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TVFactFan · 09-05-2002, 07:57 PM

If this show is show every day, doesn't that mean the first episode is shown once a month? How much longer is this show going to be on TBS? Is it because Tom Hanks is in the show that TBS decided to carry it? This show needs to be on PBS rather than TBS.

TVJunkie101 · 09-18-2002, 06:17 PM

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Originally posted by SOLOMON
If this show is show every day, doesn't that mean the first episode is shown once a month? How much longer is this show going to be on TBS? Is it because Tom Hanks is in the show that TBS decided to carry it? This show needs to be on PBS rather than TBS.

The show isn't on everyday. Two episodes every Saturday. It's a popular show, even TV Land showed the series DAILY for a year or two. Put it on PBS? Hardly, lol. I for one am glad TBS is airing it. I believe it has also been on USA Network, and Fox Family bought the rights, but I believe never aired it (If anyone can verify the USA/Fox Family info, I would appreciate it!)

TVFactFan · 09-18-2002, 06:27 PM

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Originally posted by TVJunkie101
The show isn't on everyday. Two episodes every Saturday. It's a popular show, even TV Land showed the series DAILY for a year or two. Put it on PBS? Hardly, lol. I for one am glad TBS is airing it. I believe it has also been on USA Network, and Fox Family bought the rights, but I believe never aired it (If anyone can verify the USA/Fox Family info, I would appreciate it!)

It's still too short-lived to be in syndication . Maybe that's why they air it twice a week so that it stays fresh.

TVJunkie101 · 09-18-2002, 06:31 PM

Well, USA shows shortlived series too (Veronica's Closet, Jesse, Working, etc.) and TV Land recently showed Gidget (which has only 32 episodes) and on Sunday-Thursday. So, yeah, a lot of shows are too short-lived to actually be in syndication, and they're not, the rights were exclusively sold to that certain network, and they'd probably never be in syndication. I know a few local channels aired Bosom Buddies, but because they wanted too. So, it's strange, LOL, but some shortlived shows are popular. Not a real reason to explain why networks air short-lived shows, but they have many fans, who are happy, so...

TMC · 06-19-2021, 06:18 AM

This is likely too much of a simplistic answer, but I'm guessing or suspecting Tom Hanks' then, newly found film stardom with Splash and Bachelor Party (and his continued popularity) saved Bosom Buddies from relative obscurity.

Dude111 · 06-19-2021, 02:46 PM

Ya I would say he did!!

TMC · 05-23-2023, 02:54 AM

I was just thinking that who else is extremely surprised by this show's staying power? It only went for two seasons with 37 episodes, and yet it somehow could usually be found in syndicated reruns on over-the-air television well into the early 2000s. You may have to go hunting for it at ridiculous hours of the morning, but the fact that it was airing anywhere outside of a novelty cable channel after like 1983 is amazing to say the least.

TMC · 07-25-2023, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

It's still too short-lived to be in syndication . Maybe that's why they air it twice a week so that it stays fresh.

Syndicated promos for Bosom Buddies:

From Bosom Buddies' run on NBC during the summer of 1984 (two years after ABC canceled it):

Sonny Carson · 03-28-2024, 02:57 AM

When I was a kid in the early 90s, they used to show short lived series in the early morning all the time. They showed ‘That’s My Mama on WKBD 50 at 5:00 in the morning. I also will never forget waking up at 5:30 one Saturday morning about to go on a trip, and seeing Jimmie Walker had a show in the the late 80s taking care of some orphaned kids called ‘Bustin Loose’. USA used to show short lived shows a lot too(‘It’s Your Move, ‘Double Trouble, ‘Bustin Loose’ sometimes too)

09-05-2002, 07:57 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 98,971	Why is TBS showing episodes of a show that only made 38 episodes? If this show is show every day, doesn't that mean the first episode is shown once a month? How much longer is this show going to be on TBS? Is it because Tom Hanks is in the show that TBS decided to carry it? This show needs to be on PBS rather than TBS.

09-18-2002, 06:31 PM	#4
TVJunkie101 Member...you 'member? Senior Member Join Date: May 28, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,838	Well, USA shows shortlived series too (Veronica's Closet, Jesse, Working, etc.) and TV Land recently showed Gidget (which has only 32 episodes) and on Sunday-Thursday. So, yeah, a lot of shows are too short-lived to actually be in syndication, and they're not, the rights were exclusively sold to that certain network, and they'd probably never be in syndication. I know a few local channels aired Bosom Buddies, but because they wanted too. So, it's strange, LOL, but some shortlived shows are popular. Not a real reason to explain why networks air short-lived shows, but they have many fans, who are happy, so...

06-19-2021, 06:18 AM	#5
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,675	This is likely too much of a simplistic answer, but I'm guessing or suspecting Tom Hanks' then, newly found film stardom with Splash and Bachelor Party (and his continued popularity) saved Bosom Buddies from relative obscurity.

06-19-2021, 02:46 PM	#6
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 35,486	Ya I would say he did!!

05-23-2023, 02:54 AM	#7
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,675	I was just thinking that who else is extremely surprised by this show's staying power? It only went for two seasons with 37 episodes, and yet it somehow could usually be found in syndicated reruns on over-the-air television well into the early 2000s. You may have to go hunting for it at ridiculous hours of the morning, but the fact that it was airing anywhere outside of a novelty cable channel after like 1983 is amazing to say the least.

03-28-2024, 02:57 AM	#9
Sonny Carson Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 26, 2012 Location: Southfield, Michigan Posts: 395	When I was a kid in the early 90s, they used to show short lived series in the early morning all the time. They showed ‘That’s My Mama on WKBD 50 at 5:00 in the morning. I also will never forget waking up at 5:30 one Saturday morning about to go on a trip, and seeing Jimmie Walker had a show in the the late 80s taking care of some orphaned kids called ‘Bustin Loose’. USA used to show short lived shows a lot too(‘It’s Your Move, ‘Double Trouble, ‘Bustin Loose’ sometimes too)