Brian's post about Saturday morning cartoons led me to some research on the preview shows the networks used to do to promote the line ups. What I had no memory of, however, was what the Staurday morning preview shows were off-shoots of- The Fall Prime Time Network Special.
WHile I couldn't find any of the Sat morning preview shows, there are a TON of the ABC prime time specials on you tube, covering the entire 1970's (and then some). There a pretty slow, but they really take you back to time when TV was incredibly relevant. I especially enjoyed watching the previews for the network-produced telemovies.
Here's 1979-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNGOb...eature=related
1971-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utjQtCxa2rI
WHile I couldn't find any of the Sat morning preview shows, there are a TON of the ABC prime time specials on you tube, covering the entire 1970's (and then some). There a pretty slow, but they really take you back to time when TV was incredibly relevant. I especially enjoyed watching the previews for the network-produced telemovies.
Here's 1979-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNGOb...eature=related
1971-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utjQtCxa2rI
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