I remember watching shows from the 50's and 60's on Nick at night many years ago - Patty Duke, Mr. Ed, etc. It seemed like a good idea, but they quickly dropped those shows, moving forward with Bewitched and Green Acres, then Maude and Good Times before settling on Family Ties and Growing Pains. Much of Television history has been left in the dust, and the Internets would make it so easy to live on.
This is especially true since, as you say, the running times are longer and those shows are usually clipped for re-run broadcast.
I think fewer people would buy DVD's of the older shows, unless there's nostalgic reason to, especially black and white. I think we'll see the same black and white bias applied to non-HD shows in the near future. TV won't want to broadcast it.
What would be good is if someone started buying up this content and made an internet channel (sort of like the Hulu idea) where you could watch old episodes of say - he Addams Family - on demand. It could easily be ad-supported, and if it was Apple TV supported, all the better. I know there is a little of this now, but it's not consistent, you can't find full seasons, just highlights.
I'd love to go and watch the old Burns and Allen show again, but don't want to buy the DVDs, nor have to watch for it on a broadcast schedule.
We'll see just how much TV changes in the next few years.
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Re: Digital Subchannels, DVDs and Streaming Video
Date: 2008-03-28 12:00 pm (UTC)This is especially true since, as you say, the running times are longer and those shows are usually clipped for re-run broadcast.
I think fewer people would buy DVD's of the older shows, unless there's nostalgic reason to, especially black and white. I think we'll see the same black and white bias applied to non-HD shows in the near future. TV won't want to broadcast it.
What would be good is if someone started buying up this content and made an internet channel (sort of like the Hulu idea) where you could watch old episodes of say - he Addams Family - on demand. It could easily be ad-supported, and if it was Apple TV supported, all the better. I know there is a little of this now, but it's not consistent, you can't find full seasons, just highlights.
I'd love to go and watch the old Burns and Allen show again, but don't want to buy the DVDs, nor have to watch for it on a broadcast schedule.
We'll see just how much TV changes in the next few years.