The STUPIDEST BROADCASTING SCHEDULE CONTROVERSY in ABC Monday Night Football HISTORY

[@DMS-pq8]

Mork & Mindy got great ratings in year one so the network execs being the geniuses they were decided to change up the show by dropping several supporting characters and adding new ones

[@luisreyes1963]

Yeah, I guess the shoehorned Brooklyn refugees & Jonathan Winters was a bit much.

[@brianoneill7186]

Dropping Conrad Janis and Elizabeth Kerr ruined the show.

[@altfactor]

Also, ABC moved "Mork and Mindy" to Sunday nights for Season Two. If it had stayed put on Thursdays, it might have run longer.

[@SunnyHippies]

Yea what’s up with that? The show went from great to ridiculous

[@shackdaddy7106]

I hate to be picky, but this is too obvious. When the words Bosom Buddies popped up on the screen. JAGMAN pronounced it BOSS-SUM Buddies. C’mon man!!!😀😀😀😀😀😃

[@DolFan316]

Now that I've thought about it, Bossem Buddies could've been a show about two buddies who ordered everyone else around, even their bosses at work, and the rest of the town would cringe or run in fear at their presence until one day getting sick and tired of the tyranny and rising up to smite them once and for all. Seems like a better premise than your average early '80s TV show.

[@chuckeecheeze4649]

Or they got a shame ritual out of the way early in Tom Hanks' career.

[@teen_laqueefa]

@@chuckeecheeze4649 yes, Real eyes realize real lies

[@bjchit]

I hope he pronounced it that way because of KZbin.

[@SunnyHippies]

@@bjchit bossom buddies? 😂 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭

[@edwardlozano8807]

BOSS-UM BUDDIES? IS THAT ANYTHING LIKE YOUR "STAR-SKY AND HUTCH" TONGUE SLIP OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO?

[@DolFan316]

IMO that show would've been even cooler if it HAD been pronounced Star Sky and Hutch. OJG9 was onto something!

[@papabare1977]

Games nowadays take so long because of the numerous commercial breaks. It seems like every five minutes there are ten minutes of commercials.

[@DMS-pq8]

When you pay billions of dollars to get the rights to show games you have to make it up by cramming every add into the game you possibly can

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@DMS-pq8 and the bad thing is that if the NFL went side by side every commercial break nothing would happening on the field since everyone is on the sidelines.

[@TimmyTickle]

The recent addition of instant replays and coach’s challenges haven’t helped

[@jamesbonnen]

It worked out in the end as Joel Higgins would go on to be the dad on Silver Spoons

[@michaelaker1621]

This reminds me of one of the reasons The Flash 1990 only lasted one season. The World Series interfered with the first few episodes of the show and they lost a lot of momentum out of the gate.

[@CTubeMan]

Tom Hanks looked so promising on BAH-SSUM Buddies. Whatever happened to him? That show ranks up with Star-SKY and Hutch as the best shows in ABC history. (All together now) This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about another Steelers-Dolphins game on ABC, except in that instance the announcers looked dumb as opposed to the executives.

[@donaldpaluga]

JG9 OS JUST A KZbin CHANNEL!-Woody

[@DolFan316]

I just KNEW someone would make a comment about that. And of all the words to mispronounce...We still luv ya though OJG9 😊

[@stevenbauer4799]

hanx is lacking adrenochrome and went all hollyweirdo.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

It's stunning when he puts so much effort into compiling stats and trivia about a game or player, but then declines to look up the word "bosom" when he clearly doesn't know it.

[@DolFan316]

@@palaceofwisdom9448 Some people don't know that they don't know, though.

[@brianoneill7186]

'Boo-sum Buddies'.

[@uwsbus]

This game was actually on a Thursday night - as ABC would usually air a week 2 Thursday night game in those days. Steelers also played in a week 2 game in 84 at the Jets

[@MrMali22]

? I'm confused. Cause he says it's a Thursday night game.

[@ericjdeaton]

Next video? The stupidest decision in bosom buddies pronunciation history...

