I had forgotten how well "Bridget loves bernie" had done in the ratings. My Mom loved the show and we watched it as a family every week. We were an Irish family living in NY with many close Jewish friends. We totally loved the humor. I remember how sorry my Mom was when it was cancelled

Always loved Sandy Duncan. Thought she was beautiful, fun, and full of life and energy. Picking up some Wheat Thins right now!

I miss the catchy theme songs on old shows. Most rarely even have one anymore.

Thank you so much !!! It’s Easter Sunday, and my wonderful parents have both passed. Your video made me feel like I did once upon a time and they were sitting here with me❤

I'm amazed at the number of variety shows that were released each year.

Of this bunch SEARCH was by far my absolute favorite! The concept of the miniature camera pendant, and other electronic goodies, were yrs ahead of their time. Stories were good, and Angel Thomkins was easy on the eyes.

A lot of these shows were socially groundbreaking, but the general audience was judged as not being ready for them. I remember an episode of The Brady Bunch in which friends of Mike and Carol Brady (the husband was played by Ken Berry) had adopted three boys from different races (Asian, Black, White) and were facing criticism from friends, neighbors and relatives. This was supposed to be a spinoff series, but it never happened.

Richard Widmark’s “Madigan” was part of NBC’s “Wednesday Mystery Movie” wheel series. To my knowledge, “Quincy” was the only one to become a hit.

I am loving these compilations! Especially enjoy the trivia following telling Nielson rankings etc. Thanks for your efforts!

Anna and the King was a lovely show.....It aired in Australia when I was 12 and I thoroughly enjoyed it, "etc., etc., etc.,!!"

I really like these! Thank you for doing them. This is when I was in junior high and high school and watched a lot of television. Back then the new season was a big deal and a special copy of the tv section would come out. Even if I had not seen the show back then, it usually has actors in it that I am familiar with and it is interesting to see what they were starring in at that time.

this was really, really well done. i really liked the little touches of commercials for context, etc. good job!

I love the series Search. The pilot episode title was Probe. They couldn’t use the Probe name as another show already had that name. I’m glad about 10 years ago Warner Brothers released the series on DVD. I got a copy for me. Would love to see a Blu Ray version. I really hated the time slot it was in. I greatly miss that series.

I was 7-8 years old then, and Circle of Fear was really scary. I vaguely remember Madigan, Cool Million, and Banacek in some kind of Wednesday rotation; I liked Madigan the most.

7:45 Wow. That's a long forgotten relic of the past. Instantly transported me back in time 50 years. Thanks including it!

I didn’t know William Castle also produced television. He’s mostly known for 1950’s/1960’s B-movie schlock.

I remember when 'Bridget Loves Bernie' premiered and reading that some people were scandalized by it. Thankfully a lot has changed since then.

The 1972-1973 TV season was of particular interest to me, because at that time, i was a Sixth Grader in Oahu's Mail'i Elementary School, and I did poorly, but my Primetime TV viewing that season was pretty active, and one of the TV shows that caught my eye in 1972, was NBC's "SEARCH", launched from NBC WORLD PREMEIRE's TV movie, "Probe" in February 1972, the Warner Brothers produced TV series was actually TV's first "spy fi" series, due to its unique "high tech" content, as well as being the creation of Leslie Stevens, the man who was responsible for "THE OUTER LIMITS" (1963-65), "STONEY BURKE" (1962-63), and "THE NAME OF THE GAME" (1968-1971), this NBC series used the rotational format, with Hugh 'O Brian, reprising his role as "Lockwood" from "Probe", along Doug McClure as "CR Grover", and Tony Franciosa as "Nick Bianco", with Burgess Meredith as "VCR Cameron", overlord of Probe Control, Unit One, a NASA like room, filled with computers and other technical equipment, as Probe was a division of private firm, World Securities Corporation, which was something of "space age detective agency, with their agents called "Probes", as "Hugh Lockwood", a former NASA Astronaut turned private investigator for Probe Control, using technology that was some thirty or more years ahead of its time! The NBC series ran for only 23 episodes, and loyal fans had to wait until early 2014, when Warner Archive finally released the series on MOD DVD. Another Primetime 1972 favorite, of course, was ABC's "THE MEN", whose Trilogy TV shows, "THE DELPHI BUREAU", "ASSIGNMENT VIENNA", and "JIGSAW", were also of interest to watch, but "THE DELPHI BUREAU", which was created by "THE MAN FROM UNCLE" creator, Sam Rolfe (who also created "HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL" in the 1950s), was my ultimate favorite out of the three rotation shows (The Theme to "THE MEN" was done by Issac Hayes, composer of "SHAFT"), otherwise, most of Primetime TV in the 1972-73 season was memorable, and fun to watch!

