Short lived TV shows no one seems to remember

[Mr. S£im Citrus 0]

Hard Time on Planet Earth: It starred Martin Kove as an alien warrior who was framed for a crime and setenced to probation on the backwards planet of earth. He had a robotic, flying eye thing that was his parole officer and they would go around helping people.

I remember that show! That was "Family Hour;" it was the only show on TV at the time that me, my parents and my sister all liked.

[Youth N Asia 0]

There was a baseball show on FOX that used to air after the Simpsons in the early 90s. It was a major league team and the owner was played by Rosemary Clooney, portrayed a Marge Schott type character. I cannot remember the name of the show, but I know I used to like it.

HARDBALL, BABY! I loved that show. Only part I really remember:

 

I think all of the team's bats but one got warped and were unusable. So they played a game with one bat, and the next to last batter ended up breaking it. So the manager tells the other manager what happened. So the other manager gives him a bat to use. The next guy up hits a homerun to win the game...but the other manager tells the ump to check the bat, sure enough it was corked and they got DQd.

 

I like Teen Angel. The show about the kid who ate a funky sandwhich under his bed (or something), died from it, and stuck around as an angel to help his friend.

 

As a kid I really liked a show called The Charmings. It was about a medevil type family living in modern times (the 80s)

[Vern Gagne 0]

The Dana Carvey Show.

 

Ok people still remember. Just wanted to mention how funny that show was.

[LivingLegendGaryColeman 0]

It wasn't Rosemary Clooney, it was Rose Marie of the Dick Van Dyke Show. It was called Hardball.

Thanks for the correction. I knew Rose Marie but for some reason I was typing Rosemary Clooney. I know Rose Marie from Dick Van Dyke because I used to love that show which made it all the funnier to see her in that role. Thanks again for the name and the correction, I was out of it when I typed that I guess.

[WrestlingDeacon 0]

I remember the Charmings. They were Snow White, Prince Charming, their two kids, one dwarf, the evil queen and her magic mirror. They got swept into the real modern world after a spell of the queen's went wrong. I loved that show, it was genuis.

 

Anyone remember Hi, Honey I'm Home. It aired on ABC and Nick at Nite one summer. It was about a t.v. family from the fifties who were no longer in syndication anywhere and were relocated to a modern suberb. They had a remote they could use to go from color to black and white and a bunch of other old t.v. stars would show up to visit.

[Guest drdrainoscott]

The Dana Carvey Show.

 

Ok people still remember. Just wanted to mention how funny that show was.

That was and forever will be the funniest show ever on television. I bought a collection of all the episodes off of ebay over the summer, but I got ripped off as the quality was so poor it wouldn't even play in my VCR. I am still on a mission to find them though.

[Kaertos 0]

How about this for obscure...

 

"It's Your Move" starring Jason Bateman. The best episode had him booking a band for a school dance or something, then having to fake it with recorded music, skeletons and heavy cloaks. They were "The Dregs of Society". They were a hit.

 

About three episodes later, Jason's character was reading newspaper and on the front page was "Dregs of Society have Royal Performance!" he looks over th top of the paper at the camera and winks... one of the simplest and funniest things I saw up to that point.

[Zack Malibu 0]

That Was Then. Lasted all of TWO FRICKIN' EPISODES last fall. Was the series with the guy who wished he could redo his life on his 30th birthday. He wakes up,and he's 16 again, only everytime he heard a certain song, he'd go back to being 30 (and vice versa) and see what his reworking would have accomplished. So then he'd have to go back to being a kid again and fix it.

 

Pretty good concept for a show, but it was on the Friday deathslot and they never gave it a chance.

[notJames 0]

How about this for obscure...

 

"It's Your Move" starring Jason Bateman. The best episode had him booking a band for a school dance or something, then having to fake it with recorded music, skeletons and heavy cloaks. They were "The Dregs of Society". They were a hit.

 

About three episodes later, Jason's character was reading newspaper and on the front page was "Dregs of Society have Royal Performance!" he looks over th top of the paper at the camera and winks... one of the simplest and funniest things I saw up to that point.

I remember that show... the last episode was a really weird cliffhanger of sorts and I was completely put off by the fact that they never paid it off in the end.

 

How about We Got It Made with Tom Willard, Some Guy, and Some Hot Chick... it was about two guys living together and they hire a hot maid. Hilarity ensues.

