How long did Boston's channel 68 (WQTV/WABU) have sitcoms in the mid 1990s? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Goldeneye · 07-20-2019, 06:45 PM

Someone posted a schedule for WABU 68 for October 1995 and apparently that schedule had sitcoms, including Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley!

I always pegged Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley as mostly WLVI from the 1980s and I may have recalled that even rerunning there as late as 2001-2002!

I am wondering how long did WABU run sitcoms for, because I suspect it was a very short time - there weren't any as late as 1993 or thereabouts (when it was still WQTV), but that was just prior to the purchase of WQTV by Boston University.

TV Guy · 07-20-2019, 09:29 PM

It was very short lived. They had a lot of Paramount shows for a bit, but I think it lasted six months at most. It reminded me a bit of 1984, when WQTV invested a lot in syndicated programming (they took “new” syndicated shows that the other stations didn’t want, like “Dallas” and the nighttime “Sale of the Century”, plus other shows that were no longer airing on WSBK and WLVI, like “I Dream of Jeannie” and “The Invaders”) and it didn’t even last a year.

07-20-2019, 06:45 PM	#1
Goldeneye Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 22, 2017 Posts: 34	How long did Boston's channel 68 (WQTV/WABU) have sitcoms in the mid 1990s? Someone posted a schedule for WABU 68 for October 1995 and apparently that schedule had sitcoms, including Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley! I always pegged Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley as mostly WLVI from the 1980s and I may have recalled that even rerunning there as late as 2001-2002! I am wondering how long did WABU run sitcoms for, because I suspect it was a very short time - there weren't any as late as 1993 or thereabouts (when it was still WQTV), but that was just prior to the purchase of WQTV by Boston University.

07-20-2019, 09:29 PM	#2
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	It was very short lived. They had a lot of Paramount shows for a bit, but I think it lasted six months at most. It reminded me a bit of 1984, when WQTV invested a lot in syndicated programming (they took “new” syndicated shows that the other stations didn’t want, like “Dallas” and the nighttime “Sale of the Century”, plus other shows that were no longer airing on WSBK and WLVI, like “I Dream of Jeannie” and “The Invaders”) and it didn’t even last a year.