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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by coding123 on Monday August 02, 2021 @01:27PM (#28039745)
Often if you missed an episode you had one more chance usually either at 2 am or during the day time the next day.
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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by mikestew on Monday August 02, 2021 @01:51PM (#28040144)
Or, at least in the U. S., "summer reruns". The show would still be parked in the same time slot, but since production didn't run year-round, episodes from the last season would be rerun over the summer before the fall T. V. season started.

But that was the last chance before you had to wait 25 years for the Dukes of Hazzard DVD box set.

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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by dragonwriter on Monday August 02, 2021 @01:57PM (#28040249)
> But that was the last chance before you had to wait 25 years for the Dukes of Hazzard DVD box set.

You skipped right over syndication, which is what every series was aiming for (and Dukes of Hazzard definitely attained.)

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Re:Life before smartphones (2020) by mixmastamyk on Monday August 02, 2021 @01:56PM (#28040232)
Shows often repeated in the summer as well. Popular longer shows made it to syndication.
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