Broadside
Star Actors: Sheila James, Joan Staley, Edward Andrews, Kathleen Nolan, Dick Sargent
Released: September 20, 1964
Total Seasons: 1
Production Cost: $65,000 Per Episode (Depending on Inflation)
In the 60s, male-based drama films were the most popular, so when ABC aired Broadside 1964, it was a welcome for many viewers. The show featured a new wave of women from the Navy who would have been a part of World War II, such as Kathleen Nolan, who played a leading role. The show received good ratings from viewers thus, there was shock and disbelief when the show was removed from the air.
Broadside
After running for 32 episodes, the production company noted they didn’t have enough space to create the theme for the show. Well, maybe there was more to the cut that the team was not telling us as a similar film got a chance to move to Italy to continue filming with a similar theme they noted they couldn’t create for Broadside.
Convoy
Star Actors: John Gavin
Released: September 17, 1965
Total Seasons: 1
Production Cost: $12 Million
Broadside had company in the war-based tv show genre as Convoy was released in the mid-1960s. The NBC-aired film featured Commander Dan Talbot (John Gavin) and his crew as they channeled a cargo ship taking food and other critical supplies to the other troops as they labored in World War II. One major drawback to the film was that it was shot in black and white as they wanted to incorporate old war footage seamlessly. But, viewers were more fascinated by technicolor films that were being released.
Convoy
Convoy, however, didn’t have many ratings from the beginning as it came up short on quality compared to other films that were making the rounds during that time. Viewers were hoping it would be the hit movie they were looking for, instead, it became nothing more than a “dead weight” people could really do without.
