I will because the fact is the only way we will be getting any more repeats of the soaps that still exist, is to support the ones we have now. If this get’s good ratings then the other classic Networks will take a second look. If it fails we will not see The Edge of Night or Ryan’s Hope repeated, why would a network spend money if enough people won’t watch. Soaps in the 80’s may be too expensive for a Broadcast Network to show but episodes from the 70’s and before could be, but only if people will support… Read more »

Where will the episodes begin from the first episode or later in the run? My luck they just took Retro TV off of my cable and replaced it with CoziTV which I love but would love to watch The Doctors again. I will need to find someone to record them for me.

I read somewhere that The Doctors has most of its episodes…that would be great if true…i always wondered what song Marie Thomas(Lauri James) used to play and sing on the show…The Doctors from the 60s to the 70s was far better than GH…Fans used to write to this show for medical advice…hope its true that they do have the episodes from its glory years so the younger generation can see how much better and more grounded soaps use to be…its 80s storylines werent that good…i once send them a story suggestion(even though i had stopped watching around 1980) that they… Read more »

Unfortunatly, I do not get Retro in my area, not on my Time Warner Cable box. I would love to see The Doctors again.

This network is not available in my area!!! I live in Minneapolis MN which is a larger city and we don’t have it. Comcast sucks! I would totally watch this and DVR the episodes even.

I hope it is on at a time I can watch. I remember watching this soap

Tops on my list would be OLTL,Ryan’s Hope and Santa Barbara.

If I got Retro TV in my area, I would certainly watch it or DVR it. I would love to be able to see more classic daytime serials from the golden age of the 70s and 80s, but I wonder how many of them are available. They should have all been saved on tape like Dark Shadows was.
This is great news for classic soap fans. I got hooked on Ryan’s Hope when SoapNet aired it. Good TV is good TV, no matter the era.

I loved Alec on this soap, I remember it’s the first time I saw him, how cool! I hope they show more!!

Retro is not available in NYC! 🙁

That is wonderful news— hopefully it will be successful and other classic soaps may find new life— right now I would love to watch repeats of old soaps — it would be a refreshing change to watch a show penned and produced by soap pioneers, to be reminded on how it is really done. And to find a cable network willing to include a soap in their line up is also nice to see. Good luck Retro TV and I’m sure many old fans of the Doctors will love you for doing this.

Never heard of it, but I’d take a look. Good to know there are cable tv stations that still see soap reruns as viable.

Absolutely! I would love to see classics and old episodes of my fav -GH!”Classic 80’s episodes of ‘Days’ on tv would be amazing!!!

Very exciting news! I’ve watched some of their episodes on YouTube and they are fantastic! I’m hoping I get this channel on my t.v.

Not on in my area! 🙁 Hope more stations pick it up! Oh do I miss Soapnet!!!

I would love to be able to watch this, but the channel is not in our state at all! Peyton Place, Return to Peyton Place, All My Children and One Life To Live, The Best of Everything….Seeing all of these and more from the beginning would be amazing!
Perhaps, as well as the Retro channel, they could also be shown online, at
no fee so everyone has at least access to them in some way.
Cheers

Oscar Schmoscar. Elizabeth Hubbard!!!!!

Still recall watching Kathleen Turner and Kim Zimmer’s Nola’s sthe tir the pot, Meg Mundy as Monster-in law Mona and very young Alec Baldwin as Billy. Not a show I watched daily but still a high quality vintage soap.

I read someplace else that rebroadcast episodes will begin with 1967, which is odd as I thought most tapes were “wiped” and reused from that era. I did enjoy “The Doctors” in its heydey (it got really bad circa mid-1970s). Elizabeth Hubbard, Gerald Gordon, Sally Gracie, Peter Burnell, and Carolee Campbell were my favorites from this period. Alas, once Jacquie Courtney was fired from “Another World,” our viewing habits changed and NBC was dropped in our household like a hot potato. Before that, it was the NBC daytime lineup all the way: Days of Our Lives, The Doctors, Another World,… Read more »

WOW! Blast from the past. I wish I had Retro TV, but like TVGN, etc. Charter cable does not provide us with the ability to have this channel. Not surprising they have not added a new channel in years. When SOAPNet went off the air we just ended up with one less channel. ..sorry Disney/ABC 😉

All my children!

This is great news for soap fans. I’d suggest they should pick up Edge of Night as well – I’ve seen a few episodes on YouTube and it is excellent.

One Life To Live and All My Children.

Is it true that there is a period of time when ABC reused video tape and as a result many episode have been lost ?

Can any one shed some light on this ?

Love it! Looking forward to classic daytime drama. Hopefully they will add more soaps to their line up.

I probably would, but Retro doesn’t seem to be available in my area. Watch that show for many years. At one time, it was written in weekly arcs. There was a main story that had a beginning (Monday), middle, and end (Friday) in episodes stretching over one or two weeks. Stories of the staff were integrated and ongoing. Matt and Maggie were the golden couple. Nick and Althea were so combustible. Still vividly recall one scene where Elizabeth Hubbard was at her very best. Althea–the role she played–had been diagnosed with a tumor on the optic nerve. Nick, of course,… Read more »

I will tune in!