 

And then there's that show with Elizabeth Peña where she plays a Hispanic maid for a white family, and the daughter is none other than space cadet Juliette Lewis, who's favourite drummer was Sheila E. (Don't ask how I remember that stupid little detail.)

 

My brain hurts now from all this 80s TV nostalgia.

[Guest Choken One]

There was a baseball show on FOX that used to air after the Simpsons in the early 90s.  It was a major league team and the owner was played by Rosemary Clooney, portrayed a Marge Schott type character.  I cannot remember the name of the show, but I know I used to like it.

HARDBALL, BABY! I loved that show. Only part I really remember:

 

I think all of the team's bats but one got warped and were unusable. So they played a game with one bat, and the next to last batter ended up breaking it. So the manager tells the other manager what happened. So the other manager gives him a bat to use. The next guy up hits a homerun to win the game...but the other manager tells the ump to check the bat, sure enough it was corked and they got DQd.

 

I like Teen Angel. The show about the kid who ate a funky sandwhich under his bed (or something), died from it, and stuck around as an angel to help his friend.

 

As a kid I really liked a show called The Charmings. It was about a medevil type family living in modern times (the 80s)

Teen Angel was the bomb man...

[Anakin Flair 0]

There was a show on NBC- between the Pretender and Profiler. I forget what it was called, it was kind of a 6th Sense type of show where the main cast could see ghosts. Only lasted for a handfull of episodes (most of which I missed, damn it) and then it disappeared. Shortly thereafter, Profiler and Pretender were cancled as well.

[Guest Choken One]

Pretender owned.

[WrestlingDeacon 0]

I think USA showed It's Your Move briefely in the late '80's/ early '90's. I remember seeing some episodes and they played the funkiest crap on Saturday afternoons. I also remember Check It Out, which was Don Adams as the head of a grocery store. Double Trouble which was about these twin girls who lived with their single father, but eventually moved to New York to live with their aunt. Bustin' Loose, based on the movie and starring Jimmy Walker. There was also some other show I can't remember the name of, it was about a woman who was famous for some reason who moves back in with her family in a small town. There was also a show about a Mexican family trying to live like the rich and affluent, Sanchez of Bel-Aire maybe?

 

I also remember the block of shows that TBS had on weekday afternoon. There was Down to Earth about a flapper who died and gets sent back to earth in modern times as the guardian angel for this family. She was their maid and the head of the family was Dick Sargent. There was also a show about a brother and sister who ran an ice cream store on the beach, I think it was called Rocky Rhodes or something like that. There was another show I can't remember the name of, but it was about a man and woman who were the anchors of this local sports program. The guy had a daughter and a sleazy friend.

[Anakin Flair 0]

Pretender owned.

Pretneder is re-aired on TBS @ 2 or 3 pm weekdays.

I still like ot watch it sometimes.

[Guest Eagan469]

Alright, there's another show I can't remember the name of.

 

It was a sitcom from the late-80's, early-90's. 

 

It focused around the people living in a 3 or 4-story apartment.  Each family/couple occupied 1 floor and they all became friends.

 

Sound familiar to anyone?

Yes...it was a three-story brownstone somewhere in New York. There was a older black couple on one floor, and a pair of young newlyweds on another floor. I remember it from the review in TV Guide in that year's Fall Preview issue.

 

What the hell was the name of it, though?

CanadianChris - I E-Mailed TV Geek. His reply:

 

Well, I looked high & low and sadly, I couldn't find the answer.

Is there any additional information you might be able to provide (actors, network, etc.)?

 

From The King of TV

Paul Goebel

TheKingofTV.com

 

Damn.

 

I E-Mailed Stump The Shark and they still haven't put my question up, so I'm hoping they get to it soon.

[Guest wrestlingbs]

American Gothic was good. I forgot who played the evil sheriff on there, but he did a great job.

 

Family Dog didn't last too long, but at least they got a SNES game out of it.

[JJMc 0]

EDIT: Question was already answered in a prev. post. -JM

Edited August 23, 2003 by JMTapes

[Downhome 0]

I'll say Sports Night, one of my favorite TV shows of all time. I'm talking top ten or possibly even top five here.

 

I've never talked to anyone in the "real world" that has any idea what it is/was.

[Steviekick 0]

TV Funhouse. There were only like 8 episodes but every one was brilliant.

[Guest Greg Valentine]

I'll say Sports Night, one of my favorite TV shows of all time. I'm talking top ten or possibly even top five here.

 

I've never talked to anyone in the "real world" that has any idea what it is/was.

