On January 13, 2015, Weigel Broadcasting confirmed that its Milwaukee CBS affiliate WDJT-TV would carry the network on its fourth digital subchannel.

[3][5][10] As Decades, the network's Saturday and Sunday schedules featured marathon of classic television series.

Episodes from Cavett's late-night ABC talk show from 1969 to 1974 as well as his later interview series on PBS, USA, and CNBC were all made available for airing.

In 2017, the theme and binge programming on weekdays was stopped altogether and the network became mostly sitcom-focused, featuring the "Television Across the Decades" block, where comedies from the 1950s through the 1980s air weekdays from mid-morning into early evening, and late evenings through the overnight hours featuring the "Smart Comedy" block – highlighted by classic sitcoms such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Cheers, Taxi, The Honeymooners, and The Abbott and Costello Show.

Also, the weekend binge marathons continued, with a single series (regardless of genre) airing for 42 hours straight on Saturdays and Sundays.

The final program to air under the Decades name was The Mod Squad, which was the featured show of the March 25–26, 2023, weekend binge.

The only deviation from comedy comes from the network fulfilling their FCC obligations by airing E/I programming Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.

[17] As of May 2015[update], Decades had current or pending affiliation agreements with 35 television stations covering at least 44% of the United States.

[8] Weigel Broadcasting handled the responsibility of affiliate distribution to stations outside the core CBS O&O group.

[3] Decades was offered to stations on a barter basis, in which the network and the local affiliate shared the responsibility of selling advertising inventory and split the allocated hourly commercial time.

CBS affiliates and their owners held the right of first refusal to carry the network in their local market, before it was offered to other network-affiliated stations.

[2] However, on January 13, as a result of Walt Disney Television's decision to temporarily continue Live Well Network's national operations, WBAY announced that its 2.3 subchannel would not switch to Decades until after LWN's new March 2015 shutdown date.

On September 3, 2018, Decades was replaced on CBS-owned stations with Start TV, a new Weigel-owned diginet focusing on crime dramas with female leads.

[20] Weigel maintained its commitment to Decades, with the company's owned-and-operated stations taking over in Los Angeles and Chicago.