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Update: I emailed Talkie TV Fiber and while waiting for a reply, The Doctors Fast Channel suddenly returned! https://play.watchie.tv/live-tv?channelId=453654 As of today,Watchie TV has dropped The Doctors Fast Channel. It was broadcasting a blank screen last night and now it's not listed in the search menu. https://play.watchie.tv/live-tv?channelId=453654 https://talkie.sotalcloud.com/live-tv?channelId=448937 The episodes from Dec 1967-Sept 1980 are still available on demand at the It's Real Good TV site and the weekday 9am and 6:30pm ET RetroTV broadcasts as well. https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/

July 18,1979,a missing episode of The Doctors aired yesterday on the WatchieTV Doctors Fast Channel that is not available on the It's Real Good TV site. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RqXFe02h4Tj9A7bjvVOFBL1jYauwcZ5-/view?usp=sharing This episode did not air on RetroTV almost 6 years ago in the first rerun cycle when the 1979 episodes aired.

RetroTV hasn't been posting on its Watch The Doctors social media pages in almost 3 weeks. On this past Saturday's 2-4pm broadcast,they didn't air the last 2 1980 episodes (Sept 26 and 29,1980,which are on the It's Real Good TV site ) and without any notice,went all the way back to Dec 1967,which was unexpected. They could have aired the Sept 26 and 29,1980 episodes,then to fill the last hour,air the April 1 and 19,1963 episodes that were on the former subscription site,but never made it to the current free version. They apparently have some 1963 and 1964 tapes,which were seen in the documentary video they released last July about the 1980 episodes digitization process,but they haven't said whether or not they digitized them. This is probably why they stopped posting on their social media,because viewers who weren't aware that they didn't have the last 2 years would have been flooding them with a lot of (deservedly so )angry comments. I thought that they would go back to Jan 1,1980 and run those 181 episodes again,since this Saturday slot was announced last year as a special broadcast for the January-September 1980 episodes,so it was a surprise that they kept this timeslot and decided to instead go back to Dec 1967. The weekday timeslot is still running March 1972. Even though it seems likely that they have stopped posting on their social media pages,the fact that they are still running The Doctors on weekdays and the Dec 1967-Sept 1980 are still available on their website is a good sign that they aren't planning to drop it from their schedule.

For this week's Saturday broadcast,with only 2 remaining episodes of 1980 left,RetroTV decided not to air them and went back to Dec 1967!! You can watch them here at https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16993 Sept 26 and 29,1980 (Sept 25 not posted on the website,so possibly a missing episode). Sep 26,1980 https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNykzN Sep 29,1980 https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwgDM

Direct links to each year available from the RetroTV's Real Good TV site: 1967 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16075 1968 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16076 1969 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16077 1970 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_15967 1971 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_15968 1972 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16078 1973 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16079 1974 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16080 1975 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16081 1976 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16082 1977 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16083 1978 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16084 1979 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16085 1980 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16993 I have some 1981 & 82 episodes in my YouTube account,but it's only a handful of episodes. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvqLLcmFsjn0mwfMfLbfh8Zn8Yto0ncq&si=IdUVmHL9-RBc6aD9

Here’s The Doctors Saturday 2-4pm ET RetroTV broadcast airdates and links for December 2023 December 2,2023 April 16,1980 (listed on the website as April 18,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5kTO April 17,1980 (listed on the website as April 21,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwADM April 18,1980 (listed on the website as April 22,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwATM April 21,1980 (listed on the website as April 23,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwAjM December 9,2023 April 22,1980 (listed on the website as April 24,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwAzM April 23,1980 (listed on the website as April 25,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwATN April 24,1980 (listed on the website as April 28,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwAjN April 25,1980 (listed on the website as April 29,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwAzN December 16,2023 April 28,1980 (listed on the website as April 30,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwADO April 29,1980 (listed on the website as May 1,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwATO April 30,1980 (listed on the website as May 2,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwEDM May 1,1980 (listed on the website as May 5,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwETM December 23,2023 May 2,1980 (listed on the website as May 6,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwEjM May 5,1980 (listed on the website as May 7,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwEzM May 6,1980 (listed on the website as May 8,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwEDN May 8,1980 (listed on the website as May 12,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwETN December 30,2023 May 9,1980 (listed on the website as May 13,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwEjN May 12,1980 (listed on the website as May 14,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwEzN May 13,1980 (listed on the website as May 15,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwEDO May 14,1980 (listed on the website as May 16,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNwETO

