NBC Wins Weekend With Miami Vice and Golden Girls
NBC rode a sunny season boost as Friday’s Miami Vice and Saturday’s Golden Girls topped prime time Nielsen ratings. The network’s late‑week strategy built on Tartikoff’s MTV inspired push, saluting the Miami draw and aging comedy hit to draw diverse audiences.
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NBC
Miami Vice
Entertainment
Brandon Tartikoff
Golden Girls
Tartihoff
NBC Research
Tartikoff
CBS
Dallas
Marshall Matt Dillon
James Arness
McClain
Law
Mr Smith
Fred Dryer
Madison Avenue
Vice
Don Johnson
Hollywood
Yerkovich
Johnson
Philip Michael Thomas
NBC Ten
Doris Roberts
Selma Diamond
Miami
Roberts
Diamond
Florida
Crockett
Tubbs
Susan Harris
Benson
ABC
NBC Saturday Friday Night Clinkers of the 1980s
A look at NBCs weekend failures in the early 1980s when 85 prime time series aired on Friday and Saturday. Shows cited include BJ and the Bear Fitz and Bones Here Boomer Mammal Mr Smith and Lewis and Clark with brief notes on their premise and run.
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New York
NBC
Mammal
MR Smith
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Tony Yerkovich
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Renko
Collins Avenue
Tartakoff
Michael Mann
Bea Arthur
Betty White
Rue McClanahan
Estelle Getty
Harris
Womer
the Bear
Bear
Cassie and Company
Angie Dickinson
Dick Smothers
Tom Smothers
Bryant Gumbel
America
Boomer
Jennifer
Ann Julian
Lewis & Clark
Gabe Kaplan
New York City
Texas
Otence
Lorain Blud