Family Affair marathon on Decades channel right now! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Bonniegirl · 09-11-2021, 09:12 PM

Kind of short notice , but it will be on the rest of today and tomorrow ! Toon in ! I'm watching , such a sweet heartwarming show !!

1960'sTVfan · 09-12-2021, 12:23 AM

I don't think I get the Decades channel but it's great that Family Affair is having a marathon. Fortunately I have the DVD's and can watch them anytime.

Bonniegirl · 09-12-2021, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

I don't think I get the Decades channel but it's great that Family Affair is having a marathon. Fortunately I have the DVD's and can watch them anytime.

Yeah Decades is great! You should check and see if you have it! I just recently discovered we get it!

And every weekend they show a different marathon of a show called "The weekend binge" ! Last week they showed Mary Tyler Moore in honor of Ed Asner passing!

I have a few of the seasons of Family affair on DVD, not the whole set though! They show FA every morning at 8 and 8:30 which is a little early for me, so i can see my DVD's to get my Family Affair fix, but it is nice seeing this marathon being I don't have all the episodes on DVD!

Bonniegirl · 09-12-2021, 01:34 AM

The episode where they win a baby lamb was just on! Snowball was so adorable!!!

SarahBellum · 09-12-2021, 08:49 PM

Nice, but I don't think I can take more than a couple episodes. Didn't Mr. French have to leave the series for a while due to illness?

1960'sTVfan · 09-12-2021, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SarahBellum

Nice, but I don't think I can take more than a couple episodes. Didn't Mr. French have to leave the series for a while due to illness?

Yes, Sebastian Cabot was absent from about 10 episodes in the 1st season and another actor was temporarily brought in to take his place.

1960'sTVfan · 09-13-2021, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yeah Decades is great! You should check and see if you have it! I just recently discovered we get it!

And every weekend they show a different marathon of a show called "The weekend binge" ! Last week they showed Mary Tyler Moore in honor of Ed Asner passing!

I have a few of the seasons of Family affair on DVD, not the whole set though! They show FA every morning at 8 and 8:30 which is a little early for me, so i can see my DVD's to get my Family Affair fix, but it is nice seeing this marathon being I don't have all the episodes on DVD!

I checked the list of cable TV channels that I receive and didn't see Decades anywhere so I guess it isn't currently available in my area.

Which seasons of Family Affair do you have on DVD?

Bonniegirl · 09-13-2021, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

I checked the list of cable TV channels that I receive and didn't see Decades anywhere so I guess it isn't currently available in my area.

Which seasons of Family Affair do you have on DVD?

1, 4 and 5 ! In hindsight I wished I had just got the whole box set !

Bonniegirl · 09-13-2021, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

Yes, Sebastian Cabot was absent from about 10 episodes in the 1st season and another actor was temporarily brought in to take his place.

Yes , actor John Williams played Niles French , Giles French's Brother !

I liked them both !

It would have been cool if when Sebastian returned if John Williams could have stayed on, maybe had a recurring role as working for another family in the building or something !,

opus · 09-13-2021, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Kind of short notice , but it will be on the rest of today and tomorrow ! Toon in ! I'm watching , such a sweet heartwarming show !!

You get Decades on your cable system, or only with an antenna? That’s how it is here. not on my cable, only if I haul out a TV hooked to an antenna (Same with that new REWIND network).

Bonniegirl · 09-13-2021, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by opus

You get Decades on your cable system, or only with an antenna? That’s how it is here. not on my cable, only if I haul out a TV hooked to an antenna (Same with that new REWIND network).

Yeah, it was added to Spectrum cable a few months ago !!! I am ecstatic!!!!

opus · 09-13-2021, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yeah, it was added to Spectrum cable a few months ago !!! I am ecstatic!!!!

A few years ago, when I had zero access to Decades, someone said they were showing Pancho Barnes, the one Valerie Bertinelli movie I desperately need to see (it’s the only one I don’t have on DVD or isn’t available online somehow). Do they still run movies, or is it just old shows now?

1960'sTVfan · 09-13-2021, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

1, 4 and 5 ! In hindsight I wished I had just got the whole box set !

Maybe when you have a little money saved up you can buy seasons 2 and 3, then you'll have the whole series.

1960'sTVfan · 09-13-2021, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yes , actor John Williams played Niles French , Giles French's Brother !

I liked them both !

It would have been cool if when Sebastian returned if John Williams could have stayed on, maybe had a recurring role as working for another family in the building or something !,

John Williams was a good actor, I have seasons 1-5 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on DVD and Mr. Williams is in some of those episodes.

SarahBellum · 09-13-2021, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

John Williams was a good actor, I have seasons 1-5 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on DVD and Mr. Williams is in some of those episodes.

He also appeared as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder,

09-11-2021, 09:12 PM	#1
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,399	Family Affair marathon on Decades channel right now! Kind of short notice , but it will be on the rest of today and tomorrow ! Toon in ! I'm watching , such a sweet heartwarming show !!

09-12-2021, 12:23 AM	#2
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,046	I don't think I get the Decades channel but it's great that Family Affair is having a marathon. Fortunately I have the DVD's and can watch them anytime.

09-12-2021, 01:34 AM	#4
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,399	The episode where they win a baby lamb was just on! Snowball was so adorable!!!

09-12-2021, 08:49 PM	#5
SarahBellum Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2007 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 3,873	Nice, but I don't think I can take more than a couple episodes. Didn't Mr. French have to leave the series for a while due to illness?