5 Forgotten TV Shows Part 17 - Time Travel Shows

[@steammachine3061]

I was a big fan of 7 days. It had a very stargate vibe about it in terms of its humour. Its one I always recommend when someone asks for obscure Sci fi shows.

[@GreymansGoose]

I was too, remind me... How did they explain him not having a doppelganger seven days in the past

[@jb888888888]

@@GreymansGoose Every time he pilots the sphere back in time, the seven-days-ago version of both it and Frank disappear. In fact everything inside the sphere disappears. There was one episode where he takes something back from the future to the past and it disappears from the locked briefcase it had been in.

[@GhostRider-sc9vu]

I am horrible at spotting continuity or other mistakes in shows and movies but in one episode of this show there was one that no Army or Marine vet should have missed. In the episode where the Admiral was about to start a war with the PRC they had a Marine Officer with a device on his uniform no Marine would wear at least on the left shoulder, it was the Division patch of the U.S. Army's 9th Infantry Division. He should have had the patch for the Fleet Marines if that even exist, the patch that is. Left shoulder is current unit in Army Right shoulder is unit you went to combat with as for Marines I do not know but had three Prior Service Marines in one of my units and do not recall them wearing any unit patch on the right. All three had served with the Corp in Nam.

[@dufflepod]

A definite thumbs-up from me for Seven Days, great series. And Justina Vail was a fox too.

[@sarafarrell4696]

I loved this show as well! I think I was a teenager when I watched it.. I miss it.. so good!

[@dupre7416]

I love these trips through canceled TV history. I was a little kid in the 70s so many of these shows were things I was immensely interested in at the time. Often, a show would just disappear and there were few places you could go to find out why.

[@ericbrown912]

Time Traxx, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, and Babylon 5 were a POWERBLOCK OF Viewing when I was a kid

[@proydoha8730]

For many of the shows there seem to be a pattern:"The show was doing well in the ratings but producers didn't like it so they've replaced it with something worse."

[@CantankerousDave]

Or "The head of the Sci-Fi Channel hates sci-fi, so they canceled it and ran wrestling instead."

[@OmegaII]

Usually what happens is, new exec comes in, old show doing well means old exec gets credit, old doing bad new exec gets credit. therefore, old show unless rating titan get canceled so new exec can make good name for themselves. TLDR, new boss, I will do things my way even if i have to fire the best employees and sink this bitch instead of letting good thing keep going.

[@Madbandit77]

​@@CantankerousDave Don't remind us of that "brilliant" decision.

[@dreadsleeper]

When I was a kid I was addicted to 7 Days. Good to see it hasn’t been forgotten.

[@briangoldsmith8709]

I know it’s not technically a time travel show, but I couldn’t help thinking of Early Edition. I loved that show so much.

[@popeye697]

It was a great show. I've watched reruns of that show so many times.

[@OmegaII]

While I only saw in syndication, it was a good show. One of the problem with a lot of shows today is, everything vaguely sci-fi has to be high stakes, unless it is comedic. I miss just help a single person every week.

[@Belgand]

It's so weird, but I had exactly the same idea for a TV show about six months before the show aired. I mean, it's not a super original idea, but it was still an odd coincidence when the show came out.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Maybe a time traveler was leaving the newspapers. (I never actually watched the show, so maybe that theory doesn't work.)

[@kingleech16]

@@OmegaII Yes! I'd love to have a show with no world-ending events every season, no enormous (yet somehow magically undetectable) conspiracies, just good episodic stories. It doesn't have to be all sunshine and roses, but so much writing the last few years seems to just revel in misery and sadism, it becomes extremely boring and miserable to watch.

[@sethheasley9538]

Journeyman was getting super interesting when it was cancelled. The fact that Dan's old flame was a time traveler from the past was really cool.

[@leekindler7505]

Such a great show. It got shafted.

[@boskostoybox]

yeah they set up a really good cliffhanger when the show got cancelled. Something to do with his father if I remember correctly

[@christophertheriault3308]

It was great how he manages to convince his wife he can time travel by buying his wedding ring in their yard before they ever owned the house.

