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Will and Grace Fanatic
01-25-2015, 01:56 PM
There are alot of tv shows that were in re-runs so many years ago but you never see in re-runs anymore. What shows would you like to see back in re-runs. I'm not counting shows that are on netflix, hulu, etc.

For me they are:

Dobie Gillis
Charles in Charge
The Facts of Life
Ellen
The Lucy Show
The Adams Family
The Charmings
The Hogan Family
My Two Dads
Punky Brewster
Dharma and Greg
Dinosaurs
Empty Nest
Hey Dude
Jesse (98-00 series)
Veronica's Closet
The John Larroquette Show
Mad About You
Murphy Brown
Salute Your Shorts
Step By Step
Less Than Perfect

tlc38tlc38
01-25-2015, 02:03 PM
Ones I'd like to see return:

The Drew Carey Show
Major Dad
Suddenly Susan
Perfect Strangers
Alice
Chico and the Man
Empty Nest
Grace Under Fire
Baywatch
Desperate Housewives
Garfield and Friends
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the original 80s/90s version)

And....I know these are on AntennaTV or MeTV but I don't get those channels:
One Day at a Time
Mr. Belvedere
Green Acres
Small Wonder
Petticoat Junction
Newhart
Evening Shade

Bonniegirl
01-25-2015, 02:10 PM
Ones I'd like to see return:

The Drew Carey Show
Major Dad
Suddenly Susan
Perfect Strangers
Alice
Chico and the Man
Empty Nest
Grace Under Fire
Garfield and Friends
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the original 80s/90s version)


I agree with ;)

Alice
Chico and the man
Garfield and Friends ( I used to watch with my sons)

I would like to see Room 222 and the Flintstones come back also! ;)

bmasters9
01-25-2015, 02:14 PM
Trapper John, M.D.

Patty Duke
01-25-2015, 06:58 PM
Some of my list may be on channels like Antenna TV and Me-TV but since we don't get anything like that and can only get Dish or Direct TV, these are shows I wish were on something available to people like me that can't get anything using an antenna.

Eight is Enough
Major Dad
Family
Perfect Strangers
Empty Nest
The Hogan Family
Call To Glory
Wonderful World of Disney
Grace Under Fire
Emergency!
Here Come the Brides
One Day at a Time
Petticoat Junction
The Newlywed Game
The Dating Game
Room 222
Cannon
Evening Shade
Father Murphy
Adam's Rib
Sonny and Cher Show
Laugh In
Flip Wilson
Rhoda

icecream
01-26-2015, 01:37 AM
There are alot of tv shows that were in re-runs so many years ago but you never see in re-runs anymore. What shows would you like to see back in re-runs. I'm not counting shows that are on netflix, hulu, etc.

For me they are:

Dobie Gillis
Charles in Charge
The Facts of Life
Ellen
The Lucy Show
The Adams Family
The Charmings
The Hogan Family
My Two Dads
Punky Brewster
Dharma and Greg
Dinosaurs
Empty Nest
Hey Dude
Jesse (98-00 series)
Veronica's Closet
The John Larroquette Show
Mad About You
Murphy Brown
Salute Your Shorts
Step By Step
Less Than PerfectMurphy Brown airs commercial free on Encore Classic, weeknights at 6PM and after the 9PM movie ends. It also has a Sunday night airing. Mad About You airs on FXX and they also put 5 different episodes a week on demand for Comcast customers.

Bonniegirl
01-26-2015, 03:12 AM
Does anyone remember Family with Kristy McNichol? She played Buddy. And her brother Willy and a sister played by Meredith Baxter ( I can't remember her name in the show, but there was a brunette actress who played her first) And her Mom and Dad! Good show , I'd like to see it again. It seems to never be on anywhere in reruns!

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ThomasE
01-26-2015, 05:27 AM
Dobie airs (or recently did) on ME-TV as Step By Step did air up until recently on Discovery Kids (Formerly Hub) as well.

Tubehead
01-26-2015, 06:35 AM
Dobie Gillis come on Sundays at 5:00 am on me tv


ones :
court ship of eddies father
the lucy show
chico and man
Sanford arms
mammas family
Unsolved mysteries older ones with Robert stack
California Dreams

cartoons
chip n dale rescuer rangers animated TV series
duck tails animated TV series
Doug nickelodeon animated TV series
mighty max
mummpet babies animated TV series
the jetons
the flinstones
the flinstone kids
Scooby doo were are you ?
spider-man 1994 animated TV series
x-men 1994 animated TV series
batman 1990 animated TV series
batman beyond animated TV series
justice league 1990 animated TV series
static shock 1990 animated TV series
justice league : unlimited 1990 animated TV series
teange mutant ninja turtles 1980s animated TV series
wood wood pecker
droopy

Patty Duke
01-26-2015, 11:36 AM
Does anyone remember Family with Kristy McNichol? She played Buddy. And her brother Willy and a sister played by Meredith Baxter ( I can't remember her name in the show, but there was a brunette actress who played her first) And her Mom and Dad! Good show , I'd like to see it again. It seems to never be on anywhere in reruns!

