Top 5

The Top 5 shows of the 1973-74 television season


5 - Hawaii Five-O  24.0 rating (CBS Tues 830-930)



4 - M*A*S*H  25.7 rating (CBS Sat 830-9)



3 - Sanford and Son  27.5 rating (NBC Fri 8-830)


2 - The Waltons  28.1 rating (CBS Thurs 8-9)


1 - All In The Family  31.2 rating (CBS Sat 8-830)

Happy 40th Birthday Dingbat!

Today in 1971 CBS television aired the first episode of a show that would go on to change television and sitcoms forever.
This was the premier of "All in the Family" starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers.

CBS Season Preview for 1961

I stumbled on these over the weekend. Its the preview of the 1961 television season for CBS, with host Andy Griffith, Garry Moore, Sebastian Cabot, Bob Cummings,Rod Serling,Raymond Burr and Ed Sullivan.
One of the highlights for me was the preview of a new comedy on CBS, "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
Amazing how far television has come that none of the networks program anything remotely new for Saturday nights now.