Alert: Lifetime's upcoming schedule

[boechsner]

I just wanted to say that I checked Lifetime's schedule on their website, and now beginning May 1st, Unsolved Mysteries will air 3 times a day!

Beginning Monday May 1st (Eastern time)

2:00 pm
7:00 pm
8:00 pm

However, the episodes that are airing in the evening are the episodes that originally aired on Lifetime from the early 2000s.

[wiseguy182]

Hopefully this means the older episodes will return to the 2pm slot.

[Brent88]

Very interesting. :D

[robbieasbury]

I'm glad to hear that in this case see that. I'd like to see some of the old episodes again at 7 and 8:00.

[Goofyman]

Wow. I did not see this coming at all. I imagine 2PM will be the retro slot...I hope. I'd prefer some more oldies later on in the evening, though. Darn.

[JimmyHendricks]

I'm guessing that if they show newer episodes in the evening slots, it's to show more recent cases that they still hope to solve--by showing it to the largest audience possible. More people are not at work at 7 and 8 than at 2:00.

Nevertheless, it's great to see UM getting so much love. I've never seen a show that has been out of production for over 3 years getting so much airtime on a non Nick at Night type channel. I think they know it will pull good numbers wherever they put it. Why do you think FX shows 7 episodes of "Cops" every day?

[LooksLikeCRicci]

JUST A THOUGHT... but maybe Lifetime is gauging the response that viewers have to the beefed-up UM schedule as a means of testing to see if viewers would support a new version of the show. That's competely wishful thinking, but how cool would that be?

[MickeyLover06]

This is great news! :) More UM each day :D

[crystaldawn]

That really will be a treat. I can't remember UM ever being on 3 times a day!

[U.M. Fanatic]

Very good news indeed. :D

[robbieasbury]

Maybe, the e mail that I and everybody here sent meant something afterall, this is probably Lifetime's response.

[-TRANCE-]

Excellent!

[Kane]

JUST A THOUGHT... but maybe Lifetime is gauging the response that viewers have to the beefed-up UM schedule as a means of testing to see if viewers would support a new version of the show. That's competely wishful thinking, but how cool would that be?

I've been toying with the idea that Lifetime has become a weathervane, and is therefore changing show's timeslot based on whichever way the wind blows. :lol:

[greatgarrett2]

I wish we got Lifetime here in Canada. That sounds awesome.....three times a day!

[compulsive dvd]

Let's just hope that we're not given Resurrection Mary, Fertility Statues and some of their other often repeated segments 3 times per day. I really wish they could spring for some episodes that are never shown. 3 times a day though, wow. UM may one day be on as much as Friends or Seinfeld.

[NDAlum2003]

I'm glad Lifetime has chosen to do this. They seem to go on binges with certain shows occasionally. At one time, you could watch "The Nanny" nine times a day.

[peachysquirt21]

WOW I never dreamed they would do this. Happy they added more airings. :)

[peachysquirt21]

Here are some of the upcoming episodes to air.

May 1
Monday
7:00 pm Featured stories: the mysterious disappearance of a Manhattan doctor the day before the tragic events of September 11, 2001 is investigated; an assailant who lures his female victims off the highway by signaling to them that something is wrong with their car remains at large; a psychic claims his paranormal abilities enable him to contact the spirits of the dead and convey messages to those they have left behind.

May 1
Monday
8:00 pm Segments include: a seemingly devoted husband and father kills his entire family and rigs his house to explode before vanishing; twenty-five years ago, a man accused of poisoning his wife at his son's birthday party fled to Ireland and remains a fugitive; a little girl's encounter with a faith healing priest proves medical science wrong and an update on a man who has made a living impersonating Formula One racer Jonathan Palmer.


May 2
Tuesday
7:00 pm Featured stories: two women, both named Mary Morris, were murdered in the same town within 72 hours of each other-coincidence or connection? A man's dream about his Gulf War buddy turns out to be true; the mystery surrounding a teacher who was abducted, raped and murdered is explored; find out if a 3000-acre ranch in the Texas hills is really haunted.

