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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 432548" data-attributes="member: 40536"><p>.</p><p>Fred Silverman to the rescue for ABC:</p><p></p><p>"Silverman was named president of ABC Entertainment in 1975,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Silverman#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[10]</a> putting him in the ironic position of saving <em>Happy Days</em>, the very show that <em>Good Times</em> had brought to the brink of cancellation. Silverman succeeded in bringing <em>Happy Days</em> to the top of the ratings and generating a hit spin-off from that show, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley" target="_blank">Laverne & Shirley</a></em> (another spin-off, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_%26_Mindy" target="_blank">Mork & Mindy</a></em>, was also a ratings winner initially ending its first season at number three but the ratings quickly free fell).</p><p></p><p>At ABC, Silverman also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlight" target="_blank">greenlit</a> other popular series such as <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bionic_Woman" target="_blank">The Bionic Woman</a></em> (a <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man" target="_blank">Six Million Dollar Man</a></em> spin-off), <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(1976_TV_series)" target="_blank">Family</a></em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%27s_Angels" target="_blank">Charlie's Angels</a></em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donny_%26_Marie_(1976_TV_series)" target="_blank">Donny & Marie</a></em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%27s_Company" target="_blank">Three's Company</a></em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Is_Enough" target="_blank">Eight Is Enough</a></em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Boat" target="_blank">The Love Boat</a></em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_(TV_series)" target="_blank">Soap</a></em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Island" target="_blank">Fantasy Island</a></em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Morning_America" target="_blank">Good Morning America</a></em>, long-form pioneer <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Man,_Poor_Man_(miniseries)" target="_blank">Rich Man, Poor Man</a></em>, and the award-winning miniseries, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" target="_blank">Roots</a></em>. These moves brought ABC's long-dormant ratings from third place to first place. However, Silverman was criticized during this period for relying heavily on escapist fare (it was Silverman who conceived the infamous <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brady_Bunch_Hour" target="_blank">The Brady Bunch Hour</a></em> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_and_Marty_Krofft" target="_blank">Sid and Marty Krofft</a> in late 1976) and for bringing T&A or "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiggle_TV" target="_blank">jiggle TV</a>" to the small screen with numerous ABC shows featuring buxom, attractive, and often scantily-clad young women (such as the popular <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Network_Stars" target="_blank">Battle of the Network Stars</a></em>).</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Daytime" target="_blank">ABC Daytime</a> had mediocre ratings, so in order to increase them, Silverman hired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Monty" target="_blank">Gloria Monty</a> to produce the ailing <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Hospital" target="_blank">General Hospital</a></em>. He gave Monty thirteen weeks to increase the serial's ratings or it would be cancelled. He later expanded <em>General Hospital</em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_My_Children" target="_blank">All My Children</a></em>, and <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" target="_blank">One Life to Live</a></em> to a full hour, and created a 3+1⁄2-hour afternoon serial block. Among game shows, Silverman introduced Goodson and Todman's <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Feud" target="_blank">Family Feud</a></em> to the network."</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Silverman[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 432548, member: 40536"] . Fred Silverman to the rescue for ABC: "Silverman was named president of ABC Entertainment in 1975,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Silverman#cite_note-10'][10][/URL] putting him in the ironic position of saving [I]Happy Days[/I], the very show that [I]Good Times[/I] had brought to the brink of cancellation. Silverman succeeded in bringing [I]Happy Days[/I] to the top of the ratings and generating a hit spin-off from that show, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverne_%26_Shirley']Laverne & Shirley[/URL][/I] (another spin-off, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_%26_Mindy']Mork & Mindy[/URL][/I], was also a ratings winner initially ending its first season at number three but the ratings quickly free fell). At ABC, Silverman also [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlight']greenlit[/URL] other popular series such as [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bionic_Woman']The Bionic Woman[/URL][/I] (a [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man']Six Million Dollar Man[/URL][/I] spin-off), [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(1976_TV_series)']Family[/URL][/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%27s_Angels']Charlie's Angels[/URL][/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donny_%26_Marie_(1976_TV_series)']Donny & Marie[/URL][/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%27s_Company']Three's Company[/URL][/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Is_Enough']Eight Is Enough[/URL][/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Boat']The Love Boat[/URL][/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_(TV_series)']Soap[/URL][/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Island']Fantasy Island[/URL][/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Morning_America']Good Morning America[/URL][/I], long-form pioneer [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Man,_Poor_Man_(miniseries)']Rich Man, Poor Man[/URL][/I], and the award-winning miniseries, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)']Roots[/URL][/I]. These moves brought ABC's long-dormant ratings from third place to first place. However, Silverman was criticized during this period for relying heavily on escapist fare (it was Silverman who conceived the infamous [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brady_Bunch_Hour']The Brady Bunch Hour[/URL][/I] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_and_Marty_Krofft']Sid and Marty Krofft[/URL] in late 1976) and for bringing T&A or "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiggle_TV']jiggle TV[/URL]" to the small screen with numerous ABC shows featuring buxom, attractive, and often scantily-clad young women (such as the popular [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Network_Stars']Battle of the Network Stars[/URL][/I]). [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Daytime']ABC Daytime[/URL] had mediocre ratings, so in order to increase them, Silverman hired [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Monty']Gloria Monty[/URL] to produce the ailing [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Hospital']General Hospital[/URL][/I]. He gave Monty thirteen weeks to increase the serial's ratings or it would be cancelled. He later expanded [I]General Hospital[/I], [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_My_Children']All My Children[/URL][/I], and [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Life_to_Live']One Life to Live[/URL][/I] to a full hour, and created a 3+1⁄2-hour afternoon serial block. Among game shows, Silverman introduced Goodson and Todman's [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Feud']Family Feud[/URL][/I] to the network." [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Silverman[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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