Where to find sitcoms from the 50s/60s/70s on a TV station near you in North America

[Sal]

It seems that every month, instead of every 3 to 4 months like in the past, TV stations are changing their minds about what to show the public in order to satisfy an ever-shrinking audience. So every month we get updated here about new shows that haven't been seen since the last round of changes suddenly making their way back and older shows that you thought would have had a solid place in the schedule now suddenly being replaced. This can be very confusing for viewers to keep track of so I've decided to help by making this thread. It contains a list of every series from the 1950s to the 1970s---my favorite era in TV history, and the one with more hard to find shows than in recent times---that is currently airing somewhere in North America, with Canadian stations listed first. Note that all times are local. 10:00 pm on ME-TV in Chicago represents 11:00 pm in New York and Toronto. All times are also assumed to be from Monday to Friday unless otherwise indicated. For the Retro TV stations, I've only been able to find schedules for the Buffalo, St. Louis, and Salt Lake affiliates. If you can find schedules for the other dozen or so RTN stations, post a reply and I'll update the lists for you. Whenever the networks make any changes to their lineups I will take note and make the necessary adjustments so check back often to see if your favourite shows are affected. OK class, pens and pencils ready? (or in this case, copy and paste tools) Here goes:


1950s SITCOMS


THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET

ME-TV 2:30 am

FATHER KNOWS BEST

ME-TV Sun 2:30 pm

THE GEORGE BURNS/GRACIE ALLEN SHOW

ME-TV Saturday 10:00 pm

HONEYMOONERS

Comedy Network Sunday 11:30 am

ME-TV Mon-Sat 11:00 pm

American Life TV (in Color) Saturday 7:00 pm; Sunday 7:00 and 8:00 pm


I LOVE LUCY

Comedy Network Saturday 11:30 am

TV Land 11:00/11:30 am; Sat-Sun 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

