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Finally Airing Again!

posted 13 years ago by GlennFerrell
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Mentioned elsewhere, but I wanted to make sure no one misses the news:

This great old show is back on TV! On digital cable, look for "Antenna TV." With a digital receiver, look for your local Antenna TV affiliate (usually a secondary channel of one of your local big network affiliates).

See: http://www.antennatv.tv/affiliates/

My father introduced me to this show in the 80s, and I've loved it ever since.

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[–] cassavetes45 13 years ago

very cool!
although i've never seen a full episode of it, i've seen clips of it, and it seems so wonderful.

it's about time they put some GOOD stuff on tv again.

hi, my name is carleen...i'm harmless.

[–] GlennFerrell 13 years ago

You need to get yourself a digital receiver, then move your house closer to Philly so you can get the digital signal. LOL

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[–] rainydal74 13 years ago

Im 37 and not ONCE have i ever seen this show on tv! Antenna TV is awesome! This is some of the best comedy i have ever seen... it is refreshing to watch a show of innocence and helping other people (or atleast trying to help other) rather than injuring/killing as usual!

[–] robert4770 13 years ago

What years does the syndication package comprise of?

[–] GlennFerrell 13 years ago

Not sure. Antenna TV only says: "YEAR OF RELEASE: 1950, EPISODE COUNT: 239." Not sure how many episodes there were, or whether some are left out. They usually take whatever they can get from the studios in digital format.

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[–] actionsub 12 years ago

It appears that they're starting with the filmed episodes (around 1952) through the end of Gracie's run in 1958. The latest copyright date I've seen so far on the reruns is 1956.

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[–] GlennFerrell 13 years ago

@rainydal74: I remember a local station in Mississippi played some of them on the weekends back in the 1980s. That's the only ones I've seen in my 39 years. Antenna TV is making me very happy with TV again. I haven't been in a LONG time.

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[–] cassavetes45 13 years ago

quoting mr. glenn ferrell:

You need to get yourself a digital receiver, then move your house closer to Philly so you can get the digital signal. LOL

hmmm...and you will take care of the expenses for me, i trust? yay!!

heck, it's great that you have that channel. it truly was when tv was TV. lots of great stuff back then.
thankfully we have the interwebs so we can see some of this terrific stuff even though we can't watch it on tv.

hi, my name is carleen...i'm harmless.

[–] GlennFerrell 13 years ago

Wait! Your house isn't on wheels? Dang it, I keep confusing Jersey with Mississippi.

But I'm glad you finally have AntennaTV on your cable service!

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[–] cassavetes45 13 years ago

yeah, both those states are sooo similar.

i'm happy i have it too now. i've watched some pretty good stuff on there so far.

hi, my name is carleen...i'm harmless.

[–] kryptoman102 10 years ago

A truly great show. I love this channel!!!

[–] mt341491 13 years ago

I was so happy to see this on Television, and in such good condition! It's unfortunate that in my area it plays at midnight which doesn't work with my schedule. If they've fixed them up so well why in the world don't they release them on DVD?

-Same goes for The Jack Benny Program that plays at 1:00am

[–] GlennFerrell 13 years ago

Yeah, they recently moved Burns & Allen to that late night spot. The full series ran at least once at an earlier time, but that time didn't work for me very well. I had to DVR them.

And yes, if the studio has these in digital format to sell to AntennaTV, then they really COULD put them on DVD.
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[–] Robertb-3 12 years ago

Thats what a VCR or a DVD video recorder is for. Set the timer to record the shows from your converter box (if the DVD recorder doesn't have a digital tuner) then watch them in the day or evening using a VCR tape or a rewritable DVD disc.

[–] unbreakable16 13 years ago

Yep! I just recently discovered I get AntennaTV on a substation of my local former UPN station.

I'd never seen Burns & Allen before, recorded a single episode semi-at random, and ended up loving it.

It's amazing how sophisticated it is compared to not just stuff from the 50s, but stuff from the 60s clear through til now.

Stuff I love now like 30 Rock and Family Guy seem like they can clearly be traced back to this...and it's still quite often LOL funny today.