Welcome Back, Kotter - International Airing

International Airing

• In Germany, 23 episodes of "Welcome Back, Kotter" were shown dubbed, but under its original name – first from September 1979 till May 1980 by the ZDF, then again from April to July 1985 by Sat.1.
• In the United Kingdom, 26 episodes were shown from December 1981 until July 1983 on ITV.
• In Australia, the show was broadcast on The Seven Network from June 1976 and rated very well for the first two seasons
• In New Zealand, the show was screened on Television New Zealand's TV ONE. As in Australia, the first two seasons rated highly.
• In Italy, the show was aired by the Italian TV second channel RAI 2 in the spring of 1980. Since at the time there were only 2 national TV networks, the rating was high. The show was dubbed, and the title was translated in Italian into I ragazzi del sabato sera (Saturday Night Guys), clearly aiming to build on the success of Saturday Night Fever. As a matter of fact, most viewers believed that the show had been shot after the movie.
• In Greece, the show was screened on ANT1 really late, in the summer of 1992, on a morning slot (07.30). It passed unnoticed.