# That show's still on the air? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106 "2012-04-27T05:40:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/21 "2012-04-28T02:55:35Z")
_Flashpoint_, I remember it being on one of the death slots (either a Friday or Saturday) and then not seeing any episodes for quite a while. When I saw ads again I assumed it was in syndication, but nope apparently it was just renewed for a fifth season. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/22 "2012-04-29T16:16:36Z")
I just thought of this thread when I saw a commercial for The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I remember watching the first few episodes of this show and the being surprised at some of the horrid acting (at least by one of the sisters IIRC). I had no idea that it was still on 4 years later. Not only that, I see from the commercial that Bobby from The Sopranos is on it now. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/23 "2012-04-29T16:53:32Z")
Around the time I graduated high school I was shocked to learn that they were still making new episodes of Full House. It was a show I had watched along with ABCs other TGIF shows like Just the Ten of Us, Perfect Strangers & Mr. Belvedere. I know Full House didn’t have an outrageously long production run (insert joke about bad show lasting so long), but as I got older the show completely dropped off of my radar to the point that I was surprised it was still on the air in 1994. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/24 "2012-04-29T16:56:56Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > Mighty Morphin Power Rangers–when my oldest daughter was something like 7, I took her to see the first movie (sometime around 1995). Imagine my surprise when I was flipping through the channels and found the Rangers are still on the air. According to Wiki, it’s the 19th season, and while it’s no longer the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, it’s still obviously the same franchise. > [Power Rangers Samurai - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Rangers_Samurai) > > As I hadn’t paid much attention to the franchise since my daughter was under 10 (and even then, I paid very little attention to it, falling asleep in the theater during the movie), I’m surprised any incarnation is still on the air. The _Power Rangers_ are adapted from Japanese “Super Sentai” shows, a franchise (or maybe a whole subgenre, I’m vague on the specifics) of action shows for kids that have been produced steadily for more than 30 years. I assume it’s pretty cheap to do the American _Power Rangers_ version, as the costumed action sequences are just re-dubbed from the Japanese shows, so as long as _Power Rangers_ is attracting even a modest audience it probably makes good financial sense to keep it on the air. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/25 "2012-04-29T23:11:00Z")
It’s gone now but I stumbled across an episode of \*Old Christine \*long after I thought it was cancelled. Good call on _AFHV_ and _Rules Of Engagement_. I thought both were long gone and then, one day, there they are. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/26 "2012-04-30T16:17:58Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > It’s gone now but I stumbled across an episode of \*Old Christine \*long after I thought it was cancelled. > Good call on _AFHV_ and _Rules Of Engagement_. I thought both were long gone and then, one day, there they are. Oddly enough, the acronym for America’s Funniest Home Videos is just AFV, for some reason. And, other than SpongeBob, which I was sure was just on reruns now, I got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/27 "2012-04-30T16:36:07Z")
Shockingly, there is a new Looney Tunes program on Cartoon Network. Bugs and Daffy live in a McMansion and Porky is a cube drone. It’s sort of hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/28 "2012-04-30T16:56:37Z")
Did you know they are still making new episodes of _Barney_? My kids discover it every once in a while when they are trying to watch something else. As for PBS and _This Old House_ our station doesn’t ever rerun past seasons of that show at least not on the main feed. They had a Create channel for a while that ran past seasons but they were still new enough to have Kevin(?) as the host. There were two or three hosts between Bob Villa and Kevin and those episodes weren’t seen either. Bob Villa hasn’t been the host of TOH for over two decades. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/29 "2012-04-30T17:18:09Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Oddly enough, the acronym for America’s Funniest Home Videos is just AFV, for some reason. Well, we’ve moved beyond the era where privately-owned video cameras were expensive and something a family might have only one of, dragged out to record get-togethers and parties and whatnot. More and more, the videos will be recorded by people on cellphones, with nary a home or relative in sight. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/30 "2012-04-30T17:46:11Z")
It’s off the air now, but in its last few years I was repeatedly shocked to know that “ER” hadn’t been canceled. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/31 "2012-04-30T18:10:30Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It was actually just canceled by Fox, but they will make specials. Just no more regular show. Actually, Cops hasn’t been canceled, just put in hiatus for the remainder of 2012. Fox will run more profitable sports programming in its place. The show will pick back up in January 2013 with 16-20 new episodes scheduled. > **[Cops: Exec Producer Believes Series Will Continue if Cancelled](https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/cops-continue-canceled-22689/)** > > We recently reported that, while FOX wasn't cancelling Cops, the network was drastically cutting back on the number of episodes that will air this year. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/32 "2012-04-30T18:36:04Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Actually, Cops hasn’t been canceled, just put in hiatus for the remainder of 2012. Fox will run more profitable sports programming in its place. The show will pick back up in January 2013 with 16-20 new episodes scheduled. > > [Cops: will continue if canceled on FOX](http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/cops-continue-canceled-22689/) The other day I was flipping though the stations and stumbled upon [Campus PD](http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/700830/g4-is-proud-to-present-campus-pd/), same premise, very specific locations. (PS, I swear I wrote that before I read the first line of the page I linked to) ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/33 "2012-04-30T18:51:53Z")
> [@Rubixcube](#): > > _Flashpoint_, I remember it being on one of the death slots (either a Friday or Saturday) and then not seeing any episodes for quite a while. When I saw ads again I assumed it was in syndication, but nope apparently it was just renewed for a fifth season. I think it’s because CTV seems to keep on funding it in its quest to get something good enough to play on American primetime. It’s filmed in Toronto. My mom still watches it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/34 "2012-04-30T23:18:39Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > It’s off the air now, but in its last few years I was repeatedly shocked to know that “ER” hadn’t been canceled. I feel like they repeatedly _announced_ that the current season would be the last. (I think the same thing happened with _The X-Files_.) IIRC, when Parminder Naga joined the cast it was said that this would be for the show’s final season. It ran for another five years after that “final” season. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/35 "2012-05-01T00:47:13Z")
I thought that the Drew Carey show was on for an awfully long time. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/36 "2012-05-01T03:22:34Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > I thought that the Drew Carey show was on for an awfully long time. It still is. And he’s giving away cars! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/37 "2012-05-01T03:50:19Z")
_This Old House_ has a syndicated version on regular TV, with bits cut out of each show to allow for commercials. And they run the shows in order, so if you watch for 18 weeks straight you’ll get the full project. They’re currently rerunning the modern Cambridge House series. The oldest season they rerun seems to be giant Carlyle Farm House. Definitely nothing in the Steve Thomas era anymore, let alone Bob Vila. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/38 "2012-05-01T04:22:48Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > I thought that the Drew Carey show was on for an awfully long time. > [@NoClueBoy](#): > > It still is. And he’s giving away cars! Yes, but unfortunately not the Batmobile. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106/39 "2012-05-01T23:12:53Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > I thought that the Drew Carey show was on for an awfully long time. That’s the one I came in here to say. I remember being stunned in 2003 when I heard an interview with Carey and he mentioned that it was still on. According to its IMDB page, it actually lasted until 2004, nine seasons. The show was pretty popular in the late '90s. I never watched it regularly myself, but I knew a lot of people who did. Then around 2000, it just stopped generating buzz, and people just sort of seemed to forget about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-shows-still-on-the-air/620106.md?page=1)