::sigh:: Life as an edge case continues...
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Newhart did go into syndication--I recall WMAQ in Chicago airing Newhart > back-to-back with MTM (of course), but of course it was the kind of show > that indie stations wouldn't run out of the after-school cartoons like "The > Brady Bunch." > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Data point: I'm 40, and the only show that I think locked onto me due to >> reruns was Mash, mostly because I had enough of a taste from the end of the >> network run I was aware of it when it hit syndication. If you look at my >> episode TV collection, the only other series that comes close is Bob >> Newhart, but that really didn't hit the syndication market. >> >> I'm curious what ages you think this hits for. >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 8:16 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Fair enough - but then I think we need a different adjective than "good" >>> here. It was a meaningful show, a helpful show, maybe in its own way an >>> important show (for you and others I have heard similar reports from) but >>> it was not really, in any valid sense, a good show. >>> >>> FWIW: I may have lost track of our relative ages, but I have put you at >>> least 15 years younger than me, and I was in elementary school when The >>> Bradys first came on TV, so I am going to assume you came to love them in >>> reruns. I have a theory that shows kids watch in reruns get stamped into a >>> special place in their animal brain. When you are, say, 10, it is hard to >>> really get impacted by a weekly series (and of course most of them are on >>> after your bed time); but a show that gets double-pumped every week day in >>> syndication a half hour after you get home from school can make a life-long >>> impression. For me, those were shows like Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes and Get >>> Smart; I vaguely recall them in their original run, but they got mainlined >>> directly into my hippocampus in reruns. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
