Charles Ellis
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Now that TV LAND and Nick At Nite are moving away from shows of the 50s and 60s and onto stuff from the 80s and 90s, there's hardly an outlet for REAL classic shows from TV's early years.
Why not establish a premium channel that can do for classic TV what TCM has done for classic films? Wouldn't it be great to see shows from the past newly remastered, complete, with no cut footage or commercials? There are many shows from the past lying in vaults waiting for rediscovery that have been (so far) bypassed by the studios for DVD release.
The setup could be like TCM's, with a host like Robert Osborne. In this case, the new TV channel could have as hosts TV favorites like Dawn Wells, James Garner, Stefanie Powers, Jerry Mathers, June Lockhart, Lee Majors, Max Baer, Adam West, Kate Jackson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Julie Newmar and more. Get the idea? And the shows- how long has it been since we've seen shows like:
Our Miss Brooks
December Bride
M Squad
The High Chapparal
77 Sunset Strip
Peyton Place
The 6 Million Dollar Man
It Takes A Thief
Thriller - with Boris Karloff
Julia
Car 54
The Donna Reed Show
The Farmer's Daughter
Have Gun Will Travel
Petticoat Junction
Burke's Law
The Name of the Game
Medical Center
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Burns & Allen
The Life of Riley
Family
Eight is Enough- and so many others from the 50s-70s?
There must be someone out there in the TV world who has thought of this idea- so why not make it work?
Why not establish a premium channel that can do for classic TV what TCM has done for classic films? Wouldn't it be great to see shows from the past newly remastered, complete, with no cut footage or commercials? There are many shows from the past lying in vaults waiting for rediscovery that have been (so far) bypassed by the studios for DVD release.
The setup could be like TCM's, with a host like Robert Osborne. In this case, the new TV channel could have as hosts TV favorites like Dawn Wells, James Garner, Stefanie Powers, Jerry Mathers, June Lockhart, Lee Majors, Max Baer, Adam West, Kate Jackson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Julie Newmar and more. Get the idea? And the shows- how long has it been since we've seen shows like:
Our Miss Brooks
December Bride
M Squad
The High Chapparal
77 Sunset Strip
Peyton Place
The 6 Million Dollar Man
It Takes A Thief
Thriller - with Boris Karloff
Julia
Car 54
The Donna Reed Show
The Farmer's Daughter
Have Gun Will Travel
Petticoat Junction
Burke's Law
The Name of the Game
Medical Center
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Burns & Allen
The Life of Riley
Family
Eight is Enough- and so many others from the 50s-70s?
There must be someone out there in the TV world who has thought of this idea- so why not make it work?