Repeats Are KILLING TV

Once viewed as a crucial asset for broadcasters, are REPEATS contributing to the erosion of traditional television? Despite being used sparingly during the 20th Century, repeats had their place amongst the TV schedules of old. But in today's climate, do repeats command the same purpose and attention? Or would most viewers like to see the back of them for good...?
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[@Larry]

The billionth of Dad's Army always justifies the price increase of my TV license .

[@DavidMander-rs4uk]

I can watch Dad's Army hundreds of times and still enjoy it!

[@stepheng8779]

​@@DavidMander-rs4ukNot about enjoyment it's about paying £180 a year & 'is this it?'

[@johnking5174]

Dad's Army can still gain 1 million viewers per episode on BBC 2 and iPlayer in one week, which for a comedy which started in 1968 and concluded in 1977 just shows how strong the writing of David Croft and Jimmy Perry was, along with excellent production values and superb acting, especially from Arthur Lowe.

[@robertridley-fj8zz]

Really, "Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Larry; If you think the shows still fun" Clearly despite the jibe, I share your affection for it.

[@luisreyes1963]

You think you have it rough? Try imagining seeing M*A*S*H year round. P.S.: HELLO, YOU! 😁

[@gwheregwhizz]

It reaches peak sillyness when Challenge show Brucie's Price is Right so not only do you have to accurately guess the price of a Suzuki jetski, a caravan and a holiday to Bermuda in the Showcase, you have to work out what they cost combined in 1993.

[@AdamMartyn]

😂😂

[@scottwebb1978]

Like Bullseye seeing if they win tonight's star prize but you seen it so many times you know the outcome already

[@squirrelarch]

Repeats and plus one channels in the age of on demand really just emphasises how much we are in a post-peak TV era. Both ITV and BBC could run with this as they should be sitting on a killer pile of archive material but no it seems they only own a small selection or can't navigate the rights to so much of their archives. The only channel to turn archive into a success is probably Talking Pictures TV.

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

ITV is sitting on a whole bunch of the Gerry Anderson output. I would love them to actually repeat New Captain Scarlet at a time on the schedule that was much better than what they got on their original run.

[@RossM3838]

All I can say is that reruns of the original Dr who on Pluto tv are so much more entertaining than any of the newer shows that it’s no wonder the reruns are so popular and have no production costs to cover

[@HenryCLHarries]

Doctor Who is always better than anything on today full stop

[@taejasper1343]

​@@HenryCLHarriesWell, old Who, not new Who, that is!

[@taejasper1343]

The original era of DW, you mean!

[@HenryCLHarries]

@@taejasper1343 no doctor who 1963 - present day

[@HenryCLHarries]

@@taejasper1343 old who the 80s was a mess so I say ALL Dr who

[@thedarrenzone1963]

Endless loops of quiz, cookery and house shows. Bring back the test card!

[@HenryCLHarries]

To quote Matt Smith 11th Dr Who "i cant stand repeats"

[@TR1PLE_6]

ITV has had repeats of The Chase & Tipping Point from 2022 & 2023 for the last 6 weeks now. It's beyond a joke!

[@chris2009xx]

Quiz shows like The Chase, Tipping Point and reality TV shows like Love Island, Big Brother are.

[@johnking5174]

Hi Adam. I have had a chat with someone who is well in touch with the media, and he said ITV are sitting on a lot of programming already produced, because their budgets for 2023 and 2024 are very low and they have over produced shows, but held them back to fill late 2024 and into 2025, meaning they didn't have to spend money for that season. So in effect, we are suffering repeats now, to ensure 2024-2025 year is filled out.

[@ElFuego35]

And it also wouldn't shock me if the Entertainment Industry strikes here in America played a part in the slim inventory. Yes, ITV doesn't import much programming from America, but with the increase of cross-Atlantic production, and the fact Equity, and the British writers union both told their members to not work on programing employeeing American writers or Actors, likely caused some Briitsh productions (while the soldidarity was intended for UK productions intended for the US, may've effected domestic production) to close down also.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

what's even more worrying, I think, is how they keep rehashing old shows as though we all really missed them. Nobody was asking for blankety blank back. The Weakest Link is a pointless commodity without Anne Robinson. There's a reason why these shows died in the first place.

[@anonUK]

The second show on BBC TV in 1936 was a repeat of the first.

