Changing a TV show's title for syndication.

[Mikey]

First time I ever noticed this was retitling old episodes of Happy Days to Happy Days Again.

Also remember CHiPs becoming CHiPs Patrol and Emergency! becoming Emergency 51

I read Dragnet (1951 B&W series) becoming Badge 714

Anybody remember any others ?

I think Gunsmoke might have had an alternate title back in the day.

[palitoy]

I'd occasionally run into an "Andy of Mayberry" as a kid and all episodes of "the Sixth Sense" magically became freaking "Night Gallery" episodes.

[palitoy]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SyndicationTitle

I had no idea "Sgt. Bilko" isn't the show's real name!

[Makernaut]

"Black Sheep Squadron" was "Baa Baa Black Sheep" when it originally aired.

[Earth 2 Chris]

To me that's so weird. I never recall running into The Andy Griffith Show as "Andy of Mayberry", but I have read about it online and in books.

I do recall the "Happy Days Again" thing. Maybe it's just Paramount?

Chris

[EmergencyIan]

Actually, Emergency was Emergency One. It was Emergency One until the series ended it’s network run.

- Ian

[Werewolf]

Bonanza was briefly syndicated as Ponderosa.

[EmergencyIan]

To me that's so weird. I never recall running into The Andy Griffith Show as "Andy of Mayberry", but I have read about it online and in books.

I do recall the "Happy Days Again" thing. Maybe it's just Paramount?

Chris

Not just Paramount because a Emergency and Dragnet were Universal. I think CHiPs was MGM. I’m not sure about the other series mentioned.

- Ian

[Earth 2 Chris]

Not just Paramount because a Emergency and Dragnet were Universal. I think CHiPs was MGM. I’m not sure about the other series mentioned.

Oh, I was just joking, but that's good to know.

Was Star Trek ever called anything else?

Chris

[palitoy]

Was Star Trek ever called anything else?

I think the phenomenon largely happens to show that were still on TV when they broke into syndication.

Star Trek syndication occurred after it's cancellation, which was kind of a miracle as it only had 72 shows.

[knight errant00]

The only other I can recall was Laverne & Shirley as Laverne & Shirley & Co.

[Mikey]

The only other I can recall was Laverne & Shirley as Laverne & Shirley & Co.

YES !!!

I had forgot about most of the ones mentioned.

Didn't a few shows tack on ".... and Friends" for syndication ?

[cjefferys]

Holy cow, I don't remember most of these retitles.

[johnnystorm]

From wikipedia:

It is common for long-running series to have early seasons syndicated while the series itself is still in first-run network production. In order to differentiate between new and rebroadcast content, until the 1980s it was not uncommon for series to be syndicated under a different title than that used in their original broadcast run. Examples include Bonanza (which was syndicated as Ponderosa), Gunsmoke (as Marshall Dillon, a title still used to differentiate reruns from the early, half-hour and black-and-white episodes of the show from the later one-hour color episodes), Emergency! (as Emergency One), Ironside (as The Raymond Burr Show), Hawaii Five-O (as McGarrett), M*A*S*H (as M*A*S*H 4077th), Marcus Welby, M.D. (as Robert Young, Family Doctor), CHiPs (as CHiPs Patrol), and Happy Days (as Happy Days Again.

[LonnieFisher]

Isis was changed to Secrets of Isis for the dvd set.