Season 12 Battys: Complete List of Nominees and Winners!

We hope you enjoy our Season 12 Battys, live from The Man's garage! If you haven't listened to the episode, posted yesterday, please do so before reading the following list of categories, nominees, and WINNERS! 

Winners are in BOLD below!

OUTSTANDING YOUTH: Gary Coleman, Kim Fields, Tammy Lauren (The Kid with the Broken Halo); Adam Rich (Dungeons and Dragons); Big Bird (Sesame Street)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AS ONESELF: Jim McKay, Peter Jennings, Carl Lewis (1984 Summer Olympics); Donny, Marie, George Gobel (Donny and Marie); Robin Leach, Charlene Tilton, Julio Iglesias (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous); Dick Clark, Ed McMahon, Joyce Brothers, Nancy McKeon, Philip McKeon (TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes)

BIGGEST EXASPERATION: Kenny O’Malley (Dan August); Archie Bunker (All in the Family); Paul Lynde (Donny and Marie); Philip McKeon, the news reporter who got the Golden Bloopers…award (TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes); Joe (Rhoda); The Man (Chico and the Man)

OUTSTANDING HAIR:  Chico (Chico and the Man); Michael Douglas, Michael Lerner (Streets of San Francisco); Sally Knevette, Jacqueline Pearce, Gareth Thomas (Blake’s 7); Marie Osmond (Donny and Marie); Luis (Sesame); Tina Louise (Gilligan's Island); Joan Collins (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous)

OUTSTANDING FACIAL HAIR: Freddie Prinze, Jack Albertson (Chico and the Man); Rob Reiner (All in the Family); Gordon (Sesame Street); Billy Dee Williams (Dan August); Harold Gould (Streets of San Francisco); Richard Masur (Rhoda)

BIGGEST DOPE: Eric (Dungeons and Dragons); Gilligan (Gilligan's Island); Meathead (All in the Family); all the dope fueling the rich and famous (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous); Konstantin Cherenenko (1984 Summer Olympics); Arthur Lavery (Streets of San Francisco); Julie McNulty (Kid with the Broken Halo)

OUTSTANDING HEEL:  Kenny O’Malley (Dan August); Paul Lynde (Donny and Marie); Mary Decker and Zola Budd (1984 Summer Olympics); Archie Bunker (All in the Family); Rex Riley (Streets of San Francisco); Ed and Dick (TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes); Dorothea Powell (Kid with the Broken Halo)

OUTSTANDING VILLAIN: Imposter Mr. Howell (Gilligan's Island); Venger (Dungeons and Dragons); Space Commander Travis, Servalan (Blake’s 7); The System (Chico and the Man, Kid with the Broken Halo); Fred Bowers (Dan August); Lynn Chase (Streets of San Francisco)

OUTSTANDING NON-HUMAN: Michael, Blake (Kid with the Broken Halo); Uni, Dungeon Master (Dungeons and Dragons); Zen (Blake’s 7), Kermit, Cookie, Grover, Bert, Ernie, Count (Sesame Street); Alien Visitor (1984 Summer Olympics); Bathtub (Chico and the Man)

OUTSTANDING DUO: Bert and Ernie (Sesame Street), Donny and Marie, Chico and the Man, Ed and Dick (TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes), Stone and Keller (Streets of San Francisco), Rhoda and Joe (Rhoda), the Howells (Gilligan's Island)

OUTSTANDING BURT/BERT (Listener Award #1): Burt Reynolds (Dan August), Burt Mustin (Rhoda), Bert (Sesame Street)

(Voting ended in tie, winner determined by random number generator)

OUTSTANDING THEME SONG (LYRICS): All in the Family, Donny and Marie ("May Tomorrow Be a Perfect Day"), Chico and the Man, Gilligan’s Island, Sesame Street

OUTSTANDING THEME SONG (INSTRUMENTAL):  All in the Family (end theme), 1984 Olympics, Dan August, Lifestyles ("Come with Me Now" by Bill Conti), Rhoda, Dungeons and Dragons, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Blake’s 7, Streets of San Francisco

OUTSTANDING SONG: “All Night Long” (1984 Summer Olympics); “I Just Want to Celebrate” (Donny and Marie); John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt," "What’s the Name of That Song?, “I’m Going Somewhere,” “Sing” Sesame Street

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING FEMALE: Julie Kavner, Nancy Walker (Rhoda);  Ena Hartmann (Dan August); Maria (Sesame Street); Jan Chappell (Blake's 7); Sally Struthers (All in the Family)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING MALE: Robert Guillaume, Mason Adams, Georg Stanford Brown (Kid with the Broken Halo); Rob Reiner (All in the Family); Norman Fell (Dan August); Harold Gould, Richard Masur (Rhoda); Scatman Carothers (Chico and the Man); Jim Backus, Russell Johnson (Gilligan’s Island); David Jackson (Blake’s 7); Bob, Gordon, David (Sesame Street)

