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Movies that wait a long time for broadcast premiere
- Thread starter Iowan
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Though it was finally released on home video in 1988, "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" didn't make its broadcast TV premiere until Thanksgiving 1991 as a "Sears Family Movie" presentation on CBS.
Wasn't it some time in the 70's before Gone with the Wind was shown on network TV?
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anotherguy said:
Yup! 1976 maybe, on NBC in 2 parts on 2 nights, I think. GWTW was still run in select theaters prior to then, IIRC.
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cd637299 said:
So 1976 would have been 37 years after it was in theaters for the first time. It also seems like the Marx Brothers movie Animal Crackers (1930) wasn't shown on network TV until some time in the 70's as well.
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anotherguy said:
Ah yes! Animal Crackers! My brother & I saw this in the theater around 1977.....came to TV in 1980 I wanna say. Whenever they went to commercial or came back (CBS IIRC), they played the "Captain Spaulding" think-music from "You Bet Your Life." Good catch! I have a USA Network print from 1985....I was kinda disappointed; thought the picture would be more pristine than it turned out to be.
My favorite part was Harpo dealing cards....but then again I may have been the only one who felt that way.
Anyway, I think we have a winner here. Anything that took longer than 49+ years, welllll......
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I found the answer on Animal Crackers. It premiered on CBS on July 21, 1979. It was tied up over time due to rights issues. Here is the link with the details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Crackers_(film)#Re-release
I can't think of any offhand, but I'd guess there are possibly some films that were never seen before on TV that have been premiered on TCM that might possibly have been 50 or more years old.
I can't think of any offhand, but I'd guess there are possibly some films that were never seen before on TV that have been premiered on TCM that might possibly have been 50 or more years old.
I'm not surprised. Spielberg wouldn't allow it to be edited and it had that word in it.johnnya2k6 said:
The James Bond films were a good 8-10 years old before they stsarted airing on TV.
Once upon a time, the hit blockbuster films would make their network TV premiere about two, three, maybe four years later. Nowadays, they're all on cable (mostly TBS, FX, and/or TNT).
As for independent stations during the '80s: Some instances, a big movie would run past 10:00 pm and they would show it to conclusion followed by the news.
But in Britain (at least until 1999), ITV whenever they showed a big movie would have to break at 10:00 for News At Ten, followed by two minutes of weather, a five-minute late local news update, and then finally resuming the movie. When Five launched in 1997, they made a promise of not following ITV's lead when it comes to airing their films in primetime.
I wonder if CBC or CTV in Canada used to air movies that would cut into The National or CTV National News (unless if they edited it for time)...
As for independent stations during the '80s: Some instances, a big movie would run past 10:00 pm and they would show it to conclusion followed by the news.
But in Britain (at least until 1999), ITV whenever they showed a big movie would have to break at 10:00 for News At Ten, followed by two minutes of weather, a five-minute late local news update, and then finally resuming the movie. When Five launched in 1997, they made a promise of not following ITV's lead when it comes to airing their films in primetime.
I wonder if CBC or CTV in Canada used to air movies that would cut into The National or CTV National News (unless if they edited it for time)...
The original "Star Wars" trilogy is another prime example.....with "A New Hope" getting airplay on CBS in 1984, "Empire" in 1987 on NBC, and "Return of the Jedi" in the early 1990s also on NBC.
The first seven "Star Trek" movies waited about three to four years each for their broadcast premieres, thankfully. ABC had 1-4 and First Contact, CBS had 5, NBC (the same network that canned the original series) had 6 and Insurrection, Fox had Generations.
If I recall correctly, NBC preempted the premiere of Insurrection twice...once due to the 9/11 attacks, and again when the U.S. attacked Afghanistan. Not sure if NBC ever aired the movie.
The first seven "Star Trek" movies waited about three to four years each for their broadcast premieres, thankfully. ABC had 1-4 and First Contact, CBS had 5, NBC (the same network that canned the original series) had 6 and Insurrection, Fox had Generations.
If I recall correctly, NBC preempted the premiere of Insurrection twice...once due to the 9/11 attacks, and again when the U.S. attacked Afghanistan. Not sure if NBC ever aired the movie.
Popcornflix.com has "Great Movies. Free." Always from Screen Media Ventures, LLC.
Actually, you get what you pay for. Most of the movies aren't very good. All the good ones are on cable channels I don't have.
Columbia Showcase Theater is usually better.
Actually, you get what you pay for. Most of the movies aren't very good. All the good ones are on cable channels I don't have.
Columbia Showcase Theater is usually better.
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