History Series / AmericanBandstand

* ChannelHop: From ABC to syndication in 1987. ABC cut AB to 30 minutes in 1986; as it had been frequently pre-empted for other programming for some time, Dick decided to leave the network after three decades and 2751 episodes. The syndicated run returned to a full hour and ran from 9/19/87-6/4/88. After a year-plus hiatus, it moved to USA in April 1989 and stayed until AB ended that October.

* TheAnnouncer: Charlie O'Donnell, who would later become famous as the announcer of ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and ''Series/TicTacDough'', among others.

* ''The $10,000 {{Pyramid}}'' and successor series

* ''New Year's Rockin' Eve,'' an annual special where Clark would host the dropping of the ball at midnight in Times Square on New Year's Eve. It started in 1972 and has continued right up to this day; however, the 2012 edition was Clark's final TV appearance.

** ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'''s ''Corny Collins Show'' is based on it, and the 2007 film confirms that yes, Creator/BrittanySnow may well have been there (being the lead dancer on both).

As the host of this dance show on Creator/{{ABC}}, Creator/DickClark became known as "America's oldest teenager". '''''American Bandstand''''' originated in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, and went national in 1957. It was a weekday show until 1963, when it switched to Saturdays only. In 1987, the show left ABC for FirstRunSyndication, where it lasted only one year before moving to the Creator/USANetwork, where it ended in 1989.

* LongRunner: 37 years, 9/52 – 10/7/89.

* TitleThemeTune: "Bandstand Boogie", originally by Les Elgart and his Orchestra.

As the host of this dance show on Creator/{{ABC}}, Creator/DickClark became known as "America's oldest teenager". '''''American Bandstand''''' originated in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, and went national in 1957. It was a weekday show until 1963, when it switched to Saturdays only. In 1987, the show left ABC for syndication, where it lasted only one year before moving to the Creator/USANetwork, where it ended in 1989.

* TitleThemeTune: "…On the Bandstand! (Bandstand!)"

As the host of this dance show on Creator/{{ABC}}, Creator/DickClark became known as "America's oldest teenager". '''''American Bandstand''''' originated in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, and went national in 1957. It was a weekday show until 1963, when it switched to Saturdays only. In 1987, the show left ABC for syndication, where it lasted only one year.

* TheAnnouncer: Charlie O'Donnell, who would later become famous as the announcer of ''Series/WheelOfFortune''.

** ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}'''s ''Corny Collins Show'' is based on it, and the 2007 film confirms that yes, Creator/BrittanySnow may well have been there (being the lead dancer on both).

** ''{{Hairspray}}'''s ''Corny Collins Show'' is based on it, and the 2007 film confirms that yes, Creator/BrittanySnow may well have been there (being the lead dancer on both).

* TransAtlanticEquivalent: ''TopOfThePops''. (''American Bandstand'' is likely part of the reason why an attempt to launch an American ''Top of the Pops'' didn't work.)

* TransAtlanticEquivalent: ''TopOfThePops''

* LongRunner: 37 seasons.
* ReunionShow: The 40th- and 50th-anniversary specials, both airing in their respective years from the Philadelphia show’s start in 1952.

As the host of this dance show on Creator/{{ABC}}, Creator/DickClark became known as "America's oldest teenager". ''American Bandstand'' originated in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, and went national in 1957. It was a weekday show until 1963, when it switched to Saturdays only. In 1987, the show left ABC for syndication, where it lasted only one year.

* ''New Year's Rockin' Eve,'' an annual special where Clark would host the dropping of the ball at midnight in Times Square on New Year's Eve. It started in 1972 and has continued right up to this day; however, the 2012 edition was Clark's [[AuthorExistenceFailure final TV appearance]].

* ShowWithinAShow: It actually served as one in the short-lived series ''Series/AmericanDreams'' (with contemporary artists playing the roles of classic acts from TheSixties).
** ''{{Hairspray}}'''s Corny Collins Show is based on it, and the 2007 film confirms that yes, Creator/BrittanySnow may well have been there (being the lead dancer on both).

* TransAtlanticEquivalent: ''TopOfThePops''

* ''New Year's Rockin' Eve,'' an annual special where Clark would host the dropping of the ball at midnight in Times Square on New Year's Eve. It started in 1972 and has continued right up to this day; however, the 2012 edition became Clark's [[AuthorExistenceFailure final TV appearance]].

* ShowWithinAShow: It actually served as one in the short-lived series ''Series/AmericanDreams'' (with contemporary artists playing the roles of classic acts from TheSixties)

* InvisibleBackupBand: Could be seen for many solo acts, since they were lip-syncing.

* TitleThemeTune: ''...On the Bandstand! (Bandstand!)''

* ''New Year's Rockin' Eve,'' an annual special where Clark would host the dropping of the ball at midnight in Times Square on New Year's Eve. It started in 1972 and has continued right up to this day; however, the 2012 edition was Clark's [[AuthorExistenceFailure final TV appearance]].

* ''New Year's Rockin' Eve'', an annual special where Clark would host the dropping of the ball at midnight in Times Square on New Year's Eve. It started in 1972 and has continued right up through 2012.

[[caption-width-right:298:DickClark during the series' early years.]]

As the host of this dance show on Creator/{{ABC}}, DickClark became known as "America's oldest teenager". ''American Bandstand'' originated in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, and went national in 1957. It was a weekday show until 1963, when it switched to Saturdays only. In 1987, the show left ABC for syndication, where it lasted only one year.