OUSTANDING GUEST PERFORMER: Mickey Rooney, David Soul, Billy Dee Williams, Harrison Ford (Dan August); Burt Mustin (Rhoda); Milton Berle (Donny and Marie); Penny Marshall, Ralph Manza (Chico and the Man); Harold Gould, Michael Lerner, Barbara Baxley (Streets of San Francisco)

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER NAME (Listener Award #2): Rudy Desautel (Kid with the Broken Halo), Dan August (Dan August), Nick Lobo (Rhoda), Roj Blake (Blake’s 7), Count von Count (Sesame Street)

(Voting ended in tie, winner determined by random number generator)

OUTSTANDING SEPTET: The 7 of Blake’s 7, the castaways of Gilligan’s Island, the kids from Dungeons and Dragons

OUTSTANDING FEMALE:  Sally Knevette, Jacqueline Pearce (Blake’s 7), Tina Louise, Dawn Wells, Natalie Schaefer (Gilligan's Island); Valerie Harper (Rhoda); Jean Stapelton (All in the Family)

OUTSTANDING MALE:  Gary Coleman (Kid with the Broken Halo); Carrol O’Connor (All in the Family); David Groh (Rhoda); Freddie Prinze, Jack Albertson (Chico and the Man); Bob Denver, Alan Hale (Gilligan's Island); Burt (Dan August); Mike and Karl (Streets of San Francisco), Gareth Thomas (Blake's 7); Luis (Sesame Street)

BEST EPISODE: All in the Family, “Archie and the Bowling Team,”; 1984 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremonies; The Kid with the Broken Halo; Dan August, “The Manufactured Man;”  Donny and Marie, “September 24, 1976, TV Hall of Fame;” Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, “Charlene Tilton/Julio Iglesias;” Rhoda, “The Honeymoon;” ; Dungeons and Dragons, “In Search of the Dungeon Master;” Chico and the Man; Chico and the Van; TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, “Philip McKeon/Joyce Brothers;” Gilligan’s Island, “Will the Real Mr. Howell Please Stand Up?;” Blake’s 7, "Pressure Point;" Streets of San Francisco, “The Takers;” Sesame Street, ‘Sing-along in Ernie and Bert’s Bathroom.”

BEST SHOW: All in the Family, Dan August, Donny and Marie, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Rhoda, Dungeons and Dragons, Chico and the Man, TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, Gilligan’s Island, Blake’s 7, Streets of San Francisco, Sesame Street

ROBERT PINE GENIUS AWARD: Paul Darrow (Blake's 7)

Tomorrow on Battle of the Network Shows...

 

Battys Season 11 Listener Choice Awards are here! Vote now!

It's the most wonderful time of the year, and by that we mean Batty Season is here! Of course we will cap off Season 11, our most interactive yet, with a ceremony that includes two listener-voted awards! Please leave your choice for the two awards below in the comments below, email us mailbag@battleofthenetworkshows.com, or vote in our official Facebook group. Voting is open until 6:00 AM EST on Saturday, November 18.

OUTSTANDING DUO (Note: Rick and Mike are NOT eligible for this award):

Sonny and Cher (Sonny and Cher)

John Tesh and Mary Hart (Entertainment Tonight)

Jennifer and Jonathan Hart (Hart to Hart)

Starsky and Hutch (Starsky and Hutch)

Bobby and Pam Ewing (Dallas)

Robert Urich and Oprah (Star-Spangled Celebration)

And though we decided on the show that the series covered on our 1983 NBC episode would not be eligible for competitive Battys, we have to recognize that one somehow. So we have created this special audience-voted award:

MOST RIDICULOUS PREMISE OF NBC'S 1983 FALL SCHEDULE:

A man turns himself into various animals (Manimal)

60 Minutes is vulnerable enough that we can program another newsmagazine against it (First Camera)
A super-intelligent orangutan becomes a government operative (Mr. Smith)

Two young, single guys hire a gorgeous live-in maid for their apartment (We Got It Made)
A glamorous deceased movie star comes back as a ghost to mentor a teenage boy (Jennifer Slept Here)

Wyatt Earp's descendants work as carnival rousters and bounty hunters (The Rousters)

Tomorrow on Battle of the Network Shows...

 

Batty History: Looking at "the big winner" each season

One way of looking at the big winner of a given Battys is counting up total awards. However, in a competition that includes prizes for facial hair, some might argue the outstanding series and outstanding episode trophies are most important. When the same show wins both in the same ceremony, it is arguably the big winner of the season. 

