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« on: August 08, 2021, 11:52:30 PM »
I didn't get to see NODS until it appeared on the CBS late movie several years later. I don't remember why I didn't see it during the original run. It may not have come to a local theater. The advertising, as KMR points out, was spotty at best. I didn't see the familiar poster art until years later. What appeared in the local papers were small ads, with the catchphrase Just another night of terror. I know that MGM sent Grayson and Sam on a promotional tour but coverage seemed to be largely in newspaper articles. Unlike HODS, where Frid and other cast members appeared on local talk shows and showed film clips. Perhaps MGM was counting on the series to act as cross promotion.
This seems to be around the time that Warner Brothers purchased Paperback Library. Paperback Library had previously been publishing mostly gothic/romance titles. Once Warner Brothers took over, they seemed to move in a different direction. Also, after the series was canceled, they may well have decided that it was no longer worth the licensing fee