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Do you watch "old" television shows that you've watched in the past? (Original Post) milestogo Jun 2023 OP
For sure. Cuthbert Allgood Jun 2023 #1
Columbo. c-rational Jun 2023 #2
After Poker Face, I binged a couple seasons of Colombo myself AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2023 #3
I did too! dflprincess Jun 2023 #30
Columbo Applan Jun 2023 #4
+1 Omnipresent Jun 2023 #11
Any of them. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #5
We had never seen it before but watched all seasons of The Sopranos. flying_wahini Jun 2023 #6
X-files, Star Trek's, and Monk Bayard Jun 2023 #7
Yep. Fringe & Person of Interest I watched weekly, I bought the DVDs later irisblue Jun 2023 #8
not rly, but love finding gems i never heard of. mopinko Jun 2023 #9
Mandy Patinkin NJCher Jun 2023 #26
i try to only have crushes on good men. mopinko Jun 2023 #27
Criminal Minds NJCher Jun 2023 #28
Sure, though Andy Griffith or Colombo would be about it. yonder Jun 2023 #10
Just rewatched Battlestar Galactica with my daughter (her first time through) exboyfil Jun 2023 #12
Law & Order Diamond_Dog Jun 2023 #13
I do. They are my comfort shows. Polly Hennessey Jun 2023 #14
Perry Mason, The Untouchables, Combat, 12 O'clock High, House of Roberts Jun 2023 #15
Hill Street Blues lpbk2713 Jun 2023 #16
"Naked City", Johnny Carson, and "Outer Limits" bif Jun 2023 #17
M*A*S*H, I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Bewitched... woodsprite Jun 2023 #18
WKRP in Cinncinnati Miguelito Loveless Jun 2023 #19
I love WKRP too. BlueKota Jun 2023 #21
Yes BlueKota Jun 2023 #20
CRIME STORY!!!!! montanacowboy Jun 2023 #22
That was a great series AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2023 #31
Leave it to Beaver. Watch two in a row? "Double Beaver!!" n/t Peregrine Took Jun 2023 #23
Notin a while, but every now and then. ShazzieB Jun 2023 #24
I haven't watched new programming in some time. Chainfire Jun 2023 #25
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul Danascot Jun 2023 #29
Tons of old tv shows on Tubi. bif Jun 2023 #32

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,187 posts)
1. For sure.
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 11:22 AM
Jun 2023

I've watched Breaking Bad 3 times.
I've watched West Wing probably 4 times (it's my wife's comfort show when US politics are in the shitter)
I'm rewatching Psych right now.

irisblue

(34,370 posts)
8. Yep. Fringe & Person of Interest I watched weekly, I bought the DVDs later
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 11:42 AM
Jun 2023

Last edited Thu Jun 1, 2023, 12:38 PM - Edit history (1)

Also I watched S1 , then got Rescue Me DVDs later.
Edited to add I watched the TNT show Show Falling Skies

any of you can find me this show, I'd be grateful, S 1

mopinko

(71,910 posts)
9. not rly, but love finding gems i never heard of.
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 11:44 AM
Jun 2023

watching ‘criminal minds’ rn, and loving it. young mandy patinkin is so sexy. crushin hard.

the old tv shows have a lot of episodes per season. the new stuff that’s 10 episodes, u just get hooked and it’s over.
tempted to watch next gen again, tho. used to have a tv in my kitchen just so i could watch it while i cooked. after watching picard, i’m sorta missing those ppl.

NJCher

(38,088 posts)
26. Mandy Patinkin
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 11:42 PM
Jun 2023

Is a leftie, as I am sure you know. He used to go to the same coffee shop I went to. Many times I would see him outside the shop, reading the paper and having his coffee--and vice versa. He was always very friendly and had a smile.

