Radio/TV programs you miss

[planxtymcgillicuddy]

What are some radio or television programs you miss? For me, on the radio side, I still dearly miss Paul Harvey. Would hear him on WFMX in Statesville as a kid. 8 for the morning news, high noon for the 15-minute newscast, 6 for The Rest Of The Story. Thankfully, the Paul Harvey Archives has numerous TROTS broadcasts for download, as well as Paul Harvey News segments from over the years.

[Life in Paradise]

What are some radio or television programs you miss? For me, on the radio side, I still dearly miss Paul Harvey. Would hear him on WFMX in Statesville as a kid. 8 for the morning news, high noon for the 15-minute newscast, 6 for The Rest Of The Story. Thankfully, the Paul Harvey Archives has numerous TROTS broadcasts for download, as well as Paul Harvey News segments from over the years.

I also miss listening to Paul Harvey.  And I as well, have specific times that his show would be available on many of the stations I would listen to, and still they come to mind some days, and then I remember that he's not on anymore.  Good Day!

[Ned Weasel]

The Saturday-morning "Sonic the Hedgehog" cartoon (referred to by Sonic fans as "SatAM" for short).  I'm still waiting for some resolution to the cliffhanger ending from when it was canceled after the second season in 1995.  Out of all the Sonic cartoons ever made, it was the best.

"Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" was fun but dumb, although it was a good role for the late blues singer and voice actor Long John Baldry.  "Sonic Underground" was an unnecessary reboot, although it was nice to see Knuckles.  The hour-long Sonic "OVA" from 1996, titled "Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie" for the 1999 English dub, is also fun, but in my opinion, it's more eye candy (and ear candy if you like the music) than story.

"Sonic X" is just terrible.  I'm sorry, but I mean that.

[mgk920]

I've very much missed Star Trek and Star Trek TNG reruns ever since they went into the pay subscription netheruniverse.

BTW, I also still miss Paul Harvey's radio broadcasts.  I'd love to hear how he covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as the events of the weeks that lead up to it.

Mike

[planxtymcgillicuddy]

BTW, I also still miss Paul Harvey's radio broadcasts.  I'd love to hear how he covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as the events of the weeks that lead up to it.

Mike

I wish there was more broadcasts of his that covered those historical events, such as that or man landing on the moon for the first time. The only ones I've been able to find were his coverage of Kennedy's assassination and the events on 9/11

[Max Rockatansky]

The Saturday-morning "Sonic the Hedgehog" cartoon (referred to by Sonic fans as "SatAM" for short).  I'm still waiting for some resolution to the cliffhanger ending from when it was canceled after the second season in 1995.  Out of all the Sonic cartoons ever made, it was the best.

"Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" was fun but dumb, although it was a good role for the late blues singer and voice actor Long John Baldry.  "Sonic Underground" was an unnecessary reboot, although it was nice to see Knuckles.  The hour-long Sonic "OVA" from 1996, titled "Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie" for the 1999 English dub, is also fun, but in my opinion, it's more eye candy (and ear candy if you like the music) than story.

"Sonic X" is just terrible.  I'm sorry, but I mean that.

I liked both 90s Sonic cartoons myself.  The Sat AM show was way better but Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog ended up being more memorable due to the memes that it birthed like "PINGAS!"

[wanderer2575]

I've very much missed Star Trek and Star Trek TNG reruns ever since they went into the pay subscription netheruniverse.

Mike

All the Star Trek live-action series are on six nights a week on H&I TV, for whatever that's worth.

[Big John]

In English class, the teacher derived the vocabulary test out of words Paul Harvey used that week.

[LM117]

I've very much missed Star Trek and Star Trek TNG reruns ever since they went into the pay subscription netheruniverse.

I just bought TNG complete series on Blu-ray last month, though now I wish I had bought all 7 seasons individually. The two cases the complete set comes with is cheaply made and getting the discs out is a huge pain in the ass.

All the Star Trek live-action series are on six nights a week on H&I TV, for whatever that's worth.

BBC America used to air them as well. Did they stop?

[TheHighwayMan3561]

One thing I realized about Trek TOS is how difficult it's become to find the original non-remastered special effects version of the show. All the streaming services and the H&I broadcasts use the remastered version that debuted around 2006-2007. 

I prefer the remastered effects version myself, but I guarantee I'm in the minority on that by far.

[wanderer2575]

All the Star Trek live-action series are on six nights a week on H&I TV, for whatever that's worth.

BBC America used to air them as well. Did they stop?

