Rerun
noun
A television program or movie that is shown again.
They always show reruns of old sitcoms in the morning.
Often appears as...
- watch a rerun
- show a rerun
verb
To show a television program or movie again.
The network decided to rerun the popular series during summer.
Often appears as...
- rerun an episode
- rerun a series
verb
To do something again or to experience something again.
Let's rerun the experiment to make sure our results are accurate.
Often appears as...
- rerun the experiment
- rerun the process
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A television program or movie that is shown again.
They always show reruns of old sitcoms in the morning.
Often appears as...
- watch a rerun
- show a rerun
verb
To show a television program or movie again.
The network decided to rerun the popular series during summer.
Often appears as...
- rerun an episode
- rerun a series
verb
To do something again or to experience something again.
Let's rerun the experiment to make sure our results are accurate.
Often appears as...
- rerun the experiment
- rerun the process
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3TV Schedule
Reruns are common in non-peak TV hours when fewer people watch TV.
Late at night, you're more likely to find reruns on TV.
Pro Tip 2/3Nostalgic Appeal
Old TV show reruns can create a sense of nostalgia.
Watching reruns of 'Friends' reminds me of the 90s.
Pro Tip 3/3Cost-Effective
Reruns are often used by networks to fill time slots cheaply.
Reruns of classic shows are less expensive than making new episodes.
Pro Tip 1/3TV Schedule
Reruns are common in non-peak TV hours when fewer people watch TV.
Late at night, you're more likely to find reruns on TV.
Pro Tip 2/3Nostalgic Appeal
Old TV show reruns can create a sense of nostalgia.
Watching reruns of 'Friends' reminds me of the 90s.
Pro Tip 3/3Cost-Effective
Reruns are often used by networks to fill time slots cheaply.
Reruns of classic shows are less expensive than making new episodes.
Pro Tip 1/3TV Schedule
Reruns are common in non-peak TV hours when fewer people watch TV.
Late at night, you're more likely to find reruns on TV.
Pro Tip 2/3Nostalgic Appeal
Old TV show reruns can create a sense of nostalgia.
Watching reruns of 'Friends' reminds me of the 90s.
Pro Tip 3/3Cost-Effective
Reruns are often used by networks to fill time slots cheaply.
Reruns of classic shows are less expensive than making new episodes.
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Who would the rest of...
but there are some other really important elections coming up. In fact, they seem to be multiplying. There's something going on, I'm sure you've noticed, in the world. And the next row of elections are all critically important. In just a few day's time we've got the rerun of the Austrian presidential election,
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Steven Pinker: Human...
is becoming increasing problematical. Serious book stores are losing their franchise, nonprofit theaters are surviving primarily by commercializing their repertory, symphony orchestras are diluting their programs, public television is increasing its dependence on reruns of British sitcoms,
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Beware conflicts of...
So we decided not to throw the guy out and to rerun the experiment. But you know, these stories, and lots of other experiments that we've done on conflicts of interest, basically kind of bring two points to the foreground for me. The first one is that in life we encounter many people
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Timothy Prestero: Design...
But here's the Every doctor in the world, every hospital administrator, has seen TV -- curse those "ER" reruns! Turns out they all know what a medical device is supposed to look like. They want Buck Rogers, they don't want effective. It sounds crazy, it sounds dumb,
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Jonathan Haidt:...
but once they got a membrane around them, they were all in the same membrane, now all the wealth-created division of labor, all the greatness created by cooperation, stays locked inside the membrane and we've got a superorganism. And now let's rerun the simulation
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How My Mind Came Back to...
watching Barney reruns. I think because Barney is so happy and jolly, and I absolutely wasn't, it made it so much worse. I was completely powerless to change anything in my life or people's perceptions of me.
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Filming democracy in...
it was so incredibly close the electoral commissioner declared with the consent of the parties to run an unprecedented second rerun so the people went back to the polls to determine their own
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People Don’t Listen PIPE...
the emergency we fitted the simulator with cameras to record precisely how these regular fliers behaved in emergency situations let's rerun the footage to see exactly what people did wrong
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Why fascism is so...
This does not mean that we are now facing a rerun of the 1930s. Fascism and dictatorships might come back, but they will come back in a new form, a form which is much more relevant
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A filmmaker’s vision to...
watching reruns of one of my favorite TV shows sex in the city when I couldn't help but wonder what can I do to fight the single story of Africa what can I do
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Who would the rest of...
but there are some other really important elections coming up. In fact, they seem to be multiplying. There's something going on, I'm sure you've noticed, in the world. And the next row of elections are all critically important. In just a few day's time we've got the rerun of the Austrian presidential election,
Video examples
Steven Pinker: Human...
is becoming increasing problematical. Serious book stores are losing their franchise, nonprofit theaters are surviving primarily by commercializing their repertory, symphony orchestras are diluting their programs, public television is increasing its dependence on reruns of British sitcoms,
Video examples
Beware conflicts of...
So we decided not to throw the guy out and to rerun the experiment. But you know, these stories, and lots of other experiments that we've done on conflicts of interest, basically kind of bring two points to the foreground for me. The first one is that in life we encounter many people
Video examples
Timothy Prestero: Design...
But here's the Every doctor in the world, every hospital administrator, has seen TV -- curse those "ER" reruns! Turns out they all know what a medical device is supposed to look like. They want Buck Rogers, they don't want effective. It sounds crazy, it sounds dumb,
Video examples
Jonathan Haidt:...
but once they got a membrane around them, they were all in the same membrane, now all the wealth-created division of labor, all the greatness created by cooperation, stays locked inside the membrane and we've got a superorganism. And now let's rerun the simulation
Video examples
How My Mind Came Back to...
watching Barney reruns. I think because Barney is so happy and jolly, and I absolutely wasn't, it made it so much worse. I was completely powerless to change anything in my life or people's perceptions of me.
