The final 6 episodes of Season 2 (Roy Clark, Leo Sayer, Gilda Radner, Pearl Bailey, Jean Stapleton, and Loretta Lynn) are actually the first 6 episodes of Season 3. While they were aired on ITV immediately following the end of season 2 and there was a hiatus before the rest of Season 3 was aired, they were produced as part of the third season. They use the opening number from Season 3 in which the audience sings the line "Why don't you get things started" in place of a changing Statler and Waldorf line from Season 2. They were aired with Season 3 in all other markets besides their initial ITV airing and were included with Season 3 on all home video releases.
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Reply by superboy97
on January 8, 2022 at 12:47 AM
We list the series based on the way they were first broadcast, not the way they were produced.
So, the question is : how where they broadcasted originally by ITV ?
Based on Rebecca answer in this previous content report, it seems that they were considered as being part of season 2.
Reply by mutantpanda68
on January 8, 2022 at 12:39 PM
As far as I can tell, ITV didn't specify when one season ended and another began. They aired the six episodes in question in the six weeks immediately following the airing of the final episode produced with season 2. They then took a break for the summer and aired the rest of the season 3 episodes in the fall. ITV had previously had a midseason break in airing season 1 with a 3 month gap between episodes 21 and 22.
Since the first run of the series was in syndication, ITV was only the first broadcast for about half the episodes, CBS first broadcast the other half (including the majority of season 2 and season 3). CBS released the episodes interspersed throughout season 3. Every other listing includes the episodes as part of season 3 and they have always been identified as such by The Jim Henson Company and subsequently Disney.
Reply by superboy97
on November 10, 2023 at 2:50 PM
In this snippet from a British newspaper dated from November 2, 1978, it is clearly indicated that the new series (aka season) start on November 17, 1978. And on the November 17, 1978 TV schedule from another newspaper, it is also clearly indicated that this is a new series (aka season).