# What movie has been on the most networks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945 "2017-11-07T04:06:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 7, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/1 "2017-11-07T04:06:01Z")
I just saw an advert on the El Rey Network announcing “The world network premiere” of Men In Black, and it seems to me that MiB has been on just about everywhere but The Weather Channel…and I wouldn’t put hard cash that it hasn’t been there, too. Does it hold the record for being on the most channels, or are there other contenders? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/2 "2017-11-07T04:25:57Z")
“It’s A Wonderful Life” is the first movie that comes to mind (because of copyright issues in the '80s). ---
**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:** [November 7, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/3 "2017-11-07T05:08:48Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > “It’s A Wonderful Life” is the first movie that comes to mind (because of copyright issues in the '80s). I know it has been on a lot, but I think it has just been the same networks over and over again. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2017, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/4 "2017-11-07T07:57:11Z")
The Harry Potter movies have been on everywhere, I wish they would just quit showing them for few years. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/5 "2017-11-07T10:22:21Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I know it has been on a lot, but I think it has just been the same networks over and over again. Are we counting all over the world, or the US only? Because I think it may have been on TV in Birmania, that one… Other contenders include the original Star Wars trilogy and Gone With The Wind. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/6 "2017-11-07T18:26:32Z")
_The Wizard of Oz_ has been shown on CBS, NBC, the WB, TCM, TNT, TBS and Cartoon Network. I’d guess _Sound of Music_ and _Gone With the Wind_ are up there as well, but I’m too lazy to research tem right now. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/7 "2017-11-07T18:29:28Z")
_Shawshank Redemption_ is what came to my mind first, and [this website](http://www.businessinsider.com/the-shawshank-redemption-151-hours-of-cable-air-time-in-2013-2014-5) says it’s been on 15 networks. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/8 "2017-11-07T18:46:02Z")
I’d say _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_ has to be there somewhere. A couple of months ago, I saw it on This TV, a free over-the-air broadcast network. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/9 "2017-11-07T18:53:50Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > _The Wizard of Oz_ has been shown on CBS, NBC, the WB, TCM, TNT, TBS and Cartoon Network. No doubt on the ABC, BBC, and CBC networks as well. Probably a bunch of others. The only network I’ve ever seen _ **It’s a Wonderful Life** _ on is PBS. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/10 "2017-11-07T20:15:59Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > No doubt on the ABC, BBC, and CBC networks as well. Probably a bunch of others. > > The only network I’ve ever seen _ **It’s a Wonderful Life** _ on is PBS. I’ve seen it on TBS when it was in the public domain. And colorized, too, since that was Ted Turner’s gimmick in those days. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/11 "2017-11-07T20:42:58Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > No doubt on the ABC, BBC, and CBC networks as well. Probably a bunch of others. By ABC, I meant the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Has it really never been shown on ABC in the United States? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/12 "2017-11-07T20:46:19Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’ve seen it on TBS when it was in the public domain. And colorized, too, since that was Ted Turner’s gimmick in those days. _It’s a Wonderful Life_ is now a holiday tradition on [NBC](https://www.nbc.com/its-a-wonderful-life?nbc=1). I usually watch at least part of it every year. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/13 "2017-11-07T21:41:38Z")
It’s a Wonderful Life is what I came here to say as well. Also Night of the Living Dead has copyright issues and airs on a lot of networks. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-has-been-on-the-most-networks/800945/14 "2017-11-08T01:22:53Z")
I grew up watching Star Wars(all 3) on TV all the time. I believe most of that was on the USA network, though.