An 1969 TV special designed to make viewers excited for the 1969-1970 NBC Television Network schedule. Shows promoted include: "My World.. And Welcome To It", "The Debbie Reynolds Show", "Then Came Bronson", "Bracken's World", "The Andy Williams Show", "The Bill Cosby Show" and "The Bold Ones". Most of these shows obviously cannot be uploaded, so this promo is the next best thing.

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Reviewer: blackbox_jones - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 26, 2012

Subject: The year they cancelled STAR TREK Not their best year. I actually remember watching this preview. Except for Bill Cosby, I don't really remember watching any of these shows. - February 26, 2012The year they cancelled STAR TREK

Reviewer: RoboReview - favorite favorite favorite - July 29, 2010

Subject: The Original McSteamy (NBC Upfront '69, Pt. 1) A few observations:



The scene with the doctor in scrubs confronting the naked colleague in the steam room would be, well, inappropriate at every other time except decadent 1969, the year of Altamont. Paging Dr. Polansky, Dr. Roman Polansky. You have an emergency at home.



My World & Welcome to It, I remember watching. Wasnt a bad homage to Thurber, the Harvey Pekar of his day. Except he could draw. The show somehow got the "real" Thurber and the fictional Mitty confused tho. Unless that was the point, duh.



The up-yours attitude of all the black people depicted supports the hypothesis that Mike Steele watched this reel at some point. Take that, you white man you!



And so. Apparently Garagiola had the standard 2-beer clause in his contract, judging by his evocative ramblings about uniforms and starting a new "season." It's like a Fred Willard riff, genius sh-t.



Anyway. About to watch the rest. Will post a Part Two. - July 29, 2010The Original McSteamy (NBC Upfront '69, Pt. 1)

Reviewer: jazzfan - favorite - July 28, 2010

Subject: Responding to 'oddly similar' Now they have come up with "Los Angeles Law & Order." The 1963 show Arrest & Trial is the original Los Angeles Law & Order! Rip offs continue over at CBS with the all new Hawaii 50 and a show titled "The Defenders". Commercial broadcast television truly is a vast wasteland. - July 28, 2010Responding to 'oddly similar'

Reviewer: Zplomb - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 27, 2010

Subject: oddly similar Is it just me or does"The Bold Ones" seem just like Law and Order mashed with ER. My God NBC's been doing the same thing for 40 years. Though it seems that it took them till the 90's to get it right.Thanks for uploading this. It's historical and camp value is right up there. - July 27, 2010oddly similar

Reviewer: smitty136 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 5, 2009

Subject: Also nice to see again Nice to see some snippets of these again. However

I remember some of them didn't quite live up to the promise. "Then Came Bronson" never quite matched the promise of the pilot. "My World" wasn't that good. "The Bold Ones" was kinda spotty. Andy Williams was consistently good. Debbie Reynolds wasn't that good. Cosby was usually good. It took a while but I gradually came to like "Bracken's World." I did feel sorry for Hugh Downs trying to play up these shows. NBC at the time had some power shows in its line up. "Laugh-In" was one of these. In another year or two the mystery movie would begin to hold up the network. - June 5, 2009Also nice to see again