Original episodes of The Monkees will begin airing on AXS TV on April 7th as part of the channel’s “Retro Night” block, according to Mortystv.com. All 58 episodes of the ’60s classic will run in HD on Friday nights at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Sole-surviving band member Micky Dolenz said in a statement announcing the show’s latest cable run: “The Monkees sitcom was truly ahead of its time and paved the way for countless series and bands throughout the decades and still is. I am so pleased that AXS TV is featuring it in their ‘Retro Night’ lineup. I hope that it will continue to inspire and entertain new generations of viewers for years to come.”
- The Monkees premiered on NBC on September 12th, 1966. The series featured relative unknowns Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork as a struggling rock band, living together in a beach house, who each week would stumble from one comedic adventure to the next.
- The series ran for two seasons and won two Emmys in 1967 — Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Comedy. But it was the show’s music, much of it written by such top songwriters as Neil Diamond, and Gerry Goffin and Carole King, that made it a success.
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