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'''''The Monkees''''' was about four incredibly clean cut aspiring young musicians with regrettable taste in clothes and haircuts who people on the show treated like they were pierced and tattooed Alternative Rockers. But hey, it was [[The Sixties]]!

The series ran two seasons on [[NBC]] from 1966 to 1968. The show ended its initial run when the group and the network could not agree on a format for the third season. The band wanted to update the format and make it more like a variety show, while the network wanted to maintain the status quo. [[NBC]] decided to pull the plug, but did make an agreement with the band for three television specials to be produced. When the first, the extremely weird ''33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee'', bombed in the ratings, plans for the other two specials were cancelled. However, Saturday morning reruns on [[CBS]] and [[ABC]] were successful. Then in 1986, a marathon showing of the series on [[MTV]] produced that network's best ratings to date, propelling the group back into the limelight. Over the next few years, the series would return to syndication on [[Nick at Nite]] and a variety of local channels. It's largely been absent from the airwaves since the mid-1990s (though it does periodically resurface), but is available in its entirety on VHS and DVD. As of 2011, the series has been a weekend fixture on Digital Station Antenna TV, which also occasionally airs ''[[Head]]''.

The series ran two seasons on [[NBC]] from 1966 to 1968. The show ended its initial run when the group and the network could not agree on a format for the third season. The band wanted to update the format and make it more like a variety show, while the network wanted to maintain the status quo. [[NBC]] decided to pull the plug, but did make an agreement with the band for three television specials to be produced. When the first, the extremely weird ''33 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee'', bombed in the ratings, plans for the other two specials were cancelled. However, Saturday morning reruns on [[CBS]] and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] were successful. Then in 1986, a marathon showing of the series on [[MTV]] produced that network's best ratings to date, propelling the group back into the limelight. Over the next few years, the series would return to syndication on [[Nick at Nite]] and a variety of local channels. It's largely been absent from the airwaves since the mid-1990s (though it does periodically resurface), but is available in its entirety on VHS and DVD. As of 2011, the series has been a weekend fixture on Digital Station Antenna TV, which also occasionally airs ''[[Head]]''.

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