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I have the show 'Family', The Complete First and Second Season on DVD. It's a shame they never released the rest of the show. You are right, I've never seen it on TV in reruns. My parents loved this show.

TeeVeeCloset
01-26-2015, 12:02 PM
I agree with many....of course this is opinion by all......my picks.....

IT'S A LIVING
THE NEW GIDGET
MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN (Though on DVD)
FERNWOOD/AMERICA 2 NITE
LIFE GOES ON
AMERICAN DREAMS
NANNY & THE PROFESSOR
PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES
THE GHOST & MRS MUIR

Bonniegirl
01-26-2015, 12:37 PM
I have the show 'Family', The Complete First and Second Season on DVD. It's a shame they never released the rest of the show. You are right, I've never seen it on TV in reruns. My parents loved this show.


My Mom loved it too. I used to watch it with her! ;)

And Oh yes, somebody mentioned Mama's family! That for SURE should be brought back! ;)

Sal
01-26-2015, 12:57 PM
The Andy Griffith Show
Leave It To Beaver
The Beverly Hillbillies
Green Acres
Petticoat Junction
The Brady Bunch
The Partridge Family
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Bewitched
I Dream Of Jeannie
My Three Sons

I'm serious, these shows are NEVER on!!


Even rarer still:

The Donna Reed Show
Dobie Gillis
Dennis The Menace
Make Room For Daddy
Family Affair
The Courtship Of Eddie's Father
Father Knows Best
Ozzie & Harriet
Room 222
Here's Lucy
Car 54, Where Are You?
The Phil Silvers Show
McHale's Navy
F Troop
Hogan's Heroes
My Favorite Martian

Will and Grace Fanatic
01-26-2015, 01:58 PM
Murphy Brown airs commercial free on Encore Classic, weeknights at 6PM and after the 9PM movie ends. It also has a Sunday night airing. Mad About You airs on FXX and they also put 5 different episodes a week on demand for Comcast customers.

Nice to know...I don't have cable just basic tv.

UMFaninMD
01-26-2015, 08:04 PM
Some of these might air Me-TV and other similar channels but DirecTV doesn't air them:

Charlie's Angels
TJ Hooker
Night Gallery
Too Close For Comfort
The Bionic Woman
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Barnaby Jones
The Streets of San Francisco
Ironside
Classic Doctor Who

I know these air on Esquire but it's blacked out on my DirecTV package:
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Incredible Hulk

treky
01-27-2015, 04:41 AM
MAD ABOUT YOU
QUANTUM LEAP
THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO
STAR TREK: VOYAGER
" " DEEP SPACE NINE

LUNCH
01-27-2015, 02:58 PM
What about 1970's TV movies,alot of them are quite good and are never shown on TV.

irehtman
01-27-2015, 07:35 PM
Hang Time

factsoflife
01-27-2015, 07:41 PM
Sisters
Party of Five
Empty Nest
The Facts of Life
California Dreams
Nurses
Evening Shade
Murphy Brown
Punky Brewster
Kate & Allie
E.R.

Rewinder
01-28-2015, 11:55 AM
The Girl From Uncle (I think the last time it was aired was on TNT)
The Powers of Matthew Star (aired in syndication on scifi channel than on tv land)
The Lucy Show
Simon & Simon
Perfect Strangers . the last station that would air perfect strangers in it's full syndication run was usa network so tv land and nick at nite has only aired a few episodes.

littletydramon
03-05-2015, 01:17 AM
Pretty much half and the series that used to air on TV Land in the early 2000 have never aired again to my knowledge. Chico and The Man, My Favorite Martian, etc.

Is there a place where we can get the actual dates of when the series last were reran? Are any channels still showing ALF?

icecream
03-05-2015, 03:33 AM
Pretty much half and the series that used to air on TV Land in the early 2000 have never aired again to my knowledge. Chico and The Man, My Favorite Martian, etc.

Is there a place where we can get the actual dates of when the series last were reran? Are any channels still showing ALF?ALF aired on The Hub last year before Discovery destroyed/revamped it and took all the sitcoms off. Before the Hub it was on WGN, part of their Sunday retro night.

