Network TV programs not carried in their star's home market

[spencerkarter85]

There are some cases of network televison programs featuring a hometown person not airing on their local TV station in which the person was born and or later cleared. Here some examples:

WPVI (then WFIL) in Philadelphia didn't carry the early years of Dark Shadows especially the late great stars Grayson Hall and Dennis Patrick were born in Philly. Another example in Boston, Massachusetts DMA where then-ABC station WNAC (now NBC and WHDH) didn't carry the show until 1/13/1969, and ironcially another shows co-stars Terry Crawford and the late Thayer David were born near Boston. Another example when then-ABC (now CBS) affiliate in Louisville, Kentucky WLKY-TV didn't clear the same show either eventhough Roger Davis (who was on Dark Shadows) happens to be a native of Louisville, Kentucky.

Also in Memphis, TN when then-ABC affiliate WHBQ-TV (sadly a FOX O&O) pre-empted American Bandstand from 1972-1984, they didn't get to see residents of Memphis performing on the show like Rick Dees, Rita Cooledge, Slyvers, Anita Ward, and the late Issac Hayes. It was ironic.

Would you give me more examples?

 

[Corky Marlowe]

"Mork And Mindy" was never shown on Ork.

 

[anotherguyTN]

This is a question I've actually wondered about: Was Hogan's Heroes ever shown in Germany or MASH in South Korea?

 

[chrish]

Don't forget the Jay Leno 10:00PM fiasco that almost happened with WHDH-TV where Sunbeam was about to go to war with NBC again.

 

[cd637299]

Don't forget the Jay Leno 10:00PM fiasco that almost happened with WHDH-TV where Sunbeam was about to go to war with NBC again.

Maybe, but that would not have stopped an "indie" in Beantown from grabbing it....

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[Corky Marlowe]

This is a question I've actually wondered about: Was Hogan's Heroes ever shown in Germany?

I remember reading that it was, and they changed anything referring to factories, railroads, bridges, etc. being destroyed, to various innocent pranks being played at those facilities.

The show's German title translated to "A Cage Full Of Heroes".

 

[onairb]

This is a question I've actually wondered about: Was Hogan's Heroes ever shown in Germany?

I remember reading that it was, and they changed anything referring to factories, railroads, bridges, etc. being destroyed, to various innocent pranks being played at those facilities.

The show's German title translated to "A Cage Full Of Heroes".

In the '90s, a German TV network ran the show, replacing the original dialogue with even wilder material that turned it into a farce...plenty of sexual innuendo, and quite a few references to suggestive 'offscreen' events and characters that had nothing to do with the original scripts.

 

[desertv]

This is a question I've actually wondered about: Was Hogan's Heroes ever shown in Germany?

I remember reading that it was, and they changed anything referring to factories, railroads, bridges, etc. being destroyed, to various innocent pranks being played at those facilities.

The show's German title translated to "A Cage Full Of Heroes".

They also took out any spoken references to Nazi Germany (which was verboten in Germany at that time)...e.g. "Heil Hitler" was changed to "adios".

 

[nomadcowatbk]

"Mork And Mindy" was never shown on Ork.

and "Alf" was never shown on Melmac

 

[LKellerIII]

This is a question I've actually wondered about: Was Hogan's Heroes ever shown in Germany?

I remember reading that it was, and they changed anything referring to factories, railroads, bridges, etc. being destroyed, to various innocent pranks being played at those facilities.

The show's German title translated to "A Cage Full Of Heroes".

They also took out any spoken references to Nazi Germany (which was verboten in Germany at that time)...e.g. "Heil Hitler" was changed to "adios".

I think that's still the case. Neo-Nazis are regularly arrested and prosecuted in Germany, and IIRC, displaying the swastika is also illegal. I
m surprised the Germans didn't avoid Hogan's Heroes altogether. Needless to say, the Nazi era is a stain on German history that they won't live down any time soon.

Hogan's Heroes began only 2 decades after the end of World War II. Though the 50s film Stalag 17 gave the show a pedigree of sorts, a lot of Americans also had a problem with the concept of comical Nazis.

 

[anotherguyTN]

My dad was a WWII vet and hated Hogan's Heroes, probably because he didn't like the idea of "comical Nazis" either. But he did like MASH, and that was one of the shows we agreed on.

 

[johnnya2k6]

Also in Memphis, TN when then-ABC affiliate WHBQ-TV (sadly a FOX O&O) pre-empted American Bandstand from 1972-1984, they didn't get to see residents of Memphis performing on the show like Rick Dees, Rita Cooledge, Slyvers, Anita Ward, and the late Issac Hayes. It was ironic.

The Timberlake family -- especially little Justin, born in Memphis in 1981 -- must've been one set of angry viewers.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

A of lot of WB and UPN shows (and early Fox) may not have been seen in the home towns of the stars of those shows

 

[Mike Stroud]

My dad was a WWII vet and hated Hogan's Heroes, probably because he didn't like the idea of "comical Nazis" either. But he did like MASH, and that was one of the shows we agreed on.

I bet your Pa was a big fan of Bing Crosby, though, and that's the man he should blame for the whole idea of Hogan. Crosby's production arm was the packager. Obviously, Bing saw something in it many of his followers in the "Greatest Generation" didn't.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Not exactly "not carried" but more of a "we don't care what it looks like"...

High Chaparral was "Tucson's own" series, as it was filmed at Old Tucson.
The first season ('67-'68)--no problem--as it was scheduled Sundays at 10/9,
so Tucson NBC affiliate KVOA-TV cleared it live at 8:00 MT.

For the '68-'69 season, NBC moved it to Friday at 7:30/6:30. Big problem
for KVOA. Weeknight prime aired 6:30-10 and KVOA was notorious in the
1960s for scattering shows all over the place, running delays on 16mm film
(1-2 weeks late) or on tape a week late. And their tape playback looked
pretty bad. They slotted High Chap at 9:00 on Friday--aired on a 16mm
film print either a week or two late. Looked real good on the air (sarcasm).

Tucsonans must have complained, because later in the fall, KVOA began doing
a zero DB on tape, at 9:00. So thoughtful! ;D

By the early '70s, KVOA installed a microwave link to KTAR-TV Mesa and used
KTAR's prime time feed (in pattern tape delay) on air for a number of years.