Watch TV from the 90s and earlier

I'm surprised there aren't more full tapings of 90's television available, as in entire blocks of broadcasting with all the commercials intact. That was how most recording would have happened, and with the start of TV Land the networks should have been able to predict there'd be a market for it in 30 years.

Commercials have their own rights (and they often feature third-party music which, in turn, has its own rights). So, even if you have the rights to rebroadcast the actual program, you couldn’t show the original commercials without massive legal hurdles.

While I could see an issue with music rights, the commercial rights seem doable. I can't imagine them having a massive objection to "we'll show your commercial again for free."

Trying to set it up now seems nearly impossible, but if they planned for it then it may have been possible.

Many older commercials, even some from as recenlty as the 90s, would be considered offensive (or worse) by today's standards.