TV Shows Changing Names

We all know "Seinfeld" entered this world as "The Seinfeld Chronicles."

I'm trying to think of other shows which have had their names changed at some point during their run. So far:

"These Friends of Mine" became "Ellen" "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" is now "Two Guys and a Girl" "The Norm Show" is now "Norm" One could argue that once the family bailed, "All In The Family" became "Archie Bunker's Place."

What was "The Hogan Family" called originally...."Valerie"?

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Yep.

Could also probably count "Three's Company" evolving into "Three's A Crowd"

--JKB

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weren't "Three's Company" and "Three's A Crowd" two totally different shows that just involved the same character? The same with "All In the Family" and "Archie Bunker's Place." I guess by that logic you could say that "Cheers" also evolved into "Frasier" and "MASH" evolved into AfterMASH".

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Perhaps, but if you watched the last episode of Three's Company you'd see how that transition differed from the other two you mention.

The last season of "Three's Company" introduced Mary Cadorette as Jack's girlfriend/fiancee Vicki. In TC's final episode Janet and Terry are given storylines that take them out of their living situation with Jack. Also, all of the "Three's A Crowd" characters become established by the end of the final episode of TC. And in the final moments, the "Three's Company" graphic is displayed and then "booted" out by the new "Three's A Crowd" title.

Although technically it was no longer the same show, the transition was most certainly planned well ahead of time - unlike "Archie Bunkers Place", "Frasier", and "AfterMASH", which were afterthoughts that did not have any setup by their parent shows.

--JKB

<What was "The Hogan Family" called originally...."Valerie"?>

didn't it start as "valerie", then "valerie's family", then "the hogan family"?

Jess Carey added to the thread: <<<<There seems to be a trend also where TV show names change when they go into syndication. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" becoming "Dobie Gillis" but I have noticed this happens quite a bit. >>>>

The question that began this thread was about shows that changed names during their original runs, but since we've ventured into programs that were rechristened for the syndication market, here are a couple I remember:

"The Dick Van Dyke Show" was called "The Dick Van Dyke Daytime Show" (it was called that while original episodes were still running in the evening on the network...once they stopped making new episodes, the syndicated version was simply called "The Dick Van Dyke Show").

"Happy Days" was "Happy Days Again" ...same rationale as the Van Dyke Show.

Each "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" was re-packaged into two half-hour episodes in the late 70's/early 80's and shown as "We Love Lucy."

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You are thinking of "Open House" that was evolved from "Duet". It was also the only show in history where the lead and the supporting roles switched!

Technically, this happened on Happy Days. Richie was originally supposed to be the lead character, but as popularity of the Fonz took off this situation switched, somewhat. But when Ron Howard left the show, Fonz being the lead was pretty much the case.

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What about when Family Matters became the Urkel Show?