RetroTV Saturday 2-4pm 1980 episodes airdates for November 2023. The airdates on the website from Feb 12-mid July 1980 are about 2-4 days ahead,so please disregard the Watch The Doctors social media posts promoting the dates,they are wrong. When the 1980 episodes were first posted on July 11,most of the airdates were correct. Will add more Lightcast links soon. November 4,2023 March 21,1980 (listed on the website as March 25,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQTN March 24,1980 (listed on the website as March 26,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5gzM March 25,1980 (listed on the website as March 27,1980 https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5gDO March 26,1980 (listed on the website as March 28,1980 https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5gTO November 11,2023 March 27,1980 (listed on the website as March 31,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5kDM March 28,1980 (listed on the website as April 1,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5kTM March 31,1980 (listed on the website as April 2,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5kjM April 1,1980 (listed on the website as April 3,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5kzM November 18,1980 April 2,1980 (listed on the website as April 4,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5kDN April 3,1980 (listed on the website as April 7,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5kTN April 4,1980 (listed on the website as April 7,1980 duplicate) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQjN April 7,1980 (listed on the website as April 9,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQzN November 25,1980 April 8,1980 (listed on the website as April 10,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQDO April 10,1980 (listed on the website as April 14,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5kjN (April 11,1980 not on the website, possibly a missing episode) April 14,1980 (listed on the website as April 15,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5kzN April 15,1980 (listed on the website as April 17,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5kDO

Pat Richardson actually appeared as Nurse Marion in the March 8 & 9,1979 episodes of The Doctors and this actress in the July 1980 episode is definitely not her.

This actress who appeared as a friend of Bobbie Duvall (Diane Kirksey) in the July 8,1980 episode (listed as July 10,1980 on the website)looks very familiar (and she isn't future Double Trouble & Home Improvement star Pat Richardson,who played Nurse Marion in the March 8 & 9,1979 episodes) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyYDN

Saturday 1980 episode airdates and links for October 2023 Saturday 2-4pm RetroTV airdates and commercial free links for this month (links shared from the It's Real Good TV phone app) The airdates on the website from Feb 12-July 20,1980 (July 19 & 20,1980 were actually on a Saturday & Sunday) are about 2-4 days ahead,so please disregard the Watch The Doctors social media posts promoting the dates,they are wrong. When the 1980 episodes were first posted on July 11,most of the airdates were correct. The July 21-Sept 29,1980 airdates look to be correct. October 7,2023 Feb 28,1980 (listed on the website as March 3,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5IjN Feb 29,1980 (listed on the website as March 4,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5IzN March 3,1980 (listed on the website as March 5,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5cDN March 4,1980 (listed on the website as March 6,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5cTN October 14,2023 March 5,1980 (Listed on the website as March 7,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5cjN March 6,1980 (Listed on the website as March 10,1980) First appearance of Larry Riley as Calvin Barnes https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5czN March 7,1980 (Listed on the website as March 11,1980) First appearance of Tom Urich as Jim Nelson https://player.lightcast.com/1cDN0ETO March 10,1980 (Listed on the website as March 12,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5cDO October 21,2023 March 11,1980 (Listed on the website as March 13,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5cTO March 12,1980 (Listed on the website as March 14,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN1kzN March 13,1980 (Listed on the website as March 17,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5gTM March 14,1980 (Listed on the website as March 18,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5gjM October 28,1980 March 17,1980 (Listed on the website as March 19,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQTM March 18,1980 (Listed on the website as March 20,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQjM Final appearance of Jennifer Houlton as Greta Powers. March 19,1980 (Listed on the website as March 21,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQzM March 20,1980 (Listed on the website as March 24,1980) https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQDN

Here's direct links to the current available episodes from the updated It's Real Good TV site,which are now free to watch. If you get the old page,try reloading a few times to get the updated one. Also,here's a link to the daily Retro TV broadcast (Feb 1971) at 12 & 6:30pm ET for free here: https://www.getafteritmedia.com/retro-live-feed 1967 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16075 1968 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16076 1969 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16077 1970 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_15967 1971 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_15968 1972 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16078 1973 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16079 1974 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16080 1975 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16081 1976 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16082 1977 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16083 1978 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16084 1979 https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/content/sc_49984_16085

New update about the 1980s episodes in a reply to Rich Bilek's comment in a recent post. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5561033490591923&id=608912415804080 They are still digitizing and captioning the episodes. That's IMO a positive sign, since they didn't mention anything about the captioning in a previous reply. I'm thinking they are waiting until everything through Dec 31,1982 is completed.

This is a Feb 13 reply from Watch The Doctors about the 1980s episodes. “We appreciate everyone's enthusiasm, but we are not prepared to share an update until we have verified dates in place. Everyone is emotionally invested in the show and we don't want to risk giving an update and then having that information change to everyone's disappointment.” Apparently,they are still ingesting and digitizing,but back in November,44 episodes from Jan-Feb 1980 showed up briefly in a hidden section of the subscription site (I found it searching for something else),but they removed them a few days later 😞 Then a month later, 9 episodes from March-April 1980 surfaced briefly (got to see a few eps of Gracie Harrison as Greta) I assume that they were testing out the files they already had finished. Hopefully by this spring?? They haven’t posted any new updates since their Aug posting. Will keep you updated if I find anything else!! https://www.facebook.com/101296511536730/posts/460790598920651/