Did you grow up in the age of color TV but still learned to love Dick Van Dyke and I Love Lucy?
If so, there's a good chance you have Nick at Nite to thank. Classic television reruns were plentiful in the '80s and '90s, but Nick at Nite – which launched on July 1, 1985 – consolidated decades of American TV into one place.
Thirty years later, it's still going strong.
In honor of the programming block's anniversary this week, we're looking back at how the network came to be and how it's changed over the past three decades.
Hey, remember Arts TV?...
If so, there's a good chance you have Nick at Nite to thank. Classic television reruns were plentiful in the '80s and '90s, but Nick at Nite – which launched on July 1, 1985 – consolidated decades of American TV into one place.
Thirty years later, it's still going strong.
In honor of the programming block's anniversary this week, we're looking back at how the network came to be and how it's changed over the past three decades.
Hey, remember Arts TV?...
- 6/29/2015
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- People.com - TV Watch
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