Literally my childhood. I miss the days before all this technology. We played outside till the lights came on. Say on the porch and talked till late in the evening. Talked on the phone to our friends for hours. Called into radio stations to dedicate songs to our crush. Best days ever.
@hd-xc2lz7 ай бұрын
Yes, and didn't watch a fraction of the TV/online streaming that teens watch today. I recognized names of actors and show titles in above video, but never watched one episode of these shows.
@tonyamati965 жыл бұрын
I can't be the only one who gets a nice almost warm feeling while watching this. Makes me feel good. 😊
@antgto5 жыл бұрын
Based on this, I must've watched a whole lot of NBC Saturday nights as a child.
@MisterChris19785 жыл бұрын
227, golden girls, Amen! oh the memories are flooding back
@jrlomy2k5 жыл бұрын
Same here. The facts of life was the show for me. I could recite half the dialogue to this day. The golden girls intro here is definitely different than what originally was shown. Loved 227 as well.
@gripitl68785 жыл бұрын
Briar Bear that was my childhood right there. Good times back then.
@kingovharts5 жыл бұрын
NBC was dominating the 80s. Thurdays and Saturdays were owned by NBC. Them other networks could only go for second place.
@tnawcwvictoria4 жыл бұрын
@@kingovharts You got that right, hey, abc Thursday Nights couldn't compete with CBS during the early 80's nor could it compete with NBC during the 2nd half of the 80's and abc and CBS definitely couldn't couldn't compete with NBC Saturday Nights in the 80's with The Facts of Life, 227, Amen, The Golden Girls, Empty Nest or HUNTER NBC was Da Bomb and it was OUR Saturday Night in the 80's
@RickinBaltimore7 жыл бұрын
That NBC lineup was killer. I hadn't heard of some of those shows on ABC or CBS, though seeing Christina Applegate before Married with Children and Freddy freaking Kreuger (!) was a surprise
@DBradshaw255 жыл бұрын
Karen from Will and Grace was on the Ellen Burstyn Show, which was another surprise.
@yasmin88515 жыл бұрын
Yup! NBC had Saturday night on lockdown, I barely remember most of those shows on other networks.
@AndrewChiverCaesarGhost5 жыл бұрын
I was about to say the same damn thing, NBC had that on lock, nothing but classics
@megamanj2004X4 жыл бұрын
Yasmin88 Saturdays and Thursdays belonged to NBC by far!
@TheMadMaple3 жыл бұрын
Mostly the same for me. I watched Twilight Zone, not Hunter, but the rest of it was that killer NBC sitcom block.
@cindypruitt95347 жыл бұрын
I watched NBC for sure that year. Facts of Life and Golden Girls!
@pbcoop625 жыл бұрын
When Megan Mullaly was co-starring on The Ellen Burstyn Show, Nick Offerman was in high school.
@akronkeith5 жыл бұрын
Wow! Fall of 1986 was my freshman year of college. I spent Saturday nights working at McDonald's, but NBC clearly ruled the night!
@thatonegirlelaine5 жыл бұрын
Same here, but I worked at Ross.
@tyronekiddjr45055 жыл бұрын
Steven J. Cannell was an absolute genius. I loved all his shows.
@carmelmhennessy97389 ай бұрын
True. He was excellent
@pigoff1237 жыл бұрын
I used to love the facts of life. Had to watch it every week.
@socialmedia46375 жыл бұрын
Is it allowed to be nostalgic over shows you never watched or didn't like, but you still remember their promos every day?
@tolfan44383 жыл бұрын
Sure it is
@HorrorHQ7 жыл бұрын
God I miss Spenser For Hire......
@citygirl57055 жыл бұрын
That was a good show. Robert Urich was the best.
