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USATVFAN · 04-19-2009, 11:20 AM

Name TV shows that becamce more popular after they went into syndication.

Reba-Got around 4 Million viewers a week but that was great for the WB(The network it aired on) it was there Top Rated Show, had it been NBC, ABS or CBS it would have been cancelled. Not alot of people knew she had a sitcom or notice or they ignored the show but when it reached syndication everybody fell in love with it and that the help DVD Sales.

The Fresh Prince

Jude The Obscure · 04-19-2009, 01:02 PM

The Brady Bunch--everyone got into it as a rerun staple and that turned it into the phenom it still is in pop culture.

Zoneboy · 04-19-2009, 01:03 PM

Star Trek (TOS)

browneyes106 · 04-19-2009, 01:14 PM

I agree with the OP on Reba. One of my friends loved the show when it started airing on Lifetime. I kind of Family Guy is one of those shows my sister got into the show one time when she saw a rerun on TBS.

Jude The Obscure · 04-19-2009, 01:19 PM

I think George Lopez also fits this description--more people are discovering it now, then when it originally ran on ABC.

TVFactFan · 04-19-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

I think George Lopez also fits this description--more people are discovering it now, then when it originally ran on ABC.

Ad I'm one of those of people-lol It's hard for me to watch shows in primetime because of Sports so I never got a chance to see it.

George Lopez-"I BE LIKE THIS"

LOL_LOL

JulieSomoski · 04-19-2009, 01:48 PM

WKRP - definitely got more popular in syndication, as it was never a break-out for CBS, with all the schedule shuffling it endured during the 4 years it aired.

Probably NewsRadio, too, for the same reasons as WKRP.

ryan423 · 04-19-2009, 02:48 PM

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
George Lopez
Reba
That '70s Show

Dusty's Fan · 04-19-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

The Brady Bunch--everyone got into it as a rerun staple and that turned it into the phenom it still is in pop culture.

Well stated, and I think to a certain extent you could say the same for another Sherwood Schwartz series, Gilligan's Island.

catlover79 · 04-19-2009, 06:25 PM

Barney Miller seemed to become a major hit in syndication after it ended its network run in the spring of 1982.

jimpickens · 04-19-2009, 07:52 PM

The Munsters
The Beverly Hillbillies
Gilligan's Island
The Addams Family
MASH
Happy Days
Green Acres
Married With Children
Futurama
Charlie's Angels
Family Guy
Gunsmoke
The Monkees
The Twilight Zone
The original Star Trek
Battlestar Galactica

Wreckless · 04-19-2009, 07:53 PM

I think The Fresh Prince was popular from the start, and from it's original run....

it seems Happy Days, popular during it's 11 year run, has gotten even more popular in the 20 years since....which im glad

TVFactFan · 04-19-2009, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Wreckless

I think The Fresh Prince was popular from the start, and from it's original run....

it seems Happy Days, popular during it's 11 year run, has gotten even more popular in the 20 years since....which im glad

i think it was only popular the first couple of years, because NBC was going to cancel the show in 1993 but they decided to give it another shot

Skywalker · 04-19-2009, 08:51 PM

The Odd Couple
Taxi
Wings
Still Standing
Bosom Buddies

yankeesrj12 · 04-19-2009, 09:05 PM

I think Kings of Queens got more popular in syndication.

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Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	The Brady Bunch--everyone got into it as a rerun staple and that turned it into the phenom it still is in pop culture.

04-19-2009, 01:14 PM	#4
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,094	I agree with the OP on Reba. One of my friends loved the show when it started airing on Lifetime. I kind of Family Guy is one of those shows my sister got into the show one time when she saw a rerun on TBS.

04-19-2009, 01:19 PM	#5
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	I think George Lopez also fits this description--more people are discovering it now, then when it originally ran on ABC.

04-19-2009, 02:48 PM	#8
ryan423 Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 15, 2007 Posts: 1,829	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air George Lopez Reba That '70s Show

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jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,391	The Munsters The Beverly Hillbillies Gilligan's Island The Addams Family MASH Happy Days Green Acres Married With Children Futurama Charlie's Angels Family Guy Gunsmoke The Monkees The Twilight Zone The original Star Trek Battlestar Galactica

04-19-2009, 07:53 PM	#12
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	I think The Fresh Prince was popular from the start, and from it's original run.... it seems Happy Days, popular during it's 11 year run, has gotten even more popular in the 20 years since....which im glad

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Skywalker Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2003 Posts: 14,204	The Odd Couple Taxi Wings Still Standing Bosom Buddies

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yankeesrj12 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 09, 2008 Posts: 4,335	I think Kings of Queens got more popular in syndication.