ME-TV 1:30 pm; 10:30 pm

THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM

ME-TV Saturday 10:30 pm

LEAVE IT TO BEAVER

SUN TV 12:30 pm

TV Land Sun-Fri 10:00 am; Mon-Fri 4:00 pm

ME-TV Sun 1:00 pm

THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW/SGT. BILKO

ME-TV Saturday 11:30 pm

YOU BET YOUR LIFE

ME-TV Sunday 3:30 am


1960s SITCOMS

ADDAMS FAMILY

TV Land 1:00 pm; 4:30 pm; Sat-Sun 9:30 am

THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW

TV Land 8:00 pm; Sun-Fri 8:30 pm

RTN Buffalo 11:30 pm

RTN Alexandria, La. 6:00 pm

BATMAN

TV Land Canada 8:00/8:30 am; 3:00/3:30 pm; 11:00/11:30 pm

ME-TV 4:00/4:30 pm

BEVERLY HILLBILLIES

DejaView 1:00 pm; 7:00 pm; Sat/Sun 1:30 pm; 7:30 pm

RTN Buffalo 11:30 am

RTN St. Louis 9:00 pm

RTN Salt Lake 6:00 pm

BEWITCHED

ME-TV 6:30/7:00 pm

DENNIS THE MENACE

ME-TV Sun 1:30 pm

DICK VAN DYKE

DejaView 11:00 am; 5:00 pm; Sat/Sun 10:00 & 10:30 am; 4:00 & 4:30 pm

F TROOP

American Life TV Saturday 9:30 pm; 12:30 am

FAMILY AFFAIR

SUN TV 12:00 pm

GET SMART

Me-TV 12:00/12:30 am

RTN Buffalo 12:00 pm

RTN Little Rock, Ark. 4:30 pm

RTN Eugene, Ore. Fri 8:00/8:30 pm

RTN Cedar Points, Iowa Fri 7:00/7:30 pm

GILLIGAN'S ISLAND

DejaView 12:00 pm; 6:00 pm; Sat/Sun 12:00/12:30 pm; 6:00/6:30 pm

GOMER PYLE USMC

RTN Buffalo 1:30 pm

RTN St. Louis 9:30 pm


GREEN ACRES

DejaView 12:30 pm; 6:30 pm; Sat/Sun 1:00 pm; 7:00 pm

TV Land 10:30 am; Sat-Sun 8:30 am

ME-TV 7:30 am

HOGAN'S HEROES

DejaView 11:30 am; 5:30 pm; Sat/Sun 11:00/11:30 am; 5:00/5:30 pm

RTN Buffalo 12:30 pm

RTN St. Louis 10:30 pm

RTN Salt Lake 8:30 pm

RTN Little Rock, Ark. Sat/Sun 10:00 pm

RTN Eugene, Ore. Sat 9:00/9:30 pm

RTN Cedar Rapids, Iowa Fri 8:00/8:30 pm

THE LUCY SHOW

ME-TV 1:30 am

RTN Buffalo 3:30 pm

RTN Salt Lake 8:00 pm

RTN Alexandria, La. 9:30 am

MAYBERRY RFD

American Life TV Sunday 8:30 pm; 11:30 pm

MUNSTERS

TV Land 12:00/12:30 pm; 5:00/5:30 pm; Sat-Sun 9:00 am

MY FAVORITE MARTIAN

American Life TV Sat 9:00 pm/12:00 am

MY THREE SONS

RTN St. Louis 10:00 pm

ME-TV Sun 2:00 pm

PETTICOAT JUNCTION

TV Land Canada 7:30 am; 2:00/2:30 pm; 6:00/6:30 pm



1970S SITCOMS


ALL IN THE FAMILY

DejaView 2:30 pm; 8:30 pm; Sat/Sun 2:30/3:00 pm; 8:30/9:00 pm

ME-TV 7:30 pm; Sunday 9:00/9:30 pm

THE BOB NEWHART SHOW

ME-TV Sunday 10:30 pm

BRADY BUNCH

RTN Salt Lake Mon/Tue 6:30 pm; Wed-Fri 5:00/5:30 pm

RTN St. Louis 8:00 pm

RTN Panama City, Fla. 4:00 pm

RTN Lexington, Ky. Sun 2:30 pm

ME-TV Sun 3:30 pm

CHICO AND THE MAN

SUN TV 1:30 pm

American Life TV Saturday 10:00 pm; 1:00 am

COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER

American Life TV Sunday 8:00 pm; 11:00 pm

GOOD TIMES

ME-TV 5:00 pm; 10:00 pm

HAPPY DAYS

TV Land Canada 1:30 pm

CTS 5:00 pm

RTN Buffalo 3:00 pm

RTN St. Louis 7:00 pm

RTN Salt Lake 7:30 pm

RTN Alexandria, La. 10:00 pm

HERE'S LUCY

SUN TV 1:00 pm

THE JEFFERSONS

TV Land Sat-Sun 7:30 am

ME-TV 8:00/8:30 pm

LAVERNE & SHIRLEY

RTN St. Louis 7:30 pm

RTN Alexandria, La. 10:30 pm

MASH

DejaView 2:00 pm; 8:00 pm

TV Land Mon-Sun 9:00/9:30 pm; Mon-Sun 12:00/12:30 am

MARY TYLER MOORE

ME-TV Sunday 10:00 pm

MORK & MINDY

RTN Buffalo 1:00 pm

RTN Salt Lake 7:30 pm

RTN Little Rock, Ark. 4:00 pm

RTN Alexandria, La. 6:00 pm

THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY

ME-TV Sun 3:00 pm

SANFORD & SON

TV Land Mon-Sun 10:00/10:30 pm; Sat-Sun 7:00 am

ME-TV 9:00/9:30 pm

THREE'S COMPANY

DejaView 1:30 pm; 7:30 pm; Sat/Sun 3:30 pm; 9:30 pm

TV Land Mon-Sun 11:00/11:30 pm

WELCOME BACK KOTTER

American Life TV Saturday 10:30 pm; 1:30 am


There you are. Happy viewing!

[omg65]

Great idea and I sure do wish there was a national channel that carried nothing but old sitcoms.
I'll add this it in case there are others here from Central Ohio.
WSFJ GTN 51(cable channel 2) out of Columbus Ohio runs Happy Days Mon-Fri from 7:00 to 7:30 PM.This channel up to a few months ago,used to run Green Acres.Hopefully it will be back on soon.

[James]

WSTR 64, Cincinnati's MyNetworkTV affiliate, airs "The Andy Griffith Show" at night. I believe the NBC affiliate in Huntington, West Virginia, also does. Come to think of it, I think Channel 30 (what's its affiliation now? It used to be UPN.) in Nashville, Tennessee, also does at night.

WTLW 44 in Lima, Ohio, which airs lots of Christian programming, was airing "The Brady Bunch" last I checked. (All of the stations airing "TBB" are--or at least used to be--listed at Bradyworld.com.)

[comedyfreak]

Is there anything for California residents?

[bossradio93]

Is there anything for California residents?


'I Love Lucy' airs (and still does) on KTTV (FOX) Channel 11 in Los Angeles weekdays at 12:00 noon. They sometimes air 'The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour' which is split into half-hour shows.*

*Series re-titled for syndication 'We Love Lucy' and is rotated in the syndication package.

KTTV also airs a weekend helping of I Love Lucy from 4:00-6:00pm on weekends depending on the severity of FOX's network sports programming. Sometimes more than two hours of ILL is shown if it's a slow weekend day.


M*A*S*H aired briefly on KCOP-TV (My Network 13) at 9:00-10:00am weekdays started in September of this year and is now replaced by "Judge Hatchett" in that time slot.

