Paul Raven

Beacon Hill article. Broadcasting magazine Nov 75 Who's to blame for `Beacon Hill'? Bob Wood doesn't know what went wrong with the season's most ballyhooed new show; the creator blames the producer and vice -versa. Robert D. Wood, the president of CBS - TV, is the man who had to make the decision to cancel Beacon Hill, and "I'm sick about it," he says. "With the departure of Beacon Hill, a little bit of me went with it." "I couldn't fault the intention of the series or the production, which was superbly mounted," Mr. Wood goes on. "There was some lint- picking about the writing on the part of some critics, but as far as I'm concerned it was the Tiffany of TV series. And in all my years in the business, I don't remember a series getting as much promotion or as much advance notice in the consumer press. "But the public simply rejected it. Watching the audience decline each week was like watching the rungs of a stepladder going down" Mr. Wood says he doesn't want to play Monday- morning quarterback on the reasons why Beacon Hill didn't attract a mass audience. "Maybe we were too ambitious," he says. But the creator of Beacon Hill, Sidney Carroll, says it could have survived if the producers had only followed his original plan. As Mr. Carroll explains it, he scripted the two -hour pilot and then wrote out plot outlines for the first 13 episodes of Beacon Hill. He got involved in the production of the pilot and says he was quite satisfied with how it turned out. He cites the episode's 23.1 rating and 42 share (on Monday, Aug. 25, 9 -11 p.m., NYT) as one of the indicators that "the general public liked the people in the pilot." But between the completion of the pilot and the start of production on the first episode, according to Mr. Carroll, the producer, Jacqueline Babbin, changed the plot outlines he had written. "When I saw how the first two finished scripts differed from the way I outlined them," he says, "I walked off the series." In Mr. Carroll's eyes, the likeable characters he had created in the pilot were turned into "a lot of stinkers. They became nasty and sad and stupid." Ms. Babbin sees things a little differently. "Sidney's plots were charming little stories that could've filled 20 minutes out of each hour," she says. "But CBS wanted stronger material, stories with more bite, more guts to them." Both Ms. Babbin and Alan Wagner, the CBS vice president closest to the series, disagree with Mr. Carroll about the quality of the two -hour pilot. "With 19 characters to be introduced, it was like a French -farce situation," she says. "The characters ended up being unsympathetic because the viewer wasn't given enough time to understand any of them. And CBS over - promoted and ballyhooed the pilot to the point of stupidity." "It was really an error on our part to open up with an episode populated with with so many characters," adds Mr. Wagner. "Everything became complicated, the public got confused and you couldn't follow the characters without a scorecard" Mr. Wagner points to a second "major error." "The series didn't find its direction early enough," he says. "The first batch of episodes were placed in too small a frame and were on too small a scale to interest an audience in 1975." Ms. Babbin adds that the public didn't know what to make of Beacon Hill's characters because "they were too real - they weren't like the cardboard cut -outs you usually see in TV series, who seem to spend all their time in fast cars."

i think Ron started at OLTL in the mid 90's, so unless he got a hold of some rare earlier tapes, there's nothing in his closet of interest...

I had no idea that was Emma Samms. The work she has had has really altered her facial structure in some way.

Brad Maule looks like one of those backwoods psycho killers!

So annoying when writers take the time to revisit the past and then make a mess of it. They were looking for something to keep Neil, Mickey and Maggie in the story as a nod to vet viewers without introducing new characters or major plot thrusts. I think Corday said at the time that the story wouldn't be front burner but those three wouldn't just be 'hanging around Wings' (the meeting place of that time.)

Some ABC New York info. ABC established themselves on West 66th St and continued to buy up properties through the 50's. 60's and 70's. Several of them have now been sold off. A Time For Us TV 2 West 66th St A World Apart TV 18 101 West 67th St All My Children TV 2 7West 66th St TV 19 1970-90 101 West 67th St TV 23 1990-2009 320 West 66th St Best of Everything TV 17 56 West 66th St The City TV 24 320 West 66th St Dark Shadows TV 2 June-Aug 66 TV 16 66-71 433 West 53rd St Edge of Night Screen Gems East 44th St Loving TV1 83-84 TV 23 84-95 320 West 66th St The Nurses TV 1 One Life to Live TV 1 1968 TV 18 68-76 101 West 67th St TV 17 76- 2009 56 West 66th St TV 23 2010-2012 320 West 66th St Ryan's Hope TV 16 75-86 433 West 53rd St TV 23 86-89 320 West 66th St

Last Thursday's show was middling IMO. Schwimmer is adding nothing and last week's reveal that he is in love with Grace makes me wonder where they are going with that. Meanwhile Will gets nothing in the way of romance. A little strange in light of this show constantly proclaiming how they are so cutting edge. How many big romances has Grace had compared to Will? Meanwhile Jack is getting married and its hardly being mentioned.