@baylinkdashyt5 жыл бұрын
You might want to take note that Warner archive released all three seasons of Spenser For Hire on DVD a few years ago. The original pressing was glassmaster, because they got enough call for it, though whether currently ordered discs would be that or custom manufactured I couldn't tell you. Worth noting, too, of course, that this was not the 86 show open, because Barbara Stock is back on it, this had to be the 87 - which I also believed because of the choice of theme music. I cannot think right now of the name of the redheaded actress who played lawyer Rita Fiore in 86 when she replaced Barbara for a year.
@skyward68785 жыл бұрын
Man all the saxophone 🎷 lol
@boomzer107 жыл бұрын
I believe NBC had the best lineup for Saturday night back then. I remember those shows on the other networks to much except for Spencer For Hire.
@Kylefassbinderful4 ай бұрын
I was only a couple months old but I remember these shows.
@AldenRDavis3 жыл бұрын
I love HUNTER.. I watched it Saturday nights on NBC.
@jlobiafra5 жыл бұрын
Golden girls, Cheers, WKRP in Cincinnati, Good times, Bosom buddies..... top five best intro music ever, prove me wrong
@oldtwinsna83473 жыл бұрын
Golden girls stands out as one that was unquestionably destined for success due to its all star, veteran, cast that had proven on-screen chemistry from other top rated shows. I don't know too many other shows that were started from the get-go in that way.
@robertslydell69905 жыл бұрын
So glad my life in 1986 didn't include Life With Lucy.
@damianlatimer57534 жыл бұрын
lol!
@tideoftime3 жыл бұрын
It *was* a disappointing show. Ball's sense of humor/slapstick, which had worked for her in her three previous series, was sorrowfully dated by this fourth show.
@bryanprice50155 жыл бұрын
Still remember Saturday night line up on NBC 227 amen golden girls empty nest
@gwendolynrandle77335 жыл бұрын
That’s when you can let your children watch tv without parental discretion. Quality shows
@BurnLikeAFlame7 ай бұрын
Yeah, yeah, and back then parents whined about shows not being as wholesome as the 50s. "Parental discretion" has never really done anything anyway. My parents wouldn't let me watch Three's Company because it was "too sexual" back in the late 70s/early 80s, but a TV in my room and afternoon syndication meant I could watch it all I wanted.
@chrishinnant39245 жыл бұрын
I was always looking forward to Saturday nights on NBC what a lineup I had just graduated high school
@gripitl68785 жыл бұрын
Chris Hinnant I watched it every week. I remember I was 12 going on 13. So it’s pretty much the rollerskating rink or stay home and watch the lineup.
@chrishinnant39245 жыл бұрын
Gripit L I live in a small town it wasn't much to do on Saturday night's so I stayed home and just watch the lineup. The only show I didn't watch was Hunter. 227 and Amen were my favorites. But I definitely watched all four of the comedies.
@HelloooThere5 жыл бұрын
NBC was where it was at for Saturday nights in the mid-late 80's
@TheAngelmuse5 жыл бұрын
I was 11 years old and a 6th grader. I was definitely watching NBC must see TV on Sat Nights. Loved the entire line up. I remember i would make pizza and sometimes had a friend over and stay up watching all night and wait for WWF Saturday Nights Main Event on some occasions. And At some point American Gladiators and GLOW...........AH YES GOOD TIMES GOOD TIMES
@gripitl68785 жыл бұрын
S.S. MUZE Projects I was 12 at the time I remember it was either the rollerskating rink or stay home and watch the lineup. While calling the radio station to dedicate songs to our crushes 😂😂
@will-love-lvx11 ай бұрын
Yea, good times. I was 11 as well.
@Kylefassbinderful4 ай бұрын
I sure do miss all the over-the-top saxophone playing. It stayed hip into the 90s as well.
