My new favourite toy

[monkeybard]

It's not really a toy, but it might as well be.  It's KIRO 7's second digital subchannel.  You know what they call it?  RTN: Retro Television Network.  That's right.  Yesterday I watch "Quincy, M.E.", "Get Smart", and "Hogan's Heroes".  The other day I saw two episodes of "The Monkees".  Last Saturday night, we caught the end of and episode of "The A-Team" and would you believe it?  It was immediately followed by "Simon & Simon"!  It was like a Tuesday night in the mid-80s. I had to wait up until the end to see if "Remmington Steele" was on after that, but sadly it wasn't.  They even have the occasional Retromercial.  It's FABULOUS!

Comments

[lethlogica.livejournal.com]

Do they have Schoolhouse Rock segments in between morning programs? :D

[carrot-cake67.livejournal.com]

What a cool channel!!! I wish I had that channel. I would love to see some of those shows again!

Oh well - it's probably just as well - with working from home, it would making getting any work done difficult.

[belfrynotes.livejournal.com]

That's like when KTZZ - Seattle's first UHF station - first went on the air and the majority of their programming seemed to be in black & white. Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, Peter Gunn, and something else even more obscure was the Friday night line-up. Saturdays were, what else, Westerns! Have Gun Will Travel, Rifleman, Maverick, etc. So is anything on RTN in black & white, or is it all in pastels?

[devinam.livejournal.com]

LOVE The Monkees! Miss The Monkees. MUST FIND MOnkeeS!!!

[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

KDOC here in the LA area runs old shows like Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley AND...

MORK & MINDY!! :D