[@MrDannyDetail]

How so? The first programme on BBCTV on it's first official day on 2nd November 1936 was 'Opening of the BBC Television Service' from 3pm-3:15pm. Even if we skip over 'Interval, Time, Weather' between 3:15pm and 3:20pm as being not really a programme, and also skip the 'British Movietone News' on between 3:20pm and 3:20pm for similar reasons, then the next 'proper' programme, from 3:30pm to 4pm was called 'Variety' and did what it said on the tin... offered a variety of entertainers.

[@CarysCantDance]

My friend was on Pointless Celebrities. He filmed it in October 2022 and was told it should be broadcast in a few months. His episode aired for the first time two weeks ago. It feels like the BBC have been stockpiling episodes of Pointless Celebrities. Richard Osman was still hosting when they filmed it, yet he quit the show well over a year ago. It makes me wonder why they didn’t broadcast this series of Pointless Celebrities sooner instead of showing all these repeats (though I don’t think the BBC are as guilty of this as ITV).

[@ShadowTVNetwork]

Osman still does the celebrity versions. For now at least

[@CarysCantDance]

@@ShadowTVNetwork I know, but my point (no pun intended) was that the series of Pointless Celebrities that’s currently airing was filmed almost two years ago, before he officially quit (though I think he’d announced he was leaving the show).

[@stepheng8779]

​@@CarysCantDanceThe most aptly named programme on TV. Every episode, whoooooooo?

[@Ziko577]

That's become a common occurrence where they'll film episodes or make them if it's animation and sit on them for years in many cases until they feel like airing or streaming it. The animation example comes to mind as during Steven Universe's run, this happened twice and the excuse was because of the execs at CN wanting to do the bombs (dumping many episodes out in set period of time) to juice ratings up for the show but this practice hurt it in the long run as ratings dropped even when re-runs were on as people waited for the new episodes instead. In this case, it's just laziness it feels like.

[@channelzero2252]

In Australia on the ABC in a day it's currently about 4 or 5 hours of news and current affairs plus about 3 hours of new programming (maybe 4 hours if you count the afternoon screening of "Antiques Roadshow") and all the rest is repeats. The biggest day is Friday because the 5-to-7-hour-long non-stop music video show "rage" plays new release videos, followed by recent releases. But I guess it is a new compilation every week, so its seldom a repeat. In their defence, their budget is so low now, it's surprising they're still on the air!

[@htravis2061]

Used to hate the theme tune to antiques roadshow, it meant school the next day.

[@securityrobot]

Repeats aren’t killing Talking Pictures, in fact it’s quite the reverse.

[@stepheng8779]

That's different they're going years back. Actually there's been times I've tuned in & immediately switched over again because they were reshowing something from the week before. So it does affect them too

[@williamhumes7332]

It's making them thrive.

[@securityrobot]

A repeat is a repeat, age doesn’t have anything to do with it, no matter how far you go back. We are talking about the heading of this video which states that repeats are killing TV. The set up of Talking Pictures uses repeats, and they broadcast to an audience that wants to watch them. The Talking Pictures audience clearly knows what they’re getting and this is reflected in the channels consistent ratings success. I think it’s reasonable to expect to see a previous programme repeated the next week or later on a channel that is set up for repeats. Talking Pictures aren’t ‘affected’ by this, certainly not in any negative way that you have implied. Good for them, they clearly want to make the most from the licensing agreements.

[@johnking5174]

You are not right here, Talking Pictures TV was launched as a repeats channel, and they don't make new programming (if they do it is very limited). ITV along with the BBC etc are supposed to be making new TV first, which they are cutting back on more and more. Talking Pictures like GOLD are and have always been archive channels. That was their niche, their selling point. BBC, ITV aren't supposed to be archive channels

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Repeats and Re-runs are a main factor of why I refuse to watch broadcast TV and go streaming only. For example,if I wanna watch Season 4 Episode 5 of The Simpsons,I get to watch it when *i* want to watch it,not when some broadcaster decides to show it. I think this has to be yet another sign of broadcast networks struggling to compete in a changing media landscape that some of the older broadcasters are struggling to adapt to

[@sayfilms9970]

If you think that's bad. Look at how Midsomer Murders is being aired. 3 years to finish one series!

[@katashworth41]

7:29 We had that exact tape player when I was a kid, nothing like a rush of nostalgia.

[@BeefyWaltoon]

I think TV channels could benefit from having more dedicated Retro-themed blocks, similar to NickSplat, Adult Swim's Checkered Past or even that recent BBC Two 60th anniversary marathon last weekend. Again, I don't know the costs or benefits of doing that, but It's gotta be better than repeating the same fairly recent episode of a show multiple times in the same week.

