{"id":806,"date":"2008-02-20T23:28:28","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T23:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/02\/20\/streaming-video-goes-retro-on-nbc-universal\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:40","slug":"streaming-video-goes-retro-on-nbc-universal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/02\/20\/streaming-video-goes-retro-on-nbc-universal\/","title":{"rendered":"STREAMING VIDEO GOES RETRO ON NBC UNIVERSAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I applaud NBC Universal&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/nbcumv.com\/entertainment\/release_detail.nbc\/entertainment-20080219000004-streamingvideogoes.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">decision <\/a>to offer several of their older shows for free online, I just wish more of the shows were any good.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/175953069747bcb59c0fb1c.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A full list of streaming vintage series follows:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">NBC.com<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">A-Team<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Emergency<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Night Gallery<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Alfred Hitchcock Hour<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Miami Vice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Battlestar Galactica <\/span>(1978)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Buck Rogers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">SCIFI.com<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Battlestar Galactica<\/span> (1978)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Buck Rogers<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Tek War<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Night Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chillertv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">ChillerTV.com<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Alfred Hitchcock Hour<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Swamp Thing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Tremors<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Crow<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Night Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sleuthchannel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">SleuthChannel.com<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Kojak<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Miami Vice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Simon &amp;amp; Simon<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">A-Team<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Night Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/118594148347bcb3e6ac5b8.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Outside of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Alfred Hitchcock Hour<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Kojak<\/span>, and <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Night Gallery<\/span>, these shows, most of which were awful upon first viewing, are better served collecting dust rather than wasting bandwidth.  Course now with <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Tek War <\/span> freely available, millions of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Boston Legal<\/span> fans can experience the magic of mid-90s William Shatner.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/96415655247bcb2bb55d2e.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No date was given for when the shows will become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I applaud NBC Universal&#8217;s decision to offer several of their older shows for free online, I just wish more of the shows were any good. 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