another 80s rant

[azazyel]

I was talking with my g/f last night about how I refused to watch the 80s show and decided to watch Star Trek instead. Well we of course started talking about the past and I suddenly remember MacGyver. That had to have been my favorite show on TV at the time. Now, I know I am not the only person who feels this way so why isn't it in syndication?

 

[fatalbert]

because the actor who played McGyver has a current TV show, most shows aren't put into syndication until the actors are retired from TV, aside from the occasional guest spot

 

[loup garou]

I thought MacGyver was in syndication? I know I've seen it on TBS or TNT or one of those superstations several times recently (on weekday afternoons).

 

[SALvation]

It's on every day at 11:00 on WGN in Chicago. I am in Detroit but get that station so I tivo it all the time

 

[killface]

Cheers has been in syndication for a long time even though Kelsey Gramer has had a show for 10 years or so.

 

[pyonir]

Airwolf, Tour of Duty, Street Hawk, and Automan were better.

 

[Parrotheader]

Yeah I see it on all the time (it's on locally here and on WGN or TBS I think.) And I've never heard anything like what fatalbert said. I don't think an actor still be active has a thing to do with whether or not a show goes into syndication. Kelsy Grammar(sp?) still has Frasier going, but you can catch reruns of that show AND Cheers in nearly all of the top TV markets.

 

[ShallowHal]

<< because the actor who played McGyver has a current TV show, most shows aren't put into syndication until the actors are retired from TV, aside from the occasional guest spot >>



Not real sure what you mean. There are multiple examples of syndicated shows that run concurrently with newly produced weekly episodes. Maybe I just read your comment wrong.

 

[AzAbyss]

Perhaps you should take the paperclip on your desk, the gum you are chewing, and your watch battery and make a phone so you can call the networks and request the reruns.

-Az

 

[Zenmervolt]

<< Airwolf, Tour of Duty, Street Hawk, and Automan were better. >>

YES! Airwolf was great. Right up there with Kitt from Knight Rider.

ZV

 

[Kev]

<< "I generally don't ask my brain how or why it works, I just go with the flow"X591 >>


Oh my god I'm quoted in someones sig...lol how long has that been there?

 

[azazyel]

The sigs been there a few weeks. And I am jealous that you guys get it.