Additionally, Ebsen, Ryan, and Douglas each made a few solo recordings following the show's success, including Ryan's 1966 novelty single, " Granny's Miniskirt.

This new serial was created by the producers of Vera Sto Deksi, and it has eclipsed that show's success.

Much of the show's success has been attributed to its host, Anne Robinson.

The show's success has led CBS Sports to schedule the Masters Tournament, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, and other events leading into 60 Minutes and the rest of the network's primetime lineup, thus ( again, except on the West Coast ) pre-empting the Sunday editions of the CBS Evening News and affiliates ' local newscasts.

While many networks followed the show's success by scheduling other cartoons in the early 1960s, including Scooby-Doo, Where Are You !, The Jetsons, Top Cat, and The Alvin Show, none of these programs survived more than a year ( save Scooby-Doo, which, despite not being a primetime cartoon, has managed to stay afloat for over four decades ).

The show's success continued into the 1980s.

In 1976, the show's success, and celebrity panelist Richard Dawson's popularity, prompted Goodson-Todman to develop a new show for ABC entitled Family Feud with Dawson hosting.

During the height of the show's success, beverage maker Seagram hired Willis as the pitchman for their Golden Wine Cooler products.

This sequence was used as the opening of a 1975 documentary on the success of the series in schools that was included in The Best of The Electric Company Volume 2 DVD boxed set ; however, the music from the show's opening was used for the documentary.

Following the show's success, Kerry Packer commissioned a six episode TV series of The Two Ronnies in Australia for Nine Network.

Because of the show's huge success, the BBC were determined that the comedy series continue.

After the immense success of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You !, which premiered on CBS in 1969, the next decade of Hanna-Barbera's animated output would follow that show's formula: a group of teenagers solving mysteries or fighting crime, usually with the help of a wacky animal or a ghost.

The show's success spawned dozens of sequels, spin-offs, imitators, parodies and remakes.

While the show's scripts were largely fictional, the use of realistic dialogue and Crawford's convincing portrayal of a hard-as-nails police chief helped make the show an instant success.

Acknowledging the show's success in Australia, the final series saw him begin talk of having relations there, and contemplating emigrating.

The show's success leads to The Newlywed Game's own prime-time edition in January 1967.

The show's success has led producer Mike Fleiss to create multiple spin-offs, including The Bachelorette, in which the format is gender-reversed.

Despite the show's success, Roberts departed the series following the 1964 – 65 season ( after 202 episodes ) and returned to theater.

Because of the show's success, Dion's contract was extended into 2007 for an undisclosed sum.

Bamboozled is a 2000 satirical film written and directed by Spike Lee about a modern televised minstrel show featuring black actors donning blackface makeup and the violent fall-out from the show's success.

The show's mainstream success in the United States spawned an ongoing Speed Racer franchise, ranging from comics, video releases, merchandise, a live-action film, and newer series either rebooting or continuing the original series.

Allen was able to negotiate a lucrative new contract as a result not only of the show's success, but thanks in large measure to NBC's anxiety to keep more of its stars from joining Jack Benny in a wholesale defection to CBS.

The mid-season timeslot change didn't decline the show's success ; WKRP finished at # 22 in the ratings for its second year.

The focus on the new show was on children from disadvantaged backgrounds, but Cooney and the show's creators recognized that in order to achieve the kind of success they wanted, it had to be equally accessible to children of all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds.

This was the show's primary criterion for success.

Plato actually returned for several appearances during the show's final 1986 season, which appeared on ABC, including an episode ( Plato's final appearance in the series ) in which Kimberly suffers the effects of bulimia.

During the show's peak in popularity, Hee Haw often competed in syndication against The Lawrence Welk Show, a long-running ABC program which had also been canceled in 1971, also in an attempt to purge the networks of older demographic-leaning programs.

On August 4, 2011, Gellar confirmed she will be returning as a guest star on the ABC soap opera All My Children before the show's ending in September but not as Kendall Hart.

( Full House was set in San Francisco, and this was the only time during the show's run that the 49ers advanced to a Super Bowl aired on ABC ).

It was revealed during Once Upon a Times 2012 Comic-Con panel in San Diego on July 14th that Captain Hook will make an appearance in the show's second season which will be airing in the fall of 2012 on ABC.

Scrappy-Doo was added to the cast of Scooby-Doo to save the show's ratings, which by 1979 had begun to sink to the point of cancellation threats from ABC.

The show's original run consisted of 24 episodes that first aired on ABC from September 23, 1962 to March 17, 1963.

All My Children episodes from its first year on the air were seen on ABC in the 1990s and on SOAPnet in February 2005, the latter in celebration of the show's 35th anniversary.

The show also served as the launching pad for Ty Pennington, one of the show's original carpenters who went on to become host of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on ABC.

In actuality, Kane did not make her first appearance on the series until the episode " Guess Who's Coming for Brefnish ", which first aired on ABC in January 1980 during the show's second season.

However, after seeing the show's pilot, ABC, the original production company, requested a second pilot expressing dissatisfaction with both actors.

Despite the show's steady decline, ABC agreed to a fourth season of Mork & Mindy, but executives wanted changes.

Actually, the program finished in the Top 20 its first season, but ABC determined that the show was losing too much of its lead-in, suggesting low appeal if the show were moved ( a suggestion that came to be realized, as the show's ratings dropped dramatically after a move to another time slot in its second season ).

Although Don Fedderson gets the credit, My Three Sons was created by George Tibbles and produced by Don Fedderson Productions throughout the show's run, with MCA Television co-distributing the series during its 1960 – 65 ABC airing.

Many bachelorettes are runner-ups or eliminated contestants from The Bachelor, including Trista Rehn, whose wedding to Ryan Sutter – the show's winner – was televised on ABC.

One of the show's producers, Av Westin, went on to become executive producer of ABC Evening News and, later, 20 / 20.

In early March 1977, ABC screened the first two episodes of Soap for the executives of its 195 affiliate stations, many of whom were instantly appalled by the show's emphasis on sex and infidelity.

ABC announced that beginning January 8, 2013, the show's start time will be moved to 12: 35 a. m., following Jimmy Kimmel Live !, and will run for 30 minutes.

The show's final episode aired on April 25, 1992 on ABC ( the network aired a previously unseen episode for the first time on May 21, 1992, but it was originally intended to air before the series finale ).

During the show's fourth season, Richard Dean Anderson complained that ABC was not marketing the series enough.

On March 12, 2008, McGinley was also quoted as saying that the show's long-rumored move from NBC to ABC was a done deal, and that Scrubs would air on ABC during the 2008 – 09 TV season as a midseason replacement.

Soon after ABC announced an early season 2 renewal for Brother & Sisters in March 2007, Lowe announced he would be returning for the show's second season.

ABC has vehemently denied that thesis, but fans were not convinced, and were particularly irritated by the fact that the creators and writers of the show were fired from ABC following the show's cancellation.