Does Anyone Else Think There Are Plenty Of Other Shows That Should To Be On TV LAND?

[JamesG]

I don't know if it is just me but TV LAND sucks now. They seem to be catering to the reality show crowd now and it's idiotic. There are plenty of other older shows out there that should be aired:

Charlie's Angels
The Untouchables
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
Highway to Heaven
Kung Fu and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Family
The Streets of San Franciso

[Ireneparalegal]

I think the whole tvland stinks topic has been done to death. :lol:

[BarneyFife]

Well I agree with you Irene, but I do find myself watching less and less of TV Land these days. I think they need to change their name to Reality Land, because thats about all they wanna show anymore.

[TeeVeeCloset]

I agree it's over, TV Land doesn't even deserve wish lists anymore, it's like asking MTV & VH-1 to go back and play music videos 24 hours a day...its a Viacom owned network and if they have a business model at all, it is to stray from the their original premises for their networks without having the guts to change their name because if it is one thing their good at is branding name recognition but not formats. What I will never understand is the missed opportunities for other networks to start a 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and even 90's classic TV channels, this would be perfect for the Encore Group, they practically do it with their westerns channel, they run rifleman, big valley, etc. and speaking of missed opportunities....where is a talk show channel?, running classics like Mike Douglas, Merv, Dinah, Johnny, Letterman, Davidson, etc.

[dawsongirl]

I'm tired of hearing about that damn modeling show. My dad watches that!! I feel like telling him that he's part of the problem. lol

[Tubehead]

I wish they would go back showing the classic like my favoirte martian,i dream of gennie chico and the man. gomer pyle ,alf . the wonde years, or perfect stragners. i don't harldy watch tv land. sometime i watch i love lucy or hogens heros. i can't stand berlvery hillbilles. i wish they would get rid of their movies to. they show the same ones that come on other station. only movie i taped was the twliight zone movie.

i think they should show:
family ties
the lucy show
rockford files
mcgyver
the a-team
the hooney mooners
the incdabile hulk
my favorite martian
night court
Greatest american hero
the wonder years
the odd couple
welcome back ,kotoer
perfect strangers

[TeeVeeCloset]

I agree it's over, TV Land doesn't even deserve wish lists anymore, it's like asking MTV & VH-1 to go back and play music videos 24 hours a day...its a Viacom owned network and if they have a business model at all, it is to stray from the their original premises for their networks without having the guts to change their name because if it is one thing their good at is branding name recognition but not formats.

I'll just quote myself..........sigh.........lol....besides I'm too busy at night losing sleep about Rachael Ray maybe being cancelled....someone laugh and understand my tongue is firmly planted in my cheek....Irene or you out there????

[PrettyinPink55]

It's not even a home for classic TV anymore... :(

The gems that they do have like I Love Lucy and The Jeffersons and the Brady Bunch, etc. all air at odd times...I mean come on, The Brady Bunch at 4:30 a.m.??? And the stuff that does air in primetime is like that stupid knockoff of Top Model- She's Got the Look (Sorry if anyone is a fan)! I am sure the show's great, I just don't think that's a network that should be airing it. What about WE or Oxygen??
Nonetheless, TV Land and N@N are not what they used to be AT ALL!!!

[TVFactFan]

I will give TV land credit for allowing me to see the pilot of Gomer Pyle but other than that the network has been A$$ this year

[Stuck In The '70's]

They can take TV Land off my cable for all I care. Imagine at one time I was begging my cable company to add this network. :ohno:

[TVFactFan]

They can take TV Land off my cable for all I care. Imagine at one time I was begging my cable company to add this network. :ohno:


Here is why I no longer watch TV land

12am-Mash
12:30-Mash
1am-Hoagan's Heroes
1:30am-Hogan's Heroes
2am-Beverly Hibillies


9am-sanford and son
9:30am-all in the family
10am-jeffersons
10:30am-jeffersons--------THIS SCHEDULE SHOULD
11am-good times BE IN THE PM
11:30am-Good times


