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MGHS and Kim Hood
thomas_meighan:
--- Quote from: aaron sica on June 15, 2021, 08:14:31 PM ---I wonder at what point during the run did NBC finally announce that they were pulling the plug on the show?
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The cancellation (and replacement by “Santa Barbara”) was announced as early as 4-13-1984 in the Pittsburgh Press and a couple other papers (from newspapers.com archive).
Doesn’t look like any “Family Ties” people appeared on MG-HSH, even Michael J. Fox. (Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter haven’t done many game shows — she was on HS in ‘73 and an all-star FF in ‘79; he was on HS in 2001, but that’s all the IMDB has.) I’m also not seeing any “Cheers” actors.
chargeradiocom:
--- Quote from: thomas_meighan on June 15, 2021, 10:51:22 PM ---Doesn’t look like any “Family Ties” people appeared on MG-HSH, even Michael J. Fox. (Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter haven’t done many game shows — she was on HS in ‘73 and an all-star FF in ‘79; he was on HS in 2001, but that’s all the IMDB has.) I’m also not seeing any “Cheers” actors.
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So, two shows that would become definitive 80s sitcoms were never represented, but stuff like Mr. Smith got plenty of representation. Yeesh…
aaron sica:
--- Quote from: thomas_meighan on June 15, 2021, 10:51:22 PM ---The cancellation (and replacement by “Santa Barbara”) was announced as early as 4-13-1984 in the Pittsburgh Press and a couple other papers (from newspapers.com archive).
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Thanks! IIRC, the show was always meant as a stopgap for "Santa Barbara", but was promised a move to another timeslot if the ratings were good once SB was ready.
JMFabiano:
--- Quote from: chargeradiocom on June 15, 2021, 11:26:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: thomas_meighan on June 15, 2021, 10:51:22 PM ---Doesn’t look like any “Family Ties” people appeared on MG-HSH, even Michael J. Fox. (Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter haven’t done many game shows — she was on HS in ‘73 and an all-star FF in ‘79; he was on HS in 2001, but that’s all the IMDB has.) I’m also not seeing any “Cheers” actors.
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So, two shows that would become definitive 80s sitcoms were never represented, but stuff like Mr. Smith got plenty of representation. Yeesh…
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I'll say. Still knocked out that Mr. Smith was the $1000 answer one Super Match.
Was the audience taken from the NBC Studios tour/just had a test screening of all the 1983-84 shows?
tvmitch:
--- Quote from: thomas_meighan on June 15, 2021, 10:51:22 PM ---I’m also not seeing any “Cheers” actors.
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Imagine, if you will, a week of MG/HSH with just the actors from Cheers. That would have been a lot of fun.
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