http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/09/new-article-otherworld/ Keeping Obscure TV From Fading Away Forever Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:45:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/09/new-article-otherworld/comment-page-1/#comment-14408 Eric Paddon Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:30:38 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?p=4105#comment-14408 The only series I know of where the lovely Gretchen Corbett ("The Rockford Files") was a regular cast member (being only a semi-regular on Rockford). The only series I know of where the lovely Gretchen Corbett (“The Rockford Files”) was a regular cast member (being only a semi-regular on Rockford).

]]> http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/09/new-article-otherworld/comment-page-1/#comment-14406 Barry I. Grauman Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:28:40 +0000 http://www.tvobscurities.com/?p=4105#comment-14406 Sure, I remember "OTHERWORLD": it aired on Saturday nights at 8pm(et) from January through March 1985. The fact that CBS scheduled it in one of their "worst" time periods [the majority of viewers watched "DIFF'RENT STROKES", and whatever teen-oriented comedy Brandon Tartikoff could pair it with, on NBC at that hour] proved they didn't have much faith in the series to begin with. But, they had this deal with MCA/Universal to schedule several of their shows that fall {among them were "CHARLES IN CHARGE" and "WHIZ KIDS"}, and just "threw it on the wall to see if it would stick" in mid-season. The series may have had a loyal "cult audience", but, as now, that often isn't enough to sustain a series that "the majority" often tunes out. Sure, I remember “OTHERWORLD”: it aired on Saturday nights at 8pm(et) from January through March 1985. The fact that CBS scheduled it in one of their “worst” time periods [the majority of viewers watched "DIFF'RENT STROKES", and whatever teen-oriented comedy Brandon Tartikoff could pair it with, on NBC at that hour] proved they didn’t have much faith in the series to begin with. But, they had this deal with MCA/Universal to schedule several of their shows that fall {among them were “CHARLES IN CHARGE” and “WHIZ KIDS”}, and just “threw it on the wall to see if it would stick” in mid-season. The series may have had a loyal “cult audience”, but, as now, that often isn’t enough to sustain a series that “the majority” often tunes out.

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