Wich2 wrote:
"I sometimes think the folks @ TCM are clueless. why don't they do more stuff like this?"

Partly because it's a very niche interest?
But TCM serves some niches: silent films, B-Detective films, silent films, fairly well. They just don't do serials much.

I agree that a serial/short/film program some night of the week could be a winner for TCM.