[@Belgand]

The problem is that it wasn't interesting at the start. It lost most of the viewers early on when the episodes were rather dull and formulaic. I couldn't say if later episodes were more interesting because I dropped it pretty quickly.

[@Christian39521]

Never seen it. And I have a crush on Moon Bloodgood. Didn't know she was in it. I'll have to check it out now.

[@KevinQuinn81]

I read the title and IMMEDIATELY thought of Time Trax. I was 12 when it came out and it hit me at just the right time in my life and my sci-fi fandom that I just latched onto it.

[@garyhall7867]

I used to watch Voyagers with my grandfather after Superstars went off. Loved it. Travel through time, give history a little push where it's needed

[@qurn]

I loved time Trax as a kid. It was pretty good as your standard serialized action show. Gave me Star Trek vibes, in that all the technology in it seamed feasible. Now we all have an AI computer about the size of a credit card in our pocket.

[@justintoner9817]

I LOVED Time Trax, I was so bummed when it was cancelled after Season 2. I watched some of Seven Days but never got hooked into it. I've read about Time Tunnell and Voyagers but never seen any episodes. I also really liked Journeyman and was bummed it only lasted one Season. Thanks Cecil, always enjoy these videos!

[@carlpeters8690]

6:39 "... and renewed it for a full 30 episode season." Those were the days. I'd be happy to go back to even 20 episode "seasons". Nowadays it seems like even 10 episodes is a "long season".

[@CrashKinkaide]

When I was in junior high, a stage magician came to our school and in the middle of his show, explained how dangerous blanks were by talking about John Eric Hexxum and how he died, then illustrated his point by blowing a hole through a phone book with a blank.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Yeah, it was really a tragedy. They never explained the dangers of it and the actor paid the price.

[@velzekt]

While I love GoodBadFlicks covering movies, this series covering TV shows is probably even more intriguing just for the crazy things you find out about that span a whole season or multiple ones. Either way, your videos are amazing! I get excited every time I see a new one on my subscription feed.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks so much!

[@Thundarr100]

I remember watching Voyagers when I was a kid. I always wondered why it was canceled, because it was such a good show. Of course it’s network executives who think they know more than they actually do, messing with stuff that they shouldn’t be messing with. When the heck are they going to learn? John Q Public is your customer base. They are the ones that you need to make happy. They are the ones that you have to satisfy. Giving us something that we like, and then taking it away from us, is NOT how you keep us satisfied!

[@Darthsinned]

Loved voyagers was a fav of mine in 5th grade. Bought while back on digital (prime video) still fun to watch

[@Rkenton48]

I think it was cancelled because the Voyager character had died.

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@Rkenton48 No, it was cancelled because of low ratings and high budget. Jon-Erik Hexum went on to star in "Cover Up." That's where he died. "Cover Up" was notorious for inefficiency and production delays. During one such delay, Hexum joked, "You gotta kill yourself to get something done around here!" He had a gun loaded with blanks, which he assumed would be harmless. It wasn't. Hexum aimed at his own head and fired the blank. There was no bullet; but the air concussion caused by the blank drove the wadding into his head and fractured his skull. He died two weeks later, having never regained consciousness.

[@TopSpot123]

Great episode, I love time travel shows. Of these, 7 Days is the one I've watched the most. Not a bad little show, some subtle smart things with their time travel model. And while I didn't watch Journeyman, I do remember it. It was Moon Bloodgood's next series after Day Break. So she went from a time loop show directly to a time travel show!

[@JimmiHoevring]

OMG!!! I actually have Jorneyman on my server (because I loved the show) So weird seeing it on here. It did have a Quantum Leap vibe which is why I fell in love with it. Such a good show. Time travel shows??? hmm. I would give Travelers a watch, and also Continuum. Both where pretty decent...

