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TVFactFan · 02-20-2016, 08:47 PM

Found out today that is was brand new in 1971!!

I didn't get until 1988

This TV guide is from the spring of 1971

tlc38tlc38 · 02-20-2016, 08:48 PM

2000 is when we got DIRECTV.

TVFactFan · 02-20-2016, 08:49 PM

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2000 is when we got DIRECTV.

Directv was HUGE at that time

tlc38tlc38 · 02-20-2016, 08:51 PM

Actually, in 2000 it wasn't even called DIRECTV. It was Primestar. Directv bought out Primestar.

DJM77 · 02-20-2016, 09:02 PM

It was either in 1991 or 1992 when we got a satellite dish. I was in 8th grade.

opus · 02-20-2016, 10:00 PM

Somewhere in the '80s. First cable show I remember watching was Its Garry Shandlings Show, so whenever that premiered.

TVFactFan · 02-20-2016, 10:13 PM

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Somewhere in the '80s. First cable show I remember watching was Its Garry Shandlings Show, so whenever that premiered.

I thought that started on FOX?

opus · 02-20-2016, 10:23 PM

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I thought that started on FOX?

Showtime new, FOX reruns

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TVFactFan · 02-20-2016, 10:26 PM

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Showtime new, FOX reruns

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Well what the hell was I watching in 1989 when I was laying in bed?

Torgo · 02-20-2016, 10:39 PM

Sometime in the 80s. I remember on our cable provider, I don't remember what the channel was, but it would stop airing at 5PM and The Playboy Channel would start and air for the rest of the night.

opus · 02-20-2016, 10:48 PM

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Well what the hell was I watching in 1989 when I was laying in bed?

Here's the SHANDLING sked, so you tell me

SHOWTIME
September 1986-May 1990

FOX
March 1988-July 1989 Sunday 9:00-9:30
July 1989 Sunday 9:30-10:00
July 1989-August 1989 Sun 10:00-10:30
August l989-March 1990 Sun 10:30-11:00

Looks like you were watching new on Showtime or the Fox reruns.

opus · 02-20-2016, 10:51 PM

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I don't remember what the channel was, but it would stop airing at 5PM and The Playboy Channel would start and air for the rest of the night.

Hope it wasn't Disney...

TVQuack · 02-20-2016, 11:04 PM

In my own house, probably '91 or '92....My grandma had it I remember so it was always a treat when we would visit.

Bonniegirl · 02-21-2016, 12:34 AM

I'd say 1980-1981

TVFactFan · 02-21-2016, 12:48 AM

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I'd say 1980-1981

I stayed in the house all summer in 1988 because of cable

02-20-2016, 08:47 PM	#1
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02-20-2016, 08:48 PM	#2
tlc38tlc38 Every day’s a Dolly day! Forum Star Join Date: May 02, 2008 Location: I’m just travelin’ thru Posts: 19,261	2000 is when we got DIRECTV.
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02-20-2016, 10:39 PM	#10
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,037	Sometime in the 80s. I remember on our cable provider, I don't remember what the channel was, but it would stop airing at 5PM and The Playboy Channel would start and air for the rest of the night.
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02-20-2016, 11:04 PM	#13
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02-20-2016, 08:51 PM	#4
tlc38tlc38 Every day’s a Dolly day! Forum Star Join Date: May 02, 2008 Location: I’m just travelin’ thru Posts: 19,261	Actually, in 2000 it wasn't even called DIRECTV. It was Primestar. Directv bought out Primestar.

02-20-2016, 10:00 PM	#6
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,596	Somewhere in the '80s. First cable show I remember watching was Its Garry Shandlings Show, so whenever that premiered.

02-21-2016, 12:34 AM	#14
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,886	I'd say 1980-1981