Frank’s Place was an incredible show that got a very raw deal. I think if it lasted longer, what it would have done for the future of television? I think it’s so far ahead of its time with its writing and sophistication, that it would do very well today.
For 1987-88, under CBS' "CBS Spirit" season, 60 Minutes was the network's top show at #8 with Murder She Wrote being the only other show in the top 10. The CBS Sunday Movie was doing well in the teens. And only Dallas and Newhart were hanging on in the twenties. So as you can imagine things didn't look so good for CBS during this season. It's a sad shame too, because I found this song to be awesome.
CBS fell to third place in 1987-88. This was the season where 9 of the Top 11 (there was a tie for 10th place) were sitcoms: The Cosby Show, A Different World, Cheers, The Golden Girls, Growing Pains, Who's the Boss, Night Court, ALF, The Wonder Years.
Seeing Tom Selleck walk into the clouds and disappear near the end was kinda sad...I think it symbolized how the 1987-88 season would be the last one for Magnum p.i.
@@shaneharrisnj3484 As I recall, Magnum's character *was* shot and killed in the 1986-87 season finale. The producers at that time were anticipating that CBS was not going to pick up the show for an eighth season. There was viewer outcry over the seventh season finale, so in response, CBS ended up renewing for an eighth and final season so that the story development could be rectified--and Magnum was brought back to life. That walking into the clouds scene was from the season seven finale.
CBS has the proudest history of the three major broadcast networks. Most of the shows that we consider classics today, were broadcast on CBS, such as: "I Love Lucy", "The Honeymooners", "Gunsmoke", "The Twilight Zone", "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Carol Burnett Show", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" "All in the Family", "MASH", and "Dallas".
Imagine they used this same jingle today...it'd so cool and weird at the same time to see Sheldon Cooper, Raj Koothrappali, Robin Scherbatsky, Barney, Penny, the CSI people, Shelock Holmes, Joan Watson, etc in the promo
I also have seen all 122 episodes of Kate & Allie, all 47 episodes of Pee-wee's Playhouse, A Garfield Special Christmas, Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Special, and Christmas Comes to Willow Creek.
If CBS was doing this today, you'd be seeing people like David Rossi, Spencer Reid, Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds), Sheldon Cooper and his pals (Big Bang Theory), Young Sheldon, Adam Burns, Andi Burns, Don Burns (Man with a Plan), the SWAT guys (Hondo, Street, Luca, Deacon & Tan), Dr. Jason Bull (Bull), The 5-0 Guys (Steve, Danno, Grover, Ortega) Madam Secretary and several others...
The Big TV networks' 1987-1988 TV season campaign slogans: CBS "CBS Spirit, Oh Yes!" NBC "Come On Home To NBC!" ABC "Something's Happening On ABC!" FOX "Don't Let FOX Weekend Pass You By!"
I loved this promo, but I wished CBS had more sitcoms that appealed to younger audiences back then like NBC and ABC. I know they traditionally catered to older viewers, but that wasn't working in 1987. They let ABC overtake them for 2nd place.
They tried appealing to younger demos (charles in charge, charlie and company, airwolf) but it didn't work. They were also quick to cancel duds unlike NBC in the early 80s when they were dead last and could afford to keep 'duds' like cheers and hill street blues.
The Sunday Night-pairing of 60 Minutes and Murder She Wrote became a Force for CBS on a Rather Forgettable 1987-88 Season for them with Jake and the Fatman, Wiseguy and 48 Hours giving a Second Season.
Another good thing about the CBSpirit season was that I have yet to meet an unkind person who was born during this season. This season ran from about Sept 1987 - Aug 1988 am I right? I was born during the "This is CBS" season (1992-1993)... that was a boring campaign. CBSpirit has so much pizzazz. Probably one of my favorite network promotion campaigns of all time. May 14, 2015 4:17 am
Big 13. Oh Yes! WTVT-TV Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL. They couldn't use "spirit" in the slogan, since rival then known as WXFL-TV (now back as WFLA-TV) was using it for their Spirit of Tampa Bay local campaign.
this was good I saw Snoopy Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang which I watched and still do on ABC..on my list of liked videos I have the two versions of the local theme KENS TV Spirit from the San Antonio CBS affiliate KENS 5 in San Antonio cool huh???!!!..I from San Antonio..I also saw the late William Conrad and Jerry Orbach who I liked RIP fellas
they were all the canceled before the promo was shown (1987), around that time CBS had shows like Cagney & Lacey, Magnum, P.I. (their farewell season), Dallas, Knots Landing, Houston Knights, The Equalizer, Newhart, Murder, She Wrote, etc.
