Counting down to DARK SHADOWS on Decades

If you want to watch DARK SHADOWS when it begins airing on Decades later this year, you won't need cable.

The nostalgia channel is set to formally launch on May 25, and currently holds affiliation agreements with 21 television affiliates in 15 states. You'll actually be able to watch Decades using an television antenna, though you'll need one that's HD compatible to receive anything more than static.

While a formal schedule has yet to be announced, Decades actually began airing programs in January in bulk-episode packages called The Binge. DANIEL BOONE is currently airing, to be followed in quick order by THE SAINT, PETER GUNN, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE and others. You can get a full scheduled of The Binge by clicking HERE.

Beginning 6 p.m., May 13, Decades will begin airing 68 straight hours of DARK SHADOWS. We're going to have to wait and see how this show will fit into its regular programming when Decades begins in earnest May 25, because Decades ain't exactly Nick At Nite.

What sets Decades apart from other nostalgia channels is its intent to "theme" daily programming. THROUGH THE DECADES, a one-hour daily program hosted by AMERICAN JUSTICE's Bill Kurtis, will highlight these themes by providing news clips and commentary. It will be interesting to see how a daily program like DARK SHADOWS — which had hardly anything to do with the era in which it originally aired — will fit into this kind of schedule. It isn't a show that's going to mesh well with clips of the moon landing, Woodstock, the Vietnam conflict and other historic touchstones of the day. It's also possible I'm completely misinterpreting the concept.

(Note: It's probably not a coincidence that Me TV recently included DARK SHADOWS in its MeMadness event. Decades has partnered with Weigel, a Chicago-based company that distributes Me TV.)

Below is a list of stations that will be carrying Decades. Visit rabbitears.info for updates

DECADES

CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles KCBS-TV

Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto KOVR

San Francisco–Oakland–

San Jose KPIX-TV

COLORADO

Denver KCNC-TV

FLORIDA

Miami–Fort Lauderdale WFOR-TV

ILLINOIS

Chicago WBBM-TV

MARYLAND

Baltimore WJZ-TV

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston WBZ-TV

MICHIGAN

Detroit WWJ-TV

MINNESOTA

Alexandria KCCO-TV

Minneapolis–St. Paul WCCO-TV

Walker KCCW-TV

NEW YORK

New York City WCBS-TV

NORTH CAROLINA

New Bern/Greenville WCTI-TV

NORTH DAKOTA

Valley City, KRDK-TV

PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia KYW-TV

Pittsburgh KDKA-TV

TENNESSEE 

Johnson City WCYB-TV

TEXAS

Fort Worth–Dallas KTVT

WISCONSIN

Green Bay–Appleton WBAY-TV

Milwaukee WDJT-TV