[@MichaelPiz]

Bahzum Buddies? 😁

[@donaldpaluga]

That's how Meeno Peluce pronounced it

[@matthewdaley746]

A show, with, an, opening, (back when they existed), by Billy Joel, poor Peter Scolari, instead, of his, big, break, Tom Hanks got his, and, he's, most, notable, for, playing Wayne Szalinski, on, HISTK: The, TV Show, he would, win, an, Emmy, before, his tragic death, though, just, truly, unfortunate.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@donaldpaluga From, Voyagers!, sadly, we can't talk about that program, without, also, talking about, well, you know.

[@harrymann5523]

@@matthewdaley746 Punky Brewster!

[@MichaelPiz]

@@matthewdaley746 Yep. I remember the show, I was just kidding JG9 on his pronunciation. 😁

[@jazzbo13]

14:03 "All that star power"? Joel Higgins?

[@luisreyes1963]

At least it was a jump start to Debralee Scott's career.

[@brianoneill7186]

Debralee Scott had already been in 'Welcome Back, Kotter' and 'Angie', so 'BOTW' was pretty much the end of her career.

[@donaldpaluga]

@@luisreyes1963 it DeLee Scott. You can learn more about her infamous Password Plus episode, where more than the answer was revealed, by clicking on the card in the upper right hand corner

[@SuperAV21]

Bosom is pronounced as "boozəm".

[@DolFan316]

I have a feeling OJG9 will never live this down...

[@eddiejc1]

@@DolFan316 I'm more surprised people aren't calling him out for saying that the Steelers and Dolphins had THE biggest fanbases in the country. I'm not disputing that there are a lot of Steelers and Dolphins fans, but more than the Cowboys? (For the record, I am NOT a Cowboys fan.)

[@matthewdaley746]

​​​​@@eddiejc1 That makes, even, less, sense considering, after, their, fourth, SB, the Steelers, completely, hit the wall, as their veterans retired, they, missed, the, Playoffs, in, 1980-1981, and, only, made it in, 1982, because, of, "The, Strike," that era, officially, came to an, end, when they passed on Dan Marino, whoops.

[@DolFan316]

@@matthewdaley746 They did also make the playoffs in '83 and reach the AFC title game in '84. Just sayin'.

[@matthewdaley746]

​​​​@@DolFan316 Yeah, but, did anybody, seriously, ever, think that they, were, a threat to, win, the, SB, again, until they drafted Ben Roethlisberger, just saying.

[@Jason_Maier]

From 74-77; in week 14 ABC would have a Saturday Night game Then from 78-86, they would have Thursday Night games 83-86 in week 16 they would do Friday night games in week 16 Why so?

[@guiseppe8032]

You pronounced "bosom" wrong. It's pronounced "boozem". Fun fact: "bosom" is the most common word you'll find in 19th century literature. Guys like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, & Charles Dickens used it at least twice a paragraph.

[@krzykris]

Bosom...sounds like buh-zum. Not boss-um.

[@jarvindriftwood]

Best of the West was so bad that ABC could've had The Fonz do nothing but jump the shark on every single scene and they would've had better ratings.

[@matthewdaley746]

Tom Bosley broke the, fourth, wall, on, the, final, episode, ironically, only, four, cast members would stay, for, the entire run, and, Ron Howard didn't even make it halfway through.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@matthewdaley746 What happened to chuck the older brother (played by two different actors)? He appeared in season one then just disappeared. erased from the show as mr. c. referred to his family as marion and their two children after that.

[@stevenbauer4799]

AAA YYYYYYYYY!!!!

[@matthewdaley746]

@@stevenbauer4799 Disappeared, recently, died, unfortunately.

[@matthewdaley746]

​@@stevenbauer4799 Producing MacGyver pays, better.

[@Pensfan5919]

Wouldn't be the last time that a Phins-Steelers game would mess with MNF.

[@DolFan316]

Football games lasting three and a half hours? A bunch of crappy shows on network TV? Russia being evil? The more things change, the more they remain the same!

