Don't want to sound too old but why don't they have old TV shows on sometime. Like Sky King or Rin Tin Tin. You know.....the good ones. I like the Rifleman, Maverick, and Gene Autry on encore western. Just wish they'd expand some. Perhaps I should have posted this on the Laughter the Best Medicine thread........DT
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Perhaps this thread would be better placed in the TV Show Talk forum.
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Excellent Idea. 
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Do you have a RTN sub-channel in your local digital channels? One of our locals (WRAZ 50.2) has picked them up and they cycle through lots of old stuff. Sometimes "old" is early 1980s, but I have seen some much older stuff on there before.bmuone said:
I know I saw Gunsmoke, and also some "Marshall Dillon" though I have to say that confused me a bit as I wasn't aware of two different shows with the same character. Those are a bit before me and not of interest... but I figured I'd mention just so you didn't think I was blowing smoke.
They seem to run through things a while, then change to a new batch of shows.
Check out http://www.rtnville.com for more info about them and a list of local affiliates...
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"Gunsmoke" on TV was called "Marshall Dillon" while the radio "Gunsmoke" was still on the air.
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I would like to see "Have Gun WIll Travel" shown on cable. It was shown on Hallmark several years ago. The first 3 seasons is on DVD but I'm still waiting for the last 3 seasons. This was one of my favorite westerns I watched as a kid. Paladin was cool.
Wrong. "Gunsmoke" was called "Gunsmoke" on TV during its entire run (from 1955-75.) The name "Marshal Dillion" was the syndicated name for the show.paulman182 said:
The radio show was called "Gunsmoke" as well and ran from 1952-61.
The Marshal Dillon role was played by William Conrad on the radio version and by James Arness.
Trivia: Reportedly, John Wayne was offered the TV role of Marshal Dillon, but decided it wasn't in the cards for him.
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Looks like you're right about the title. I never watch the show, but I listen to episodes of the radio show every couple of days (it is much superior, IMHO.)MIKE0616 said:
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There's a channel in the Los Angeles market (KDOC) that does nothing but classic TV. They don't reach back before color (which is a shame) but they do at least provide an alternative to the stuff that's on now.
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When TV Land first started out, it had a pretty good classic line-up. There is a digital TV network out there, RTN which offers a ton of classic programming (each station chooses it's own line-up from their vast library).
While most of the shows are from the 70's and early 80's, they do offer some black and white shows like 'Dragnet' 'McHales Navy', "wagon Train', "it takes a thief' and the Kraft suspense theatre.
There are a couple of cable networks out there which carry classic programming but DirecTV has yet to work out any kind of carriage agreement.
While most of the shows are from the 70's and early 80's, they do offer some black and white shows like 'Dragnet' 'McHales Navy', "wagon Train', "it takes a thief' and the Kraft suspense theatre.
There are a couple of cable networks out there which carry classic programming but DirecTV has yet to work out any kind of carriage agreement.
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lot of those old shows are available on DVD's... Cheap! I have some DVD's of Ozzie & Harriet, Danny Thomas, Milton Berle and several others. Also, "Leave It To Beaver" is on TV Land on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
The only reason I recall that so well is that my Dad (now 86) got us a TV when I was very young primarily to watch "GunSmoke" on TV. He was also a bigger fan of the radio series than the TV version, but at least it got us a TV.paulman182 said:
From what I can remember, at that point we had 2 stations locally, one CBS and one NBC. Both carried some ABC shows as well and one of them carried some shows from the DuMont Network as well. :lol:
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Hallmark had been running westerns on Saturday for a while. I recall Virginian being one of the shows as well as 'High Chaparral' and 'Big Valley'.joshjr said:
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'Gunsmoke' did wonders for TV sales (B&W and color). I interviewed my grandparents for a school project some years back and that was something I remember them telling me. 'Gunsmoke' is what led them to purchase their first TV and make the move to color.MIKE0616 said:The only reason I recall that so well is that my Dad (now 86) got us a TV when I was very young primarily to watch "GunSmoke" on TV. He was also a bigger fan of the radio series than the TV version, but at least it got us a TV.
From what I can remember, at that point we had 2 stations locally, one CBS and one NBC. Both carried some ABC shows as well and one of them carried some shows from the DuMont Network as well. :lol:
Wow...now that's an attraction when they "update" for Gunsmoke. I do not think that there is a show on TV today that would cause me to go that far. That lets you know how much those old shows were appreciated back then. And still are. We could only get one or two channels over the air and that was enough because the programming was that good. Now you gotta have 250 channels to find a show now and then to watch....but that's progress....DTfluffybear said:
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According to the Internet Movie Database, Gunsmoke was black and white until 1966. The switch to color TV was pushed by Bonanza, which aired on NBC, and was in color from its beginning in 1959.
NBC was owed by RCA, a color-TV manufacturer.
Not saying that Gunsmoke was not the catalyst in any given family's adoption of color TV, but for most, it was Bonanza.
Just a bit of trivia there!
NBC was owed by RCA, a color-TV manufacturer.
Not saying that Gunsmoke was not the catalyst in any given family's adoption of color TV, but for most, it was Bonanza.
Just a bit of trivia there!
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Yeah.. Bonanza was shown in color starting in 1959 on NBC on Saturday's night. I beleive the first episode had the Cartwright clan singing the theme song to Bonanza for the first and only time(yes, there were words to the song). Bonanza was not a great series the first year it was on. But the network kept it on because it was in color and it helped sell color TV.paulman182 said:
Michael Landon showed a clip of the Cartwrights singing the song on the Tonight Show years later. It was a hoot.
Not wanting to dispute what is on IMDB, but it wasn't Bonanza that pushed color sales all that much, it was yet another Sunday night show, "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color." That show was sponsored by RCA and was a renamed version of "The Wonderful World of Disney" when it moved to NBC in 1961 from ABC. And, yes, NBC was owned by RCA who made color TVs (later acquired by GE which is why NBC is still owned by GE to this day.)paulman182 said:
The impetus of the color movement was the same as today, get the kids all over their parents to get a color set and the sets would sell. By the time sets got relatively cheap (sub $500 in 1970 $), NBC's line-up was vitually all color programming. As far as I can remember, ABC was the last network to go all color, only beating CBS by a year or so, at the most.
Dayum, this is making me feel OLD.
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