Oops, I forgot about BBC America.  That network airs Deep Space Nine all day Mondays and Tuesdays, and Next Generation all day Wednesdays through Fridays.

[Roadrunner75]

All the Star Trek live-action series are on six nights a week on H&I TV, for whatever that's worth.

BBC America used to air them as well. Did they stop?

Oops, I forgot about BBC America.  That network airs Deep Space Nine all day Mondays and Tuesdays, and Next Generation all day Wednesdays through Fridays.

Why is BBC America airing Star Trek?  Surely there's enough actual BBC content worth watching that could fill their schedule and get decent enough ratings?  Just get it over with and ditch "BBC" from the name, and also rename TLC and History "Scripted 'Reality' Nonsense" 1 & 2.

[vdeane]

I've very much missed Star Trek and Star Trek TNG reruns ever since they went into the pay subscription netheruniverse.

Mike

All the Star Trek live-action series are on six nights a week on H&I TV, for whatever that's worth.

All the pre-Disco live action series anyways.  Those are also on every major streaming serive.  CBS doesn't seem to be in a rush to make classic Star Trek an All Access exclusive like Discovery, Picard, the Short Treks, and Lower Decks are (although they've been good about having DVD/BluRay releases of them so far, at least).

All the Star Trek live-action series are on six nights a week on H&I TV, for whatever that's worth.

BBC America used to air them as well. Did they stop?

Oops, I forgot about BBC America.  That network airs Deep Space Nine all day Mondays and Tuesdays, and Next Generation all day Wednesdays through Fridays.

Interesting.  They were doing alternating TNG and Voyager marathons last year.  Although being BBC, you'd think if they marathoned anything it would be Doctor Who.

[Flint1979]

A lot of younger people may have heard of this guy but I don't think very many would have got to hear him on the air. He died in August of 1995 and I was only 16 years old. He was the most popular morning personality in Detroit radio history, his name was J.P. McCarthy who was the morning man on WJR 760 AM. He was the best interviewer I have ever heard, he could have the Chairman's of the Big Three on his show all within the same hour and sometimes even together, he interviewed George H.W. Bush while aboard Air Force One. Among other things he loved golfing and sailing and sports in general. No one worked harder to promote the city of Detroit than this guy.

I miss hearing the opening to his show, the staff announcer would say, "From Studio D in the Golden Tower of the Fisher Building, this is the J.P. McCarthy Morning Show, the longest running #1 rated radio program in America on the 50,000 watt Great Voice of the Great Lakes."

[SP Cook]

Interesting.  They were doing alternating TNG and Voyager marathons last year.  Although being BBC, you'd think if they marathoned anything it would be Doctor Who.

There is virtually nothing British about BBC America.  Star Trek reruns all day, a movie with no obvious British-ness in prime time, repeated for PT prime time, then Star Trek reruns all night. Saturdays are nature show reruns (not from the BBC or any other British source), Sundays are non-British movie reruns. 

It OK, especially if you missed the first 100000 reruns of the various Star Treks, but maybe somebody could start a channel that gleans out episodic TV from the rest of the Anglosphere.   There used to be a US channel called "Trio" which repackaged Canadian TV, but somebody bought it and turned it just another US rerun channel, which went bust.  Hulu has quite a bit of Australian content and Netflix and Amazon have a lot of Canadian shows.  There is a streaming service called "Brit Box" that is about what BBC America should be based on the name.

[Roadrunner75]

Interesting.  They were doing alternating TNG and Voyager marathons last year.  Although being BBC, you'd think if they marathoned anything it would be Doctor Who.

There is virtually nothing British about BBC America.  Star Trek reruns all day, a movie with no obvious British-ness in prime time, repeated for PT prime time, then Star Trek reruns all night. Saturdays are nature show reruns (not from the BBC or any other British source), Sundays are non-British movie reruns. 

It OK, especially if you missed the first 100000 reruns of the various Star Treks, but maybe somebody could start a channel that gleans out episodic TV from the rest of the Anglosphere.   There used to be a US channel called "Trio" which repackaged Canadian TV, but somebody bought it and turned it just another US rerun channel, which went bust.  Hulu has quite a bit of Australian content and Netflix and Amazon have a lot of Canadian shows.  There is a streaming service called "Brit Box" that is about what BBC America should be based on the name.

About a week ago, my mother was visiting us and had turned on some kind of British suspense/drama show.  I commented to my wife that I felt like I was 10 again when my parents would be watching British miniseries on Mystery and Masterpiece Theater on the local PBS affiliate (WHYY out of Philadelphia).  With only 7-8 channels coming in on the rabbit ears then, there was a good chance that PBS would be on in the house, and I saw plenty of 70s Doctor Who, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, etc.  It turned out that she had on good ol' PBS/WHYY again.  After 40 years, and tons of cable channels including an impostor posing as a BBC outlet, PBS is still apparently the "go to" for that kind of stuff.

