ION Television Viewers Vote

[Ian Wallis]

I'm so glad we finally have a surviving copy of Generation Gap to enjoy.

From what we have of it in the trade curcuit, I think Generation Gap is a neat little show.  Dennis hosted the first 10 or so episodes and Jack Barry took over for the last five (I'd love to see a Barry-hosted show).

Which begs a question:  if this is common knowledge I'm not aware of it - why did Dennis leave Generation Gap before the run ended?  I've never heard an explanation anywhere.

[TimK2003]

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NBC U still owns a minority interest in Ion, but they haven't been actively involved in the company since they and Paxson had a little dustup a few years ago when when they chose to buy Telemundo instead of buying him out.  The NBC-owned stations stopped airing repeats of their newscasts on Pax/i/Ion stations eons ago.
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According to This Broadcasting & Cable link, it looks like Paxson may finally get his wish in selling off his share of the network.

[uncamark]

To answer, yes, American Life used to be GoodLifeTV (and Nostalgia Television and the Nostalgia Channel before that).  For a channel that's never had particularly wide distribution, it's sure had longevity.  Perhaps it's thanks to its current owner--the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.