Can you tell if these 1979 TV flops were sitcoms or dramas?

Try to guess from the title and promo photo!

 

Can you judge a book by its cover? How about a TV show by its title and promotional photo?

The following 14 shows all began in 1979 — and lived a rather short life. You probably recognize some of the stars, famous faces from M*A*S*H and The Andy Griffith Show included! 

Some of them were silly; some of them were serious. Can you tell — or remember — the difference? Look at the picture and name and make your best guess!

  1. Hello, Larry
     Image: The Everett Collection
  2. California Fever
     Image: The Everett Collection
  3. Kaz
     Image: The Everett Collection
  4. Struck by Lightning
     Image: The Everett Collection
  5. The Associates
     Image: The Everett Collection
  6. Working Stiffs
     Image: The Everett Collection
  7. Paris
     Image: The Everett Collection
  8. 240-Robert
     Image: The Everett Collection
  9. Detective School
     Image: The Everett Collection
  10. Big Shamus, Little Shamus
     Image: The Everett Collection
  11. 13 Queens Boulevard
     Image: The Everett Collection
  12. Hizzonner
     Image: The Everett Collection
  13. Salvage 1
     Image: The Everett Collection
  14. Turnabout
     Image: The Everett Collection

Can you tell if these 1979 TV flops were sitcoms or dramas?

Your Result...

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58 Comments

Geronimo 3 months ago
Can you tell if these 1979 TV flops were sitcoms or dramas?
You got 13 out of 14
Put on a happy face! You have the eye of a TV executive!


Take another quiz:
Do you know how these TV characters got their nicknames?
Antenna2 13 months ago
What junkers - makes me glad to be a PBS viewer (when I'm not watching MeTV)...
LarryMMM 13 months ago
11 of 14, and 95% of these I don't remember or ever heard of...
RedSamRackham 24 months ago
* 10 of 14 ~ 71% ~ NEVER saw or even heard of most of them!
ScottWatson 26 months ago
What, no mention of Sheriff Lobo?
LarryMMM ScottWatson 13 months ago
Classic TV show, top notch writing and acting...
AnnaRentzVandenhazel 34 months ago
I didn't recognize some programs, but I would have liked to see an episode of Detective School based on the picture - would love to see how Johnny Gage (Randolph Mantooth) from Emergency would have done in a sitcom.
DerekBird 42 months ago
You got 13 out of 14
Put on a happy face! You have the eye of a TV executive!

I loved John Schuck... Except for Holmes and Yo-Yo.
LarryMMM DerekBird 13 months ago
"Holmes And Yo-Yo" is a classic, legendary TV show...shame on you...
Amalthea 61 months ago
14/14. I loved 240-Robert & Salvage 1! Thanks for the nostalgia-hole to fall down into!
WILD 61 months ago
You got 14 out of 14
Put on a happy face! You have the eye of a TV executive!
WILD 61 months ago
You got 14 out of 14
Put on a happy face! You have the eye of a TV executive!
peacefrog77 61 months ago
9/14, in my defense I grew up in the 1980s.
Allison 61 months ago
12/14 never heard of most of these shows
Angie 61 months ago
The only one of these I ever saw was "Kaz". Got 11/14 anyway.
tonygaloppe 61 months ago
You got 14 out of 14

Put on a happy face! You have the eye of a TV executive!

I'm just old
Runeshaper 61 months ago
You got 8 out of 14
Don't be too down — these shows are pretty obscure! Better luck next time!

YIKES! LOL Working stiffs looks fun!
DavidH 61 months ago
13/14 Missed "The Associates."
Funny thing: the only one of those shows I ever saw was The TV movie of "Salvage 1."
Andy 61 months ago
I think my family might have been the only people who watched "Detective School" from first to last episode.
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