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==Broadcast history== {{more citations needed|section|date=May 2019}} ===United States=== * The series was originally broadcast in America by [[CBS]] on Friday nights, at 9:00 p.m. and later 8:00 p.m., preceding ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' from January 26, 1979, to February 8, 1985. * Until [[Spike TV|TNN]] ([[The Nashville Network]]) was purchased by [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]], it aired reruns of ''The Dukes of Hazzard''. Some months after the creation of "[[Paramount Network|The National Network]]" (shortly before its change to "Spike TV"), the program was absent from much of television for quite some time. [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]'s country music-themed cable network [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]] (the former sister network to TNN) aired the show from 2005 to 2007 at 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time every weekday. CMT began airing the series in late February 2005. It also aired Monday–Thursday on [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]]. *[[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]] aired ''The Dukes Ride Again'', a special marathon which featured episodes from the first two seasons, on the weekend of September 10, 2010, and have begun airing episodes weeknights at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. Eastern Time starting September 13, 2010. * CMT began to re-air ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' reruns in high definition, on January 5, 2014. * [[TV Land]] began to air ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' reruns on June 10, 2015, but removed them just three weeks later as a response to the [[Charleston church shooting]] and the ensuing debate over the [[Modern display of the Confederate battle flag|modern display of the Confederate flag]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wfla.com/2015/07/02/tv-land-pulls-dukes-of-hazzard-reruns-amid-confederate-flag-controversy/|title=TV Land pulls 'Dukes of Hazzard' reruns amid Confederate flag controversy|work=WFLA|date=July 2, 2015 |access-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703043138/http://wfla.com/2015/07/02/tv-land-pulls-dukes-of-hazzard-reruns-amid-confederate-flag-controversy/|archive-date=July 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> ====Syndication and cable==== Soon before the series ended its original run on CBS, ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' went into off-network syndication. Although not as widely run as it was back in the 1980s and the years since, reruns of the program do continue to air in various parts of the United States. Notably, television stations that aired the show in syndication include [[KCOP-TV|KCOP]] Los Angeles, [[WGN-TV]] Chicago, [[KPYX|KBHK-TV]] San Francisco, [[WKBD-TV|WKBD]] Detroit, [[WTXF-TV|WTAF/WTXF]] Philadelphia, [[KTXL]] Sacramento, [[WVTV]] Milwaukee, [[KMSP-TV|KMSP]] Minneapolis–Saint Paul, among others. [[The Nashville Network]] bought ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' from [[Warner Bros.]] in 1997 for well over $10 million; not only did it improve the network's ratings, the show was also popular among younger viewers, a demographic TNN had a notorious difficulty in drawing.<ref>Flint, Joe. (October 17, 1997) [https://ew.com/article/1997/10/17/divine-tv-profits/ Divine (TV) Profits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110133903/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,289818,00.html |date=November 10, 2013 }}. Entertainment Weekly Retrieved on May 12, 2022.</ref> Nationwide, the show also aired on [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] (2000–01, 2004), TNN's sister network [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]] (2005–07, 2010–12, 2014–15) and [[TV Land]] (2015); TV Land dropped the show in the wake of protests and controversy surrounding the [[Modern display of the Confederate battle flag|display of the Confederate flag]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1511746/dukes-of-hazzard-off-air-amid-rebel-flag-row|title=Dukes Of Hazzard Off Air Amid Rebel Flag Row|work=Sky News|access-date=July 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702055434/http://news.sky.com/story/1511746/dukes-of-hazzard-off-air-amid-rebel-flag-row|archive-date=July 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> ====Nielsen ratings==== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Viewers (millions) !! Rating |- | 1978–1979 || 21.0<ref name="Brooks 1253">Brooks, Tim and Marsh, ''Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows'', page 1253.