Great show. I got the entire series on DVD a few months ago (I missed most of the second season including the final episode in the original run) and watched it all in a marathon 4 day session. I was in 7th or 8th grade when the show was on and I remember asking everyone else in class if they liked and they didn't seem to get it. I liked it even then but now I get a lot more out of it.

[LivingLegendGaryColeman 0]

I know probably most people here will know it, but a lot of people I've talked to never knew of the Animated Clerks show. I loved that show. All six episodes (if you got the DVD set, I think some never aired) were great. I wish some more came out of these. I actually saw the cartoons before I ever got time to sit and watch the movie, but both are great in their own ways. I wish there had been more Clerks Animated though.

[Lightning Flik 0]

I know a lot of people here probably would remember, but when I get into a conversation with friends about ol' cartoons, I'm kinda amazed NO ONE remembers:

 

Captain N.

 

Seriously, it was a decent cartoon from what little bits I remember of it. Yet, I can't believe that no one I know remembers it. Corny in some respects, but in some respects not.

 

Another one that gets a awful response of "huh" was Sonic The Hedgehog. ...ok, I guess I should specify which one (as there is a couple of different ones). But the one I'm refering to is the one that was based in the comic book universe. I'm kinda surprised that people remember the others, but not that one.

 

Those are about the only ones I know of that a lot people go "huh".

[Guest Choken One]

Sports Night is one those rare ones that actually survived and for some reason C.C airs all 18 episodes on a solid basis...

[The Czech Republic 0]

The Super Mario Super Show with Captain Lou Albano. I keep telling people about it and they don't remember.

 

Press Your Luck. Nobody I talk to acknowledges the existence of Press Your Luck. They tell me such a concept never was.

 

The Critic is one that I bet most people don't know, but my friends, as well as a few cousins of mine, are huge fans of the show. I watched it in its first run on Fox, and at my age, it almost completely went over my head.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Anyone remember Hi, Honey I'm Home. It aired on ABC and Nick at Nite one summer. It was about a t.v. family from the fifties who were no longer in syndication anywhere and were relocated to a modern suberb. They had a remote they could use to go from color to black and white and a bunch of other old t.v. stars would show up to visit.

They didn't air around the same time, but that's what I thought of when I was thinking of the Charmings. I liked the show enough.

 

How about Nearly Departed. It was a show about a couple who died, but never left their house. And a new family moved in and for some reason the grandpa (from the new family) was the only one who could see them.

 

I'm pretty sure that aired around the same time as The Charmings.

[Youth N Asia 0]

And I should have to bust out Weird Science and Parker Lewis Can't Lose...you all should remember the greatness of those shows.

[WrestlingDeacon 0]

I don't remember Nearly Departed, but that made me think of a show with a similar premise. Jennifer Slept Here starring Ann Jillian. She was an actress who died and continued to live in her mansion even when a new family moved in. This boy could see her and they became friends and she helped him with girl problems and such.

 

I don't see how people could not remember Press Your Luck. The Game Show Network plugged the hell out of it when they started showing episodes and did the special about the guy who beat the board. They even have a new version called Whammy. And Fox pushed The Critic when it first came on as the new Simpsons. Maybe I'm just a weirdo when it comes to pop culture, but stuff people are naming isn't that obscure to me.

 

You want obscure game shows, try Caesar's Palace, Bumper Stumpers, Face the Music, Quicksilver and Hot Potato. I also remember a show that aired on USA I think just one time, but it was intended to be a series of specials. It was an updating of Battle of the Network Stars where they had celebrities competing in physical challenges. The catch was that it was at this medieval theme park and all the contests were medieval in nature. I remember that one team was captained by Fergie and her 'star' player was Meatloaf.

[Youth N Asia 0]

As far as gameshows go I loved Classic Concentration.

[CanadianChris 0]

You want obscure game shows, try Caesar's Palace, Bumper Stumpers, Face the Music, Quicksilver and Hot Potato.

I know all five of those...and the first one is actually Caesar's Challenge.

 

Obscure game shows? How about Gambit, Headline Chasers, Wordplay, The Challengers, It's Your Move (not the Jason Bateman crapfest) and Definition?

[Matt Young 0]

No one I know has ever heard of what was, during the brief time it aired, one of my favorite shows- Get Real . It was on FOX around 1999, and it starred Anne Hathaway (I believe that was her name; She was in that Princess Diaries movie). Has anyone else heard of it? If so, do you know where I can get some tapes of it?