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Another thing I never thought I'd see on HN, Gomer Pyle, USMC.

I didn't exist in the original airings, but Nick @ Nite and TV Land gave me all those awesome shows when I was a kid. Dick Van Dyke, I Love Lucy, Bob Newhart, Rhoda, Mary Tyler Moore, Taxi, The Munsters, Happy Days. The list goes on and on.

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Before Nick @ Nite, those same syndicated shows were the primary content for channels in the UHF band. The major networks were in the VHF band. Back then, a show didn't qualify for syndication until it hit 100 episodes. That's why they made such a big deal about it. That's also why they would have 20+ episodes per season to get to 100 in as few years as possible. Once you got to 100, you didn't worry about getting canceled as much because you now could earn mail box money from syndication fees.

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