[@mathieuleader8601]

It is quite a shock seeing Jerry Springer repeats on That's TV recently remember seeing it on Living back in the day

[@ethancarberry-holt3011]

Yes, I’d love to watch a classic Corrie episode from the 1980s not knowing any storyline

[@johnking5174]

Interesting to note, ITV have admitted that probably their biggest drama of the year so far Mr Bates vs the Post Office, it has caused ITV to lose money on it, near £1 million loss. Reason being is that it is hard to sell it internationally. Who in eastern Europe wants to watch a drama about the British post office? And ITV have said they can't go on making drama with these losses. So new dramas will be commissioned which they know will appeal to international viewers, not just British audiences.

[@CLC-1000]

I am so sick of repeats. Depends what’s on of course, but most of the time, I am on my video games. No wonder people are turning more to streaming too.

[@paulburton9386]

I love repeats of old programmes as they tend to be better than modern programmes. However, I prefer it when channels, especially archive channels, show different repeats and not the same ones. Challenge need to take note!!

[@abzhuofficial]

5:05 LOL some puns write themselves lol 9:03 Brookside died in 2003 on Channel 4 and the set has been rebuilt for civilian use since then

[@j0hnf_uk]

We've always had repeats, but the difference nowadays is the frequency and sheer quantity of them brought on by, not only 24 hour television, but the sheer number of channels needing content to fill them up with. Television is insatiable and at the same time satiated by the one thing there seems to be an awful lot of. i.e. shows repeated sometime on the same day, purely to fill up the schedule. The idea that it's more, 'convenient', for viewers to have repeat showings doesn't hold water, when it's the easiest thing in the world now, to watch shows when they're scheduled without the need to have it repeated, sometimes 2 or 3 times, within the same 24 hours. The actual reason is obvious. It's cheaper to repeat than to find other content to fill up the schedules with. Quantity over quality.

[@MrDannyDetail]

To watch anything on the STV player you have to first give them your postcode to prove you are in Scotland. This is why it is so much easier for STV to get a full run of an old show, as they only need a regional broadcasting licence for the show to cover a few million people in Scotland, and not a national broadcasting licence for the whole of the UK, so that's inevitably considerably more affordable for them.

[@stepheng8779]

My TV couldn't get ITVX when it came out, I've been living in a post office in Clydebank ever since 😂👍

[@kootunesscrewy]

Tbh, it's not the reruns' fault. It's the lack of creativity for new original shows. Almost every show is basically just a reboot or revival these days.

[@stapuft]

In the USA we have shows that have been repeating constantly on air since the 1960s like mash, or cheers for examples

[@UKCOMEDYVIEWER]

A big thing I have realised with the BBC at the moment is that they have started reruning many programs from UKTV that they havent shown before. For example: Sliced, The Cockfields, Murder On The Blackpool Express, Death On The Tyne, Dial M For Middlesbrough, Sandylands, Red Dwarf and most recently Murder, They Hope. I think that this is because the BBC have run out of money and they are really trying to show anything they can. Would love to hear your thoughts on this.

[@Ziko577]

The TV License being abolished plus them going woke has choked the life out the networks it seems like. It may very well be dead by the end of the decade.

[@stepheng8779]

Back in the day every school holiday for decades was the exact same things. Robinson Crusoe, White Horses, Casey Jones, Flashing Blade, Banana Splits, Double Deckers, EVERY single holiday. It was awful, the test card was more interesting, it's why as kids we went outside 😂

[@robertwilloughby8050]

And "The Red Hand Gang", don't forget "The Red Hand Gang". Legendarily crap American kids programme.😅

[@charlii_tvMMVI]

Talent/reality shows can't be repeated because everyone knows who'd won; I can't see anyone watching the 2009 series of BGT again. Everyone knows that Diversity won with Susan Boyle 2nd

[@ErinStephanie-mf2qk]

Now classic sitcoms, like OFAH, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, and the Office, struggled on their first time audiences. It was not until repeat runs, that viewing figures went up, and acquired their status. So repeats, do have their place. Some of these shows were fact, heading for the axe, until a successful repeat run, convinced programme makers, into commissioning a new series.

[@johnking5174]

GOLD channel and BritBox now seems to have the sole rights to those shows, as they are rarely seen elsewhere. This is why sitcoms which were probably lower rated are now being aired on Thats TV such as The Brittas Empire and Grace and Favour.

[@RobertBuckley-tg3ev]

How can repeats kill TV when shows become popular?

