I pose a serious question about today's television landscape

[Dusty Ayres]

Then is it safe for me to assume that you are as disappointed in TV Land as I am? They used to do a decent job at showing a good mixture of classic shows (although they still omitted shows like Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore, Odd Couple, etc.).

Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore, Odd Couple are all on DVD, as is The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, Green Acres, The Munsters, Addams Family, Gilligan's Island. Showing those shows again when they're on DVD is silly...

Really? So it's just assumed that everyone can afford to purchase on DVD every show that's ever been made? I'd need a DVD shelf the length of California, not to mention a much larger bank account.

Most movies are on DVD, so no more movies on TV either?

Sounds like your vision of TV is that it should be limited to only what's not out on DVD. Interesting perspective, but not one I agree with.

Obviously TV Land doesn't think so, because they've stopped showing them. About the rarer shows, I think that TV Land (I even included a few old ones before) should be showing these (including a show called The Good Guys with Bob Denver and Herb Edelman).

I can't speak for your TV market, but in mine I've had plenty of TV access to Roseanne and Andy Griffith for years. Great shows, but heavily over-aired, as compared to how many countless shows there are that have gotten no air time in many, many years.

As I said before, rare shows that haven't been seen in years should be shown on TV Land & Nick At Night. That includes shows from the '60's 70's, 80's and 90's.

Butler becoming the go-to guy for rom-coms strikes me as one of the greatest mysteries of recent times. Stick to action films, Gerard.

Excuse me, but if Hugh Jackman can be in rom-coms, so can Butler.

 

[PorthosShadow]

This isn't specifically about TV Land but any channel that shows classic shows. While I don't think "Wings", "Mr. Ed" or "Hogans Hero's" are not nearly often enough there are enough classics on right now. For instance, the aforementioned "Roseanne", "Hill Street Blues" and "Saint Elsewhere"