[@Pratchettgaiman]

It's not a traditional time travel show, but I'm a big fan of "Being Erica," about a woman whose therapist can send her back in time in her own life as a way of getting perspective. It's kind of hard to explain but it's very good and it uses time travel in some quite fun ways

[@bostonrailfan2427]

…so, it’s a therapist version of Assassin’s Creed?

[@OmegaII]

@@bostonrailfan2427 More like X-Men:Days of Future past movie time travel rules, but yeah.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@OmegaII nah, Assassin’s Creed due to the not actually being there since it’s in the mind only

[@OmegaII]

@@bostonrailfan2427 I only saw a couple episodes, I thought it actually changed the past.

[@iDEATH]

That was a great little show!

[@bat_on_my_face]

My cousin was obsessed with Jonathan LaPaglia from 7 Days and even had a psychotic break over her obsession with him. Had to be locked away for a time. Really bizarre connection to the show on my end.

[@viljamtheninja]

That is.... weird. Hope your cousin is doing better now.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

Wow. What a comment. I was not expecting that when I looked down here. Uh . . . did she recover?

[@bat_on_my_face]

@@MidlifeCrisisJoe They were able to adjust her meds to get her functioning and home again, but she's pretty much been a hermit since.

[@ditroia2777]

He’s hosts survivor Australia if she’s still interested.

[@curryman999]

I loved Time Trax and Seven Days, still have a couple episodes on an old VHS I burned to DVD. These videos are a great hit of nostalgia for me, appreciate you putting them out there.

[@LiamborninDC]

I remember Time Trax being thought of as TimeCop because the JCVD movie came out about a year later, the actors look similar, the uniform looked similar, the story is similar and both have Mia Sara as the love interest.

[@kri249]

I'm really loving this new series. It's absolutely hitting the nostalgia button for me. I use to watch 7 days, and loved the Time tunnel as a kid. But Time trax I had a special fondness for. I first learned of it through a review of the SNES game in one of my gaming magazines. Then the series aired, and it was awesome. I remember one episode was set in Australia but had no idea the entire series was shot here too. It would have been shot around the time Fortress was made. That apparently was shot in Queensland too.

[@flickflack]

Ah, memories. I watched Voyagers a lot as a kid. Got the DVDs for my birthday a few years ago. Great fun.

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

I've always loved time travel stories. The 1960 version of The Time Machine and 12 Monkeys are two of my favorite sci-fi movies.

[@suipsycko]

‘The Time Tunnel’ still airs on MeTv sun 3am along with several other great shows, the invaders, voyage to the bottom of the sea, lost in space, land of the giants ..

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

I've seen all these... except for the last one. I'm a big fan of Seven Days. Early on, they established their rules for time travel. There was a wager made in the first episode where Frank knew the outcome, but because of the butterfly effect he lost. I also loved Voyagers. Meeno Peluce was an early cool nerd, from what I remember. Hexum was a shame with what happened later. I thought he was gonna get huge in TV +/or movies. It feels these days like Voyagers was on longer than one season. But then so does the original B☆G and Buck Rogers. That's probably down to my local channel 27 playing those for years after on Sunday afternoons between 5 and 7pm, starting with B☆G.

[@Madbandit77]

Independent TV stations would pick up a show that lasted two seasons on one of the Big Three Networks, like Buck Rogers, and run them over the weekend to get some revenue for the show.

[@francis1971]

The last one is the only one I haven't heard of. As for Time Tunnel, I didn't like the fact that Lee Meriwether had to keep her hair done up every week. Maybe I'm just used to seeing her on Barnaby Jones!

[@NateTheScot]

Seven Days was great and i was sad we didn't get more of it, but on the other hand i'm glad it didn't have a chance to get too wacky and jump the shark which a lot of time travel stuff can do very quickly if not handled well.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

There were two seasons of Buck Rogers, but some idiot tried to "fix" what wasn't broken in the second season and ruined it.

[@jb888888888]

@@NateTheScot "didn't have a chance to get too wacky" well there was the time that Frank became invisible and only a Blind Black Guy could interact with him. And the time he Leaped into the Pope.