Let's take a look at past Battys and see who won Episode and who won Series:

1: CHiPs (Episode), The Incredible Hulk (Series)

2: Search (Episode), Magnum P.I. (Series)

3: Three's Company (Episode), Taxi (Series)

4: Late Night with David Letterman (Both)
5: Best of the West (Episode), Hill Street Blues (Series)

6: Cheers (Both)

7: Doctor Who (Episode), Miami Vice (Series)

8: Columbo (Both)

9: The Rockford Files (Both)

So the last two, 3 of the last 4, and 4 of the last 6 have had a double winner at the end of the night. Will Season 10 continue the trend and yield one big winner that can earn both awards? 

Also note that a special or a movie has never won for best episode. Will that streak end this season with, say, High School USA? Bob Hope's Tahoe special? The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town? Find out soon!

Season 10 Batty LISTENER AWARD voting is now open!

As is tradition, we will include a couple of listener-voted awards on our upcoming Season 10 batty Awards episode to go with the ones that Mike and I determine. Below are the two for your consideration! You can vote by leaving a comment here, emailing us at mailbag@battleofthenetworkshows.com, or joining our Facebook group (or just visiting if you are already a member

Without further ado, here are the Season 10 Batty Listener Awards:

Listener Award #1: Best Friends Award
This Batty is for the outstanding besties who displayed their friendship in an episode we discussed on the podcast this season!

Nominees:

Kip and Henry (Bosom Buddies)
Spider-Man, Firestar, Iceman (Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends)
Charles Ingalls and Isiah Edwards (Little House on the Prairie)
Mac and Enright (McMillan and Wife)

Garry Shanding and Jeff Goldblum (It's Garry Shandling's Show)

Listener Award #2: Missing in Action Award

This Batty is for the regular character in a series who was not featured in an episode we covered and whose presence was missed the most.

Nominees:

Aunt May (Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends)

Jonathan Garvey  (Little House on the Prairie)

Mr. McFeely (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)

Mrs. Naugatuck (Maude)

Emmanuel Lewis (Bob Hope Specials)

Voting will be closed Saturday, so please participate as soon as you can so you don't miss your chance to be part of the biggest night in retro TV podcasting!

Season 9 Batty Awards By the Numbers

Today I'm taking one last look (uh, for now) at the Season 9 Battys. I thought the list of Batty wins by show was interesting:

Rockford Files: 5
Fantasy Island: 2
Battlestar: 1
Alice: 2
SCTV: 2 (NOTE: Not counting non-competitive categories Genius Award and the all-SCTV Best SCTV Cast Member Award)
Battlestar: 1
Rudolph and Frosty: 1
The Master: 1
The Munsters: 1

Killdozer, Soul Train, Baseball Bunch, Thundarr = 0

(The PSA episode earned 3 Battys for various spots we covered)

Also, I want to acknowledge the comments on Tuesday's post pointing out the biggest upset on the show may have been Battlestar winning for its theme song (the only category it won!) over iconic tunes like Rockford and Munsters. I think the one thing people are passionate about above all else is theme songs!

Finally, after the show, Mike thought of one other snub, a massive one that makes me question the sanity of the Blue Ribboners: C-3PO and R2-D2 could have been--many might think should have been--considered for Outstanding Non-Human for their work in the PSA episode. Our apologies to the two legendary performers.

Season 9 Batty Awards: In Memoriam

Here for the record and also as one more tribute to some of those in the TV world we lost is the list of names we read in the Batty Awards show for Season 9. Rest in Peace.

Bruce Kirby
Cloris Leachman
Cicely Tyson
Allan Burns
Frank Lupo
Irv Cross
Jim Crockett Jr.
Roger Mudd
Henry Darrow
Jessica Walter
Larry McMurtry

Walter Olkewicz
James Hampton
Felix Silla
Billie Hayes
Norman Lloyd
Charles Grodin
Paul Soles
Arlene Golonka
Douglas Cramer
Clarence Williams III
Ned Beatty
Larry Gelman

Gavin McLeod
Frank Bonner
Anne Beatts
Herb Schlosser
Ed Asner
Willard Scott
Markie Post
Jane Withers
William Smith
Charlie Robinson
Paul Orndorff
Jackie Mason

Ron Popeil
Bobby Eaton
Art Metrano
Michael Constantine
Irma Kalish
Jay Sandrich
David DePatie
Alan Kalter
Val Bisoglio
William Lucking
Joanna Cameron
Peter Scolari
Dean Stockwell

Season 9 Battys: Complete list of winners and nominees

Thanks again for a great season 9! Here is the list of nominees (winners in bold) for the Ninth Batty Awards (Warning: SPOILERS ahead if you haven't yet listened to the show)!

