Maybe some still come on TV and someone can help us find them.

I found 'Mama's family' recently on ION. I know this one isn't That old but I still love it.

The Encore Western Channel on Dish has old western shows. My husband loves them!

I love Lucy is on TVL but they are taking it off when the contract runs out the end of this year.

Chiller TV on dish plays a lot of the shows like Alfred Hitchcock, Night Gallery, Tales From The Crypt.

Know any other old shows and channels they are on?

A lot of my favorite shows aren't on TV right now or have lousy time slots.

The Donna Reed Show - Recent news of a DVD release made me realize how much I love and miss this show. It was THE show on Nick at Nite to me back in the late 80s.

My Three Sons - The same with Donna Reed. It was another favorite of mine from the classic Nick at Nite era. I prefer the Mike-Bub years, but I enjoyed the series all the way through. I miss this show A LOT!

Hey Dude - Another favorite of mine that I haven't seen for years! I keep hoping they'll release it on DVD and maybe they will, but I'm very impatient.

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - I enjoyed this show on Nick at Nite and wish it were on some channel (or especially DVD) these days. To me, Bob Denver is Maynard more than he's Gilligan.

The Patty Duke Show - Another classic Nick at Nite show, I had a crush on Patty Lane (oddly enough not Cathy, so I guess it wasn't looks for me, lol). I want all these shows back!

California Dreams - I watched this every year it was on. I knew I wasn't watching great television, but I really enjoyed it. I taped some episodes off of TBS, but I didn't get them all (I don't think TBS ever showed the final season) and I have since lost the tapes. :(

I'm big on TV-DVDs, but none of these shows are currently available, though a couple may be coming out soon.

We have bought a lot TV-DVDs and like you, there are many we'd love to have that we can't get.

My Three Sons was one of my favorites!
They came out with Hazel season 1 but now I'm doubting they give us the other seasons.

When I was a kid I loved Ma and Pa Kettle and The Egg and I.
I finally got all of those on DVD.

I miss good old sitcoms and dramas, instead of all this reality junk - I hate reality TV with every fiber of my being!! Thank goodness for all the classic shows on DVD - I own several and check a lot out from the library.

The Lucy Show

The Patty Duke Show

My Three Sons

all the classic cartoons and sitcoms that have yet to be released on dvd- here in the uk, such as hangin' with mr cooper, diff'rent strokes and who's the boss. though i do watch them on you tube

*Reba
*Mama's Family (altho I heard word of a spin-off. but it's going on Comedy Central, i THINK, should it ever be picked up. you know how trashy they are)
*Line of Fire (a cop show on ABC. from what i remember, it was good. stupid ABC axed it! :mad:)

Too many to list!

I also miss seeing the classic WB cartoons of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester and Tweety, etc. I don't understand why NO ONE is running these cartoons.

8 Simple Rules.

It never should have been canceled. ABC has yet to replace it with a comedy.

I miss all the old shows from Nick@Nite and TVLand when these stations first debuted.

I also miss seeing the classic WB cartoons of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester and Tweety, etc. I don't understand why NO ONE is running these cartoons.

Boom on Dish network shows a lot of the old classic cartoons.

I miss:

Many '80s sitcoms that I've yet to watch on a regular basis:
- Mr. Belvedere (I loved that theme song!), which I haven't seen since the early '90s.

-Newhart (1982-90) I only saw the 1st two seasons of it and haven't seen it since the early to mid '90s.

- Punky Brewster (last reran in 2005?), even though I saw all 4 seasons of it, I still barely remember most of the show Thank heavens for the DVD's!



Non-sitcoms:
- "CHiPs"
- Hill Street Blues (I only have about 3 or 4 episodes burned on CD).
- St. Elsewhere
- Adam-12 (I've never really seen this show on a regular basis, but hopefully one day Me-TV picks up this show and air it after "Dragnet," since they are rerunning "Dragnet" at the moment.)
- "Hunter" even though it was rerun on both TV Land and Me-TV, I've still yet to see the original 1991 series finale episode.


*Mama's Family (altho I heard word of a spin-off. but it's going on Comedy Central, i THINK, should it ever be picked up. you know how trashy they are)

And technically Mama's Family is a spin-off from the Carol Burnett Show, since it originally started out as a sketch on CB.

I wish Dish would pick up Me TV and RTN.
We can't get cable so dish is our only way to go. We had direct at one time but they wouldn't give us any local channels, we can get ABC, NBC, CBS through AllAmericanDirect with dish.

Boom on Dish network shows a lot of the old classic cartoons.


When I last had satellite, Boomerang had abandoned showing the old WB cartoons. Did they bring them back? In any case, no one else is showing them and I would love to get the DVDs, but I have too many things on my to-buy list.

i love Boomerang. that's how i discovered 'wait 'till your father gets home', which is a cleaner, family version of 'all in the family.'
i'd like to add 'The Facts of Life' to my list. i don't understand why no network will pick it up and the DVDs aren't coming out. guess they aren't selling well.
also, "rodney" was a good show.