[@pdzombie1906]

I loved Voyagers, now that's what I call learning about history, with a tv action adventure show!! Thanks, Cecil!!! Great as usual!!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks for watching!

[@MegaMagicdog]

Definitely didn't miss nor forget any of these shows! I saw Time Trax (my Dad was a fan of it as well) but I remembered star Dale Midkiff from his role as Elvis on a short lived TV series about Elvis' early years as a truck driver and aspiring musician. LOVED Voyagers! I always thought even as a kid that the show was given the short shrift unnecessarily. Some fans thought this show might have done better if it ran on Saturday mornings after the cartoons but before shows like American Bandstand. Hard to say, but this show deserved more than it got. Losing Hexum was even worse, even though he died while working on his next series, "Cover Up". I often wonder what kind of work he could have done had he not died when he did. Rumor at the time was that he was in line for big things - possibly in big screen films. Loved 7 Days! Both Dad and I were fans! It still gets repeated from time to time on SyFy or Comet so you never know if it will turn up again. There was a rumor that if the show had lasted into 2001, they wouldn't have been able to explain how 9/11 happened if such technology existed [in the show] since a tragedy like that was up the show's alley. My only disappointment with the show was that Parker's backup never got a chance to use the sphere! LOVED Journeyman and as usual Dad was with me for that too! I thought it had it's own charms compared with similar premises and there was supposed to be a reason why he and his ex fiancee were time traveling to save those people. It was stated that there were people manipulating them because the people they saved ultimately would lead to something special. Sometimes I think "The Time Traveler's Wife" was an inspiration from the show. At least it was nice that his wife was aware of the odd things happening and trying to help. I've been catching reruns of Time Tunnel on cable and it's an enjoyable show, and I definitely wished it lasted longer. I always thought the soundstage showing the tunnel was exactly as designed on paper and it was a testament to Irwin Allen to make something so impressive for TV!! I was just bummed out that we never got an episode in which the guys go home for good!

[@masonl87]

Anyone remember Time Squad? It was an animated show on Cartoon Network that was basically Peabody and Sherman, but more comedy than edutainment. Mark Hamill was in it, played the ornery robot member of the squad. I enjoyed it a lot, but I don't think other people did.

[@richardw2977]

I miss Voyagers. Watched every episode religiously as it aired. :D Granted that it was a bit silly / fun and very 80s - but it'd be fun to see a reboot.

[@christophertheriault3308]

Please no... with today's writing they'd spend every episode moralizing about how backward and ignorant the people of whatever era they're in are compared to modern times.

[@richardw2977]

@@christophertheriault3308 Ugg - I didn't think about that. You're probably right. 🤣

[@marcelohuerta1970]

I laughed when they mentioned Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg and how the writer surely got the inspiration for his character from the Voyager, when it was obviously the other way around.

[@eddieboyky]

I love this series and am glad to see it continue. I have a great love for those old Irwin Allen TV shows.

[@aspendosia2985]

Time Tunnel was shown in the UK in the 70s and I loved it...and was also terrified by the idea of falling through time and not being in control where you end up. It didn't help because I *think* the episodes were shown out of order, compounding this. Great theme music for it too.

[@marytucker1806]

One does not simply forget Time Trax. Why is Dale Midkiff not more famous?!

[@secret.headquarters]

7 Days is one of my favourite shows. I’ve seen it all the way through about 6 times

[@kmac169]

I absolutely loved 7 Days and I was unaware that it is available on dvd... I need to pick that up.

[@Brackenmore]

I was convinced Journeyman was a show I had made up in my brain. I am glad to see it mentioned here.