May 2
Tuesday
8:00 pm Featured stories: a 37-year-old woman believes she was kidnapped as an infant; a couple who hears strange noises coming from their attic discovers a tragic event that happened before they moved in may be the cause; update on the rape and murder of a female lacrosse player whose body was found twenty miles from her car; best friends for 25 years, two women, both named Barbara, find out that they are, in fact, sisters and are now searching for their mother.


May 3
Wednesday
7:00 pm Featured stories: the still unsolved murder of two former Capitol Hill interns slain in the same area where Chandra Levy disappeared causes the family of one of the victims to believe there may be a serial killer at work; investigating the over 3,000 sightings of alien crafts in Belgium; a look into the story of a marine who was nearly killed during a brutal hazing incident called "Code Red."

May 3
Wednesday
8:00 pm Featured stories: a trio of con artists offers free music lessons to children as part of an identity theft scheme to swindle millions form working class Latino parents; an update on the arrest of the killer of two college students in their car; investigating people who claim to have experienced some form of communication with the dead; a man is discovered hanging, the victim of an apparent suicide and although he's been poisoned and evidence points to a homicide--the police refuse to re-open the case.


May 4
Thursday
7:00 pm Featured stories: a New York woman kidnapped her 3-year-old daughter from her custodial father and is now wanted by the FBI; update on an investigation of the clues found near the body of a woman who had been sexually assaulted, strangled and tied to a tree; update on a man who was haunted by episodes of mistaken identity--turns out he has a twin and a half sister; an update on a woman whose killer may be the person who answered her newspaper ad for a roommate.

May 4
Thursday
8:00 pm Featured stories: Eric Rudolph is on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List for his involvement in the bombing of Centennial Park during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Atlanta; while under hypnosis, a man was overwhelmed by vivid images of an American sailor who was killed during World War II; the mysterious kidnapping of a Minnesota bank executive is explored.


May 5
Friday
7:00 pm Featured stories: an Oklahoma man remains a fugitive after killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend; the mysterious death of an Orthodox Jewish student in his dorm room is scrutinized; a professional baseball player who suffered an unexplained case of amnesia not only gained his memory back, but also found that his playing ability had dramatically improved; the body of young man believed to have been murdered was discovered by his girlfriend and the main suspect may be the missing piece of a love triangle.

May 5
Friday
8:00 pm Featured stories: an exploration of child prodigies and their amazing talents especially since their parents don't; after a man is gunned down at an Elks Club, someone in the Police Dept. tampered with the locked evidence; a woman claims she communes with dead spirits and while there are skeptics, many others believe; the disappearance of $500,000 in platinum from a plant coincides with the disappearance of an employee at the plant, authorities are unsure if he was an accomplice or a victim of the perpetrator.


May 8
Monday
7:00 pm Featured stories: a missing daughter calls her heart-broken mother, breaking seven years of silence; a look at the disappearance of famed aviator Amelia Earhart; the murder of a California real estate agent is believed to have been committed by a killer posing as a potential buyer.

May 8
Monday
8:00 pm Featured Stories: Wood I Lie to You - A man searches for his mother, an avid sailor, when she disappears off the coast of Florida; Lottery Miracle; 911 Call for Help; Bad Chief.


May 9
Tuesday
7:00 pm Featured stories: theories about who may have been responsible for sending Anthrax though the US. Mail; update on a man searching for a friend that changed his life while they were both residents at the same orphanage; the death of five children when their house in Texas was burned to the ground is believed to be drug related; an atheist's brush with death prompts him to join the Methodist Seminary.

May 9
Tuesday
8:00 pm Featured stories: New DNA evidence in the infamous Boston Strangler case is examined; will medical science really begin to clone human beings?; the in-laws are the prime suspects in the murder of a young bride; an update on a well-planned robbery at a bank where a quick-thinking reporter snapped a picture of the getaway car.


All times are Eastern/Pacific

[MetalHybrid]

JUST A THOUGHT... but maybe Lifetime is gauging the response that viewers have to the beefed-up UM schedule as a means of testing to see if viewers would support a new version of the show. That's competely wishful thinking, but how cool would that be?


I have been thinking of this myself. I am sure you read my wordy but detailed post about Cosgrove/Meurer Productions creating a new show similar to UM, but different in a few ways, all good ways. I am surprised that this thread I posted about a new UM-type show got so few replies as it did. Nonetheless, maybe someone in a high place saw this board and read my post.

