# Movies you most associate with "Cable Movie Channel Repeats"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 20, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600 "2025-05-20T20:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/1 "2025-05-20T20:42:39Z")
Basically if you had TNT, TBS, Showtime, Spike, or some other cable channel that mostly played a lot of movies to fill time, if whenever you switched to one of those stations and a certain movie was seemingly ALWAYS on? For me TNT in the late 90s was the “Tremors Station” since literally me and my dad would go to his auto mechanic every Sunday for a summer in the late 90s to try to fix his broken down truck, and in the lobby of the waiting area was a TV that was always on TNT and ALWAYS playing Tremors (or rarely, Tremors 2) at some point at around 10 - 11 am. So I’ve seen the movie Tremors about a dozen times solely from those TNT experiences. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/2 "2025-05-20T20:47:03Z")
Back in the early days of cable, Red Dawn. I can’t recall the channel, but it might be the only movie they had rights to. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/3 "2025-05-20T20:53:26Z")
_Airheads_ was once in constant rotation on Comedy Central. (Now the only place to find it streaming is the Internet Archive.) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/4 "2025-05-20T21:14:30Z")
That sounds like TNT too since most of my Red Dawn viewings were via 10pm on cable TV ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/5 "2025-05-20T21:25:39Z")
When I was a kid (in the early '80s), the Canadian movie channel Superchannel would periodically have a free preview weekend. There are some movies that are indelibly linked with those free previews for me: - Yellowbeard - Cheech & Chong’s The Corsican Brothers - The Toy (with Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/6 "2025-05-20T21:30:22Z")
In recent years: - The Mummy / The Mummy Returns (the Brendan Fraser versions) - Pretty much all of the Star Wars movies ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/7 "2025-05-20T21:30:39Z")
All day Harry Potter. Ironman 1-2-3… Deadpool 1 & 2. Endless loops of super hero movies. Lonesome Dove mini-series and Return to Lonesome Dove. I think theres a few more in LD world. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/8 "2025-05-20T21:32:28Z")
Back in the day, HBO stood for Hey! Beastmaster’s On. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/9 "2025-05-20T21:33:31Z")
1983, The Movie Channel. I wasn’t the only one that noticed: a comedian once had “The cable watcher’s prayer”: Dear Lord, don’t let it be _Beastmaster_ again! ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/10 "2025-05-20T21:46:11Z")
Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/11 "2025-05-20T22:58:47Z")
The Shawshank Redemption. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/12 "2025-05-20T23:06:25Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Day After Tomorrow. This. I swear TNT/TBS/AMC are the **Day After Tomorrow** stations. TNT is also morphing into the **Aquaman** / **Justice League** / **Suicide Squad** channel. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/13 "2025-05-20T23:28:39Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > When I was a kid (in the early '80s), the Canadian movie channel Superchannel would periodically have a free preview weekend. There are some movies that are indelibly linked with those free previews for me: > > - Yellowbeard > - Cheech & Chong’s The Corsican Brothers > - The Toy (with Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason) And one more: _An American Werewolf in London_. I looked forward to the free previews on Superchannel, but _American Werewolf_ seemed to be the only thing on. ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/14 "2025-05-20T23:42:59Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > The Shawshank Redemption. This. I have the movie memorized thanks to AMC. On in the background for years and years. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/15 "2025-05-20T23:49:01Z")
FX is nothing but Marvel and DC movies these days, with an occasional showing of a Kong movie thrown in. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/16 "2025-05-21T00:50:53Z")
Office Space I think its re-runs on Comedy Central is how it got the attention it deserved. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/17 "2025-05-21T01:35:26Z")
Many posters are talking in the past tense. IMHO, it’s only gotten worse. Harry Potter and the Whatever Air Force One Twister (it seems to have faded away, then returned in 2025) Lately I’ve noticed a lot of the bad movies that used to be on SyFy have moved down a step to Comet. They actually had a Sharknado afternoon a couple of Saturdays ago. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/18 "2025-05-21T01:46:43Z")
American treasure. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/19 "2025-05-21T01:57:20Z")
“Road House”, the Patrick Swayze movie. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-most-associate-with-cable-movie-channel-repeats/1018600/20 "2025-05-21T03:19:37Z")
I don’t know, it may just be me, but I’ve noticed there’s been a bunch of disaster, apocalyptic type movies on lately. I’m watching _Greenland_ right now. 😳