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Rezny@gmail.com · 11-11-2010, 01:22 AM

But failed when they were syndicated.I cannot think of any right offhand.Know of any?Feel free to post.And no,this is not the same post I did earlier about shows which did NOT do well on their network run but became ratings hits in syndication.This is a totally different post.Once again,feel free to post.

70s show watcher · 11-11-2010, 02:31 AM

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clj2 · 11-11-2010, 04:02 AM

I guess I should exclude shows from before the mid 1980s?, because some shows just age and become undesirable for channels to pick up (example, I Love Lucy was huge in syndication for years but has fizzled out in the past couple of years, or is no longer very viable for syndication, same for The Beverly Hillbillies, etc). If I included 50s-early 80s shows I could go forever, lol. These were popular (maybe not REALLY) and haven't done well in syndication, in recent years that I can think of:

Ellen
Night Court
Wings
227
Mad About You
Coach

Has One Day at a Time ever done well in syndication? Alice? Maude? Those 70s sitcoms that haven't been in syndication in years really to my knowledge. I guess they didn't do well, because very little is ever heard about them in synd. All I've ever seen was Maude on TV Land briefly in 2001 and Alice on Ion in 2007.

70s show watcher · 11-11-2010, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by clj2

I guess I should exclude shows from before the mid 1980s?, because some shows just age and become undesirable for channels to pick up (example, I Love Lucy was huge in syndication for years but has fizzled out in the past couple of years, or is no longer very viable for syndication, same for The Beverly Hillbillies, etc). If I included 50s-early 80s shows I could go forever, lol. These were popular (maybe not REALLY) and haven't done well in syndication, in recent years that I can think of:

Ellen
Night Court
Wings
227
Mad About You
Coach

Has One Day at a Time ever done well in syndication? Alice? Maude? Those 70s sitcoms that haven't been in syndication in years really to my knowledge. I guess they didn't do well, because very little is ever heard about them in synd. All I've ever seen was Maude on TV Land briefly in 2001 and Alice on Ion in 2007.

alice did pretty well up until about the late 80s /mid 90s maude never did very well in most aeras but oddly enough it did very well here in az and ran from 1978 all the way until 1990/1991 when it finally faded out the bob newhat show also did very very well here and lasted until about 1995 or 1996

old grouch · 11-11-2010, 02:15 PM

'Dallas', 'Dynasty' and the other prime time soaps failed in syndication because you already knew what was going to happen and the element of surprise was gone.

LUNCH · 11-11-2010, 02:22 PM

The Cosby Show,failed in a big way.After they stopped making the show,tv stations paid a fortune for the rights to re-run it,and lost alot of money.Only in recent years has The Cosby show had a small amount of success in reruns.

clj2 · 11-11-2010, 04:03 PM

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The Cosby Show,failed in a big way.After they stopped making the show,tv stations paid a fortune for the rights to re-run it,and lost alot of money.Only in recent years has The Cosby show had a small amount of success in reruns.

Small amount? My memory doesn't go back extremely far, but The Cosby Show was MASSIVE on Nick at Nite from 2002 in to the mid-2000s, I want to say 2006 or 2007, when it was edged out of primetime by Roseanne, Full House, Fresh Prince, etc (90s shows, it got too old for them). Remember when it was nothing but The Cosby Show and Cheers in 2002-2003? Then it moved to TV Land where I think it failed because there were no other 80s sitcoms for it to go along with.

Where did it air before 2002? I keep wanting to say TBS, I know WGN ran it for a long time until this fall.

factsoflife · 11-11-2010, 05:23 PM

Mad About You only failed on Nick at Nite and TV Land. Prior to that it had a very healthy, long run in national, off-network syndication. It still airs on some local stations to this day.

Murphy Brown is undoubtedly a true flop in syndication. It has never been a large ratings grabbing in syndication. It flopped on locals and flopped on every cable network it has aired on--- from Lifetime to Nick and TV Land.

Compare that to Roseanne which premiered the same year as Murphy Brown and you can see how much of a flop MB has been in syndication--- Roseanne has continued to air on local stations since it first entered syndication and has been on TBS, Nick at Nite, TV Land and other stations as well since.

Cybill was a pretty popular, top 10 show during it's original run but has been an utter flop in syndication. It never even made it to local stations and flopped on Lifetime. It aired on Oxygen before the network was popular; but was quickly done away with when they started getting an audience for that network.

icecream · 11-11-2010, 06:07 PM

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Murphy Brown is undoubtedly a true flop in syndication. It has never been a large ratings grabbing in syndication. It flopped on locals and flopped on every cable network it has aired on--- from Lifetime to Nick and TV Land.

Compare that to Roseanne which premiered the same year as Murphy Brown and you can see how much of a flop MB has been in syndication--- Roseanne has continued to air on local stations since it first entered syndication and has been on TBS, Nick at Nite, TV Land and other stations as well since.

And that's really sad. Murphy Brown is 1000 times better than Roseanne.

MickeyMac · 11-11-2010, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by old grouch

'Dallas', 'Dynasty' and the other prime time soaps failed in syndication because you already knew what was going to happen and the element of surprise was gone.