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

Interesting side-note I got from 'Yesterworld'; the Titanic-prop used on 'Voyagers' was the same one made for the movie 'Raising the Titanic' from 1981. Sadly though, it ended up rotting away in a salvage-yard on Malta. Also, 'Time Tunnel' has been referrenced/homaged in many other things, including 'Austin Powers 2'! Not a criticism; I finally understand the references now! Please, keep up the good work! =)

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@alankohn6709]

I'm old enough to remember Time Tunnel being on TV here in Oz as a big Sci Fi fan even as a kid strangely I never really got into it but I can still remember the sound the time tunnel made when it activated. 7 Days is one of my favourite Time travel shows and the 7 day window was a really nice premise and the cast was great I'd love to see a reboot but I'm sure they'd screw it up. Time Traxs was a blast as an Aussie, so many Aussie actors and obviously Aussie locations. and while they were careful if you keep an eye out you could spot the fact they were driving on the wrong side of the road due to signage and markings occasionally

[@NickMichalak]

I definitely recall Time Traxx, but Seven Days was the show I watched regularly. It was fun if a bit formulaic. It came to strike me as odd that if -Anthony- LaPaglia's character is always resetting history, then the crew is always doing the launch for the first time. Anyway, the show had a really great cast with some strong characters overall. I best remember the episode where the Backstep creates two versions of LaPaglia's character, sort of a good Frank and a bad Frank. Also, am I wrong in that they never fully explained what happened to the Frank native to that time period when future Frank stepped back through time?

[@zenquantum1246]

Agreed! Unless there was a back step-worthy disaster every 6 days, there should’ve been a roomful of Franks by the end of the first season

[@Madbandit77]

That was Jonathan LaPaglia ("The District"). Anthony, his older brother and one of Cecil's favorite actors, was the lead on the cop show, "Without A Trace" and earned an Emmy for Best Actor For A Drama Series.

[@JanglesPrime999]

Yeah, that was something I wondered about. I mean if Frank was at a restaurant did he just disappear when the sphere landed?

[@NickMichalak]

@@Madbandit77 I was just about to come back to edit that it was Jonathan.

[@NickMichalak]

@@zenquantum1246 Yeah, I keep picturing in my head a shot just like this, but I think I'm transplanting something from another show onto it. Maybe I'm imagining it.

[@mazer375]

Another great list. I LOVED 7 days.

[@Florijin]

Ohhh 7 Days...such a great show with Humor and scary episodes! Was quite popular here in Germany.

[@CybershamanX]

(0:22) John de Lancie! 😊

[@legofan370]

I'm surprised Crime Traveller wasn't on here! But considering it was from Great Britain, you might not know about it. Also, for Time Tunnel, the two scientists didn't go back for the government agent. One of them went in despite warnings not to go in, and the other went in to rescue him and then both got lost in time.

[@theironclads]

Time Express only ran for 4 episodes in 1979. Each week the guest stars were selected by the head of the line. They would board the mysterious Time Express, a train with the ability to journey back in time. The passengers would then be taken back in time to a turning point in their lives where they would be given the opportunity to change a significant event in their lives. Jason & Margaret Winters (Vincent Price & Coral Browne) played hosts to the disbelieving passengers and explained to them the opportunity they had been given.

[@katespe]

That scene in Time Trax where a criminal is able to see the combination of a bank lock and jots it down in a deposit slip, has lived rent-free in my head for decades.

[@frankburns3675]

I loved "Voyagers"!!! Bought it on DVD.

[@childofthe80s1981]

The Time Tunnel was one of my mom's favorite shows METV showed episodes of it for awhile and my mom made sure to record every episode that she could find. Yeah my mom was obsessed with recording when she could no longer record on VHS she recorded on DVD. My house used to be stacked with rows and rows of VHS tapes and dvds of stuff she recorded off tv.

[@Belgand]

The best part of Time Tunnel was how they only shot the time travel effect footage once, so for continuity they always had to find a way to get back into the same clothes before traveling in time.

[@paulpeak1512]

7 Days was probably cancelled at the best time. I don't think it could have continued after 9/11 given they tended to undo particularly bad events like that.

[@CantankerousDave]

The premiere had a plane piloted by terrorists crashing into the White House, so yeah... Hell, the first episode of X-Files spinoff The Lone Gunmen had a hijacked airliner almost crashing into the World Trade Center. It ran in 2001, but it ran its course well before September.

[@Rendezman562]

loved voyagers, wish it lasted longer!! I swear it helped me in my history class.