[@jordancampbell6775]

Only Fools & Horses has been repeated on Gold UKTV Channel alot. And i do like that sitcom, since its one of my late grandpa's favourite Programmes.

[@securityrobot]

It was ‘nigh on rare’, well it would be wouldn’t it if the BBC kept wiping their programmes in order to record more output. The stance of Equity wasn’t the sole impediment for repeats, individual actors could put the block on repeats by objection. Since you mentioned Doctor Who - Jeremy Wilkin did exactly that and prevented Revenge of the Cybermen from being repeated. There’s more contributory factors to the ‘Killing off’ of television, repeats are far down the list, and the limited scope of the source material quoted here doesn’t even begin to address the ‘killing off’ or decline.

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

What is killing TV are not repeats, it's the awful and stupid online first strategy that is killing it

[@Stephie2007]

I can't agree with this more. Here in America, Repeats have become sort of a death rattle for certain channels. I can't even watch BBC America anymore because of all the "Law and Order" and "Bones" Repeats that have been dumped on said channel since AMC Networks left it for channel rot. And don't even get me started on The CW (over the air channel here in the States) the only "good" show on that channel anymore, "Walker" recently got moved to Wednesday nights. And there's already so much competition for that time slot anyway (and as much as I'd like to see Jared Padalecki kick some sorry criminal in the teeth, I'm going to have to pass. The CW has gone downhill.) This leaves me counting down the days until the start of College Football 🏈. At least there's no repeats for that.

[@caseyf14483]

Exactly, BBC 1 especially (dishonourable mentions - E4 and Gold)

[@mgthestrange9098]

Ahh, Gold: the Only fools and horses channel.

[@DoctorVision]

I definitely think if they are going to repeat things it should be stuff from 15-20 years ago at the very least. At least then they can still get away with broadcasting stuff made in widescreen. I recently watched Fat Friends on Netflix, I had heard of it but never watched it before and ended up really enjoying it. I'm sure there would be some reservations about showing it now with the whole fat-shaming row - despite it not promoting any prejudice in the slightest - but it might pique viewers' interests, they might think "Blimey, I haven't seen this in years" - just something instead of the endless gameshow repeats. I remember during the first lockdown when BBC One started showing repeats of Fawlty Towers and The Royle Family and I felt like I was in a parallel world seeing old classics like that being shown on the TV and I quite liked it. I think, in this day and age, the occasional repeat of a decent comedy is something we all need - as a brief escapism from the increasing volatility of the world.

[@legolandstation3696]

I think I've seen this before 🤣

[@securityrobot]

You must’ve seen it on the Deja Vu Channel. It’s the only channel that doesn’t need a TV guide.

[@ElFuego35]

Some of it may have to do with the state of the industry from this side of the pond. Yes, Britain wasn't directly affected by the Strikes in Hollywood that occured last year, however, to maintain profitability, it's increasingly common for the Beeb or ITV to coproduce programing with Netflix,Amazon Prime, etc to serve as the US distributor. Because of that, Equity and the WGGB (the British Writers Guild) told their members to not work any American production filmed in the UK during the US Hollywood strike to show solidarity to their American counterparts, which likely trickled down to the Beeb and ITV. Plus, I'm hearing that even with the strikes resolved, not much production is being done in television, since they resumed production after the holidays, and the American networks take the summer off, resulting in very limited content being produced until the next tv season starts up (as most people know, shows in the US are 13-22 episodes, I'm hearing that as a result of strikes, UK Style 6-10 episode orders aren't uncommon).

[@nathanpollard1223]

"as most people know, shows in the US are 13-22 episodes" outdated

[@nathanpollard1223]

@@Ziko577 I think you @-ed the wrong person.

[@Ziko577]

@@nathanpollard1223 Whoops! I'll correct this later.

[@Ziko577]

That hasn't been true in a long time. Most scripted drama shows are much shorter these days at around no more than 8-10 episodes at most such as FX's Shogun. The reality shows still have larger episode orders as they're cheaper and easier to produce but that might change in the coming years as networks are hardcore belt tightening and there's rumors that many long-running shows will have reduced episode counts too. All of the FOX animated sitcoms had reduced episode counts due to the strikes delaying production.

