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re: On this day in 1967, 78 million people tuned in to watch the finale of The Fugitive

Posted on 8/29/22 at 3:10 pm to
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 8/29/22 at 3:10 pm to
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I had no idea this show had this big a following.


TVs had like 12 channels (2-13) Some cities only had 4-5. And you had to get off the couch to change it.

And half of those were nonsense channels.

Crocodile Dundee aptly shows the state of TV
This post was edited on 8/29/22 at 3:12 pm
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
30516 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 3:31 pm to
With them splitting the finale into two weeks, the fourth season had 30 episodes.

wiki/List_of_The_Fugitive_episodes

I guess they just re-ran the 1st episode the week after the 28th episode originally ran. They would have to show some episodes on other nights during the same week, because there's only 52 weeks in a year. I'm not old enough to remember how they programed reruns when their available content was so limited.
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
10639 posts
Posted on 8/29/22 at 6:13 pm to
Some cities only had 4-5.

—Ha! You must be really young.
In ‘67, there were 3 networks. Most mid-markets, like Baton Rouge with 150k in the region, had 2 channels: NBC and CBS and they split The popular ABC shows between them.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21497 posts
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:56 pm to
You may have had 12 channels on your channel flipper on the tv, but most only had 3 channels with shows on them. Some only two.
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