My “master list” of obscure, forgotten TV shows includes more than 60 titles that debuted in March, ranging from list currently contains 35 TV shows that debuted in March, ranging from 1951 to 2023, including Miss Susan (NBC, 1951), The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (CBS, 1979), Q.E.D. (CBS, 1982), The Outsiders (FOX, 1990), First Years (NBC, 2001), American Heiress (MyNetworkTV, 2007), and Council of Dads (NBC, 2020).
As always, most of these shows are one season wonders or aired for less than a full season. There are also a decent number of shows that ran for a full season and a partial second season plus some that ran for two full seasons or perhaps two or three abbreviated seasons.
Here’s a look at some obscure TV shows celebrating anniversaries this month:
- Pink Lady (NBC, 3/1/1980) 46th Anniversary
- Hard Time on Planet Earth (CBS, 3/1/1989) 37th Anniversary
- Free Ride (FOX, 3/1/2006) 20th Anniversary
- Awake (NBC, 3/1/2012) 14th Anniversary
- Debris (NBC, 3/1/2021) 5th Anniversary
- True Lies (CBS, 3/1/2023) 3rd Anniversary
- The Wedding Bells (FOX, 3/2/2007) 19th Anniversary
- Conviction (NBC, 3/3/2006) 20th Anniversary
- Just Friends (CBS, 3/4/1979) 47th Anniversary
- The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (CBS, 3/4/1979) 47th Anniversary
- The Lone Gunmen (FOX, 3/4/2001) 25th Anniversary
- The Random Years (UPN, 3/5/2002) 24th Anniversary
- Chicago Story (NBC, 3/6/1982) 44th Anniversary
- Blind Justice (ABC, 3/8/2005) 21st Anniversary
- Miss Susan (NBC, 3/12/1951) 75th Anniversary
- American Heiress (MyNetworkTV, 3/13/2007) 19th Anniversary
- Saints & Sinners (MyNetworkTV, 3/14/1979) 19th Anniversary
- First Years (NBC, 3/19/2001) 25th Anniversary
- Heartland (CBS, 3/20/1989) 37th Anniversary
- Wildside (ABC, 3/21/1985) 41st Anniversary
- Sydney (CBS, 3/21/1990) 36th Anniversary
- Pride & Joy (NBC, 3/21/1995) 31st Anniversary
- The Beat (UPN, 3/21/2000) 26th Anniversary
- Bent (NBC, 3/21/2012) 14th Anniversary
- Me and Maxx (NBC, 3/22/1980) 46th Anniversary
- Heist (ABC, 3/22/2006) 20th Anniversary
- Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (Syndicated, 3/23/1954) 72nd Anniversary
- Q.E.D. (CBS, 3/23/1982) 44th Anniversary
- The Popcorn Kid (CBS, 3/24/1987) 39th Anniversary
- The Stockard Channing Show (CBS, 3/24/1980) 46th Anniversary
- Council of Dads (NBC, 3/24/2020) 6thAnniversary
- The Outsiders (FOX, 3/25/1990) 36th Anniversary
- The Fighting Fitzgeralds (NBC, 3/26/2001) 25th Anniversary
- In the Motherhood (ABC, 3/26/2009) 17th Anniversary
- The MacKenzie’s of Paradise Cove (ABC, 3/27/1979) 47th Anniversary
- From a Bird’s Eye View (NBC, 3/29/1971) 55th Anniversary
- Carol & Company (CBS, 3/31/1990) 36th Anniversary
- Home Free (ABC, 3/31/1993) 33rd Anniversary
- How We Roll (CBS, 3/31/2022) 4th Anniversary
If you don’t see your favorite obscure TV show listed above, share the name of the show in the comments.
I remember Carol and Company because it was Carol Burnett’s big return to series TV. However, I think it was on NBC, not CBS, as I remember it being on the same night and network as The Golden Girls. The show was an anthology series with a different story each week. When ratings dropped for the second season she left that show and came back with was basically her old variety show, but now she was on CBS