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TVFactFan · 01-02-2009, 03:08 PM

The way they air marathons of certain shows? Everytime you see a marathon on your local station it's never a repeat of the eps shown earlier in the marathon. But for some reason N@N, TVland, and TV One seem to repeat eps in marathons that are supposed to be more than 7 hours and I never understood that. What's the point of having a marathon if the same eps are going to be shown 6 hours later?

does this annoy anyone else?

Wreckless · 01-02-2009, 03:20 PM

N@N does that with TFP and it annoys the hell out of me. They hardly ever show new episodes the next night or the same night.

TVFactFan · 01-02-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Wreckless

N@N does that with TFP and it annoys the hell out of me. They hardly ever show new episodes the next night or the same night.

Everytime I seen a marathon of a show in philly, all new eps no repeats. TV land wasn't airing marathons like that in 2003 so I'm not sure why that kind of marathon started to make it a REPEATHON

DSfan · 01-02-2009, 06:17 PM

Yeah, I find it soooo annoying when there is an ad for a 24-hr marathon but actually it's just 6 hrs x 4 rotations of the same exact episodes from before.

Just recently (on a Canadian station mind you) this sort of thing was going on with a Seinfeld full day marathon. In the afternoon and at night the station was airing the exact same episodes from earlier in the day.

Honeymooners marathon on the local network, WPIX, was pretty well done in my opinion. However, I'm not sure if there were any episodes that were repeated throughout the day. 9am-8pm would be 11 hrs x 2 episodes = 22 episodes out of the 39 original so I would assume they wouldn't be reairing any of them.

So, yes, I agree with the statement that local channels are better at how they control their marathons. However, I find it much rarer for a local channel to ever have marathons of shows.

TVFactFan · 01-02-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DSfan

Yeah, I find it soooo annoying when there is an ad for a 24-hr marathon but actually it's just 6 hrs x 4 rotations of the same exact episodes from before.

Just recently (on a Canadian station mind you) this sort of thing was going on with a Seinfeld full day marathon. In the afternoon and at night the station was airing the exact same episodes from earlier in the day.

Honeymooners marathon on the local network, WPIX, was pretty well done in my opinion. However, I'm not sure if there were any episodes that were repeated throughout the day. 9am-8pm would be 11 hrs x 2 episodes = 22 episodes out of the 39 original so I would assume they wouldn't be reairing any of them.

So, yes, I agree with the statement that local channels are better at how they control their marathons. However, I find it much rarer for a local channel to ever have marathons of shows.

Yup Cable ads for 24 marathons are FALSE ADVERTISEMENTS-lol

treky · 01-03-2009, 03:24 AM

solomon, whenever SPIKE TV shows a marathon of "C.S.I." I don't think they ever show episodes more than once.

Tweety · 01-03-2009, 10:38 AM

WGN ran a Honeymooners Marathon on New Year's Day... I don't know how long the marathon ran, but our on-screen guide seemed to indicate that the episodes were not repeated...i checked several hours worth for that very reason, to see if they were going to repeat anything, but I don't think they did... I even have the classic 39 on DVD, but I watched a few of the eps anyway.

TV Land is ridiculous now... well, it has been for several years... I liked the Cosby Show, but I sure don't need to see the same half-dozen episodes repeated in blocks for 3 days and nights in a row. TV Land does the same thing with the Andy Griffith Show. That network is a total joke.

I don't know who started the cheapskate programming... I liked "Matlock", for example, and Hallmark airs the two-hour episodes on Sundays (except between Thanksgiving and New Years, at which time they air the same 3 or 4 holiday movies 15 times each during the month...) But when Matlock airs on Sunday afternoon, they run the same episode again at 11:00 pm.

Thank God for DVDs. And thank God for books!

Yeah, TV Land "Marathons" are a joke.