[@Djarra]

Comedian Alexi Sayle spoofed ‘The Time Tunnel’, which was a mainstay on the BBC, as ‘Drunks in Time’ the sketch also featured Peter Capaldi in the first time he played a time traveler. The BBC had their own non Doctor Who time travel show ‘Crime Traveler’ in the late 90s featuring Chloë Annett the second Kochanski in ‘Red Dwarf’.

[@clintbrew]

I remember crime traveler it had the Micheal French (from eastenders) used to watch it on bbc one every Saturday back when it was good with the likes of due south, lois and clark's superman and noel house party

[@Djarra]

@@clintbrew I do think one of the issues it had was that all the promotion referred to "Eastenders Michael French" and so a lot of people assumed it would be a spin off for his character, or at least something more akin to a soap.

[@JimLeonard]

More Time Trax Trivia: The unreleased Genesis port of Time Trax has *amazing* music from Tim Follin. It's worth starting just to hear the title theme.

[@Steve_P_B]

I got the feeling that part of the reason why Journeyman was cancelled was because it came out the year after Life on Mars premiered and it had a very similar premise.

[@MandleRoss]

Makes me feel very old to hear that "The Time Tunnel" is now considered a "Forgotten Show" as I watched it constantly as a kid, and it always excited my imagination about how stories might not have to run in a linear fashion.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Not so much forgotten as "introducng to new audience or reminding fans about it"

[@OperativeD]

I bring up Time Trax probably more often than one should... I didn't even know it had a video game...Glad it got a shout out here!

[@BigFunnyGiant2]

Journeyman was obviously inspired by the book The Time Traveler’s Wife. Which itself also inspired a movie and a series as well as the character River Song on Doctor Who.

[@Czarzhan]

The bit about Voyagers was that each Voyager had a range of time they were supposed to police, and their omni only went up to that time. Bogg's omni was limited to times before 1970, the year Jones was born. It was a malfunction that put Bogg in 1982. The reason for the malfunction was even addressed in the show.

[@childofthe80s1981]

Time Trax was one of my dad's favorite shows my mom recorded practically everything on VHS so I used to have every episode of this show ever made when she died I pitched all of my vhs tapes.

[@eVanDiesel]

I saw that Time Trax ad in a whole lot of comic books back then but I don't remember ever watching it Voyagers was my favorite show! I watched it at my grandma's house on Sunday nights!

[@iDEATH]

I have the vaguest recollection of Time Trax, and I really liked Journeyman (great cast there, with Reed Diamond as well). Time Tunnel I don't remember all that well, but I remember watching reruns of it when I was a kid, late 70s, early 80s or so, and I loved it. It was right up there for me with Lost in Space and Doctor Who as one of my favourite shows.

[@cammyboy011]

I had completely forgotten about 7 Days. Really enjoyed it when the BBC picked it up for broadcast. A decent BBC time travel show that didn't last long was "Crime Traveler". I have no idea how accessible it is now though.

[@JenMistress]

Thank you for letting me know about that Sega game. I checked, and it is on MAME as the Prototype of Time Trax. Since I don't have anything on my games to play list tonight, maybe I'll check it out during tonight's gaming session. Again, thank you.

[@esmith5717]

Timeless was an excellent show as was Life On Mars, although I'm not 100% sure it would classify as a time travel show based on how the series ended.

[@tylermitchell7686]

Watched all of those from start to finish except for Voyagers! I really had a thing for time travelling shows back then! :-D Thanks for this trip to the past!

[@nathanridgway7009]

I really enjoyed Time Trax and 7 Days back in the 90s. Thanks for the nostalgia!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks for watching!

[@jasonpratt5126]

The Time Tunnel novel, by the way, was very good young-teen science fiction. Unsure how closely it hewed to the series. Meanwhile, the theme music for Voyagers was EXCELLENT!

[@sapientunderground]

Awesome stuff, I wish there was enough time to watch (or at least sample) all of these historic gems.

