After seeing discussions of so many old shows on here, it really makes me miss a lot of the the black & white classics that used to air on Nick at Nite and the respect the channel used to show them. Getting to stay up late to watch the shows was always a treat for me and I really miss not only the shows but the cute spots in between them. With a little searching I can find episodes of many of these series, but I would be really interested and finding any tapes taped off of Nick at Nite from the 1980s – 1992, with commercials and the schedules of upcoming shows intact. I know this is a weird request but if anyone has anything like this, please let me know.

I have some tapes in my collection of classic Nick shows and specials and hopefully we can work out a trade. Even if you don’t have anything with the commercials intact still let me know as many of the shows are still hard to find.

You can e-mail me at jbstapes@aol.com

they USED to show a lot of great old shows, so did tvland
BUT NOW nick at nite is more like THE LATE 80s AT NITE
and TVLAND is the same old shows over and over and over

i miss theold days when they played REAL Classics
and a LITTLE bit of "variety"

they USED to show a lot of great old shows, so did tvland
BUT NOW nick at nite is more like THE LATE 80s AT NITE
and TVLAND is the same old shows over and over and over

i miss theold days when they played REAL Classics
and a LITTLE bit of "variety"


Those 2 networks are worthless now, ABSOLUTELTLY WORTHLESS

ha ha ha

well i wouldnt go that far joke man
they are better than nothing and EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE they pull out a benson or such, but 99% of the time, its crapola

(And i dont mean the elusive CRAPOLA THEATRE!)

ha ha ha

well i wouldnt go that far joke man
they are better than nothing and EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE they pull out a benson or such, but 99% of the time, its crapola

(And i dont mean the elusive CRAPOLA THEATRE!)

Why do they keep certain shows on for ever? I mean I love LITB and Andy Griffith Show (reminds me of my days coming home from school and catching them in reruns on the 2 or 3 US cable channels we used to get back then) but c'mon !!! Enough is Enough already !!

I think it's about time they launch another classic TV network

And let's not forget those stupid westerns ALL day on saturday

i wish they would have a TVLAND-50s
TVLAND-60s, TVLAND-WESTERN, TVLAND-VARIETY etc etc

i think there is enough interest for it to work

i wish they would have a TVLAND-50s
TVLAND-60s, TVLAND-WESTERN, TVLAND-VARIETY etc etc

i think there is enough interest for it to work

I'd go for that.

With the popularity of DVD releases they should be able to see there is a market for this type of specialized programming. I bet a lot has to do with buying the rights to certain shows that's why we don't see a lot of variety in the programming

And let's not forget those stupid westerns ALL day on saturday
seriously, I am with you on this one Solomon, what is up with that??? Can I get an answer for that???? What is it with showing so many western shows back to back to back to back...:mad:

well the western marathons DO attract an audience--- i just wish we would get ANYTHING other than bonanza and gunsmoke all day

some of the shows like Sanford, Good Times, I Love Lucy--- I love them all, BUT I HAVE THE WHOLE SET on retail studio dvd sets, and most of the fans do too-- how about mixing it up a little?

seriously, I am with you on this one Solomon, what is up with that??? Can I get an answer for that???? What is it with showing so many western shows back to back to back to back...:mad:

Westerns were very popular. In the early 60's, one year had 23 westerns on in prime time. Western fans are very loyal fans, their interest never waning and most important they will buy. I find them to be very serious, hard core followers, never deviating. If they liked westerns growing up, they still do and want to see their early favorites.

Harvey

seriously, I am with you on this one Solomon, what is up with that??? Can I get an answer for that???? What is it with showing so many western shows back to back to back to back...:mad:


Yeah 12pm to 8pm-lol Eight Hours of Pain-lol

Westerns were very popular. In the early 60's, one year had 23 westerns on in prime time. Western fans are very loyal fans, their interest never waning and most important they will buy. I find them to be very serious, hard core followers, never deviating. If they liked westerns growing up, they still do and want to see their early favorites.

Harvey
Thanx Harv. I got me an answer!

I feel bad saying stuff abt Westerns, considering my late father LOVED THEM. He watched them anytime they were on. My taste, I just couldn't get into them. The closest I have ever gotten to anything remotely in that category is Little House on the Praire (not a western but still).

Yeah 12pm to 8pm-lol Eight Hours of Pain-lol

This may be a tough pill to swallow but many feel the same way about the Jeffersons. 72 hours of George and Louise could cause more then just pain. Again it's taste.

Harvey

This may be a tough pill to swallow but many feel the same way about the Jeffersons. 72 hours of George and Louise could cause more then just pain. Again it's taste.

Harvey


That's Weezy for you to say.:p

This may be a tough pill to swallow but many feel the same way about the Jeffersons. 72 hours of George and Louise could cause more then just pain. Again it's taste.

Harvey



You are right, some like Comedy and some like Westerns

That's Weezy for you to say.:p

By George, that's a good one.

Harvey

By George, that's a good one.


