How in the world did this show have better ratings than..

[TVFactFan]

The Jeffersons, Maude, What's Happening, and Good Times????

I was looking through my book tonight and after Carter's Country 1st season, the show finished at #29

While the other shows after that season finished

What's Happening...#44
Good Times...........#53
Jeffersons.............#56
Maude..................#78


What the hell was so interesting about this show in the 1977-78 season?-lol I seen one episode and don't remember being impressed at all

[Brian Damage]

The Jeffersons, Maude, What's Happening, and Good Times????

I was looking through my book tonight and after Carter's Country 1st season, the show finished at #29

While the other shows after that season finished

What's Happening...#44
Good Times...........#53
Jeffersons.............#56
Maude..................#78


What the hell was so interesting about this show in the 1977-78 season?-lol I seen one episode and don't remember being impressed at all


What was it paired up with Sol?

[TVFactFan]

What was it paired up with Sol?

It aired after Barney Miller on Thursday Nights at 9:30pm and competed with Hawaii Five-O.

[Brian Damage]

It aired after Barney Miller on Thursday Nights at 9:30pm and competed with Hawaii Five-O.


Then Barney Miller is the answer

[TVFactFan]

Then Barney Miller is the answer


What's Happening was paired with Welcome Back Kotter on the same night in the 8pm hour

Good Times was the Lead In

And the Jeffersons was a Lead in on Saturday Nights at 9pm-lol


The next season Carter Country was moved to Saturday night as a Lead in and BOOM LOL

[TV_on_the_Porch]

Easy: Carter Country spent the entire season after Barney Miller. It would have to be downright bad not to get a halfway decent rating with a cushy timeslot like that.

The Jeffersons never did well on Saturdays after All In The Family was moved and in 1977-78 spent part of the season withering against The Love Boat, a breakout hit.

Maude likewise gasped its last breath on Saturday against Love Boat after the cancellation of its last Monday night companion, the ill-fated Betty White Show.

What's Happening was removed from its hit Thursday slot at midseason to prop up Operation Petticoat on ABC's (now here's a coincidence) Saturday night schedule. Its ratings suffered as a result of the move, though one article of the time (early 78) handicapping the chances of certain shows' renewal indicated that it was beating The Bob Newhart Show at 8.

Good Times...was starting to stink by then and its ratings simply reflect that. Carter Country was a better show than Good Times had gotten to be at that point.

[TVFactFan]

Easy: Carter Country spent the entire season after Barney Miller. It would have to be downright bad not to get a halfway decent rating with a cushy timeslot like that.

The Jeffersons never did well on Saturdays after All In The Family was moved and in 1977-78 spent part of the season withering against The Love Boat, a breakout hit.

Maude likewise gasped its last breath on Saturday against Love Boat after the cancellation of its last Monday night companion, the ill-fated Betty White Show.

What's Happening was removed from its hit Thursday slot at midseason to prop up Operation Petticoat on ABC's (now here's a coincidence) Saturday night schedule. Its ratings suffered as a result of the move, though one article of the time (early 78) handicapping the chances of certain shows' renewal indicated that it was beating The Bob Newhart Show at 8.

Good Times...was starting to stink by then and its ratings simply reflect that. Carter Country was a better show than Good Times had gotten to be at that point.


I still figured a Parentless Good Times was more watchable than Carter Country. Maybe because the show was new and had a link to President Jimmy carter

[Brian Damage]

I still figured a Parentless Good Times was more watchable than Carter Country. Maybe because the show was new and had a link to President Jimmy carter


I have no idea because I do not remember this show for the life of me, but people I have chatted with say this show wasn't half bad.

[TVFactFan]

I have no idea because I do not remember this show for the life of me, but people I have chatted with say this show wasn't half bad.


Freddie Boom Boom girlfriend left Welcome Back Kotter for this show. Wonder how her exit was explained on Kotter

[Brian Damage]

Freddie Boom Boom girlfriend left Welcome Back Kotter for this show. Wonder how her exit was explained on Kotter


It probably wasn't

[visaman666]

Maybe because the show was new and had a link to President Jimmy carter

"Handle it, Handle it!":lol:

[visaman666]

It probably wasn't

It wasn't. The women on the show were given short shrift.

[ThomasE]

Exactly. She was not a main focus as she was a classmate. I liked her, though and would have like to have seen more of her.

Carter Country airing after Barney would explain why the show did well. The parent show was a great lead in.

[TVFactFan]

Exactly. She was not a main focus as she was a classmate. I liked her, though and would have like to have seen more of her.

Carter Country airing after Barney would explain why the show did well. The parent show was a great lead in.


You mean the LEAD IN show, Carter Country wasn't a spinoff of Barney Miller

LOL

[ThomasE]

Ooops! You are correct about that but my point is that a popluar show would the lead in. My mistake about that parent show thing. I was thinking about "Fish" just now which is why I posted that by mistake.

[TVFactFan]

Ooops! You are correct about that but my point is that a popluar show would the lead in. My mistake about that parent show thing. I was thinking about "Fish" just now which is why I posted that by mistake.


I thought it was going to be a new spinoff debate in 2012 titled "Carter Country is not a spinoff of BarneyMiller"

LOL

[Brian Damage]

I thought it was going to be a new spinoff debate in 2012 titled "Carter Country is not a spinoff of BarneyMiller"

LOL


LOL

[Jude The Obscure]

I always found it fascinating that after a 2 season run, with only 44 episodes, that this show was successfully sold to stations as a weekday strip! My local ABC and NBC stations bought it and I saw the episodes many times over for about 2 years continuously. Of course, I barely remember any of them now except for the scene where Roy was frying chicken in the courthouse and Ken's character made the remark he couldn't stand fried chicken and didn't like watermelon either. And of course the mayor's "Handle it, Roy. Handle it Handle it!" :lol:

[TVFactFan]

TV one should try adding this show to the schedule one day.