Video examples
Filming democracy in...
it was so incredibly close the electoral commissioner declared with the consent of the parties to run an unprecedented second rerun so the people went back to the polls to determine their own
Video examples
People Don’t Listen PIPE...
the emergency we fitted the simulator with cameras to record precisely how these regular fliers behaved in emergency situations let's rerun the footage to see exactly what people did wrong
Video examples
Why fascism is so...
This does not mean that we are now facing a rerun of the 1930s. Fascism and dictatorships might come back, but they will come back in a new form, a form which is much more relevant
Video examples
A filmmaker’s vision to...
watching reruns of one of my favorite TV shows sex in the city when I couldn't help but wonder what can I do to fight the single story of Africa what can I do
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Colin Kaepernick
American Athlete
Sometimes, when things are going really well, I feel like I've already seen things - it's the flashback feeling in a good way. Like I'm watching a rerun, because I've studied this defense and know what comes next. Now, that is a good feeling, when your mind is working fast because you've studied, and you realize, 'I've seen this before.
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Daniel H. Wilson
American Author
I'm not saying you have to keep up. But at the moment you choose to stop growing, your world will begin to shrink. You'll be able to communicate with fewer people, especially the young. You will only see reruns. You will not understand how to pay for things. The outside world will become a frightening and unpredictable place.
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Michael Chiklis
American Actor
Prior to 'The Shield,' basic cable was just a wasteland of reruns and NASCAR. When we came along, I think there was a collective, 'Hey, if they can do that, why can't we?' from the basic-cable networks of the world. We ended up being the cornerstone for a network, and a great one.
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Danny Masterson
American Actor
The best thing ever is when some guy in his 50s taps me on the shoulder and says, 'I just want to let you know I hate my job, I hate my wife, and I come home and I watch reruns of your show and it's the only half hour of the day when I laugh and I forget how miserable life is.
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Kevin Hart
American Actor
Comedy Central was a great network, but 'Chappelle's Show' took it to a completely different level. Other shows got bigger because so many viewers were watching the 'Chappelle' reruns. For BET, the 'Real Husbands of Hollywood' has that same potential.
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Joe Henderson
American Athlete
Ours is a life of constant reruns. We're always circling back to where we'd we started, then starting all over again. Even if we don't run extra laps that day, we surely will come back for more of the same another day soon.
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Matthew Moy
American Actor
I watch the weirdest things. I watch old episodes of 'Golden Girls' because my mom watches it, so I grew up watching that. Sometimes I watch reruns of 'Futurama,' which is a cartoon and not based in the real world at all.
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Lexi Underwood
American Actress
And then I always find myself going back to watch 'A Different World' reruns. I bought each and every single season of 'A Different World', so most of the time, if I'm watching TV then I'm watching 'A Different World'.
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Brian L. Roberts
American Businessman
We provide a breadth of live and catch-up content - what we define as this season's content, none of which is available in the Netflix rerun world.
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Paul Wesley
American Actor
I'm a sucker for movie reruns. Anytime they're on, I can't leave the house.
Quote examples
Colin Kaepernick
American Athlete
Sometimes, when things are going really well, I feel like I've already seen things - it's the flashback feeling in a good way. Like I'm watching a rerun, because I've studied this defense and know what comes next. Now, that is a good feeling, when your mind is working fast because you've studied, and you realize, 'I've seen this before.
Quote examples
Daniel H. Wilson
American Author
I'm not saying you have to keep up. But at the moment you choose to stop growing, your world will begin to shrink. You'll be able to communicate with fewer people, especially the young. You will only see reruns. You will not understand how to pay for things. The outside world will become a frightening and unpredictable place.
Quote examples
Michael Chiklis
American Actor
Prior to 'The Shield,' basic cable was just a wasteland of reruns and NASCAR. When we came along, I think there was a collective, 'Hey, if they can do that, why can't we?' from the basic-cable networks of the world. We ended up being the cornerstone for a network, and a great one.
Quote examples
Danny Masterson
American Actor
The best thing ever is when some guy in his 50s taps me on the shoulder and says, 'I just want to let you know I hate my job, I hate my wife, and I come home and I watch reruns of your show and it's the only half hour of the day when I laugh and I forget how miserable life is.
Quote examples
Kevin Hart
American Actor
Comedy Central was a great network, but 'Chappelle's Show' took it to a completely different level. Other shows got bigger because so many viewers were watching the 'Chappelle' reruns. For BET, the 'Real Husbands of Hollywood' has that same potential.
Quote examples
Joe Henderson
American Athlete
Ours is a life of constant reruns. We're always circling back to where we'd we started, then starting all over again. Even if we don't run extra laps that day, we surely will come back for more of the same another day soon.
Quote examples
Matthew Moy
American Actor
I watch the weirdest things. I watch old episodes of 'Golden Girls' because my mom watches it, so I grew up watching that. Sometimes I watch reruns of 'Futurama,' which is a cartoon and not based in the real world at all.
Quote examples
Lexi Underwood
American Actress
And then I always find myself going back to watch 'A Different World' reruns. I bought each and every single season of 'A Different World', so most of the time, if I'm watching TV then I'm watching 'A Different World'.
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Brian L. Roberts
American Businessman
We provide a breadth of live and catch-up content - what we define as this season's content, none of which is available in the Netflix rerun world.
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Paul Wesley
American Actor
I'm a sucker for movie reruns. Anytime they're on, I can't leave the house.
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