1 hour ago, Spoon said:

NBC's 84 comeback did not extend to daytime? What shows (game shows, Soaps) would you overhaul or can? What new shows if any would you add to daytime?

I've always wished NBC had greenlit SCRUPLES (based on the Judith Krantz novel, developed for television by Pat Falken Smith) over SaBa.

From what I understand, NBC was never as strict with their affiliates where the shows were aired. I think it really impeded any success any soap they launched could have.

I think to get affiliates to carry their soaps/gameshows they were more lenient in allowing them to reschedule.

But that plan backfired as the network shows were often placed in less advantageous timeslots, so didn't bring in the ratings at a local or national level and then the affiliates dropped them anyway.

I think ABC had an advantage in the late 70's when daytime took off for them as they were often weaker stations who happily took all the network shows.