[@brandonlee7382]

I dont watch TV much but i do on occasion with the family. I thought i was watching new shows as i thought ITV1 they would only show new content. Since i got no Internet, I've been watching more TV. I feel bad if someone watched all these shows then they discover a episode they watched as they probably feel ripped off after getting excited about it as they seen it was coming on in the TV guide. The thing is why not put a episode from like 2007 instead of repeating something for the 3rd time. They should use their other channel for repeats. Anyways it's not a huge deal as we got so much things to watch through other channels and the Internet. The thing is the repeats are happening so much on other channels too. It's not a bad thing because i haven't seen alot of this stuff. But if i seen a episode already then i would have to change my TV watching plans

[@Thomanory]

BBC One are showing Traces, a show that used to air on UKTV's Alibi and they are now airing on the BBC channel. Some of the shows from Dave are also being shown on BBC Two as well, so yeah. The BBC can do this cus they own their commercial wing owns the entire UKTV network, but it does seem a bit desperate.

[@AdamMartyn]

Ahhh I see, how well disgused of them! Seems the repeat situation may be worse than feared 😬

[@dannyfromet6257]

Finally I am not the only, I am gonna be honest I was incarnated at here majesty's pleasure and if there was one thing that got on my nerves was the repeats on television ITV and E4 especially need to sort it out .

[@vanessacelebry2183]

Can you tell why the show call go jetters has been change look, style, animation though of this years?!?!

[@gordon3178]

Stv are showing brookside and I'm watching it and take the high road

[@joshuajoshua2732]

I'd rather have repeats of old television than all the other cheap crap that they have these days such as reality television, cooking shows, preachy news etc etc and american crime shows those are just all boring now and too much advertisement i'm certainly tired of those but i never get tired of classics I'd love lots of old repeats but also brand new scripted television as well something original as a new science fiction program or a brand new western which I know will never happen since kids today can't relate to it or a horror, or an action/superhero TV show or saturday morning cartoon network would love to see those back again. They just need to get creative again.

[@philipmurphy2]

Starting to get a time when repeats are most of the TV output.

[@Ese96Agoaye]

How many times can E4 churn out episodes of TBBT, The Goldbergs, and HIMYM before they finally decides "you know what, that's enough"?

[@BenPanced]

Yet with so many series out on DVD...

[@harryelliott4310]

Tv 📺

[@luisreyes1963]

Is Anglia still around?

[@BITDayTV]

I kind of feel the way the amount of times Mrs Browns boys get repeated on the bbc when you could show other things

[@philicon353]

I'd rather watch the bloody Good life then Mrs Browns boys tbh.

[@libman2006]

I've said for a number of years now that if you removed all the repeats and all reality tv from the schedule there wouldn't be be much left. I dont see why there needs to be repeats these days with on demand services so readily available. Shove all your repeat content on your on demand service and just have new shows and shows not available on demand on live tv. I know like you say there are legal issues with some shows being on demand but i feel more effort could be put into resolving those issues.

[@betelanus]

Sounds like our main paid tv provider here in South Africa. 90% of the shows an their shows. They still air shows that was on repeat 15 years ago

[@scottwebb1978]

TV channels put things on their streaming sites that are new or old classic not seen for years but on there channel could be a repeat for the 100th time of a programme so you think why not put it on their channel and not give us the 100th time repeat.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

what are Challenge TV going to show if all the terrestrial channels are showing gameshow repeats?

[@johnking5174]

Challenge can access older game shows from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Especially game shows from the 70s, as maybe a lot of the contestants are now dead, and so don't require rights clearance or rights payments.

[@_sliver]

Challenge have been getting better in the past few months by cycling out some of thier slots,recently they've been showing classic blockbusters and crystal maze and they've been slowly decreasing the amount of chase reruns particularly on weekends

[@pjuk]

I live in Brighton and they filmed the new series of Grace for ITV back last June, surely it's been through post production by now.

[@stepheng8779]

You can usually get a load of ITV shows via Kodi months before they appear here. Get shown on Acorn TV & others across the pond.

[@kevin10001]

It’s similar here in America repeats get annoying during the tv seasons cause it a night I have to find alternate programming cause my show is showing a repeat that week like this week with the law and order franchise I watch on Thursdays for example and now with the cw being completely unwatchable except for 100 days of Indy that eliminates a whole channel

[@ElFuego35]

To be fair, here in America, production was shut down for nearly 6 months due to the fact both the writers and actors went on strike, and instead of the networks ordering their ususal episodes, only ordered 8-10 instead... to keep the summer repeat schedule intact🤦‍♂

[@chaunceybutler3814]

Enjoyed Kenneth Clarks civilisation tonight on bbcfour so that's plus and at Christmas there I saw a old advert from 80s complain there's nothing on Christmas day TV but rpts so nothing new , but they definitely lack imagination though, whoever's at helm in term of programming. There's loads of stuff out there but we get served up usual suspects all time.