[Stuck In The '70's]

I always found it fascinating that after a 2 season run, with only 44 episodes, that this show was successfully sold to stations as a weekday strip! My local ABC and NBC stations bought it and I saw the episodes many times over for about 2 years continuously. Of course, I barely remember any of them now except for the scene where Roy was frying chicken in the courthouse and Ken's character made the remark he couldn't stand fried chicken and didn't like watermelon either. And of course the mayor's "Handle it, Roy. Handle it Handle it!" :lol:
My local affiliates reran the show for years too. It was probably because I lived in the South. I always enjoyed the show. I wished it would have lasted longer.

[Rambo Stallone]

Then Barney Miller is the answer
I believe Ratings A lie, the show had good ratings because of the show before it. I do not believe people sit there like vegetables, to not be able to flick to another channel. I do not understand how someone could like a show, then rating drop moved on a Tuesday unless it clashes on something they being watching and prefer on the same time.

[TVFactFan]

I believe Ratings A lie, the show had good ratings because of the show before it. I do not believe people sit there like vegetables, to not be able to flick to another channel. I do not understand how someone could like a show, then rating drop moved on a Tuesday unless it clashes on something they being watching and prefer on the same time.


That's what the posted stated, Barney Miller aired right before Carter Country and then did well enough it be a lead in on Saturday nights and bombed

[jehobden]

The Jeffersons, Maude, What's Happening, and Good Times????

I was looking through my book tonight and after Carter's Country 1st season, the show finished at #29

While the other shows after that season finished

What's Happening...#44
Good Times...........#53
Jeffersons.............#56
Maude..................#78

What the hell was so interesting about this show in the 1977-78 season?-lol I seen one episode and don't remember being impressed at all

Which book is that? I'd be interested in a book that lists the ratings of every network tv series of every season. I know the Readers Digest yearly almanac would do that, but only for the latest season each year.

Please let me know. Thanks!

[TVFactFan]

Which book is that? I'd be interested in a book that lists the ratings of every network tv series of every season. I know the Readers Digest yearly almanac would do that, but only for the latest season each year.

Please let me know. Thanks!



It's doesn't list the ratings for every season, just the blacks shows that aired from 1975 to 1983

The book is Blacks and White TV by Fred MacDonald

[comedyfreak]

I liked Carter Country the Mayor was funny..."Roy, Roy, Roy be a big boy and Handle it, Handle it".

[TVFactFan]

I liked Carter Country the Mayor was funny..."Roy, Roy, Roy be a big boy and Handle it, Handle it".


It was definitely because of the Times because I didn't even understand the title of the show because I was too young in 1977

[mattyg1306]

The Jeffersons, Maude, What's Happening, and Good Times????

I was looking through my book tonight and after Carter's Country 1st season, the show finished at #29

While the other shows after that season finished

What's Happening...#44
Good Times...........#53
Jeffersons.............#56
Maude..................#78


What the hell was so interesting about this show in the 1977-78 season?-lol I seen one episode and don't remember being impressed at all

It may sound ridiculous, and maybe it is, but I'll bet the fact that it was such a change of pace for the show's star, Victor French, that many viewers tuned in out of curiosity. French was a traditionally dramatic actor, mostly appearing in Western dramas, although his characters often did provide some comic relief, but in more serious situations.

So it was really a fish out of water case when French left his then-current supporting role of Mr. Edwards on the family western drama "Little House on the Prairie" for a leading role in a present day sitcom. It was a real throw for him to make such a dramatic change in character, that I would imagine his LHOTP fans prob tuned in out of curiosity. When the series was canceled, Michael Landon (Executive Producer of LHOTP as well as its star and French's personal friend) asked him back as a regular cast member, and he remained with that series until its demise (even remaining with the show when Landon himself left to focus more behind the camera).

He was also an avid director, and directed several episodes of LHOTP as well as its sister series (not a spinoff but based on a plotline of one of LHOTP's episodes) "Father Murphy", and later "Highway to Heaven" (in which he also co-starred once again with Landon).

[TVFactFan]

It may sound ridiculous, and maybe it is, but I'll bet the fact that it was such a change of pace for the show's star, Victor French, that many viewers tuned in out of curiosity. French was a traditionally dramatic actor, mostly appearing in Western dramas, although his characters often did provide some comic relief, but in more serious situations.

So it was really a fish out of water case when French left his then-current supporting role of Mr. Edwards on the family western drama "Little House on the Prairie" for a leading role in a present day sitcom. It was a real throw for him to make such a dramatic change in character, that I would imagine his LHOTP fans prob tuned in out of curiosity. When the series was canceled, Michael Landon (Executive Producer of LHOTP as well as its star and French's personal friend) asked him back as a regular cast member, and he remained with that series until its demise (even remaining with the show when Landon himself left to focus more behind the camera).

He was also an avid director, and directed several episodes of LHOTP as well as its sister series (not a spinoff but based on a plotline of one of LHOTP's episodes) "Father Murphy", and later "Highway to Heaven" (in which he also co-starred once again with Landon).


Maybe I need to see more because I;m still stunned that Carter Country had more viewers than the Norman Lear classic sitcoms