OUTSTANDING YOUTH: Eddie Munster (The Munsters), Sam (Baseball Bunch), Kate (Baseball Bunch), The "angry youth" from the "Talk It Out" PSA, Alfonso Ribiero ('Who Broke My Window?" PSA)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AS ONESELF: Dick Van Dyke (Fire safety PSAs), Johnny Bench (Baseball Bunch), Chet Lemon (Baseball Bunch), Don Cornelius (Soul Train), Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy "Hitman" Hearns (Anti-drug-trafficking PSA), Ed Asner (RIF PSA)

OUSTANDING HAIR: Clint Walker (Killdozer), Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica), Lily Munster/Yvonne DeCarlo (The Munsters), Thundarr (Thundarr the Barbarian), Gretchen Corbett (Rockford Files), Eugene Levy (SCTV)

OUTSTANDING HAIRPIECE: Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island), Lorne Greene (Battlestar Galactica), Polly Holliday (Alice), John Calicos (Battlestar Galactica), Rick Moranis as George Carlin (SCTV)

OUTSTANDING FACIAL HAIR: Lee van Cleef (The Master), Dave Thomas as G. Gordon Liddy (SCTV), Robert Walden (Rockford Files), Murdock (Mini-Munsters), The Chicken (Baseball Bunch)

OUTSTANDING DOPE: Robert Webber (Rockford Files), Robert Walden (Rockford Files), Mel (Alice), Lt. Chapman (Rockford Files), Zontar (SCTV), Sarott (Thundarr), Max/Timothy Van Patten (The Master)

OUTSTANDING VILLAIN: Winterbolt (Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July), Cylons (Battlestar Galactica), Murdock (Mini-Munsters), Satan (Fantasy Island), Killdozer (Killdozer), Voltak (Thundarr), Robert Pine (The Master)

OUTSTANDING NON-HUMAN: Rudolph (Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July), Frosty (Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July), Herman (Munsters), Grandpa (Munsters), Killdozer, The Chicken (Baseball Bunch), Timer (PSAs)

THEME SONG (LYRICS): Alice, Baseball Bunch, Soul Train

THEME SONG (INSTRUMENTAL): The Master, SCTV, Rockford Files, Battlestar Galactica, Thundarr, Munsters, Fantasy Island

OUTSTANDING SONG: "Who Broke My Window," (PSAs) "Work It Out," (PSAs); Emotions “Best of My Love,” Maze “While I'm Alone” (Soul Train); Don't Let the Parade Pass You By," "You're Everything I Ever Wanted," "No Bed of Roses" (Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July)

LISTENER AWARD #1: Outstanding SCTV cast member: John Candy, Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Dave Thomas, Bonar Bain

LISTENER AWARD #2: Outstanding catchphrase: Kiss my grits (Alice), He got blowed up real good (SCTV), De plane, boss (Fantasy Island), Stow it (Alice) I'm Don Cornelius wishing you love, peace, and soul (Soul Train), Lords of light and Demon dogs (Thundarr)

(Note: voting ended in a tie, so the RNG determined the winner)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING FEMALE: Gretchen Corbett (Rockford Files), Polly Holliday (Alice) Beth Howland (Alice), Mabel King (The Master), Carol Lynley (Fantasy Island), Arlene Golonka (Fantasy Island),

OUTSTANDING FEMALE: Linda Lavin (Alice), Yvonne DeCarlo (Munsters), Princess Ariel (Thundarr), Andrea Martin (SCTV), Anne Lockhart (Battlestar Galactica), Laurette Spang (Battlestar Galactica) 

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING MALE: Joe Santos (Rockford Files), Noah Beery (Rockford Files) Vic Tayback (Alice), Herve (Fantasy Island), Carl Betz (Killdozer), Adam West (Fantasy Island), Herb Jefferson (Battlestar Galactica), Al Lewis (Munsters) (Note: determined by RNG)

OUTSTANDING MALE: James Garner (Rockford Files), Lee Van Cleef (The Master), Fred Gwynne (Munsters), Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island), Client Walker (Killdozer), Lorne Greene (Battlestar Galactica), Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica, Dirk Benedict (Battlestar Galactica), 

BEST EPISODE: SCTV “Zontar” Alice "Mel's Recession."  Baseball Bunch “Chet Lemon,” The Master “Fat Tuesday,” Soul Train "Frankie Beverly & Maze/The Emotions," The Munsters "The Treasure of Mockingbird Heights," Fantasy Island "The Devil and Mandy Breem/Instant Millionaire," Thundarr "City of Evil,” Battlestar Galactica "The Hand of God," Rockford Files "The Oracle Wore Cashmere"

BEST SHOW: Rockford Files, SCTV, Alice, Baseball Bunch, The Master, Soul Train, The Munsters, Fantasy Island, Thundarr, Battlestar Galactica

ROBERT PINE GENIUS AWARD: Joe Flaherty (SCTV)

Season 9 BATTY Awards

Live on tape from Jim Rockford's trailer in beautiful Malibu, California, the Season 9 BATTY Awards honor the best from season 9 in categories ranging from outstanding non-human and best facial hair to outstanding lead actor and actress and best show! Join us for the excitement as we determine the winners on air!