[@knelsud92]

I enjoy your content, but this one is extremely silly. I am sure you are aware that until the NFL moved the late Sunday game to 4:25, the Sunday night network schedule was constantly disrupted, because NBC DID, in fact, SCHEDULE CONTENT TO BEGIN AT 7 PM! CBS just delayed 60 Minutes, NBC either cut programming or joined it in progress. Even Fox used to cut a Simpsons episode. Your content here isn't exactly unique.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

NBC doesn't really have a Sunday lineup though only for the occasional Dateline episode on Sundays.

[@LogoAttitude]

Best of the West was produced by Paramount which had a good relationship with ABC for over two decades including producing MNF's longest-lasting lead-in MacGyver

[@cpcva724]

ABC at the end of the season took a long time as to whether to renew Best of the West. They did renew it but Joel Higgins flew the coop and went on to star on silver spoons for five seasons. When that happened ABC reversed itself and canceled it.

[@altfactor]

If the pilot episode aired everywhere, could "Best Of The West" have become a hit?

[@timnor4803]

It was pretty bad😂😂😂

[@dr.roberts4508]

Wasn't that good

[@ZeroCrystal]

Negative-o.

[@luisreyes1963]

Highly doubt it.

[@MrLeoni2]

I saw the show. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did (one year).

[@VinnyXwolf]

Bossum? no Boosum

[@chrisayres2340]

jagman knows everything about football, but pronunciation on about everything else is a 50/50 oppo....i mean i could see if tom hanks wasn't one of the buddies, but how do you mispronounce that show....sometimes i think he does it on purpose

[@DolFan316]

Since it's so popular now to want people punished for things they said and did decades ago, I'm calling for a public shaming of the *Redskins* for getting shut out by the '80 Seahawks. The '80 Eagles I can understand. Even the '80 Cowboys or Raiders. But the SEAHAWKS?!?! This is something that should be a permanent stain on that franchise for all time!!!

[@kenhill3230]

I remember BOTW, and thought it was pretty funny. I was a young teen at the time so I don't know if I would still feel the same.

[@jamesage24]

Totally agree. I thought it was pretty funny as a pre-teen. I still remember the character named "Frog".

[@DolFan316]

10:34 Flipping the ball to a teammate so he can spike it for you? Now THAT'S the kind of end zone celebration I can get behind! 😊Screw this selfie nonsense!

[@epet9396]

The scheduling snafu was pretty noteworthy and a raw deal for "Best Of The West". However, if two legendary stars in Robin Williams and Tom Hanks couldn't make that ABC Thursday night lineup succeed with very well-received TV shows (even with it being prior to the Cosby-Family Ties-Cheers-Night Court era of NBC Thursday night domination in the 1980's), how would BOTW have had a long-term chance at success? I think that the show would have ultimately had the same run whether it aired throughout the US or not.

[@matthewdaley746]

Cheers, actually, didn't do too, well, in, the, first, Year, because, it, was, mostly, in, the bar, and, Ted Danson believed, (correctly), that it had run its course, after, Year, Seven, despite, the unforgettable finale, at, least, this gaffe would give us, Silver Spoons.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@matthewdaley746 same thing with seinfeld. Started off with a pilot episode. then got four episodes a year later. then it got into the regular broadcast sked with full seasons. in what was technically its third year.

[@matthewdaley746]

​​@@stevenbauer4799 Yeah, hard to believe that, 21/2 Men, and, TBBT, two, shows that, were, NEVER, funny, each lasted, one, year, longer.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@matthewdaley746 yep they both sucked. tbbt super sucked. 'seinfeld' was still no. one in the ratings when it ended so it easily should have outlasted both of those suck fests. seinfeld wanted to end it on a high note. Not drag it on too long past its prime.

[@matthewdaley746]

​​@@stevenbauer4799 NCIS, MUST, end, after, Year 20, even Mark Harmon's bailed, out, that historical footnote, is the, only, reason the show hasn't been canceled, already.

