# M\*A\*S\*H and other "old" re-runs...do you watch?  do they measure up?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 5, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-and-other-old-re-runs-do-you-watch-do-they-measure-up/12575 "2000-01-05T19:14:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-and-other-old-re-runs-do-you-watch-do-they-measure-up/12575/21 "2000-01-08T00:22:00Z")

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A personal opinion:

“Friends,” “Frazier,” and “The Simpsons” stand up very well to repeated viewings.

“Seinfeld” and “Cheers” do not.

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-and-other-old-re-runs-do-you-watch-do-they-measure-up/12575/22 "2000-01-08T04:35:00Z")

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“Northern Exposure”. God bless A&E, they re-run it nonstop, and when they reach the end , they start over. A couple years ago during Christmas they had a Northern Exposure marathon, and it was a hard and sad time for me and I seriously thought about possible ways to end it all. Instead I watched the whole marathon…

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