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TVFactFan
09-21-2004, 08:45 PM
service on September 1st. This Channel STINKS!! These are the horrible Tv shows that air on Hallmark

Mash-4 times a day
Northern Exposure
Touched by An Angel
Magnum, P.I.
Waltons
Dr. Quinn
Little House on the Prarie
Matlock
Perry Mason
Bonanza


The Channel should be renamed "THE DRAMA NETWORK"!!

Brent88
09-21-2004, 09:35 PM
This is why God invented the remote.

Sheesh. I only watch 5 of my 80 channels on a regular basis. JUST IGNORE THEM if you don't like them!

:rolleyes:

Brian
09-21-2004, 09:37 PM
It's not as good now as it used to be during its Odyssey years, but I am looking forward to seeing "The Wild, Wild West." I've always wanted to see that show. Right now that show and it's Sunday afternoon line-up are the only saving grace of what was a once excellent channel.

Dutabi84
09-21-2004, 09:42 PM
Here's a solution that I have found to help avoid crappy channels like that.

spunkygirl
09-21-2004, 09:58 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
service on September 1st. This Channel STINKS!! These are the horrible Tv shows that air on Hallmark

Mash-4 times a day
Northern Exposure
Touched by An Angel
Magnum, P.I.
Waltons
Dr. Quinn
Little House on the Prarie
Matlock
Perry Mason
Bonanza


The Channel should be renamed "THE DRAMA NETWORK"!!


ohno: Solomon, Solomon, Solmon, those are all great shows, what am I going to do with you? :lol:

Sean Snow
09-21-2004, 10:02 PM
I'm not a big fan of Hallmark, either. I thought it was a lot better when it first began and back in its Odyssey days.

AKA
09-21-2004, 10:13 PM
Originally posted by Sean Snow
I'm not a big fan of Hallmark, either. I thought it was a lot better when it first began and back in its Odyssey days. Actually, when it first began, it was VISN ("the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network"), and it showed all religious programming.

TVFactFan
09-21-2004, 11:05 PM
Originally posted by Angela Micelli
ohno: Solomon, Solomon, Solmon, those are all great shows, what am I going to do with you? :lol:


I never really been into dramas so that maybe why Hallmark shows don't appeal to me.

Mossopp
09-22-2004, 01:38 PM
Hallmark in the UK isn't exactly like the US one but it's very similar. Boring, preachy dramas by day and boring, preachy movies by night. I don't b##ch about it though - that's why God invented the remote control.
I have hundreds of channels but I probably only watch about 6 of them on a regular basis.

HappinessIs
09-22-2004, 01:49 PM
I LOVE the Hallmark channel!

*MIBabe03*
09-22-2004, 02:34 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
service on September 1st. This Channel STINKS!! These are the horrible Tv shows that air on Hallmark

Mash-4 times a day
Northern Exposure
Touched by An Angel
Magnum, P.I.
Waltons
Dr. Quinn
Little House on the Prarie
Matlock
Perry Mason
Bonanza


The Channel should be renamed "THE DRAMA NETWORK"!!

Little House is the best!

Sterling Holobyte
09-22-2004, 02:49 PM
Originally posted by HappinessIs
I LOVE the Hallmark channel!
As Patrick Swayze said on Ghost: "Ditto!" :)

Sterling Holobyte
09-22-2004, 02:50 PM
Originally posted by Princess2003
Little House is the best!
Double ditto! :)


Patrick Swayze didn't say that.;)

Mysty Eyes
09-22-2004, 03:25 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I never really been into dramas so that maybe why Hallmark shows don't appeal to me.
I watch some of the channel. There are some good golden oldies there.

But, but, but... When did M*A*S*H become a drama?

spunkygirl
09-22-2004, 03:28 PM
Originally posted by Mysty Eyes
I watch some of the channel. There are some good golden oldies there.

But, but, but... When did M*A*S*H become a drama?


Wouldn't M*A*S*H be considered more of a dramedy?

Mysty Eyes
09-22-2004, 03:32 PM
Originally posted by Angela Micelli
Wouldn't M*A*S*H be considered more of a dramedy?
Not by most people, I don't think. Just because it was set during a war doesn't automatically make it drama. Sure they had the rare ep that was quite sad, but it is still considered to be a sitcom.

JT
09-22-2004, 06:07 PM
Originally posted by Princess2003
Little House is the best!

Agreed!

Classic TV Fanatic
09-23-2004, 01:15 PM
I don't like the Hallmark channel either. They play too many dramas and westerns during the week, if you ask me. I liked it better when they had more variety which included some sitcoms such as Happy Days, Bewitched, ALF, I Dream of Jeannie, ect.
I don't see why they don't air sitcoms they already have during their weekday schedule: Gilligan's Island, The Facts of Life, The Beverly Hillbillies, Hogan's Heroes, ect. Why acquire them when you hardly play them?

Sean Snow
09-25-2004, 02:21 PM
Originally posted by AKA
Actually, when it first began, it was VISN ("the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network"), and it showed all religious programming.

I remember seeing it listed as VISN way back when, but what I meant was that I thought the channel was better when Hallmark first started in 2001 than it is now.

If ALF and Hart to Hart were re-added to the schedule though, I'd totally tune back into Hallmark

PZelda
09-25-2004, 02:52 PM
I have a better solution for you, Solomon. Take your remote, go to the menu and do this...

I did it with all the religious and sports channels here. ;)

TVFactFan
09-25-2004, 05:08 PM
Originally posted by PZelda
I have a better solution for you, Solomon. Take your remote, go to the menu and do this...

I did it with all the religious and sports channels here. ;)


I'm not able to do that with my remote. But i know i can change the channel, my point was that Comcast sent info in the mail about Hallmark being added to the service like it was a channel with entertaining programs.

robyrob
09-25-2004, 05:36 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I'm not able to do that with my remote. But i know i can change the channel, my point was that Comcast sent info in the mail about Hallmark being added to the service like it was a channel with entertaining programs. i hate it when they (Time Warner is good at doing this) hype up all these new channels they are adding to you basic service and lower programming tiers, then they go and boost up your rates, whether you want any of the new channels or not :cuss:

spunkygirl
09-25-2004, 05:44 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
I'm not able to do that with my remote. But i know i can change the channel, my point was that Comcast sent info in the mail about Hallmark being added to the service like it was a channel with entertaining programs.

:lol: Solomon all cable co.'s send out things about new channels, if ours hadn't when they added some, I probably wouldn't have even knew they added them. :lol:

TVFactFan
09-25-2004, 06:01 PM
Originally posted by Angela Micelli
:lol: Solomon all cable co.'s send out things about new channels, if ours hadn't when they added some, I probably wouldn't have even knew they added them. :lol:


They only send it out when it's a channel you have no use for?-LOL I found out by a accident that Comcast added 8 new sports channels and guess what , i never received any info about those channels and i had them for 5 months.

spunkygirl
09-25-2004, 06:07 PM
Originally posted by TVShow Analyzer
They only send it out when it's a channel you have no use for?-LOL I found out by a accident that Comcast added 8 new sports channels and guess what , i never received any info about those channels and i had them for 5 months.

How do you know you won't have a use for it unless you watch it? ;)

If they hadn't sent out stuff, I wouldnt know about Soapnet and other channels that are now my favs :)