Before it's recent airing on N@N, when was the last time you have seen an ep of DS?

This question struck me when some of you recaped those scenes of DS that N@N is not showing (which are have been cut to allow more time for commercials).

I haven't seen an episode of DS for 16 years, and I can't remember whether the last ep I saw was a rerun or first-run.

My thinking is that anyone who can clearly remember certain scenes of DS and can recognize which ones have been cut must have a really sharp memory.

So my question here is- when was the last time Diff'rent Strokes was shown on ANY channel in the Unites States, whether rerun or first-run (my apologies for excluding countries outside the USA- but that's a separte question I might ask later).

[Brett Ferino]

Never ever in my life.

[coily2]

I don't think I've seen it since it's original run. When I was in college in the early 90's, I remember needing a DS fix and desperatly searching for any station that was showing it, and I came up short

While I am happy that N@N is showing it again, I must admit that I am surprised. With all the tradegy that surrounds the cast of this show, I thought for sure people would just let this show die. While I feel bad for the kids' plights, I'm glad they didn't. It's nice to see it on the tube again!

[Pavan]

I saw it twice on SGN in 1999. But before that since the early 90's when WNYW (my local FOX) use to show it everyday!

I had never seen it until N@N showed it.

[APPLEI]

I THINK IT WAS LATE 1989 WHEN MY LOCAL STATION SHOWED DIFFERENT STROKES.

pavanbadal,

Please xcuse my ignorance but what is SGN?

[theshark8777]

SGN is Screen Gems Network, its an hour syndication block aired on some local channels. Right now SGN in my area is showing Benson and the Jeffersons.

[JohnMcMillin]

the most recent (pre-Nick) I remember was summer 95 on the local UPN carrier. Before that, I remember ocassionally watching the reruns on the local Fox carrier (which also aired Facts and Family Ties reruns then too) around 88-89. I remember the episode that I caught in 95 was an episode from the 1984-1985 season that was sort of an homage to Ghostbusters.

[dbk]

Different Strokes was last seen here in Houston, TX in March, 1990. Channel 39, which is now WB 39, was airing Different Strokes from 1984-1990. After that, they took it off the air. It's funny that Silver Spoons and Webster, which had shorter runs on NBC and ABC, were easier to catch on cable and syndication, but Different Strokes would never be seen in this area until Nick decided to put it back on the air. My question would be, why would no station in the 1990's, would air this popular show? Was it because the problems that existed with Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Dana Plato? I really don't understand it!

[IGNTBone]

It aired on the local UPN affiliate in West Palm Beach, FL. I watched it whenever I visted my dad's place in 1998 thru 2000. Before that, WNYW in NY was my fix in the early 90's. My mom said it was my favorite show when I was little (first NBC run).

[JohnMcMillin]

the main prob was syndication. After DS had been on so long, they began phasing those reruns out in favor of Family Matters and the like, which more recently began being phased out in favor of Friends and Seinfeld among others.

I have no idea why TBS never got the show in the 90's (many of the shows TBS used to air are now on Nick and TV Land, such as Laverne & Shirley, Three's Company, I Love Lucy, etc...) or at least WGN (which aired Webster in 98-99) or another one of those channels (thank god not USA tho, which aired Facts Of Life around 7:30 am for YEARS).

At least finally it's good to finally see the episodes again. For so many years, specials about the "tragedy" of DS would run on channels like E, yet you'd never run into reruns of the show.

I also wish they would have a special on the show that focused SOLELY on this show. E! had a "True Hollywood Story" about Facts Of Life that 99% of the show was based around the 1979-1988 run of the show, with brief "Where Are They Now?"'s. Yet the True Hollywood Story on DS had about 10 minutes focused on the 1978-1986 run, and the other hour and 50 mins (it was a 2 hour special) was about Gary, Todd and Dana's tragedies.

How about a special about the triumphs DS made instead of just what happened afterwards? Why not make a I Love Lucy special with 5 minutes about that shows impact, and 55 more talking about how everyone is dead now.

[The Gooch]

I went to Miami in March of 1990 and they were showing Diff'rent Strokes on TBS at the time. I only saw the Muhammad Ali episode however. Continuously, I haven't seen the show since the summer of '87 when it was playing weekday afternoons on at least a couple of the big three networks.

For a lot of people, it really has been a long time.

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[perezd]

FOX of course.DS was shown everyday during the 90s. I used to see that Family Ties, and The Facts of life, Threes Company. plus Mr. Belvedere and other stuff.