TV Land December 2008--


Blog Story: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2008/10/tv-land-december-2008-includes-9th.html


Regular schedule:

None, same as November 24 schedule.

What's expiring: I Love Lucy (Dec. 31)


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Some minor one-time-only adjustments:
(does not include Movies)

Wednesdays all-month
10:00PM Myths & Legends encore

Thursday, December 4
7:00am Star Trek
10pm-2am Cosby Show

Saturday, December 6
regular Saturday morning time shift: 8a-10:30a I Love Lucy and 10:30a-12:30p Andy Griffith Show
9pm-10pm Cosby Show
10pm-12am Andy Griffith Show
12am-1am Cosby Show
1am-2:30am The Jeffersons
2:30am-4am Good Times
4-6am Little House

Sunday, December 7
10pm-12am Andy Griffith
12am-4am Beverly Hillbillies
4-6am Little House

Thursday, December 11
9:00am Star Trek
9pm-2am Cosby Show

Friday, December 12
12-1am Cosby Show

Saturday, December 13
regular Saturday morning time shift: 8-9am Andy Griffith and 9am-1pm I Love Lucy
3:00pm-7:00p The Jeffersons
7:00pm-8:00pm Cosby Show
10:00pm-2:00am Andy Griffith Show

Sunday, December 14
7pm-1am Andy Griffith Show
1am-4am Beverly Hillbillies

Thursday, December 18
7:00am Star Trek
10pm-2am Cosby Show

Saturday, December 20
regular Saturday morning time shift: 8-1pm I Love Lucy and 1pm-2pm Andy Griffith
6:30-8:00pm 3rd Rock from the Sun
8:00pm-9:00pm Cosby Show
9:00pm-11:00pm Andy Griffith Show
11:00pm-12:00am Cosby Show
1am-2am 3rd Rock from the Sun
2:00am Three's Company (holiday episode)
2:30am-3:30am Designing Women
3:30am-5:00am Night Court

Sunday, December 21
12-4am Beverly Hillbillies

Thursday, December 25
7-8am Andy Griffith Show

Saturday, December 27
regular Saturday morning time shift: 8-9am Andy Griffith and 9am-2pm I Love Lucy
4:30pm-8pm 3rd Rock from the Sun
8-9pm Cosby Show
9-11pm Andy Griffith Show
11pm-12am Cosby Show
12am-2am 3rd Rock from the Sun
2-3am Three's Company
3:00am Designing Women
3:30am Mad About You
4-6am Little House

Sunday, December 28
10am-2pm I Love Lucy (extended a bit)
12-4am Beverly Hillbillies

Mon. Dec. 29-Wed. Dec. 31
6-9am Paid Programming
2-4am Three's Company
4:00am Designing Women
4:30am Mad About You
5:00am Murphy Brown
5:30am Just Shoot Me

Tuesday, December 30
1-2pm I Love Lucy





Specials & Marathons






- Friday Nite Movies
Every Friday starting at 10pm e/p
TV Land Friday Movies continue this winter!
We all know them and we all love them. We have all seen these movies so many times we can quote entire scenes verbatim...yet we still watch them whenever they're on. These classic movies are back for nostalgic enjoyment this spring on TV Land.

Friday, December 5, 10p-12:30a
Analyze This

Friday, December 12, 10p-12a
Sister Act 2

Friday, December 19, 10p-12a
Get Shorty

Friday, December 26, 10p-12:30a
Doc Hollywood


Saturday encores / premieres:
Saturday, December 6: 12:30pm-3pm Analyze This
Saturday, December 13: 1pm-3pm Sister Act 2 & 3am-6am Superman
Saturday, December 20: 2pm-4pm Get Shorty & 4pm-6:30pm Analyze This
Saturday, December 27: 2pm-4:30pm Doc Hollywood

Special encores / premieres:
Sunday, December 14: 12-3p Superman (30th Anniversary)
Friday, December 19: 12am-2:30am Analyze This








