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Classic TV on Digital Channels

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fred flintstone

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I discovered - by accident - last night that the local ABC affiliate was running two classic shows on one of its digital alternate channels: Branded and The Guns of Will Sonnet. Classic TV on the sub-channels is a great idea. I hope it catches on. This morning, the same station ran a couple of their classic local kids shows.

Has anybody seen digital TV used for classic shows?
 
MVC(Miami Valley Channel)a cable-only operation ran by WHIO-TV airs reruns of "My Little Margie" and black and white episodes of "The Beverly Hillbillies" on weekdays. They should do more instead of the usual infomercial schlock since they no longer have UPN. They used to run the clasic "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" early in the morning a few years ago.

Here's some classic "schtuff" I miss from my childhood I wish they would bring back:

Mike Mercury in "Supercar" (in "supermarionation")

Gigantor (recently caught that on Cartoon Network on demand)

Beany and Cecil (the cold war humor almost rivalled Rocky and Bullwinkle)

Batfink (remember: "Karate..go get the Batlillac!")

Deputy Dawg (this classic Terrytoon had 60s geek kids saying "DAG-NAB IT!" as if it were a household word....ah..innocence is beautiful!)

Classic "Big Time Wrestling" with the old school greats Wild Bull Curry,Thunderbolt Patterson,Haystacks Calhoun, California Hell's Angels,"The(one you loved to hate)Sheik"(and I can go on all day) with Bob Finnegan and Ernie Roth ringside. Best doggone slaptick from back in the day..ironically it used to air live on the former WKTR-TV in Kettering right after The Three Stooges on Friday afternoons. A sydnicated version also aired on the former WSWO-TV in Springfield hosted by Lord Athall Layton with Finnegan as ring announcer and Ernie Roth with a greasepaint mustache as "The Weasel" Sheik's "manager".
 
I think that there should be like a "PBS Classic" digital subchannel. It would have old reruns of classic shows such as Sesame Street, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, The Electric Company, Zoom, 3-2-1 Contact, and shows like that.
 
ssetta said:
I think that there should be like a "PBS Classic" digital subchannel. It would have old reruns of classic shows such as Sesame Street, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, The Electric Company, Zoom, 3-2-1 Contact, and shows like that.
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heck yea!
 
kirkiefan said:
MVC(Miami Valley Channel)a cable-only operation ran by WHIO-TV airs reruns of "My Little Margie" and black and white episodes of "The Beverly Hillbillies" on weekdays. They should do more instead of the usual infomercial schlock since they no longer have UPN.
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You're a little too late -- MVC's slated to close down tomorrow (12/31).
 
kirkiefan said:
Batfink (remember: "Karate..go get the Batlillac!")
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Batfink is currently showing Saturdays and Sundays 12-12:30 PM on Boomerang..With about 5-6 cartoons per half hour.
 
Re: Classic TV on HD Sub Channels - Not cable

Sorry if I wasn't clear in my original post....

I'm talking about off-air (terrestrial or broadcast) HDTV multiplex channels or sub-channels - not "digital cable."

In the example I gave, VHF channel 6 (WPVI ABC6) and HDTV channel 6.1 ran Nightline. HDTV channel 6.3 continued to run Accuweather. But HDTV channel 6.2 Friday night ran Branded ("All but one man died, there at Bitter Creek. And they say he ran away."), the Guns of Will Sonnett (with Walter Brennan). The next morning HDTV 6.2 ran the station's classic (60s-90s) morning kid's show, Captain Noah and his Magical Ark" - a show once so popular that the station originally preempted the first hour of Good Morning, America to keep showing it. I know that classic shows are a staple of cable/satellite channels (some of which are called "digital channels" on some cable systems).

Right now the HD sub-channels are looking like the worst of AM radio with infomercials, preachers and wall-to-wall weather. Here is a local station brining back some classic shows on its HD sub-channels. (I avoided using the term "HD" in my original posts because while there channels are transmitted in digital format, they are standard definition - 480i). I was curious if any other local off-air broadcasters have put classic TV on their HD sub-channels - or done anything else interesting with them.
 
Branded was originally shown in Black and White.
Sonnett was shot and shown last week in color.
Both were originally aired on ABC - not sure who holds the rights currently.
 
fred flintstone said:
Branded was originally shown in Black and White.
Sonnett was shot and shown last week in color.
Both were originally aired on ABC - not sure who holds the rights currently.
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Last I heard, King World (a part of CBS) owns both shows, and they're given to TV stations as bonuses for buying King World's other TV shows, such as Wheel, Jeopardy and Oprah.

Ironically, Branded is a Goodson / Todman production.
 
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