I'm willing to guess this next entry from NBC's Special Treat might've also served as a pilot for a possible spin-off series, which, unfortunately, didn't come to fruition.
KidsTown USA aired in September 1983, with Nancy McKeon (The Facts of Life, The Puppy's Great Adventures) co-hosting with David Saunders. They're in Chicago, meeting some local kids, who get to visit the set of "Sixteen Candles" and what was then Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox.
Since this is 1983, Casey Kasem (American Top 40, America's Top 10, Scooby-Doo, etc.) takes us in and out of commercial breaks.
I honestly think NBC blew it by not following up. And if you think the rainbow portion of the KidsTown logo looks familiar, well, it might be co-opted from The Today Show.
No rating.
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