but it was one of those I couldn’t get out of my head.

[@palchristianandersen9086]

Why did the early 90s have such a boner for the 30s and 40s? I know the 80s had nostalgia for the 50s because of boomers, and the mid 90s had a preoccupation with the 60s and 70s because of gen x, but why the dip back in between?

[@TheFuriousfunk]

it's sad that the best shows from 91 were Herman's Head and Home Improvement