Fall 1996 ABC New Series Season Promos, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Spin City, Clueless, Townies

Fall 1996 ABC new series & season promos recorded on VHS during The Beatles Anthology Parts 1-3 via Cleveland ABC WEWS Channel 5 on 8/31/96, 9/5/96, and 9/7/96.
Promos include:
Sabrina The Teenage Witch #1 - New Series Premiere
Sabrina The Teenage Witch #2 - New Series Premiere
Sabrina The Teenage Witch #3 - New Series Premiere
Home Improvement - Season Premiere
Spin City #1 - New Series Premiere
Spin City #2 - New Series Premiere
Spin City #3 - New Series Premiere
Clueless - New Series Premiere
Roseanne - Season Premiere
Life's Work #1 - New Series Premiere
Life's Work #2 - New Series Premiere
Life's Work #3 - New Series Premiere
Townies #1 - New Series Premiere
Townies #2 - New Series Premiere
Common Law #1 - New Series Premiere
Common Law #2 - New Series Premiere
Ellen - Season Premiere
Relativity #1 - New Series Premiere
Relativity #2 - New Series Premiere
Relativity #3 - New Series Premiere
Monday Night Football - Season Premiere
Good Morning America - Fall Preview '96
Some info about each series, courtesy Wikipedia:
Sabrina the Teenage Witch is an American television sitcom created by Nell Scovell, based on the Archie Comics series of the same name. It premiered on September 27, 1996, on ABC to over 17 million viewers in its "T.G.I.F." lineup. It stars Melissa Joan Hart as American teenager Sabrina Spellman, who, on her 16th birthday, learns she has magical powers (a departure from the Archie Comics series, in which she has known of her powers since an early age).
Home Improvement is an American television sitcom starring Tim Allen that aired on ABC from September 17, 1991, to May 25, 1999, with a total of 204 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons.
Spin City is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 17, 1996, to April 30, 2002, on ABC. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show is set in a fictionalized version of the New York City mayor's office, and originally starred Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty, the Deputy Mayor of New York. Fox departed in 2000 at the conclusion of Season 4 due to symptoms of Parkinson's disease, and Charlie Sheen became the new lead as Charlie Crawford for the final two seasons. The series was cancelled after six seasons in May 2002.
Clueless is an American teen sitcom based on the 1995 film of the same name (which was inspired by Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma). It premiered on ABC on September 20, 1996, as a part of the TGIF lineup during its first season. The series then spent its last two seasons on UPN, ending on May 25, 1999. Alicia Silverstone had a development deal with Columbia-TriStar at this time, and did not reprise her role from the film.
Roseanne is an American television sitcom created by Matt Williams which aired on ABC from October 18, 1988, to May 20, 1997, and briefly revived from March 27, 2018, to May 22, 2018. The show stars Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Conner and revolves around her family in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Life's Work is an American sitcom series that aired from September 1996 to June 1997 on ABC; the show stars Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, an assistant district attorney in Baltimore.
Townies is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 18 to December 4, 1996. Created by Matthew Carlson, the series stars Molly Ringwald, Jenna Elfman, and Lauren Graham.
Common Law is an American television sitcom that premiered on ABC on September 28, 1996. The show stars Megyn Price and Greg Giraldo as a Latino lawyer at a mostly white law firm. Due to low ratings, the series was pulled from ABC's schedule after four episodes had aired.
Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from March 29, 1994, to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. Ellen DeGeneres stars as the title character of Ellen Morgan, a neurotic bookstore owner in her thirties.
Relativity is an American drama television series which followed a twenty-something couple, Isabel Lukens (played by Kimberly Williams) and Leo Roth (played by David Conrad), and the lives and loves of their friends and siblings in Los Angeles. The short-lived ABC series was the product of thirtysomething producers Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz.

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Clueless moved to UPN the following year.

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Clueless was cancelled by ABC in February 1997 and shortly after repeats aired on TGIF which got high ratings but it was too late for ABC to get Clueless back due to the fact that UPN picked the series up for the 1997-1998 Television Season so ABC prevented UPN for airing the series until their contract expired in September. Also the 1996-1997 Season was the last season of Family Matters and Step by Step to air on ABC because they would move to CBS in the 1997-1998 Season.