Is rewatching old TV good for the soul?

[Scott5114]

Because society and culture has been on the decline ever since the 80s

Try 1969.

[bing101]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witt/Thomas_Productions


Do shows directed by Witt Thomas Productions count as good places to watch sitcoms for the soul? I forgot to include this group given that it was a third team that was doing sitcom's in the 1980's and 1990's when they were competing against Carsey Wener and Miller Boyett for viewers and awards.

[bing101]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/robin-thede-london-hughes-perfect-strangers-reboot-hbo-max-1234967419/
Perfect Strangers is going to be rebooted on HBO Max but in this case it going to be with an entirely different crew.

[Roadgeekteen]

Not sure if humans actually have a soul.

[roadman65]

Easy.  A lot of older shows are better than what's out right now.

Especially older sitcoms.

Ain't that the truth. 

[I-39]

Easy.  A lot of older shows are better than what's out right now.

Agreed. Everything went down the tube after 2000.

[Stephane Dumas]

On the weekends they run a series I'd never heard of called The Saint that stars Roger Moore.

I've heard of it as well as another series Roger Moore co-starred with Tony Curtis known as the Persuaders aka "Amicalement Votre" in French.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9CI4STxRk

There was also another good old British series who might be worth to check an eye, The Avengers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10QW3Az1FTw

And Canada got some classic tv as well like the Beachcombers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENMOwXwRTZU

[roadman65]

Easy.  A lot of older shows are better than what's out right now.

Agreed. Everything went down the tube after 2000.

Seinfeld was the last great sitcom.

Walker, Texas Ranger was the last good action crime drama.

Law & Order was the last good courtroom drama.

[kphoger]

Walker, Texas Ranger was the last good action crime drama.

Have you seen Longmire?  My wife and I loved it, although it got pretty dark around the last season or so.

[texaskdog]

New TV shows are all political!! At least older shows wasn't shoving agendas down our throats. I usually watch the news, I like watching my favorite personalities on my favorite news channel.

I got to Season 6 of Superstore.  It has swung so far to the left and all masks and environmentalism, not really escapism, so I turned on F Troop.

[texaskdog]

Easy.  A lot of older shows are better than what's out right now.

Agreed. Everything went down the tube after 2000.

Only things I've watched since then: King of Queens, King of the Hill, Big Bang Theory, just watched Superstore.  Network TV is out of ideas.

[nexus73]

My "guilty pleasure" is tuning into "CHiPs" now and then.  Although the plots are Cheesy Seventies, I love seeing good looking and easily recognizable cars driving on beautiful freeways.

Rick

[roadman65]

My "guilty pleasure" is tuning into "CHiPs" now and then.  Although the plots are Cheesy Seventies, I love seeing good looking and easily recognizable cars driving on beautiful freeways.

Rick

Even the women then were nice. Not that they ever change, but seeing the women at the beach in the bikinis of the time and wore the perfect outfits revealing not too much but still attractive.  Unlike today. Plus no woman then even heard of tattoos except for guys.

[zachary_amaryllis]

A good alternative would be stocking up on DVD box sets. The Shout Factory is one source for these sets of older shows that have been remastered to the digital format, and then there's always the big-box stores (Walmart, Target, etc.). So far, I've seen copies of The Andy Griffith Show, Hogan's Heroes, WKRP in Cincinnati, Newhart, Sanford & Son and Full House, among others.

there's several pawnshops near me that i visit for movies and tv shows. generally movies are a buck apiece, series (box sets) are like $3. you have to check the discs tho, to make sure a) they are present and b) are playable.
currently working my way through the original 1978 battlestar galactica series.