Wow, Burns and Schreiber was only on for one year? I must’ve seen every single one of them, I thought that show was on for a while and I never missed it. Circle of Fear with Sebastian Cabot and Ghost Story, never missed ‘em!

I saw Sandy Duncan on Broadway 40 years ago when she played Peter Pan. She was wonderful. And ticket prices were affordable for college students.

I miss the style of this age . The presentation . The polish .

Thanks for this video. I've found many of these shows on KZfaq thanks to you.

I can remember several of those shows. We had just gotten cable so we, as a family, wanted to checkout every channel and each show.

I think most of us had forgotten "Bridget Loves Bernie", tho apparently most of us were watching it! It's interesting to note that the actress is billed as just "Meredith Baxter", without the hyphenated part -- along with her co-start, Mr Birney. I'm guessing there's some connection, there. ;%)

Why did these shows bomb? They kept casting the same six people over and over. Great job putting this painful exercise together!

The Julie Andrews Hour was excellent. I bought a bunch of bootleg DVDs on the internet. I love them, Julie sang beautifully in each episode. She had Rich Little on as a regular, and he was great. I wish a box set of the DVDs would be released for sale. Also, music CDs, Julie sang many contemporary songs and did them well. She had some fantastic guest stars: Angela Lansbury and Mama Cass Elliot.

I loved the TV Guide Fall Preview synopses. I collected the magazine (sadly no longer have the copies) and would try to guess which shows would last. I was a tween.

Wow!! You really set some memories loose on me. I must've spent a LOT of time watching TV that year. I remember nearly all of them.

Bridget Loves Bernie was somewhat controversial if you can believe that, due to its religious comingling theme.

Great job. Search had a good theme song. I didn't know Robert Conrad had so many one season shows.

They reran the Paul Lynde show on MeTv a few years ago on Saturday late nights.

It's interesting to note the common denominators between the shows that were successful then and the ones that weren't. The ones that made it were edgy for the time, had a solid concept, great writing, great characters with good chemistry and of course, a memorable theme song. One thing a lot of these shows had in common was that network executives didn't like them. The ones that bombed were probably usually the idea of a network executive who was either stuck in the past or treated tv viewers like they were 12 years old.

Corner Bar while it had 16 episode it was part of the wave of Summer shows that networks had in the 70's and 80's. It ran for two summers

I was in junior high during this time frame, just started noticing the opposite sex and I sure noticed Sandy Duncan and her tight sweaters and Shelley Fabares and her long silky hair. Also, it should be noted that Funny Face, as mentioned here was Sandy's first show and was doing very well in the ratings but was halted when Sandy fell ill with a brain tumor which eventually cost her one of her eyes. When she recovered, her show became The Sandy Duncan Show, which did not do well in the ratings.

Those 8TRACK tape days

My grandmother loved the show Banyon.

I was 9 when these were on my buddy and I watched Ghost Story / Circle of Fear until it stopped. Corner Bar with Anne Meara (Ben’s mom) Stiller looked good. Anything with Shelley Fabares! Bridget Loves Bernie with Mrs. Roper! Audra Lindsey. Garry Marshall was trying out lots of things until he hit gold with Happy Days,etc.

