Editing The Dukes of Hazzard (section)

===United States===
* The series was originally broadcast in America by [[CBS]] on Friday nights, at 9:00&nbsp;p.m. and later 8:00&nbsp;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&nbsp;p.m. and 9:00&nbsp;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&nbsp;p.m. and 11&nbsp;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====
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! Year !! Viewers (millions) !! Rating
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| 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"/>
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| 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" />
|}