Wk 1 of 84/85 Season ABC made changes immediately,dropping Foul Ups (Tues @ 8), People Do Craziest Things (Th @ 8), moving Three'sA Crowd from Tues @8.30 to 8 and shifting Who's The Boss from Th @8.30 to Tues @8.30.Glitter Th@9 was dropped and a Thursday Movie was introduced. CBS used mini series Mistral's Daughter to try and blunt the ratings of opposition shows. NBC had Cosby as an immediate hit. Still to debut CBS Scarecrow & Mrs King,Kate & Allie, Newhart,Cagney & Lacey, Charles in Charge, Dreams and Knots Landing NBC Riptide,V Dallas CBS 26.4/44 Falcon Crest CBS 234/40 Cosby Show NBC 22.5/37 Dynasty ABC 22.2/34 A'Tèam NBC 21.7/34 2hr premiere 8-10 60 Minutes CBS 20.9/34 Cheers NBC 20.7/32 Family Ties NBC 20.1/32 Murder She Wrote CBS 18.9/29 2hr premiere Sun 8-10 Knight Rider NBC 18.9/29 2hr premiere Sun 8-10 Hotel ABC 18.7/31 (Elizabeth Taylor guest star) Mistral's Daughter, part 2 CBS 18.7/30 Tues 9-11 Heartsounds ABC 18.5/31 Sunday Movie 9-11 Magnum, P.I. CBS 18.4/30 Night Court NBC 18.3/28 Hill Street Blues NBC 18.2/31 Simon & Simon CBS 18.2/29 2hr premiere Th 9-11 Mistral's Daughter, part 1 CBS 18.2/29 Mon 8-11 Secrets/Married Man NBC 17.5/27 Mon 9-11 NFL (7 -7:22 p.m.) CBS 17.4/32 Highway to Heaven NBC 17.4/28 Fall Guy ABC 17.0/28 Facts of Life Webster ABC 16.5/28 Mistral's Daughter, part 3 CBS Wed 8-11 NFL, San Diego vs. LA. RaldersABC 15.5/27 Benson ABC 15.3/27 It's Your Move NBC 15.3/24 Three's a Crowd ABC 15.3/24 Love Boat ABC 14.9/27 2hr premiere Sat 8-10 Remington Steele NBC 14.0/26 Hardcastle & McCormick ABC 14.0/23 TV Bloopers and Prac. Jokes NBC 14.6/23 Dlffrent Strokes NBC 14.5/28 Trapper John, M.D. CBS 14.3/26 Gimme a Break NBC 14.3/28 Bob Hope Special NBC 14.3/25 Fri @8 Cover -Up CBS 14.2/27 Finder of Lost Loves ABC 14.2/27 Punky Brewster NBC 14.1/23 Miami Vice NBC 13.8/24 Dukes of Hazzard CBS 13.6/24 20/20 ABC 13.6/23 Paper Dolls ABC 13.6/21 Jessie ABC 13.3/23 Partners in Crime NBC 13.1/24 Foulups, Bleeps & Blunders ABC 13.0/22 E/R CBS 12.9/20 Mike Hammer CBS 12.8/23 Airwolf CBS 12.6/24 St. Elsewhere NBC 12.6/21 Scene of the Crime NBC 12.5/21 Sun 10-11 Glitter ABC 12.4/19 Call to Glory ABC 12.3/20 Silver Spoons NBC 12.2/21 .AfterMASH CBS 12.0/20 Hunter NBC 11.8/20 Hot Pursuit NBC 11.0/21 Matt Houston ABC 10.7/18 Who's the Boss? ABC 10.7/17 Hawaiian Heat ABC 10.0/17 People Do the Craziest Things ABC 9.0/15 Ripley's Believe It or Not ABC 8.6/14 Larouche for President ABC 8.3/11

Yes CBS had real problems developing youth appeal 8pm shows,. Season after season they tried new shows on Tues,Wed,and Sat in particular and none of them worked.Guess viewers were used to NOT tuning in to CBS in those timeslots.