Nothing says “comedy hour” like Martin Landau and the Doobie Brothers.

Loved the Bobby Darin show, deserved better. Also loved Banyon, a Bogart type detective !

Ghost Story/Circle Of Fear is one of my favorites of all time. Probably my favorite horror tv series ever. We watched it all of the time growing up and even in reruns up until the late 80's. Now, I have the dvd set. I also remember watching The Paul Lynde Show and The Sandy Duncan Show and enjoyed both.

I very much remember the show Circle of Fear. My parents went out on Friday nights, so I would watch that when they were gone. I remember one episode where a man kills his wife, buried her in the shed, then sees his actions on his TV. At the end, she is digging herself out of the ground to come back from the dead. Many of the episodes were really creepy.

Even though I was barely a teenager, I liked A Touch of Grace with Shirley Booth and J. Pat O'Malley.

Search is still a favorite of mine, to this day. I saw them all first run and now I own the series on DVD. Ahead of it’s time.

Bobby Darin had previously hosted Dean Martin's 1972 summer replacement, "DEAN MARTIN PRESENTS THE BOBBY DARIN AMUSEMENT CO.". It was successful enough for the network to ask for a mid-season replacement, featuring Darin in a more traditional comedy/variety format. It tanked......and sadly, Bobby died at the end of 1973.

"Search" was awesome! I would've been 10-11 years old during this TV season and I still remember that show.

TV popularity is unpredictable. Yul Brynner played the King of Siam onstage in thousands of performances, and the movie "The King And I" was a big hit. Yet he could not succeed in the same role on the small screen. Maybe the lack of the hit score had something to do with it. This is a puzzlement.

Robert Conrad just before he started doing Ray O Vac battery commercials and because a pop culture icon.

This was fun. Thanks for compiling.

I miss when TV networks weren't owned by movie studios . Back then they actually tried to make TV shows and NO REALITY 💩 .

I'm 56 and I remember some of these shows(don't ask me how).I remember The Bobby Darrin Show.Unfortunately,his show went off because he died in '73.Much too soon.Keep up the good work.I enjoy taking a trip to the past and seeing again what tv was like back then.I didn't see most of these shows because my parents and I were usually watching the popular shows like everyone else.

The Julie Andrew’s show was fantastic. Great production values. I was so disappointed when it was canceled.

Sat if front of a TV my entire childhood & realize now how much I absorbed & was shaped by it. Sandy Duncan & Mary Tyler Moore & Julie Andrew's were big role models. Seems like early TV tried to be a moral compass...not like today where anything & everything goes on TV & internet. Grateful to be a Baby Boomer.

Wow, I remember some. what would TV look like today with just 3 networks? I always thought that Bridget Loves Bernie, and Anna And The King had longer runs.

Fred Silverman *really* wanted Sandy Duncan's second series to succeed. He even went so far as to insist she appear a guest on "THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES" {"Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde", October 21, 1972}, so that kids would notice her and be encouraged to watch her that Saturday night [he was well known for cross-promoting his network's stars on other programs, including their variety shows and specials].

Will you be including "Kolchak: The Nightstalker," and "Hot L Baltimore" in your episode for '74 - '75?

Thanks for the memories. I remember Banachek one of my dad’s favorite and Madagan which as 12 to 13 year old…😮! Now I see the appeal, I remember Tony F’s show, and later in the 80’s in one of my favorite 80’s Twilight Zone reboot episodes “Crazy as a soup sandwich “ where he played the head Demon that was (helping?) a loser trying to get his soul back. I liked Tony’s show because all the agents carried those neat cameras on a pendant…never can happen today…😂! Dad had the TV when Bridget Loves Bernie came on so…don’t remember seeing an episode of it. The Circle of Fear I remember seeing with Mr French the narrator. Too bad he died soon after,along with Bobby Darin whose show I’ve only seen in parts is on KZfaq. Allot of the other shows were on after I was supposed to be in bed so…they will live on your video. Have a great day!