[@powerspyin1games]

I think it depends on what's being repeated. Why repeat Blankety Blank and The Weakest Link when you could air the new series of something like The Hit List during a better seasonal period (the previous season was aired in the Summer, a time where nobody is watching Saturday Night TV).

[@MediaMadness24]

itv 2 show the same movies every weekend

[@pudgesnextturnaround3112]

What are the name films?

[@rhysjackson2597]

The Jamie Oliver Channel on Samsung TV Plus play repeats of his shows 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Reckon there must be about the grand total of 4 people who tune in 😂

[@stepheng8779]

There's an even greater lack of talent in management and behind the scenes than there is in front of the camera these days. Daytime TV & Children's TV is virtually dead & it's a mixture of lack of ambition, talent & cost cutting. More than happy to churn out recent repeats on the cheap like 6 month old Bargain Hunt (they've got 20 years worth ti go at there but can't even bother with that). Channel 4 openly admit to dumping shows cos they've got enough repeats to show over & over, did it with Find it fix it flog it. Needs some new thinkers at the top, free from the Tory party political game, oh for the genius's of the 60's.

[@sophie_drachen]

Dave seems to be terrible for this, although it is mostly an archive channel of old BBC and Channel 4 shows, so I can forgive that. QI, Would I Lie to You, Travel Man, Live At the Apollo etc. There are original shows on the channel though, such as "Meet the Richardsons" and "Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable". Their timeshift (+1 channel) is called Dave ja vu, I think they must be aware of what they're doing.

[@tonymcgray9599]

"Is repeats killing normal TV" Yes, its competing with on demand. the extreme repeats that we are seeing especially on freeview channels like dave, quest or blaze as examples. these channels tend to "specialize" with certain programs that are shown two times a day and repeats every week. My theory is that these particular channels know that the younger generation is lost (to streaming) and they repeat programs in the way they do knowing that the majority of viewers are old people who use the TV for "company" or simply forget what episode of eg. only fools and horses was on. This is a VERY lazy way of broadcasting and in my view it has become the old people version of autoplay. it tends to be a small collection of programs on a schedule which is repeated every week.

[@Nostalgic80s-nd3qb]

We can all agree the only good repeats of shows are for Doctor Who, in which its reruns were either on BBC Two, UKTV Gold or even BBC One ( I’m obviously just kidding ). It seems like the internet is both our helping hand, and a factor into the fall of terrestrial TV, but it depends on the situation. It’s genuinely great how you keep making these great videos even though they have short gaps.😀

[@derekhorne8076]

Personally, I tend to agree with you. I think it depends on what the repeat is and how long ago it was last shown. The example of Beat the Chasers is just totally absurd. However, myself, I would often rather watch programmes from the 70s and 80s (maybe the 60s and 90s too) than a lot of the currently made programmes. That said, channels that show such programmes are also very repetitive often reshowing the same programmes over and over again and the same episodes whilst some other episodes are rarely, if ever, shown. I know that the further back we go archive material can be patchy, (repeating Crossroads, for example, would lead to lots of gaps), however, given the huge amount of material the both the BBC and ITV must have, it seems strange that they don't utilise it more, especially on their streaming services. I understand the legal issues regarding the old contracts of the times - however, in many of those cases, the performers etc didn't receive royalties anyway. They were paid for their initial performance and possibly one or two repeats but after that that was it. Also, I'm not overly sure of the law but at what point to these programmes enter the public domain? If it is 50 years (though I accept it might be longer) then surely anything before 1974 could be shown anyway by anyone?

[@nathanpollard1223]

Public domain's more like 100 years...

[@garyhunt8067]

The repeats did not bother me.

[@rtc9063]

I have been counting down the days for months to this Sunday when i can finally cancel Sky. (UK) Gold has been repeating the same crap since its launch in November 1992, Sky Atlantic with its constant repeats of HBO shows. How many channels does it take to show Star Trek? And let’s not start about Sky Movies - again showing movies it launched with back in 1989. That 50 quid a month will be better off in my pocket than there’s.

