Comedy Time
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| Comedy Time | |
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| Genre | Anthology series |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | July 6 – September 1, 1977 |
Comedy Time is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC in the summer of 1977. In a mix of 30-minute and 60-minute episodes, it aired unsold television pilots for situation comedies.
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.[1] 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.[1] Comedy Time was one of these series, aired by NBC in the summer of 1977,[2] and it consisted of unsold pilots for situation comedies.[2] Stars appearing in the series included Bill Bixby, Michael Constantine, Barbara Feldon, and Annie Potts.[2]