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16/02/2024

Legendary Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen was born on this date February 16, 1903. He was the father of Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown). Who remembers him?

13/09/2023

Horror Hotel was released 62 years ago on September 12, 1961. Jay Michaels introduces the cult classic Horror Hotel starring Christopher Lee. A young coed uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England only to discover witches still exist. Watch, share and then crank your Roku and watch Jay Watch & HORROR HOTEL (full movie) on Dial Back TV.

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08/09/2023

Jay Michaels introduces the 1936 Oscar Nominated classic My Man Godfrey starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. Ditzy socialite with a heart of gold, Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard) finds "forgotten man" Godfrey Smith (William Powell) in a scavenger hunt. Eventually Godfrey is taken in as the family butler for the Bullocks and screwball antics and romance ensue. Watch, share and then crank your Roku and watch Jay Watch & MY MAN GODFREY (full movie) on Dial Back TV.

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30/08/2023

THE GORILLA - Jay Michaels introduces the 1939 comedy mystery classic The Gorilla starring The Ritz Brothers, Patsy Kelly, Lionel Atwill and Bela Lugosi. The three Ritz Brothers are fumbling detectives prowling an old dark house trying to solve the mystery of either an insane murderer and/or a killer gorilla. Watch, share and then crank your Roku and watch Jay Watch & THE GORILLA (full movie) commercial-free on Dial Back TV.

24/08/2023

Jay Watch introduces the 1931 comedy classic Parlor, Bedroom and Bath starring the legendary Buster Keaton in his 3rd talking picture. A man tries passing off a socially awkward fellow as a Casanova in the hopes of marrying off his would be sister-in-law. Watch, share and then crank your Roku and watch Jay Watch & PARLOR, BEDROOM AND BATH on Dial Back TV .

09/08/2023

Jay Watch introduces Fleischer Studio's animated feature masterpiece Gulliver's Travels. The classic story about a doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people. Watch, share and then crank your Roku and watch Jay Watch & GULLIVER'S TRAVELS on Dial Back TV.

28/07/2023

Released in the U.S. on this date July 27, 1945, WOMAN IN GREEN is the 11th film in the 14 film series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson. The successful franchise started in 1939 with The Hound of Baskervilles and finished in 1946 with Dressed to Kill. In 1943 Rathbone & Bruce appeared as the famous team in a cameo in the Olsen and Johnson comedy Crazy House. In 1953 Rathbone reprised his role as Holmes in a TV episode of Suspense. This time, for the first time, someone else played his Watson; it was a Man Named Green in Martin Green.

Watch the ultimate Holmes & Watson team in Rathbone and Bruce in the classic WOMAN IN GREEN on Dial Back TV.

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27/07/2023

Released 80 years ago on July 30, 1943, GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE is this weeks episode of Jay Watch. Watch, share and then crank your Roku and watch Jay Watch & Ghosts on the Loose on Dial Back TV

18/07/2023

Here's this weeks episode of Jay Watch on HIS GIRL FRIDAY. Watch, share and then crank your Roku and watch Jay Watch & His Girl Friday on Dial Back TV

14/07/2023

Here's our first episode of Jay Watch, made exclusively for ACWTV channel syndication including Dial Back TV. Professor Jay Michaels introduces THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME. Watch JAY WATCH & THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME commercial-free on Dial Back TV on your Roku.

06/09/2022

Now playing on Dial Back TV, MY MAN GODFREY was released nationwide on this date, September 6th in 1936. With 6 top Academy Award nominations, 97% Rotten Tomatoes and 8.0 IMDb ratings, My Man Godfrey is a comedic masterpiece and screwball classic. Watch commercial-free on Dial Back TV.

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30/05/2022

For your Memorial Day viewing, we added the World War II classics GO FOR BROKE starring Van Johnson and GUNG HO with Randolph Scott, Noah Beery Jr & a young Robert Mitchum. Try Dial Back TV free for 7 days on your Roku TV. https://channelstore.roku.com/details/189a3834e872d58a18e4538fa2995de7/dial-back-tv

12/12/2021

We added 25 classic episodes of DRAGNET to Dial Back TV with optional closed captioning available (use the * on your Roku remote)

19/08/2021

We're honoring Hayden Rorke, who passed away on this day August 19, 1987. While he is best remembered as Dr. Bellows on 'I Dream of Jeannie' he has appeared in numerous classics including I Love Lucy, Mr. Ed, Mr. & Mrs. North, The Lone Ranger and many more. Here's a clip of Rorke in "Jethro's Friend" from Season 1 of 'The Beverly Hillbillies available commercial-free on Dial Back TV on Roku TVs and devices.

