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Off net syndication, channel ? had it first......

Just for starters:

In Houston, TX:
Everybody Loves Raymond:KHCW (now KIAH)
Fresh Prince of Bel Air:KTXH
Star Trek (original series):KVVV (Channel 16, now defunct)
M*A*S*H:KHOU
The King of Queens:KRIV
 
In New York City:
Seinfeld:WPIX
Scrubs:WNYW/WWOR
My Wife and Kids:WPIX
Home Improvement:WNYW
Everybody Loves Raymond:WPIX

In Los Angeles:
Seinfeld:KTLA
Everybody Love Raymond:KTLA
Jerry Springer:KCAL
Star Trek:KTLA
Roseanne:KCOP
All in the Family:KTTV
The Brady Bunch:KTTV
Frasier:KCOP

In Chicago:
The Cosby Show:WFLD
Fresh Prince of Bel Air:WPWR
Scrubs:WFLD/WPWR
Star Trek TNG:WPWR
Cheers:WGN
Star Trek:WFLD
Taxi:WFLD
Steve Wilkos:WGN
Home Improvement:WFLD
Frasier:WFLD
Married With Children:WMAQ

so far...
 
In Pittsburgh, WIIC-11 [now WPXI] was the first to show "I Love Lucy" while the first incarnation of WPGH-53 [part of US Communications] was the first to show "Star Trek" and "Gilligan's Island".
 
In Milwaukee:

Seinfeld: WVTV
Home Improvement: WISN
Jerry Springer: WTMJ
Frasier: WVTV
The Cosby Show: WISN
Roseanne: WVTV
Cheers: WITI
M*A*S*H: WISN
Married with Children: WCGV
Baywatch: WCGV
 
To add on L.A.:

The Cosby Show: KCOP
Star Trek: The Next Generation: KCOP
Three's Company: KTTV
That '70s Show: KCOP
Cheers: KTLA
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: KNBC
The Bob Newhart Show: KNBC
The Dukes of Hazzard: KCOP
Growing Pains: KCOP
The Jeffersons: KTTV
The Golden Girls: KCAL
Taxi: KTLA
Barney Miller: either KCBS or KCOP
M*A*S*H: KTTV
CHiPs: KTLA
Knight Rider: KTLA
Hunter: KTLA
Hart to Hart: KHJ (KCAL)
Baywatch: KCOP
Little House on the Prairie: KTLA
 
ShawnHill1 said:
To add on L.A.:

The Cosby Show: KCOP
Star Trek: The Next Generation: KCOP
Three's Company: KTTV
That '70s Show: KCOP
Cheers: KTLA
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: KNBC
The Bob Newhart Show: KNBC
The Dukes of Hazzard: KCOP
Growing Pains: KCOP
The Jeffersons: KTTV
The Golden Girls: KCAL
Taxi: KTLA
Barney Miller: either KCBS or KCOP
M*A*S*H: KTTV
CHiPs: KTLA
Knight Rider: KTLA
Hunter: KTLA
Hart to Hart: KHJ (KCAL)
Baywatch: KCOP
Little House on the Prairie: KTLA

That takes me back! Growing up it was "the Cosby Show" on KCOP 13 at 5 against the "Golden Girls" on KCAL 9. Wow.
 
Pittsburgh:

M*A*S*H: WTAE
All in the Family: WTAE
Happy Days: WPXI
Laverne & Shirley: WTAE
Three's Company: WTAE
WKRP in Cincinnati: WTAE
Taxi: WPXI
Good Times: WPXI
Cosby Show: WPXI
Cheers: WTAE
Mary Tyler Moore Show: WPXI
Bob Newhart Show: WPGH
Newhart: WPGH
Dukes of Hazzard: WPGH
Who's the Boss?: WTAE
Growing Pans: WTAE
Welcome Back, Kotter: WTAE
Alice: WPGH
The Jeffersons: WPGH
One Day at a Time: WPGH
Diff'rent Strokes: WPGH
Facts of Life: WPGH
Golden Girls: WTAE
Night Court: WTAE
The Simpsons: WPGH
Roseanne: WPGH
 
Tyler/Longview, TX

Star Trek: KLMG (KFXK), or it could have been KLTV.
MASH: KLTV
Cheers: KLTV
Frasier: KLTV
Barney Miller: KLTV
WKRP: KLTV
Different Strokes: KLTV
Dallas: KLTV
The Jeffersons: KLTV
Cosby Show: KETK
Roseanne: KFXK
Growing Pains: KETK
Golden Girls: KETK
Empty Nest: KFXK

DFW
Star Trek: KXTX
Cheers: KTVT
Barney Miller: KTXA
MASH: KTXA
Sanford and Son: KTVT
Mary Tyler Moore Show: KXTX
Frasier: KTXA
All in the Family: KDFW
Dukes of Hazzard: KTVT
Chips: KTVT
Happy Days: KTVT
Laverne and Shirley: KTVT
Growing Pains: KTVT

And much much more from both markets..
 
stdjsb25 said:
Roseanne: KFXK
DFW

MASH: KTXA

"MASH" ran for several years on KXAS before it moved over to KTXA. There was a period of a year or so when it ran on both stations, with the early seasons on KXAS and the later seasons on KTXA.
 
Orlando:

Benson: WOFL
Dukes of Hazzard: WOFL
Empty Nest: WOFL
Family Matters: WOFL
Family Ties: WOFL
Gimme A Break: WOFL
Hawaii Five-O: WOFL
Hunter: WOFL
Knight Rider: WOFL
MASH: WDBO (WKMG)
Perfect Strangers: WKCF
Rhoda: WMOD (WOTF)
The Wonder Years: WKCF
Three's Company: WDBO (WKMG)
 
A few more for L.A.:

Happy Days: KTLA (was called Happy Days Again)
Laverne and Shirley: KTLA (as Laverne and Shirley and Company)
Twilight Zone: KHJ I'm pretty sure
My Favorite Martian: Has been on all 4 (at the time independent) VHF stations at one time or another but I think KTTV was the first)
Taxi: KTLA
Get Smart: KCOP
 
Birmingham:

I Love Lucy---WBRC-6
Andy Griffith---WAPI (WVTM)-13
Beverly Hillbillies---WAPI
Gomer Pyle, USMC---WAPI
Gilligan's Island---WBMG (WIAT)-42
Perry Mason---WBRC
M*A*S*H---WAPI
Barney Miller---WVTM
Married...with Children---WBMG
Cosby Show---WTTO-21
Happy Days (Again)---WAPI
Laverne and Shirley---WBRC
Three's Company---WVTM
Carol Burnett and Friends---WAPI
Oprah---WVTM
Jerry Springer---WVTM
Wheel of Fortune (syndicated)---WBRC
Family Feud (70's syndicated)---WAPI
Mary Tyler Moore---WAPI
Good Times---WBMG
Maude---WAPI
Benson---WBRC
Seinfeld---WBRC
Cheers---WDBB-17/WNAL-44 (17 is now a full-power repeater of WTTO; 44 is now ION affiliate WPXH)
Night Court---WBRC
Odd Couple---WBRC
All in the Family---WAPI
 
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