Your compilations are fantastic. I have worked in television for twenty years. I have worked for the heads of ABC (L.Braun) CBS (Lesley Moonves) NBC(Jeff Zucker) and FOX(Gail Berman) so I know how all of this works, and this is just wonderful. I hope the 80's and 90's are coming! Great!!!

Thanks For Sharing!

I vaguely remember seeing Anna & the King, Search, Here We Go Again, A Touch Of Grace, Bridget Loves Bernie, and the Burns & Schreiber Comedy Hour. My parents must have watched at least one episode of each. But the one I remember best is Ghost Story/Circle Of Fear. It was one of those shows that was scarier when I was a child than when I was an adult.

I loved Bridget Loves Bernie. I was sad they took it off... and F****N insane about WHY they took it off.

Another wonderful compilation of short lived tv shows..Corner Bar looked an early variation of cheers, thicker than blood with Julie Harris and Richard long looked interesting, jigsaw with James Wainwright deserved a longer run.

With only three main broadcast channels, ABC, CBS, and NBC, competition must have been fierce for limited airtime. These shows might have had a following on cable tv.

I liked "Brigitte Loves Bernie" when Catchy Comedy (formally DECADES) recently showed a marathon of it over a weekend.

When networks had summer replacement shows to test future programming ideas, or bought programs from UK to fill spring or summer time slots.

Hollywood was thinking if they're stars on the "Silver Screen," it would be the same on television!! Some did, some didn't.

I remember a lot of these shows. I was about 11/13. I liked Corner Bar and watched it. My father who passed in 2015 at 92 said a lady who was on that show was from LYH VA. That is where I live. Recently my brother found her picture in an E.C. Glass year book. Cool!

Helen Reddy was Flip Wilson's 1973 summer replacement.

Burns and Schreiber are one of the most underrated comedy teams. Maybe not underrated when they were together, but when it comes to nostalgia.

Thank You for the newest entry, keep them coming!

Did Burns and Schreiber do another variety show? I seem to recall watching them and I enjoyed the show (as a 7 & 8 year old kid). I thought it went longer than 4 episodes. LOL

I actually remember “Love Thy Neighbor” and its theme song when I was a kid. “Search” had the best theme music of any unsuccessful TV series ever.

Joan Blondell played wisecracking blondes in the 1930s. Four decades later, she played a wisecracking blonde in "Banyon", set in the 1930s.

I loved Brigit Loves Bernie. Their relationship was so classy. I was angry when it was pulled from the air, but in recent years I’ve understood the pleas that with no shows about Jewish families on TV since The Goldbergs in the late ‘40s, it was undercutting to Jewish Americans to essentially say that only an intermarriage can be shown.

Very entertaining video! Well done.

At first, I was kind of surprised at the large price tag on the complete season of Ghost Story aka Circle of Fear on DVD. Then realized that it's made on demand so the high price for it makes sense.

Madigan definitely deserved more Tube Time. Maby because I’m a native New Yorker or maby he wasn’t in good health. After all! He was getting up there in the 70’s era. But the few episodes they had were great! Oh well!

I remember years later watching "Star Spangled Girl" on the late movie and realizing they swiped that shot of Sandy on the bus for her TV show.

3:38 - the New Bill Cosby Show Theme in 1972 would become the theme to The CBS game show Now You See It with Jack Narz in 1973. The theme was written by Quincy Jones. Another track on this album was the theme to Sanford and Son from the same period.

Brilliant Video. I watched Anna as a kid in the uk . The Search was brilliant show .definitely should got more seasons .I watched in the 1970s in my teens in uk bbc tv . I got the series on Dvd .

Banyon and Burns & Schreiber Hour are the only two that ring a bell. Burns & Schreiber was pretty good. Enjoyed their banter.