9pm-beverly hillbilie
9:30pm-beverly hillbillies
10pm-beverly hillbillies
10:30pm-beverly hillbillies
11pm-mash
11:30pm-Mash




No point in turning to it

[Ireneparalegal]

I'll just quote myself..........sigh.........lol....besides I'm too busy at night losing sleep about Rachael Ray maybe being cancelled....someone laugh and understand my tongue is firmly planted in my cheek....Irene or you out there????
:lol:

[Tubehead]

once they cut off i love lucy . i'm not planing on watching tv land any more. i watch tvshows ondvd do have my dvds. i got family ties on dvd.

[Jude The Obscure]

I think The TV Land Sucks should have its own board :lol:

[MrBand]

Years ago, TV Land had Adam West film a series of promos in which he said as a tag, "TV Land...because life's too short to watch cr**."

Seems like that line's caught up to them.

[TVFactFan]

Even though TV Land has changed it's format in the past 5 years, it appears the new direction they are going in seems to be working. Every reality show they aired has done very well in the ratings

[dlemond]

Has there ever been a time when The Beverly Hillbillies has not been on TV Land?

[TeeVeeCloset]

Even though TV Land has changed it's format in the past 5 years, it appears the new direction they are going in seems to be working. Every reality show they aired has done very well in the ratings

You know I love you king....lol....but that's not the point.....TV Land shouldn't run movies, Cinemax doesn't run "I Love Lucy", if they want to run movies call it MovieLand and the same with reality shows, or call it Realityland. Fox Reality Channel doesn't show "I Love Lucy" either AND NEVER WILL! Viacom brands a channel with a name, changes formats and doesn't have the guts to rename the channel.....at least court became, trutv, etc, etc. MTV means Music Television....no longer true.....VH1 means Video Hits 1....no longer true..........obviously any ratings they garner from new stuff yes will be much greater than a rating for a 50 year old episode of I love Lucy but they started the channel and knew ratings for classic TV can't compare to new stuff.....but are we really suppose to accept that in a 1000+ channel universe there is really no room for a channel that caters to classic TV anymore? I used the expression in another thread that todays cable networks are "monkey see, monkey do"......I mean now sarcastically we really need channels to show more of "That 70's Show", "Roseanne", "Hangin With Mr. Cooper", Saved By The Bell, Mash, the list goes on and on........................now someone will post next I really love "That 70's Show"..........lol...........good watch it 12 times a day and buy all the dvd's while our television heritage of classic TV disappears. I'm done with this editorial post!

[Stuck In The '70's]

I just hope RTN doesn't fold. That's the only channel I have that airs any classic shows. Most of them are dramas but at least they are classic TV.

[Ireneparalegal]

Even though TV Land has changed it's format in the past 5 years, it appears the new direction they are going in seems to be working. Every reality show they aired has done very well in the ratings
Then CRAPLAND needs to change their name. Tvland is synonymous with retro television, classic tv, b&w shows, etc. Why all of a sudden do you praise the network? Did you buy stock in the company? :p

[TeeVeeCloset]

Has there ever been a time when The Beverly Hillbillies has not been on TV Land?

YES..several years went by without the show on the schedule as well as Green Acres...Petticoat Junction is the only show from Henning that never returned from their original program schedule.

[Stuck In The '70's]

Then CRAPLAND needs to change their name. Tvland is synonymous with retro television, classic tv, b&w shows, etc. Why all of a sudden do you praise the network? Did you buy stock in the company? :p
We need someone to start a network that loves classic TV and absolutely hates Reality shows. :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

We need someone to start a network that loves classic TV and absolutely hates Reality shows. :lol:
I agree!
I VOTE FOR SONNY!!!!!! You can do it. ;)

[Stuck In The '70's]

I agree!
I VOTE FOR SONNY!!!!!! You can do it. ;)
I'd have a variety of shows from different genres from the '50s till the 80's. Anything after 1990 is a no go. :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

I'd have a variety of shows from different genres from the '50s till the 80's. Anything after 1990 is a no go. :lol:
I'm all for that. We have too many 90's shows that are repeated over and over again on different networks.