Wk 7 88/89 Season ABC Roseanne an instant hit. Friday night comedies esp Full House taking off. CBS Annie McGuire(Mary Tyler Moore) Van Dyke,Dirty Dancing,Raising Miranda all instant flops. Falcon Crest stumbling. NBC Family Ties falling,Night Court not working Wed. Tattingers failing, Empty Nest hit on Sat. Friday a disaster. several shows yet to debut 25.9/41 N Cosby Show 24.1/36 A Roseanne 22.7/34 C 60 Minutes 22.7/35 N Different World 22.6/39 N Golden Girls 22.3/34 A Who the Boss? 21.8/33 N Cheers 21.4/31 C Murder, She Wrote 21.3/37 N Empty Nest 20.1/31 A Growing Pains 20.0/34 N L.A. Law (Season Premiere) 18.7/35 N Hunter 17.7/26 A Head of the Class I hr special Wed 8.30 – 9.30 17.2/27 N Dear John 16.5/29 N Amen 16.3/26 N NBC Tuesday Movie 'Favorite Son Pt 3'(fill -in for Heat of Night &Midnight Caller) 16.1/26 C CBS Sunday Movie 15.8/26 C Dallas 15.7/26 C Knots Landing 15.7/25 N NBC Monday Movie 'Favorite Son Pt2 8.30-10.30 15.5/25 A ABC Sunday Movie ? 15.4/29 A Monday Night Football 15.3/26 A Full House 15.1/24 N ALF 15.0/26 A 20/20 14.9/24 C CBS Tuesday Movie 'Go Towards the Light' 14.4/23 N NBC Sunday Movie ? 14.3/25 A Perfect Strangers 14.3/25 N 227 13.8/21 A Wonder Years (r) Wed 9.30 - 10 13.7/25 C Wiseguy 13.6/23 A Mr Belvedere 13.621 N Unsolved Mysteries 13.5/19 N Family Ties 13.1/20 A Mrs. America Pageant Tues 9-10.30 (Fill - in for Moonlighting & thirtysomething) 12.9/23 C Falcon Crest 12.8/20 A Dynasty 12.8/21 A Just the Ten of Us 12.5/20 A MacGyver 12.5/19 N Night Court 12.2/20 C Newhart 12.2/21 N Miami Vice (Season Premiere) 12.1/21 C Meet the Raisins Fri 8.30-9 (Fill-in for Beauty and the Beast) 12.1/17 N Day by Day 12.1/18 N Super Bloopers and Jokes Tues 8-9 (fill-in for Matlock) 11.7/18 C Coming of Age 11.7/18 C Equalizer 11.2/17 N Baby Boom 11.0/16 A Mission: Impossible 10.9/19 C America: Charlie Brown Fri 8-8.30 (Fill-in for Beauty and the Beast) 10.8/17 C Paradise 10.1/17 C CBS Monday Movie 'Dadah is Death Pt2' (fill-in for Murphy Brown,Designing Women,Almost Grown) 10.0/18 A Murphy's Law Special Wed 10-11 (fill-in for China Beach) 9.4/14 F America's Most Wanted 9.4/13 F Married... With Children 9.4/17 N Tattingers 9.3/14 A Incredible Sunday 9.1/14 C 48 Hours 9.0/14 A Worlds Greatest Stunts Th 8-9 (fill-in for Knightwatch) 9.0/14 F 21 Jump Street 9.0/15 N Something Is Out There 8.9/16 A Crimes of the Century (Sat 8-9) Fill-in for Murphys Law 8.5/15 C Dirty Dancing 8.1/15 A Police Story 8.1/12 C Van Dyke Show 8.1/14 N Sonny Spoon .8.0/12 C Annie McGuire 7.6/12 C High Risk 7.4/13 A 1988 Vote: One Week Away Tues 10.30 – 11(fill-in for thirtysomething) 7.3/14 C West 57th 6.8/12 C Raising Miranda (Season Premiere) 6.5/12 N Lyndon LaRouche Mon 10.30-11 6.4/11 C Simon and Simon 5.9/9 N Decision '88. Countdown 5.7/10 A Cary Grant A Celebration Th 10-11 (fill-in for Heartbeat) 5.6/8 F Gary Shandling Show 4.6/7 F Tracey Ullman Show 4.2/7 F Reporters 3.7/7 3.7/6 C LaRouche: Paid Political 3.7/6F Duet 40. 2.7/5 F Beyond Tomorrow

