9 Shows That Got Their Starts As Super Bowl Lead-Outs
6. Davis Rules (ABC), Super Bowl XXV (1991)
Stars: Randy Quaid, Jonathan Winters
Concept: A widowed principal (Quaid) raises his three sons with the help of his crazy father (Winters).
Duration: 2 seasons (the second aired on CBS)
5. Wonder Years (ABC), Super Bowl XXII (1988)
Stars: Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Jason Hervey, Alley Mills
Concept: A young teenager comes of age with his family and friends in this dramedy set in the late 1960s.
Duration: 6 seasons
4. Hard Copy (CBS), Super Bowl XXI (1987)
Concept: Hard-hitting tabloid news series that often depicted gratuitous violence and was later boycotted by George Clooney in 1996 after the show aired footage of him and a then girlfriend.
Duration: 9 seasons
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MacGruder and Loud is my favorite in this category, from 1984. Cop partners who had to pretend they weren't married--with a secret door between their apartments for covert conjugal visits.
MacGruder and Loud is my favorite in this category, from 1985. Cop partners who had to pretend they weren't married--with a secret door between their apartments for covert conjugal visits.
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Wow, this list doesn't bode well for Undercover Boss. But what a varied list. The Wonder Years, one of the best shows of the 1980s, and Homicide, the start of the best drama franchise in history. Apart from those, did any of these shows even make it to reruns or DVD? Even Sanford and Son is on DVD, and it is a classicaly awful show.
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"Even Sanford and Son is on DVD, and it is a classicaly awful show."
Well, the difference there is that Sanford and Son was a HIT show, and most of the ones listed here were not (most only lasting a season).
I know "Homicide" and "Airwolf" are on DVD and have aired in syndication. "Wonder Years" only had a best-of release that is OOP (though I think it did go into reruns on cable at some point). The reason it's not on DVD isn't lack of demand, though, it's music licencing issues.
Wow, the boss at Waste Management has to do his underlings job. I'll watch when the boss has to live on his underlings' wages.
Worst. Show. Idea. Ever.