Syndication in the 1970's

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I remember it being on in the Philadelphia region in the early 70s. It was shown on a UHF channel as part of a children's late afternoon lineup.

The UHF channels would show cartoons starting about 2pm until about 5pm, then they would swich over to the hour long action/sci-fi shows.

Voyage played for a few years (I'm guessing it was like 1972-1975) at around 5 or 6pm. Since there were more episodes they would show it 5 times a week. I also remember Lost in Space being run fairly frequently but other Irwin Allen shows, like Land of the Giants or Time Tunnel were usually relegated to once or twice a week.

The last I remember Voyage being on, one UHF channel was showing it at 5am during the week and that was in the mid 80s. (I remember cataching is when I was a night security guard.) After that period, I didn't see it again until the DVDs came out.

He who fights and runs away, lives to run away again!

It should be noted that since VTTBOTS had it's first season in b&w, many syndicated markets did not run the early episodes as often as the last three years that were filmed in color. I've heard that some stations didn't run the early (and better episodes) at all because they lacked color.

I suspect that because "Voyage" was a 'near future' series and not set in space might account for why it didn't get the same play in syndication as "Lost in Space" or "Star Trek". Space shows still remained big even in the 70s.

Just glad we have the entire series on DVD to enjoy ALL the episodes.