The 88/89 season was affected by the Writers' Strike of that Summer. Because of delays in getting new series to air it was decided that Wk 6 of the season be regarded as the first official week as most of the proposed schedule was ready to air. The prior weeks had been filled with repeats of regular series, mini series reruns, TV movies already filmed, specials and limited series especially ordered to fill gaps. 26.2/43 N Cosby Show 24.4/38 N Cheers 23.3/37 N Different World 23.2/36 C 60 Minutes 21.9/33 N Devil Worship Tues 8-10 Geraldo Rivera special 21.4/35 A Monday Night Football 21.2/38 N Golden Girls 20.6/30 A Roseanne 20.5/33 A Growing Pains 19.8/31 N Dear John 19.5/30 A ABC Tuesday Movie 'David' 19.5/29 C Murder. She Wrote 19.2/30 A Who's the Boss? 18.8/29 A Head of the Class 18.5/28 N ALF Ihr premiere Mon 8-9 18.4/33 N Empty Nest 18.3/28 N NBC Monday Movie 'A Stoning in Fulham County' 17.8/27 N Night Court Ihr premiere Wed 9-10 17.6/32 N Hunter 17.4/30 C Dallas 17.3/29 C Knots Landing 16.0/24 N Family Ties 15.9/26 N NBC Sunday Movie 'Favorite Son Pt 1' 15.4/25 A ABC Sunday Movie 'Commando' 15.2/24 N Midnight Caller 14.8/25 N L.A. Law (R) 14.8/25 N Tatlinger's 14.6/26 A Full House 14.5/26 N Amen 14.4/21 N Day by Day 14.1/26 A 20/20 14.1/26 C Falcon Crest 14.1/22 C Paradise 14.1/22 N Unsolved Mysteries 13.9/21 A Wonder Years (R) 13.4/25 A Perfect Strangers 13.4 24 N 227 13.2/23 A Crimes of Passion Wed 10-11 13.2/22 A Mr. Belvedere 13.0/20 C Newhart 12.8/22 A Just the Ten of Us 12.8/20 A Wonder Years Special Wed 930-10 (R) 12.8/22 C Wiseguy 12.6/19 A Mission: Impossible 12.3/19 N Magical World of Disney 12.1/22 C Garfields Halloween Fri 8.30-9 12.0/18 C CBS Monday Movie 'Indiscreet' 11.9/18 C Equalizer 11.7/18 C CBS Tuesday Movie 'Pancho Barnes' 8-11 11.6/17 C Coming of Age 11.3/19 C CBS Sunday Movie 'Dadah is Death' Pt 1 10.5/16 A MacGyver (R) 10.3/19 C America: C. Brown. part 2 Fri 8-8.30 10.2/19 N Miami Vice (R) 9.8/18 C Dirty Dancing 1hr premiere Sat 8-9 9.7/15 C Annie McGuire 9.5/15 A Incredible Sunday 9.3/15 C 48 Hours 9.1/17 C West 57th 9.0/16 A Police Story 9.0/14 C Van Dyke Show 9.0/15 N Something Is Out There 8.3/15 N Sonny Spoon 8.0/15 A Scandals Sat 8-9 7.6/12 A Look of the Year Th 9-11 7.6/14 C Simon and Simon 7.6/11 F America's Most Wanted 6.8/11 A Making of a Model Th 8-9 6.1/10 F 21 Jump Street 4.8/7 F Tracey Ullman. Special 4.1/6 F Gary Shandling Show 3.9/7 F Reporters 3.0/5 F Beyond Tomorrow 2.75 FDuet Still to air ABC Moonlighting, thirtysomething, Hooperman, China Beach, Knightwatch, dynasty,Heartbeat,Murphy's Law and new eps of MacGyver and Wonder Years CBS Murphy Brown,Designing Women, Almost Grown, TV 101, Beauty and the Beast, raising Miranda NBC Hogan Family, Matlock, In The Heat of the Night, Baby Boom and new eps of LA Law and Miami Vice

The pic for Betty Garde is actually movie star Gene Tierney!

