On This Day: March 24 1980 Flo Premiered on CBS

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Mar 24, 2025

Pete

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: March 24 1980 Flo Premiered on CBS.

On this day March 24 1980 Flo premiered on CBS. The sitcom was a spinoff from the popular show Alice and starred Polly Holliday reprising her role as the sharp-tongued waitress Flo Castleberry. After leaving Mel’s Diner Flo returned to her Texas hometown and bought a roadhouse bar called Flo’s Yellow Rose.

The show ran for 2 seasons with a total of 29 episodes. While it didn’t match the long-running success of Alice it gave fans a closer look at one of the most memorable characters from the...

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