# Shows you wish were in reruns **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050 "2010-03-27T20:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/21 "2010-03-28T06:09:24Z")
These are from my childhood and I’d still watch them if they showed them once in awhile: Tailspin Ducktails Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers Doug Disney’s Doug AHHH! Real Monsters Rockos Modern Life Hey Dude Salute Your Shorts Who knows though, I might hate them all if I watched them again. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/22 "2010-03-28T07:04:33Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > NYPD Blue - dropped off the face of the earth It was in late night reruns two nights a week on TNT until last summer, when it was replaced with endless reruns of Cold Case and Without a Trace. Now Without a Trace is gone gone gone, Cold Case lingers on, and we’re given CSI:NY, but usually Cold Case, overnights. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/23 "2010-03-28T07:16:36Z")
McMillan & Wife Banacek The Courtship of Eddie’s Father The Dick Van Dyke Show The Dean Martin Show Perry Mason ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/24 "2010-03-28T09:01:41Z")
second NYPD Blue. I watched it (recorded it) on the late-night reruns and was very sad when it stopped. Especially since that stupid channel plays the same stupid shows over and over and over again, so it’s not like it’s so bursting at the seams with valuable programming that there’s no room for NYPD Blue at 4 AM anymore. I never saw it in its original run, so I was doubly irritated because it just sort of cut off the story and I’ve never been able to find the rest of it. They don’t even have DVDs of most of the middle seasons. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/25 "2010-03-28T09:45:54Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > If Wikipedia can be trusted in this instance, [the sixties “Batman” series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(TV_series)) hasn’t been released on home video in any format! I loved this when I saw it in reruns in the late 80s, but didn’t have a VCR at the time. YouTube has many episodes of the original Batman series. They are apparently uncut from the original ABC airings, they even have the intro at the beginning that says “This is an ABC color presentation.” They are, however, cut into approximately 10 minute segments, as is common for YouTube. Just do a search for Batman TV episodes. I’ll even start you off with the [pilot episode,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGt2WV5w72c&feature=related) featuring Frank Gorshin as the Riddler and Jill St. John as the unfortunate Molly. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/26 "2010-03-28T11:57:09Z")
My picks: The Addams Family -THe Old “World of Disney” -Mannix -Adam-12 -Waterfront (early 1950’s) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/27 "2010-03-28T12:59:34Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Another vote for Northern Exposure and Picket Fences. > > [Sisters](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101199/) Yes, Sisters. I’m the youngest (by far) of four sisters with the same personality types shown on the show. Man, I loved that show. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/28 "2010-03-28T14:26:09Z")
The Larry Sanders Show was already mentioned, so I’ll add Dream On. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/29 "2010-03-28T14:36:30Z")
The old Bob Newhart show (“That’s Drrrrr. D R.”) Northern Exposure. Kolchak, the Night Stalker. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/30 "2010-03-28T15:59:47Z")
Get Smart. It was on _This_ or _RTN_ on a broadcast subchannel when the local station first picked it up, but it was already into the the last one or two seasons, when it was mostly played out, and it didn’t start over. And it was on at 11:0pm. I want it on when my kids can watch it too. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/31 "2010-03-28T16:08:49Z")
Dark Skies Sadly not in reruns, and unlike some others mentioned, unlikely to ever get DVD/digital release due to mid-90s TV shows having no concept for home-video licensing on music used in shows. Easy when there’s just a song or two to pay for. All but impossible when a show is loaded with period songs and is too niche to recoup the licensing costs. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/32 "2010-03-29T06:57:56Z")
> [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](#): > > Sadly not in reruns, and unlike some others mentioned, unlikely to ever get DVD/digital release due to mid-90s TV shows having no concept for home-video licensing on music used in shows. Easy when there’s just a song or two to pay for. All but impossible when a show is loaded with period songs and is too niche to recoup the licensing costs. They can be released with different music. Whether or not that would ruin the show is another matter. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/33 "2010-03-29T07:06:00Z")
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Sure, the later seasons require you to be paying attention to what’s going on episode-to-episode, but no more so than The West Wing (in reruns on Bravo) or the critical darling Battlestar Galactica. I wish Syfy would rerun DS9 instead of Enterprise. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/34 "2010-03-29T07:21:35Z")
Oh, also- Boy Meets World. It was on a while ago. But alas, no more. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/35 "2010-03-29T09:55:22Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > They can be released with different music. Whether or not that would ruin the show is another matter. They _can_, sure. But the music was a pretty big part of the show’s tone. Similarly, I would like re-runs of Keen Eddie with the original soundtrack, because the euro-trash club music that replaced it on the DVDs because of licensing rights just destroyed the show’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/36 "2010-03-29T10:28:00Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > Banacek The character was a real asshole wasn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/37 "2010-03-29T11:25:13Z")
I sincerely fear for the cultural education of American youth since “The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show” stopped airing. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/38 "2010-03-29T12:39:30Z")
Freakazoid. It used to be a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Spielberg but it only lasted two seasons and never comes on these days. I loved that show. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/39 "2010-03-29T12:48:14Z")
> [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](#): > > They _can_, sure. But the music was a pretty big part of the show’s tone. > > Similarly, I would like re-runs of Keen Eddie with the original soundtrack, because the euro-trash club music that replaced it on the DVDs because of licensing rights just destroyed the show’s cool. I’m confused, then. You originally wrote that the show was “unlikely to ever get DVD/digital release due to mid-90s TV shows having no concept for home-video licensing on music used in shows.” This strongly implies that you wish the show had done something differently – namely had different music – in order to be releasable. But if the show is rendered undesirable without the ultra-expensive music, you should really just be thankful it ever aired at all. Nowadays, with the concept of DVD/digital release being ubiquitous, it is unlikely any such show will ever be made again. ---
**Author:** ![BaconAndEggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050/40 "2010-03-29T13:00:00Z")
The Wonder Years…The Ion channel used to play re-runs about 2 or 3 years ago, but stopped. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-you-wish-were-in-reruns/534050.md?page=3)