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    Nostalgia TV: How Hulu and Netflix are breathing new life into old TV shows

    by By Meg James and Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times Aug 23, 2017 6 minutes

    Jessica Mata wasn't even a year old when "The Golden Girls" ended its broadcast run on NBC in 1992.

    But this summer, she has been captivated by Dorothy, Blanche, Sophia and Rose, the Florida senior-citizen housemates of "The Golden Girls." Mata watches at least four episodes a day of the sitcom, which joined streaming service Hulu's programming offerings earlier this year. She views them on her phone or her laptop during breaks between her college classes.

    "I know 'Game of Thrones' is all the rage _ and I watch it too, sometimes _ but it doesn't have me hooked like 'Golden Girls,'" said the 25-year-old from Houston. "I'm on my third round of watching the series right now."

    Viewers like Mata are discovering reruns of network shows not by flipping through TV channels but on streaming devices such as Hulu and Netflix. These digital platforms are doing something unexpected: They are creating new audiences for old TV

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