@peachsangria87043 ай бұрын
NBC had the best Saturday night line up. I'm instantly transported back to having a baked chicken and mashed potatoes dinner, followed by doing my hair for church the next day. I can smell the Aquamarine conditioner! Great memories
@bodybuilderslave71256 жыл бұрын
It always takes me a couple of hours watching these "Stay Tuned....." vids because by the time I look up various stars in wikipedia to see what they've done that I missed, or see if they're still alive while pausing the "Stay Tuned", and many times that leads to other videos and thus 2 or 3 hours have passed. Kind of my own "Where Are They Now?"
@victorialouden19125 жыл бұрын
bodybuilder slave I thought I was the only one doing that lol
@chrisg34235 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one that done this. Currently on FOX 1ST FALL PRIME TIME TV LINEUP 1987
@PreApocalypseJitters7 жыл бұрын
Oh wow...was I the only 10 yr old boy watching that Lucy show...then it disappeared. I was a strange kid.
@alskndlaskndal7 жыл бұрын
I love everything about the "Heart of the City" intro. "Spencer for Hire," another great intro. Robert Eurich had a residence in my town near Boston during the filming of the show, and I was actually in Cub Scouts with his son. Got to go over to his house a couple of times (Dad wasn't home). I was too young to be interested in the show at that time, but I should go back and watch it.
@birdmantd7 жыл бұрын
0:43. When Night Court's Harry Anderson isn't available, you end up settling for his non-union Mexican equivalent Larry Anderson.
@moorek19676 жыл бұрын
+birdmantd RIP Harry Anderson.
@RubiconVale5 жыл бұрын
NBC killing it. Amen was great.
@heidifedor5 жыл бұрын
Golden Girls still holds up to this day.
@misteralien99585 жыл бұрын
No it doesn’t ☹️
@jason3fc7 жыл бұрын
I was definitely watching NBC Fall 86. As were most I assume.That Sat night block was unstoppable. Though my family was always a CBS heavy family, Spenser For Hire was the only show I remembered at all from the other networks.
@cindypruitt95347 жыл бұрын
Me too, NBC all the way that year. I don't even remember any of the others except for Spencer for Hire. I think that show moved to another night possibly. I remember my mom watching that sometimes but I was into facts of life, etc.
@gripitl68785 жыл бұрын
jason3fc I’d watch it on the phone with my best friend. The good old days.
@damianlatimer57534 жыл бұрын
i did too.even though i watched Spenser For Hire sometimes and The New Twilight Zone also
@carmelmhennessy97389 ай бұрын
We would have got some of these shows a little bit later in Ireland, maybe 6 months after the US. I loved Spenser for hire, Twilight Zone, the golden girls and the new Mike Hammer.
@cromartie19847 жыл бұрын
hunter was basically dirty harry as a tv show
@TJ523595 жыл бұрын
Rather obvious in the first season... but it found it's own 'legs' thereafter... But the timing (Sudden Impact ; the 4th Dirty Harry hit theaters December 83... Hunter was Fall of 84) is fairly obvious as well
@AldenRDavis3 жыл бұрын
I love HUNTER
@zombiedodge1426 Жыл бұрын
Fred Dryer was actually considered for the role of Sam Malone on Cheers!
@denisenoles31595 жыл бұрын
NBC had me on lock on Saturdays during that time. I never heard of those other shows except Spencer for Hire.
@verbatimmags5 жыл бұрын
Me too. I was in college and we would watch those shows before hitting the clubs lol
@pigoff1237 жыл бұрын
I used to watch 227 too. My granddaughter and I still watch the Golden Girls. She loves to watch Full House when she finds it on. He mother loved the Sonny and Cher show. I remember Amen too. I was so in love with Hunter. Loved that show.
@markasflood1246 жыл бұрын
What about Family Matters
@bluepandaman5 жыл бұрын
I was only 6 years old but I remember half of these because my grandmother watched them.
