American Bandstand
New Edition / Romeo Void / Flock of Seagulls (video)
TV Flash files “New Edition / Romeo Void / Flock of Seagulls (video)” as the first listed hour of season 28 — American Bandstand (1952–1989) on WFIL-TV/ABC, season 28, episode 1, aired 1984-09-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S28E01: listed hour 2616 of 2821 in the American Bandstand guide, first listed hour of season 28. It aired 1984-09-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Bangles / Icicle Works” (S27E43). Next is “Scandal / Patrice Rushen / Peter Wolf (video)” (S28E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does New Edition / Romeo Void / Flock of Seagulls (video) sit in the American Bandstand guide?
S28E01 is listed hour 2616 of 2821 — first listed hour of season 28, season 28 episode 1.
When did American Bandstand S28E01 air?
New Edition / Romeo Void / Flock of Seagulls (video) aired 1984-09-01 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Clark's national ABC years: rate-a-record, the dance floor, a guest act paying court. The after-school machine is the point, not a plot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
American Bandstand is Dick Clark's after-school dance floor: kids rating records, stars paying court, payola-era survival skills. Watch it now as the machine that nationalized teen music culture — a Philadelphia floor that taught labels TV could sell singles overnight, and made the host a perpetual industry power broker.
Distribution first: local WFIL-TV Philadelphia, then national ABC from 1957. Dick Clark's after-school floor. **2,821 episodes, 33 seasons**, 1952–1989 in the long count. Kids on camera rating records, artists paying court (often lip-synced), Rate-a-record as participatory UI, dance crazes as the weekly SKU. That is not a sock hop. That is a distribution channel disguised as a dance floor. Rex can hymn the jukebox. The metric is overnight singles.
Filed against
- Dick Clark as Host
Dick Clark made American Bandstand an after-school dance floor with national reach — kids rating records, stars paying court, payola-era survival skills, a Philadelphia machine that taught labels television could sell singles overnight.…
Also in season 28
- S28E02 Scandal / Patrice Rushen / Peter Wolf (video)
- S28E03 Janet Jackson / Lakeside / Lindsay Buckingham (video)
- S28E04 Gary U.S. Bonds / Psychedelic Furs / Wham! (video)
- S28E05 Y & T / O'Bryan / The Fixx (video)
- S28E06 Sparks / Karen Kamon / Billy Ocean (video)
- S28E07 Billy Ocean / Deborah Allen / Tina Turner (video)