Paul Raven

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

Wk 26 We are now in mid March 88 and mid season replacements are showing up. ABC debuted Wonder Years @ Tues .8.30 ,moved Growing Pains to Wed @8 and Perfect Strangers to Fri @ 8. also debuted Family Man Fri @ 9.30. Supercarrier was slotted in Sun @8 replacing Spencer for Hire and the Sunday movie was back to fill 2 hours vacated by Dolly and Buck James. Probe was slotted Thurs @ 8. CBS decided to go comedy from 8-10 Tues -- Trial & Error, My Sister Sam, Coming of Age and Frank's Place. It was a disaster and I think they were dumped after a couple of weeks. Eisenhower & Lutz went into the Mon 8.30 slot. NBC had success with In The Heat of the Night Tues @ 9 challenging the slumping Moonlighting. Aaron's Way was slotted Wed @8 28.2/43 N Cosby Show 25.2/39 N Different World 22.8/38 C 60 Minutes 22.5/38 N Golden Girls 22.3/34 A Who's the Boss? 22.0/35 N Cheers 21.4/32 A Wonder Years 20.9/33 N Night Court 20.8/31 C Murder, She Wrote 19.2/30 A Growing Pains 19.1/29 N ALF 18.5/28 N Matlock 18.1/31 N Amen 18.0/29 N Inherit the Wind 17.9/28 N In the Heat of the Night 17.9/27 N Valerie's Family 17.5/27 C Newhart 16.9/26. A Head of the Class 16.9/28. ABC Monday Movie 16.6/29 N L.A. Law 16.4/26 N Family lies 16.3/25 N Aaron's Way . 16.3/31 N Hunter 15.4/23 A MacGyver 15.4/23 N Day by Day 15.3/27 C Knots Landing 15.1/26 N My Two Dads Special 14.7/23 A Moonlighting 14.6/24 C Dallas 14.4/23 N Highway to Heaven 14.2/22 C Eisenhower and Lutz 14.1/22 CBS Sunday Movie 14.0/21 C Kate and Allie 14.0/25 N Facts of Life 13.7/22 A Hooperman 13.7/23 N Miami Vice 13.6/24 . A Dynasty 13.5/21 C Jake and the Fatman 13.5/24 C Equalizer 13.3/22 N NBC Monday Movie 13.0/20 C Eisenhower & Lutz Spec 12.8/23 A Thirtysomething 12.7/21 A ABC Sunday Movie 12.7/20 C Simon and Simon 12.5/19 A Supercarrier 12.4/22 A Perfect Strangers 12.1 /22 C Falcon Crest 12.1/22 N Sonny Spoon Detective 12.0/21 A Full House 12.0/22 A 20/20 11.8/21 C Cagney and Lacey 11.8/21 C Beauty and the Beast 11.8/18 C Snoopy's Getting Married 11.7/19 A Slap Maxwell Story 11.6/19 A Mr. Belvedere 11.4/21 N Crime Story 11.3/20 A Dolly 11.1/17 C Garfield Goes Hollywood 11.0/17 C Coming of Age" 10.7/19 N Year in the Life 10.5/18 C Tour of Duty 10.4/18 N Highwayman 10.2/19 A Spenser: For Hire 10.1/17 C Wiseguy 9.9/15 C 48 Hours 9.9/16 C Frank's Place 9.8/17 C High Mountain Rangers 9.5/16 A Family Man* 9.3/16 N Place at the Table 9.2/14 A Probe 8.7/15 A Disney Sunday Movie 8.7/16 C West 57th 8.5/14 A Ohara 7.4/12 A Hotel 7.3/11 C My Sister Sam 6.5/11 A Buck James 6.5/10 C Trial and Error

Just discovered that Leon Janney's character of Major Page was head of a children's military academy. I assume this was the school little Tommy Hughes was sent to by Lisa. This was in early 1964, as Janney played the role for two months before being quickly moved over to Another World to take over the role of Jim Matthews when the original actor was dropped after a few episodes.

