 Where
to Watch Combat!
Satellite/Cable Channels Carrying Combat!
ENCORE ACTION CHANNEL - COMING SOON!
Encore and PLEX stopped airing COMBAT! on July 1, 2000. COMBAT! will return to their
schedule on Veteran's Day November 11, 2003 with an all-day marathon.
GoodLife
In September, 1998 Combat! came to GoodLife TV,
formerly the Nostalgia Network. Combat! episodes appear: For more
information, visit GoodLife TV's
Combat! page.
Local Stations Carrying Combat!
NOW SHOWING:
- Chicago: WCIU Channel 26 in Chicago added Combat! to
their schedule and can be seen now at 3:00 am Sundays. Thank you Chuck from Chicago for
this info. (info as of Nov 1, 2002)
- Arizona: Local channel KAZT in
Prescott, Arizona (which also serves the greater Phoenix area) broadcasts
Combat at 8 PM on Sundays and Tuesdays. (Info provided by Dale Jenkins and Mike
"Shooter851")
- Texas: Combat! is now being shown every day, Monday through
Friday at 1:00 CST on channel 55 in Houston, Texas.
- California: KDOC-TV Channel 56 Los Angeles. This station returned Combat!
to their Saturdays schedule in September, 1998. It airs every Saturday at 1:00 pm.
According to KDOC program director, Steven G. Smith: "Consistently, the most highly
rated programs seen on KDOC-TV occur are during our special holiday marathons on such
holidays as President's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and the Thanksgiving holidays!
And the traditional Memorial Day Combat Marathon has stood out as the most popular. "
Station address: KDOC TV, 18021 Cowan, Irvine, CA, 714/442-9800 92802
NO LONGER SHOWING:
- According to fan Jim Hossack, KONG-TV, channel 16 in the Seattle-Tacoma area, stopped
airing Combat! in July of 1998.
- North Carolina: WSKY-TV, Channel 4, which is based in Kitty Hawk, North
Carolina discontinued "Combat!" in Autumn of 2002. They could no longer obtain
the rights from Paramount.
Satellite/Cable Channels Carrying Combat!
NO LONGER SHOWING: HISTORY CHANNEL (CANADA)
The Canadian cable History Channel discontinued airing Combat! on December 15,
2002.
Commercial Sources of "Combat!"
Two episodes are available through Amazon.com. These are dubs made from 16mm (appear to
be bootlegs, but Amazon still carries them).
- COMBAT! Episode: Mail Call - One
of the best Combat! episodes, "Mail Call" shows Saunders dealing with a
personal crisis from home that comes to him in a letter.
- COMBAT! Episode: The Flying Machine
- Hanley is paired with a cantankerous pilot (Keenan Wynn) for a dangerous aerial survey
mission that goes awry. Episode features only Hanley and no other squad regulars.
No authorized commercial tapes are currently available. Many fans of Combat!
have written to Columbia House to express their interest in having tapes available for
sale. Columbia House sells commerical VHS tapes of many classic TV series. You can email
them at:
Or send them regular mail at:
In 1987, Goodtime Video released eight Combat! episodes on VHS. These can
still occasionally be found in discount houses.
Japanese "Combat!" laser discs
Other Sources of Combat!
Alas, until some commercial vendor can be convinced to make tapes available to the
general public, we fans must depend upon the kindness of strangers to feed our Combat!
desires.
Avenues to obtain non-commercial tapes:
- Find a fan with off-air copies who is willing to make duplicates. The best way to do
that is make friends with Combat! fans. People are more willing to make copies
for friends than for strangers. (Please don't send email to this site asking for tapes. We
get swamped with requests and cannot help out all the fans who want tapes.)
- Find a black-market source. Several VHS vendors around the country will sell Combat!
They charge up to $30 per tape for second-generation dupes of off-air copies. Buyer
beware. These are illegal operations. This web page does not encourage illegal activity.
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