When Channel 5 TV in New York City changed companies from Metromedia to Fox, I wasn't impressed because there were lots of nice shows when it was Metromedia. Shows like The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, The Partridge Family, and The Addams Family were all on the old Metromedia channel 5 in NYC.When it became Fox and no more Metromedia, all these nice reruns of all these shows disappeared. Even reruns of I Love Lucy disappeared. Lucy was a Channel 5 tradition. But changing WNEW to WNYW?-No!
@man975dog When did they start removing the reruns? I have a VHS from 1987 that shows a clip of The Addams Family (like 1 second, gotta freeze it on the VCR) that I think is from WNYW.
@wnyet1987 They started removing the reruns in 1986 when Channel 5 TV in NYC changed companies from Metromedia to Fox. Gilligan's Island and The Addams Family were 1 of the first shows to get the boot with the then new Channel 5 of Fox 5. They kept the reruns of I Love Lucy and The Brady Bunch, but The Brady Bunch started to disappear around 1990 moving to channel 11 WPIX-They kept I Love Lucy in the early '90's and perhaps the mid-'90's and then Lucy disappeared 2-Lucy was a Ch.5 tradition.
When Channel 5 TV in New York City changed companies from Metromedia to Fox, I wasn't impressed because there were lots of nice shows when it was Metromedia. Shows like The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, The Partridge Family, and The Addams Family were all on the old Metromedia channel 5 in NYC.When it became Fox and no more Metromedia, all these nice reruns of all these shows disappeared. Even reruns of I Love Lucy disappeared. Lucy was a Channel 5 tradition. But changing WNEW to WNYW?-No!
man975dog 2 months ago
@man975dog When did they start removing the reruns? I have a VHS from 1987 that shows a clip of The Addams Family (like 1 second, gotta freeze it on the VCR) that I think is from WNYW.
wnyet1987 1 month ago
@wnyet1987 They started removing the reruns in 1986 when Channel 5 TV in NYC changed companies from Metromedia to Fox. Gilligan's Island and The Addams Family were 1 of the first shows to get the boot with the then new Channel 5 of Fox 5. They kept the reruns of I Love Lucy and The Brady Bunch, but The Brady Bunch started to disappear around 1990 moving to channel 11 WPIX-They kept I Love Lucy in the early '90's and perhaps the mid-'90's and then Lucy disappeared 2-Lucy was a Ch.5 tradition.
man975dog 1 month ago
@man975dog So maybe dad got his VCR in 1986, however did the Addams Family move to another channel around 1986 like WPIX, WWOR, etc?
wnyet1987 1 month ago
I have remembered, this ID. This brought back memories, thank you.
LMNFanNTVadBuff 9 months ago