Check out this episode!

Tomorrow on Battle of the Network Shows...

 

BOTNS Art Project: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad After Party

Have you ever wondered what happens at a BATTY Awards After Party? Wonder no more. Here, we present the evidence as illustrated by Art Hondros.

I've had an idea like this in mind probably since we started the podcast, thinking of those great Jack Davis TV Guide covers, MAD magazine, movie posters, and album covers. Nine seasons in, we've gathered quite a cast of characters to fill it, and if you're a regular listener, you know this event only scratches the surface.

I've known Art Hondros for years now through the local comics scene, and we collaborated on a comic in the past. He brought everything I expected of course: talent, attention to detail, enthusiasm, cooperation, humor, and--this might sound funny as an expectation--exceeding expectations. He also brought a few of his own ideas. In fact, he finished this in March, but we held it back because he had suggested adding Rockford and Tattoo, and we didn't want to spoil their then upcoming appearances.

As far as process goes, I gave wrote a script of sorts, breaking down the scene into different groupings. Rick added a few suggestions, and I sent that to Art along with reference images. He sent me some preliminary work, we offered a few tweaks, and the back and forth a continued a couple more times. One gag didn't come to me until I saw the near-final version, and Art added that (a small but significant item).

"Pro tip" from me: you can't beat accidentally choosing the right person for the job, too. Art said this in one of our early e-mail exchanges about the project: "For someone who strives for the standard of MAD Magazine artists’ panoramas, it’s a dream come true."

Now have you ever wondered where you can get your hands on this stunning piece? Well, wonder no more! You can find it on everything from shirts to pillows to wall art right here at our TeePublic store. I plan to go for the wall art myself.

Season 8 Battys by the Numbers

 We hope you all enjoyed the latest installment of The Biggest Night in Vintage TV Podcasting! Here is a look at the eighth Batty Awards...by the numbers:

Awards won by show: Columbo (6), Brady Bunch (4), Greatest American Hero (4), Newhart (2), Night of 100 Stars (2), Duck Tales (1), Wide World of Sports (1), Tucker's Witch (1)

Way more than 100: Number of stars on Night of 100 Stars
Way more than 100: Number of people who, years later, claimed to be Little Rascals

82: Page of the lost manual that would have allowed Bill Maxwell to be a genius 30 years earlier

21: Total number of categories

15: Number of major operations Evel Knievel claimed to have had in his career
13: Number of sharks in the tank over which he jumped in his ill-fated 1977 rehearsal for a live TV special
1: Number of Battys won by Knievel

11: Nominations without a win for 60 Minutes

5: Number of nominees from the same show in one category (tie): 60 Minutes (Outstanding Performance as Oneself) and Night of 100 Stars (Outstanding song)

5) Number of nominees from the same show in one category without any other nominees (Batty record):  Night of 100 Stars (Outstanding song)

3: Season 8 Battys for Mike Lookinland as Bobby Brady
2: Combined career Battys for Betty White, Alan Alda, Ed Asner, and Mary Tyler Moore

2: Number of times Rick referred to Butch from The Little Rascals as Tommy

1: Number of Battys won by animals (not counting Doug Henning's mustache)
0: Number of Battys won by inanimate objects

0: Number of times Ann B. Davis was actually on Columbo
0: Number of times Peter Falk was on The Brady Bunch

0: Number of awards determined by random number generator (a Battys first!)

Too numerous to track: Number of times the hosts criticized the Blue Ribbon Batty Nominating Committee

In Memoriam (from the Season 8 Batty Awards)

Here in print is our In Memoriam list from the Season 8 Battys honoring notables from the BOTNS era we lost. You can check out our video playlist, featuring commercials, promos, and more, by clicking right here!

Joe Ruby
Tom Seaver
Kevin Dobson
Diana Rigg
Road Warrior Animal
Jay Johnstone
Mac Davis
Tom Kennedy
The Amazing Randi
Alex Trebek
Paul Hornung
Herb Solow
Abby Dalton
David Proswe
Warren Berlinger
Pat Patterson
David Lander
Charley Pride
Rod Perry
William Link
Dawn Wells
Tanya Roberts
John Reilly
Tommy Lasorda
Don Robertson
Peter Mark Richman
Gregory Sierra
Larry King

Batty Awards Season 8: The Complete List of Winners and Nominees!