He did that crime show for a long time but do you know he quit because he didn't like how the plot always involved killing women?

mopinko

(71,910 posts)
27. i try to only have crushes on good men.
Fri Jun 2, 2023, 05:20 AM
Jun 2023

it’s 10 seasons. did he leave b4 the end?
not surprised he’s a down to earth guy, nor surprised he’d object. that is a thing about all the murder shows. and since it’s about psychos, it’s usually sexual.
and that is the sort of thing that leads me to usually shy away from popular tv.

NJCher

(38,088 posts)
28. Criminal Minds
Fri Jun 2, 2023, 08:32 PM
Jun 2023

Yes, he did leave before the 10th season. It was actually early in the series--I think around the 3rd season. He said the series took a toll on his mind and soul.

He didn't know it was going to be the same ole same ole every week. Kinda' sick that this is what sells.

exboyfil

(18,017 posts)
12. Just rewatched Battlestar Galactica with my daughter (her first time through)
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 11:51 AM
Jun 2023

Previously rewatched X-Files with her (again her first time through).

Wish I had gotten to the remastered Babylon 5 in before they pulled it off HBO Max. Can't stand the Tubi commercials. I might need to purchase it through Amazon.

Watch selective Star Trek: TNG shows (did a couple while watching Picard Season 3).

In general I don't rewatch television shows unless I can share the experience with my daughter who loves SF/Horror/Fantasy/Super Heroes like me.

Used to rewatch lots of Law & Order, but don't do that anymore. I can't even keep up with the new stuff that interests me (still haven't got through Andor of Mando Season 3).

Watched The Lone Ranger origin story on Amazon Best Westerns. It is actually very good. I keep thinking about my dad as an eight year old boy watching it. I never watched very many of them as a kid, and I am sure I never watched the origin episodes. Wish my dad was still alive to watch them with him.

Diamond_Dog

(34,991 posts)
13. Law & Order
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 11:55 AM
Jun 2023

The original. I’m at the point now where I see the opening scene and I know which show it is.

Polly Hennessey

(7,492 posts)
14. I do. They are my comfort shows.
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 11:57 AM
Jun 2023

Right now I am happily watching Bewitched and Emergency (from the 1970s). Love seeing Samantha go through the changing fashions (1960s - 1970s). Emergency gives me 1970s fashion. Happy to say we did survive the ‘70s style.

House of Roberts

(5,727 posts)
15. Perry Mason, The Untouchables, Combat, 12 O'clock High,
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 12:06 PM
Jun 2023

Black Sheep Squadron, Rat Patrol and others. The Heroes and Icons channel is available over the air, and runs one episode of each Star Trek series six nights a week.
I sometimes catch old Johnny Carson shows, or Carol Burnett, and I've seen Dick van Dyke shows on Sunday nights on ME TV.

lpbk2713

(43,201 posts)
16. Hill Street Blues
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 12:06 PM
Jun 2023


Some on the History Channel and NatGeo. Some Ken Burns programs on PBS.

Deadwood, Band of Brothers and The Pacific were limited run series made for TV.

bif

(24,132 posts)
17. "Naked City", Johnny Carson, and "Outer Limits"
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 12:14 PM
Jun 2023

I'm thinking about rewatching "Leave it to Beaver". Haven't seen it in years.

woodsprite

(12,232 posts)
18. M*A*S*H, I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Bewitched...
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 12:33 PM
Jun 2023

Petticoat Junction, Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Nanny and the Professor, The Ghost and Mrs Muir.

Most recently The Galloping Gourmet, The Frugal Gourmet, Survivor, and Supernatural.

I’ve gotten a lot of treadmill work done and jewelry made while binging those shows.

*** Forgot to add “Dark Shadows”

BlueKota

(3,690 posts)
20. Yes
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 12:58 PM
Jun 2023

I also watch L&O reruns. Also Psych, Monk, Friends, and Once Upon A Time. I still have a cougar TV crush on Colin O'Donoghue who played Captain Hook.

ShazzieB

(18,850 posts)
24. Notin a while, but every now and then.
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 03:43 PM
Jun 2023

I'll watch Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Golden Girls, or even an episode of the old Dick Van Dyke Show.

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