Classic TV Shows A-Z On Cable/Satellite

Our crack research team was back at work, digging into the broadcast schedules of 17 cable/satellite networks to compile a listing of classic TV shows airing on a regular basis in October 2019.

Our definition of “classic” is shows that premiered in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

According to our research, there are currently 60 different series running on those 17 networks (AMC, Boomerang, FETV, GSN, Hallmark, Hallmark Drama, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IFC, INSP, RFD-TV, Starz Encore Black, Starz Encore Westerns, Sundance TV, Syfy, TV Land, UP, WGN America):

$25,000 Pyramid (Game Show Network)
Alias Smith & Jones (INSP)
Andy Griffith Show (Sundance TV, TV Land)
Barney Miller (fetv)
Batman (IFC)
Bewitched (fetv)
Big Valley (INSP, Starz Encore Westerns)
Bonanza (INSP, TV Land)
Branded (INSP)
Card Sharks (Game Show Network)
Cheyenne (Starz Encore Westerns)
Daniel Boone (INSP)
Death Valley Days (Starz Encore Westerns)
Father Knows Best (fetv)
Flying Nun (fetv)
Good Times (Starz Encore Black)
Gunsmoke (INSP, TV Land)
Hart to Hart (fetv, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
Hazel (fetv)
Hee Haw (RFD TV)
High Chaparral (INSP)
Hopalong Cassidy (Starz Encore Westerns)
How The West Was Won (INSP)
I Dream of Jeannie (fetv)
I Love Lucy (Hallmark)
The Jeffersons (Starz Encore Black)
Jimmy Dean Show (RFD TV)
Laramie (Starz Encore Westerns)
Laredo (INSP)
Lassie (fetv)
Lawman (Starz Encore Westerns)
Little House on the Prairie (Hallmark Drama, UPtv)
Lone Ranger (fetv, RFD TV)
Looney Tunes (Boomerang)
Mary Tyler Moore Show (Sundance TV)
M*A*S*H (Sundance TV, TV Land, WGN America)
Match Game (Game Show Network)
Maude (fetv)
Maverick (Starz Encore Westerns)
The Monkees (fetv)
One Day At A Time (fetv)
Partridge Family (fetv)
Perry Mason (fetv)
Peter Gunn (fetv)
Pop! Goes The Country (RFD TV)
Porter Wagoner Show (RFD TV)
The Rifleman (AMC, Sundance TV)
Roy Rogers Show (fetv)
The Saint (fetv)
Sanford and Son (Starz Encore Black)
Sergeant Preston of The Yukon (fetv)
Tales of Wells Fargo (Starz Encore Westerns)
That Nashville Music (RFD TV)
The Three Stooges (AMC)
Tom & Jerry (Boomerang)
Twilight Zone (Syfy)
The Virginian (INSP, Starz Encore Westerns)
The Waltons (Hallmark Drama, INSP)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (INSP)
Wild Wild West (fetv)

FETV Drops COZI, Launches New Classic Lineup

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Cable-satellite network FETV (Family Entertainment Television) has ended their relationship with broadcast diginet COZI-TV and unveiled a new lineup of classic TV programming.

FETV had been simulcasting a significant amount of COZI programming, mostly on weekdays, since 2014. According to FETV General Manager Bill Airy, the license agreement with NBCUniversal-owned COZI expired and is not being renewed.

Here’s a look at the new FETV schedule, which launched in late June:

Weekdays (All times Eastern)
5AM The Roy Rogers Show
5:30 The Roy Rogers Show
6AM The Lone Ranger
6:30 The Lone Ranger
7-9AM Religious Programming
9AM The Roy Rogers Show
9:30 Lassie
10AM Father Knows Best (starts end of July)
10:30 Father Knows Best (starts end of July)
11AM Hazel
11:30 Hazel
12N Bewitched
12:30 Bewitched
1PM The Flying Nun
1:30 The Flying Nun
2PM One Day at a Time
2:30 One Day at a Time
3PM Designing Women
3:30 Designing Women
4PM Perry Mason
5PM Matlock
6PM The Roy Rogers Show
6:30 The Roy Rogers Show
7PM The Lone Ranger
7:30 The Lone Ranger
8PM Perry Mason
9PM Matlock
10PM T.J. Hooker
11PM Hart to Hart
12M Maude (Sun-Th)/The Lone Ranger (F)
12:30 Maude (Sun-Th)/The Lone Ranger (F)
1AM Barney Miller (Sun-Th)/The Roy Rogers Show (F)
1:30 Barney Miller (Sun-Th)/The Roy Rogers Show (F)
2AM Sergeant Preston of The Yukon (Sun-Th)/Lassie (F)
2:30 Sergeant Preston of The Yukon (Sun-Th)/Lassie (F)
3AM Lassie (Sun -Th)/Paid Programming (F)
3:30 Lassie (Sun-Th)/Paid Programming (F)
4AM The Lone Ranger (Sun-Th)/Paid Programming (F)
4:30 The Lone Ranger (Sun-Th)/Paid Programming (F)

FETV’s Saturday schedule is mostly classic TV, highlighted by a 7-hour block of The Lone Ranger from 11AM-6PM. Sundays are nearly all religious programming, although they are airing back-to-back episodes of Perry Mason and Matlock from 1-5PM.

FETV is a programming service of LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. It’s available on AT&T U-verse (Channel 578), DirecTV (Channel 323) and Dish Network (Channel 82). For more information on FETV, please visit their Facebook page.

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A reminder that COZI-TV is available for free on over-the-air broadcast stations reaching over 60% of the United States. To find an affiliate near you, check out the COZI-TV website.