09/08/2021

Released on this date, 08/09/1957, 'Spooky Swabs' star a shipwrecked Popeye and Olive Oyl who take on the ghost crew of the Sea Witch. Watch Popeye cartoons commercial-free on Dial Back TV on Roku TVs & devices

09/08/2021

Released on this date, 08/09/1959, The Bat a horror mystery thriller starring Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. A crazed killer known as "The Bat" is on the loose in a mansion full of people. Watch 'The Bat' commercial-free on Dial Back TV on Roku TVs & devices

07/08/2021

Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan and the rest of the East Side Kids star in 'Smart Alecks' which was released on this date August 7, 1942. Watch 'Smart Alecks' and other East Side Kids classics commercial-free on Dial Back TV on Roku TVs & devices

07/08/2021

Legendary comic, Oliver Hardy of the iconic comedy team Laurel and Hardy, died on this date 08/07/1957. Watch 'Flying Deuces' commercial-free on Dial Back TV on Roku TVs & devices

06/08/2021

The queen of classic comedy TV Lucille Ball was born on this date, 08/06/1911. Watch classic episodes of "The Lucy Show" commercial-free on Dial Back TV on Roku TVs & devices

14/04/2021

"Night of April 14th" was the 2nd episode of ONE STEP BEYOND and starred Barbara Lord and Patrick Macnee. A young Englishwoman is suddenly wracked by dreams of drowning in the ocean. She is stunned when her fiancée tells her that he has prepared a surprise honeymoon trip for them--they're sailing to New York on the passenger liner Titanic. Watch “Night of April 14th” on Dial Back TV

07/04/2021

Released on this date, April 7, 1939, the Popeye spectacular short ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP. Working in the story department of Surprise Pictures, Olive Oyl writes a script based on the story of Aladdin, casting Popeye as the thief and herself as the Princess. Watch ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP and many other classic cartoons on Dial Back TV.

07/04/2021

Released on this date, April 7, 1939, the romantic comedy LOVE AFFAIR starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. Nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture, LOVE AFFAIR was directed by Leo McCarey, who also directed the LOVE AFFAIR remake AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Watch LOVE AFFAIR on Dial Back TV (Roku Channel Store: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/189a3834e872d58a18e4538fa2995de7/dial-back-tv)

07/04/2021

04/04/2021

Released on this date, 04/04/1947, MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE, the comedy classic starring Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr. Shortly before his ex*****on on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, tells reporters how he got there. Watch commercial-free on Dial Back TV available in the Roku channel store https://channelstore.roku.com/details/b7a7f48f215e8ee9d21e6549e9fcaf8c/classic-tv-and-film

23/03/2021

We added 26 episodes of COWBOY G-MEN to Dial Back TV. COWBOY G-MEN is about the adventures of government secret service agents Pat Gallagher (Russell Hayden) and his sidekick Stoney Crockett (Jackie Coogan, yup, Uncle Fester from The Addams Family). Watch COWBOY G-MEN commercial free on Dial Back TV. https://channelstore.roku.com/details/189a3834e872d58a18e4538fa2995de7/dial-back-tv

18/02/2021

Released on this date, February 18, 1950, THE LION’S BUSY featuring the voice talent of the iconic Mel Blanc as Beaky Buzzard and the Lion. In this classic, but often neglected short, Hungry Beaky Buzzard steadfastly waits for Leo the Lion to be decently deceased before trying to devour him. Watch The Lion’s Busy in our Merrie Melodies Cartoon section on Dial Back TV.

17/02/2021

Released on this date, February 17, 1959, William Castle’s classic HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL starring Vincent Price, Richard Long and Elisha Cook Jr. Watch commercial-free on Dial Back TV. A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.

06/08/2020

Who remembers Bat Masterson, the gambler and lawman who roamed the West charming women and defending the unjustly accused? Watch the classic episodes "The Fighter" and "Stampede on Tent City" commercial-free on Dial Back TV. Try it for free for 7-Days, then only $2.99 monthly. https://channelstore.roku.com/details/564744/dial-back-tv

09/07/2020

Shotgun Slade is now on Dial Back TV. We added 12 episodes of this classic series centered around a private detective in the Old West. Who else likes this thrilling Western? Watch Shotgun Slade, commercial-free on Dial Back TV. Try it for free for 7-Days, then only $2.99 monthly.

04/06/2020

He's played Wild Bill Hickok, William F. Cody and now Roy Rogers is Billy the Kid in BILLY THE KID RETURNS now playing on Dial Back TV.