One of the most commonly asked questions is why some people refer to  the seriesThe Little Rascals while others call it Our Gang. When the series began in 1922, the very first short was titled, "Our Gang" featuring Hal Roach's Rascals. Roach decided to name the entire series "Our Gang."  Audiences were discovering Our Gang through television revival in the early 1950s, where the series was renamed "The Little Rascals" in order to have rights to show them on TV.
For rights to television broadcasting, the series name was changed from Our Gang to The Little Rascals. Since Hal Roach sold the series to MGM in 1938, they own the "Our Gang" name. After changing the name to The Little Rascals, the original opening titles and credits were replaced with new updated versions having the "Little Rascals" name printed on them. Most of the episode titles have not been changed.
The silent shorts had their share of a few name changes for television, such as The Mischief Makers and Those Lovable Scallawags With Their Gangs (which featured both Our Gang and Mickey McGuire shorts). These silent films were edited very badly, having many scenes cut out including some of the captions, making it harder for the viewers to understand what was going on. Some of the silent shorts exist only on television prints while their complete versions are lost. Some of the silents were *never* shown on television.
Some episodes have also been distributed for home use on 8mm and 16mm films. Some of them had less content missing while others have been butchered to run only about three to seven minutes. In the late 1940s, Hal Roach licensed his shorts to Erko under the title of Kids and Pets on 16mm films. Another non-theatrical distribution agreement was made with Official Films to release Roach's shorts under the title, Famous Kids Comedies, in 1950. That same year, Monogram Pictures, later renamed as Allied Artists, licensed the same series of shorts for theatrical distribution, which was when the series' name was finally changed to The Little Rascals. Just a few years later Interstate TV Corporation, a division of Allied Artists, distributed the series on television under the "Little Rascals" title. Allied Artists released a 1959 feature film, "Little Rascals Varieties," which included four different musical shorts put together. By the mid 1960s, King World became the new distributor of The Little Rascals to television. The tremendous fame and popularity helped launch King World as a major force in television syndication and production. In the late 1980s, there were midnight movie showings of uncut Little Rascals films, all of which weren't seen in their original form since the original theatrical releases.
In the 1970s, fans turned to Blackhawk Films for their collection of unedited shorts. They were uncut and good quality, but the main titles and credits at the beginning were replaced with Blackhawk's own version. They later released a vast 26 video collection of the Little Rascals, each containing 3 episodes.
In 1994, viewers found the 1938-1944 MGM shorts every morning at 6 eastern on TNT, all completely uncut and original. At first, all 52 shorts were in rotation, but shortly, all of the episodes featuring Tommy "Butch" Bond removed from rotation. An unconfirmed rumor had it that Bond sued for residuals. By 1996, TNT changed their schedule and Our Gang was only seen regularly on Sundays at 6 and on other mornings as fillers. As time went on, Our Gang aired less and less until, by now, it is never seen. Turner Broadcasting Station (TBS) also played the Our Gang films in the mornings and may still occasionally pop up as fillers. Go to TVGuide.com and type "interstitial" in the search box for listings. When Our Gang doesn't air in the given time, "Monkeyed Movies" is used to fill airtime.
In August 2001, American Movie Classics began broadcasting seventy-one of Hal Roach's Little Rascals talkies every afternoon at 6:30 eastern, with the original opening titles intact. Again, some of the films were edited for racial content. In mid 2002, AMC changed the time slot for The Little Rascals and were shown on Tuesdays from 5-7pm central and weekend afternoons. In late September that year, AMC completely changed their programming, including their logo, to focus more on movies from the 1970s-1990s. As a result, The Little Rascals, as well as The Three Stooges, were removed from the schedule.
Today, the M-G-M shorts are airing on Saturday afternoons at 4 eastern on AmericanLIfe TV (formerly GoodLife TV).