Tomorrow and Wed., 7/25 and 7/26, they are showing Season 6 episodes (which in itself is a rarity), and starting Thurs. 7/27, they appear to be showing all of season 8 (they have them scheduled in order thru Mon. 8/7)

Of course, this leads me to wonder why they skipped most of season 6 and all of season 7. I'd like to think they just aren't ready yet, and we'll see them later...

Great! Thanks for letting us know. Long may the Stone Family "roll" -- :)

I'm going to enjoy seeing Season 8. I wonder why only show two episodes from season 6 and none of season 7? That does seem odd.

Very interesting. Donna Reed's estate syndicates the first five seasons, and Sony has the rights to the final three. The season 8 episodes have the modern Sony logo at the end. As for the lack of season 6 and 7 episodes, I can only imagine that because those were never syndicated (season 8 was indeed part of the syndication package in the 70s-90s) there is a royalty issue involved and Sony doesn't want to deal with paying residuals to the actors or their estates.

Yeah, and they're old syndication edits (lousy), as well. They were well-mastered originally, though--the quality is pretty good. So they tacked the new Sony logo onto end, and called it a day.

They showed about 3 season 6 episodes--can't figure that one out.

Very interesting. Donna Reed's estate syndicates the first five seasons, and Sony has the rights to the final three. The season 8 episodes have the modern Sony logo at the end. As for the lack of season 6 and 7 episodes, I can only imagine that because those were never syndicated (season 8 was indeed part of the syndication package in the 70s-90s) there is a royalty issue involved and Sony doesn't want to deal with paying residuals to the actors or their estates.

I think it has something to do with Bob Crane's estate. MeTV skipped the only season 8 episode he was in--it probably wasn't available from Sony (it was probably an episode left over from season 7). It may be something in the way his contract was written when he was a regular in season 7, since he was in an episode or 2 from season 5, and these are shown (although that season no longer has anything to do with Sony).