# TV shows they NEVER repeat anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759 "2008-03-01T19:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/41 "2008-03-02T21:49:51Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] They have been showing reruns of _The Equalizer_ on the Universal HD channel. It isn’t really in HD, though. They’ve just cropped it to 16x9. But it’s great to see it again. [/QUOTE] How do you know it’s not really HD? It almost certainly is, IMO. As has been stated many times before, if a television show was shot on film and telecined with HD equipment, it is just as much HD as any modern TV show in HD. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/42 "2008-03-02T22:15:19Z")
If you’re looking for old TV series, the best thing is to get a DVB satellite receiver and a 1 meter Ku dish. There are far more channels trying to get carried by cable and the consumer satellite companies like DirecTV and Dish Network than they have space for. So these odd little channels will pop up and start broadcasting, hoping to get picked up. They’ll have their satellite coordinates on their web sites, and allow cable operators to pick up and air their programming, making money from the airing. And they’re unencrypted or Free To Air. And you’re free to watch as well. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/43 "2008-03-02T23:12:44Z")
I’ve always wanted to see _Daria_ because so many people told me I was like the main character, but I didn’t get MTV until after the show had ended. I heard that they can’t release it on DVD because of music rights issues, so I’ll probably never be able to tell if I was like Daria. [QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] I’d love to see reruns of _Perry Mason, Dragnet, Life of Riley, Rin Tin Tin_, just from the 50s alone. [/QUOTE] You can hear the old Dragnet radio show on [otrnow.com](http://otrnow.com) sometimes. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/44 "2008-03-03T01:47:25Z")
[QUOTE=jackdavinci] I really miss all the Nickelodeon lineup from the 1985 era - The Third Eye, Belle & Sebastian, Mysterious Cities of Gold, and the various weird British sci-fi imports. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=mobo85] Jean Chalopin, the creator of _The Mysterious Cities of Gold_, sold the film rights to an Asian studio who is working on a film adaptation. A British company called Fabulous Films plans to release [the complete series on DVD](http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mysterious-Cities-Gold-Update/8660) later this year. [/QUOTE] How good is your [French](http://www.archambault.ca/store/product.asp?sku=001167686&type=2&lang_id=&dept=)? The whole series is available for $25.99 Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/45 "2008-03-03T01:59:16Z")
[QUOTE=flex727] How do you know it’s not really HD? It almost certainly is, IMO. As has been stated many times before, if a television show was shot on film and telecined with HD equipment, it is just as much HD as any modern TV show in HD. [/QUOTE] _The Equalizer_ on the Universal HD channel might be real HD, but it looks low-def to me. Not as sharp and detailed as I expect HD to be. When there’s an HD commercial during _The Equalizer_, the difference is dramatic. It’s been cropped to 16x9. Sometimes awkwardly so, with heads chopped in half. I wish they hadn’t done that. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/46 "2008-03-03T02:19:47Z")
I was wrong about _The Equalizer_. According to [Universal HD’s FAQ](http://www.universalhd.com/FAQ/), it was “re-mastered in 1080i HD from 35mm, reframed from 4:3 to 16:9 through tilt and scan.” Doesn’t look like HD to me, but maybe it’s just my old, tired eyes. ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/47 "2008-03-03T03:23:37Z")
I would like to see “The Young Rebels”, a 1970 ABC series set in the early American Revolution. It starred Rick Springfield as a supposed ne’er-do-well (actually the leader of a young group of revolutionary fighters), Louis Gossett Jr (as a freed slave), Alex Henteloff (a young Ben Franklin-type), and Hilary Thompson (the young female go-between). It also starred a young Frenchman, Phillipe Forquette, as the young General Lafayette. It was an excellent, although short-lived series, & it made one think about political priorities. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/48 "2008-03-03T04:57:32Z")
A major problem is that a lot of the independent channels, which used to show all of these reruns, have been bought up by all of these new smaller networks that like to show their own product during the 7 to 10(or 8 to 11) prime time. They are attempting to create a unique image to attract young viewers, and there’s not much room in their schedule for old shows. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/49 "2008-03-03T05:15:57Z")
