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FATHER KNOWS BEST: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, (from left): Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, 1977.
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FETV’s Christmas Eve Marathon Keeps Things Merry with ‘Bewitched,’ ‘Dragnet’ and a Rare ‘Father Knows Best’ TV Movie

The marathon will deliver over 12 hours of Christmas classics from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.

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Best Classic Movies on TV This Week: December 23-28

Notable classic movies airing this week include ‘The Sound of Music’ and ‘Footloose,’ plus many Holiday favorites.

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Best Classic Movies on TV This Week: December 15-21

Notable classic movies airing this week include ‘The Sound of Music’ and ‘Footloose,’ plus many Holiday favorites.

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Best Classic Cinema on TV This Week: December 8-14

Notable classic movies airing this week include ‘Trading Places’ and ‘The Color Purple,’ plus a Marilyn Monroe Icon-a-Thon!

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Classic Movies You Love Airing This Week: December 1-7

Where to watch everything from ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ to ‘Grease’ this coming week.

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Classic Movies You Love Airing This Week: November 24-30

Where to watch everything from ‘Gilda’ to ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ this coming week.

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Classic Movies You Love Airing This Week: November 17-23

Where to watch everything from ‘The Shaw­shank Redemp­tion’ to ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ this coming week.

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Classic Movies You Love Airing This Week: Nov. 10-16

Where to watch everything from ‘All About Eve’ to ‘Die Hard 2’ this coming week.

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Is It ‘Collector’s Call’ Most Valuable Collection Yet?

This collector is also one of the most interesting, as well, as he was Beaver’s (Jerry Mathers) best man and Judy Garland’s neighbor!?

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‘John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons’ Explores Screen Legend’s Tormented Life

The bigger John Wayne became on screen the more he grappled with feeling like an imposter. Plus Ethan Wayne shares his favorite memories of his father.

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A Goat Gets ‘Loaded’ in a Hilariously Memorable Episode of ‘The Andy Griffith Show’

Classic TV On March 23: A goat — and Otis — get loaded in different ways on The Andy Griffith Show, Lucille Ball joins Carol Burnett on her classic variety series and a memorable episode from Gunsmoke’s 20th and final season.

Norman Fell as Stanley Roper and Audra Lindley as Helen Roper in The Ropers (1979-80)
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The Ropers Leave Jack, Janet & Chrissy For Their Own Series

Classic TV On March 22: The Ropers leave Three’s Company for their self-titled spinoff, Dick Loudon fills in for “Pirate Pete” and a chilling ‘Night Call’ arrives from the Twilight Zone.

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‘Seinfeld’ Ponders the Question: Is Soup a Meal?

Enter Kenny Bania, Granny boxes a “jackrabbit” and Endora teaches Darrin a lesson.

The Flintstones The Twitch Fred Flintstone Rock Roll 1962
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Everyone’s Doing the Bedrock Twitch!

Fred Flintstone turns rock-n-roller, George Jefferson gets disco fever, and we meet Theo Huxtable’s friend Cockroach.

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Is This the Worst ‘Star Trek’ Episode Ever?

The ‘Enterprise’ crew encounter ‘the givers of pain and delight,’ Reelz looks back at the ‘Golden’ age, and Epstein has had enough of your abuse!

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Hoss Finds a Pot ‘o’ Gold on the Ponderosa!

Hoss runs into little green men, ‘I, Ross, take thee Rachel’ and a bungee-jump proposal falls flat.

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They’re Real … and They’re SPECTACULAR!

ALF tries to rig the TV ratings, Teri Hatcher makes a spectacular guest spot on ‘Seinfeld,’ and Rob and Laura reminisce on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show.’

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Catch the Very First ‘Three’s Company’ on IFC

‘Three’s Company’ made its debut 46 years ago today, and Felix and Oscar go monastic and then stop by ‘The Carol Burnett Show.’

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Urine Luck: It’s the ‘Friends’ With the Jellyfish!

Chandler will always be ‘the guy who peed on me,’ Gomer enlists for a spinoff and there are nightmares at the 4077th.

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And Still Champion! Godzilla Rules Comet’s March Monster Madness

Godzilla is the heavy favorite on Comet, the hunter becomes the hunted on ‘Gunsmoke,’ and Otis puts down the booze and picks up a badge.

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Marcia Gets Davy Jones to Play the Prom (No, Really!)

Davy Jones of The Monkees makes Marcia merry, Tim the Tool Man goes deep with Dan Aykroyd, and John Ritter and Pat Morita crash the ‘M*A*S*H’ party.

Emergency! stars Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe
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Crushing on Randolph Mantooth in Today’s ‘School Days’ Training

An old episode of ‘Emergency!’ has us swooning again about our teenage crush with Randolph Mantooth. Other TV picks for the day include Danny Bonaduce, the moon landing and more.

FRIENDS, Brooke Shields, Matt LeBlanc, Season 2, 'The One After the Super Bowl'
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Remember the One When Brooke Shields Was a Stalker?

Today’s TV picks feature some good laughs, from Brooke’s famous guest-starring role on ‘Friends’ to Frasier going back to school and Johnny Carson chatting it up with Burt Reynolds. Plus, enjoy a countdown of the very best of 1970s game shows.

10 Streets Changed America, Street Scene, Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, USA, early 1910's
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What 10 Streets Changed America?

New York’s Broadway is a given, but what makes Tulsa, Oklahoma’s, Greenwood Avenue and Detroit’s Woodward Avenue so significant? Plus, ‘Classic Albums’ looks at Peter Gabriel’s ‘So’ and more.

CHEERS stars Shelley Long and Ted Danson in a 1987 episode at the bar
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‘Cheers: The Unknown Story’: Why Shelley Long Left the Cast & More

Reelz takes a close and intimate look at the early days of ‘Cheers’ and the shock over Shelley Long’s decision to leave the series during its heyday.

THREE'S COMPANY, Suzanne Somers, Joyce DeWitt, John Ritter in 'Chrissy Come Home'
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Chrissy’s Father Is About to Find Out About Jack on ‘Three’s Company’

Oh boy! Chrissy’s in trouble as her Reverend father is about to find out that Jack is living with them in “Three’s Company,” Sam and Woody fight over who will kiss Rebecca first on “Cheers,” and TBS starts a new full-series run of “Friends.” 

Cast of Friends sipping malt including Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow
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Final ‘Friends’ Goodbye, Axl Rose’s Once-Tortured Life

TBS airs the final “Friends” episode, Reelz shares the two-hour biopic on the tortured life of rock icon Axl Rose, Jethro goes a courtin’ on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” Peyton Manning counts down history’s greatest daredevils and more.