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Dennis Weaver starred in the best known ABC Movie of the Week, Steven Spielberg's Duel, which premiered in Canada November 10, 1971, was telecast in the United States three days later and had a theatrical release in Europe in early 1973. It eventually had an American theatrical release April 22, 1983.
Dennis Weaver starred in the best known ABC Movie of the Week, Steven Spielberg's Duel, which premiered in Canada November 10, 1971, was telecast in the United States three days later and had a theatrical release in Europe in early 1973. William Dennis Weaver ( June 4[[ 924]] &ndash February 24 2006) was an Emmy Award -winning American Actor, best known for Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Duel is a 1971 Television movie about a motorist (played by Dennis Weaver) on a remote and lonely road being stalked by a large Tanker truck Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. It eventually had an American theatrical release April 22, 1983. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)

The ABC Movie of the Week was a weekly television anthology series, featuring made-for-TV movies, that aired on the ABC network in various permutations from 1969 to 1976. An anthology series is a radio or television series that has a different story and a different set of characters in every episode The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The year 1969 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1969. The year 1976 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1976

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History

The series was the brainchild of young executive Barry Diller, then head of prime time programming at ABC (and later a cofounder of the Fox network). Barry Diller (born 2 February 1942 is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp and the media executive responsible for the creation of Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland Operating on a small budget but featuring the work of talented producers like Aaron Spelling and David Wolper (both of whom later developed hit series of their own), the Movie of the Week helped energize the made-for-TV movie format with fresh story concepts, veteran TV actors and potent production values. Aaron Spelling' (April 22 1923 – June 23 2006 was an American film and Television producer. David Lloyd Wolper (born January 11, 1928) in New York City, New York) is one of the most successful and influential producers in the entertainment The attention-grabbing opening titles were animated with a groundbreaking slit-scan process. The slit-scan photography technique is a photographic and cinematographic process where a moveable slide into which a slit has been cut is inserted between the

The Movie of the Week provided ABC (long a distant third in the ratings) with a bona fide hit and, along with Monday Night Football, helped establish the network as a legitimate competitor to rivals CBS and NBC. Monday Night Football ( MNF) is a Live television broadcast of the National Football League. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The films themselves varied in quality and were often escapist or sensationalistic in nature (suspense, horror and melodrama were staples), but some were critically well-received. Escapism is mental diversion by means of Entertainment or Recreation, as an "escape" from the perceived unpleasant aspects of daily stress. Sensationalism is a manner of being extremely Controversial, loud or attention grabbing The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Melodrama refers to theatre in which music is used to increase the spectator's emotional response or to suggest character types Duel (1971), based on a Richard Matheson short story from Playboy, was director Steven Spielberg's first feature film, catapulting his career and enabling him to move from television to theatrical films. Duel is a 1971 Television movie about a motorist (played by Dennis Weaver) on a remote and lonely road being stalked by a large Tanker truck Richard Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American Author and Screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer.

The "alphabet network" earned five Emmys, a prestigious Peabody Award and citations from the NAACP and American Cancer Society for an airing of Brian's Song in 1972. The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential Civil rights organizations The American Cancer Society ( ACS) is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to Brian's Song is a 1971 made-for-TV movie recalling the details of the life of Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan) a white The 1971-1972 season of the series finished as the fifth highest rated series of the year.

Original airtime

The cover shows the Zuni Doll from Trilogy of Terror.
The cover shows the Zuni Doll from Trilogy of Terror. Trilogy of Terror (also known in the United States as Tales of Terror and Terror of the Doll) is a three part television horror

The Movie of the Week originally aired on Tuesday nights at 8:30 pm ET. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America Beginning with the 1971 season, ABC added a second Movie of the Week on Saturday night and adjusted the titles of the shows to the Movie of the Week and Movie of the Weekend. The following season, the Saturday installment was moved to Wednesday night, and the titles were adjusted to Tuesday Movie of the Week and Wednesday Movie of the Week.

The opening for the Saturday Movie of the Weekend featured footage of a silhouetted "rotating cameraman" operating a 35 mm movie camera ([1]). A silhouette is a view of some object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior with the silhouette usually being black 35 mm film is the basic Film gauge most commonly used for both still Photography and Motion pictures, and remains relatively unchanged since its This article is about motion picture film cameras See Video camera for cameras which record images electronically This footage would later be incorporated into the opening of ABC's New York City television station WABC-TV's various movie umbrellas beginning around 1972-73, including and especially their weekday afternoon movie showcase The 4:30 Movie. The City of New York A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area WABC-TV, channel 7 is the flagship station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 73 was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. The 430 Movie was a Television program that aired weekday afternoons on WABC-TV (Channel 7 in New York from 1968 to 1981.

