Category: Obscure TV Shows

These articles focus on a single forgotten or short-lived TV show. Each offers a detailed overview of the premise, cast and episodes with an emphasis on why it was cancelled as well as Nielsen ratings and reviews from TV critics.

It’s A Man’s World

This 1962-63 NBC drama series about four young men living on a houseboat was widely praised by critics and attracted a small but loyal audience that fought in vain to keep it on the air.

Cliffhangers: The Curse of Dracula

The Curse of Dracula starred Michael Nouri as Count Dracula. Carol Baxter and Stephen Johns co-starred as a duo hoping to find and kill Dracula.

Cliffhangers: The Secret Empire

The Secret Empire was set in 1880 and starred Geoffrey Scott as a U.S. Marshall who discovers a dangerous underground alien civilization.

Cliffhangers: Overview

Cliffhangers was an umbrella series consisting of three 20-minute serials: Stop Susan Williams, The Secret Empire, and The Curse of Dracula. It aired on NBC as a mid-season replacement from February to May 1979.

The Tab Hunter Show

Tab Hunter starred in this NBC sitcom, which aired during the 1960-1961 season, as the creator of a popular comic strip not-so-loosely based on his life as a carefree bachelor. It was part of NBC’s attempt to alter the way it programmed Sunday evenings. It didn’t work.