Wk 1 1983/84 season AfterMASH CBS 31.0/47 I hr premiere Mon 8-9 Dallas CBS 27.5/44 Dynasty' ABC 272/41 Hotel ABC 28.1/44 Falcon Crest CBS 23.4/41 Simon & Simon CBS 23.3/38 ATeam NBC 23.0/36 Love Boat ABC 22.7/38 Magnum, P.I. CBS 22.7/37 32. Fall Guy ABC 22.4/36 60 Minutes CBS 22.1/40 Knots Landing CBS 21.0/36 Sessions NBC 20.9/32 Monday Movie Knight Rider NBC 20.3/31 2hr premiere Sun 8-10 Three's CompanyABC 19.4/29 Hart to Hart" ABC 19.3/32 Emerald Point NAS. CBS 19.4/29 2hr premiere Mon 9-11 Remington Steele NBC 18.8/28 Cheers NBC 18.4/29 Jefferson' CBS 18.3/27 Oh Madeline ABC 18.228 Alice CBS 18.1/29 One Day at a Time CBS 17.927 Trapper John, M.D. CBS 17.7/30 Goodnight, Beantown CBS 17.5/26 Facts of Life NBC 17.528 NFL Monday, Night Football ABC 17.3/29 We Got It Made NBC 17.028 Dukes of Hazzard CBS 18.8/29 Webster ABC 18.8/28 One Cooks/Other Doesn't CBS 18.5/28 Tuesday Movie 9-11 Yellow Rose Preview NBC 16.1/27 Sun 10-11 20/20 ABC 16.0/27 Diffrent Strokes NBC 15.8/29 FamilyTies NBC 15.7/24 Happy Days" ABC 15.1/23 Hardcastle & McCormick ABC 15.0/23 T.J. Hooker ABC 14.9/27 Heaven Can Walt ABC 14.9/24 Sunday Movie Matt Houston ABC 14.8/26 Real People NBC 14.4/23 Live and In Person NBC 14.2/23 Tues 10-11 Trauma Center ABC 14.1/23 Benson ABC 14.0/26 Just Our Luck'ABC 13.9/22 Cannonball Run CBS 13.5/2 Sat Movie 9-11 Mama's Family NBC 13.5/21 Gimme A Break NBC 13.3/22 Mississippi" CBS 13.0/20 Lottery ABC 12.1/20 That's Incredible ABC 11.9/18 Mr. Smith NBC 11.7/21 Dempsey CBS 11.5/18 Wed 8-11 Ripley's Believe It Or Not. 9 to 5" ABC 11.4/18 Live and In Person part 11 NBC 10.9/18 Wed 10-11 Live and In Person part III NBC 10.7/17 Th 10-11 Cutter to Houston' CES 10.5/19 Boone NBC 10.4/18 Rousters NBC 10.0 /17 90 min premiere Sat 8.30-10 Manimal NBC 10.0/18 2hr premiere Fri 9-11 Candid Camera Special NBC 9.9/17 Sat 10-11 It's Not Easy' ABC 9.8/15 For Love and Honor NBC 8.5/15 First Camera NBC 6.2/11