Yeah, but that still didn't grasp the young audience. I remember the sitcoms they did try out when younger viewers failed...My Sister Sam, Together We Stand, Charlie & Company, Better Days, Bagdad Cafe, Melba, etc. They were all good sitcoms, but the ratings weren't good.
My Sister Sam has moved to USA Network in early May 1988 after the departure of Rebecca Schaeffer and Melora Hardin finally steps in the role as "Patti" which made her famous. A precision she will continued on this revival edition of the show with Pam Dawber, David Naughton, Jenny O'Hara and Joel Brooks until the spring of 2005.
Let me tell you something, All three major networks, CBS, NBC and ABC each have a history that they can be proud of. :)
This sounds like a version without the CBS references could easily have been a hit on the charts.
I never knew it was a full jingle! I just typed "cbs spirit" in the search bar and "oh yes" popped up as I was typing. Thanks for posting!
I LOVE THIS PROMO SONG!!!!!!, I thought I would never see it again after it was taken down last year. Thank you.
The first words of this jingle, "There's something in the air.", was used as an advertising campaign for this very network exactly 10 years earlier.
Frank’s Place was an incredible show that got a very raw deal. I think if it lasted longer, what it would have done for the future of television? I think it’s so far ahead of its time with its writing and sophistication, that it would do very well today.
For 1987-88, under CBS' "CBS Spirit" season, 60 Minutes was the network's top show at #8 with Murder She Wrote being the only other show in the top 10. The CBS Sunday Movie was doing well in the teens. And only Dallas and Newhart were hanging on in the twenties.
So as you can imagine things didn't look so good for CBS during this season.
It's a sad shame too, because I found this song to be awesome.
CBS fell to third place in 1987-88. This was the season where 9 of the Top 11 (there was a tie for 10th place) were sitcoms: The Cosby Show, A Different World, Cheers, The Golden Girls, Growing Pains, Who's the Boss, Night Court, ALF, The Wonder Years.
I can watch this over and over love it
WCBS-TV New York "Channel 2 Spirit Oh Yes"
LOL, did you notice that when the women flipped their hair the top didn't move? Loved the 80's hair spray!
As of 1/24/22, coincidentally my younger sister's 34th Birthday, I just saw all 184 episodes of Newhart.
Seeing Tom Selleck walk into the clouds and disappear near the end was kinda sad...I think it symbolized how the 1987-88 season would be the last one for Magnum p.i.
Did his character die
@@shaneharrisnj3484 As I recall, Magnum's character *was* shot and killed in the 1986-87 season finale. The producers at that time were anticipating that CBS was not going to pick up the show for an eighth season. There was viewer outcry over the seventh season finale, so in response, CBS ended up renewing for an eighth and final season so that the story development could be rectified--and Magnum was brought back to life. That walking into the clouds scene was from the season seven finale.
CBS has the proudest history of the three major broadcast networks. Most of the shows that we consider classics today, were broadcast on CBS, such as: "I Love Lucy", "The Honeymooners", "Gunsmoke", "The Twilight Zone", "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Carol Burnett Show", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" "All in the Family", "MASH", and "Dallas".
CBS I love it In 1986😊
Imagine they used this same jingle today...it'd so cool and weird at the same time to see Sheldon Cooper, Raj Koothrappali, Robin Scherbatsky, Barney, Penny, the CSI people, Shelock Holmes, Joan Watson, etc in the promo
I also have seen all 122 episodes of Kate & Allie, all 47 episodes of Pee-wee's Playhouse, A Garfield Special Christmas, Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Special, and Christmas Comes to Willow Creek.
If CBS was doing this today, you'd be seeing people like David Rossi, Spencer Reid, Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds), Sheldon Cooper and his pals (Big Bang Theory), Young Sheldon, Adam Burns, Andi Burns, Don Burns (Man with a Plan), the SWAT guys (Hondo, Street, Luca, Deacon & Tan), Dr. Jason Bull (Bull), The 5-0 Guys (Steve, Danno, Grover, Ortega) Madam Secretary and several others...
"Channel 10 Spirit, oh yes" WCAU-TV Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (now an NBC O&O station)
CBS, the greatest television network of all-time!
KCBS Sprit Oh Yes channel 2 Los Angeles California.
The Big TV networks' 1987-1988 TV season campaign slogans:
CBS "CBS Spirit, Oh Yes!"
NBC "Come On Home To NBC!"
ABC "Something's Happening On ABC!"
FOX "Don't Let FOX Weekend Pass You By!"
