ELO had become successful in the United States at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, as well as regularly appearing on The Midnight Special ( 1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977 ) more than any other band in that show's history with four appearances.

Saturday Night Live produced two famous sketches parodying the Original Series, " The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise " in 1976 and William Shatner's own " Get a life " sketch in 1986 ( which parodied the show's " trekkie " followers ).

One of the show's original judges, Fred Tupper, died on 15 March 1976.

The show's cult status far outstripped the two years it spent on NBC ( 1976 – 78 ) and the four years it ran in syndication ( 1976 – 80 ).

The series celebrated 1000 episodes in 1976 with a compilation special, Number 96: And They Said It Wouldn't Last, which reviewed the show's most famous story lines and recounted the exploits of its departed main characters.

Welch returned for a guest appearance in 1976 when Maggie's trial was shown, and she appeared in the show's final episode in 1977 where it was explained that Maggie had been released from prison.

When the show was revived in 1976 as The $ 128, 000 Question, its theme music and cues were performed ( albeit with a new disco-style arrangement for the theme ) by Charles Randolph Grean, who released a three-and-a-half minute single, " The $ 128, 000 Question " ( the show's music and cues as an instrumental ), with the B-side (" Sentimentale ") on the Ranwood label ( 45rpm release R-1064 ).

After the criticisms of the 1987 show's disproportionate focus on music – and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend concert in 1988, Amnesty returned to the original formula that had been so successful in the 1976 – 1981 era with a primary focus on comedy.

Beginning in 1976 and continuing for the remainder of the weekly syndicated series, as well as for the entire 1984 run, the show's title became The $ 100, 000 Name That Tune.

( 1976 ) and Sweeney 2 ( 1978 ) were released to theatres during the show's original broadcast run.

In 1976, Rowlf joined the recurring cast of The Muppet Show as the show's pianist.

There was no emcee's podium and from the series ' debut through the spring of 1976, Narz was mainly off-camera during the game, standing in the center of the stage and standing between the contestants only after a win or at the show's end, just as hosts did on the original NBC version.

Despite these changes, the show's ratings fell and many stations ( including former flagship WNBC in New York ) moved the show to either pre-dawn hours or other non-prime time access slots and dropped it in Spring 1976.

The show's long run ended on September 10, 1976.

* a weekly review of the show's ratings over previous weeks, with suggestions on how viewers and the studio audience might help them skyrocket ; later in Series 1 this focused on Norman's increasingly desperate campaign to win the coveted Gold Logie – which is, ironically, exactly what transpired at the 1976 Logies.

At its inception in 1976 it was hosted by University of Otago lecturer Richard Higham, but after the first series it gained Peter Sinclair as regular host ; he continued in this capacity until the show's demise in 1989.

The musical composers felt that the Ray Ellis-penned closing theme Today used since 1971 ( which was also the show's opening theme since 1976 ) was lifted from the classic Godspell song " Day by Day.

In it, the show's Executive Producer / Writer Paul Dowling says he was inspired to create the show because he had been present in Philadelphia during the outbreak of Legionellosis in 1976, as well as by the murder of Helle Crafts.

As a last attempt to reach international success, he released the LP titled Baris Mancho ( 1976 ), a strange transcription of his name, mostly with George Hayes Orchestra under CBS Records label, in Europe and South Africa.

Released in late 1973, the song topped the singles chart in February 1974, and reached the lower regions of Billboard's Hot 100 ( it eventually also charted in the UK, reaching No. 7 in 1976, representing Parton's first UK success ).

Despite the recognition and success they enjoyed in the States, they were still largely ignored in the United Kingdom until their sixth album, the platinum selling A New World Record, hit the top ten there in 1976.

The Green Plan ( Plan Vert ) of 1976 aimed to improve production, though it had only limited success.

The Dragon debuted in June 1976, and Gygax commented on its success years later: " When I decided that The Strategic Review was not the right vehicle, hired Tim Kask as a magazine editor for Tactical Studies Rules, and named the new publication he was to produce The Dragon, I thought we would eventually have a great periodical to serve gaming enthusiasts worldwide ... At no time did I ever contemplate so great a success or so long a lifespan.

A healthy César Cedeño was a key reason for the Astros ' success in 1976.

With Hackman reprising his role as New York cop Popeye Doyle, the film was a success and got Frankenheimer his next job, Black Sunday in 1976.

On 13 February 1976, the Argentine Army scored a major success when the 14th Airborne Infantry Regiment ambushed the 65-strong Montoneros Jungle Company, in an action near the town of Cadillal in Tucumán province.

During the 1970s, the Patriots had some success, earning a berth to the playoffs in 1976 — as a wild card-team — and in 1978 — as AFC East champions.

Charlton Ogburn, Jr. was elected president of The Shakespeare Oxford Society in 1976 and kick-started the modern revival of the Oxfordian movement by seeking publicity through moot court trials, media debates, television, and later the Internet, including Wikipedia, methods which became standard policy for Oxfordian and anti-Stratfordian promoters because of their success in recruiting members of the lay public.

She became acquainted with regional country singer Mary Bailey who had had some country chart success in 1976.

Filmed on a budget of $ 1. 3 million, Taxi Driver was a financial success earning $ 28, 262, 574 in the United States, making it the 17th-highest-grossing film of 1976.

UNCTAD IV held in Nairobi May 1976, showed relative success compared to its predecessors.

His success would encourage other Californian winemakers to follow suit and culminated in Chateau Montelena's victory over Burgundy Chardonnay in the 1976 blind tasting event conducted by French judges known as the Judgment of Paris.

These films in particular, as well as others including Play Misty for Me ( 1971 ), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ( 1974 ), The Outlaw Josey Wales ( 1976 ), Escape from Alcatraz ( 1979 ), Tightrope ( 1984 ), Pale Rider ( 1985 ), Heartbreak Ridge ( 1986 ), In the Line of Fire ( 1993 ), The Bridges of Madison County ( 1995 ), and Gran Torino ( 2008 ), have all received commercial success and critical acclaim.

His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygène.

Completed in 1976, the Faneuil Hall Marketplace ( comprising Quincy Market and other spaces adjacent to Boston's Faneuil Hall ) was designed by architect Benjamin C. Thompson and was a financial success, an act of historic preservation, and an anchor for urban revitalization.

The team has had moderate success in its history, winning three Central Division Championships ( 1976, 2009, 2010 ), an Eastern Conference Championship in 2007, and 18 total playoff seasons.

The team joined the NBA in 1976 after the ABA-NBA merger and have some periods of success, making the playoffs for nine consecutive seasons in the 1980s and doing the same for the previous nine seasons.

Although there was some initial skepticism in league circles regarding the potential success and talent levels of the incoming ABA teams, the Spurs would prove worthy of NBA inclusion during the 1976 – 77 season with a record of 44 – 38, good for a tie for fourth place overall in the Eastern Conference.

This saw the South Coast Club pick up their First Trophy ( albeit a minor success ) since the 1976 FA Cup Final, Southampton also equalled the largest winning margin by a team at Wembley and would have stood alone if not for a late Carlisle consolation.

Avildsen's greatest success was Rocky ( 1976 ), garnering ten Academy Award nominations and winning three, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Between 1976 and their break-up twenty years later, Davies and the group reverted to their earlier mainstream rock format and enjoyed a second peak of success, with other hit songs, like " Destroyer ", " Come Dancing " and " Do It Again ".