Wk 29 87/88 season 23.2/40 N Cosby Show 21.6/34 C Murder, She Wrote 20.7/35 N My Two Dads Th @8.30 20.2/33 N Cheers 20.0/31 N NBC Sunday Movie 19.1/35 N Golden Girls 18.8/30 C NCAA Championship Mon 9-11 18.5/34 C 60 Minutes 18.4/29 C CBS Sunday Movie 17.2/30 A Who's the Boss? 17.1/28 A Wonder Years 16.7/28 C Knots Landing 16.7/31 N Amen 16.6/29 A Growing Pains 16.5/26 N In the Heat of the Night 16.2/28 C Dallas 16.1/27 N Matlock 16.0/27 A Head of the Class 15.0/23 N Day by Day 14.9/25 C Designing Women 14.8/24 C Jake and the Fatman 14.6/24 A Hooperman 14.6/24 N Days, Nights of M. Dodd 14.5/22 A ABC Monday Movie 14.3/23 N Family Ties 14.2/24 N L.A. Law 14.1/25 C Equalizer 14.1/24 N Aaron's Way 1 13.9/22 A Moonlighting 13.8/27 N Hunter 13.7/24 C Kate and Allie 13.7/22 C Simon and Simon 13.1/24 C Falcon Crest 13.0/21 N NBC Monday Movie 12.7/22 A Thirtysomething 12.7/23 C Beauty and the Beast 12.6/21 A McGyver 12.4/20 A Just in Time 12.4/20 N Year in the Life 12.3/22 A Heartbeat 12.2/21 N Crime Story 12.1/21 C Cagney and Lacey 11.9/21 A Full House 11.9/22 A 20/20 11.5/22 A Perfect Strangers 11.4/22 N Mama's Boy Special 11.3/23 N 227 10.7/19 N Miami Vice 10.7/19 N Night Court 10.5/17 A Plague Upon the Land Sun 7-8 10.5/18 C Smothers Brothers Hour 10.4/18 A Mr. Belvedere 10.0/20 A Spenser: For Hire 10.0/16 C CBS Special Movie 'Pee Wee's Big Adventure' Tues 8-10 9.6/15 A ABC Sunday Movie 9.5/17 C Tour of Duty 9.4/17 N Bronx Zoo 9.2/16 C 48 Hours 9.1/18 A Dolly 9.0/16 A Family Man 9.0/16 N Beverly Hills Buntz 8.9/17 C High Mountain Rangers 8.8/15 A Buck James 8.5/16 N Our House 8.2/16 C West 57th 8.0/15 N Highwayman 7.313 A Probe 7.1/12 A Hotel 7.0/13 A Ohara 7.0/13 A Supercarrier

Oops, the week posted above is actually Wk 28 (I will re-label) Below is Week 27. No Dallas/Falcon Crest/Knots due to basketball. No Dynasty due to Heartbeat 2hr premiere. 28.0/45 N Cosby Show 26.5/42 N Different World 25.7/40 N Cheers 22.0/35 C Murder, She Wrote 21.8/34 A Who's the Boss? 21.6/28 C 60 Minutes 20.7/33 C CBS Sunday Movie 19.5/30 A Wonder Years 19.4/33 N Golden Girls 19.3/30 N ALF 19.2/30 N Matlock 19.1/32 A Growing Pains 18.4/29 A Moonlighting 18.3/29 A Head of the Class 18.3/28 Valerie's family 17.7/28 A ABC Monday Movie 'God Bless the Child' 17.2/29 N Days, Nights of M. Dodd 16.8/26 N In the Heat of the Night 16.6/26 N NBC Sunday Movie 15.9/25 N Country Music Awards Mon 9-11 15.9/28 N Amen 15.8/24 C Newhart 15.3/25 N Aaron's Way 15.2/24 N Family Ties 15.1/27 A Thirtysomething 14.7/25 A Heartbeat Wed 9-11 premiere 14.7/26 N 227 14.6/22 C Kate and Allie 14.5/22 C Designing Women 14.2/27 A 20/20 14.1/27 N Hunter 14.0/23 N Highway to Heaven 13.7/21 N Day by Day 13.5/25 N Bronx Zoo pre-empting LA Law 13.3/24 N Facts of Life 13.2/24 C Equalizer 13.1/23 A Mr. Belvedere 13.0/23 A Full House 12.9/23 C World Figure Skating 12.7/23 A Perfect Strangers 12.6/24 N Miami Vice 12.4/22 N Night Court 12.3/19 C Eisenhower and Lutz 12.2/20 A ABC Sunday Movie 12.1/20 C Jake and the Fatman 11.8/21 A Family Man 11.8/21 N Crime Story 11.7/18 A MacGyver 11.4/20 N Disney's Totally Minnie 10.8/20 N Year in the Life 10.7/19 C Cagney and Lacey 10.5/20 A Buck James 10.5/18 C Wiseguy 10.5/18 C NCAA Basketball 10.3/18 N Beverly Hills Buntz 9.8/19 A Spenser: For Hire 9.8/19 C Tour of Duty 9.8/21 C NCAA Basketball (Thu. #2) 9.7/18 C NCAA Basketball (Fri.) 9.1/15 A Probe 9.0/15 A Hotel 8.9/14 A Supercarrier 8.8/16 A Dolly 8.6/18 C NCAA Basketball (Fri. #2) 8.2/13 C High Mountain Rangers 8.2/14 N Our House 8.0/14 A Ohara 7.7/13 A Disney Sunday Movie 7.6/12 C Coming of Age 6.9/11 C Frank's Place 6.9/11 C My Sister Sam 5.1/8 C Trial and Error

