Ratings

[Munsters#1]

I was watching the 2003 A&E Bio of The Munsters. It showed The Munsters first season at # 10 in January of 1965. The Munsters finished their first season at # 18 in June of 1965.

I don't know about Season 2's ratings, but Butch Patrick said in a radio interview that they slipped down into the 30s.

Even if they were in the 30s, I would have given them a third season. Because that was supposed to be the color season!

For the third season, do you think they would have kept using the season 2 theme? Or create a new munster sound?

[Laugh30]

I would of like if they had gone back to a creepier theme song for a 3rd season. Overall more creepiness like the early episodes. I like a little of the old 1930s movies horror to go with the comedy. That's why I'm obsessed with the pilot episodes. I love the makeup they had in the 2nd pilot, it was grotesque.

[dirtprod]

I'm a guitar player, so for me the surf type second season theme was fantastic! The Ventures and Duane Eddy were going great guns. In my head, I don't think they would have changed it again. They honed it, thru the pilots and the first season, to what the second season was. I think the only way it might have changed would have been to a more orchestral type rendition. For that matter, they may have gone with the movie theme. Who knows...

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[Munsters#1]

In a radio-interview with Butch Patrick, Butch said that he considers Munster, Go Home! the third season, because it took two months to film it.

I also wonder if the Drag-U-La would have made another appearance in Season 3. The only appearance of the Drag-U-La in Season 2 is in the closing credits.

Season 2 eps that the Koach appeared in:
#40, #42, #49, #51, and all closings.

[Opal]

1964 - 1965 (Households with TV: 52,700,000)

RANK | SHOW | NETWORK | ESTIMATED AUDIENCE

1. Bonanza NBC 19,130,100
2. Bewitched ABC 16,337,000
3. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. CBS 16,178,900
4. The Andy Griffith Show CBS 14,914,100
5. The Fugitive ABC 14,703,300
6. The Red Skelton Show CBS 14,439,800
7. The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS 14,281,700
8. The Lucy Show CBS 14,018,200
9. Peyton Place II ABC 13,912,800
10. Combat ABC 13,754,700
11. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color NBC 13,543,900
12. The Beverly Hillbillies CBS 13,491,200
13. My Three Sons ABC 13,438,500
14. Branded NBC 13,333,100
15. Petticoat Junction CBS 13,280,400
16. The Ed Sullivan Show CBS 13,280,400
17. Lassie CBS 13,227,700
18. The Munsters CBS 13,016,900
19. Gilligan's Island CBS 13,016,900
20. Peyton Place I ABC 12,964,200
21. The Jackie Gleason Show CBS 12,858,800
22. The Virginian NBC 12,648,000
23. The Addams Family ABC 12,595,300
24. My Favorite Martian CBS 12,489,900
25. Flipper NBC 12,331,800
26. I've Got a Secret CBS 12,121,000
27. Gunsmoke CBS 11,910,200
28. The Patty Duke Show ABC 11,804,800
29. McHale's Navy ABC 11,752,100
30. The Lawrence Welk Show ABC 11,594,000

[Munsters#1]

Yes, The Munsters were 18 in June of 1965, but they were 10 around January.

[Opal]

Yes, The Munsters were 18 in June of 1965, but they were 10 around January.

They finished the 1964-1965 season at #18... you're talking about weekly ratings.

[Munsters#1]

And your point is?...

[Opal]

My point is that I listed yearly ratings, not weekly. I’m the only one that responded after you, so I assumed you were replying to me.

You don’t have to be a smart-ass about it. :rolleyes:

[Munsters#1]

I'm not being a smart-ass, I'm just reporting what I saw on the 2003 A&E Biography.

You don't have to take it so seriously. Your among friends :)