[@dominicrossitto5890]

TV executives used to be really clueless. I watched a documentary on the cancelation of Gilligan's Island on CBS. It was one of the higher rated shows on CBS, but the network had to cut some programs to make space for new shows and their ratings were in the toilet. 📺 = 💩 🚽 😖 The head of CBS, Cheif executive, William S. Paley was on vacation, so the management underneath him (not sure of it was a board of directors or what, it has been about 15-20 years since I had seen it), picked GUNSMOKE, and the ratings had dropped drastically. Paley came back from vacation, saw GUNSMOKE was canceled, and threw a fit, as that was HIS WIFE'S favorite TV show. He HATED Gilligan's Island because he thought it was silly. So when he looked at the list of programs that were not canceled, he selected Gilligan's Island, even though it had MUCH higher TV ratings than GUNSMOKE at this time. Another new show titled DOC was also canceled, and GUNSMOKE was rescheduled in the time slot of that Gilligan's Island and DOC were scheduled for. It DID end up revitalizing GUNSMOKE, do to the time change,...but there were other time slots it could have been moved to and why cancel a higy rated program?

[@matthewdaley746]

It gets better, Gunsmoke, was, only, reprieved to get to, 20, seasons, did, worse, than, it had, and, was, canceled, for, good, after, that year, NCIS, will push a, better, show, out, for, a, lame-duck, 20th, season this upcoming year, because, it, "deserves," it.

[@CTubeMan]

The “Rural Purge” by CBS which left Gilligan, the Skipper too, the Millionaire and his wife, the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Anne stranded on the island…until they were rescued by the Harlem Globetrotters.

[@matthewdaley746]

​@@CTubeMan NCIS, has, already, started their own version, New Orleans, ended, truly, recently, L.A., is, likely, in its, final, year, the, original, will, end, after, next, year, and, Hawaii, probably, is, only, remaining on until the syndication minimum is, ultimately, met.

[@TimmyTickle]

Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of Gilligan’s Island, was so incensed by this decision that he vowed never to work with CBS again. When he created his next show a few years later, he took it to ABC. It was the story of a lovely lady…

[@matthewdaley746]

@@TimmyTickle CBS, consideration, what's, that.

[@harrymann5523]

The other main stars of “Best of the West” were Leonard Frye, who was nominated for a best supporting Oscar for “Fiddler on the Roof”. And Meeno Peluce, who was on “Voyagers”, and her sister is Soleil Moon Frye. (Punky Brewster) Joel Higgins wound up on a more successful sitcom, “Silver Spoons” playing Ricky Schroeder’s dad.

[@matthewdaley746]

Also, where, Jason Bateman, got his, start, and, Carlton, though, he would play a cool guy.

[@harrymann5523]

@@matthewdaley746 Jason Bateman was on “Silver Spoons” then NBC gave him his own sitcom called “It’s Your Move”.

[@matthewdaley746]

​​@@harrymann5523 Ironically, the, latter, show is a, trivia-question-answer, because, other, than, featuring Ernie Sabella, it's fallen into total obscurity, most, people remember him, for, The, Hogan Family.

[@knelsud92]

"Silver Spoons" otherwise known as the white "Diff'rent Strokes".

[@harrymann5523]

@@matthewdaley746 Ernie Sabella, Balky and Larry’s boss on the first season of “Perfect Strangers”. Leah Remini’s father on “Saved By The Bell” when Zack and the gang worked at a beach resort. And the voice of Pumbaa in “The Lion King”

[@GarrettCRW]

Um.......your source is KOAT, a station in New Mexico, which is in the Mountain Time Zone, which is one of the two time zones at the time that began their prime time schedules at 7 PM (the standard time information in ads would include, "8, 7 Central & Mountain" or similar wording), so yes, a game lasting after 10 Mountain time would impact the local news. But in the Pacific time zone, that would be after 9 PM, and the local news airs at 11. So while the ratings took a hit because the game lasted long and was impacted by bad weather, I'm not sure that the problem was big as you're presented it to be.

[@turbochargedsports6327]

That's what I was wondering: in the Pacific Time Zone, if the game aired live, coverage would begin at 5:30 p.m. Even if the game ended at 9 or even 9:30 p.m. Pacific, when does local news air? 10 p.m. at the earliest? That would still allow time for the pilot to air, would it not?