Wk 28 of the 87/88 season as requested by Soapsuds. I researching I discovered that in Wk 26 ABC premiered Heatbeat 9-11 Wed and from Wk 27 till its finale Dynasty was back in its old 9pm timeslot. Sun was Easter Sunday, hence low ratings that night. 25.1/42 N Cosby Show 24.2/41 N Different World 23.2/39 N Cheers 22.0/35 A Whos the Boss 20.3/36 N Golden Girls 19.4/30 N ALF 19.2/30 A Wonder Years 19.0/30 N Matlock 18.1/29 A ABC Monday Movie Addicted to His Love 18.1/29 A Growing Pains Wed 8-9 1 hr special 17.4/28 N In the Heat of the Night 16.8/30 N Amen 16.7/25 N My Two Dads 16.6/30 N L.A. Law 16.5/29 C Knots Landing 16.4/28 N Days. Nights of M. Dodd 16.2/28 C Dallas 16.1/26 A Dynasty Wed @9 16.0/29 N 227 15.5/25 A Moonlighting 15.2/33 C 60 Minutes 15.1/23 C Newhart 14.9/24 N NBC Monday Movie Lincoln Pt 2 14.7/22 C Designing Women 14.6/26 C Murder. She Wrote 14.5/25 C CBS Sunday Movie 14.5/23 N Aaron's Way 14.3/26 N Miami Vice 14.1/28 N Hunter 14.0/26 N Facts of Lite 14.0/25 C Equalizer 14.0/23 A Heartbeat Wed @10 13.8/22 N Highway to Heaven 13.7'25 C Falcon Crest 13.6/21 C Kate and Allie 13.5/21 A MacGyver 13.3/24 C NCAA Champ. Final 13.3/24 A Thirtysomething 13.1/23 N Night Court 13.1/22 N NBC Sunday Movie 12.9/24 A ABC Sunday Movie 12.923 N Crime Story 12.7/20 C Jake and the Fatman 12.4/23 A Perfect Strangers 12.3/19 C Eisenhower and Lutz 12.1/22 A Full House 12.1/20 C Simon and Simon 12.0/22 C Cagney and Lacy 11.6/22 C Beauty and the Beast 11.5/20 N Beverly Hills Buntz 11 4/21 A 2020 11.3/18 C Smothers Brothers' 10.8/20 N Bronx Zoo 10.619 A Mr Belvedere 10.2/19 N Highwayman 10.1/17 C Wiseguy 10.1/16 C Coming of Age 10.0/20 C West 57th 9.7/19 A Spenser: For Hire 9.7/17 N Day by Day 9.6/17 A Family Man 9.5/16 A Probe 9.3/16 A Unruly Dragon 9.2/17 N Family Ties 9.0/14 C Franks Place 8.8/16 A Ohara 8.6/16 A Dolly 7.9/13 A Hotel 7.9/12 C My Sister Sam 7.5/13 A Buck James 6.9/12 C 48 Hours 5.4/9 C Trial and Error 4.29 N Easter in Rome

Dec 21 1976 Larry Weber debuts as Barney Dancy. I'm finding Glenn Corbett very wooden as Jason. The episode opened with Steve asleep in his office next to a photo of Carolee. She looked very grim in that shot and I wondered why anyone would have such a depressing photo of their wife as a memory. They then went into a dream sequence and David O'Brien's acting was awful.Something was off, maybe just a difficult scene for anyone to master.

Dynasty finished up its season in early April with the finale ranked 18th with a 16.2/26, first in its time slot at the special time of 9pm leading into the premiere of its 10pm replacement the medical drama Heartbeat .

Will search out some syndicated ratings. Next post will be the beginning of 88/89 season.

Haven't watched the interview yet, but was Lakin perhaps referring to being #1 in the timeslot?

When Edelstein was officially named co-headwriter, (mid 68) Variety reported they were sharing the $100,000 paycheck and each having 16 weeks off. Maybe this was the formalization of something that had already been happening.

