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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Originally Posted by emachine12
(Post 13421056)
Baywatch > Baywatch: Hawaii
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Originally Posted by cultshock
(Post 13421303)
Kind of a spin-off/re-tooling similar to All in the Family/Archie Bunker's Place, but Three's Company became Three's a Crowd, when Jack got married. I haven't seen the show in syndication for years, so I'm not sure if the latter show was eventually retitled Three's Company for the syndication package like The Ropers spinoff was.
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Leave it to Beaver Pilot was originally called "It's a Small World". Ward and Wally were different Actors also.
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
I don't know if it was ever official, but during season 4 of ST Voyager, it became known as the Jeri Ryan T&A show.
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Originally Posted by JimRochester
(Post 13421043)
Seinfeld's pilot episode was called the Seinfeld Chronicles
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
"Make Room for Daddy" became "The Danny Thomas Show"
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
This is one of those shows that only I seem to remember but the heavily hyped 90s CBS soap Central Park West was re-titled to CPW partway through its run in an attempt to liven up the show. Didn't work as it was shortly cancelled.
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Originally Posted by Adam Tyner
(Post 13421302)
No one will know what I'm talking about, but...!
Second Chance -> Boys Will Be Boys The final season of Scrubs was called "Scrubs: Med School," on the title card when it aired, as it had a largely new main cast. Archer has appended names to its title for the latest seasons to fit the theme/story of that season, like Archer Vice, Archer Dreamland, and Archer Danger Island. |
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Found a Straight Dope thread with some more examples:
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...d.php?t=811917 One interesting one is that Saturday Night Live was originally NBC's Saturday Night, due to ABC's show "Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell". This is why the phrasing of the opening is always "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!" They've kept the same phrase even after changing the name. Also, in it's short run "Mrs Columbo" was renamed "Kate Columbo", "Kate the Detective" and "Kate Loves a Mystery". |
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Originally Posted by Jay G.
(Post 13422952)
Found a Straight Dope thread with some more examples:
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...d.php?t=811917 . Read the posts on that straight dope thread and then read the posts in this one. It is like you are having deja vu |
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Together We Stand. 80s sitcom with Elliott Gould and Dee Wallace. They decided to retool it after one season, killed Elliott Gould and named it Nothing is Easy. From what I recall the retool sucked and it was cancelled.
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
The Graduate Waitress was renamed to Cheers midway through the second season.
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Mr. Belvedere was originally called Dang, We Got a Butler until midway through the first season.
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
How about a show that changed its name in the second season.
Went into syndication in s3 ged it’s name back to the original name. At least that’s what I remember. Spoiler:
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Originally Posted by whotony
(Post 13429482)
How about a show that changed its name in the second season.
Went into syndication in s3 ged it’s name back to the original name. At least that’s what I remember. Spoiler:
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Valerie to Hogans Family
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
I was being mysterious.
Let people guess before checking. |
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Star Trek was originally called Wagon Train to the Stars.
Spoiler:
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Originally Posted by rw2516
(Post 13421219)
This was done when a show went into syndication while still airing new episodes in prime time to distinguish them.
Also, the OP's Baa Baa Black Sheep becoming (the slightly more descriptive) Black Sheep Squadron in syndication. |
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Originally Posted by Rex Fenestrarum
(Post 13429973)
This was actually an FCC rule, not something thought of by the networks. Bonanza becoming Ponderosa is a pretty famous example.
Basically, in 1971, the FCC limited network affiliates to only 3 hours of network programming per night. This apparently also included any reruns of shows the network was still airing. So an NBC affiliate couldn't air syndicated reruns of, say, Bonanza, during prime time because Bonanza was still an NBC network show. To get around this, the syndication distributor (which had to be separate from the network) could rename the show for syndication, and it would count as a different show for the purpose of the FCC PTAR. So that NBC affiliate could show syndicated episodes of "Ponderosa" while Bonanza was still on the air. http://www.museum.tv/eotv/primetime.htm The most recent version of PTAR became effective in September 1975. It basically limited network-affiliated television stations in the 50 largest markets to no more than three hours of network (or off-network syndicated) programming during the four hours of prime time. The three hour limit may be exceeded if the additional programming is public affairs programming, children's programming, or documentary programming, or if the additional programming is a network newscast that is adjacent to a full hour of local newscasts. Other exceptions to the three hour limit include runover of live sporting events, and feature films on Saturday evenings. Since the networks cancel successful shows as soon as their ratings begin to slip, producers have begun to protect their investments by syndicating TV series that are still on the networks, changing only the title. Thus, Ironsides became The Raymond Burr Show when it went into syndication, Bonanza became Ponderosa and Marcus Welby became Robert Young, Family Doctor. Since a series with a changed title loses much of the audience familiarity it has built up over the years, this recent innovation is not one that thrills station programmers, and the show reverts back to the more familiar title as soon as its network run is over. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadc...rk_syndication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Time_Access_Rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financ...dication_Rules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndication_exclusivity https://www.tvobscurities.com/articl...74_that_wasnt/ |
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Ghost Story/Circle of Fear
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