Buzzr Q2 2025

[aaron sica]

I believe most of the network reruns had their peaks during the summer of whatever year they ran, when kids were home. That's why most were taken off by fall or winter.

I can absolutely tell you that tactic worked for *this* kid - Three's Company, Facts of Life, Too Close for Comfort....All three of those discovered thanks to the network summer reruns.

[Ian Wallis]

Seemed like there were quite a few by that point not carrying the 4pm offering. I recall WDAU in Scranton carrying it off and on. WTVF (Syracuse) and WBNG (Binghamton) did not carry it.

The 4 PM slot was a problem going back as far as the mid-70s.  The original Tattletales (plus shows like Money Maze and You Don't Say) were often tape-delayed until the next morning, usually in the 9:30 AM time slot.

WHEC Rochester carried the reboot at 9:30, but bigger-market Buffalo never picked it up.

[Ian Wallis]

The charts upthread are very interesting.  Love Boat daytime was the highest-rated show on this list in August 1980, which was pretty close to when the reruns started.  It's to be expected that once it recycles the ratings will be a bit lower, but it looks like it gained stations.

Three's Company really did well in daytime for the brief period it was there.  IIRC, I think it was syndicated that fall so I guess ABC wanted to get some mileage out of it.  By that time the initial episodes hadn't been seen in four years and it was enjoyable watching them again that summer.

No wonder networks relied so heavily on daytime repeats of primetime shows for so long - a lot of them did quite well.

[Chelsea Thrasher]

Sorry to interrupt everyone's discussion about ratings from nearly 45 years ago, but the schedule for the week of the 23rd just dropped.  Times ET

8:30am-10a: Feud here. (Deep Breath)
Mon-Tue:  Dawson Feud '85. The AMC vs. GH week that I believe they haven't run before, while the '79 ep of Sammy Davis Jr hosting is the 3rd show on Tuesday). 
Wed: Three fresh episodes of the Combs CBS run, picking up where Buzzr and the Feud streaming channel previously ended at the end of March 1989. JUST the three.
Thu: Three PM Dawson eps, no idea if they're new (82-N013, 83-N016, 83-N065)
Fri: The Sammy ep again, a random 1982 ep, and the Monday show from the AMC/GH week again. (No weekend eps due to paid programming and E/I). Seriously what?

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10a & 10:30: Password 60s. Mix of B&W and Daytime episodes. No idea what is or isn't new here.

11a & 1130a: Password Plus.  Seen before. Shows from early '79 M/Tu, '80 on W-Su

12p/1230/1p: Super Password. Seen before. Each ep from a diff part of the run from 1985-88. Eps change daily. They're running eps from the '86 and '88 Lucille Ball weeks again. (Honestly would be content to not see the '88 eps again unless they get there in the regular, in-order, run)

1:30/2/230: Card Sharks '80, starts at ep 4 (?) of the Celebrity tournament. On Friday switches to Eubanks 1988 eps from just before and just after the ones they've been running this past week.

3p/4p:  TPiR S13 continues. Resets to the beginning of the season on Saturday. (Was hoping for S14)

5p & 6p: Million Dollar Password, starts from ep 1. Most eps not seen on Buzzr before and probably the most interesting thing this week.

And the rest.
7p & 7:30: Match Game, shows from 73-74 until Saturday, when it jumps to 77/78
8p-10p: Supermarket Sweep 4x
10p: Tattletales x2, another 'grab bag' week, nothing new. 10p hour is preempted by paid programming on official schedule on the 25th.
11p: To Tell the Truth x2, 1973, nothing new.
12a: To Tell the Truth x2, 1974, nothing new but jumps back to '73 this week.
Usual 1-4a shows, same, although the 4am Truth cycles through it's "random TTTT eps we've digitized" bit and shows TTTT 90 most of the week, same for WML at 5a.

[aaron sica]

The charts upthread are very interesting.  Love Boat daytime was the highest-rated show on this list in August 1980, which was pretty close to when the reruns started.  It's to be expected that once it recycles the ratings will be a bit lower, but it looks like it gained stations.

Pretty close - June 30, 1980 was when the LB reruns started running.

Three's Company really did well in daytime for the brief period it was there.  IIRC, I think it was syndicated that fall so I guess ABC wanted to get some mileage out of it.  By that time the initial episodes hadn't been seen in four years and it was enjoyable watching them again that summer.

There was actually a year between the end of the daytime reruns and the syndicated run - fall 1982 was when those started. In my mind I can see that yellow "Distributed by D.L. Taffner" screen that ran after the credits.