# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/61 "2008-03-03T22:16:01Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] I want “Herman’s Head” and “James at 15” (or was it 16? Or was that when he turned a year older…?) [/QUOTE] James was 15, then he was 16. ---
**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 4, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/62 "2008-03-04T15:51:18Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] James was 15, then he was 16. [/QUOTE] All right, all right. You don’t have to draw me a diagram. I can see where this is going… ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/63 "2008-03-04T16:19:03Z")
[QUOTE=John DiFool] ([Antonymic Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458033)) For example, I’d love to see reruns of Beauty and the Beast, Magnum PI, The Equalizer, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, or even Night Court, but it seems once a show sufficiently passes out of the public consciousness it is no longer rerun. My theory doesn’t quite explain the Good Times reruns on TV Land tho. Another theory is that modern cable networks would prefer to show the DVDs than the original tapes (likely degraded by now), and if a show isn’t out on DVD it’s out of luck (The Equalizer just now is out for the 1st season). [/QUOTE] Beast is out on DVD. I never watched it, that’s how I’m gonna catch it. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/64 "2008-03-04T16:36:54Z")
Comcast has a channel on their on demand service dedicated to old shows like this. They show old TV series in their entirety, in order, releasing a couple of new episodes each week(and removing a couple older ones as well, so if you come in in the middle of the run you can’t go back to the beginning). IDK what’s showing now, but my wife and I saw the entire run of Soap before we switched to Direct TV. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/65 "2008-03-04T19:46:47Z")
I don’t see the 1970s sci fi shows any longer. Battlestar Galatica, Buck Rogers, The Invisible Man used to be in frequent reruns. The Sci Fi channel showed these years ago. I know Galatica and Buck Rogers are on DVD now. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/66 "2008-03-05T05:41:39Z")
The Sixth Sense with Gary Collins. SEARCH with Burgess Meredeth. They seemed cool when I was a kid, and I wonder how they held up. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/67 "2008-03-05T14:18:51Z")
_Doctor in the House_ was an Australian (?) comedy that was frequently on PBS. Haven’t seen it in years. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_Clock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/68 "2008-03-05T15:24:53Z")
Another vote for Barney Miller here, and… **Give me my Hawaii 5-0, dammit!!!** ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/69 "2008-03-05T17:02:23Z")
AFAIK, no one has broadcast the original Doctor Who series in years. I wish BBC America would dump all that miserable pseudo-American crap they foist on us and just do old Doctor Whos (and new Doctor Whos, and Torchwood). It’d be really nice to see “The Young Ones” again, too. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/70 "2008-03-05T17:11:35Z")
I love me some Retro Television Network and have added Battlestar Galactica, Hardy Boys and Emergency! to my Tivo list. In addition, it is still in beta, but I think they have open slots still, check out [www.hulu.com](http://www.hulu.com). In addition to current favorites like Arrested Development, Firefly, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, they have ‘classics’ like WKRP, Doogie Howser, NewsRadio, Airwolf, The Bob Newhart Show, and Benson. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/71 "2008-03-05T17:14:16Z")
[QUOTE=kelly5078] AFAIK, no one has broadcast the original Doctor Who series in years. I wish BBC America would dump all that miserable pseudo-American crap they foist on us and just do old Doctor Whos (and new Doctor Whos, and Torchwood). It’d be really nice to see “The Young Ones” again, too. [/QUOTE] If you are a member of Netflix, you can get a metric crapload of Doctor Who viewable on demand on their website. It used to be limited to 15 or so hours per month but they recently removed that so you can watch classic episodes until your eyes bleed. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/72 "2008-03-06T00:09:53Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Also, _Designing Women, Cheers, Leave it to Beaver, Little House on the Prairie_ and _M_A_S_H\* are relatively recent shows (in terms of the public collective memory) but they’re on and in repeats. [/QUOTE] For those who don’t know, TV-Land does swap the re-runs around quite frequently. They’ll run a show on weekdays at 7am for a few weeks, and then bring in something else. I second the MTM shows, they don’t seem to be on much any more. Also _Frasier_. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/73 "2008-03-06T00:20:10Z")
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus] For those who don’t know, TV-Land does swap the re-runs around quite frequently. They’ll run a show on weekdays at 7am for a few weeks, and then bring in something else. I second the MTM shows, they don’t seem to be on much any more. Also _Frasier_. [/QUOTE] Yes, they do swap them out occasionally but, unless they market them as a marathon or a special run, most shows in their rotation stay on for a few months at a time. While it’s true not every show currently listed on their homepage is in rotation, my original post from which you quoted me was in response to the statement that a certain show was never re-aired. I’m glad to see so many of us enjoy the classics though! ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/74 "2008-03-06T02:27:08Z")
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus] I second the MTM shows, they don’t seem to be on much any more. Also _Frasier_. [/QUOTE] IIRC, Lifetime re-runs Frasier, as do some local stations (channel 13 in Los Angeles & 69 in Atlanta come immediately to mind). ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/75 "2008-03-06T02:57:16Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Wanderer] The Sixth Sense with Gary Collins. [/QUOTE] This is available at [Hulu.com](http://Hulu.com), and I just noticed that whoever was looking for Hill Street Blues will find it there too. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/76 "2008-03-06T03:04:16Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] 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. [/QUOTE] “The Banana Splits” is shown on Boomerang. One I’d like is “Northern Exposure”. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/77 "2008-03-06T05:36:05Z")
[QUOTE=3waygeek] IIRC, Lifetime re-runs Frasier… [/QUOTE] Yeah, every weeknight at 10:00 and 10:30, right before **The Golden Girls**. I’m such a creature of habit, I’ve seen the entire series…twice. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/78 "2008-03-06T05:43:32Z")
> [@TommyTutone](#): > > If you are a member of Netflix, you can get a metric crapload of Doctor Who viewable on demand on their website. It used to be limited to 15 or so hours per month but they recently removed that so you can watch classic episodes until your eyes bleed. Thanks! I guess I’ll have to become a member. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759/79 "2008-03-06T06:31:22Z")
Regarding Parker Lewis, I seem to recall at one point a cable channel, USA IIRC, started showing reruns of the series. It didn’t last very long, however, and I don’t think they even got through half the series before they took it off the schedule. This wasn’t very recent, but it was some time after Fox had stopped making the show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-they-never-repeat-anymore/439759.md?page=3)