Happy centennial, NBC.

[hardcorestitch]

The famed broadcast network owned by Mickey’s rival company Universal is turning 100 YEARS OLD this September.

 

[citruscurtis]

Walter Lantz... that explains a few things and the trivia about the peacock that's my birthday year

 

[hardcorestitch]

This spot recently launched during NBC’s Legendary February…

 

[DodgerGirl]

In TV networks in between CBS ABC and FOX NBC had always been the king of the networks because when it first began NBC had something for everyone and you knew that when the famous NBC Chimes melody would be heard you would be getting a good show because NBC was known for quality shows and a great lineup. But the biggest year I think that NBC was most successful was in 1982 when Cheers St. Elsewhere and Family Ties made their debuts and if it weren't for good viewership ratings St. Elsewhere Cheers and Family Ties wouldn't have become giant hits. But the worst thing NBC did and I don't why they did it was ending their Saturday morning cartoon lineup in 1991 and why they replaced it with a Saturday edition of the Today Show is a mystery because the cartoons got good ratings but replacing the whole Saturday morning cartoon lineup with the Saturday edition of Today made no sense at all then they tried appealing to teens with the TNBC lineup with Saved By The Bell California Dreams and later the basketball sitcom Hang Time and that meant NBC wanted to attract the teen market with this lineup. But what I think NBC should do is have a daytime morning game show block because NBC LOVES game shows and it shocks me that NBC hasn't had a successful game show since Deal Or No Deal in 2005 and a daytime game show block could work for NBC on weekday mornings. But with the 100th birthday approaching NBC will start to improve itself and be more like CBS

 

[hardcorestitch]

In TV networks in between CBS ABC and FOX NBC had always been the king of the networks because when it first began NBC had something for everyone and you knew that when the famous NBC Chimes melody would be heard you would be getting a good show because NBC was known for quality shows and a great lineup. But the biggest year I think that NBC was most successful was in 1982 when Cheers St. Elsewhere and Family Ties made their debuts and if it weren't for good viewership ratings St. Elsewhere Cheers and Family Ties wouldn't have become giant hits. But the worst thing NBC did and I don't why they did it was ending their Saturday morning cartoon lineup in 1991 and why they replaced it with a Saturday edition of the Today Show is a mystery because the cartoons got good ratings but replacing the whole Saturday morning cartoon lineup with the Saturday edition of Today made no sense at all then they tried appealing to teens with the TNBC lineup with Saved By The Bell California Dreams and later the basketball sitcom Hang Time and that meant NBC wanted to attract the teen market with this lineup. But what I think NBC should do is have a daytime morning game show block because NBC LOVES game shows and it shocks me that NBC hasn't had a successful game show since Deal Or No Deal in 2005 and a daytime game show block could work for NBC on weekday mornings. But with the 100th birthday approaching NBC will start to improve itself and be more like CBS

I don’t think NBC’s gonna do game shows like that anytime soon. They are investing heavily into live events.

 

[Nayan]

But what I think NBC should do is have a daytime morning game show block because NBC LOVES game shows and it shocks me that NBC hasn't had a successful game show since Deal Or No Deal in 2005 and a daytime game show block could work for NBC on weekday mornings. But with the 100th birthday approaching NBC will start to improve itself and be more like CBS

And who exactly is home to watch these game shows? Daytime TV has been dying off due to more people, especially women, working. Same with Saturday morning cartoons. Kids ain't watching that stuff anymore, especially on network TV.

While I get your enthusiasm for such things, if they thought certain shows/programs would bring in eyeballs and advertiser dollars, they'd already be doing it.

 

[sam_gordon]

From 10a-630p (ET), programming is set by the local affiliates. Some carry NBC News Now from 1p-2p, but I dont think that's a requirement.

ETA: The 3rd hour of Today (that starts at 9am) could be optional too, I'm not sure.