@daviddavidson53825 жыл бұрын
Apparently we only had NBC back then
@verbatimmags5 жыл бұрын
Lol we had all 3 but our tv stayed on nbc. My grandma watched days of our lives, another world and Santa Barbara during the day, so we just never changed the channel at night 😁
@hellparkcraig2 жыл бұрын
omg the golden girls,, me and my mom always watched them
@nathanbush67815 жыл бұрын
I should look up to see if there are any episodes of Downtown just because of Mariska Hargitay! She is an awesome actress! Looooove her!
@djbigpean5 жыл бұрын
I was an NBC person on Thurs and Sat when I was 11 remembering this Line-up, great shows!!
@damianlatimer57534 жыл бұрын
you and i must be the same age because i was 11 back then too and i also watched most of these shows
@damianlatimer57534 жыл бұрын
even though thursdays i watched Knots Landing on CBS
@brendaproffitt85207 жыл бұрын
Awesome : these are classic.program..wonderful job thank you so much
@blackphoenix777 жыл бұрын
My family was definitely watching NBC on Saturday nights back in '86, although we alternated between CBS, ABC, and NBC in the 10/9Central time slot: I remember watching Spencer For Hire, the new Twilight Zone, and Hunter.
@battlegirldeb7 жыл бұрын
I love watching all of these show at least once because we just got our first VCR, but if I was home them it was all about NBC.
@scottlarson15487 жыл бұрын
So this is what my parents were watching when I was out having fun on Saturday nights.
@JohnCoctoasten855 жыл бұрын
Yep. At 16 I was not home watching TV on a Saturday night. lol
@Karenann03135 жыл бұрын
Me too lol
@thebadguy51075 жыл бұрын
So what is your old ass doing now lmao
@gripitl68785 жыл бұрын
john coctoasten I was 13. My best friend and I would watch on the phone together. Good old days.
@kriswilhite55395 жыл бұрын
This is what me and my friend would watch while my parents were out having a good time. I was in 8th Grade.
@ToddThiner6 жыл бұрын
Best shows facts of life and golden girls...... what #nohomo
@sha11235 Жыл бұрын
The theme song to Life with Lucy was probably the best thing that show had.
@jflow086 ай бұрын
Loved the guide at the end. Very helpful
@markfullilove99836 жыл бұрын
The only one of these shows I watched on the regular was Amen, 227 and the twilight zone. The rest was fox or cable(which at the time a millions times better than broadcast tv).
@chrislang94427 жыл бұрын
Stepfanie Kramer... underrated beauty
@MikeBat687 жыл бұрын
I couldn't help but notice how pretty she is when I watched that Hunter intro.
@bodybuilderslave71256 жыл бұрын
And her beauty is still hot today, although reprised by others.
@demelof19135 жыл бұрын
I LOVED Hunter.
@EvansSt835 жыл бұрын
When I was little, I would always get her and Susan Lucci confused with each other.
@damianlatimer57534 жыл бұрын
@@EvansSt83 lol!
@nickperkins84773 жыл бұрын
NBC just dominated in that era of network television.
@scottmyers635 жыл бұрын
NBC ruled this night. But Spencer and TTZ weren't going to give in!
@jnadle15 жыл бұрын
That intro to Downtown was of course a cover of "Money (That's What I Want)."
@manuginobilisbaldspot4245 жыл бұрын
Downtown, featuring a show with THREE supporting cast members more famous (Blair Underwood, Mariska Hargitay, and Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund) than the lead. Can't say I've ever seen that before. But as everyone has rightfully said, Saturday Night's were NBC night.
@jbrains7 жыл бұрын
5:55 Wow. Hell, the whole cast of that show is amazing.
@dustinhowell43445 жыл бұрын
Loved Spencer for Hire aand Dect Benson and Freddy Krueger on the same show, and a younger Christina Applegate wow
@deanarupe737 жыл бұрын
Man I was a big Facts of Life fan.
@ghoztthadmented71325 жыл бұрын
Was I the only one that was waiting for BIG BIRD to walk up to Alaina Reed when she was sitting on the stoop on 227??
@DoctorPhobos7 жыл бұрын
I was in love with Christina Applegate even back then.
