Bubble Screen Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 The sitcom thread got me thinking about this. I mean, there are SO many great shows from the past, yet I never see them on the tube that often. I know TV Land shows the 24-hour marathons of Andy Griffith, and other oldies. But why aren't they showed more often? I would LOVE to sit down and watch some of the older shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 because they don't appeal to the key demographics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 because they don't appeal to the key demographics? Not sure if I buy into this or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 because they don't appeal to the key demographics? My father often told my sister and I, from a very young age: "If you have to ask why, chances are the answer is 'money.'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_e_b Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Adding to what's already been said. 1) Most people under 30 associate old with bad. My high school history teacher gave us pop-culture quizzes once a month (for fun). We had a leader-board where we tallied up scores for the year. I finished my senior year with 162 out of a possible 210 points. The person in second had a number in the mid 70's. It was disheartening to find out that most of my peers didn't know jack about anything that happened before 1990. Seeing as the main demographic is 18-35, That means that most things made before 1980 will not appeal to the main demographic, heck, most things made before 2000 won't appeal to them. 2) Shows made before the 1970's didn't have syndication rights written into contracts. Because shows from the 50's and 60's didn't give networks permission for syndication (it didn't exist yet), networks would have to buy the option before being able to air programming. Besides the price, there are surely many issues with who holds rights to syndication, especially seeing as many of the creators of those shows have long been deceased. This problem can also be seen with networks trying to get the rights to make boxsets for TV shows and trying to get rights to release 50's/60's movies on DVD. 3) Many shows are missing multiple episodes Multiple shows from that era had reels tossed out and burned to make room in the vaults, as they figured they had no further monetary value. Even the first Super Bowl is nowhere to be seen, with the only copy being found merely months ago (and likely not in top quality). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I would love a network that showed only old sitcoms. I think people would flock to it as well. Unfortunately, that business plan would hold up for about a year and then you'd start finding some sort of reality programming scattered throughout the key hours of the day. It would turn into a mis-mash of modern reality programming with very little of the old sticoms found at odd hours of the day. Game Show Network makes me think of this. I remember when that network first started (or at least when I first got it on cable). It was all older game shows. Shows from the 50's, 60's, 70's. It was a real blast watching The Price is Right from the 1970's... gave a real historical perspective. Turn on GSN now, you'll find all sorts of cheap modern game shows that aren't even fun to watch. At least channels like TCM and AMC will show mostly older movies. I like that about those channels and will actually watch some older stuff from time to time. As a whole, TV programming that isn't "fresh" just doesn't get any air time. Has to be money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 TVLand. They have channels for that old crap, you could even find 80's and early 90's SNL's on E back in the day AND THE DAY WAS ABOUT 2003-2007 WHEN I HAD CABLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Antenna TV and RTN are pretty good. They show old programs like. Sanford and Son All in The Family Gidget Maude Good Times Hazel Father Knows best Too Close for Comfort Knight Rider The Incredible Hulk The Rockford Files Alfred Hitch**** Presents/Hour Dennis the Menace and a few more. Those are pretty much the only channels I watch these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I would love a network that showed only old sitcoms. I think people would flock to it as well. Unfortunately, that business plan would hold up for about a year and then you'd start finding some sort of reality programming scattered throughout the key hours of the day. It would turn into a mis-mash of modern reality programming with very little of the old sticoms found at odd hours of the day.. This-Tv! Classic Outer Limits, Patty Duke Show,Highway Patrol,Sea Hunt Mr Ed, Elvira Movie Macabre, movie classics like F.I.S.T., The Attack of the Puppet People 1958, WJLA RTV Rifleman, Quincy M.E., Daniel Boone, Simon and Simon, McHale's Navy, Leave It to Beaver, I Spy,Route 66, The Cisco Kid,Rockford Files,Adam 12, Dragnet. Cosby Kid, The Archies, Lassie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 The sitcom thread got me thinking about this. I mean, there are SO many great shows from the past, yet I never see them on the tube that often. I know TV Land shows the 24-hour marathons of Andy Griffith, and other oldies. But why aren't they showed more often? I would LOVE to sit down and watch some of the older shows. Because there was a reason they were cancelled to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Because there was a reason they were cancelled to begin with. Because none of them pushed the its ok to be a mindless, irresponsible, sex crazed, mental midget mindset as you found on MTV's Real World or used music to subliminally push a bash big business and other liberal agenda as you can see on some episodes on Glee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Navy Dave's on top of it. Aside from TV Land there's a couple of "new" networks' I found on my cable that show nothing but old dead sitcoms and tv shows. I watched the 3 Stooges on one of them about two weeks ago, and was highly upset. Two Joes and a Shemp! ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Our Fox still shows Lucy on the weekends. A couple weekends ago it came on after NASCAR and there was a show about Lucy and Ethel working to get rid of their husband's old clothes... as a husband I certainly can relate to that. There's a desire in the entertainment industry to promote the new as being better and the old as bad... have you ever wondered why old sports isn't aired on TV? Could you imagine if ESPN Classic or some other network ran NFL playoffs from 10-15 years ago against the NFL regular season? I'm convinced all 4 leagues should have networks to air their classic playoffs during the offseason as well, but it would make people think about the current product. There's a tendency to push today's players as bigger, better, faster... watch some clips of Charlie Taylor or other greats. I'm not going to argue that today's NFL isn't made up of more bigger, better, faster players on the whole; but the great ones then are just as good as the great ones now. Someowhat of a tangent, but I think the same thing holds true for TV... the great ones then stand up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 On any single weekday I could be watching The Cosby Show, The Jeffersons, Friends, Seinfeld, Dennis the Menace, Sanford n Son, Roseanne, Rockford Files, Golden Girls, Three's Company and Cheers which is all in syndication. Most of my friends are big Seinfeld fans though. But most people prefer old movies and music to old television because the cultural references make them go what? Now old school cartoons is a completely different story because everyone would love a nostalgia trip to their childhood. If Nickelodeon launched a sister channel called "90's Nick" I guarantee it would get phenomenal ratings. Seinfeld, Fresh Prince and Friends are the Big 3 of old shows for people my age. The sports networks DO show classic games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Because none of them pushed the its ok to be a mindless, irresponsible, sex crazed, mental midget mindset as you found on MTV's Real World or used music to subliminally push a bash big business and other liberal agenda as you can see on some episodes on Glee? No, people stopped watching because they were boring and they got tired of watching Mr. and Mrs. Brady solve every problem in 30 minutes or less, but you keep yelling at those kids on your lawn old timer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Don't they show the old shows on Nickelodeon and other cable channels ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 You just have to look around. TV Land, Centric, Hallmark, WGN and others show plenty of old sitcoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers, Beers and Mountaineers Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I'll have to agree with Sticksboi, if Nickelodeon brought back its programming from the 90's in some sort of capacity, it would get at least decent ratings. ---------- Post added June-4th-2011 at 03:57 PM ---------- One more thing, there are plenty of old shows still being shown on television, but there are also plenty of places to find old shows on the internet, free or for pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Don't they show the old shows on Nickelodeon and other cable channels ?\Like I said, I know they show stuff like Andy Griffith on TV Land from time to time. But other shows, say, Gomer Pyle, for instance, I never see shown on any channel. And for some of you guys that are saying these shows are shown on certain channels, how about posting the channel numbers that they appear on Directv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Older shows still get a lot of air time. I see Hee Haw on a lot. So it can't be to bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Netflix man, Netflix. Outside of sports, news in the morning (traffic & weather) the Daily Show, and some Seinfeld reruns, I NEVER watch TV. Instead I go Netflix on the PS3. They have so many old shows. Just finished up Larry Sanders and I'm doing Cheers now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Most of the TV shows of the time (when I was a kid) sucked hard, just like most shows do today and this general suckiness was compounded by the fact that there weren't as many options so some sucky shows didn't get cancelled while good shows were often very expensive with a more narrow audience base got cancelled quickly. The handful of specialty channels like Antenna TV more than take care of showing the few decent ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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