Timeslots and STAR TREK

[RobertScorpio]

I can barely remember my uncle watching STAR TREK when it was first on in the late 60s. I actually do remember seeing it with him at 10 at night on Fridays. I was maybe five years old at the time...

When TNG came out it was a syndicated show. For us, here in San Diego, it was on channel 6 (which broadcasts from Mexico) and, I believe, was on Sunday nights at 8pm. I may be wrong, but it actually followed The Simpsons for a while.

DS9 came and was on the same channel and, for whatever reason, it had new episodes at 9pm on tuesdays. I didn't get to see Voyager because I was usually deployed, and Enterprise I watched for a while, then lost interest.

How much of an effect did the modern Trek's timeslots have on you. Think what your favorite shows are now. If TNG was airing new episodes, right now, would it be number one on your list? Or would you TIVO it because you'd rather watch another show instead.

Rob
Scorpio

 

[Cicero]

Originally for me, TNG was on at 7pm every Saturday, while Deep Space Nine and Voyager were back to back on Wednesdays (despite being on different stations) at 8pm and 9pm, respectively. Voyager was then on at 8pm when I moved to Chicago, then Enterprise at 7pm, and then 8pm once I came to live in D.C.

I think today I'd watch any of the series but Enterprise without fail in its time slot every week. The only series post-Star Trek that I've made time for in this manner are The West Wing (which nothing managed to interrupt) and Smallville (which I've fallen far behind on after putting the show on hold to watch it with my sister).

 

[startrekwatcher]

I always preferred when Trek was in syndication since they aired on Saturday evenings and there wasn't anything worth watching back then or even now. It was a little something I always looked forward to after a long week at school.

 

[snuffles]

I can barely remember my uncle watching STAR TREK when it was first on in the late 60s. I actually do remember seeing it with him at 10 at night on Fridays. I was maybe five years old at the time...

That was only the Third Season, which fans petitioned for. It was given the "Friday Night Death Slot".

I compare it to the series Jericho, which was brought back for fans, but given 10pm on Tuesdays. Again, death.

 

[erastus25]

I remember Voyager airing on Mondays and then Wednesdays - theoretically the same for all of us. I watched DS9 while living in Portland, Oregon and the airing time for the last few seasons was Thursday at 9pm. Fortunately, the UPN affiliate also carried DS9 for us so they were both on KPTV12. They reran the new episodes on Sunday nights as well, which was helpful if you missed it during the week. Prior to that I used to catch nightly TNG syndications at 6 or 7 on the same channel.

One thing that helped me was that the same station aired all four series, so I never had to guess what channel to check for Star Trek.

 

[RobertScorpio]

I can barely remember my uncle watching STAR TREK when it was first on in the late 60s. I actually do remember seeing it with him at 10 at night on Fridays. I was maybe five years old at the time...

That was only the Third Season, which fans petitioned for. It was given the "Friday Night Death Slot".

I compare it to the series Jericho, which was brought back for fans, but given 10pm on Tuesdays. Again, death.

The original Battlestar Galactica had a tough slot too. They put it up against 60 minutes, and that show use to dominate the ratings in those days. I remember when they put Mork and Mindy up against Magnum PI. Mork did good the first year, but eventually Magnum PI knocked it out. CBS owned thursdays then on, until a little known show came along; the Cosby Show.

Rob
scorpio

 

[Cicero]

I remember Voyager airing on Mondays and then Wednesdays - theoretically the same for all of us. I watched DS9 while living in Portland, Oregon and the airing time for the last few seasons was Thursday at 9pm. Fortunately, the UPN affiliate also carried DS9 for us so they were both on KPTV12. They reran the new episodes on Sunday nights as well, which was helpful if you missed it during the week. Prior to that I used to catch nightly TNG syndications at 6 or 7 on the same channel.

One thing that helped me was that the same station aired all four series, so I never had to guess what channel to check for Star Trek.

I envied you guys when I was little. We lived in Eugene, where TNG was consistently pre-empted, seldom replayed, and in an inferior timeslot. Of course, somehow every time we were in Portland, the local affiliate seemed to be a week behind (which played a part in my somehow seeing Future's End, Part I three weeks in a row during its first run).

 

[NCC-2725]

IIRC, TOS was on at a weird time. I remember that begging my parents to stay up to watch it was what finally broke the "go to bed by 9:30" barrier.

 

[RobertScorpio]

IIRC, TOS was on at a weird time. I remember that begging my parents to stay up to watch it was what finally broke the "go to bed by 9:30" barrier.

its funny you say that. My ten year old son recently asked if he could stay up to finish The Wrath of Khan. He had watched space seed earlier, and then started the movie. The movie had about an hour to go, which would put him to bed around 1130pm...I caved in and said yes. If it had been for a Star Wars movie? NO WAY!!..In bed now mister!!!

Rob

 

[greenmystik]

I remember TNG being shortly after I got home from school. It was around 4 or 5 I think, and they were the re-runs not the new episodes. Then I finally realized I wasn't watching new eps and had to find out when they came on, of which I cannot remember the day.

 

[chancellorjake]

TNG and DS9 always aired on Saturday Nights at 6pm/7pm and repeated at 11pm/12am on the channel that would later become the WB affiliate. When Voyager started airing the first season would follow right after DS9, because we didn't have a UPN affiliate. When the second season began a UPN affiliate started as a Cox Cable channel only. If you lived outside their subscription zone, you couldn't get Cox Cable and you couldn't watch Voyager, in our market. It was the same way with Enterprise, but by that time I had moved into the Cox subscription zone and paid to watch Enterprise (Yes, I paid to watch Enterprise). I only saw all of Voyager when it started airing on Spike TV last summer.