The Joey Bishop Show Premieres on Antenna TV with a New Year's Day marathon - Page 7 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

1960'sTVfan · 05-15-2017, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jehobden

I read not long ago on Facebook that Danny Thomas & Sheldon Leonard took lower licensing fees from CBS for Andy Griffith & Dick Van Dyke's sitcoms in order to get CBS to take Joey Bishop's sitcom for 1 more season. By having 1 more season of Joey, Thomas & Leonard wanted to get close to the magic number of 100 episodes for syndication. The show had a total of 97 episodes on NBC, and CBS added 24 more. However, this calculation ended up not working out for the show because S1 was not syndicated to local stations. Having part of the episodes in B&W and part in color I'm sure hurt syndication as well.

Interesting information, thanks for sharing. One correction, the CBS season has 26 episodes, not 24.

I know they edit the episodes and I don't like their credit crunches, but aside from that I'm glad Antenna TV has brought the Joey Bishop Show out from the mothballs and airing the series for those interested to watch it, including the long unseen 1st season.

RedPenguin · 08-31-2019, 04:26 PM

I just wanted to give folks an update in case they didn't see it.

Roku has a free web service called "The Roku Channel" which is on PC or various devices such as the Fire TV Stick or even iOS.

While messing around on my phone, I stumbled upon the entire 4 seasons of The Joey Bishop Show, which I never actually thought was going to be on a streaming website.

They also have I'd say like 12 or so full The Carol Burnett Shows but they aren't continuous but random episodes.

Slowly but surely, my fantasy of virtually any classic/older true crime show you want on various ad-supported platforms such as Roku, Pluto, XUMO, Tubi, Shoutfactory TV, Popcornflix, and even The Big 5 TV networks, is become a reality.

08-31-2019, 04:26 PM	#92
RedPenguin Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 02, 2005 Posts: 217	I just wanted to give folks an update in case they didn't see it. Roku has a free web service called "The Roku Channel" which is on PC or various devices such as the Fire TV Stick or even iOS. While messing around on my phone, I stumbled upon the entire 4 seasons of The Joey Bishop Show, which I never actually thought was going to be on a streaming website. They also have I'd say like 12 or so full The Carol Burnett Shows but they aren't continuous but random episodes. Slowly but surely, my fantasy of virtually any classic/older true crime show you want on various ad-supported platforms such as Roku, Pluto, XUMO, Tubi, Shoutfactory TV, Popcornflix, and even The Big 5 TV networks, is become a reality.