[kphoger]

Radio:  Car Talk, from NPR

Television:  My family recently started watching Family Matters on Amazon, and we're currently on Season 2.  I miss sitcoms that portray halfway normal families, whose characters poke fun at their flaws but still manage to display a strong sense of self-worth and respect.  I think that last part is where Everybody Loves Raymond, for example, falls flat:  Ray's character gets the "poking fun at flaws" part right but falls short on the "respect" part as husband and father in the family.  Family Matters manages to get both aspects of family life correct, in my opinion.

[roadman65]

Well nowadays a family does not need a marriage between two heads and many have step kids even though they are not connected by marriage to the kids parent they are involved with.  For example my friend Molly has a family with two kids and one kid is her boyfriends while the other is hers from two boyfriends ago. Yet all three of her beaus were addressed daddy by her son Frankie.

That may be why sitcoms like good old families are no longer thought of.
E

[kphoger]

Well nowadays a family does not need a marriage between two heads and many have step kids even though they are not connected by marriage to the kids parent they are involved with.  For example my friend Molly has a family with two kids and one kid is her boyfriends while the other is hers from two boyfriends ago. Yet all three of her beaus were addressed daddy by her son Frankie.

That may be why sitcoms like good old families are no longer thought of.
E

What you just said was also true back when Family Matters aired.

Full disclosure:  I had a daughter out of wedlock, who was later adopted by the man her mom later married.  They have a few children of their own together as well.  None of that means I don't think there should be good role model fathers on TV.  I'd fully expect my daughter to honor and respect her stepfather, and I think sitcoms that portray men/fathers as nincompoops undermine that expectation.

[frankenroad]

Radio:  Car Talk, from NPR

Totally agree.   Not only was it funny, but I actually learned a lot from Click & Clack.

[SEWIGuy]

I've very much missed Star Trek and Star Trek TNG reruns ever since they went into the pay subscription netheruniverse.

Mike

All the Star Trek live-action series are on six nights a week on H&I TV, for whatever that's worth.

I go to bed most nights just before 9:00 Central and watch DS9 before drifting off.

[Max Rockatansky]

Radio:  Car Talk, from NPR

Television:  My family recently started watching Family Matters on Amazon, and we're currently on Season 2.  I miss sitcoms that portray halfway normal families, whose characters poke fun at their flaws but still manage to display a strong sense of self-worth and respect.  I think that last part is where Everybody Loves Raymond, for example, falls flat:  Ray's character gets the "poking fun at flaws" part right but falls short on the "respect" part as husband and father in the family.  Family Matters manages to get both aspects of family life correct, in my opinion.

I've come up with numerous theories over the years that Carl Winslow was either an undercover officer or worked in Internal Affairs.  Essentially I'm trying to reconcile Reginald VelJohnson's appearances as police officers in Ghost Busters, Turner & Hooch, and Diehard into one character. 

[andrepoiy]

I don't think anyone knows this one, but the Weather Channel once had an original show called "Loaded" where they filmed 3 truckers doing their job. I thought the show was very interesting, but in the end, it lasted for one season only and it's almost impossible to find any of the clips online since I guess no one else liked it.

[Ned Weasel]

I don't think anyone knows this one, but the Weather Channel once had an original show called "Loaded" where they filmed 3 truckers doing their job. I thought the show was very interesting, but in the end, it lasted for one season only and it's almost impossible to find any of the clips online since I guess no one else liked it.

I miss old Weather Channel music.

On a related note, my trucking career lasted for a season and a half, so hey, I beat that show!

[texaskdog]

What are some radio or television programs you miss? For me, on the radio side, I still dearly miss Paul Harvey. Would hear him on WFMX in Statesville as a kid. 8 for the morning news, high noon for the 15-minute newscast, 6 for The Rest Of The Story. Thankfully, the Paul Harvey Archives has numerous TROTS broadcasts for download, as well as Paul Harvey News segments from over the years.

I also miss listening to Paul Harvey.  And I as well, have specific times that his show would be available on many of the stations I would listen to, and still they come to mind some days, and then I remember that he's not on anymore.  Good Day!

the guy who put the show on locally back then is still on a show and they were talking about Paul Harvey and Kenny said he'd deliberately delay the "good day"  it was funny sometimes it would be 20 seconds.