How long should the same movie play on TV

it depends on the movie, if it is a good classic film that people enjoy to watch then i think it is great but if it is a boring film then i think it iss daft to put it on tv so often

Forever. I mean movies which are best in the industry should not be banned.
On the other hand, can you count the number of movies released every year? It can't be more than 150. Now, we have 365 days in an year. Where can the TV channels find new movies every day and that too a blockbustor or a superhit movie every holiday. Its tough for them.
For me, I would like to watch certain movies like Jurrasic Park, Titanic, sound of thunder, The mummy etc every time they would show it on the TV!Happy mylotting.

Yes! There is a channel here that always plays Bad Boys a couple of times a year. I can't believe that people still watch it. That is why they play these same movies, because there are plenty of people who actually want to watch these movies over and over again. I have also noticed though, that the main TV channels here seem to be playing less movies these days. Those time slots seem to be filled up with reality tv or crime shows. So I think that the few times that they do show movies, they should be showing newer ones!

Especially that "Christmas story." I mean, even if they showed it 3 times in a row, at least I could understand, if you turn it on and it's not the beginning you have another chance or two to watch it. But back to back all day? Not only if you haven't seen the movie by now you don't need to see it, but if you haven't seen it by now and you want to see it, rent it! I also agree they don't need to show the same movie friday, saturday and sunday. Then, two months later, they'll show it again. For awhile, it seems like they were showing "as good as it gets" every week for months.

That's part of the reason I dropped HBO..the same movies over and over again. At least when I pay for cable and have alot of other channels to choose from it's not as bad...one good thing about them showing the movies over and over again is that if you miss part of it the first time you watch it...there's a good chance you'll be able to pick it up and see the part you missed. Some movies are good played over and over.....I could watch The Wizard of Oz every years.....also Gone with the wind.

I think that if they added more movies and did not play them all the time then it would not be so bad. I also get tired of the same movies on many times. I like to watch alot of different movies. There have been enough movies made that they should not have to repeat them all the time.

I sure do get tired of seeing the same movie playing for 48 hours straight. The only reason I can see why they do this is because of the high ratings they got the first time they aired it on tv? I don't work for a tv station or anything but that's just a wild guess.


Have a nice night

I think they're counting on people not sticking to the television in the same hours or not in the same channels and when they do catch the movie mid way, they'd try to look out for it and watch it from the start... But I still think you're right that they're putting it on for too long. That's why I'd prefer it if they'd flash their schedules every now and then:)
Thanks for the response on my discussion!

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what i think is they should play the same movie again in the next month so everybody will be watchin again...... nobody will like to watch same movie in 1 week again and again. There should be some new Movie Everyday. i`m not agnaist them there is saturday it should hold any Blockbuster Movie and othere days it should hold some sci-fi, thriller, action,drama they should divide the days as per movies dependence like what kinda movie is it.

we all are fed up with this problem,we got tried by watching same movie on the channel for many times. the channels are making profit for their means not thinking about entertainment. i got tried by watching same movie .they should changed this system.