I agree with most of this list, except for the shows noted by radioactive.
But yeah, who remembers Laramie or the rifleman?
FWI reruns of The Rifleman were briefly shown at about 4 am on I forget which TV station, and I was working and happened to watch a couple of them.
Geez, both episodes I saw portrayed the Rifleman as a hero, but he basically shot people dead in cold blood.
I guess back then it was seen as really cool.
There are a few shows not on this list that I remember but I'll bet hardly anyone else does.
Like Lincoln Vale of the Everglades, about a cop who chases bad guys using an airboat.
Also My World and Welcome To It.
It starred William Windham as the cartoonist James Thurber.
Or how about T.H.E Cat starring Robert Loggia who plays a reformed cat burglar who uses his skills for good.






 

There used to be a channel called TV Land that carried some of these shows. 
TV land USA may have had different content than TV Land Canada due to rights, possibly.

There is still a chance some of these shows might be on a channel called Antenna in the States. 
They still have a heavy focus on classic television. (nothing newer than early 90's...if at all...mostly further back)

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"Scott Baio's amazing acting" - 

In the meantime, enjoy these outtakes from "The Rifleman" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RusHZ5H1b0I
 

RadioAaron wrote:

Yep. I'm slightly under 50 and I've never watched a single episode of the shows in that list. So, while I've heard of some of them, I have no memory of them
 

City  TV airs old black and white versions of the Twilight zone, but don't forget, it came back in the 80's, 90's and...well, the most recent version somehow didn't catch on, but you get the idea...it was the exception that had room for either new versions of the originals or some fresh new content.  

As for some of the others, Yes TV had reruns of Happy Days & a few others on the list.   

Some of the shows on the list, unfortunately are just forgotten with no hope of being picked up...CHCH has some old reruns, but not necessarily ones from that list. 

& also, Bewitched had a good recycle as a movie starring Will Farrell & Nicole Kidman, but not a TV series. 

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R-S-T-L-N-E wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

     Under 50s grew up watching Three's Company   

Do you admit to having watched Three's Company more than once or twice?    
 

That's a heck of a misquote. 

R-S-T-L-N-E wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

     Under 50s grew up watching Three's Company   

Do you admit to having watched Three's Company more than once or twice?    
 

I remember "Jiggle TV" very well.

RadioAaron wrote:

Binson Echorec wrote:

Is that link clickbait? Yes - the list compiled is terrible and somewhat random, certifying its "clickbaity-ness".
Are the shows on that list largely ignored by today's populace? Sure.

Take off the blinders people. Nobody under the age of 50 was alive when Twilight Zone or Bewitched aired. Under 50s grew up watching Three's Company, Diff'rent Strokes, The Cosby Show, and Family Ties.

When Bob woke up beside Emily in the Newhart finale, my father had to explain the joke to me. Apologies to all here for not watching Bob's original show in my preschool years.

I find that people today are far less aware of what came before. Given the wealth of content available on the numerous platforms available, why would I go back to watch The Honeymooners (assuming I've even heard of its existence)?

Yep. I'm slightly under 50 and I've never watched a single episode of the shows in that list. So, while I've heard of some of them, I have no memory of them
 

The Twilight Zone is generally considered one of the greatest TV shows ever made. The fact that it happened before the days of colour and HD doesn't change that. Rod Serling and other writers used the drama to make comments on modern society or just simply to tell a hell of a story. Not to mention the twist endings.

(Carole Serling, Rod's wife, once told me in an interview about how the network censors were always trying to interfere, so her husband would use an alien to make a comment on the way things were going in the world. Hard to complain when it was coming out of the mouth of a Martian!)

Plus, if you've never seen it, you won't get the significance of the phrase "It's a cookbook!", which has been used as a punchline in dozens of comedies over the years.

Depriving yourself of these gems just because they're "old" only means you're missing out on one of the best written TV shows in history. The episode called "Time Enough At Last," starring the great Burgess Meredith, a man obsessed with reading books, is considered by many critics to be one of the finest half hours of the show, if not TV itself, ever made. 

You can decide for yourself. It (and many other episodes) are available for free on the Internet Archive here.

RadioActive wrote:

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Lol, RA - but I think you've been distracted by your own topic. The quality of Twilight Zone is not what we're discussing. I happen to think it was a great show and enjoyed every episode I ever saw. I wasn't referring to me specifically in my original post - I was referring to an entire generation of people who are under the age of 50 and surmising where their collective head may be.

The topic at hand, as posted by yourself, is whether these shows are on anyone's radar in 2024. I argue that for anyone sub-50, they aren't. And much to your chagrin, believe me - they are not missing it, nor do they feel like they are missing out on anything.

The quality of Twilight Zone itself has nothing to do with this. Quality does not equal popular - see shows like Big Brother or any other prime time game show of late.

Now, as for the secondary (but far more vital to a young me lol) topic of "jiggle-tv":
Priscilla Barnes was Three's Company's answer to WKRP's Jan Smithers.

A lot of the shows we're talking about are comedies, too. And comedy seems to be a genre that gets tested by time more than others - and not just for so-called PC reasons: humour evolves quickly over time. "You had to be there."

Believability and relatability play heavily into comedy - and shows like Three's Company and Seinfeld fall apart in that regard as most of the plotlines would fall apart if the characters had cell phones.