[@brianoneill7186]

The local news would have aired at 11, as usual. My ABC station(owned by the network) sometimes aired the other network show after 'MNF', sometimes rescheduled it to run as weekend filler, and ran a local movie on Monday, and, in the mid-80s, when 'McGyver' was popular, it would air at 10, with local shows following MNF.

[@chadwickwhite6107]

ALL these Network rank below 39.6. EVERY TIME the Giants, Jets, Chargers, and Rams get the BALL these Networks need to SPIKE their President's head into the ground on EVERY single OFFENSIVE play!!!!

[@stevengrvp]

i lived in new york city all my life i never thought about what the west coast tv people have to deal with after games

[@doq]

I live on the west coast all my life. CBS would often air 60 Minutes in its entirety after their NFL games, except on the west coast, where we get jumped right into the news, and 60 Minutes would come later because we're on tape delay for 95% of television programming. It's not that bad, until it does get bad.

[@stevengrvp]

@@doq right we go right into everything here on the east coast after the game

[@DolFan316]

Meh. The west coast has way too much influence on society as it is. After shoving all those garbage movies down everyone's throats for decades getting screwed over by TV just evens things out.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@DolFan316 yep especially with NASCAR chasing the West Coast audience instead of going for start times that make the most sense for a track without lights or won't have day to night transition they roll with a later start instead.. It's pathetic.

[@matthewdaley746]

​@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Not, to, mention, races, are, often, postponed, and/or, take, days, to, finish, because, of, the, late, start, still, better, than, The, NCAA, Championship, Game, which, starts, at, 9:30, P.M., ET, on, a, Monday, a, blowout, and, it's, over, at, midnight.

[@WaltGekko]

Actually, ABC affiliates COULD have delayed everything, but back in 1981, many stations I believe still were required to be off the air entirely (either for transmitter maintenance or local laws) by 1:30 or 2:00 AM and being on the air past that could have resulted in unintended consequences had they stayed on even the 15 minutes after to accommodate delayed broadcasts of later programming. While cable programming had started to make this moot, I believe back then there were still concerns about being on the air past a certain point of time, especially if Churches, who then often had a much greater say could dictate such.

[@chrisguardiano6143]

Exactly, even in the early 80's & advent of 24 hour cable networks, affiliates of the big 3 networks (ABC, NBC & CBS) along with PBS were told to be off the air from 1-5 AM in many parts of the country. It wasn't until the late 90's that the big 3 networks along with PBS were allowed to be on the air 24 hours a day.

[@WaltGekko]

@@chrisguardiano6143 In New York, this went to mainly being 2:00-2:30 AM and usually for transmitter maintenance, though by 1983 most stations did air programming in the overnight (WNBC-TV, Channel 4 in fact famously following David Letterman did air three episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, two of The Bob Newhart Show ('70s version) and two of Here's Lucy (Lucille Ball's 1968-'74 show she starred with her kids on)) followed by a half-hour version of Real People to cover the overnight (I watched a ton of nights back then).

[@WaltGekko]

@daniel anderson True in New York, where all stations were 24 hours by 1982, but even into the early 1990's some stations had to be off the air during certain hours either by law or due to transmitter maintenence.

[@petermczip9011]

Seems like the timing would have affected the Mountain time zone more than the Pacific. The late News usually would be at 10pm Mountain and 11pm Pacific. With the way time zone work, is 2 hours apart. So, the game would have ended at news time in Mountain and the filler time in the Pacific. I never understood why they didn't make East and Mountain primetime start at 8pm and Central and Pacific start at 7pm to create 2 primetime start times instead of 3. I guess to make the executives in Hollywood feel important.

[@petermczip9011]

Sorry 4 to include Hawaii and Alaska.

[@brianoneill7186]

West coast ABC stations typically ran movies to fill time after Monday night baseball and football.

[@marcus813]

BOTW aired as it was supposed to in a bit more than half the country considering that most of the US' population is in the Eastern and Central time zones. ABC had been airing football games for decades prior to this Steelers/Dolphins game, so what it did from the Mountain Time Zone on west that day is inexcusable. No wonder BOTW didn't last long.

[@PAGoTribe1963]

I'm confused. In California, the game would start at 5:30 and probably ending around 9 PM. Why is this a problem??