I am going to have to disagree about Dallas. That has done quite well in syndication, and even though you know whats going to happen, the build ups to each cliffhangers are still exciting (well except towards the end).

MickeyMac · 11-11-2010, 06:30 PM

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treky · 11-12-2010, 01:24 AM

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I am going to have to disagree about Dallas. That has done quite well in syndication, and even though you know whats going to happen, the build ups to each cliffhangers are still exciting (well except towards the end).

yes, it has done well-at least, up until the mid-90s.

factsoflife · 11-13-2010, 07:54 PM

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yes, it has done well-at least, up until the mid-90s.

actually it was doing pretty good numbers when airing on SOAPNET on the early 2000's until about 05 or 06.

SOAPNET also aired Dynasty and Knot's Landing to decent numbers during the 2000's as well. Falcon Crest also aired but was less popular on the network.

Mr. Television · 11-13-2010, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by clj2

I guess I should exclude shows from before the mid 1980s?, because some shows just age and become undesirable for channels to pick up (example, I Love Lucy was huge in syndication for years but has fizzled out in the past couple of years, or is no longer very viable for syndication, same for The Beverly Hillbillies, etc). If I included 50s-early 80s shows I could go forever, lol. These were popular (maybe not REALLY) and haven't done well in syndication, in recent years that I can think of:

Ellen
Night Court
Wings
227
Mad About You
Coach

Has One Day at a Time ever done well in syndication? Alice? Maude? Those 70s sitcoms that haven't been in syndication in years really to my knowledge. I guess they didn't do well, because very little is ever heard about them in synd. All I've ever seen was Maude on TV Land briefly in 2001 and Alice on Ion in 2007.

Night Court aired quite a long time in syndication at least originally. The same was true of Family Ties and WTB and some other 80's sitcoms. Of course they rarely air in syndication anymore.

Three shows that never really made it were The Hogan Family, Head of the Class and Perfect Strangers. It seems like every channel they air on, they quickly leave.

factsoflife · 11-14-2010, 01:50 PM

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Night Court aired quite a long time in syndication at least originally. The same was true of Family Ties and WTB and some other 80's sitcoms. Of course they rarely air in syndication anymore.

Three shows that never really made it were The Hogan Family, Head of the Class and Perfect Strangers. It seems like every channel they air on, they quickly leave.

I agree, Night Court did air in syndication for a rather long time on locals during the 1980's and 1990's.

11-11-2010, 01:22 AM	#1
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	And shows which were REALLY POPULAR during their network run But failed when they were syndicated.I cannot think of any right offhand.Know of any?Feel free to post.And no,this is not the same post I did earlier about shows which did NOT do well on their network run but became ratings hits in syndication.This is a totally different post.Once again,feel free to post.

11-11-2010, 04:02 AM	#3
clj2 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2005 Location: SC Posts: 3,501	I guess I should exclude shows from before the mid 1980s?, because some shows just age and become undesirable for channels to pick up (example, I Love Lucy was huge in syndication for years but has fizzled out in the past couple of years, or is no longer very viable for syndication, same for The Beverly Hillbillies, etc). If I included 50s-early 80s shows I could go forever, lol. These were popular (maybe not REALLY) and haven't done well in syndication, in recent years that I can think of: Ellen Night Court Wings 227 Mad About You Coach Has One Day at a Time ever done well in syndication? Alice? Maude? Those 70s sitcoms that haven't been in syndication in years really to my knowledge. I guess they didn't do well, because very little is ever heard about them in synd. All I've ever seen was Maude on TV Land briefly in 2001 and Alice on Ion in 2007.
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11-11-2010, 05:23 PM	#8
factsoflife Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 11, 2000 Posts: 8,744	Mad About You only failed on Nick at Nite and TV Land. Prior to that it had a very healthy, long run in national, off-network syndication. It still airs on some local stations to this day. Murphy Brown is undoubtedly a true flop in syndication. It has never been a large ratings grabbing in syndication. It flopped on locals and flopped on every cable network it has aired on--- from Lifetime to Nick and TV Land. Compare that to Roseanne which premiered the same year as Murphy Brown and you can see how much of a flop MB has been in syndication--- Roseanne has continued to air on local stations since it first entered syndication and has been on TBS, Nick at Nite, TV Land and other stations as well since. Cybill was a pretty popular, top 10 show during it's original run but has been an utter flop in syndication. It never even made it to local stations and flopped on Lifetime. It aired on Oxygen before the network was popular; but was quickly done away with when they started getting an audience for that network.
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11-11-2010, 02:31 AM	#2
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old grouch Member Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2010 Location: montana Posts: 1,877	'Dallas', 'Dynasty' and the other prime time soaps failed in syndication because you already knew what was going to happen and the element of surprise was gone.

11-11-2010, 02:22 PM	#6
LUNCH Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2010 Location: New York State Posts: 1,304	The Cosby Show,failed in a big way.After they stopped making the show,tv stations paid a fortune for the rights to re-run it,and lost alot of money.Only in recent years has The Cosby show had a small amount of success in reruns.

11-11-2010, 06:30 PM	#11
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