@thrillington20087 жыл бұрын
she's still classy today trust me
@annettemalaski1967 Жыл бұрын
Spencer for Hire was a favorite show! All these great shows made staying home on Saturday a treat!
@ChipWhitingtonIII7 жыл бұрын
Downtown looks interesting... at least cast-wise.
@cityhawk3 жыл бұрын
Outside The Golden Girls, numbers-wise, had the most talented cast. The writing must have been dreadful with a cast like Downtown.
@pigoff1237 жыл бұрын
Now we are talking. Spenser for Hire was shown on AFN. I remember watching it.
@damianlatimer57534 жыл бұрын
you mean ABC
@jasonwindrow39435 жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing this good old days
@gripitl68785 жыл бұрын
Jason Windrow Makes me a little bit sad. That was my childhood
@tommoore41285 жыл бұрын
NBC was the obvious winner that season. I remember that lineup of shows, whereas the shows on CBS and ABC we’re mostly forgotten (aside from Spencer For Hire and Twilight Zone).
@bigbossman28105 жыл бұрын
My favorite shows from that line up was Hunter, The Facts of Life, 227, The Golden Girls, The Twilight Zone, & Amen. NBC clearly had the better slate of shows for Saturday evenings. The only one that I even heard of on ABC was Spencer For Hire.
@feliciab27 жыл бұрын
A couple of things: 10:02 Put a mustache on Mackenzie Astin and you'd never be able to tell him apart from his dad, the great John Astin. He's the spitting image. 12:21 Ahhh, those glory days before every car had remote locking:-)
@reggie27527 жыл бұрын
OHHHHHHHH Yeahhhhhhhh Tv Must See!
@luciousthomas6141 Жыл бұрын
Mike hammer, Spencer for Hire, Facts of Life yes indeed! I was definitely watching 227 and Amen on a good Saturday night followed by Showtime at The Apollo when Sinbad was the host. And oh yeah the good Hunter intro! Fa sho!
@codybonnet5 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! You obviously must know someone that is/was affiliated with the major t.v. networks to get all this footage. Nobody has this just laying around on old VHS lol, and the quality is good as well. Thanks for sharing all this!
@RwDt095 жыл бұрын
The majority of the intros are from other KZfaq uploaders. All a matter of searching them out (using precise keywords helps), collecting them and then piecing them all together into videos.
@grimmbilly92635 жыл бұрын
the 80's Twilight Zone was awesome.
@johnkrolczyk22415 жыл бұрын
Spenser for Hire was a really good show.
@gripitl68785 жыл бұрын
John Krolczyk I loved it.
@MikeBat687 жыл бұрын
I think Facts of Life & Golden Girls shared the same wardrobe in some cases, which is just very wrong.
@demelof19135 жыл бұрын
It was the 80s
@618greenleaf75 жыл бұрын
Damn fall of 86 sucked for ABC and CBS
@speed3015 жыл бұрын
IKR...was anyone watching anything other than NBC on Saturday nights back then Golden Girls is a classic and the other shows were pretty solid.
@ketchum63815 жыл бұрын
NBC was the best from mid to late 80s.
@kevinriley63205 жыл бұрын
& one year later Jenny Lewis would be on The Golden Girls to hold Rose's teddy bear hostage.
@BrianRetro5 жыл бұрын
She also hitchhiked with Fred Savage and his brother in The Wizard. Also, is that the same Johnathan Ward who played Douglas on the first season of Charles in Charge?
@cityhawk3 жыл бұрын
@@BrianRetro Johnathan was also Beans Baxter.
@Karenann03135 жыл бұрын
Geez i must have never been on in high school.. Ive forgotten most of these.. Except for the nbc lineup
@HR-rl4ke5 жыл бұрын
The Ellen Burstyn show was actually very good!!!!
@acer35737 жыл бұрын
Spensah!