Rewinder
03-06-2015, 11:22 AM
The Amazing Spider-Man despite it only having 15 episodes but it didn't stop USA TBS and Scifi channel from airing it back in the 90s

The Powers of Matthew Star , I remember when TV Land aired half of the episodes at some point in the early 2000s and it was a good series. I think Scifi channel aired it in the 90s

Airwolf

Simon and Simon

Hunter last i saw it was on tv land but think it hasn't been in syndication since tv land took it off

Lou Grant

The Fall Guy

Bonanza The Lost Episodes

The Girl From Uncle

Perfect Strangers

Rhoda

Kasey
05-03-2015, 06:41 PM
It's a Living
She's the Sheriff
9 to 5
The Hogan Family
Just the Ten of Us
Angie
Phyllis

Bonniegirl
05-07-2015, 10:18 AM
What about 1970's TV movies,alot of them are quite good and are never shown on TV.


I would love that! ;)

Samme
05-07-2015, 10:45 AM
I agree. A lot of those made for TV movies were very good and some were even great. They haven't been shown in many years and are now almost forgotten. I like the great TV movies that Alan Alda made in the 70s more than anything else he ever did.

Tubehead
05-07-2015, 10:46 AM
for me:
kung Fu last seen on tnt
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues last seen on tnt
early edition last seen on fox family know now as abc family
replays belief it or not with dean Cain last seen on tbs
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys last seen on the hub
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman last seen on the hub


ones I hadn't seen in re runs
small Ville it comes on tnt some times early in the mooring I would liked to see it on decent time
moon light
day break
mutant x
total recall they used to re run it back in the 1990s
seven days last seen on fox
the 400 hundred
john doe
journey man
life on mars usa version

classic shows
Chico and the man
court ship of eddies father last seen on turner south turner south not on TV any more I would like to see it on me TV or Annette TV
give me a break
hanging with Mr. cooper last seen on I on television and last seen couple months ago on nick at nite am surprised bet or critic net work hadn't picked it up yet.
my favorite Martian last seen on TV land

modern classic shows
saved by the bell last seen on tbs now on me TV I would like to see it daily
California Dreams last seen on tbs
perfect strangers last seen on nick at nite I on television I would love for me TV or Annette TV to pick it up
family ties last seen on TV land now on up also know as gospel music channel
step by step last seen on abc family
family matters last seen on abc family & nick at nite currently on critic enterment and bet TV

Tubehead
05-07-2015, 10:57 AM
Air wolf they have marathons of them every Thursdays 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm on esquire network

The Amazing Spider-Man despite it only having 15 episodes but it didn't stop USA TBS and Scifi channel from airing it back in the 90s


I would love to see the amazing spider -man TV series I remember long time ago sci fi Chanel would have marathons of it on sci fi channel when they aired sci fi classic Marathons I used to rent them all the time at block busters on vsh long time ago before dvds came out also you can watch the older series on you tube for free I would buy the whole series with out thinking about it if they released it on dvd

evening shades comes on Saturdays at 11:00 pm on Annette TV .

icecream
05-07-2015, 11:42 AM
family ties last seen on TV land now on up also know as gospel music channel Family Ties is coming to Antenna TV later this year.

Patty Duke
05-07-2015, 03:00 PM
I agree. A lot of those made for TV movies were very good and some were even great. They haven't been shown in many years and are now almost forgotten. I like the great TV movies that Alan Alda made in the 70s more than anything else he ever did.


I would LOVE that! There are so many great shows and movies sitting on a shelf someplace just collecting dust, it's a crying shame.

tvfan25
05-07-2015, 06:10 PM
Grace Under Fire
Drew Carey Show
Yes Dear
Hi Honey I'm Home
Perfect Strangers
For Your Love
3rd Rock From The Sun
Tracy Morgan Show
Nurses
Empty Nest
The Muppet Show
Rescue 911
MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge)
Rags To Riches
Sister Kate

treky
05-08-2015, 02:42 AM
I would love that! ;)
yea, me too-there's a lot of ones I would love to see again, mostly the ABC ones like MR. & MRS. BO JO JONES, THE FORGOTTEN MAN, DUEL, BAD RONALD and a lot of others.

Bonniegirl
05-09-2015, 05:50 PM
yea, me too-there's a lot of ones I would love to see again, mostly the ABC ones like MR. & MRS. BO JO JONES, THE FORGOTTEN MAN, DUEL, BAD RONALD and a lot of others.


Treky , I'm watching Duel right now! A channel called El Rey is rerunning it from this morning. I tuned in to see the last hour this morning, and I'm watching the first hour now! ;)

El Rey seems to be a really cool channel showing movies from the 70's! Seems to be Tv movies and movies that were in the theatre! ;)

biffbronson
05-10-2015, 12:43 AM
3rd Rock From The Sun

If you have a My Network TV station in your area, you might have some luck catching that series on Saturdays.

Schmoopie
05-10-2015, 01:24 AM
The Powers That Be (David Hyde Pierce's first series on NBC). Youtube had them all and now they're all gone. Totally my fault for taking so long to get to them but I think it would be easier if they just put them back on TV. There are only two seasons.