Modern Romances 1957 telecasts Again, many familiar names 1957 Jan 7 Message for Margaret by Elinor Lenz Cast Kathleen Maguire, Philip Abbott. Jerry Grant, Gene Peterson Jan 21 Confession by William Kendall Clarke Cast House Jameson, Larry Weber Sallie Brophy, Edmon Ryan, Kathrane Meskell Jan 28 The Strangers by Stanley Niff Cast Frank Marth, Don Godon, Sandy Kenyon, Frank Schoffield, June Dayton; Feb 4 The Heel by Harry Junkin Cast with Phyllis Overton, Frank Overton, Walter Brooke, James Bender Feb 11 The Sheraton Settee by William Kendall Clarke Cast Ann Loring, Sally Kemp, Court Benson, William Mason Feb 18 The Badger byBen Radin Cast Phil Abbott, Jane Du Frayne, Vaughn Taylor Feb 25 The Tender Story by Ted & Matilde Ferro Cast William Redfield, Patricia Hosley, Warren Berlinger; Melville Ruick, Gale Page Mar 4 Greta by Harry Junkln Cast Meg Mundy, William Prince, Richard Kendrick, Don Briggs Mar 11 The Has Been by William Kendall Clarke Cast Gerry Grant, Diana Douglas, Gene Lyons, Ed Peck Mar 18 Realization by Jesse Sandler Cast James Bonnett, Mary Jackson, Grant Sullivan, Kathleen Murray, Mary Fickett Betty Furness hosting Mar 25 The Real Thing byWilliam Barrett Cast Geraldine Brooks, Shirley Grayson, Lawrence Weber, Tom Gorman April 1 The Ouality of Fear byElinor Lenz Cast Edward Andrews. Joy Hodges, Ann Pearson, Dort Clark Apr 8 The Big Talker by William Kendall Clarke Cast Neil Hamilton, Kathleen Murray, Jeff Harris, John Marley Apr 15 Problem Woman by Harry W. Junkin Cast Richard Kendrick, June Dayton, Ann Loring Apr 22 Talking To The Blues by Michelle Cousins Cast Jim Lowe, Loretta Leversee, Lee Bergere, Sam Gray, Ron Dawson Apr 29 The Long Night by Bob Corcoran Cast Philip Abbott, Staats Cotsworth, Delores Sutton, Frank Schofield, Marian Winters May 6 The First Million by Theodore & Mathilde Ferro Cast Neva Paterson, Coe Norton. Ed Peck, Joanne Bayes May 13 Mrs. Rocky King by William Kendall Clarke Cast William Prince, Florence MacMichael, James Millhollin, Fred Beir, Barbara Lee Smith, Don Fellows May 20 Unwanted Diamonds by Bob Corcoran Cast Richard Coogan, Gloria Marlowe, Ross Martin, Ann Flood, Robert Allenstein May 27 About Ellen Willis by Harry Junkin Cast Erin O'Brien Moore, Ralph Dunn, Frank Barth, Elaine Aiken June 3 Junior Partner by William Kendall Clarke Cast Edward Andrews, Barbara Joyce, Robert Webber, Nancy Millard June 10 Homecoming by Elinor Lenz Cast Walter Brooke, Nancy Wilder, Dickie Olsen, Jaime Smith June 17 Honeymoon by Ben Radin Cast Lin McCarthy, Loretta Daye, Truman Smith, Sam Gray Lee Meriwether hosting June 24 Young Mr. Lister by William Kendall Clarke Cast John Gibson, Helen Auerbach, Joe Campanella, William Mason. July 1 Those We Love by Theodore and Mathilde Ferro Cast House Jameson. Jimsy Somers, Jeff Harris, Dortha