[@jb888888888]

Katie didn't believe Dan until he proved it to her by burying his wedding ring and a copy of a newspaper under their patio while in the past, then digging it up in front of her in the present. And in the shot of the final episode she saw him Journey.

[@jb888888888]

*final shot of the final episode

[@julius-stark]

Even though it's not that old, I rewatched 12 Monkeys and it's so great. No one seems to be talking about it that much.

[@CantankerousDave]

Season 3 of the Star Trek show Picard was helmed by 12 Monkey's showrunner, and it's packed to the gills with 12 Monkeys references and actors.

[@hatednyc]

4:53 As a kid I had HUGE crushes and she was one of them. She was on Baywatch and TT… I MISS 90’s TV SO MUCH! 😂😂❤

[@whall280]

Love these, I am patiently waiting for forgotten martial arts shows.

[@aaronvsteimle]

I really liked most of these at their time (I was too younf to see the Time Tunnel). Thank you for highlighting them.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thank you for watching!

[@ericjones6596]

Journeyman was fantastic. If it had to be cancelled, I guess the ending of the final episode was a kind of great way to end, even though it gave us no true resolution to the story. If it was possible to buy this on on DVD of Bluray, I would absolutely own it.

[@richmackin]

Ah, ThiSeLIA: "This Series Loved Its Acroynms"

[@craigh5236]

Always loved time travel shows. Its amazing the potential time travel can have.

[@XopheAdethri]

3:37 I loved 7 Days, I stole the arrow sign that directed crew traffic around the set. It's on the wall in my shed.

[@DecadesApartProductions]

One time travel show I really liked was called That Was Then. It was about a guy who would go back in time every time he heard a song and he would return to the present if he heard the song in the past. It was canceled after two episodes, but I thought the concept was interesting enough that the show has always stuck in my mind.

[@maplebob23]

One of the few times I’ve seen all the shows, albeit, I haven’t seen much of Time Tunnel since I was a toddler. I still remember the cherry blossoms of the Pearl Harbor episode.

[@Marigen1971]

Never heard of the first one but it sounds like something I would have watched. I used to watch Time Tunnel (still remember the theme song) and Voyagers (with the beautiful Jon Erik-Hexum).

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

7 Days was great. Never got bored of that show.

[@Laceykat66]

I would question your calling Friday night in the 1960s the "death slot" as many long-running shows were in that time period. Name of the Game, the Odd Couple, Love American Style, Hogan's Heroes, Brady Bunch, and Room 222 were all Friday Night staples back then. Times did change, I agree, but at this time the networks still had strong viewership on Fridays. Great post, as usual. Some of these were my favorites and others I have never heard of. Keep up your great work.

[@Madbandit77]

Those shows were non-genre (sci-fi/horror/fantasy) shows, and they normally do well. When it comes to genre shows, Fridays nights were a death slot because the targeted audience was out at a dance club, concert, movie theater or bar. "The X-Files" ended the curse of the genre show on a Friday night.

[@Laceykat66]

@@Madbandit77 AH, I see now.

[@klandersen42]

Time Travel is one of my favorite Sci-fi plot devices. 1. Time Trax Yep Remember it. Liked it. 2. 7 DAys. Absolutely LOVED it. So very upset when it was cancelled. 3. The Time Tunnel. A little before my time but as a kid I saw some reruns. 4. Voyagers! Another fave series that ended way way too early. 5. Journey Man. Not sure. I heard of it but I don't think I saw any of it.

[@GromMolotok]

Wow. I'm actually familiar with four out of five of these. I think it says more about my taste in TV than it does the shows themselves.

[@CantankerousDave]

And that there wasn't a lot of "genre" TV at the time, so nerds like me would watch anything that was even vaguely sci-fi.

[@Madbandit77]

​@@CantankerousDave With the exception of syndication and cable, genre TV shows were destined to die on the then Big Three Networks because they were too smart, silly or weird. Sure, there's "Bewitched", "The Munsters", "The Addams Family", "My Favorite Martian", "I Dream Of Jeanie", "The Flying Nun", "Mork & Mindy" and "Alf", but they were sitcoms.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Dude I really enjoyed Time Trax when it was on. Thanx Cecil you rock!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

You are welcome! I also loved Time Trax! Such a fun show, sad it ended.

