What were the most replayed A-Team Episodes on T.V.?

[cartoonlover]

What were the most replayed A-team episodes on tv from what you remember? When I was watching this show on TvLand a long time ago I feel like "Cowboy George", "Double Heat", "Knights of the Road" would often get played? What episodes would you feel like would get often played and which ones were less played? From what I recall I dont think they played the two-parters a lot? 

[amyk]

I have hardly ever watched it on TV since the original run so I can't answer that!

[HoudiniDerek]

In reruns on TV as a kid, I watched pretty frequently, so I remember almost all of them. If anything, it seemed like the pilot would be skipped because of the fake Face, but not always.

[Eclipse139]

I dont know if they were necessarily the most repeated on TV over here, but the ones I remember the most are probably:

BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
RECIPE FOR HEAVY BREAD
TAXICAB WARS
STEEL
THE MALTESE COW
SEMI FRIENDLY PERSUASION
MEMBERS ONLY
COWBOY GEORGE

It's quite a spread across the first four seasons (I would have deliberately not watched any Season 5 eps if I'd found them being shown again on TV!) so I can only assume we've had complete repeats of the whole series in the UK over the years (minus any eps deemed no longer suitable for one reason or another).

[amyk]

I wonder if they have pulled THE RABBIT WHO ATE LAS VEGAS from the lineup, due to the blackface scene, wherever the show is still being run (assuming it is still running somewhere).

[HoudiniDerek]

Oct 29, 2020 18:20:23 GMT -5 amyk said:

I wonder if they have pulled THE RABBIT WHO ATE LAS VEGAS from the lineup, due to the blackface scene, wherever the show is still being run (assuming it is still running somewhere).

It would be neat to have someone watch if it's on in syndication anywhere.

I was watching HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN and it's surprising what they cut or dub over on Netflix versus Amazon. Especially on some of the Asian influenced ones.

I am not sure they would pull it, but they might add a disclaimer is for this episode.

[Eclipse139]

It's being repeated on a loop in the UK on the Paramount Channel - they're also doing the same with Knight Rider, Hart to Hart and Airwolf, amongst other things. They miss out quite a few eps though - hence why I decided to dig out my DVDs and give The A Team a long overdue complete rewatch. THE RABBIT WHO ATE LAS VEGAS is not included in the repeats (I assume because of the blackface), but it's not always obvious as to why certain eps are missed out.

[cartoonlover]

Oct 30, 2020 11:25:23 GMT -5 Eclipse139 said:

It's being repeated on a loop in the UK on the Paramount Channel - they're also doing the same with Knight Rider, Hart to Hart and Airwolf, amongst other things. They miss out quite a few eps though - hence why I decided to dig out my DVDs and give The A Team a long overdue complete rewatch. THE RABBIT WHO ATE LAS VEGAS is not included in the repeats (I assume because of the blackface), but it's not always obvious as to why certain eps are missed out.

Are you serious.....? lmfao. Hannibal in black makeup was one of the funniest things i saw on The-A-team. I was laughing really hard

[amyk]

I do like how BA says "not on you!" when Hannibal says "Black is beautiful."

[hasford1978]

I certainly remember alot of season 1 being on constant repeat in the late 80s/very early 90s. With a few season 2 and the odd season 3/4 episodes thrown in. This was in the UK on Granada usually around 5.15pm on a Saturday
Small and Deadly War
Beast from the belly of a Boeing (without the last scene included, for some reason that was totally cut out)
Range Rider (again with scenes cut it seemed)
Taxicab Wars
Bullets n Bikinis
Champ
The Big Squeeze
The Island
Showdown
These and most of season 1 i remember vividly being repeated although some episodes i didn't see for the first time until around 2005 when the dvds were eventually released

[amyk]

Did they just cut scenes for commercials? That would be just not good to miss the tag scene of BEAST since you would not then understand why Murdock is back in the VA the next time they have to get him out of there.

[hasford1978]

Amyk I vividly remember recording 'Beast' on VHS tapes and my copy had those last few minutes cut. Basically the episode ended with Hannibal crashing the plane into the airport then straight to credits, it wasn't until years later when they were released on dvd that i finally saw the full version.
My local TV channel was forever cutting up bits of scenes or sometimes entire scenes. They did something very similar to 'Without Reservations' when Face got shot but anything after that was left out

[amyk]

That's really strange about WITHOUT RESERVATIONS, since it still seems there is a lot of show left after Face gets shot!

[hasford1978]

I know but the tv channel what showed The A Team back in the late 80s/early 90s were well known for heavily cutting down episodes to fit into the hour time slot which included advert breaks x2 sometimes even x3 if my memory is correct.

I remember actually thinking that was the last ever episode in the series and that the series ended on a low with Face being killed (I was gutted thinking that was the end)

[hasford1978]

Amyk if i still have my vhs videos this actual episode is still on there but doubt it would play after 25+ years but i remember vividly recording it and feeling fed up with the abrupt ending