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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was really pushing the limits at the time.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It really wasn't. You could turn on MTV any time of day and see sexier outfits than that.

Or even Soul Train.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This was broadcast tv rather than cable. That’s a more restrictive set of rules. Cable only channels could show more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

It was broadcast weirdly.. It and DS9 were some of the last major shows to be in 1st-run syndication, so every market had it on a different time slot and channel as opposed to network shows. Paramount made the show, and they didn't have a network and no network wanted to buy the sequel to an old 60s TV show that had been canceled early. It probably saved the franchise, since the first few seasons were God-awful, but it was up aired in time slots usually used for a movie-of-the-week or reruns of old programs.

But then Paramount launched their own broadcast network. Voyager's pilot was the first thing UPN aired, and the show franchise stayed with UPN throughout Voyager and Enterprise's runs. After Enterprise went off the air, so did UPN. They mentioned with the WB network to form the CW.

1st run syndication kinda went away with the explosion of cable in the 90s and 2000s. That's when TNT, Scifi, Comedy Central, and other basic cable channels started getting stronger original programs.

Then streaming came along.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Soul Train was on broadcast TV. And it was on the weekends after Saturday morning cartoons.