Ironside (TV film, March 1967-- series debut September 1967)
BTW, Name Of The Game story editor Steven Bochco did "supplementary"
writing(extra stuff to pad the running times)on the first 6 series Ironsides.

Peter


--- In nameofthegame@yahoogroups.com, John <actingman6@...> wrote:
>
> This is stretching my trivia prowess...what was the show?
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:40 AM, r0thornhill <r0thornhill@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > At that time, only one show had ever gone from TV-movie to series. It
> > wasn't planned that way, and it wasn't an industry practice yet, so it may
> > just have taken that long for someone to think of it.
> >
> > --- In nameofthegame@yahoogroups.com <nameofthegame%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "dataguy592003" <phh205@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello John,
> > >
> > > Interesting question, could be that the relatively risky "long form"
> > aspect of Game kept the idea in the formative stage a little longer than was
> > the norm for most TV series then. Keep in mind, "Columbo" (also a Universal
> > LF series) took 3 years and two pilots to become a regular series.
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In nameofthegame@yahoogroups.com <nameofthegame%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > John <actingman6@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have always wondered why it took two years for Fame Is...to go from
> > highly
> > > > rated movie to Name Of..series.
> > > >
> > > > I would have thought it would have gone to series in Sep '67 rather
> > than Sep
> > > > '68.
> > > >
> > > > An extra year?
> >
>
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