The way I remember it, a show produced 39 episodes a year. The best 12 of those episodes ran again in the summer. They were called summer reruns. So you had a slight chance to see the show you missed, if you weren't busy with a summer job or a date or vacationing or something.
Yeah, that only adds up to 51 episodes a year, but most productions got a week off at Christmas, when the network ran Christmas specials or movies. Modern series only run 12-20 episodes a year these days. (Thanks, WTM!)
If you were lucky, you might catch it during summer reruns!
ReplyDeleteI still haven't seen the last episode of the black and white Ivanhoe with Roger Moore, because our electricity cut off during the broadcast. In the late 60s.
ReplyDeleteBut if missing a TV show is a crisis, better take stock of your life.
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