I don’t know exactly when this commercial was broadcast but Twister was first released by Milton Bradley in 1966. It’s unfortunate that the commercial is in black and white given that the game involves so many colors.

Here’s a promotional spot for ABC’s Marcus Welby, M.D.. Like this similar spot for The Mod Squad, it is from the 1971-1972 season.

Here’s a promotional spot for ABC’s The Mod Squad. I believe it is from the 1970-1971 season but I don’t know for sure.

Here’s a short promotional spot for Brooklyn Bridge, created by Gary David Goldberg, which ran on CBS from 1991 to 1993 for a total of 34 episodes. It’s not often you see the creator of a series pitching it.

Here’s a promotional spot for ABC’s Bus Stop, based on the 1956 film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. It aired on Sundays from 9-10PM during the 1961-1962 season.

Here are the opening and closing credits to an unsold sitcom pilot called The Karen Valentine Program. A few seconds are missing:

I featured Karen Valentine’s 1975 ABC drama series, simply titled Karen, in a Show Spotlight last month. Barry I. Grauman was kind enough to contribute some comments about an earlier, unsold pilot starring Karen Valentine that ABC turned down in 1974. It was called The Karen Valentine Program and, according to its entry in the UCLA Film & Television Archive, was shown on television. If it did, I haven’t find any record of it in television listings.

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Bruce Boxleitner and Kate Jackson starred in this CBS drama about a secret agent (Scarecrow) and a divorced mother of two (Mrs. King) who team up to take on all sorts of characters with villainous plots. The series premiered on Monday, October 3rd, 1983. Here’s a promotional spot for the first episode:

Here’s a promotional spot for the series premiere of Emerald Point N.A.S.. The prime time soap aired on CBS beginning September 26th, 1983 and lasted just one season. The cast included Dennis Weaver, Maud Adams, Susan Dey, Richard Dean Anderson, Robert Loggia, Sela Ward, Robert Vaughn and Jill St. John.