PBS doesn’t have a campaign well it’s just watch us now P herd and split
@@lk2601 It actually did. It was called “TV Worth Watching”.
"Channel 2 Spirit, oh yes" WJBK-TV Detroit, Michigan (now a Fox O&O station)
Didn't know TOUR OF DUTY came on CBS, originally. It seems like an original syndication production even for the late '80s.
"Channel 2 Spirit, oh yes" WBBM-TV Chicago, Illinois
"Channel 5 Spirit, oh yes" WAGA-TV Atlanta, Gerogia (now a Fox O&O station)
One of the best I've seen, Catchy song!
Leg Work (one of those one-and-done shows CBS brought us that season) starred future quadruple Oscar winner Frances McDormand.
It didn't last long.
"42 Spirit, oh yes" WBMG-TV Birmingham, Alabama (now WIAT)
and don;t forget: the Dukes, Magnum, Bob Newhart show, Newhart, Murphy Brown, Gilligan,Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude, WKRP
With the exception of Magnum (which was nearing its end), Newhart (80s), and Murphy, all the others were long gone by this time.
I loved this promo, but I wished CBS had more sitcoms that appealed to younger audiences back then like NBC and ABC. I know they traditionally catered to older viewers, but that wasn't working in 1987. They let ABC overtake them for 2nd place.
They tried appealing to younger demos (charles in charge, charlie and company, airwolf) but it didn't work. They were also quick to cancel duds unlike NBC in the early 80s when they were dead last and could afford to keep 'duds' like cheers and hill street blues.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles made its radical premiere on CBS 1987, dude!
"Channnel 9 Spirit, oh yes" WCPO-TV Cincinnati, Ohio (now an ABC affiliate)
Columbus, Ohio: 10TV Spirit.....Oh Yes!
I'm feeling a little CBSpirit... lol. and I was born 5 years after this season.
K-E-N-S Spirit Oh Yes!
"Action 8 Spirit, oh yes" WAKA-TV Montgomery, AL
I don't recall WNEV ever using that, but it's fun to think about. :)
The Sunday Night-pairing of 60 Minutes and Murder She Wrote became a Force for CBS on a Rather Forgettable 1987-88 Season for them with Jake and the Fatman, Wiseguy and 48 Hours giving a Second Season.
Channel 11 Spirit Oh Yes (KHOU TV In Houston, Texas) In 1987.
Do you have any of the local 'CBS Spirit, Oh Yes' promos such as KENS-TV in San Antonio? I'd love to see that one again. :)
That shot of Tom Selleck walking off into the fog was a little prophetic seeing as how this was Magnum PI's final season
Another good thing about the CBSpirit season was that I have yet to meet an unkind person who was born during this season. This season ran from about Sept 1987 - Aug 1988 am I right?
I was born during the "This is CBS" season (1992-1993)... that was a boring campaign. CBSpirit has so much pizzazz. Probably one of my favorite network promotion campaigns of all time.
May 14, 2015 4:17 am
come on and share it, CBSPIRIT oh yes!!!
27 Spirit Oh Yes! WKYT 27 Lexington Kentucky
Channel 11 spirit oh yes (KHOU TV In Houston, Texas) In 1987.
"TV-8 Spirit oh yes" KCCI-TV Des Moines, IA
"Cork's Got Spirit, Oh Yes!"
Just Kidding!
48 hours did not began until January 19 1988
So at 2:17 into the video, was that Jason Alexander? What show was he in that season?
"Everything's Relative" (lasted for 10 episodes), That was back when he still had hair.
Everything's Relative, which lasted only a month in the fall.
"TV-2 Spirit, oh yes" KDKA-TV Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ABC has ribbons swirling in its Start Here promos.
also they're bringing back Magnum P.I. this season with Jay Hernandez in the title role (sans mustache).
I wonder if WBBM-TV in Chicago(my hometown) ever used this?
Big 13. Oh Yes! WTVT-TV Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL. They couldn't use "spirit" in the slogan, since rival then known as WXFL-TV (now back as WFLA-TV) was using it for their Spirit of Tampa Bay local campaign.
@jwsu2003 Let's just imagine that Ninja Turtles were lated moved to syndication in 1989.
"Channel 7 Spirit OH YES!!!"-WNEV, Boston (Now WHDH and an NBC affiliate)
Now an independent station NBC with channel 60 wbts.
and those soap operas! don't forget those!!
They were the gold standard of daytime programming.
