▁last ▁Movie ▁ 4 , ▁a ▁repeat ▁of ▁The ▁Time ▁Machine , ▁was ▁a ired ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁resulting ▁half - hour ▁void ▁left ▁by ▁the ▁can cellation ▁of ▁Movie ▁ 4 ▁was ▁filled ▁by ▁r er uns ▁of ▁Room ▁ 2 2 2 , ▁whose ▁run ▁on ▁ABC ▁had ▁ended ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁months ▁earlier . ▁ ▁Movie ▁ 4 ' s ▁dem ise ▁left ▁W ABC - TV ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁network ▁O & O ▁to ▁have ▁an ▁afternoon ▁movie ▁show ▁( The ▁ 4 : 3 0 ▁Movie , ▁which ▁ran ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 1 ). ▁ ▁The ▁end ▁also ▁preced ed ▁by ▁nearly ▁two ▁years ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁home ▁vide oc ass ette ▁record ers , ▁and ▁by ▁several ▁more ▁years ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁cable ▁television . ▁ ▁Post script ▁and ▁after math ▁The ▁end ▁of ▁Movie ▁ 4 ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁effectively ▁brought ▁to ▁a ▁close ▁W N BC - TV ' s ▁run ▁as ▁a ▁movie ▁show case . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁station ▁initially ▁retained ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁films ▁that ▁were ▁a ired ▁during ▁Movie ▁ 4 ' s ▁final ▁years , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁packages ▁in ▁their ▁library ▁subsequently ▁went ▁to ▁other ▁New ▁York ▁stations , ▁such ▁as ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁films ▁from ▁Universal ▁Studios ▁that ▁w ound ▁up ▁on ▁rival ▁W PI X , ▁which ▁a ired ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁titles ▁( including