Changing the names of series still on the air for syndication
The Laverne & Shirley opening credits thread reminded me of something very interesting.
Back in the '70s and '80s (and sometimes in the '60s,) if a show went into syndication, and was still on the air, they would change the title of the show in syndication to differentiate it from the primetime version.
So, Laverne & Shirley became Laverne & Shirley & Company. These are rare to find these days. I found this one because it was part of a promo from a local Chicago station. But I remember the syndicated version of the show having this title card. What other title changes can you remember? I don't recall that many, but there's what I do remember:
The Carol Burnett Show Carol Burnett & Friends
Happy Days Happy Days Again
The Andy Griffith Show Andy of Mayberry
The Rockford Files Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
Emergency Emergency One
Bonanza The Ponderosa
Wagon Train Major Adams, Trailmaster.
The Real McCoys The McCoys
Real People More Real People
CHiPS CHIPS Patrol
Dragnet Badge 714
Can you n words remember any others?
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 15, 2023 12:41 AM
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[quote]Can you n words name any others?
F&F OP
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 14, 2023 11:19 AM
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Petticoat Junction - Three Cunts in a Watertower.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 14, 2023 11:24 AM
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OP here- here it is with better spacing. Sorry.
The Carol Burnett Show Carol Burnett & Friends
Happy Days Happy Days Again
The Andy Griffith Show Andy of Mayberry
The Rockford Files Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
Emergency Emergency One
Bonanza The Ponderosa
Wagon Train Major Adams, Trailmaster.
The Real McCoys The McCoys
Real People More Real People
CHiPS CHIPS Patrol
Dragnet Badge 714
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 14, 2023 11:25 AM
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Do you guys remember them doing this? It was very strange- not done on a consistent basis. I don't think any Norman Lear or MTM shows ever did it. I think Marcus Welby did it, but I don't recall the alternate name.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 14, 2023 11:33 AM
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It seems a primary reason was to distinguish the syndicated run from the same show that was still in production and airing on a major network.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 14, 2023 11:38 AM
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How does VALERIE and VALERIE'S FAMILY and THE HOGAN FAMILY figure into all of this?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 14, 2023 10:28 PM
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That was when it was still on the network.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 14, 2023 11:19 PM
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R7, Valerie left the show, so they had to rename it.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 14, 2023 11:45 PM
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Her show had less titles than she's had death beds.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 14, 2023 11:47 PM
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Ray Charles In Charge. Or maybe that was the UPN remake.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 14, 2023 11:48 PM
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"I Really Really, Really Like Lucy".
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 14, 2023 11:52 PM
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Tonight show reruns on antenna TV air as Johnny Carson.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 14, 2023 11:54 PM
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I remember the Rockford Files one because my family recorded our TV viewing one week for a ratings company and I remember thinking that the name I wrote down was different to the prime time series.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 14, 2023 11:56 PM
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Don't Nobody Love Raymond
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 15, 2023 12:39 AM
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"Everybody Loves Raymond" became "Everybody Hates Chris" somewhere along the way.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 15, 2023 12:41 AM
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