[Stuck In The '70's]

I'm all for that. We have too many 90's shows that are repeated over and over again on different networks.
If they want reality...rerun Real People and That's Incredible...the only reality shows I ever liked. :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

If they want reality...rerun Real People and That's Incredible...the only reality shows I ever liked. :lol:
Oh, weren't those shows awesome!? I LOVED THOSE SHOWS!!!!!!! :thumbsup:

[TeeVeeCloset]

We all have our dreams.....as said before I have worked in the television industry for a straight 28 years, no other job ever and I can't even pull it off...we all have the passion but it takes major $$$$$ and you can't even get cable carriage without paying big bucks.....thats why everything classic is finding its way to the internet, but it's just not the same....I'm not an old fart but I'm old school when it comes to TV.....I like the scheduling, the group viewing and sharing TV together all at the same time. So I'll continue to collect and buy DVD's and run my fantasy station in my home where "Ozzie & Harriet" and similar shows glow from my non-plasma, non LCD screen daily and nightly!

[Zoneboy]

If they want reality...rerun Real People and That's Incredible...the only reality shows I ever liked. :lol:

Those Amazing Animals is another one I'd like to see again.

[Ireneparalegal]

Those Amazing Animals is another one I'd like to see again.
I remember the show because it had Priscilla Presley, but that is all I remember abt it. That's Incredible! had some memorable segments. I remember one abt a family that had some kind of mold growing in their home and all over their furniture. They never found out what it actually was. :eek:

[dawsongirl]

Years ago, TV Land had Adam West film a series of promos in which he said as a tag, "TV Land...because life's too short to watch cr**."

Seems like that line's caught up to them.
Oh god...the irony!!!

[dawsongirl]

I can see more classic TV on youtube than I can on my actual TV. That's sad.

[PrettyinPink55]

I'd have a variety of shows from different genres from the '50s till the 80's. Anything after 1990 is a no go. :lol:

I'd watch!!!! :wave:

I can't believe TV Land is going to take off I Love Lucy!!!! :(
The network isn't home to classic TV anymore...it isn't what it used to be.

[TVFactFan]

Then CRAPLAND needs to change their name. Tvland is synonymous with retro television, classic tv, b&w shows, etc. Why all of a sudden do you praise the network? Did you buy stock in the company? :p


LMAO-lol Irene I'm just pointing out that someone in the TV Land Programing deartment looks like a genius because of all the success the network has with the original programming.

It's a shame that those reality shows are HITS because they will continue to move in that direction. So I'm disappointed that it was a HIT

[TVFactFan]

You know I love you king....lol....but that's not the point.....TV Land shouldn't run movies, Cinemax doesn't run "I Love Lucy", if they want to run movies call it MovieLand and the same with reality shows, or call it Realityland. Fox Reality Channel doesn't show "I Love Lucy" either AND NEVER WILL! Viacom brands a channel with a name, changes formats and doesn't have the guts to rename the channel.....at least court became, trutv, etc, etc. MTV means Music Television....no longer true.....VH1 means Video Hits 1....no longer true..........obviously any ratings they garner from new stuff yes will be much greater than a rating for a 50 year old episode of I love Lucy but they started the channel and knew ratings for classic TV can't compare to new stuff.....but are we really suppose to accept that in a 1000+ channel universe there is really no room for a channel that caters to classic TV anymore? I used the expression in another thread that todays cable networks are "monkey see, monkey do"......I mean now sarcastically we really need channels to show more of "That 70's Show", "Roseanne", "Hangin With Mr. Cooper", Saved By The Bell, Mash, the list goes on and on........................now someone will post next I really love "That 70's Show"..........lol...........good watch it 12 times a day and buy all the dvd's while our television heritage of classic TV disappears. I'm done with this editorial post!



I'm just pointing out why TV LAND is continuing to move further away from classic tv, because the oriinal programming is working. It really sucks that some genius in the tv land programming department thought of all those great original programming ideas.


