When did cable networks start showing the same movie on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night?

Orrex

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Sun Jun-07-09 09:55 PM
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When did cable networks start showing the same movie on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night?

TBS is a longtime offender. They'll run a movie like Hitch at 8:00PM Friday, 8:00PM Saturday, 8:00PM Sunday, and 10:00PM Sunday, and rather than saying "we're cheap-ass bastards who don't want to air anything worthwhile" they say "now you have four chances to watch."

I'm not looking for a lecture on the evils of cable or the virtues of Tivo; I'm just trying to figure out when this started.

And while I'm at it, how many times can a film air before it no longer qualifies as "the broadcast premiere?"

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DarkTirade

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Sun Jun-07-09 10:00 PM
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1. They've done it as far back as when I first got cable...

but I didn't get cable until I went off to college.

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mitchum

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Sun Jun-07-09 10:31 PM
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2. All the way back since Q was merely a winged egg

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Orrex

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Sun Jun-07-09 10:32 PM
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3. That's a weird reference, considering the news out of Bangkok this week

Nicely done...?

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mitchum

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Sun Jun-07-09 10:42 PM
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4. I considered the possible tastelessness/syncrhronicity of the reference...

and rejecting it
but I couldn't apply that same "very young" formula to
Hot Dog: The Movie
The Idolmaker
or
CHUD
I believe those four were the Million Nights Quartet of the early years of cable

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NJmaverick

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Mon Jun-08-09 07:42 AM
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5. It started probably about 5 years ago

I guess it makes sense. With cable the idea that one network would be worth watching straight through for 18-24 hours goes out the window.

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