tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post6785823205833032863..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Friday, July 29, 1966Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-29806518322757000312022-08-03T01:11:40.644-04:002022-08-03T01:11:40.644-04:00"Sing Along" was actually reruns of &quo..."Sing Along" was actually reruns of "Sing Along With Mitch" which NBC exhumed as a summer replacement in 1966, some two years after the show had ceased production.Jofushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591730159623555357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-55749775694433311492022-07-27T21:57:56.075-04:002022-07-27T21:57:56.075-04:00Orioles shut out Twins that night, 3-0 behind the ...Orioles shut out Twins that night, 3-0 behind the pitching of future Jockey model Jim Palmer, while Frank Robinson belted a solo blast for the league-leaders and eventual world champs.rawlings3861https://www.blogger.com/profile/09080674827945217234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-47050968303940340572022-07-27T20:41:40.897-04:002022-07-27T20:41:40.897-04:00Smothers Brothers ranked a respectable # 48 for th...Smothers Brothers ranked a respectable # 48 for the season, and averaged a 33 share which *usually* would have brought renewal--but that was a huge dropoff as you note from Gomer Pyle, which was TV's # 2 show. At mid-season, Smothers Brothers had a 18.5 rating to Gomer's 27.2, so it was losing one third of Gomer's viewers.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-79055719128134525512022-07-27T10:44:14.805-04:002022-07-27T10:44:14.805-04:00If the TV Guide story is accurate, it was Tom and ...If the <i>TV Guide</i> story is accurate, it was Tom and Dick who didn't like <i>The Smothers Brothers Show</i>.<br />They toughed out that first season, with old-style writer/producers who didn't get them; reportedly it was their decision to call it off, and wait for another opportunity (which came sooner than they thought - but that's another story ...).<br />CBS ultimately made Friday a movie night (the path of least resistance);<br />for NBC and ABC, Friday was a "bubble night" for the rest of the '60s - and that's <i>another</i> story ...Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-84398586982300573822022-07-25T19:03:49.859-04:002022-07-25T19:03:49.859-04:00How bad was the Smothers Brothers' sitcom? It ...How bad was the Smothers Brothers' sitcom? It had wildly popular <i>Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.</i> (a top-ten show its entire run) as a lead-in, and was opposite low-rated <i>Mister Roberts</i>, and <i>The Farmer's Daughter</i>, which was hemorrhaging viewers in its final season, and it STILL couldn't make it. Guess Mom didn't like it best. top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.com