Syndicated reruns in prime time

[nomadcowatbk]

In Boston WBZ(then NBC) ran reruns of Golden Girls before first run eps on that same show. They also pre-empted Blossom with Different World reruns.
WCVB pre-empted Hangin with Mr Coooper with Cosby Show reruns.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

KSL is Salt Lake City is show the syndie reruns of 30 Rock instead of the Playboy Club

 

[ShawnHill1]

WTMJ had a habit of bumping NBC primetime shows in favor of sitcom reruns over the years; as an example, A Different World was replaced on Thursday nights by Newhart, but aired Sundays leading into NBC Nightly News.

 

[bpatrick]

Birmingham used to be notorious for this. WBRC ran "Marshal Dillon" (the
half-hour "Gunsmoke" episodes) at various times, and I've known it to
delay "Love, American Style" in order to show "Big Valley" on Friday nights;
it also showed the hour-long "Gunsmoke"s on Tuesdays and delayed "Three's
Company" and (I guess) "Soap."

WBMG (WIAT) delayed the first half-season of "All In The Family" (when it
aired Tuesdays at 8:30 CT) in favor of "Felony Squad." One positive note:
Ch. 42 aired "AITF" on Saturdays at 6 (CT), so when CBS moved the show
to Saturdays at 7 (CT) in the fall of '71 we were already in the habit of
watching it on Saturdays. "Rat Patrol" was another show that was rerun at
various times on Ch. 42 in primetime.

When I first moved to Greenville, SC in 1968 WSPA was running "Time Tunnel"
Wednesdays at 7:30 and delaying "Lost In Space" to Saturdays at 5. Ironically,
ABC very nearly renewed "Time Tunnel" for the 1967-68 season and from what I
understand was going to put it Wednesdays at 7:30; however, Irwin Allen didn't
want to compete against himself.

 

[tvnewsspecialist]

In the 1990s around 1997/1998 WSYX-TV ABC affiliate in Columbus, OH pre-empt "Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place" and "Norm" for Seinfield reruns.