Here is the complete list of categories for the Eighth Batty Awards, including the winners! If you want to find out the results as they happen on the podcast, make sure to listen to the show first!

LIVE on tape from The Stratford Inn (Mike) and the Brady house (Rick): The Season 8 Batty Awards!

(Winners in bold)

OUTSTANDING FASHION DISPLAY (Listener-voted award #1)
The Bradys (Brady Bunch)
Evel Knievel (Wide World of Sports)
Leonard Nimoy as Barry Mayfield (Columbo)
Bill and Pam's matching red plaid shirts and black pants (Greatest American Hero)

OUTSTANDING YOUTH
Huey/Louie/Dewey (Duck Tales)
Bobby Brady (Brady Bunch)
Spanky (Little Rascals Christmas)
Alfafa (Little Rascals Christmas)
Stymie (Little Rascals Christmas)
Ricky Schroeder (Night of 100 Stars)
Allison "Annie" Smith (Night of 100 Stars)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AS ONESELF
Mike Wallace (60 Minutes)
Ed Bradley (60 Minutes)
Morley Safer (60 Minutes)
Patrick Lichfield (60 Minutes)
Andy Rooney (60 Minutes)
Evel Knievel (Wide World of Sports)
James Coburn (Darkroom)
Jim McKay (Wide World of Sports)
Hal Linden (Night of 100 Stars)
Liza Minnelli (Night of 100 Stars)

OUTSTANDING RICK
Rick Tucker/Art Hindle (Tucker's Witch)
Rick Tucker/Tim Matheson (Tucker's Witch)
Dick Loudon (Newhart)

OUTSTANDING MIKE
Mike Brady (Brady Bunch)
Mike Wallace (60 Minutes)
Michael Harris (Newhart)

OUTSTANDING HAIR
Mike Brady (Brady Bunch)
Greg Brady (Brady Bunch)
Connie Sellecca (Greatest American Hero)
William Katt (Greatest American Hero)
Jack Klugman (Poor Devil)

OUTSTANDING FACIAL HAIR
Doug Henning (Night of 100 Stars)
Lionel Richie (Night of 100 Stars)
Jose Ferrer (Newhart)
Santa Claus (Little Rascals Christmas)
Andy Rooney (60 Minutes) (eyebrows)

OUTSTANDING HEEL
Geno Conforti (Poor Devil)
Adam West (Poor Devil)
Old Man Ribbit (Duck Tales)
Bobby Brady (Brady Bunch)
Butch and Da Woim (Little Rascals Christmas Special)
Andy Rooney (60 Minutes)

OUTSTANDING VILLAIN
Christopher Lee (Poor Devil)
Ted Danson (Tucker's Witch)
Space eel (Greatest American Hero)
Barry Mayfield (Columbo)

OUTSTANDING NON-HUMAN
Uncle Scrooge (Duck Tales)
Huey/Louie/Dewey (Duck Tales)
Old Man Ribbit (Duck Tales)
Pitcher on Mayfield's desk (Columbo)
Space eel (Greatest American Hero)
Satan (Poor Devil)
The umbrella (Brady Bunch)
Petey (Little Rascals Christmas)
Dickens (Tucker's Witch)
Black cat (Darkroom)
Kraken (Darkroom)

OUTSTANDING THEME SONG (W/LYRICS)
Brady Bunch, Duck Tales, Greatest American Hero, Poor Devil

OUTSTANDING THEME SONG (INSTRUMENTAL)
Newhart, Darkroom, 60 Minutes, Tucker's Witch, Columbo, Wide World of Sports

OUTSTANDING SONG
Mr. Bojangles by Sammy Davis Jr. (Night of 100 Stars), Oh, No/Lady by Lionel Richie (Night of 100 Stars), Theme from Arthur by Christopher Cross and Dudley Moore (Night of 100 Stars), Disco Medley from fashion segment (Night of 100 Stars), What's My Line by the TV stars (Night of 100 Stars).

OUTSTANDING TRIO (Listener-voted award  #2)
The Brady Boys (Brady Bunch)
The Brady Girls (Brady Bunch)
Huey/Dewey/Louie (Duck Tales)
Larry, his brother Darryl, and his other brother Darryl (Newhart)
Doug Henning/Maureen Stapleton/Ricky Schroeder (Night of 100 Stars)

IN MEMORIAM (Note: We will have a separate tribute post tomorrow)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING FEMALE
Julia Duffy (Newhart)
Nita Talbot (Columbo)
Anne Francis (Columbo)
Ann B. Davis (Brady Bunch)
Barbara Barrie (Tucker's Witch)
Fences AKA Madlyn Rhue (Poor Devil)
Rue McClanahan (Darkroom)
Hope Schwartz (Brady Bunch)