[@rajnirvan3336]

Wish ITV would stop repeating and invest in imports again on ITV 1 especially

[@johnking5174]

Imports are not cheap either anymore. Back in the 60s, 70s and 80s they were very cheap. Today dramas and comedy from NBC, CBS, ABC etc are now costing millions of pounds to air on linear, as they have already been snapped up by Netflix, Amazon Prime etc

[@ElFuego35]

Plus, the producers of the imports also own the means of distibution, either by streaming, or traditional linear tv (For instance, Sky's Parent Company is also the owner of Universal, and Channel 5's parent company is the owner of Paramount), and want to keep the Quality American imports for their own channels, or services.

[@augustusgreen7881]

Lots of Play School repeats for 2024 on the ABC

[@katieusbrownius]

Yeahhh if I see many more repeats of Only Fools and Horses I will go mad

[@johnking5174]

Only Fools and Horses is now only on GOLD channel - it is hardly ever on any other channel. People who don't have access to GOLD and don't pay for BritBox have not seen Delboy for many many many years.

[@dannyfromet6257]

Come to think of it isn't the match of the day Sunday repeat pretty pointless since we have the iplayer

[@philicon353]

Na because it's shite even on iplayer.

[@ajayramtohul]

I really hope you reload this in a few days time

[@AdamMartyn]

😂😂😂

[@centureye]

Most of the repeats i watch are on DVD Amazon and KZbin ITV3 keep showing same dramas over and over some shows wont get repeated on tv like Love Thy Neighbour as might offend viewers those shows do get shone on KZbin US shows like BJ And The Bear and Hunter can only be seen on KZbin as far as i know

[@5340robert]

It`s always the way with more repeats during summer especially this year with the Euros, Wimbledon and the Olympics all taking place. both bbc and itv aren't going to risk showing new shows if say Cam Norrie is playing on centre court, England`s QF/SF or hopefully the Final goes to extra time or if Tom Daley is diving.

[@scottwebb1978]

Wow a video about repeats snd never mentioned only fools or Gold channel 😅

[@yunglo9394]

Here in the states, local stations are airing repeats of talk shows like Dr Phil, Judge Judy, and People’s Court in the daytime, unless you’re in a bigger city, where they air hours and hours of local news outside of network programming. Oh but primetime is just as silly. Thanks to the Strikes, CBS is airing Yellowstone repeats and while waiting for the LLS Corden replacement After Midnight, they aired Comics Unleashed, a crappy Byron Allen show. So it’s a little better in the States but not by much.

[@Mrmayhembsc]

If you want old itv dramas you have itv 4 for that lol

[@lja8857]

When ITV1 aired the daytime deal or no deal episodes. They got repeated at 3am which a guess is prime repeat time for any channel. My guess is for new LIVE game shows on a Sunday evening.

[@2511dhall]

New Tricks is an example on the Drama Channel.

[@katieusbrownius]

I am sick of game shows now like

[@kaydog2450]

Not really killing tv as long as the actors from whatever show thats being repeated are still alive im pretty sure are still getting royalties from it

[@DankerTVTimeCapsule]

Challenge have stuck with the same shows week in week out. they never had swapped the formula ever since sky reaquired the challenge license. We need more shows dugged out of the archive. Doesn't help nearly every show they are showing currently is itv owned.

[@smithyblue]

Exactly, Challenge TV used to show a variety of game shows that weren’t quiz related, whilst discovering shows I didn’t know existed (for example Ice Warriors, which was basically Gladiators on ice programme), that’s what I about enjoyed the channel from the early 2000s till 2015/16, where they keep repeating the same amount of quiz shows and overall not making the channel worth watching anymore.

[@scottwebb1978]

Gold repeats just because its called Gold doesn't mean the same shows got be be shown billions of times.... Now Drama and Gold own by UKTV Why do new classic comedies get shown on free channel Drama and dont even go on Gold Channel...? Weve had The Likely Lads... The Upper Hand... Terry and June Birds Of A Feather,The Brittas Empire,Brush Strokes,Butterflies ,Just Good friends, Three up two down.... why none of this goes on GOLD ? Gold dont even show spin off of comedies they show Are You Being Served but not Grace and Favour ( which Thats TV do now) have they not shown Porridge Spin Off Going Straight ? Gold repeats the same episodes of comedies three times a day Remember when gold aired a month of only fools and horse / david jason programmes... Thats tv are getting like gold they are over repeating now... Remember when BBC 2 was doing classic Afternoons during the weekdays Channel 4 mornings are no good repeats fraise,everybody loves raymond ,cheers 3rd rock from the sun

[@markwillis2800]

Yea there are too many reports one thing that can save free-to-air tv is live sport bring back test cricket, the open golf championship and uefa champions league to mainstream tv.

