<P> The series has achieved cult status through heavy syndication in the U.S. and internationally . It has also remained popular overseas, such as in the United Kingdom, where the show has been on - air almost continuously in some form since it was first shown in July 1983 . It is airing on satellite and cable channel Esquire Network . The series was to begin airing over NBC - TV's OTA digital subchannel network, Cozi TV, in January 2016 . Forces TV started showing the series every weekday since October 17, 2016 . The series has been airing in Spanish on Telemundo - TV's OTA digital subchannel network, TeleXitos since December 2014 . The series is currently available through Starz, ELREY, and COZY TV . </P> <P> The A-Team has been broadcast all over the world; international response has been varied . In 1984, the main cast members of The A-Team, George Peppard, Mr. T, Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz were invited to the Netherlands . George Peppard was the first to receive the invitation and thus thought the invitation applied only to him . When the other cast members were also invited, Peppard declined, leaving only Mr. T, Benedict and Schultz to visit the Netherlands . The immense turn - out for the stars was unforeseen, and they were forced to leave early as a security measure . A video was released with the present actors in which Dwight Schultz apologized and thanked everyone that had attended . </P> <P> In Australia The A-Team was broadcast on Channel Ten . From 2010 7mate has been showing reruns of show . The show was broadcast in New Zealand on TV2 . In Brazil, the series was broadcast on SBT from 1984 to 1989, later moving to Rede Globo in the early 1990s . In the UK, the program was shown on ITV, starting on Friday, July 22, 1983; when it returned for its second run (resuming mid-second season) it moved to Saturday evenings . The series continued to be repeated on ITV until 1994 . The series was later repeated on UK Gold from 1997 through 2007 at various times . It was also repeated on Bravo from 1997 to 1999 . It returned to the channel in 2008 until the channel's closure in 2011 . In 2017 the digital channel Spike began showing the series from the beginning . Channel 5 also repeated it in 2017 . Although ratings soared during its early seasons, many television critics described the show largely as cartoonish and thereby wrote the series off . Most reviews focused on acting and the formulaic nature of the episodes, most prominently the absence of actual killing in a show about Vietnam War veterans . </P> <P> Mary Harron, New Statesman </P>

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