TVFactFan · 01-03-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Tweety

WGN ran a Honeymooners Marathon on New Year's Day... I don't know how long the marathon ran, but our on-screen guide seemed to indicate that the episodes were not repeated...i checked several hours worth for that very reason, to see if they were going to repeat anything, but I don't think they did... I even have the classic 39 on DVD, but I watched a few of the eps anyway.

TV Land is ridiculous now... well, it has been for several years... I liked the Cosby Show, but I sure don't need to see the same half-dozen episodes repeated in blocks for 3 days and nights in a row. TV Land does the same thing with the Andy Griffith Show. That network is a total joke.

I don't know who started the cheapskate programming... I liked "Matlock", for example, and Hallmark airs the two-hour episodes on Sundays (except between Thanksgiving and New Years, at which time they air the same 3 or 4 holiday movies 15 times each during the month...) But when Matlock airs on Sunday afternoon, they run the same episode again at 11:00 pm.

Thank God for DVDs. And thank God for books!

Yeah, TV Land "Marathons" are a joke.

I could be wrong but the last TV Land marathon I remember that had all new eps were

September of 2006-Labor Day Marathon of Jeffersons

TVFactFan · 01-03-2009, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by treky

solomon, whenever SPIKE TV shows a marathon of "C.S.I." I don't think they ever show episodes more than once.

I think a cable station can only get away with that when airing sitcoms. Any cable station that does that with a drama like C.S.I needs to be UNPLUGGED

lol

01-02-2009, 03:08 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,097	Is this the one thing Local stations do better than cable stations? The way they air marathons of certain shows? Everytime you see a marathon on your local station it's never a repeat of the eps shown earlier in the marathon. But for some reason N@N, TVland, and TV One seem to repeat eps in marathons that are supposed to be more than 7 hours and I never understood that. What's the point of having a marathon if the same eps are going to be shown 6 hours later? does this annoy anyone else?

01-03-2009, 03:24 AM	#6
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	solomon, whenever SPIKE TV shows a marathon of "C.S.I." I don't think they ever show episodes more than once.
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01-02-2009, 03:20 PM	#2
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	N@N does that with TFP and it annoys the hell out of me. They hardly ever show new episodes the next night or the same night.

01-02-2009, 06:17 PM	#4
DSfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,204	Yeah, I find it soooo annoying when there is an ad for a 24-hr marathon but actually it's just 6 hrs x 4 rotations of the same exact episodes from before. Just recently (on a Canadian station mind you) this sort of thing was going on with a Seinfeld full day marathon. In the afternoon and at night the station was airing the exact same episodes from earlier in the day. Honeymooners marathon on the local network, WPIX, was pretty well done in my opinion. However, I'm not sure if there were any episodes that were repeated throughout the day. 9am-8pm would be 11 hrs x 2 episodes = 22 episodes out of the 39 original so I would assume they wouldn't be reairing any of them. So, yes, I agree with the statement that local channels are better at how they control their marathons. However, I find it much rarer for a local channel to ever have marathons of shows.

01-03-2009, 10:38 AM	#7
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	WGN ran a Honeymooners Marathon on New Year's Day... I don't know how long the marathon ran, but our on-screen guide seemed to indicate that the episodes were not repeated...i checked several hours worth for that very reason, to see if they were going to repeat anything, but I don't think they did... I even have the classic 39 on DVD, but I watched a few of the eps anyway. TV Land is ridiculous now... well, it has been for several years... I liked the Cosby Show, but I sure don't need to see the same half-dozen episodes repeated in blocks for 3 days and nights in a row. TV Land does the same thing with the Andy Griffith Show. That network is a total joke. I don't know who started the cheapskate programming... I liked "Matlock", for example, and Hallmark airs the two-hour episodes on Sundays (except between Thanksgiving and New Years, at which time they air the same 3 or 4 holiday movies 15 times each during the month...) But when Matlock airs on Sunday afternoon, they run the same episode again at 11:00 pm. Thank God for DVDs. And thank God for books! Yeah, TV Land "Marathons" are a joke.