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Ikr Sunday Night Football games currently start at 5:25 pm in the West and 5:30 pm is only a 5 minute difference. It still feels strange that currently Monday Night games start earlier.

[@MarkAHoltz]

Because at 5:00 PM on a Monday or Thursday night, many people are still getting off work and driving home. If you live in a dense metro area like Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle, that's at least a 30-60 minute drive home, thus you would be missing the first part of the game.

[@DickyCox]

the series premiere show did air in the pacific time zone immediately following the game at 8:45pm

[@hendrixjcs10]

I’m still wondering when that Lions vs Bucs game took place was because I haven’t heard or seen that game and I watch every game.

[@marcusmcgraw3519]

I’m wondering the same. Maybe a couple of years ago since it’s 2 NFC teams on CBS?

[@RealisticFisHed]

It's from the 2018 preseason, it also happens to be the most recent preseason victory for the Lions

[@jasonpaul5]

Imagine if that 1980 Seahawks team included Joe Nash?

[@frankaltaccounter1275]

Sorry if I'm missing something here or if it's been repeated... The only time zone I would have seen affected in the contiguous US would be the Mountain Time Zone (thinking the game would have ended around 9:00 PST, news comes on at 11 - no issue I would think). If all of that is true, yes it was a blunder, but the least populous time zone (not counting out the 48) would have been the only time zone where BOTW was affected. I'm doubting the fact Denver and Albuquerque (and if applicable, Phoenix) not seeing would have been what broke the back of the show.

[@tomservo75]

In the first minute I thought this was going to be about the "Heidi Game". I thought games take longer today because there's more passing. The start times (ET) on Sunday, I remember they used to be 1:00 and 4:00. Then the 2nd game was moved to 4:15, and now 4:25 if it's a doubleheader. Now in a national doubleheader they schedule a minimum of 3.5 hours apart.

[@ericjdeaton]

Bossome Buddies?

[@isthiswherewecamein6130]

Tommy Vigaritto (or however you spell his name) Anyways, his punt return on the replay here to nearly 35 SECONDS!!! LONGEST REPLY of a play I've EVER SEEN!!! Pretty sure it begins just before the 10:00 mark in the video. Just kinda interesting I thought.

[@DolFan316]

I didn't mind the length at all 🥰

[@isthiswherewecamein6130]

Definitely didn't mind it, it was just one of those things that for some reason jumped out at me. Usually things get chopped up on video, you see the beginning and the end of the play and thats it, here, we see the whole play, that in real time probably on took 10 seconds, drawn out to 30 seconds, and an enjoyable 30 seconds, at that. Just not something you see in NFL highlights normally is all I meant. It was cool. 😎

[@LogoAttitude]

Laverne & Shirley was a spin-off of Happy Days as was Mork & Mindy

[@shanestanton8]

Can anyone corroborate this? I’ve heard that: 1. “Mork and Mindy” was (partly?) ruined by mettling by network execs 2. “Barney Miller”, at least at the time, was considered by police officers to be one of the most accurate descriptions of their job

[@mrmoose6619]

The second is completely true. Barney Miller was pretty much universally loved and praised by Police Officers for the accuracy in the show.

[@shanestanton8]

@@mrmoose6619 thanks

[@CTubeMan]

You may be right about Mork and Mindy, as two of their older stars were replaced by the younger Jay Thomas and Gina Hecht. I believe that same problem befell Angie around that time.

[@matthewdaley746]

​@@CTubeMan Years, later, Jay Thomas got himself fired from a recurring role on, Cheers when he insulted Rhea Perlman, indescribably, stupid.

[@donaldpaluga]

@@CTubeMan Angie's problem was after Donna Pescow married Robert Hays, as one of the reasons for a show Jumping The Shark is....THEY DID IT

[@bluebear1985]

Given the year when this originally happened, you'd think that several ABC executives were previously at NBC right before this. At this point in time, aside from the Tonight Show, NBC didn't really have much programming worth tuning in for. It would take them a few more years before they would come out on top again.

[@americanidol30]

Did the west coast eventually get to see the pilot episode of Best Of The West?