Well, I heard the voice of The Robot from Lost in Space at least once...

I was 9 years old during this TV season, and most of the shows we regularly watched lasted for more than one season. However, we did watch "Bridget Loves Bernie" and "The Little People." I also remember seeing "The Burns And Schreiber Comedy Hour," and am now shocked to see that it only lasted for four episodes. I knew it was short-lived, but sheesh.

Really loved Search. Hated when it was cancelled. The original pilot/ movie with Hugh O brian and Elle summer you can still occasionally find.

"The Julie Andrewa Hour" was NOT cancelled: her contract with Lew Grade was to do a US series for one year, thaen do a series for a year in Englnd.

Two shows I can think of from the 1972-73 season are The Paul Lynde Show and the reboot of I've Got A Secret with Steve Allen as host.

Sam Rolfe created The Delphi Bureau. It seems like that guy created a short-lived series every year in the '70's! And is that Nilsson singing the Little People theme? It sure sounds like him!

17:52- Robert Kaufman had previously written an episode of "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" during its first season. But creator/producer Sidney Sheldon wasn't satisfied with his first draft script, "Oh, Them Golden Slippers" (for one thing, there was no "Doctor Bellows" in the story). Sheldon, however, agreed to buy Kaufman's script and produce it- provided he rewrote it and share screen credit with him. Bob agreed.....and it became "My Master, the Thief" {April 2, 1966}.

Thank God, I was only 8 years old and didn't know how bad some of these shows really were.

wow i came into this crummie world in 1967 and still cant remember seeing 1.

"HALF THE GEORGE KIRBY COMEDY HOUR" was produced in Canada (by Winters-Rosen Productions), and initially telecast on the CTV network. It also had about half the production budget of American variety shows. Westinghouse syndicated the series in the United States- and like most syndicated variety shows of the 1970's, lasted one season.

If my memory serves me correctly (I was 14 at the time), Sandy Duncan had to take a hiatus from the well received "Funny Face" to have an operation on a tumor in her eye. By the time she returned in "The Sandy Duncan Show" the momentum was lost and it flopped. I watched "Funny Face" and remember it as a cute show. But I didn't see her other show.

I watched “The Little People” on Friday nights. I was 7 in ‘72.

I never heard of Corner Bar but from the look of the intro it was a prototype for Cheers. I didnt know all these shows were on during the year i graduated high school. Guess i was busy😅

I have "Bridget Loves Bernie" and "Ghost Story/Circle of Fear" on DVD. I was 10-11 years old during that TV season. and I also remember watching "The Little People" (loved it), "Anna and the King," "The Paul Lynde Show," "Love They Neighbor," "A Touch of Grace" and "The Sandy Duncan Show."

THE LITTLE PEOPLE! That was my favorite show. I was in kindergarten that year. My (Irish Catholic) Mom loved Bridge Loves Bernie and I remember her huge fights with my ignorant, stupid grandmother over the insane way catholics reacted to the show.

"The Finder" in the 90's was a great show. Only one season. Sad.

I think these years are the farthest back I can recall a few things

I've seen Brigette Loves Bernie a couple of times when it first came out and most recently in reruns. It was in a "binge" showing weekend that one of the stations had. I only saw one or two episodes, or whatever you want to call it, of The Burns and Schreiber Comedy show. I remember seeing one while I was on vacation with my parents, and we stayed in a hotel for one night and there wasn't much to do and we had to catch a car ferry from Michigan to Wisconsin and they turned on the TV and it was on. I thought that it was funny. It wasn't until I was older that I got to really know what they did, together as a duo, like appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, and did separately, like Burns was on an episode of Love American Style and did voice-over work. Schreiber was in My Mother the Car and appeared in the movie Scavanger Hunt. I thought that Schreiber was the funnier half.

Paul Lynde was hysterical!😅

I loved the world of network TV back then.