Who remembers ABC's 'Movie of the Week'?
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jgiles-367-954534 — 12 years ago(October 26, 2013 08:15 AM)
I love the ABC Movie of the Week series and I own several of the movies in different formats, including Maybe I'll Come Home In the Spring on VHS.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course, but I actually enjoy the so-called 'cornball' Hallmark movies and the 'lurid, violent murder films' on Lifetime Movie Network almost as much as I love the made for TV movies of yesteryear. -
ghostfan — 12 years ago(October 30, 2013 09:59 PM)
You guys need to go to Youtube there's a whole ABC Movie of the week channel including the very first movie ever broadcasted - Seven In Darkness.. about some blind people going to a convention the plane crashes in the mountains, killing everyone on the plane who can see. The group has to make their way in the wilderness to civilization. Cast includes Dina Merrill, Arthur O'Connell, Leslie Anne Warren, Alehandro (SP!!) Ray, Barry Nelson and a really standout performance by Milton Bearle.
They also have Monte Markham's version of Death Takes a Holiday, several with Andy Griffith and Dennis Weaver TONS of them! I had a ball over my last vacation watching movies I hadn't seen in 30 years. And as another poster mentioned, most of them were a heck of a lot better than what passes for a TV movie now.
How sad, that you were not born in my time, nor I, in yours. -
activista — 12 years ago(February 18, 2014 09:34 PM)
I knowbeen checking out some of these films online and I liked the themeit sounded more like a big grand theme you would use to open a theatrical release up with. I'm just barely old enough to remember when this was actually on the sir, so it's definitely kind of nostalgic for me. And the films are really good, too,
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Sandoz — 11 years ago(June 03, 2014 08:48 AM)
"Who can forget the theme song? The best theme of any movie series on TV, in my opinion."
Not just that, but that trippy visual slitscreen effect they ripped off from the "ultimate trip" sequence in 2001: A Space Odyssey i used to love watching this each week as much as the movies themselves. (Kids, this was in the days when there was no technology available to record and rewind TV and watch things again.)
Don't believe everything you see in the movies. -
mamacassfan — 11 years ago(June 17, 2014 10:01 PM)
I loved the quick 90 minute format of
Movie Of the Week
. What a cool night of television on ABC, Tuesday nights circa 1969-'71:
Mod Squad 7:30-8:30
Movie Of the Week 8:30-10
Marcus Welby, M.D. (#1 show for 1970-71 season) 10-11:00pm
(all times eastern standard)
After the Tuesday series became a hit, ABC added Wednesday Movie of the Week and a Saturday night edition called ABC Suspense Movie, which barely lasted a season. -
cbalducc — 12 years ago(January 02, 2014 09:03 AM)
The "Movie of the Week" was a SERIES that lasted from 1969 to 1975. Of course, ABC showed many made-for-TV movies for years after that. Even more confusing, ABC showed others during 1969 to 1975 that were NOT Movies of the Week!
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moosefeathers — 12 years ago(February 20, 2014 11:18 AM)
wasn't there a Tuesday Movie and Wednesday Movie of the Week and a Sunday Movie of the Week on ABC?
anyhoo, three more:
Trilogy of Terror
Five Desperate Women
When Michael Calls
Swing away, Merrill.Merrill, swing away -
moosefeathers — 12 years ago(February 20, 2014 11:26 AM)
http://www.tvtango.com/series/abc_movie_of_the_week/episodes
Swing away, Merrill.Merrill, swing away -
kiki808 — 11 years ago(July 14, 2014 05:11 PM)
Does any one remember a movie called "The house on green apple road". It starts off with the actress from the Brady Bunch, Eve Plumb coming home from school to find the kitchen full of blood and her mother missing. I think her mother was played by Janet Leigh.
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cbalducc — 11 years ago(July 15, 2014 07:00 AM)
According to this YouTube video, it was an "ABC Sunday Night Movie". It can get confusing as to which made-for-TV movies ABC aired were actually part of the "Movie of the Week" series.
BTW, the title reads "House on
Greenapple
Road"
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MissMargoChanning — 4 years ago(February 09, 2022 02:15 PM)
I do too.
Here are some good ones I still watch on You Tube.
This is the promo for When Micheal Calls, but you can watch the full movie starring Elizabeth Ashly, Ben Gazzara, and Micheal Douglas…
Tribes, starring Jan Micheal Vincent and Darren McGavin.
You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
It's Going To Be A Bumpy Night!