[@picoultimate7707]

Hopefully it doesn't end up like the whole ITV Digital situation back early on.

[@2511dhall]

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[@PastPresented]

Third-party content costs whatever the third party chooses. Live sport tends to be seriously expensive.

[@philicon353]

They should bring back football italia and make a non league highlights show.

[@markwillis2800]

If Labour win the election are they going to include the sporting events that I mention on the "crown jewels" I am not hopeful since they allowed test cricket to be shown by sky when it was shown on Channel 4 the last time they were in government.

[@EGRAVEN-ge4nj]

Not to mention the UKTV network which is mainly repeats. But they do do some great original stuff occasionally. The Red Dwarfs that aired on Dave were generally pretty good I feel. Also you mentioned Pointless, full episodes are now shown on KZbin for some reason

[@BrianRobertson-hs2zx]

Hey TV...I know a thing u can do to add @least 20 years more 2 yor life.Air da nu stuf soon az its available & i dont care if ya haf 2 ditch sumthin old entirely first.

[@dalekbbcfan1582]

In my opinion, it's killing Freeview.

[@stepheng8779]

Freeview is killing Freeview, we've just come out of the too foggy season soon be too hot season for a decent signal

[@PastPresented]

On streaming services, what would be "repeats" on linear services are simply "options"- they produce far less new material in a year than the main linear broadcasters.

[@donaldmaxwell3428]

so how many episodes of fawlty towers were made ?? and how many repeats ??? ( I no how many made )

[@AdamMartyn]

Not many episodes that's for sure! I'm guessing a bajillion repeats 😂

[@BruceDanton-xw6eg]

12 over two series. And that was all. But they have been reshown many times though of course so then too indeed

[@cosmicwartoad2587]

They repeat the same epidoe/film every three weeks

[@johnking5174]

The same batch of Columbo episodes gets repeated every week on Channel 5 channels.

[@DynamixWarePro]

I was thinking about this recently when I read a comment on a video were someone was complaining about the amount of times Only Fools and Horses episodes are shown on Gold. Since that channel is there to showcase the best of British comedy and of course there are going to be repeats there. One show I see get shown a lot, on THREE different TV channels daily, and two of them show multiple episodes a day. That is The Simpsons. I do love The SImpsons and there are now 762 episodes and counting, but do I really need to see The Simpsons on Channel 4, SkyShowcaseHD and RTE 2 every day? Especially when they take the SD episodes and zoom into the center of them, cutting off the edges to make them look "full screen" and ruin them. If you are going to show older SD episodes, just show them in the original aspect ratio! They don't do this with other TV shows, so why should The Simpsons be any different? Anyway, as you said some channels have decades of old shows, so why do they show repeats of of the same shows and never repeat others? Rather than repeat the same shows over and over, let us, where possible, see some shows that haven't been seen in years or have rarely been repeated. I live in Northern Ireland and there are three shows I can think of that were made in Northern Ireland for BBC NI and one hasn't been repeated, nor is there any way to watch the episodes as far as I know. One show that has not been repeated is called "I Fought The Law" which came out in the 2000s about a group of Lawyers. Paul Loughran (Butch Dingle in Emmerdale) was in it, but apart from a low quality clip of the show on KZbin, I have not seen it broadcast or streamed anywhere. Another show is "Dry Your Eyes" a Northern Ireland comedy sketch show. They brought it back last year and the new episodes were not as good as the original series. One last one is Give My Head Peace. There is DVDs of episodes from Series 6 (and only episodes from series 6 for some reason) and you used to be able to watch newer episodes on iPlayer (not sure if you still can as I haven't checked in a long while) and there are low quality videos of episodes on KZbin, there is no way to watch older episodes in good quality currently. TV series like those I would like to see again rather than the same old repeats.

[@dazanderson8545]

Repeat shows not shown for long time then show shows not old

[@dazanderson8545]

close it at midnight open 5am

[@footynutguy]

Perhaps they were thinking they the election was going to be on May 2nd so they were scheduling stuff that the viewers wouldn’t be too mad at if they were bumped for general election coverages?

[@deantaylor8572]

I don't know anybody who watches broadcast television these days. It's very old fashioned and out of touch. Why watch what the schedulers want you to watch, and at a time they choose? It's sooooo 20th century. Ditch the broadcast TV, and the Licence fee, and join the rest of us in the 21st Century.

[@PastPresented]

The Licence Fee also pays for on-demand content on iPlayer and Sounds

[@dazanderson8545]

more likely watch old drama or comedy not been on long time on tv