[@TheStrykerProject]

Wow....definitely stumped on all of those, except, maybe TimeTrax. My mind wiggled a little with that one, but the rest were unknown, for sure. I'm a little surprised since the early 80's shows really should have caught my attention!

[@mikekz4489]

I like Time Trax. The DVDs from Warner Archive were welcomed after not seeing the show for a long time. The end of the second season was good and it sure could’ve led to a third season.

[@ditroia2777]

Another show filmed in QLD Australia, there were a whole bunch of US show filmed there in the 90’s. one example is Space above and beyond.

[@derekedwards5390]

Love this channel so much Cecil is so awesome I've been following since the very beginning and love this content so much❤

[@dicegeeks]

Time Trax was awesome. I only got to see a smattering of episodes as such was the nature of TV back in the day. I remember the episodes were smart and fun and the cast was great. I loved Voyagers when I was a kid and watched the reruns which I think were on Saturdays after cartoons. My older brother hated it. I rented the DVDs about a decade ago and watched the whole series and I learned why he hated it. The stories were pretty much standard fair, tons of stock footage from old movies, and there were even some glaring editing mistakes.

[@jacotromp59581]

Love this series of yours

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@Voyagersguidebook]

Great reviews. Voyagers! Was and still is my jam! 😅 Since i saw it on the original sci fi channel back in 1993. I also loved Time Trax and all those “off the big 3” shows, we also called them “Syndicated Shows.” Lol I need to go back and watch 7 Days. It passed by me. I will look 👀 around for the eps.

[@ellisd3165]

I was hoping you would mention Time Trax and you never disappoint me

[@weslittlereptilefamily3418]

I always hit like before the show starts because i know its going to be good no matter what

[@markula_4040]

I watched Time Trax. I was going to call you out for not mentioning Mia Sara but I looked it up and she was in only like 2 episodes. For some reason I remember her being a series regular. Maybe her being in Timecop as well is messing with my memory.

[@McClane4Ever.]

I watched 7 Days. Loved it!

[@bradencampbell464]

The thumbnail ... 7 days? That was a great one. Its the show that prompted me to actually learn the name of Alan Scarfee, instead of just thinking of him as a "that guy" always showing up in shows i watched.

[@weedwacker1716]

Sci-fi had a hard row to hoe back in the day. All those old men in charge of Hollywood who lived during the Great Depression seemed to hate sci-fi. I saw it in my grand parents. One grandfather took me to task for reading books, "about a bunch of made up stuff." They thought that the only thing the public wanted to see was westerns. Always another version of Bonanza. Gene Roddenberry had to sell Star Trek as "Wagon Train in space." And how about "Wild Wild West", that's a sci-fi show if there ever was one.

[@Madbandit77]

"The X-Files" thankfully changed things.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thankfully the X-Files had one of the major higher ups at Fox loved the show and believed in it. It was almost cancelled numerous times but he refused to let that happen. Makes you wonder how many shows would have become major hits if the networks actually let them find their audience and grow. Remember, Seinfield was a massive flop in the beginning and it went on to be the biggest sitcom of all time.

[@maximusprime3459]

Voyagers! was my early childhood. I loved that show.

[@rouenrobinson]

I enjoyed the first three PTEN shows. I remember Seven Days commercials but never watched the show. The Time Tunnel I got into thanks to the Sci Fi Series Collection back when Sy Fy was The Sci fi Channel. Voyagers is one of those shows I constantly confuse with Otherworld and Shazam!, which I mash them up in my mind as one show. I still miss Journey Man because I wanted to find out more about Moon Bloodgood's character. Seeing those show make me appreciate that Timeless got to finish its story.

[@lkrnpk]

I didn’t know only about Voyagers, I guess that shows how much I love time travel shows

[@glennhay5628]

the time tunnel is on get t.v. around 2 in the morning. voyagers was a great show.