-She's Got The Look Marathon
Saturday, December 6, 2008
3:00pm-9:00pm ET/PT
Take another spin down the catwalk with the lovely ladies from She’s Got the Look -- TV Land's modeling competition series like no other.
Relive the excitement as 10 finalists are chosen to compete against each other for a lucrative Wilhelmina modeling contract and a spread in Self magazine.
3pm #101 – The New York 10
4pm #102 – Dare to Bare
5pm #103 – Down the Runway
6pm #104 – Flying High
7pm #105 – A Commercial with Taste
8pm #106 – The Lady with the Look




-9th Annual Merrython
Sunday, December 7, 2008 from 9:00am-10:00pm ET/PT
Sunday, December 21, 2008 from 8:00am-8:00pm ET/PT
Thursday, December 25, 2008 from 12:00am-8:00pm ET/PT
Kick start the holiday season with TV Land's 9th Annual Merrython on Sunday, December 7th! Then catch more holiday episodes on Sunday, December 21 and Wednesday, December 25!
This year's Merrython will be the best yet with 13 hours of holiday fun for all! TV Land is delivering the goods to our viewers with Christmas episodes from classics like Andy Griffith, Sanford & Son, Beverly Hillbillies and Little House on the Prairie and modern Christmas favorites from The Cosby Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Scrubs.
Grab the eggnog, tune in with loved ones, and warm up your Christmas spirit with TV Land!

Sunday, December 7
9:00am Green Acres #046
9:30am Brady Bunch #012
10:00am Three's Company #020
10:30am All in the Family #149
11:00am All in the Family #076
11:30am The Jeffersons #049
12:00pm The Jeffersons #099
12:30pm The Jeffersons #143
1:00pm Good Times #097
1:30pm Good Times #121
2:00pm Good Times #026
2:30pm Sanford and Son #104
3:00pm Beverly Hillbillies #050
3:30pm Beverly Hillbillies #211
4:00pm Beverly Hillbillies #212
4:30pm Andy Griffith Show #011
5:00pm Gunsmoke #146
6:00pm Little House #015
7:00pm The Cosby Show #136
7:30pm The Cosby Show #188
8:00pm MASH #012
8:30pm MASH #162
9:00pm MASH #203
9:30pm Andy Griffith Show #011

Sunday, December 21
8:00am Murphy Brown #060
8:30am Murphy Brown #005
9:00am Night Court #002
9:30am Night Court #090
10:00am Night Court #110
10:30am Night Court #182
11:00am Designing Women #034
11:30am Designing Women #130
12:00pm Three's Company #020
12:30pm Brady Bunch #012
1:00pm Green Acres #046
1:30pm Beverly Hillbillies #013
2:00pm Beverly Hillbillies #014
2:30pm Beverly Hillbillies #050
3:00pm Beverly Hillbillies #153
3:30pm Beverly Hillbillies #211
4:00pm Beverly Hillbillies #212
4:30pm Andy Griffith Show #011
5:00pm Sanford and Son #104
5:30pm Scrubs #111
6:00pm 3rd Rock from the Sun #212
6:30pm The Cosby Show #188
7:00pm The Cosby Show #136
7:30pm Andy Griffith Show #011

Thursday, December 25
12:00am MASH #012
12:30am MASH #162
1:00am The Cosby Show #188
1:30am The Cosby Show #136
2:00am The Jeffersons #143
2:30am The Jeffersons #199
3:00am Designing Women #132
3:30am Designing Women #034
4:00am Murphy Brown #060
4:30am Murphy Brown #163
8:00am Night Court #182
8:30am Night Court #090
9:00am All in the Family #149
9:30am All in the Family #76
10:00am The Jeffersons #99
10:30am The Jeffersons #49
11:00am The Jeffersons #143
11:30am Good Times #121
12:00pm Good Times #97
12:30pm Good Times #26
1:00pm Sanford and Son #104
1:30pm Green Acres #046
2:00pm Beverly Hillbillies #013
2:30pm Beverly Hillbillies #014
3:00pm Beverly Hillbillies #50
3:30pm Beverly Hillbillies #153
3:00pm Beverly Hillbillies #211
3:30pm Beverly Hillbillies #212
5:00pm Gunsmoke #146
6:00pm Little House #167
7:00pm Little House #015
8:00pm Cosby Show #136
8:30pm Cosby Show #188




- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Holiday Week
Monday, December 8 through Saturday, December 13, 2008
8:00PM ET/PT each night
Get ready for an Extreme Home Makeover holiday! Extreme Makeover: Home Edition kicks off prime each night at 9pm beginning Monday, December 8 - don't miss this exciting weeklong marathon showcasing five of the most popular families from the series. Concluding the stunt on Saturday night is a 2-hour special that revisits each of these fortunate families during the holidays. Watch the Extreme Home Makeover crew give these special folks the opportunity to "pay it forward" and share their good fortune with other deserving families. There’ll be a lot of joy and warmth this holiday season as we bring you all the best that Ty and his gang of hardworking homebuilders have to offer.

Episodes (all-one hour unless noted):
Monday, December 8
8:00PM #106 Harris Family

Tuesday, December 9
8:00PM #219 Leslie Family

Wednesday, December 10
8:00PM-10:00PM #302 Rodriguez Family

Thursday, December 11
8:00PM #203 Pope Family

Friday, December 12
8:00PM #210 Broadbent Family

Saturday, December 13
8:00PM-10:00PM #313 Home for the Holidays (Holiday Wishes)






-Superman 30th Anniversary
Saturday, December 13, 3-6a ET/PT and Sunday, December 14, 12-3pm ET/PT
Friday and Saturday starting at 10pm and Sunday starting at 8pm ET/PT
Don't miss the movie that made you believe a man can fly as the classic film turns 30 years old. Join Christopher Reeve as Superman!






- I Love Lucy New Year's Eve Countdown Ball
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
9:00am-9:00pm ET/PT
TV Land says "Bon Voyage" to 2008 and I Love Lucy as we countdown to the New Year with everybody's favorite classic sitcom, I Love Lucy, as the show leaves the network. Spend the day living vicariously through The Ricardos’ and The Mertzes' antics, escapades and adventures as we countdown the all-time Top 25 I Love Lucy episodes. All throughout the month of December, TV Land gives fans the opportunity to vote which episodes they want to see during Lucy's New Year's Eve Countdown. Customized countdown flags and packaged I Love Lucy vignettes with color commentary will air throughout the stunt as it gains momentum and reaches its zenith with the I Love Lucy episode ranked #1 by our viewers.
It was a year to remember and it'll be a TV Land send-off viewers will never forget. Goodbye Lucy!






Blog Story: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2008/10/tv-land-december-2008-includes-9th.html

It feels like only Yesterday that I Love Lucy started airing on TV Land

Their definitely milking what's left of Lucy this month - looks like they don't want to waste any remaining airplays.

The Merrythons are always great - I'm glad to see they included Murphy Brown in the marathon. Too bad it couldn't air in a better slot, but why be greedy!

It's very sad to see I Love Lucy leaving TV Land. It's just a perfect fit for the channel. I'll miss seeing it on TV Land. I can watch the show any time I want, as I have the Complete Series Collection, however, there's something about seeing it on TV.

Yes, I have Hallmark, but I have never actually watched it. I guess 2009 will be the year I start watching it, as they will also be airing The Golden Girls. Hopefully, they'll schedule these two shows together on Hallmark. What a great scheduling opportunity!

What year did TV Land get I Love Lucy.

Their definitely milking what's left of Lucy this month - looks like they don't want to waste any remaining airplays.

The Merrythons are always great - I'm glad to see they included Murphy Brown in the marathon. Too bad it couldn't air in a better slot, but why be greedy!


