• SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I think PBS, or some channel ( Maybe TCM? Can’t remember.) would show it along with the others and Are You Being Served. My grandfather and I used to watch them together all time.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, I think that’s maybe why it didn’t spread as far. Back in my younger days, PBS in specific was much bigger because it was typically one of four or five channels. So when it ran Dr Who and Python, there was a greater chance of it being watched per household. By the time some of the other shows came to the US, cable was fully ensconced as the primary access to television. More channels, less chance of a given one being on at a time.

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      9 months ago

      Definitely PBS, I used to love watching Are You Being Served?. :) it’s how I learned the word “ Haberdashery”!