[bencasey]

All pretty common ****. How about a list of obscure, seldom seen shows running? Anyone airing December Bride? The Millionaire? Our Miss Brooks? The Gale Storm Show?

[visaman666]

Ozzie and Harriert is on KVOS 12 Vancouver/Bellingham Late Saturday/Sunday mornings.

[Sal]

I've taken note of lots of changes to the list today, especially to some of the TV Land shows, since they changed much of their schedule in mid-January. The unofficial update, as of Jan. 22, is now complete.

[treky]

a station in my area shows I LOVE LUCY on weekday afternoons. They're one of the rare stations that still shows it. Unfortunately, that, THE HONEYMOONERS and other black and white sitcoms are rarely seen anymore.

[SBTB Geek]

KDOC-TV is pretty good when it comes to keeping some old shows alive. They even air some Johnny Carson reruns!
www.kdoctv.net

[friendsfan77]

WUPA/ch. 69 airs The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Sanford & Son
WAGA/ch. 5 airs M*A*S*H.
I think one of the religious stations still air b/w episodes of I Married Joan and The Beverly Hillbillies.
I believe that's it for here, with the exception of Pax/i/Ion.

[Scoobiedoo30]

just to name a few WUPL My 54 airs Sanford And Son The Jeffersons
Benson and starting eburary 13, 2007 Gimme A Break

[James]

WWRD 55, an otherwise religious station in Dayton, airs "Cisco Kid", "The Lone Ranger", and "Lassie" weekdays from 4:30-6:00.

[Scoobiedoo30]

WWRD 55 Is an HSN Channel

[James]

WWRD 55 Is an HSN Channel

When I entered my zip code on HSN's website it said HSN was not available on broadcast television in my area.

[Scoobiedoo30]

does WWRD 55 Have a website.

[James]

does WWRD 55 Have a website.

Yes, it does, Aaron. It's www.lifebroadcastingnetwork.org (http://www.lifebroadcastingnetwork.org/). There is no sign of HSN on there.

[Sal]

A quick reminder to everyone that I just updated the first page to include the times for all the changes that TV Land made for March. Personally, I don't see what the difference is. Does it really matter whether "I Love Lucy" is on at 11 am or 11 pm? If you like it, you'll watch or tape it. If not, there's always other channels. I'm sad to hear they took "The Brady Bunch" out. How long do you figure that will last? I'm thinking a couple of weeks, tops! Then I'll have to re-do the whole list again. Oh, well....

[Scoobiedoo30]

WHNO 20 airs I Love Lucy at 3:00 pm anfd The Andy Griffith Show at 3:30 pm

[Sal]

I have again updated the program list to account for the spring schedules of ME-TV and all of the RTN stations. If you ask me, ME-TV's new Sunday afternoon family block is exceptional. TV Land, please take note!

[catlover79]

FOX-8 in Cleveland often shows late night reruns of M*A*S*H.

[Scoobiedoo30]

What Time does M*A*S*H air on GOX 8 and what are the call Letter's

[JT]

just to name a few WUPL My 54 airs Sanford And Son The Jeffersons
Benson and starting eburary 13, 2007 Gimme A Break
Wow, I did not know that we had "Gimme a Break!" on WUPL now. I know "Benson" and "227" came several months ago. When does GAB! come on?

ETA: Nevermind, I just found out at TVGuide.com. Weekdays at noon? That's SWEET, considering I dropped "All My Children" for the time being.

[kambreesuncle]

In Shreveport, KPXJ-TV 21(CW) airs "The Andy Griffith Show" Sunday Nights at 9:30 P.M and "M*A*S*H" airs Sunday Nights at 10:35 P.M. (and various slots whenever ABC was Sportsless) on KTBS-TV 3 (ABC).

[catlover79]

What Time does M*A*S*H air on GOX 8 and what are the call Letter's
The Cleveland FOX affiliate is WJW, Channel 8. The reruns air weekdays at 1:30 AM. You may want to set the recorder!! :D

[V20]

There is a religious network called 'Family Net' which broadcasts (according to their online schedule) 'The Loretta Young Show'-five times a week, 'I Married Joan' twice a week, and one episode a week of 'The Lucy Show', 'Life With Elizabeth', 'My Little Margie' and 'Meet Corliss Archer' (there's one you probably never heard of) which apparently is some 1951 comedy about a teenage girl. (If they're going to air something that obscure, perhaps they could run episodes of 'The Goldbergs', 'Beulah' or 'Jackson and Jill')

[JT]

Wow, that's a cool little ineup. I'd be all over "Loretta Young." I loved her show when Goodlife TV aired it on Sunday afternoons.

[catlover79]

It would be cool if they aired December Bride and its spinoff, Pete and Gladys. Those were two shows from the '50s. Maybe Donna Reed and Father Knows Best as well?? The Farmer's Daughter??