Duckworth. July 8 Passerby byWilliam Kendall Clarke Cast Phyllis Hill, Frank Overton, Bethel Reney, Lawrence Weber. July 15 The Misguided Man by Bob Corcoran Cast Coe Norton, Constance Ford, Ross Martin, Shirley Grayson. July 22 The Sacrifice by Harry W. Junkin Cast Ann Flood, Biff McGuire, Ruth McDevitt, Wyley Hancock. July 29 Portrait of Jenny by Elinor Lenz Cast Georgann Johnson, John Kellogg, Cort Benson, Dorothy Elder, Harry Worth. August 5 Ticket To Danger by Michelle Cousin Cast Zolya Talma, Martin Newman, Ronald Dawson, Ed Peck. August 12 Pay -Off by William Kendall Clarke Cast Marion Winters, Richard Coogan, Walter Brooke, Faye Spanier August 19 It's An Ill Wind by Jesse Sandler Cast Truman Smith, Phyllis Newman, Jamie Smith, Joe Campanella. August 26 The Sixth Sense by Harry W. Junkin Cast Valerie Cossart, William Redfield, Ross Martin, Gloria Marlowe. September 2 Beauty Queen by William Kendall Clarke Cast Ann Flood, John Kellogg, Alan Stevenson, Dorothy Elder. Sept 9 Donald Gray by Michelle Cousins Cast Lyn McCarthy, Loretta Daye, Edward Andrews, David Hooks. Sept 16 The Tangled Web by Walter Black & William Mendrek Cast Mel Ruick, Neva Patterson, Don Briggs, Stewart MacIntosh. Leslie Barrett. Sept 23 The Sign -Off by William Kendall Clarke Cast Sallie Brophy. Frank Overton, Lawrence Weber, Frank Campanella. Sept 30 Weldon, Inc. by William Kendall Clarke Cast Margaret Phillips, Ray Boyle, Diana Van Der Vlis, Coe Norton. Oct 7 Debut by Michelle Cousin Cast Patricia Sales, Barbara O'Neil, Frank Scofield, David White Oct 14 Error in Judgement by Harry Junkin Cast William Prince, Geraldine Brooks, Grant Sullivan, Frank Milan Oct 21 Mrs Rocky King by Bob Cochran Cast Lew Parker, Betty Kean, Margaret Hamilton, Jane Heller, Arny Freeman, John Kellogg Oct 28 Moment of Fear by William Kendall Clarke Cast Augusta Dabney, Dickie Olsen, Staats Costworth, Sam Gray Nov 4 The Child by Harry Junkin Cast Loretta Leversee, jaime Smith, Henrietta Moore, Joy Hodges, Cort benson Nov 11 Pity of Revenge by Bob Cochran Cast Frank Schofield, Mary Fickett, abby Lewis, Biff McGuire Nov 18 father and Son by George Lowther Cast Harry Bellaver, Jan Miner, Richard Striker, Pat Hosley, Chris Gampel Nov 25 Mel Brandt now hosting permanently The Shadow Brand by Bob Cochran Cast Margaret Phillips, Lonnie Chapman, Wesley Addy, Valerie Cossart Dec 2 A Moment of Silence by Harry Junkin Cast Frieda Holloway, Paul Stevens, Marjorie Gateson, Stuart MacIntosh, Ed Peck Dec 9 The Narrowing Doorway by Harry Junkin Cast Augusta Dabney, Patricia Boswell, Warren Berlinger, Fred Downs Dec 16 Two Fathers by Bob Cochran Cast William Prince, Diana Douglas, Ed Andrews, Fran Carlon, John Connoughton Dec 23 The Alibi by Bob Cochran repeat Cast Lawrence Weber, Nancy Wilder, Joe Campanella, Truman Smith Dec 30 ?

