What do you guys think of when you hear "Sundance TV" (former Sundance Channel)?
For those unaware, here are the first two paragraphs from the network's Wikipedia page:
Quote:
Sundance TV (formerly known as Sundance Channel) is an American pay television channel owned by AMC Networks that launched on February 1, 1996. The channel is named after Robert Redford's character in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and, while it is an extension of Redford's non-profit Sundance Institute, the channel operates independently of both the Institute and the Sundance Film Festival.
Originally, Sundance was devoted to airing documentaries, independent feature films, short films, world cinema, and coverage on the latest developments from each year's Sundance Film Festival. The channel has since incorporated both original and acquired programming and became fully ad-supported in 2013, with programming being edited for content soon thereafter.
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Pretty heady stuff. There's that connection, at least in name if not day-to-day operations, to the Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford and the stuff at the beginning of the second paragraph above.
All that to say, for some reason, they've opted to spend
all weekend showing the entire three-season run of
Gilligan's Island.
Not
M*A*S*H*. Not
Mary Tyler Moore or
All in the Family. Not
The Honeymooners or
Taxi.
Gilligan's-#%$!^*-Island 
Every time they cut to a commercial and they play some lofty, "we air quality programming" promo for the network, I just chuckle..."well, you ain't today!”