Comedy Time is an American Anthology series television series that aired on NBC in the summer of 1977. In a mix of 30-minute and 60-minute episodes, it aired unsold for Sitcom.
Background
The practice of television executives of ordering dozens of pilots for proposed television series each year – far more than their networks could possibly broadcast as series – created a sizable body of unsold pilots that had never aired.
Packaging these unsold pilots in
anthology series and airing them during the summer provided television networks with a way of both providing fresh programming during the summer rerun season and recouping at least some of the expense of producing them.
[ Comedy Time was one of these series, aired by NBC in the summer of 1977,][ Stars appearing in the series included Bill Bixby, Michael Constantine, Barbara Feldon, and Annie Potts.][
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Broadcast history
Comedy Time premiered on July 6, 1977, as a 30-minute show airing a single unsold pilot from 9:30 to 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesdays.[ On July 21, it became a twice-a-week program when a 60-minute version of the show premiered, airing two unsold pilots between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. on Thursdays.][ The 30-minute Wednesday episodes came to an end after the broadcast of July 27, and the 60-minute Thursday broadcast went into hiatus after the episode that aired on July 28.][ The Thursday broadcasts resumed on August 25, and Comedy Time′s run ended a week later with the episode aired on September 1.][ In all, Comedy Time broadcast 12 unsold pilots during its run.][
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