Has nothing to do with sales, Brandon. It is just Sony being Sony--look at all the TV series Sony has abandoned!!!!

Has nothing to do with sales, Brandon. It is just Sony being Sony--look at all the TV series Sony has abandoned!!!!

oh. so it stupidity! lol. thanks for the info. :)

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#2 Reba

I have been recording some of the old cartoons from Boom. Not sure which ones you are looking for they do have a lot of really old ones.

Has nothing to do with sales, Brandon. It is just Sony being Sony--look at all the TV series Sony has abandoned!!!!

Or when they do finally get abandoned shows on DVD, they mistreat some of them as well.

Non-sitcoms:
- "CHiPs"
- Hill Street Blues (I only have about 3 or 4 episodes burned on CD).
- St. Elsewhere
- Adam-12 (I've never really seen this show on a regular basis, but hopefully one day Me-TV picks up this show and air it after "Dragnet," since they are rerunning "Dragnet" at the moment.)



Hill Street is most definitely available on retail DVD! The first two seasons for sure, and I think Season 3 is either about to come out, or is out. LOVE Hill Street.

St. Elsewhere season 1 is currently on retail DVD.

There are some CHiPs seasons on DVD as well.

Adam-12 season on also on DVD.
And according to Amazon, CHiPS & Adam-12 episodes are available for download at a buck 99 an ep.

Just some info.

Generically speaking, I miss westerns and variety shows. When I was growing
up (in the late fifties and early sixties), they were prevalent. The western,
for the most part, died off in the late sixties (from sheer saturation, I guess;
people got tired of seeing horses every time they turned on the TV set). The
variety show breathed its last gasp in the late seventies or early eighties;
and now we have lost two stars of that genre in the space of a few days
(Dick Martin and Harvey Korman). In 1998, we lost Flip Wilson; and that was,
I guess, the beginning of the end of an era. It just makes me sad that the
best years of television (to me, at least) are behind us. But what memories!

It is sad. :( I can sit and flip channels now and not find a thing on to watch. Back then we had 3 channels and always found something. Best part, my parents didn't worry about what we might see on TV. We have lost so many of the actors/actresses I grew up with and yes it makes me very sad each time one passes.
Those really were the good old days.

I just have to wonder why someone hasn't picked up (Not TV Land, they are going in a new direction) on the high demand of classic TV shows yet. You'd have to blind not to see it all over the internet.

Night Court
Fact's of Life

It is sad. :( I can sit and flip channels now and not find a thing on to watch. Back then we had 3 channels and always found something. Best part, my parents didn't worry about what we might see on TV. We have lost so many of the actors/actresses I grew up with and yes it makes me very sad each time one passes.
Those really were the good old days.

I just have to wonder why someone hasn't picked up (Not TV Land, they are going in a new direction) on the high demand of classic TV shows yet. You'd have to blind not to see it all over the internet.

Ironic, isn't it? We did have a better and wider selection when we only had three channels than today when we have 300 channels! :lol: :crazy:

Up until the early/mid 70s we only had one TV channel and that was CBS.
Lots of variety and great shows on just 1 station :eek:
I enjoyed watching Mike Douglas after school and I havent seen Gentle Ben in a looong time.


Ironic, isn't it? We did have a better and wider selection when we only had three channels than today when we have 300 channels! :lol: :crazy:

I miss:

-Newhart (1982-90) I only saw the 1st two seasons of it and haven't seen it since the early to mid '90s.



Newhart is coming to WGN-America 8-9 starting Sunday.

Kung fu : the legend continues
California dreams
Famiy ties thank goodness its on dvd
get smart
are you afraid of the dark?
heath cliff
two stupid dogs
swat kates
sliver hawks
mummpets babies
tiny toonys
garfield
aliven and the chipmunks
the real ghostbusteers
the jetsons
wait unitl your father gets home
batman Animated series
Spider - man Animated series
top cat
doug
the munsters
macgvyer

Cartoons:
The New Scooby-Doo Show (1976?), the one before Scrappy came along.
X-Men and X-Men Evolution
Pokemon (before May and Max.)
Incredible Hulk, The (1990s)
Alvin and the Chipmunks and The Alvin Show
Gumby

Alvin and The Chimpmunks

Here goes my list of my favorite black tv sitcoms. Thank goodness that some of them are on dvd...

1. The Cosby Show
2. Martin

1. Hunter
2. Trapper John M.D.

Mannix (I've only seen a few S1 eps. and the series finale ep from 1975 w/ the late John Ritter)

Mr. Belvedere (Thanks to Rupert Murdoch's holding hostage of this show and many other shows his company owns, I won't even be able to see this show much anymore these days).

My Two Dads

Double Trouble

I do miss Brady Bunch. It'd be cool if they did a modern version of it. At least Christopher Knight is back on TV with Celebrity Circus.

Empty Nest
Family Ties