What's the deal with the schedule?

Is it just my local TV station, or does everybody get the same repeats of repeats? Seems like I've seen the car dealership episode three times within the last several weeks. I'd like to see them run the episodes from the beginning to the end of the run. I know the series is too recent for this, but I'd really like to see Nick at Nite pick up Seinfeld so I could watch it all the time.

One I'd really like to see again is the one in which George decides to do everything opposite his instincts, and things begin to go great for him (Seems like this is the episode in which he got the job with the Yankees, if I remember correctly).

I know exactly what you mean. It really sucks.

abdul

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Personally, as much as I love Seinfeld, I haven't been making the effort to see it lately, because I just saw the same episodes about a month ago. I can't understand why they are doing this. It's almost like the syndicators actually lost the rights to the first 7 seasons and are now stuck with only the last two to show over and over again, except on weekends (which I try to catch as much as possible). I hope they find there way out of this rut really soon, and go back to showing the earlier eps once in a while.

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It's not just Seinfeld it happens with. Practically every long-running show in syndication gives heavy rotation to the most recent episodes, despite the fact that most shows peak in quality around the fourth or fifth season. Does someone know why this is? Is it to give the illusion of being more current?

I don't know about anywhere else but on Aug 12, the piolet (Good News, Bad News) will be shown

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I have long had a suspicion about the scheduling decisions as regards syndication (Sky in the UK is the same with the Simpsons).

I imagine a large box full of tapes of all the episodes. Someone at the station lifts one at random from the top, plays it and then puts it back in the box. In this way an episode played last week will be near the top and so likely to be played this week. One that hasn't been seen in ages will have drifted off to a corner and, as no-one ever bothers to rummage around for it, that's where it's likely to stay.

Tongue-in-cheek, of course but has anyone any better explanation?

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Joe Ferraca wrote:

Yeah, it's weird... and it's too bad because the last season was the weakest, IMHO. The "Serenity now" ep., the "dealership"... weak, weak, weak...

Yes, you do remember correctly. It's called "The Opposite" and it's one of the very best ep., way up there with "The Contest" and "The Soup Nazi", among other classics.

i think the most current episodes are played the most because they've been shown the least on syndication. they are playing catch up with the older episodes. the same thing is happening with the simpsons. i'm speculating there are some vague contractual obligations that all the episodes need to be played about the same amount of times.

Surly09 wrote:

If that's true, then they should eventually hit a point where they've all been played about the same, and then the schedule would theoretically be something close to normal. We'll just have to see, I guess.

I think people are missing the point about this schedule thing. The syndication rights are about to go to Ted Turner. Your local station is getting their last hurrah in with the currrent syndication package. Once Turner takes over he might very well start from day one (episode # 1) & run right through to the final BUT it seems more likey that he will show the most highly rated shows from each season MAYBE from season 1 through season 9. So we end up with more shows from the 7th, 8th and 9th season because more of the shows from those seasons have better Neilsen numbers from the past and that is how Turner will get his advertizing revenue. I do not know this for a fact but it seems reasonable to me and it explains why only "the most popular shows " are repeated .

I do not know this for a fact but it seems reasonable to me and it explains why only "the most popular shows " are repeated .

i've noticed during sweeps however that the "classic" episodes from the 4th and 5th (the contest, puffy shirt, etc) seasons are the ones that are re run, and get the most advertising. it's logical that they're the ones which get the highest ratings. it'll be interesting to see exactly what happens when it starts airing on tbs

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You keep talking like Ted Turner will soon be the only one showing Seinfeld once he gets the rights to it. But there are still plenty of other stations all over the country showing Roseanne, Coach, and Saved By the Bell. Most of the shows on TBS are shown on other stations all over the country. Why should Seinfeld be any different? And anyway, if Ted Turner was going to show mostly the final seasons, wouldn't it make more sense to show the other seasons before he takes over, instead of showing the ones he is going to show?

On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 22:27:13 -0400, "Joe Ferraca" wrote:

Here in Seattle it seemed that we would always see the season where Jerry and George are working on the pilot, but in no particular order.

Now all we are seeing is the last couple of seasons.

Last week we had the 'dealership' epsiode followed by the final episode (which was cut down, BTW).

Yesterday was the 'interratial couple' episode and today's was the PART 1 of the finaly flashback clips episode....

Watching those clips made me realize how long its been since i've seen some of them, like when Kramer goes to LA, etc.....

We used to get the episodes in order, but not any more... I HATE IT