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[[File:Hot'l Baltimore Promo - from 1975!!|thumb|right|335 px|A promo for the series, obviously a kinescope.]] |
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'''''Hot L Baltimore''''' (sometimes referred to as ''Hot'l Baltimore'' or ''Hot-L Baltimore'') is a 1975 TV adaptation of Lanford Wilson's 1973 off-Broadway play of the same name aired on ABC, developed by Norman Lear. It had garnered controversy due to its cast of characters, which included two prostitutes, an illegal immigrant, and a gay couple (one of network TV's first, in fact), leading ABC to run a disclaimer before the show started. Perhaps because of this, Baltimore's ABC affiliate, WJZ-TV, wouldn't run the program outright, leaving Baltimore citizens to view it on their Washington affiliate, WJLA. When it premiered on January 24th, despite receiving a full marketing campaign, it became Lear's first bomb after a streak of several big hits (CBS' ''All in the Family'', ''Maude'', ''Good Times'', and the just-debuted ''Jeffersons'', and NBC's ''Sanford and Son'') and was cancelled after 13 weeks, with the show's last airing on June 6. Since its run, a kinescoped promo was posted to YouTube on November 14, 2011, and episodes rest at the UCLA archives. The opening title sequence, complete with the disclaimer, was posted to YouTube on August 1, 2021 by user Gilmore Box. |
'''''Hot L Baltimore''''' (sometimes referred to as ''Hot'l Baltimore'' or ''Hot-L Baltimore'') is a 1975 TV adaptation of Lanford Wilson's 1973 off-Broadway play of the same name aired on ABC, developed by Norman Lear. It had garnered controversy due to its cast of characters, which included two prostitutes, an illegal immigrant, and a gay couple (one of network TV's first, in fact), leading ABC to run a disclaimer before the show started. Perhaps because of this, Baltimore's ABC affiliate, WJZ-TV, wouldn't run the program outright, leaving Baltimore citizens to view it on their Washington affiliate, WJLA. When it premiered on January 24th, despite receiving a full marketing campaign, it became Lear's first bomb after a streak of several big hits (CBS' ''All in the Family'', ''Maude'', ''Good Times'', and the just-debuted ''Jeffersons'', and NBC's ''Sanford and Son'') and was cancelled after 13 weeks, with the show's last airing on June 6. Since its run, a kinescoped promo was posted to YouTube on November 14, 2011, and episodes rest at the UCLA archives. The opening title sequence, complete with the disclaimer, was posted to YouTube on August 1, 2021 by user Gilmore Box. |
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Revision as of 03:58, 7 August 2021
Hot'l Baltimore Promo - from 1975!!
A promo for the series, obviously a kinescope.
[[File:HOT_L_BALTIMORE_opening_credits_with_Disclaimer%252C_short-lived_ABC_sitcom.|thumb|right|335 px|The opening titles with disclaimer.]]
Hot L Baltimore (sometimes referred to as Hot'l Baltimore or Hot-L Baltimore) is a 1975 TV adaptation of Lanford Wilson's 1973 off-Broadway play of the same name aired on ABC, developed by Norman Lear. It had garnered controversy due to its cast of characters, which included two prostitutes, an illegal immigrant, and a gay couple (one of network TV's first, in fact), leading ABC to run a disclaimer before the show started. Perhaps because of this, Baltimore's ABC affiliate, WJZ-TV, wouldn't run the program outright, leaving Baltimore citizens to view it on their Washington affiliate, WJLA. When it premiered on January 24th, despite receiving a full marketing campaign, it became Lear's first bomb after a streak of several big hits (CBS' All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, and the just-debuted Jeffersons, and NBC's Sanford and Son) and was cancelled after 13 weeks, with the show's last airing on June 6. Since its run, a kinescoped promo was posted to YouTube on November 14, 2011, and episodes rest at the UCLA archives. The opening title sequence, complete with the disclaimer, was posted to YouTube on August 1, 2021 by user Gilmore Box.