If the show aired starting in 1976, why do the first couple of episodes say copyright 1974? And then the next episodes say 1975?
Unless they shot the episodes a year before they aired??
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No one can really say how long the project was in development before it finally reached the airwaves, so my guess is the copyright was obtained in its early stages.
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The first two episodes were shot in late 1974 as a pilot presentation for the networks. ABC, CBS, and NBC all passed on the project. At that point Norman Lear decided to try and sell it as a first-run syndicated series. It took nearly another year to get it off the ground.
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