And game shows.
at least in 1989 they gave us Major Dad
"TV5 Spirit, Oh Yes" for KCTV in Kansas City, and "Channel 4 Spirit, Oh Yes" for KMOV in St. Louis.
i like watchin this promo
Channel 9 Spirit Oh Yes. WUSA-TV 9 Washington, DC
Channel 7 Sprit Oh Yes KIRO 7 Seattle Washington.
Channel 10 Sprit Oh Yes KTVL Medford Oregon.
this was good I saw Snoopy Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang which I watched and still do on ABC..on my list of liked videos I have the two versions of the local theme KENS TV Spirit from the San Antonio CBS affiliate KENS 5 in San Antonio cool huh???!!!..I from San Antonio..I also saw the late William Conrad and Jerry Orbach who I liked RIP fellas
Wiseguy and Jake and the Fatman were new in 87! But unfortunately, Magnum PI ended its run.
"TV-8 Spirit, oh yes" WJW-TV Cleveland, Ohio (now a Fox affiliate)
And is owned by Tribune.
The turtles were syndicated in 1987 until they moved to cbs in 1990.
They didn't include SIMON & SIMON in this CBS promo.
Simon & Simon wasn't on the CBS Fall 1987 schedule. It returned mid-season.
Channel 8 spirit OH yes (WJW TV now an fox Affiliate in Cleveland)
TV 8 spirit, oh yes! (KCCI-TV) Des Moines, IA
KOIN SPRIT OH YES CHANNEL 6 PORTLAND SALEM.
Channel 13 Sprit Oh Yes KVOR Sacramento California.
cbs spirt oh no lol
TV 40 spirit oh yes Now its ABC 33/40
weird, no scarecrow and mrs king on this one... maybe it was already cancelled at this point?
Yes, Scarecrow & Mrs. King ended the previous season.
Channel 9 Sprit Oh Yes WAFB Baton Rouge Louisiana.
so did NBC
@kmvy2298---They didn't call it the "Tiffany Network" for nothing.
Channel 11 oh yes
KREM Sprit Oh Yes channel 2 Spokane Washington.
Tv-2 Sprit OH YES WBBM-TV Chicago Illinois.
@hamursh in 1987 it was still all about the Muppet Babies and PeeWee
Channel 11 Sprit Oh Yes KMVT Twin Falls Idaho.
Major Dad
CBSpirit
KLAS Sprit Oh Yes channel 8 Las Vegas Nevada.
What about The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, Alice, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Incredible Hulk, Rhoda, WKRP in Cincinnati, and The Bob Newhart Show?
they were all the canceled before the promo was shown (1987), around that time CBS had shows like Cagney & Lacey, Magnum, P.I. (their farewell season), Dallas, Knots Landing, Houston Knights, The Equalizer, Newhart, Murder, She Wrote, etc.
@@JHollowayNetwork Scratch that last comment, will ya?
Have you ever read or write that description lately?
@@tyrese3745 My Sister Sam, Falcon Crest, Designing Women, Sunday Morning,
Face the Nation etc.
@@markelijio6012 Yes! Scratch that last comment, I said. Thank you!
Channel 3 Sprit Oh Yes WTKR Norfolk Virginia.
KFBM Sprit Oh Yes channel 8 San Diego California.
"Lyon Spirit, Oh Yes!" (FVCO Lyons)
Just Kidding!!
Channel 2 Sprit Oh Yes KREM 2 Spokane Washington.
Yeah, but that still didn't grasp the young audience. I remember the sitcoms they did try out when younger viewers failed...My Sister Sam, Together We Stand, Charlie & Company, Better Days, Bagdad Cafe, Melba, etc. They were all good sitcoms, but the ratings weren't good.
My Sister Sam has moved to USA Network in early May 1988 after the departure of Rebecca Schaeffer and Melora Hardin finally steps in the role as "Patti" which made her famous.
A precision she will continued on this revival edition of the show with Pam Dawber,
David Naughton, Jenny O'Hara and Joel Brooks until the spring of 2005.
channel 4 spirit oh yes KDFW TV 4 dallas fort worth now a FOX station
My kdfw channel 4 spirit oh yes feature former pix 11 anchor Steve Bosh and beautiful clarsie t.
Channel 3 Sprit Oh Yes KLEW Moscow Idaho.
Wtkr Sprit Oh Yes channel 3 Norfolk Virginia.
CHANNEL 3 SPRIT OH YES WTKR NORFOLK VIRGINIA.
KMGH, actually.
Channel 5 Sprit Oh Yes KPIX San Francisco Oakland San Jose California.
Channel 19 Sprit Oh Yes KYTX-TV TYLER TEXAS.