Long Lived Network Shows That Quickly Died in Syndication

[jwk1979]

TVLand chops shows and they still run long (and, as a result, they keep getting further and further off the posted schedule throughout the day). I'd rather they keep the show intact and stay on schedule - even if that means no epilogue. They could always post epilogues for recent shows on the website (which might build more traffic).

As a Tivo/DVR user I have come to avoid TVLand because shows are always clipped (sometimes I get half of one show and half of another). Much as I love ol' Ang and Barn, it's not worth the hassle.

I remember seeing TAGS on television before TV Land starting showing it and recall them being shown with scenes being cut from them as far back as the late '80s, especially when the stations were showing what looked new, prestine copies of TAGS, years before TV Land ever came into existance.

 

[jwk1979]

I don't know about that - seems like TV Land (like their other Viacom brethren) does a lot of chopping in order to shorten the shows. This permits the inclusion of extra ads.

Everybody wants to lay the blame on TV Land but scenes were being cut from TAGS years before it appeared on TV Land and even before TV Land became a network. Brand new, pristine copies of Andy Griffith were being shown as early as the late '80's with both the epilogues and entire scenes cut from them.

 

[azumanga]

...does anybody recall ever seeing Police Woman in syndication?...

In the Tampa Bay area, WTSP carried "Police Woman" weekdays sometime in the mid-1980s (I think around 1984 or 1985). During the 1980s, the station ran action dramas in the afternoon, including "The Streets of San Francisco", "Cannon" and "Hawaii Five-O".