syndication is when a television program is being shown on a different television network then the first one it was one. cbs started to do reruns of "all in the family" during the sixth season of the show on september 1, 1975. viacom stopped this in september 1979 and let other television networks air the show. in the late 1980s networks like tbs had the show on. from january 3, 2011, to december 31, 2017, the show aired on antenna tv. as of january 1, 2018, the show began to air on gettv.