The SFM Holiday Network was an 'occasional'
network
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from
SFM Media which aired on holiday weekends (such as the
4th of July
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,
Christmas
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, etc.) from 1978 until 1991.
The network would usually clear 88% of the U.S.
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History
After the success of the Mobil Showcase Network
The Mobil Showcase Network, also known as Mobil Showcase or Mobil Showcase Theatre, was an occasional or ad hoc television network from 1976 to 1984 with an ad hoc group of stations.
Background
A Mobil Oil media expert, Herb Schmertz, wrote cann ...
, SFM Media launched its own occasional network, SFM Holiday Network in 1978.[ In 1983, the Network started its season in March with 150 stations.][
]
Format
Popcorn magnate Orville Redenbacher
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hosted the show (his company was a main sponsor of the Holiday Network), in special segments with his grandson. The theme song used for many of the SFM Holiday Network broadcasts, including the commercial "bumpers", was Johnny Pearson
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's "Heavy Action "Heavy Action" is a piece of music composed by Johnny Pearson. Composed in 1970, and featuring a strong brass fanfare opening, "Heavy Action" soon became a well established sporting theme tune, most associated in the United Kingdom as the theme for ...
", which was also used as the instrumental theme for ''Monday Night Football
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''.
Programs
SFM would arrange for programming by giving part of the advertising to the movie companies, while the station would get about half the ad time. SFM would end up with 7.5 to 15 minutes of advertising time to sell for each 2 to 3 hour movie.[
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See also
*Mobil Showcase Network
The Mobil Showcase Network, also known as Mobil Showcase or Mobil Showcase Theatre, was an occasional or ad hoc television network from 1976 to 1984 with an ad hoc group of stations.
Background
A Mobil Oil media expert, Herb Schmertz, wrote cann ...
*Fourth television network
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External links
SFM Entertainment official site
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References
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1978 American television series debuts
1991 American television series endings
American motion picture television series
First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
1970s American television series
1980s American television series
1990s American television series