Re Janice Heiden,. She began as Lana/Lisa in 77.

Will definitely be posting those weeks.😉

Salome Jens Henry Darrow Robert Sampson Nana Visitor Beatrice Straight Frank Converse Jenny O'Hara Tina Johnson Staats cosworth

By Week 20 of the 87/88 season ABC had moved into second place and with the Winter Olympics coming up on ABC, CBS faced the prospect of finishing 3rd for the season for the first time ever. Dolly was shunted off to Saturday night , pretty much signalling that it would be cancelled by the end of the season. ABC had agreed to a 2 season committment so it cost them a lot to drop it after just one season. Most mid season shows were being held to March after the Winter Olympics. Knots Landing continued to do well considering weak lead-ins and strong competition from LA Law. It ranked 22nd, and its lead in Simon and Simon was 55th. 1. 32.3/47 N Cosby Stow 27.8/41 N Different World 24.9/37 N Cheers 24.6/39 N Golden Girls 23.9/35 A ABC Sunday Movie 'Elvis and Me' Pt1 22.5/33 A Growing Pains 22.3/32 A Who's the Boss? 21.5/31 C Murder, She Wrote 21.4/32 A Moonlighting 21.3/33 C 60 Minutes 21.3/37 N Bloopers 8 Practical Jokes Sat 2 10 (pre-empting JJ Starbuck) 20.7/34 N Amen 19.3/31 N David Letterman Special Thurs 9.30 – 11 (pre-empting Night Court & LA Law) 19.0/28 C CBS Sunday Movie 'Windmill of the Gods' Pt 1 18.6/30 C Dallas 18.4/27 N Matlock 18.0/26 N ALF 17.5/28 A Head 01 the Class 17.3/28 N227 . 17.1/27 A Perfect Strangers 16.6/24 N Family Ties 16.5/27 C Knots Landing 16.5/27 N Facts of Life 16.423 A Hooperman 16.325 C Designing Women 16./24 N Valeries Family 15.6/23 C Newhart 15.5/24 N Highway to Heaven 15.5/23 N NBC Sunday Movie 'Rambo First Blood' 15.3/26 A Thirtysomething 15.2/25 N WWF Special' Main Event Fri @ 8 (Slot filler till Highwayman premieres) 15./22 N Hunter 14.9/24 A ABC Monday Movie 'Weekend War' 14.9/24 A Dynasty 14.8/26 N Unsolved Mysteries Fri @10 (slot filler till Sonny spoon premieres) 14 7/25 C Falcon Crest 14.7/21 N My Two Dads 14.6/24 C Smothers Brothers 20th Anni Wed @10 (pre-empying Equalizer) 14.1/23 N Miami Vice 13.9/23 C Beauty and the Beast 13821 A Slap Maxwell Story 13.7/20 C Kale and Allie 13.7/23 N Crime Story 13.6/20 A Disney Sunday Movie 7-9 'RocknRoll Mom' 13.6/23 C Cagney and Lacey 13.5/22 N NBC Monday Move 'Flashdance' 13.4/22 N St. Elsewhere 12.9/20 A MacGyver 12.9/20 ABC Thursday Movie 'Firefox' 8-11 12.7/20 Kate and Allie Wed @ 9 (pre-empting Magnum PI) 12.6/20 A Mr. Belvedere 12.5/21 A Full House 12.3/19 N Year in the Life 12.2/19 C Frank's Place Wed @ 9.30 (pre-empting Magnum PI) 11.9/18 C Simon and Simon 11.8/18 C Jake and the Fatman 11.7/19 C High Mountain Rangers 11.5/19 A Dolly 11.4/20 A 2020 11.4/17 C Frank's Place (Mon ) 11.2/20 A Spenser. For Hire 11.1/19 C Wseguy 11./17 N Our House 10./16 C Houston Knights 8.9/13 C 48 Hours 8.8/14 A Ohara 8.6/14 A Thorns 8.4/13 C Law and Harry McGraw 8.3/13 A Sledge Hammer! 7.7/11 C Bugs Bunny's Valentine Thurs @ 8.30 (pre-empting Tour Of Duty) 71. 7.6/13 C West 57th 72. 4.9/7 C Lyndon LaRouche Special Thurs @8 (pre-empting Tour of Duty)