Whatever Happened to KOLCHAK The NIGHT STALKER?

[Anti Federalist]

 

[Anti Federalist]

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Does Star Trek count? It had its final season in '69, but syndication in the '70s is where it really came into its own.

I used to watch it every day after school, It came on at 4:00 PM every weekday afternoon. I watched it so much, it got to the point where I could give you the title of the episode and a brief synopsis of the plot after seeing/hearing less than 10 seconds or so of the start. I credit Star Trek for getting me into "serious" science fiction (by which I mean science fiction for science fiction audiences, rather than science fiction for general audiences). Except for the movies based on the original series, I was never able to "get into" all the spin-off stuff that came later (with a few superb exceptions such as Firefly, I've never been able to muster much interest in general-audience "sci-fi" stuff).

The era of re-runs. That's how we saw many shows. I still watch Star Trek quite often when there is nothing else on at 8pm. There is a channel that plays all of the Star Trek series every single night. TNG was also classic.

For Sci-Fi, Babylon 5, the Battlestar Gallactica reboot, and especially recently The Expanse were pretty high quality.

 

[CCTelander]

ROTFL!

"We need another VietNam to thin out their ranks a little."

ROTFL! Classic.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHWYuv36Mto

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DShcETz5TIE

 

[susano]

"Oh, just one more thing" ... the '70s gave us the best TV detective of all time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB-jlomZhHU

One of the greatest of all time. Remember when Columbo was part of a rotating group of shows? One week would be Columbo, the next McMillian & Wife and I can't recall the third one. All good.

 

[susano]

And just what the hell is wrong with Mr Ed?

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Thank you! I loved Mr Ed.

 

[CCTelander]

One of the greatest of all time. Remember when Columbo was part of a rotating group of shows? One week would be Columbo, the next McMillian & Wife and I can't recall the third one. All good.

McCloud, with Dennis Weaver.

 

[susano]

lol

Can't believe I watched just an episode of the Munsters.

 

[susano]

McCloud, with Dennis Weaver.

Yes! Good memory. Dennis was the man back then. Around that time he did the scary movie of the man being chased by a semi truck.

 

[CCTelander]

Yes! Good memory. Dennis was the man back then. Around that time he did the scary movie of the man being chased by a semi truck.

You mean this one? Directed by Steven Spielberg no less.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Yes! Good memory. Dennis was the man back then. Around that time he did the scary movie of the man being chased by a semi truck.

That was Duel. Although it was "made for TV", it was the first feature directed by a fellow named Steven Spielberg.

 

[acptulsa]

McCloud, with Dennis Weaver.

And the fourth one was Banacek, with George Peppard.

Then Weaver quit, and Quincy, M.E. replaced it. That later went weekly.

Here's a little clip from 1990 which is totally relevant.

 

[CCTelander]

And the fourth one was Banacek, with George Peppard.

Then Weaver quit, and Quincy, M.E. replaced it. That later went weekly.

Here's a little clip from 1990 which is totally relevant.

Bob Newhart was awesome.

Wasn’t Hec Ramsey crammed in there somewhere for a little while?

 

[cjm]

What? No more Kolchak fans?

I was a fan. Just a little less frequent on RPF these days.

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Dude. I'm feeling like Don Rickles being left out of Mad Mad Mad Mad World right about now.

TOS FTW.

 

[acptulsa]

Dude. I'm feeling like Don Rickles being left out of Mad Mad Mad Mad World right about now.

LOL

Hey, Don. It had a cast of thousands. As in, everyone was in it but you, you hockey puck.

 

[acptulsa]

Wasn’t Hec Ramsey crammed in there somewhere for a little while?

Don't recall ever seeing it. Sounds interesting.

I remembered that it changed nights and became the Sunday Night Mystery Movie, or thought I did. Guess the one was added, and the other one later cancelled or something like that.

According to some anonymous source on imdb, "In the fall of 1972, NBC moved its successful Wednesday night Mystery Movie series consisting of "Columbo," "McCloud," and "McMillan and Wife" to Sunday nights and added a fourth show, "Hec Ramsey," while turning the original slot over to three new mysteries ("Banacek," "Madigan," and "Cool Million")."

Don't remember those last two, either. They don't appear to have lasted the two seasons Hec got in.
Richard Widmark played Madigan and the other starred Farentino.

 

[Anti Federalist]

The Odd Couple which I still think is pretty hilarious.

It was and is.

A clip from my favorite episode.

Seriously...watch this...it's only 3 minutes.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I was a fan. Just a little less frequent on RPF these days.



Dude. I'm feeling like Don Rickles being left out of Mad Mad Mad Mad World right about now.

TOS FTW.

My bad mistake.

Throw a favorite out on the table.