@taichi295 жыл бұрын
NBC dominated television during the 80's.
@Akira625 Жыл бұрын
Never heard of Downtown before, surprised to see a very young Mariska Hargitay.
@freddyvidz5 жыл бұрын
The good ole days
@ENIGMAQUIN7 жыл бұрын
Great job!
@ronaldganze89657 жыл бұрын
I have absolutely no memory of Lucy having a television show in 1986. My first reaction was that this was a mistake in dating. And the Ellen Burstyn show is using the Woody Allen credits font.
@BillLionaire122 жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid having one tv in the house and Saturday night I got to watch wrestling then whatever my parents were watching after that...great times
@Briansgate7 жыл бұрын
holy crap mariska was a cutie!
@pHD775 жыл бұрын
So Megan Mullally had a short gig on Ellen Burstyn show before joining up with Will & Grace... It's always fun to watch where some celebrities started off from.
@ShamrockParticle4 жыл бұрын
"Amen" and "227" were awesome!
@sunshinestatebushcrafter30496 жыл бұрын
I remember two of the CBS shows, none of the ABC shows, and all of the NBC shows.
@damianlatimer57534 жыл бұрын
you dont remember Spenser For Hire on ABC?
@pika234 жыл бұрын
Funny how both Blair and Mariska went on to other law/cop dramas
@antonios25237 жыл бұрын
I loved Hunter, watched it every week, I wish I owned a vcr then
@TJ523595 жыл бұрын
H&I has a 3? hour block of Hunter on Saturdays now
@sadiecattv19025 жыл бұрын
Theme songs TV so good back in 80s
@thejosephchrist4 жыл бұрын
I never knew Downtown was actually a Nightmare on Elm Street Prequel.
@GeekGameCulture5 жыл бұрын
Not to mention that this was when NBC got a new "golden cast" beginning for Saturday Night Live (Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman joined while Kevin Nealon was a featured cast member, and we only began to get accustomed to seeing Dennis Miller on Weekend Update). I know you're focused on the Prime Time Saturday Night lineup, but I think it's interesting to note that this was the year SNL got its footing back, too, telling you how strong Saturday nights were for NBC that season.
@1thetvzone5 жыл бұрын
If you were around in 1986 it was NBC on Saturday Night...It dominated both ABC & CBS...Lucille Ball was an icon & why didn't ABC put her show on a better night instead? At 10pm Eastern Hunter was another good show...Idk how I watched that show as a kid when probably shouldn't have, but it was a good ass show....great tv in those days....
@TJ523595 жыл бұрын
If I had to guess this show was either granted out of Pity or Obligation... 1986 was well past the point that Lucy should have been allowed/encouraged to do her old 'Lucy-shtick'... so my guess is it was stuck as Saturday Opener to get it done with... that said Saturday did not equal 'death' (like it does today) until the mid-late 90s
@dswynne5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was more of an NBC viewer, though I did switch to CBS for their Twilight Zone show.
@missnperfection98305 жыл бұрын
Amen was a short lived but hilarious show! Sherman Helmsley was so funny in that so!
@cindy77685 жыл бұрын
It was on for 5 years
@nickperkins84773 жыл бұрын
It was a full-fledged second hit series starring Sherman Hemsley. I love “Amen.”
@YayAkiba6 жыл бұрын
Was there ever a TV series Robert Urich WASN'T in?
@theadmiral4606 жыл бұрын
have you ever seen Invitation to hell with him & susan Lucci? crazy abc movie he was in everything RIP
@gripitl68785 жыл бұрын
S1500 He was so hot even at 12 years old had the biggest crush on him.
@silkk7993 Жыл бұрын
Amen used to go on Monday
@bclmax5 жыл бұрын
facts of life still rocks!
@pika234 жыл бұрын
We watched nbc at my house on Saturday
@lblum610 Жыл бұрын
Was not aware Twilight Zone was actually on CBS. I remember watching it as a syndicated show