New Jersey
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Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:
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New Jersey Network
Camden / Montclair / Trenton / New Brunswick
WNJS (23) / WNJM (50) / WNJT (52) / WNJB (58)
Channels 23 / 50 / 52 / 58 (PBS)
A network of four channels covering the New Jersey state.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors aired, 9.00 to 9.30pm.
- January 1984: The Tom Baker stories screened from January 1984.
- 1985: Channel 50 screens the series episodically on a weekly basis, with a complete 'movie' Saturday nights.
- 7 September 1985: The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories make their US debut on NJN, on Saturday.
- Documentaries produced by NJN were "Doctor Who's Who's Who" (1985) and "Doctor Who Then & Now" (1987).
- 28 September 1985: The Colin Baker stories make their US debut on NJN, on Saturday.
- 1986: The series aired on Saturdays, at 9.00pm.
- 1988: On Saturday, 19 November 1988, after playing Dragonfire, the NJN screened "The Making of Silver Nemesis", one of several specially-commissioned behind the scenes / interview specials produced by the Network.
- 1990: Season 26 of the Sylvester McCoy stories aired.
- 5 September 1992: Doctor Who moves to an earlier 5.00pm timeslot, starting with a marathon of Dalek stories, followed by package of Cybermen serials - but not The Tomb of the Cybermen, which is deemed too expensive!
- 13 August 1994: After over ten years of almost uninterrupted screenings of Doctor Who, the New Jersey Network drops the series; the final story to be broadcast is The Deadly Assassin. The reasons cited for this are declining viewers, dwindling donations and increased residual payment demands made by Lionheart.
- Between 1983 and 1994, NJN enjoyed runs of every surviving full story at least twice, with the Tom Baker stories played as many as six times.
Promos and Pledges
- PROMO / PLEDGE (1987): 1987 Commercial with John Nathan-Turner and Sylvester McCoy
- PROMOS / PLEDGES (1988): NJN PROMOS and PLEDGES from NOVEMBER 1988 (many filmed with cast and crew of Silver Nemesis).
- PROMOS / PLEDGES: PATRICK TROUGHTON on NJN
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