I want Harry O and Rockford. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/50 "2008-03-03T08:20:34Z")
I know it got turned into “The Magic Schoolbus”, but I’d like to see the original cartoon, “Mission: Magic”. Also “The Banana Splits”. Also “The Goodies”. “The Prisoner”, too; but I suspect I might not understand it any better a second time around. ---
**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 3, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/51 "2008-03-03T13:33:10Z")
They don’t seem to rerun _Mr. Wizard’s World_ anymore (most of the saturday morning pickins seem pretty slim these days, to tell the truth). ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/52 "2008-03-03T19:11:52Z")
[QUOTE=StarvingButStrong] I want Harry O and Rockford. [/QUOTE] Oh, yes, Harry O totally slipped my mind. I used to love that show and wouldn’t mind seeing it again. [QUOTE=SpazCat] You can hear the old Dragnet radio show on [otrnow.com](http://otrnow.com) sometimes. Good stuff. [/QUOTE] Thanks, **SpazCat** , I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/53 "2008-03-03T19:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=phil417] I would like to see “The Young Rebels”, a 1970 ABC series set in the early American Revolution. It starred Rick Springfield as a supposed ne’er-do-well (actually the leader of a young group of revolutionary fighters), Louis Gossett Jr (as a freed slave), Alex Henteloff (a young Ben Franklin-type), and Hilary Thompson (the young female go-between). It also starred a young Frenchman, Phillipe Forquette, as the young General Lafayette. It was an excellent, although short-lived series, & it made one think about political priorities. [/QUOTE] Y’know what, I just vaguely remember that. Wasn’t Karen Valentine on it? Or did she appear as a guest star? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/54 "2008-03-03T19:31:50Z")
Valentine was on Room 222. My favorite was blown up after it ended, My World and Welcome To It. > **[My World and Welcome to It](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_World_and_Welcome_to_It)** > > My World ... and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. > It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine closely resembling The New Yorker called The Manhattanite. Wry, fanciful and curmudgeonly, Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his wife Ellen (Joan Hotchkis) and daughter Lydia (Lisa Gerritsen). Monroe's frequent daydreams and fantasies are usually ... ---
**Author:** ![Middlea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@Middlea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Middlea)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/55 "2008-03-03T19:47:19Z")
Mystery Science Theater 3000. The stuff they showed on Comedy Central. Not the Sci Fi era. /accidentally taped over “The Day the earth Froze” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/56 "2008-03-03T20:17:55Z")
Already mentioned: - Barney Miller - Have Gun Will Travel Not mentioned: - S.W.A.T. - Remington Steele - Soap ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/57 "2008-03-03T21:22:32Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] I know it got turned into “The Magic Schoolbus”, but I’d like to see the original cartoon, “Mission: Magic”. [/QUOTE] _Mission: Magic!_ is available on DVD from VCI Eclipse, who releases the Filmation/Entertainment Rights library. Although there are some similiarities, _Mission: Magic!_ and _The Magic School Bus_ have nothing to do with each other: _School Bus_ was based on the Scholastic book series by Joanna Cole, the first of which was published in 1986, over a decade after _Mission: Magic!_ stopped production. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/58 "2008-03-03T21:37:40Z")
_The Trouble with Tracy_. For bad TV, it can’t be beat. Regular half-hour sitcom, but approximately 130 episodes shot in one season! _One season!_ Quantity, my friends, not quality! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/59 "2008-03-03T21:50:17Z")
Mr. Belvedere. I remember loving that show as a kid, and I’ve literally never seen it in syndication. I would absolutely love to be able to watch that show again. I doubt that it’s popular enough to ever be on DVD either. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/60 "2008-03-03T21:57:49Z")
I want “Herman’s Head” and “James at 15” (or was it 16? Or was that when he turned a year older…?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759.md?page=4)