Before I stopped following tv shows regularly in the late 1980's, I vaguely recall watching reruns of shows like the original Knight Rider, CHiPs, etc ... on various local channels. (Typically after midnight).
Then over the next two decades or so, I largely didn't pay much attention to...
I must have been completely asleep during this "golden age".
If I had known that cable channels did this type of syndication back in the 1990's, I probably would have been glued to the TV. :)
(I didn't have cable consistently for many years).