tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post1655757659962677677..comments2024-02-19T12:48:54.371-05:00Comments on The Land of Whatever: A Classic begats a Classic: Lou Grant (1977)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-8108215330385560952016-12-14T10:19:00.558-05:002016-12-14T10:19:00.558-05:00Thanks for clarifying, Mike. I remembered that Lou...Thanks for clarifying, Mike. I remembered that Lou Grant & M*A*S*H eventually did run on Mondays, and One Day at a Time ultimately moved to Sundays, IIRC. I reviewed Rafferty not long ago, so I should've remembered that......hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-84429501411520012872016-12-13T23:07:51.449-05:002016-12-13T23:07:51.449-05:00For the first half of its premiere season, Lou Gra...For the first half of its premiere season, <i>Lou Grant</i> aired on <b>Tuesday night</b>.<br />The Monday night slot was occupied by <i>Rafferty</i>, Patrick McGoohan's US comeback vehicle - and one of the faster flops of that year.<br /><br />CBS had a rough fall in '77; many of their new shows flopped, and the network consolidated what they had as much as possible.<br /><br /><i>Lou Grant, MASH, One Day At A Time</i>, airing as a bloc on Tuesday, were moved as a bloc to Monday, turning CBS's numbers around on that night (Tuesday became a CBS movie night).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.com