That's the one thing I can say we disagree on, I feel the Merrythons is the worst thing about TV land because they always feature christmas eps from shows that's already on their schedule which wasn't the case in 1998/99

I agree with Sol--their Merrythons have gone downhill. They could spotlight shows not on their regular schedule like they did in the past.

As for Lucy on Hallmark, the old heart on satin opening will be back and I'll be curious to see what gets edited on their versions.

Look like i'm quit watching tv land afterthey cut of i love lucy.

I think TV Land will have a New Show in Janurary of 2009

That's the one thing I can say we disagree on, I feel the Merrythons is the worst thing about TV land because they always feature christmas eps from shows that's already on their schedule which wasn't the case in 1998/99

I still like the Merrythons. It's better than watching a marathon of Andy Griffith on Christmas, isn't it?

But I agree - if only they could showcase more variety in the marathon.

That's my problem with the Merry-thons now too. I wish I got to see most of the ones that had the real big amounts of variety.

I still like the Merrythons. It's better than watching a marathon of Andy Griffith on Christmas, isn't it?

But I agree - if only they could showcase more variety in the marathon.


Another thing is i think dec 7th is too early for a merrython. Should be thwe 21st and that's it

It sucks its seperate days and not one continuous marathon... its alright though because theres not much I want to see, most of what I want to see is in the early morning:

Sunday, December 7
11:00am All in the Family #076
11:30am The Jeffersons #049
12:00pm The Jeffersons #099
9:00pm MASH #203

Sunday, December 21
8:30am Murphy Brown #005
10:00am Night Court #110
10:30am Night Court #182
11:00am Designing Women #034
11:30am Designing Women #130
6:00pm 3rd Rock from the Sun #212

Thursday, December 25
12:00am MASH #012
12:30am MASH #162
2:30am The Jeffersons #199
3:00am Designing Women #132
4:00am Murphy Brown #060
4:30am Murphy Brown #163
5:30am Just Shoot Me #041
6:00am Just Shoot Me #111
7:00am 3rd Rock from the Sun #203
8:30am Night Court #090
9:30am Night Court #125
10:00am All in the Family #026
10:30am All in the Family #149
11:00am The Jeffersons #143
11:30am The Jeffersons #199
1:00pm Sanford and Son #104

Everything else i already have or have no interest in...

I miss the old Merrythons, when it wasn't the same stuff everyday.

While everyone else grew up watching Frosty and Rudolph every Christmas, for me, I always looked forward to Laverne and Shirley singing at the mental institution, Mary Richards being stuck at work for the holidays, Carol Brady having laryngitis when she's supposed to sing at church, the Fonz pretending to have a family to go home to, the Bunkers having Christmas dinner with a draft dodger, etc. Looks like I'll be missing out on most of those this year.

I wonder what good ol WGN's gonna be doing...

WGN has some goodies coming for the holidays. I'll announce Thanksgiving soon and Christmas Eve/Day a month later. The Christmas marathon is going to be excellent. Also there will be a nice New Year's Eve/Day maathon. Thanksgiving and New Year's is one show each, but Christmas has a lot of variety that everyone will enjoy. Remember Munsters is on Halloween next week on WGN.

Sounds exciting. Imagine if WGN pulled a Honeymooners marathon, trying to steal WPIX's thunder...

I cant wait to see what Kind of Holiday Programming WGN will be having on there schedule.

Excellent--That is a word that hasnt been associated with TVLand in a LONG TIME!!!! :wave:

WGN has some goodies coming for the holidays. I'll announce Thanksgiving soon and Christmas Eve/Day a month later. The Christmas marathon is going to be excellent. Also there will be a nice New Year's Eve/Day maathon. Thanksgiving and New Year's is one show each, but Christmas has a lot of variety that everyone will enjoy. Remember Munsters is on Halloween next week on WGN.

Damn i wish I had WGN

well dont get comcast direct n dish network better they got wgn i can not wait for wgn holiday schedule

call your cable company and asked for WGN America.