Yeah, I almost choked on my piece of the pie

J

i really hate the all weekend marathons of shows like THE JEFFERSONS--- i mean, the show airs all the time anyway? and u can get like 1/2 of it retail>???? i prefer the old days when they had marathons for stuff like CHICO AND THE MAN or THEME WEEKENDS with common themes in the shows

i really hate the all weekend marathons of shows like THE JEFFERSONS--- i mean, the show airs all the time anyway? and u can get like 1/2 of it retail>???? i prefer the old days when they had marathons for stuff like CHICO AND THE MAN or THEME WEEKENDS with common themes in the shows


Aired everywhere? The weekend before the marathon it wasn't on TV AND at all

where i live
JEFFERSONS airs 2 times on the local station and 2 times at night on antoher local

where i live
JEFFERSONS airs 2 times on the local station and 2 times at night on antoher local


but that's where you live, that's local programming not cable

Yeah, I almost choked on my piece of the pie

J


:rofl:

You're getting the hang of this !!

That deserves :clown::clown::clown:. Keep up the good work.

:rofl:

You're getting the hang of this !!

That deserves :clown::clown::clown:. Keep up the good work.

Woo-Hoo! Approval from the Master. :grineyes:

I must be...

....http://www.80stees.com/images/products/Jeffersons_On_Up-Tee-Shirt.jpg...the ladder


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why with all the so called classic networks, do we hardly ever see any doctor shows

med center

welby

trapper

st elsewhere

kildare

bold ones

medical shows do not tend to age as well ratings wise

there doesnt seem to be much interest

now E/R can be a hit in reruns but if you go back to the 70s or beyond, there is just not much interest anymore

sad to say....

Well, the incredible strides in medicine may have something to do with that. Some of the health crises that fueled those early shows are not significant concerns today. I remember especially in the late '60s and through the '70s, there was a strong tendency toward disease of the week - some of that drama just isn't compelling any longer.

I wonder how shows like House and ER will really stand up to the next generation?

Well, the incredible strides in medicine may have something to do with that. Some of the health crises that fueled those early shows are not significant concerns today. I remember especially in the late '60s and through the '70s, there was a strong tendency toward disease of the week - some of that drama just isn't compelling any longer.

I wonder how shows like House and ER will really stand up to the next generation?

I agree that many of the issues dealt with back then are outdated now (or at least the way the ways they were dealt with are), but when you think about it, no medical or hospital drama has ever really portrayed a realistic account of life on the ward.

You don't get a patient everyday with a never before seen mystery illness, nurses don't always fall inlove with their patients, and the staff aren't always involved in a love triangle with each other (my job would be a heck of a lot more interesting if all that were true :lol: )

J

its sort of like how the original Dragnet seems simple nowadays
it just hasnt aged as well

i love the medical shows, but to be honest when i watch Marcus Welby or Dr Kildare, they seem realllllllllllll dated

It's a shame that so many of the black and white series, that we used to be able to see on Nick are not even available on DVD let alone on television again. I really enjoyed some classics like

Dobie Gillis
My 3 Sons
Car 54
Patty Duke and
Dennis the Menace

Hopefully I will be able to find some of these somewhere.

the good thing is that all of those shows are ones that most of us have sets of now
so if u want to trade just ask

The problem with Nick At Nite was they always cut scenes from the episodes. TV Land does this, too. When Nick At Nite first started out, I believe the shows only had about a minute chopped off of them. Later on, they started airing more commercials and the shows had as much as 3 or 4 minutes chopped off. I have a DVD set of The Patty Duke Show, most are cut episodes from Nick At Nite.

ME-TV in Chicago seems to air shows uncut. I was taping The Patty Duke Show during the summer, they aired the first 14 episodes, all uncut. Then they stopped airing the show. That is what I hate about ME-TV. They will air a show for a short time, then take it off. I guess they are supposed to air Patty Duke again sometime in 2007. So I have to wait until they decide to air the shows again before I can get more episodes. That is bogus. They should just air all the episodes and be done with it.

So to a poor uneducated Brit, what sort of shows did they show in "classic" Nick at Nite?

And as an aside- copyright laws are choking what we can see. When the law in some cases is being changed to copyright being held for 50 years after the holder's death, we're never, ever, going to see some of our favourite old shows re-broadcast unless someone is willing to stump up a ton of money. Really, we've all paid for this through the products we buy that are advertised on these shows, ands through original cable fees back in the day, so we should have the right to see more of it. Britain, via Sky, has hundreds of channels available, but all we get is four or five different channels showing, for example, "That 70s Show", sometimes the same day (and sometimes the exact same time) but at different times during its run. Imagine if some small channel, if old shows became public domain, said it was going to broadcast, in their entirety, classic old shows an hour at a time, every night of the week? Advertisers could target ads for the age range of people who originally watched it and collectors like us :)

Nick at Nite used to show great reruns of 70s SNL and a show called "Mad Movies" that I loved as a kid