There are a total of 28 episodes of Dark Shadows (1966) that exist only as black and white kinescopes, as the master tapes of those episodes are presumed lost. This is especially noticeable among the color episodes: 20 color master tapes lost, and only 8 black and white master tapes lost. Oddly enough, there are more master tapes lost among the first 74 color episodes alone than among the nearly 300 black and white episodes. The only episode where this was not possible was Episode 1219, which aired in 1971; consequently of the series' 1,225 episodes, this is the only edition with no surviving video - though a fan-recorded audio does miraculously survive. ABC, at that point, had ceased making kinescopes of all of their programs, except news programs, in the Fall of 1970. But, thanks to that fan recording the audio, it allowed for the episode to be reconstructed years after its original broadcast. Also, there are two master tapes that are partially damaged, one black and white master tape (Episode 127), and one color master tape (Episode 805). Kinescope film of those two episodes fills in the parts that are damaged. Considering that the networks practiced "wiping" up to the late 1970's due to the expensiveness of videotape back then, that all of the episodes exist in any form, including the fan-recorded audio of the lost episode, is remarkable.
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