I think I have it its just but not really sure my Time Warner is from albany and they have it there but I can't find it here

The I Love Lucy farewell marathon is now scheduled from 9AM-9PM. That's 12 hours where normally 24 episodes would fit in, but they're planning on 25. Will there be limited commercials? I wish TVLand would just make this marathon on the clock. All they'd have to do is extend the marathon by a half hour and end it at 9:30PM. That way all the episodes could air on the half hour like normal channels. I'm interested in this marathon but with their stupid off the clock scheduling they might lose me to the $100,000 Pyramid marathon on GSN and whatever goodies WGN decides to air.

Not sure what TV Land will do about that yet. All I know is that, that week Paid Programming is 6-9am for some reason rather than 5-7am.

So TVLand has sunk to the lowest form now, Paid Programming. What flaming joke of a channel this has become. I have not watched it in so long I know nothing about what is even on it anymore, but from what I am reading I am not missing anything. They might as well just axe this channel and give it a decent burial.

TV Land Sleighs into the Holiday Season with Memorable Christmas Episodes Beginning December 7
Festivities Continue on December 21 and 25


NEW YORK, Dec. 2 -- Ho-Ho-Ho, holiday episodes have arrived on TV Land! Grab the eggnog and cookies, kick up your feet and join your favorite families as they sleigh into your living room with "TV Land's 9th Annual Merrython" on Sunday, December 7 from 9am - 10pm (ET/PT). This 13-hour marathon showcases some of Santa's favorite holiday episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show," "All in the Family," "Sanford and Son," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Little House on the Prairie" and more. Tune in as Andy and Barney throw a Christmas party and Archie Bunker's temper flares and his opinions rock the holiday festivities.

"TV Land's Merrython" festivities continue on December 21 and December 25, as more of the channel's modern acquisitions are added to the showcase, with holiday episodes of "3rd Rock From the Sun" and "Scrubs." It's another chance to enjoy the holidays with episodes that warm viewers' hearts.

"TV Land's Annual Merrython" schedule is as follows (episode descriptions are available upon request):

Sunday, December 7, 2008
9:00AM "Green Acres" #046
9:30AM "The Brady Bunch" #012
10:00AM "Three's Company" #020
10:30AM "All in the Family" #149
11:00AM "All in the Family" #076
11:30AM "The Jeffersons" #049
12:00PM "The Jeffersons" #099
12:30PM "The Jeffersons" #143
1:00PM "Good Times" #097
1:30PM "Good Times" #121
2:00PM "Good Times" #026
2:30PM "Sanford and Son" #104
3:00PM "The Beverly Hillbillies" #050
3:30PM "The Beverly Hillbillies" #211
4:00PM "The Beverly Hillbillies" #212
4:30PM "The Andy Griffith Show" #011
5:00PM "Gunsmoke" #146
6:00PM "Little House on the Prairie" #015
7:00PM "The Cosby Show" #136
7:30PM "The Cosby Show" #188
8:00PM "MASH" #012
8:30PM "MASH" #162
9:00PM "MASH" #203
9:30PM "The Andy Griffith Show" #011

** For complete schedule and episode information for "TV Land's 9th Annual Merrython" on December 21 and 25, please visit tvland.com. **

I know I will be watching this Christmas Marathron

Celebrity couple Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin are ready to expose their lives to the cameras in an unscripted project for TV Land.

The network has ordered a pilot presentation of a project that would follow the lives of the husband-and-wife duo along with their two daughters.

The project is executive produced by Jason Carbone.

"Ever since I started here (in May 2006), I've been out in the marketplace looking for a celebrity couple with dynamic stories to tell, and when I met Lisa and Harry, it made sense," said Keith Cox, TV Land's executive vp development and original programming.

Should TV Land go forward with the project, said to have generated interest from a few cable networks, it will go straight to a half-hour series pickup targeted for a 2009 debut, Cox said.