[@donaldpaluga]

I blame Leonard Frey

[@jacksandler35]

Mork and Mindy was ruined by ABC- as they took the #3 ranked show on television-including destroying powerful "The Waltons" and changed the supporting cast and ruined it. Plus, they moved it to Sundays with the ruined plot line and it finished 27th. THEN, they moved it back to Thursday and it was awful-mostly due to the talentless supporting cast. Williams was always brilliant. It wasn't until the 4th season they got legend Jonathan Winters to play Mork and Mindy's son (aging backwards). Had they done that year 2- the show would've been brilliant and highly rated for 10 years. Barney Miller was also a classic and without Bosom Buddies- the world wouldn't have discovered Tom Hanks. So that Thursday lineup was still legendary as far as entertainment history is concerned. This whole video is dumb because if the game ended before 9:30 pm, Pacific time- which is surely did- the local news on the West Coast even if it started at 10 instead of 11- had plenty of time to air the network show. It's no different than the current strategy networks have airing a new show or current show it hopes to increase ratings for after the AFC/NFC Championship Game and the Super Bowl. The decision by the West Coast affiliates to air their local news rather than the sitcom was because they had likely seen the sitcom and knew it sucked, so they decided to increase the ratings for their local broadcast. It had nothing to do with this stupid, waste of time video about not knowing a NFL game often goes over 3 hours in length.

[@mrmoose6619]

It's a Living was called Making a Living after Season 1... the theme song was called It's a Living still. It did much better in syndication and is on Antenna TV on weekends at 4 and 4:30PM Eastern and Rewind at 5 amd 5:30 AM Eastern weekdays in case you are interested (at least on my cable system, yours may vary). I was waiting for a "talk about a Dumb Decision" here as well...

[@donaldpaluga]

Two words for that shows success-Ann Jillian

[@AdamJ617]

Thursday nights sadly aren’t what they used to be. Especially on NBC, where they somehow decided to stop airing sitcoms. It Still to this date has me wondering whether or not Americans were actually asking for NBC to stop airing sitcoms on Thursday nights. If they Were, then IMO, they have about as much personality as a slab of wood.

[@matthewdaley746]

Everything, has, end, cycles, ABC, had, TGIF, and, that, ran, out, too, there, is, simply, nothing, that, endures, forever, period.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Well currently NBC's Thrusday Night lineup sucks now. Will & Grace already finished it's final season and now the only Thrusday Night show is Law & Order and I don't know anyone who likes that. Pfft

[@matthewdaley746]

​​​​​@@runrafarunthebestintheworld I thought, L&O, ended, with, a degree of dignity, but, it got a revival that felt, totally, out, of place, not, to mention, that they're planning, on, running, SVU, completely, into, the ground, cancelation being, "sexist."

[@bmasters1981]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld I never have-- no version of Law & Order has done anything for me (not even dadgum SVU, which, IMO, is the absolute worst of it)!

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@bmasters1981 Also the other problem is whenever NBC did don't Thursday Night Football I heard that the NFL wanted Al Michaels to do the games not Mike Tirico and that's a pretty big ask from the NFL. Still not sure why they didn't go back to CBS it seemed like a pretty decent relationship and deal.

[@Rockhound6165]

You know, not everything is the "stupidest" in history.

[@donaldpaluga]

The bigger problem was ABC execs fiddle-faddled about the fate of BOTW so long, Joel Higgins decided to sign on with Silver Spoons instead

[@maxxedout2020]

The game would've been over at 9 PST, what time is the news normally? Maybe central time zone was affected.

[@Seanpatf66]

Would you believe west coast news on network affiliates start at 11:00 p.m. Pacific time.

[@brianoneill7186]

JG seems to think the news follows the game in every time zone. In 1981, west coast ABC stations would have aired the other network show right after the game, regardless of how late or 'weird' the time slot was. Any local programming afterward was joined in progress.

[@charleswilliamsjr]

Did Monroe Louisiana air the game!?

[@donaldpaluga]

Yes he did-Ted Baxter

[@DickyCox]

who is the boy at 7:21 ?