jehobden
11-22-2018, 10:24 PM
I just found a promo ad for The Mothers-in-Law on sale on EBay at this link:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/tb-The-Mothers-in-Law-Vintage-Movie-Promo-Ad-Pinup-Poster-Desi-Arnaz-Mel-Blanc/112889032737?hash=item1a48b5f021:rk:1:pf:0
The ad mentions the "80s", so apparently Samuel Goldwyn Company, who had rerun rights to this series by this time, was trying to sell local stations on rerunning the show. I don't think the company had many takers, as the show pretty much disappeared from local stations, aside from a few small market stations on UHF (from what I've read). The Mothers-in-Law was in reruns on WNEW-TV, now NYC's Fox affilate on channel 5 there, in the mid-1970s, but it had disappeared from most local stations by 1980.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/tb-The-Mothers-in-Law-Vintage-Movie-Promo-Ad-Pinup-Poster-Desi-Arnaz-Mel-Blanc/112889032737?hash=item1a48b5f021:rk:1:pf:0
The ad mentions the "80s", so apparently Samuel Goldwyn Company, who had rerun rights to this series by this time, was trying to sell local stations on rerunning the show. I don't think the company had many takers, as the show pretty much disappeared from local stations, aside from a few small market stations on UHF (from what I've read). The Mothers-in-Law was in reruns on WNEW-TV, now NYC's Fox affilate on channel 5 there, in the mid-1970s, but it had disappeared from most local stations by 1980.