This is excellent news, bring on more! God bless these legendary shows that will never be again…maybe in new ways, but the “retro” is a groove in the classic mode unto itself!

SWEET! Bring on the classic soaps!

I am…. SO…. bummed

I would love to watch an old serial… from the beginning

this just smarts

I do not get this station / nor do I get TVLAND

oye…. to feel the days of ole…. again

simmer

yearn

delight

captivate’ing stuff

As The World Turns

I would have watched this

especially when I saw the name: Elizabeth Hubbard…. Lucinda Walsh of Oakdale

The local affiliate in Boston switched from Retro to Cozi TV about a year ago may be a bit longer. So currently Retro not available in the Boston market. Hope that changes.

I don’t get retro TV either. Hopefully someone will post the episodes on You Tube.

The channel is in my city but Comcast doesn’t carry it. I will call the station to find out how I can watch it. I would love to watch. I would love to see repeats AMC! I will find a way to watch The Doctors.

I will watch,never saw it on its original run ,,i wonder what time it will air,they should run it in the afternoon, i still miss oltl and amc,,,,,,,,i would love to se these and edge of night also/

I’ll give it a try.

I thought I got this channel, but just checked their site and it doesn’t look like it airs near me. I thought it was a free channel. Maybe it changed.

The Doctors, Days, and Another World were great soap in the early to mid 70’s. That was NBC’s best years in the ratings as well. The ratings reflected what was being told on screen because there were as many as 16 soaps to pick from. I’m not sure this airs in Dallas, but I’ll watch if it does. I’d watch ANY of the classic soap material from the 70’s especially the CBS lineup with Edge of Night, Search For Tomorrow, Secret Storm, ATWT, Guiding Light, Where the Heart Is , Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Love of Life and… Read more »

I look forward to seeing this show once again. I wonder how much I’ll remember.

What a cool idea and what fun it would be to watch the old “stories.” I wonder if I get Retro where I am. I sure hope so! Going to check it out!

I can’t wait to see this classic soap again and will watch every day. I am a collector of Vintage Soap Opera episodes and found hundreds of them from the 50’s 60’s 70’s 80’s.

Would love to see Another World again…

This is fantastic and exciting news. Wonder if there is any chance of getting The Edge of Night or Love of Life back?

I did not start watching The Doctors until 1975, but I have heard much raving about Nick and Althea from the early 1970s and am looking forward to seeing that story. As others have noted, TD’s later years (it was cancelled in 1982, and I would say that there were very few bright spots in the last five years) were not kind to it. It was the first show I remember being consciously aware was being negatively affected by TPTB games: it was the first instance I remember of the revolving door of head writers and executive producers, which we’re… Read more »

Echo what most everyone has said… I’m glad they are doing this and hope it leads to more soaps being re-aired! I don’t have a Retro-TV channel in my area so even a converter box won’t do me any good. But, I will tweet and help get the word out for those who do. I miss seeing reruns of Ryan’s Hope on the now defunct SOAPNet. I’ve always thought that show– if done correctly, could be turned into a good prime time soap (since the networks have no interest in bringing back more soaps to daytime. Any old soap– ATWT,… Read more »

I watched near the soap’s end. It was the first time I’d seen Kim Zimmer, and she was obviously destined for bigger things. It was also the first time I saw Alec Baldwin. The soap ended badly. Very badly. Still, I would love to see the early episodes and also when Doug Marland wrote the soap in the 70s, reviving the show and gaining critical acclaim before being lured away to GH. I loved Liz Hubbard on ATWT and saw her briefly on TD. I would watch the soap and even DVR it, but Retro is not available in my… Read more »

Despite the show being on for nearly 20 years, there will probably only be a limited number of episodes that RetroTV can air. Networks did not start saving their taped episodes until the late 70’s. ‘The Doctors’ ended in 1982.

MORE! MORE! We want MORE! I hope they add other classic soap operas to the line up like ANOTHER WORLD! It would also be cool to see some retro episodes of Days of Our Lives from the mid 80’s and Santa Barbara! Lets write to them soap fans and ask them to add MORE!

This is the greatest news!! Though I never watched this particular soap, I promise I will not miss an episode. I love the genre. I’ve adopted Days of our Lives now that All My Children is off the air. It would be fun to see the early episodes. I watched General Hospital from 1963 (I was 8 years old) until the early 1990s. Those early years would be fun to see as well. It is always interesting to see famous actors and actresses who started out in those days on soaps. My wish list would also include Peyton Place. Only… Read more »

Guiding Light , One life to live ,Ryans Hope

I would love to see Ryan’s Hope, All My Children and early episodes of General Hospital, but because all of these shows build upon each episode, don’t jump around show them from the beginning! I don’t care if they are in black and white, I care about the stories, which is why most people get hooked on these programs. I also love watching the fashions and the popular culture things that pop up when you watch old shows. I really hope that these old shows will fill the void that has been left by the lack of support that the… Read more »

In some of the early shows of the Doctors .when the cast members went into the Elevator you saw the lights in the background go up and down just like the Trubolift on Star Trek .On the Doctors the elevator ride was a slow one/
Since I do not get Retro at this time any way I can see a sence of this?