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What shows would YOU like to see in syndication?

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OK, to get back on track here...does anyone know if Bonanza/Gunsmoke is really bringing in good numbers for TV land on weekends? I guess it must be, because they keep doing it.

It sems to go against the grain with what is happening in media today. By that, I mean Bonanza/Gunsmoke must appeal to an aging demo, gonna guess 49+, a demo that radio has discarded, and for that matter, by most TV and cable channels as well. If they are following the "plan", shouldn't they really be doing more 70's comedy and drama? Even 80's, when you think about it. Family Ties was a very well-written show, as an example. I have nothing against programming to upper demos, in fact think it is wrong not to, but why is TV land going against the grain? Do they know something that other cable channels don't?

AMC used to specialize in movies pre-1970. Today, they have completely gone to the opposite spectrum. TCM (Turner) does run more old films, but even there I am seeing them reacting to AMC, with new titles.

From someone in the 35-54 demo, I would like to see the best of the old stuff, and the best of the 70's and 80's as well. One of my favorite movies is "Double Indemnity" from 1944, a couple of decades before I was even born. If it is good, it is good!

I guess I just don't understand the mentality of these networks. Why not stop trying go "young", and instead go "quality"?
 
Thanks for getting this topic back on topic instead of making it the Insult Hour.

I think it would be great to have 1-2 cable networks focusing on TV shows from the 50s through the late 70s and early 80s. And mix it up with the sitcoms and quality dramas.
For 80s, I'm thinking of the quality shows, such as St. Elsewhere, Hill STree Blues, Highway to Heaven, Lou Grant (late 70s).

IMHO, there would be many viewers of programs they watched when they were younger. Or for those like me who enjoy quality shows.

Like another poster on another board used in his signature: Music: the older, the better. I would rephrase it this way: TV and Music: the older, the better.

Not every program or channel has to be programmed only for the young ( i.e. below 50 years of age). CNN and other networks garner large numbers of older viewers.
 
Sgt Bilko. Funny as hell and can't see it anywhere anymore.

The Jack Benny Show

Ozzie & Harriott

The Jackie Gleason Show on a network with a wider reach & audience.

Gary Begin
 
Some of the smaller "networks" (besides the Big 4 and PBS) could consider airing some of these old shows one or two nights a week. There must be enough shows from the 50's to air one nite of the week and from the 60's-70's as well. Or are there? Why not air them during 'slow" periods as opposed to airing mindless reruns?
 
...my top choice would be the package of "Dave Allen at Large" that Time-Life edited from the early '70s BBC originals circa '79-'80. Unfortunately, Allen himself had the BBC withdraw the material sometime around 1992. I caught three eps that I have on VHS, and they're *still* funnier than Benny Hill ever dreamt of being (and the closing gag sequence in KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, with the news anchorman being able to watch the couple making out on the living room couch through the picture tube, was directly stolen from an Allen show dated 1972!)...
 
Hi I am new to this particular site. It's great. How about Grindl, Hank, Camp Runamuck, Mr. Terrific, Harrigan and Son,The Tycoon, Valentines Day, NYPD ( The Original) or the Hathaways. We will never see any of these.
 
This may be a longshot,but since viewing the You Tube digital resoration of a kinescope clip of Howdy Doody..one may ask: "How about restoring the entire kinescope(and videotaped latter year)archives of the series?

Nick Jr. would be a good place to insert this classic series and bring back childhood memories for many a babyboomer as myself.

Perhaps network execs could get back to the basics of fun and games and less in yo' face commercial overkill in children's television...and inspire a new generation of producers gearing to what children really need. Sharon,Lois and Bram and Dora The Explorer just barely scratches the surface of what is needed to be done to overhaul children's programming...it can be much better.

Buffalo Bob Smith now up yonder would be pleased. He set the example!
 
The Defenders
My World & Welcome To It
That Was The Week That Was (TW3)
20th Century
Some of the better old 50's westerns (Maverick, Bounty Hunter, etc.)
Any/all of the 50's-60's-70's variety/comedy hours (Gleason, Gobel, Benny, Skelton, Carson, Laugh-In etc.)
 
Beakman's World would be another of my votes.

Also, when possible, it should be an unwritten law that when a series is shown in syndication, the episodes air in the order in which they were originally shown.
 
mbatchelor said:
Lots of good 80s shows aren't being seen - how about "Gimme a Break," "Mr. Belvedere" or St. Elsewhere. Is "The Wonder Years"" still out there? Haven't seen it in awhile.

Also, I'd like to see Diffr'nt Strokes, but don't know if it will ever see the light again, because of the tragic lives of its cast members.
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Diffr'nt Strokes is on Bet or TVOne...Its in a weekday strip along with Malcolm and Eddie.
 
CrankyYankee said:
Beakman's World would be another of my votes.
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Beakman's world is airing in syndication already. Tribune's FOX 61 in Hartford runs it Saturdays 7AM-8AM and WNYW the FOX O&O in NYC airs it Saturdays 12PM-1PM. And it's airing in Espanol on Univision on Saturdays. Tribune was distributing the show. Not sure who is now since Tribune is out of the syndication biz. Good E/I stuff.
 
salemjedi54 said:
mbatchelor said:
Lots of good 80s shows aren't being seen - how about "Gimme a Break," "Mr. Belvedere" or St. Elsewhere. Is "The Wonder Years"" still out there? Haven't seen it in awhile.

Also, I'd like to see Diffr'nt Strokes, but don't know if it will ever see the light again, because of the tragic lives of its cast members.
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Diffr'nt Strokes is on Bet or TVOne...Its in a weekday strip along with Malcolm and Eddie.
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Diff'rent Strokes airs on BET weekdays in two half-hour blocks from 9-10am weekdays, and I think a couple eppies on Saturdays. DS was certainly a GREAT family-friendly sitcom, far more so than the drivelous crap that's all over the danged networks nowadays. It wasn't perfect, but it surely kept my attention...too bad all the childhood cast members had either gotten in legal troubles (Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges), or died from drugs (Dana Plato). I hope BET continues to air DS for awhile, and not yank it off after a few weeks the way Nick-at-Nite did some years ago. NAN is truly just crap anymore anyway...just like the broadcast networks. Same shows that can likely be seen on several other stations, and even on DVD.
 
shows i would like to see in syndication. Crazy Like A fOX, MR. Belverder , in the heat of the night. I found heat of the night while I was visiting my granny this past week on a fox station in Montgomery, Alabama, also would love to see gimmie a break, walking tall the series, small wonder, fall guy, welcome back kotter, marblehead manor, it's a living, cannon, jake and fatman, riptide, streets of sanfrancisco, barnarby jones, hunter, nypd blue, all of these shows would be good to see again.
 
These short lived shows, Flamingo Road a 1980's soap with HOT Morgan Fairchild,Twin Peaks ,Not Dolly P, a David Lynch classic.I know this show was on cable but miss the run.
 
Although they didn't make too many of the shows, I 'd like to see American Gothic, and Wonderfalls. Both were great shows that had the plug pulled way too soon.
 
KIRO-TV here in Seattle is running old library shows on their 7.2 channel - A-Team, Love Boat, Sheriff Lobo, etc. Old shows like these would be a great fit for any channels looking to build interest in their digital multichannels.

My picks?
"Action" with Jay Mohr
WKRP- with music left in, edited out, whatever- just air it already!
Movin' On
Black Sheep Squadron
and of course
BJ and the Bear ! (Trucks, beautiful women, and a monkey!!!)
 
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