TV Series

Series Name:	Turn-On
Format:	TV Series
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Years:	1969
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Comedy
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	2 Have Seen, 2 Wishlist
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Selected Cast	Tim Conway as Guest Host
	Teresa Graves as Regular
	Ken Greenwald as Regular
	Chuck McCann as Regular

Notes

One of the most notorious flops in US TV history, Turn-On has the distinction of not only being one of the very first American series to be cancelled after airing only one episode, it was in fact cancelled by the network during the inaugural episode, with some network affiliates even pulling the program mid-broadcast. A second episode had been recorded but was never aired.

Comments and Reviews


edlongus SUBS 28th Oct 2024		jimbo, I actually watched that premiere/swan song episode when it was broadcast!! Watched it on the family 23" Admiral B&W TV set (we didn't get a color TV set until 1971). I was 12 years old and didn't get many of the jokes. Then, I remember we used 2 get a weekly TV magazine in the Sunday Washington Post newspaper, and it listed the 2nd episode of "Turn-On", but when we tuned in, it wasn't there.



jimbo2021 ● 27th Oct 2024		Thanks Ed. According to Wikipedia, that one infamous episode aired on ABC Television Wednesday, February 5, 1969.



edlongus SUBS 21st Oct 2024		jimbo, this program was a highly anticipated, notorious flop when it premiered. There was nothing else on the air like it when it was released, and the show had replaced the cancelled prime-time soap "Peyton Place" (which made some people unhappy).



jimbo2021 ● 20th Oct 2024		Never heard of this. What was so terrible that it was cancelled after only one episode, or even mid-broadcast on the first episode?



edlongus SUBS 16th Oct 2024		As of this date, 2 completed episodes (with Tim Conway and Robert Culp, respectively) of "Turn On" can be downloaded from here (with original commercials). There's an unaired third episode with guest star Sebastian Cabot here. I've heard there was another episode under production with special guest The Monkees, and some footage had been recorded, but of course I can't confirm that. Can anyone confirm?!?

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