</ref> || #20<ref name="Brooks 1253"/> |- | 1979–1980 || 18.38<ref name="classictvhits">{{cite web |url=https://classictvguide.com/tvratings/1979.htm |title=TV Ratings: 1979–1980 |publisher=ClassicTVHits.com |access-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311044213/https://classictvguide.com/tvratings/1979.htm |archive-date=March 11, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> || #9<ref name="classictvhits"/> |- | 1980–1981 || 21.81<ref name="R80">{{cite web|url=https://classictvguide.com/tvratings/1980.htm|title=TV Ratings 1980–1981|access-date=January 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415182425/https://classictvguide.com/tvratings/1980.htm|archive-date=April 15, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> || #2<ref name="R80"/> |- | 1981–1982 || 18.41<ref name="R81">{{cite web|url=https://classictvguide.com/tvratings/1981.htm|title=TV Ratings: 1981–1982|access-date=January 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228000219/https://classictvguide.com/tvratings/1981.htm|archive-date=February 28, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> || #6<ref name="R81"/> |- | 1982–1983 || 17.2|| #34<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/153013294/ |title=The Akron Beacon Journal|date=April 20, 1983 |publisher=newspapers.com |access-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107205754/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/153013294/ |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 1983–1984 || 16.4<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/153710465|title=27 May 1984, Page 3 - The Akron Beacon Journal|website=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084636/https://www.newspapers.com/image/153710465/|archive-date=June 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> || #36<ref name=":0" /> |- | 1984–1985 || 13.8<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/71541020|title=28 Apr 1985, Page 59 - The Index-Journal |website=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804083828/http://www.newspapers.com/image/71541020/|archive-date=August 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> || #41<ref name=":1" /> |} ===International=== * In the United Kingdom, the series aired on [[BBC One]], debuting on Saturday March 3, 1979 at 9:00 p.m. (just several months after it began in the U.S.). Popular with all ages (and as some of the more adult elements of very early episodes faded out of the series), it quickly moved from its post-[[Watershed (broadcasting)#United Kingdom|watershed]] position to a more family-friendly Monday evening slot at 7:20 p.m. Soon a massive hit, it moved from Monday evenings to prime-time Saturday evening (times varied, but typically around 5:25 p.m.), where it stayed for a number of years. Later when ratings began to dip (partly caused by the change to Coy and Vance, and partly to do with competition from [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], with new hit shows such as ''[[The A-Team]]''), it moved back to Mondays, making the odd return for short runs on Saturdays. Late episodes also popped up occasionally on Sunday afternoons, and the remaining episodes of the final season were broadcast on weekday mornings during school holidays in the late 1980s. In 1992, [[Sky1]] bought a package of the program, owning the rights to the first 60 episodes produced (running up to "The Fugitive"), showing the series on Saturday afternoons at 4 p.m. They later showed the episodes they owned again, including a stint showing it in a weekday 3 p.m. slot, running for 50 minutes (including commercials) with the episodes heavily edited for time as a result, often leaving gaps in the plot. Despite requests from fans, they did not secure the rights to later episodes. The series was later run on the satellite channels [[Plus (British TV channel)|Granada Plus]] and [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]. U.K. satellite channel [[Bravo (British TV channel)|Bravo]] began airing reruns in August 2005. Reruns are currently shown on [[Forces TV]]. * In Brazil, the series was named ''Os Gatões'' (''The Big Hunks''), which limited its popularity among the male audience. * The series was also shown in the Netherlands by Dutch broadcasting organization [[Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep|AVRO]], with Dutch subtitles, rather than being dubbed. * It was shown on [[Ten Network]] in Australia from September 1979 until the end of the series, and repeated throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. It was quietly rerun on [[Pay television|pay TV]] channel [[TV1 (Australia)|TV1]] in the 2000s, but is now shown on Nine Network's subchannel, [[9Go!|Go!]]. * The series aired weekdays on New Zealand's channel [[Sky 5|The BOX]]. Previously it aired on [[TVNZ]] for its original run, being repeated on Saturday afternoons in the early 1990s. In May 1984, a doctor and member of the [[Auckland District Health Board|Auckland Health Board]] called for the programme to be taken off-air for promoting reckless driving; the production of the story for the ''[[1News|Network News]]'' was featured in the 1985 documentary ''Network New Zealand''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1985|title=Network New Zealand|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/network-new-zealand-1985|access-date=2021-10-11|website=[[NZ On Screen]]}}</ref> * The series was popular in [[Colombia]], dubbed into Spanish. Some late-night reruns continue to the present day.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} * In Italy, the series started to air in September 1981 on [[Canale 5]], under the title ''Hazzard'' and quickly became popular with the viewers.
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