OMG, I looked up Dark Shadows as soon as we got cable and boom, it was there!
When I was young and it was on broadcast TV I used to race home from school and sit in front of the TV with a glass of milk and canister of home made chocolate cookies. (my younger brother hated it. LOL) Mom was at work and one time the 2 of us ate most of the cookies.
Anyways, that began my lifelong obsession with charming vampires. LOL
BTW, I tried watching it again, I really did, but it's not the same and I'm too impatient now to sit through the filler episodes before Barnabas shows. And he's so OLD.