[GoldenGirlsFan92]

I'm so excited about this coming on at Night time again! I use to love to watch it at night back in like 2002&2003, and now in 2006 I can watch it again at night! I can't wait, and I can finally watvh it because I have school, and I never get to watch it, but now i can! The only thing: I wish they would show OLDER episodes!

[UMFanatic]

:D This is awesome news! I can't believe 3 times a day! I'm pumped for this!

[GoldenGirlsFan92]

I hope Lifetime will show more Older Episodes some time. I mean I know they show some from 93, but I would like to see some before that 87-92. They could even promote that saying "New on Lifetime: NEW Epsiodes of Unsloved Mysteries from older years". I think that would really help the shows popluarity! I hope they do.

[Awsi Dooger]

In May and most of June, the 7 PM and 8 PM episodes will be competing against the NBA Playoffs almost every weeknight. I was impatiently waiting for someone else to point that out and couldn't take it anymore.

[crystaldawn]

Your restraint is amazing Awsi. :lol: Well if I had to choose between the NBA Playoffs and UM there is absolutely no competition....UM wins hands down.

Another comment about the new episodes they're airing. Its just the usual cycle of Lifetime I assume that the 3 episodes a day will be new ones. Hopefully they will cycle around (as they normally do) and eventually show some older ones. Three old episodes a day - wouldn't that be a treat!

[boco357]

No one watches the NBA anymore.

[Dotsy1]

This is so cool!:)

Thanks, Lifetime!:cool:

[crookshanks]

Wow, did not see that coming. I thought that they were going to reduce the times of UM showings, but they tripled it! I doubt it will last more than a few months, I've heard of Lifetime getting more shows in August.

[Kane]

Wow, did not see that coming. I thought that they were going to reduce the times of UM showings, but they tripled it! I doubt it will last more than a few months, I've heard of Lifetime getting more shows in August.

Well, I noted in an earlier post about how I toyed with the thought of Lifetime being a weathervane. The wind may be blowing in the direction of showing UM three times a day. But there's always the possibility of the wind blowing in another direction, in which the show's number of timeslots are reduced. In any case, we should keep our excitement on a more guarded level.

[PrettyinPink55]

I just wanted to say that I checked Lifetime's schedule on their website, and now beginning May 1st, Unsolved Mysteries will air 3 times a day!

Beginning Monday May 1st (Eastern time)

2:00 pm
7:00 pm
8:00 pm

However, the episodes that are airing in the evening are the episodes that originally aired on Lifetime from the early 2000s.

SWEEEEET!!! :D :D

[skunk ape]

This is awesome. I haven't seen many of the newer episodes, until the recent ones being shown and there will a guaranteed older episode every weekday. Yes! Long live Unsolved Mysteries and Robert Stack.

[Big3sCompanyFan]

Haven't a lot of you guys seen every episode Lifetime shows several times by now?????

So, aren't you kind of sick of seeing the same episodes over and over again since there are no new episodes???

[skunk ape]

I have seen most of the episodes. But not all. Besides Unsolved Mysteries was put together so well that you can watch them over and over and still love them. It has the most appropriate host, the best smoky atmosphere for mystery and suspense. The re-creations, the music, and the acting were the best. It had this creepy tone to the whole show, which I really liked. Plus there are hundreds of different segments that it would take you literally months to go through them all.

[GoldenGirlsFan92]

I haven't seen them all ethier, but I watch they again&Again. It's A Great show.

[crookshanks]

I watch episodes over and over again and never get tired of them. I certainly haven't seen them all though.

[LooksLikeCRicci]

I used to think that I've seen all of the UM episodes. However, some of the hard-core UM fans have pointed out several cases that I haven't seen or heard of... so I don't mind watching UM over and over again because I'll usually come across a segment that I haven't seen.

[RightOnDude]

Also you can sometimes pick up on little nuances (hilarious or not) that you haven't seen from viewing the recenactments 20+ times before.

[Mr. Fuji]

I was sad to learn that UM being on at 7 and 8 PM every day will only last for 2 weeks! What a major letdown.