Theme music

The Movie of the Week theme music was an instrumental version of "Nikki", a song composed by Burt Bacharach and named for his daughter. Burt Bacharach (ˈbækəræk born May 12, 1928) is an American Pianist and Composer.

TV series pilots

The series was often used as a platform to show pilots for possible series for the network. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. Shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man, Starsky and Hutch, Longstreet and Marcus Welby, M.D. premiered here. The Six Million Dollar Man is an American Television series about a fictional Cyborg working for the OSI (which was usually said to refer Starsky and Hutch (usually written as Starsky & Hutch) is a 1970s US Television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot Longstreet is an American crime drama series that was broadcast on the ABC in the 1971-1972 season (see 1971 in television) Marcus Welby MD is a popular Medical drama that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969 to July 29, 1976

End

The series proper ended in 1976. After that, ABC's made-for-TV movies were either aired as stand-alone specials or shown in series that included both original and theatrical movie presentations. The series was documented by Michael Karol in his 2005 book, The ABC Movie of the Week Companion (ISBN 0-595-35836-5).

Filmography

  • Daughter of the Mind (1969)
  • Gidget Grows Up (1969)
  • Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969)
  • In Name Only (1969)
  • Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) - series pilot
  • Arsenic and Old Lace (1969)
  • Seven in Darkness (1969) (First ABC-TV "Movie of the Week" to be broadcast. In Name Only is a 1939 Romantic film starring Cary Grant, Carole Lombard and Kay Francis. Marcus Welby MD is a popular Medical drama that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969 to July 29, 1976 )
  • The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969)
  • The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
  • The Immortal (1969) - series pilot
  • The Monk (1969)
  • The Young Lawyers (1969) - series pilot
  • Three's a Crowd (1969)
  • Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969)
  • Along Came a Spider (1970)
  • Carter's Army (1970)
  • Crowhaven Farm (1970)
  • Dial Hot Line (1970)
  • Death Car on the Highway (1973)
  • How Awful about Allan (1970)
  • Mister Jerico (1970)
  • Night Slaves (1970)
  • Quarantined (1970)
  • Run, Simon, Run (1970)
  • The Challenge (1970)
  • The House That Would Not Die (1970)
  • The Love War (1970)
  • The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (1970)
  • The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
  • The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
  • The Young Country (1970)
  • Tribes (1970)
  • Weekend of Terror (1970)
  • Wild Women (1970)
  • A Little Game (1971)
  • A Taste of Evil (1971)
  • Alias Smith and Jones (1971) - series pilot
  • Assault on the Wayne (1971)
  • Brian's Song (1971)
  • Earth II (1971)
  • Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971)
  • Deadly Dream (1971)
  • Death Takes a Holiday (1971)
  • Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)
  • Dr. The Over-the-Hill Gang is a 1969 TV-movie Western Comedy about aging Texas Rangers starring Walter Brennan and Pat O'Brien The Ballad of Andy Crocker is the title of a 1969 American made-for-television film which was first broadcast by ABC. The Immortal is an American Television series, which aired on ABC from September 1970 to January 1971. Ambrosio or the Monk is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis which first appeared in 1796. The Young Lawyers was a television drama that was aired in the United States by the ABC network as part of its 1970-71 lineup Three's a Crowd is an American Television Sitcom spinoff of Wake Me When The War Is Over is a 1969 American comedy made-for-TV Film starring Ken Berry and Eva Gabor Along Came A Spider is the first Novel in a series of books written by James Patterson, about black Forensic psychologist Alex Cross For the paramilitary group see Black Brigades Black Brigade is the DVD release title of the Television movie For other uses see Quarantine (disambiguation Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation typically to contain the spread of something Tribes also known as "The Soldier Who Declared Peace" (UK is a 1970 Television film, broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week Alias Smith and Jones is a Western Television series on ABC from 1971 to 1973 Brian's Song is a 1971 made-for-TV movie recalling the details of the life of Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan) a white Death Takes a Holiday ( 1934) is a romantic Fantasy film produced by Paramount Pictures. Cook's Garden (1971)
