12 Classic TV Legends Who Flopped (Even Lucille Ball Got Cancelled)

Описание: Even Lucille Ball got cancelled. These are 12 classic TV legends whose new shows flopped, the forgotten TV shows behind some of the biggest names in television history.

Put a legend on the screen, and America will tune in. That was the theory. In 1986 Lucille Ball came back to television with full creative control and her original I Love Lucy writers, and ABC pulled the plug while she was taping an episode. Andy Griffith left Mayberry, flopped, and ended up as his own midseason replacement. Jackie Gleason's new game show bombed so badly that he went on the air the next week to apologize for it.

In this countdown of 12 legendary stars whose TV shows flopped, we look at the deals, the time slots that sank them (Monday Night Football, Dynasty, Magnum, P.I., NBC's Saturday with The Golden Girls), the ratings collapses and what happened next, from Jimmy Stewart's only sitcom to two failed American versions of Fawlty Towers. With Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Andy Griffith, Redd Foxx, Jimmy Stewart, Bea Arthur, Dick Van Dyke, Betty White, Mary Tyler Moore, Flip Wilson, Jean Arthur and Bob Denver.

Which one would you have kept on the air? Tell us in the comments.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:34 #12 Dusty's Trail (1973)
2:22 #11 The Jean Arthur Show (1966)
4:13 #10 Charlie & Company (1985)
5:59 #9 Annie McGuire (1988)
7:50 #8 The Betty White Show (1977)
9:32 #7 The Van Dyke Show (1988)
11:20 #6 Amanda's (1983)
13:11 #5 The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971)
15:23 #4 The Redd Foxx Show (1986)
17:11 #3 Headmaster & The New Andy Griffith Show (1970)
19:37 #2 You're in the Picture (1961)
22:17 #1 Life with Lucy (1986)
24:55 Which one would you have kept?

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