# Anybody know if "Third Watch" is coming back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-if-third-watch-is-coming-back/125387 "2002-08-24T18:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-if-third-watch-is-coming-back/125387/1 "2002-08-24T18:32:59Z")
_Third Watch_, the NBC police and fire drama, has been one of my favorite shows for the last couple of seasons. But they haven’t been rerunning it this summer, and I’ve seen no promos for a new season. Why would they drop such a good show? Or have they? Does anybody know? Am I the only one who thought it was a really well done drama? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-if-third-watch-is-coming-back/125387/2 "2002-08-24T19:13:08Z")
I dunno if they’re bringing back _Third Watch_ with new episodes, but A&E has picked up the reruns, and they’re starting September 1st. Robin ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-if-third-watch-is-coming-back/125387/3 "2002-08-24T20:09:43Z")
Short answer: Yes, it was renewed. So, we WILL find out if Faith’s husband lives or dies. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-if-third-watch-is-coming-back/125387/4 "2002-08-25T01:40:37Z")
Monday at 9:00, starting 9/30, or so they say [here.](http://www.allyourtv.com/0203season/fallschedule2.html) Link courtesy of **MrVisible** ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-if-third-watch-is-coming-back/125387/5 "2002-08-25T01:46:29Z")
_Third Watch_ has a lot in common with _Homicide: Life on the Street_: they both get pissed on by NBC. Kinda like _Futurama_ and FOX. “Gotta scuttle ‘Futurama’ cuz nobody’s watching.” “Maybe that’s because it wasn’t _on_ during football season. Ya think?” In other words, I’d be watching NBC Monday nights if _Third Watch_ was on, even in reruns, but I’m not watching “Dog Eat Dog” or whatever the hell is on. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-if-third-watch-is-coming-back/125387/6 "2002-08-25T01:47:40Z")
I was wondering myself last night. It says it will be starting again on 9/2/02, but it souds like they will be starting with reruns of the end of last season. The website is [here.](http://www.nbc.com/Third_Watch/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-if-third-watch-is-coming-back/125387/7 "2002-08-25T04:42:07Z")
It’s reruns for September, the new season premiere at the end of the month. The entire reason that NBC didn’t air reruns of the show this summer is because of the A&E syndication bid. They wanted to hold the property back so that it wouldn’t be overplayed when A&E started showing it every night. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-if-third-watch-is-coming-back/125387/8 "2002-08-25T07:06:11Z")
Thanks for the info, all. I’ll be looking forward to it. Wish I got A&E so I could revisit some of the old ones. Up here in the desert everything comes in on a translator and we only get the three major networks and whatever channel 13 is in the Los Angeles area.