ABC was desperate. "ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE", opposite "MORK & MINDY" on Sundays at 8pm(et) in the fall of '79, was getting better ratings on CBS {mostly because it followed "60 MINUTES"}. ABC assembled a two-hour comedy block from 7-9pm(et) {"OUT OF THE BLUE", "A NEW KIND OF FAMILY", "MORK", "THE ASSOCIATES"] that just didn't quite work out. And the network deliberately scheduled another "sexy" episode the following week, featuring the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders- and Mork as one of them {"Hold That Mork"}. In January 1980, Mork moved back to Thursdays.
Super wow!
Wow
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Dang! A Sci-Fi Comedy show, from 1979.
Yep! And without Robin Williams, it would have fallen flat.
ABC was desperate. "ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE", opposite "MORK & MINDY" on Sundays at 8pm(et) in the fall of '79, was getting better ratings on CBS {mostly because it followed "60 MINUTES"}. ABC assembled a two-hour comedy block from 7-9pm(et) {"OUT OF THE BLUE", "A NEW KIND OF FAMILY", "MORK", "THE ASSOCIATES"] that just didn't quite work out. And the network deliberately scheduled another "sexy" episode the following week, featuring the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders- and Mork as one of them {"Hold That Mork"}. In January 1980, Mork moved back to Thursdays.