I was rooting for the original programming to fail but that hasn't been the case

[Ireneparalegal]

It doesn't take a genius to have hit shows on TVland. Those who watch that sort of programming don't care for classic tv. They can watch all the reality programming they want on almost any other channel out there.

A genius? I think not. Not when reality programming has been around since the beginning of THE REAL WORLD on MTV. And that began in 1992. Sixteen years ago. They are a moron for losing millions of viewers who have been loyal to their station for years.

[TVFactFan]

It doesn't take a genius to have hit shows on TVland. Those who watch that sort of programming don't care for classic tv. They can watch all the reality programming they want on almost any other channel out there.

A genius? I think not. Not when reality programming has been around since the beginning of THE REAL WORLD on MTV. And that began in 1992. Sixteen years ago. They are a moron for losing millions of viewers who have been loyal to their station for years.



Remember they stated the Network was i trouble? So I'm saying someone was a GENIUS because they figure out how to keep the network afloat not because of reality tv. Even though I hate what the network has become, they have made some interesting moooves-lol

[Ireneparalegal]

Remember they stated the Network was i trouble? So I'm saying someone was a GENIUS because they figure out how to keep the network afloat not because of reality tv. Even though I hate what the network has become, they have made some interesting moooves-lol
The network simply went the route that every other network has done...reality programming. I don't get how you call that being a genius? And how can we be certain the network was really in trouble? TVland probably said that just as an excuse for them to go into reality programming.

[TVFactFan]

The network simply went the route that every other network has done...reality programming. I don't get how you call that being a genius? And how can we be certain the network was really in trouble? TVland probably said that just as an excuse for them to go into reality programming.


Yeah you maybe right-lol The TV land rep exact words was-

"TV land was not going to survive as a Classic tv only network and something needed to be done"

[Ireneparalegal]

Yeah you maybe right-lol The TV land rep exact words was-

"TV land was not going to survive as a Classic tv only network and something needed to bed done"
I remember you sharing that info with us.

How could they survive by losing many, many viewers? :confused: Because they can replace us with a viewers who happen to love reality programming? Were the ad sponsors pulling out of TVland for some reason? I cannot believe the network was not making any money since it seems the same commercials are being aired now as were showing before the reality programming.

[TVFactFan]

I remember you sharing that info with us.

How could they survive by losing many, many viewers? :confused: Because they can replace us with a viewers who happen to love reality programming? Were the ad sponsors pulling out of TVland for some reason? I cannot believe the network was not making any money since it seems the same commercials are being aired now as were showing before the reality programming.


I think I remember him saying that sponsors were pressuring them to add original programming because they didn't feel classic tv generated a lot of viewers. So they were forced to change.

[Ireneparalegal]

I think I remember him saying that sponsors were pressuring them to add original programming because they didn't feel classic tv generated a lot of viewers. So they were forced to change.
What a bunch of p***y whipped people. :crazy: :lol: They should show them the ratings from all those years classic tv was on there and compare it to now.

[TVFactFan]

What a bunch of p***y whipped people. :crazy: :lol: They should show them the ratings from all those years classic tv was on there and compare it to now.


I don't think you would care about the reality shows if they aired them in the afternoons on saturday or sunday and keep classic tv on primetime.

I think it's how the reality shows are being scheduled which is why we are bothered by TV Land

[Ireneparalegal]

I don't think you would care about the reality shows if they aired them in the afternoons on saturday or sunday and keep classic tv on primetime.

I think it's how the reality shows are being scheduled which is why we are bothered by TV Land
Exactly! You are right. I think if there was some regular schedule to the reality programming, it wouldn't be bothersome or noticeable. But they seem to air them in bunches. Or they have those mini-marathons. The scheduling is just bizarre.

[megamanj2004]

And we got Larry Jones, Phillipe Dauman, and that fart Sumner Redstone to thank for this crap.