  • Duel (1971)
  • Escape (1971)
  • Five Desperate Women (1971)
  • The Glass Hammer (1971)
  • Hitched (1971)
  • In Broad Daylight (1971)
  • In Search of America (1971)
  • Longstreet (1971) - series pilot
  • Love Hate Love (1971)
  • Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971)
  • Mr. Duel is a 1971 Television movie about a motorist (played by Dennis Weaver) on a remote and lonely road being stalked by a large Tanker truck Longstreet was the title of a television movie that served as the pilot for Longstreet (TV series ( 1971 - 1972) and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971)
  • Owen Marshall, Counsellor at Law (1971) - series pilot
  • Revenge (1971)
  • River of Gold (1971)
  • See the Man Run (1971)
  • Suddenly Single (1971)
  • Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971)
  • The Birdmen (1971)
  • The Death of Me Yet (1971)
  • The Devil and Miss Sarah (1971)
  • The Failing of Raymond (1971)
  • The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971)
  • The Forgotten Man (1971)
  • The Last Child (1971)
  • The Reluctant Heroes (1971)
  • The Sheriff (1971)
  • The Trackers (1971)
  • Thief (1971)
  • Two on a Bench (1971)
  • What's a Nice Girl Like You. . . ? (1971)
  • Yuma (1971)
  • A Great American Tragedy (1972)
  • All My Darling Daughters (1972)
  • Call Her Mom (1972)
  • Every Man Needs One (1972)
  • Family Flight (1972)
  • Getting Away from It All (1972)
  • Gidget Gets Married (1972)
  • Goodnight, My Love (1972)
  • Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
  • Home for the Holidays (1972)
  • Lieutenant Schuster's Wife (1972)
  • Moon of the Wolf (1972)
  • Night of Terror (1972)
  • No Place to Run (1972)
  • Playmates (1972)
  • Pursuit (1972)
  • Rolling Man (1972)
  • Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972)
  • Second Chance (1972)
  • Short Walk to Daylight (1972)
  • That Certain Summer (1972)
  • The Astronaut (1972)
  • The Couple Takes a Wife (1972)
  • The Crooked Hearts (1972)
  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972)
  • The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972)
  • The Heist (1972)
  • The Longest Night (1972)
  • The Night Stalker (1972)
  • The People (1972)
  • The Rookies (1972)
  • The Screaming Woman (1972)
  • The Victim (1972)
  • The Weekend Nun (1972)
  • Two for the Money (1972)
  • When Michael Calls (1972)
  • Women in Chains (1972)
  • A Summer Without Boys (1973)
  • Beg, Borrow, or Steal (1973)
  • Blood Sport (1973)
  • Class of '63 (1973)
  • Death Race (1973)
  • Deliver Us from Evil (1973)
  • Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
  • Dying Room Only (1973)
  • Female Artillery (1973)
  • Firehouse (1973)
  • Go Ask Alice (1973)
  • Guess Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1973)
  • Hijack (1973)
  • Isn't It Shocking? (1973)
  • Legend in Granite (1973)
  • Letters from Three Lovers (1973)
  • Linda (1973)
  • Maneater (1973)
  • Message to My Daughter (1973)
  • Money to Burn (1973)
  • My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973)
  • Ordeal (1973)
  • Outrage (1973)
  • Pioneer Woman (1973)
  • Runaway! (1973)
  • Satan's School for Girls (1973)
  • Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)
  • She Cried Murder (1973)
  • She Lives! (1973)
  • Shirts/Skins (1973)
  • Snatched (1973)
  • The Affair (1973)
  • The Alpha Caper (1973)
  • The Bait (1973)
  • The Cat Creature (1973)
  • The Chill Factor (1973)
  • The Connection (1973)
  • The Devil's Daughter (1973)
  • The Gift of Terror (1973)
  • The Girl Most Likely to... (1973)
  • The Girls of Huntington House (1973)
  • The Great American Beauty Contest (1973)
  • The Letters (1973)
  • The Man Without a Country (1973)
  • The Night Strangler (1973)
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)
  • The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) - series pilot
  • The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)
  • The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973)
  • The Third Girl from the Left (1973)
  • Toma (1973)
  • Trapped (1973)
  • Trouble Comes to Town (1973)
  • What Are Best Friends For? (1973)
  • You'll Never See Me Again (1973)
  • A Cry in the Wilderness (1974)
  • All the Kind Strangers (1974)
  • Bad Ronald (1974)
  • Betrayal (1974)
  • Can Ellen Be Saved? (1974)
  • Cry Panic (1974)
  • Death Cruise (1974)
  • Death Sentence (1974)
  • Get Christie Love! (1974) - series pilot
  • Heat Wave! (1974)