OUTSTANDING FEMALE
Connie Sellecca (Greatest American Hero)
Mary Frann (Newhart)
Florence Henderson (Brady Bunch)
Catherine Hicks (Tucker's Witch)
Jocelyn Brando (Darkroom)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING MALE
Leonard Nimoy (Columbo)
Tom Poston (Newhart)
Will Geer (Columbo)
Bill Morey (Tucker's Witch)
Pat Buttram (Darkroom)
David Carradine (Darkroom)

OUTSTANDING MALE
Barry Williams (Brady Bunch)
Robert Reed (Brady Bunch)
Peter Falk (Columbo)
Tim Matheson (Tucker's Witch)
William Katt (Greatest American Hero)
Robert Culp (Greatest American Hero)
Bob Newhart (Newhart)
James Coburn (Darkroom)
Cyril O'Reilly (Darkroom)

BEST EPISODE
Brady Bunch "The Big Bet," Duck Tales "Once Upon a Dime," Columbo "Stitch in Crime," 60 Minutes 3/13/82, Tucker's Witch "Pilot," Greatest American Hero "The Shock Will Kill Ya," Darkroom "The Partnership/Daisies/Catnip," Wide World of Sports "25th Anniversary Special," Little Rascals Christmas Special, Newhart "Thanksgiving for the Memories," Poor Devil, Night of 100 Stars.

BEST SHOW
Brady Bunch, Wide World of Sports, Columbo, Duck Tales, Greatest American Hero, 60 Minutes, Tucker's Witch, Darkroom, Newhart

ROBERT PINE GENIUS AWARD
Robert Culp

Season 8 BATTY Awards

We celebrate the end of another season with "the most exciting night in retro TV podcasting," the BATTY Awards. As always, the awards include the expected like outstanding male and female performances, the unique like outstanding facial hair and nonhuman, and the downright unexpected--you'll have to listen to find out. Plus, we hand out another Robert Pine Genius Award!

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Batty Awards Season 7 In Memoriam: Video Playlist

In this week's Batty Awards episode, we delivered our traditional tribute to those we've lost since the last time (roughly November 2019-early August 2020).  Remember, this is not comprehensive, and we intend no slight to anyone not on the list.

Here is a video playlist celebrating the work of the names we read on the podcast (and included below). You will see commercials, music, clips, and more! Rest in peace!

D.C. Fontana

Ron Liebman

Rene Auberjonois

Carroll Spinney

Phillip Mckeon

Lee Mendelson

Jack Sheldon

Edd Byrnes

Buck henry

John Karlen

Jim Lehrer

Fred Silverman

Gene Reynolds

Orson Bean

Robert Conrad

Ja'Net DuBois

Earl Pomerantz

Stuart Whitman

Lyle Waggoner

Kenny Rogers

James Drury

Saul Turtletaub

Brian Dennehy

Howard Finkel

Phyllis George

Fred Willard

 Richard Herd

Carl Reiner

Regis Philbin

John Saxon

Wilfred Brimley

Summer Redstone

Raymond Allen

Batty Winners: Season 7

The Biggest Night in Retro TV Podcasting (TM) is over, and the afterparties are (sure to be notorious) history. Let's recap in one location the winners of the Season 7 Batty Awards as announced and determined on this week's podcast:

(All nominees are listed; winners are in bold)

LISTENERS' CHOICE AWARD #1: OUTSTANDING SENIOR CITIZEN
Laszlo (What a Country)*
Cyrus Leffingwell (Murder, She Wrote)

The General (Soap)
Jessica Fletcher (Murder, She Wrote)

Sam Farragut (Pray for the Wildcats)
*Chosen by random number generator after a split listener vote

OUTSTANDING YOUTH:
Raul (Transformers)
Trini (Ginny Ortiz) (321 Contact)
Charo’s “kid”: (Charo)
Simone (Head of the Class)

Eric (Head of the Class)
Billy (Soap)
Judy Jones (Yogi's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper)

OUTSTANDING NON-HUMAN:
The hatchet (Pray for the Wildcats)
The Daleks (Doctor Who)
Davros (Doctor Who)

Optimus Prime (Transformers)
Yogi Bear (Yogi's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper)

Doggie Daddy (Yogi's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper)

Giant Clam (Doctor Who)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AS ONESELF:
Charo (Charo)
Mike Connors (Charo)
Nell Carter (NBC promo)
Henry Winkler (ABC Still the One)
Gene Schultz (321 Contact)

BIGGEST DOPE:
Chester Tate (Soap)
Jeff (Spider-Woman)
“The haul” (Miami Vice)
Ronson (Doctor Who)
Professor Radford (Murder, She Wrote)