Sumner Redstone is rotting, so he figured to send Phillipe Dauman a message to Larry Jones and tell him "I'm going to rot, so before I rot, want to you to tell Larry Jones to give these people what they want and that is...crap! And that...crap is gonna be the...crap that's gonna make me rich!"

:lol:

And a public service announcement saying that this crap is the reality show crap that's going on on TV Land and evey other Viacom-owned channel.

Not responsible for nausea from hatred of this crap.

[Ireneparalegal]

Tell me, how can TVland make more money when they have to dish out more money to make reality programming? I mean, those reality shows can't be made for free.

[treky]

I've said it before; but in case some people didn't see it I'll say it again: TV LAND says they were losing money by showing 100% classic programing.

But, the (sort of) good news is-they do read all the complaints about them on here and other sites, and every once in a while act on them. Unfortunately, it's just every once in a while. But, just the fact that they've brought back "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES" and "HOGANS HEROES" is proof of that. Unfortunately, they shred them to ribbons, though.

[TVFactFan]

Tell me, how can TVland make more money when they have to dish out more money to make reality programming? I mean, those reality shows can't be made for free.


TV Land reminds me of the public transportation system in Philly, it's the only one in the city and they know they can do whatever they want because there buses and trains are the only ways for people without cars to get around

Just like in TV land's case, they know it's no other cable station like theirs and know they can change and switch up as often as they like because it's no other station they are competing with like how MSNBC is Competing with CNN.

[JT]

I've said it before; but in case some people didn't see it I'll say it again: TV LAND says they were losing money by showing 100% classic programing.

But, the (sort of) good news is-they do read all the complaints about them on here and other sites, and every once in a while act on them. Unfortunately, it's just every once in a while. But, just the fact that they've brought back "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES" and "HOGANS HEROES" is proof of that. Unfortunately, they shred them to ribbons, though.
That's the thing that gives me hope. Just when it seems like they're trying to be all movies and all original programming, they add stuff like "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Hogan's Heroes," and not only that, but they also air them in good timeslots everyday. "Mad About You" and "Just Shoot Me" have quickly disappeared to middle-of-the-night timeslots, so it's obvious that the 1960s stuff is doing better for them than the 1990s stuff. I just don't get it.

[treky]

yes; but unfortunately; I highly doubt they'll ever go back to the good ol' days.

[bencasey]

That's the thing that gives me hope. Just when it seems like they're trying to be all movies and all original programming, they add stuff like "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Hogan's Heroes," and not only that, but they also air them in good timeslots everyday. "Mad About You" and "Just Shoot Me" have quickly disappeared to middle-of-the-night timeslots, so it's obvious that the 1960s stuff is doing better for them than the 1990s stuff. I just don't get it.


Uh, because 60s shows are good and 90s shows suck? What about that don't you get?

[TVFactFan]

Uh, because 60s shows are good and 90s shows suck? What about that don't you get?


Well I guess you are excited there is a Hogan Heroes Marathon all day tomorrow

[dawsongirl]

Well I guess you are excited there is a Hogan Heroes Marathon all day tomorrow
Oooo...maybe I'll have something to watch.

[dawsongirl]

Uh, because 60s shows are good and 90s shows suck? What about that don't you get?
I think he means he doesn't understand why TVLand doesn't get that fact.

[bencasey]

Well I guess you are excited there is a Hogan Heroes Marathon all day tomorrow


Uh, no. A) I have the whole series on DVD. B) I'm not that into that show. C) The only time I bother with anything on television anymore is if it runs on Encore, which airs shows commercial free and complete or on American Life.

Everything on TV Land is BBB (Butchered Beyond Belief). So, what difference does it make what they air if it's missing 20% of the show? Would you care about getting a book with 20% of the pages missing?

Unlike most people, I don't rely on what crap gets aired in 2008. I got what I wanted in the 80s when you could still get shows off-air uncut and with no bugs on the screen. Even when you had to take something cut, like on USA network, it wasn't that bad, maybe 46 minutes for an hour show. Now, they cut hour shows to under 44 minutes.