TV shows that changed names after starting their run
10-07-18 | 01:17 PM
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10-07-18 | 01:31 PM
#27
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
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.
10-07-18 | 02:28 PM
#28
Senior Member
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.
10-08-18 | 12:49 PM
#29
DVD Talk Legend
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.
10-08-18 | 01:10 PM
#30
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
There was another sitcom about a nerdy New York high school kid on the same time called "The Marshall Chronicles" that led to the change. It lasted about 3 weeks, and then disappeared. You can see an episode or two on YouTube.
10-08-18 | 08:24 PM
#32
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.
10-09-18 | 08:52 PM
#33
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Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
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.
10-09-18 | 09:01 PM
#34
DVD Talk Legend
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".
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".
10-10-18 | 04:17 PM
#35
DVD Talk Legend
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
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https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...d.php?t=811917
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Read the posts on that straight dope thread and then read the posts in this one. It is like you are having deja vu
10-10-18 | 04:27 PM
#36
DVD Talk God
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.
10-10-18 | 05:31 PM
#38
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
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.
10-21-18 | 03:09 AM
#39
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.
Went into syndication in s3 ged it’s name back to the original name.
At least that’s what I remember.
Spoiler:
10-21-18 | 04:40 AM
#40
DVD Talk Legend
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s...#Title_changes
10-21-18 | 09:23 AM
#42
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
I was being mysterious.
Let people guess before checking.
Let people guess before checking.
10-21-18 | 06:03 PM
#43
DVD Talk Hero
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Star Trek was originally called Wagon Train to the Stars.
Spoiler:
10-21-18 | 11:00 PM
#44
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Also, the OP's Baa Baa Black Sheep becoming (the slightly more descriptive) Black Sheep Squadron in syndication.
10-21-18 | 11:49 PM
#45
DVD Talk Legend
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
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/
10-22-18 | 06:23 AM
#46
DVD Talk Legend
Re: TV shows that changed names after starting their run
Ghost Story/Circle of Fear
