Performing on local radio, they soon landed their own network series in 1931.

In 1976, the show was regarded as an ambitious project with the biggest budget ever for a commercial network series.

He has consistently turned down television offers, including a network series.

It is notoriously difficult to make money producing a network series.

But in a network series, a few interesting twists can often be enough to bring the viewer back.

Neither led to the sale of a prime-time network series.

Episodes are brought in for about half the normal cost of a prime-time network series.

At least 20 network series could be called ensemble shows.

But daring as the show was, it also bowed to certain requirements for a network series.

There are no huge hits among the new crop of network series in the 2006-7 season.