  • Hit Lady (1974)
  • Hitchhike! (1974)
  • Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974)
  • Hurricane (1974)
  • It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974)
  • Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974)
  • Killdozer (1974)
  • Live Again, Die Again (1974)
  • Locusts (1974)
  • Mrs. Gidget is a character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenage daughter Kathy in his 1957 novel Gidget the Girl with Big Ideas. That Certain Summer is a 1972 American Television movie directed by Lamont Johnson. The Night Stalker was a Made for television movie which aired on ABC in 1972 about an investigative reporter played by Darren McGavin, Go Ask Alice is a controversial 1971 book about the life of a troublesome teenage girl(age 14-16 she writes in the diary for about three years drug user Scream Pretty Peggy is an American Television movie directed by Gordon Hessler. The Girl Most Likely to is a Dark comedy written by Joan Rivers and starring Stockard Channing and Edward Asner. Ricardo Muñoz Ramírez (born February 29, 1960, in El Paso Texas) is a convicted American Serial killer awaiting execution The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published Novel written by Oscar Wilde, first appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine The Six Million Dollar Man is an American Television series about a fictional Cyborg working for the OSI (which was usually said to refer This article is about the movie picture For information on original story see Killdozer! (story. Sundance (1974)
  • Murder or Mercy (1974)
  • Nakia (1974)
  • Only with Married Men (1974)
  • Panic on the 5:22 (1974)
  • Planet Earth (1974)
  • Pray for the Wildcats (1974)
  • Scream of the Wolf (1974)
  • Shootout in a One-Dog Town (1974)
  • Skyway to Death (1974)
  • The California Kid (1974)
  • The Day the Earth Moved (1974)
  • The Death Squad (1974)
  • The Elevator (1974)
  • The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974)
  • The Godchild (1974)
  • The Gun (1974)
  • The Hanged Man (1974)
  • The Last Angry Man (1974)
  • The Mark of Zorro (1974)
  • The Morning After (1974)
  • The Rangers (1974)
  • The Sex Symbol (1974)
  • The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
  • The Stranger Within (1974)
  • This Is the West That Was (1974)
  • Thursday's Game (1974)
  • Unwed Father (1974)
  • Where Have All the People Gone? (1974)
  • Winter Kill (1974)
  • Wonder Woman (1974) - series pilot
  • Starsky and Hutch (1975) - series pilot
  • A Cry for Help (1975)
  • Barbary Coast (1975)
  • Dead Man on the Run (1975)
  • Hey, I'm Alive (1975)
  • Huckleberry Finn (1975)
  • Let's Switch! (1975)
  • Matt Helm (1975) - series pilot
  • Mobile Two (1975)
  • Promise Him Anything (1975)
  • Returning Home (1975)
  • Satan's Triangle (1975)
  • Someone I Touched (1975)
  • The Abduction of Saint Anne (1975)
  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)
  • The Desperate Miles (1975)
  • The Family Nobody Wanted (1975)
  • The First 36 Hours of Dr. The California Kid is a 1974 TV Movie starring Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow, Nick Nolte, Michelle Phillips, Gary The Last Angry Man is a 1959 film which tells the story of a journalist who profiles the life of his physician uncle The Mark of Zorro was a made-for-TV movie released in 1974 and Backdoor pilot for a TV series which ABC-TV declined to pick up it was basically a The Morning After was a 1974 ABC Made for television movie starring Dick Van Dyke and Lynn Carlin. The Stranger Within is a 1974 Science fiction film that premiered on ABC on October 1 1974 as the ABC Movie of the Week. Thursday's Game (also known as The Berk) is a Television movie comedy written by James L Starsky and Hutch (usually written as Starsky & Hutch) is a 1970s US Television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot Matt Helm is a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton. Durant (1975)
  • The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975)
  • The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
  • The Missing Are Deadly (1975)
  • The Nurse Killer (1975)
  • The Trial of Chaplain Jensen (1975)
  • Trilogy of Terror (1975)
  • You Lie So Deep, My Love (1975)
  • Brenda Starr (1976)
  • Bridger (1976)
  • Death at Love House (1976)
  • High Risk (1976)
  • Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976)
  • Panache (1976)
  • The Great Ice Rip-Off (1976)
  • The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976)
  • Time Travelers (1976)
  • Twin Detectives (1976)

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