To expand on the discussion about how CBS handled the 1977-1978 Amazing Spider-Man series: After reading references to the show being bumped all over the place, I found some details. It looks like Season 1 was actually consistent!
After the September 14, 1977 pilot movie, the show itself ran Wednesdays at 8:00 P.M. EST beginning April 5, 1978. Then things got a little off kilter.
Season 2 premiered September 5 at 8:00 P.M. EST, and the next episode debuted the following week at the same day and time. This was against the killer ABC combo of Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, by the way.
Then for some reason The Paper Chase moved into that slot, and Spidey didn't return until Saturday, November 25, once again at 8:00. The following Tuesday, CBS put Rhoda and Good Times at that hour for a couple weeks, then ran specials until December 30, when Spidey finally came back.
The show took another hiatus until Wednesday, February 7, but the week after that, the network ran Valentine's Day specials. Spidery returned February 21, but then he vanished again as CBS slotted Married: The First Year at 8:00 EST on Wednesdays.
The final episode, the two-part "The Chinese Web," aired July 6, leading off Friday night. Everything else that evening, including lead-out Dallas, was a rerun.
My conclusion is that the series had a steady time slot for its first handful of episodes in Spring 1978, but when it returned in Fall, it never had a chance to establish its second season. CBS did appear to be holding back episodes for some reason rather than attempting to build it out as a successful ongoing series.
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