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If they keep the original lengths of about 28 minutes, rather than cutting content to make them fit the current timespan of about 21 minutes, they might be worth watching.

I recall watching one episode broadcast on one of the channels about a decade ago.

Before the middle break, Lucy and Fred had an exchange. I had seen those episodes so many times that I knew them by heart. I wondered why that scene was cut out — because, at the end of the program, Lucy and Fred had a related scene. The related scene was based on the previous scene (now missing) that made the end scene funny. It was like a belated punchline, except that the original joke was not there.

I wondered how many viewers new to the Lucy comedies wondered what the heck that last scene was all about.

Young viewers have probably missed a lot of the content/comedy due to stations cutting the content.

I recently downloaded an episode of WKRP, and it started with a shot of a car dashboard and a hand manually tuning the radio into the theme song. That rattled my neurons, I hadn't seen that scene since the show was originally broadcast in the late 70's, as it had been cut out of the reruns to make space for MORE stupid commercials.

And now when we watch a 30 minute episode, the entire program is 20-21 minutes long, which means that for every 2 minutes of show, you suffer through 1 minute of commercials. Gah!

Just a few years back, shows were offered online [South Park] by the creators but there were MANY interruptions for adverts, and the most maddening were the ones that repeated the same ad 3 or 4 times. As I have several programs to nuke ads, i don't know if it's still that way or not. I'm on several BP meds, and I ain't gonna look! Har!

Before the middle break, Lucy and Fred had an exchange. I had seen those episodes so many times that I knew them by heart. I wondered why that scene was cut out — <<<<<<<

I think there were lots of small pieces cut here and there, presumably to accommodate the number of commercials today. There was one episode where Fred and Ethel fight, and he’s mad because she said his mother looked like a weasel. In the original, I think she apologized by saying “I’m sorry your mother looks like a weasel”. But that part is now missing.

There are other episodes where the scenes don’t quite flow naturally due to some dialogue cut out that I can recall. I have all episodes on purchased DVDs, and I keep meaning to compare those versions with what is shown on TV now, which I often save on the DVR since my DVD player is on the blink.

I once ran across a website of Lucy fans where they discussed the cuts made in some of the episodes. I guess I’m a true fan, since two of my cats are named “Fred” and Ricky”.