Mid May - Season finale of Dallas, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing Lower ratings all round as official season is over and more repeats in the schedule. 1. 22.63 N NBC Sunday Movie 'Perry Mason' 2. 21.7/40 N Cosby Show 8-9 3. 20.3/32 A ABC Sunday Movie 'Beverly Hills Cop' 4. 20.3/35 N Cheers 5. 20.0/32 A Barbara Walters Special Wed @9 6. 19.9/33 N Night Court 7. 19.7/37 N Golden Girls 8. 19.0/29 N NBC Monday Movie 'Something Is Out There Pt2' 9. 18.5/29 A ABC Monday Movie 'The Bourne Identity Pt 2' 10. 18.3/33 A Whos the Boss? 11.17.8/31 C Knots Landing 12. 17.313 C Murder. She Wrote 13. 17.3/30 C Dallas 14. 17.2/29 A Just the Ten of Us 15. 17.2/34 C 60 Minutes 16. 16.3/27 N ALF 17. 14.8/25 N L.A. Law 18. 14.7/26 C Falcon Crest 19. 14.6/25 A Head of the Class 20. 14.4/23 N My Two Dads Special 21. 14.3/27 A Growing Pains 22. 14.3/23 A MacGyver 23. 14.2/29 N 227 24. 14.0/24 A China Beach 25. 13.8/27 N Hunter 26. 13.4/23 N Matlock 8- 10 27. 13.3/20 C Newhart 28. 13.0/23 A 20/20 29. 12.6/22 A Thirtysomething 30. 12.4/21 N St. Elsewhere 31. 12.0/20 N Day by Day 32. 11.9/21 N Aaron's Way 33. 11.8/26 N Facts of Life 34. 11.7/19 A Moonlighting 35. 11.7/20 N Crime Story 36. 11.5/18 C Designing Women 37. 11.2/18 C CBS Spec. Movie Wed 'Rocky IV' 38. 11.2/18 C Cagney and Lacey 39. 11.1/19 C CBS Tuesday Movie 'Who Gets The Friends?' 40. 10.9/16 C Eisenhower and Lutz 41. 10.9/18 N Highway to Heaven 42. 10.7/18 C Kate and Allie 43. 10.6/17 N Decision '88 44. 10.4/18 A Captain EO Backstage 45. 10.4/20 C Beauty and the Beast \ 46. 10.4/16 C CBS Sunday Movie 47. 10.4/19 N Family Ties 48. 10.3/17 C Simon and Simon 49. 10.1/18 N Miami Vice 50. 9.9/20 A Spenser: For Hire 51. 9.7/17 A Koppel Report Thurs @10 52. 9.7/18 A Full House 53. 9.6/20 A Perfect Strangers 54. 9.4/18 A Disney Sunday Movie 55. 9.4/17 N NBC Friday Movie Spec 'Annie' 56. 9.3/16 A Mr. Belvedere 57. 9.1/16 C Smothers Brothers 58. 8.5/15 A I Married Dora 59. 8.4/16 C Tour of Duty 60. 8.1/14 A ABC Thursday Movie 'Uncommom Valor' 61. 7.7/ C Nest 57th 62. 7.5/16 15 C High Mountain Rangers 63. 7.3/14 C 48 Hours 64. 7.1/14 N Aaron's Way Special 65. 6.9/12 C Houston Knights 66. 6.8/13 A Ohara 67. 6.3/13 A Supercarrier Special

Rita Lakin was hw when the Retro showings began Dec 67. Rick Edelstein was co hw June 68- June 69 Rick Edelstein June - Nov 69 Ira Avery Nov 69 - April 70 Ira Avery/Stanley Silverman April - Sept 70 Eileen & Robert Pollock Sept 70 - Aug 75 Robert Cendenella Aug 75 - Feb 76 Margaret DePriest Feb 76 - Sept 76 Douglas Marland Sept 76 - EP's Allen Potter 67- Sept 73 Joseph Stuart - Sept 73 - Aug 75 Jeff Young Aug 75 -

And frank Dicopolous was originally cast as Todd Bauer but became Frank Cooper.

Ryan'Hope went to Ireland for Mary and Jack's honeymoon and Tom and Erica went to St Croix both prior to this. AW went to St Croix also for the culmination of the Mac/Rachel/Janice story. GL -Hope and Alan in Jamaica