https://www.metv.com/stories/bob-denver-never-expected-Gilligans-Island-reruns-to-stretch-into-the-80s-let-alone-the-2020s

In 1982 Denver said, ''I just didn't think it would rerun for 16 years.'' Now, the series has been re-running for over 55 years!

reruns then were not what they turned into nowadays