An old post I know, but I'll add my two pence. As someone who used to live in NC for a time, UNCTV and other public stations such as SCTV, used to air these programmes regularly. I watched them all the time on Thursdays and Saturday nights. But when I went back to the states for a few weeks, none of these shows were on; no British or Irish sitcom were on the public broadcasting stations. I assume now, thanks to DVDs and streaming, etc, these are now widely available so showing them on national TV is just not worth it anymore. Folks cold buy or stream the episodes, thus, not really need to tune in on a set day or evening. Stations know this so they don't spend the money to rent these programmes anymore; not even on BBC America which the last time I checked showed nil-rated British home improvements shows or films that were considered 'British' enough just because they had one British actor on it, or was written by a British writer. But, even here in the UK, these classic programmes are no longer shown as repeats for reasons relating to them not representing twenty-first century Britain. In other words, sadly, they are politcally incorrect and the BBC and its afiiliates such as Channel 4, etc want people to watch multiccultural and often largely historically incorrect programs, such as those that have black actors playing white British historical roles. Not good.
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