OUTSTANDING VILLAIN:
Davros (Doctor Who)
Starscream (Transformers)
Megatron (Transformers)
Sam Farragut (Pray for the Wildcats)
Ben Gibbons (Murder, She Wrote)
Relic (Beachcombers)
*Grocero or Lt. Jones (Miami Vice)

OUTSTANDING FACIAL HAIR:
Mike Connors (Charo)
Edward James Olmos (Miami Vice)
Hector Ramirez (Transformers)
Henry Winkler (ABC Still the One)
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Richard Mulligan (Soap)
Yakov Smirnoff (What a Country)
Nick Adonidas (Beachcombers)

OUTSTANDING HAIR:
Marjoe (Pray for the Wildcats)
William Shatner (Pray for the Wildcats)
Eric (Brian Robbins) (Head of the Class)
Simone (Khrystyne Haje) (Head of the Class)
Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman)

OUTSTANDING SONG:
Jingle Bells (Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper)
Love Will Keep Us Together (Charo)
Smuggler’s Blues (Miami Vice)
The rap song in the bar by Prince Robert (What a Country)
Let’s All Be There (NBC)
Still the One (ABC)
We’ve Got the Touch (CBS)
Black Diamond (Kiss in 321 Contact)

LISTENERS’ CHOICE AWARD #2: OUTSTANDING JESSICA
Jessica Fletcher (Murder, She Wrote)
Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman)
Jessica Tate (Soap)

OUTSTANDING THEME SONG (INSTRUMENTAL):
Miami Vice; Spider-Woman; Murder, She Wrote; Soap; Doctor Who; Head of the Class; The Beachcombers

OUTSTANDING THEME SONG (VOCALS):
What a Country; The Transformers, 3-2-1 Contact

LISTENERS’ CHOICE AWARD #2: OUTSTANDING JESSICA:
Jessica Fletcher (Murder, She Wrote)
Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman)
Jessica Tate (Soap)

OUTSTANDING FEMALE SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE:
Angie Dickinson (Pray for the Wildcats)
Rue McClanahan (Murder, She Wrote)
Elisabeth Sladen (Doctor Who)
Olivia Brown (Miami Vice)

OUTSTANDING MALE SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE:
Edward James Olmos (Miami Vice)
Glenn Frey (Miami Vice)
Robert Guillaume (Soap)
Jackson Davies (Beachcombers)
The Bos (Murder, She Wrote)
Robert Reed (Pray for the Wildcats)
Marjoe (Pray for the Wildcats)

OUTSTANDING FEMALE LEAD PERFORMANCE:
Angela Lansbury (Murder, Whe Wrote)
Katherine Helmond (Soap)
Charo (Charo)
Joan Van Ark (Spider-Woman)
Cathryn Damon (Soap)

OUTSTANDING MALE LEAD PERFORMANCE:
William Shatner (Pray for the Wildcats)
Andy Griffith (Pray for the Wildcats)
Tom Baker (Doctor Who)
Don Johnson (Miami Vice)
Philip Michael Thomas (Miami Vice)
Richard Mulligan (Soap)
Bruno Gerussi (Beachcombers)
Howard Hesseman (Head of the Class)

OUTSTANDING EPISODE: Pray for the Wildcats; Charo; Yogi’s All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper; Miami Vice, “Smuggler’s Blues;” Spider-Woman, Pyramids of Terror; Soap “Pilot;” The Transformers, Auto-Bop and Prime Target; Head of the Class, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming!; What a Country, The Soul Man; The Beachcombers ‘Relic’s Rule;” Murder, She Wrote, “Murder Takes the Bus;” 321 Contact, Light/Dark; Doctor Who “Genesis of the Daleks.”

OUTSTANDING SERIES: Miami Vice, 3-2-1 Contact, Head of the Class, What a Country, The Beachcombers, Murder, She Wrote, Doctor Who, Spider-Woman, Soap, Transformers.

ROBERT PINE GENIUS AWARD: Jeffrey Scott (Spider-Woman)

Season 7 BATTY Awards

BROADCASTING FROM ACROSS ALL TIME AND AND SPACE, BATTLE OF THE NETWORK SHOWS PROUDLY PRESENTS THE SEASON SEVEN BATTY AWARDS! EXPECT THE BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST NAMES OF THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES...AND YAKOV SMIRNOV. AWWW. THRILL AT CLASSIC CATEGORIES LIKE BEST SHOW, BEST EPISODE, AND OF COURSE OUTSTANDING FACIAL HAIR. SQUEAL WITH DELIGHT WHEN CHARO PLAYS A MEDLEY OF THE BEST THEME SONG NOMINEES! AND PRAY THAT NO ONE GETS MURDERED WITH JESSICA FLETCHER AROUND! JOIN US NOW FOR THE SEASON SEVEN BATTY AWARDS!

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