The Hallmark Channel March 2009 --

What's new: Golden Girls
What's back: Cheers
What's leaving: The Waltons

Blog Story: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/02/hallmark-channel-march-2009-timeslots.html
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/02/hallmark-channel-march-2009-schedule.html


Weekdays, effective Monday, March 2
8:00am I Love Lucy
8:30am I Love Lucy
9:00am The Golden Girls (replaces The Waltons)
9:30am The Golden Girls (replaces The Waltons cont.)
10:00am Little House on the Prairie
11:00am Little House on the Prairie
12:00pm Touched by an Angel
1:00pm 7th Heaven
2:00pm 7th Heaven
3:00pm Little House on the Prairie
4:00pm The Golden Girls (replaces Little House)
4:30pm The Golden Girls (replaces Little House cont.)
5:00pm M*A*S*H
5:30pm M*A*S*H
6:00pm M*A*S*H
6:30pm M*A*S*H
7:00pm Walker, Texas Ranger
8:00pm Walker, Texas Ranger
9:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
11:00pm Murder, She Wrote
12:00am The Golden Girls (replaces Murder, She Wrote)
12:30am The Golden Girls (replaces Murder, She Wrote cont.)
1:00am The Golden Girls (replaces Walker, Texas Ranger)
1:30am The Golden Girls (replaces Walker, Texas Ranger cont.)
2:00am I Love Lucy (replaces Walker, Texas Ranger)
2:30am Cheers (replaces Walker, Texas Ranger cont.)

Saturdays, effective Saturday, March 7
6:00am The Golden Girls (replaces Little House)
6:30am The Golden Girls (replaces Little House cont.)
7:00am The Golden Girls (replaces Little House)
7:30am The Golden Girls (replaces Little House cont.)
8:00am The Golden Girls (replaces Little House)
8:30am The Golden Girls (replaces Little House cont.)
9:00am Hallmark MOVIE
11:00am Hallmark MOVIE
1:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
3:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
5:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
7:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
9:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
11:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
1:00am Murder, She Wrote (replaces Walker, Texas Ranger)
2:00am Murder, She Wrote (replaces Walker, Texas Ranger)

Sundays, effective Sunday, March 8
8:00am NASCAR Angels
8:30am The Golden Girls (replaces I Love Lucy)
9:00am The Golden Girls (replaces 7th Heaven)
9:30am The Golden Girls (replaces 7th Heaven cont.)
10:00am 7th Heaven
11:00am 7th Heaven
12:00pm 7th Heaven
1:00pm 7th Heaven
2:00pm 7th Heaven
3:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
5:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
7:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
9:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
11:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
1:00am Murder, She Wrote (replaces Walker, Texas Ranger)
2:00am Murder, She Wrote (replaces Walker, Texas Ranger)


View the blog story for complete details: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/02/hallmark-channel-march-2009-timeslots.html
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/02/hallmark-channel-march-2009-schedule.html
(Please if linking or spreading this news elsewhere, please link the blog story)

The Golden Girls Marathon
Sunday, March 1
8:30am-3:00am ET/PT

8:30 am - 9:00 am "Golden Girls: ""On Golden Girls"
Blanche's 14-year old grandson comes to Miami for a visit and brings a new meaning to the term ""generation gap"" as he stays up all night every night, partying with a rough crowd. Meanwhile, Dorothy studies for her French final, with a guest in the house, while at the same time, she must share a room with Sophia."
9:00 am - 9:30 am "Golden Girls: ""The Custody Battle""
Dorothy and Sophia have been bickering and Dorothy has been pleading for Sophia to giver her some space. So when Dorothy's sister, Gloria, comes to Miami for a visit and asks Sophia to come live with her in California, Sophia quickly says yes. Meanwhile, Blanche is furious when Rose is cast as Lady Macbeth, in a local play, and not her."
9:30 am - 10:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Second Motherhood""
Blanche is romanced by a wealthy suitor who she learns has several small children. This fact dampens his proposal of marriage as Blanche ponders being a mother again. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Rose go to bat with the bathroom plumbing and a chauvinistic plumber who thinks they can't do it, because they're women."
10:00 am - 10:30 am "Golden Girls: ""The Flu""
A week before an awards ceremony for the Volunteer of the Year, Blanche, Dorothy and Rose each come down with a nasty flu, which compounds their arguing over who will win the prestigious award. Meanwhile, Sophia is having a hard time coming up with a date for the event."
10:30 am - 11:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Big Daddy""
Blanche's father, Big Daddy, comes to Miami for a visit, with an announcement, he's sold the family plantation and is setting out to become a country singer. Meanwhile, Sophia places a ""curse"" on a neighbor who refuses to remove his tree that fell over onto the lanai during a storm."
11:00 am - 11:30 am "Golden Girls: ""It's a Miserable Life""
The girls circulate a petition to save a 200 year old oak tree which is located on the property of the most hated woman in the neighborhood, Frieda Claxton, who wants the tree cut down."
11:30 am - Noon "Golden Girls: ""Long Days Journey into Marinara""
Sophia's sister, Angela arrives in Miami for a visit and decides to move there but while she's looking for an apartment Dorothy invites her to stay with the girls. This ticks off Sophia since she thinks that Angela is after everything that she has. Also, Rose offers to babysit a chicken for one of her patients."
Noon - 12:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""A Piece of Cake""
While preparing for a friend's birthday party, the girls recall past birthdays, including Rose's surprise birthday party for Dorothy, a surprise birthday party for Blanche and a memory of Sophia's birthday involving her late-husband Sal."
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""One For the Money""
Sophia's latest get rich quick scheme prompts the girls to recall other various get rich quick schemes they've had over the years including, catering, a dance marathon and a memory of Sophia's from 1954."
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""Bringing Up Baby""
Rose is shocked to learn that in her late-uncle's will he left her his ""Baby"". However she is quickly delighted to learn the ""baby"" is a pig but delighted is not a word to describe Dorothy, Blanche and Sophia, at least not until they learn that when Baby dies Rose gets a large sum of money."
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself""
When Rose must give a eulogy at her aunt's funeral, Rose must try to get over her biggest fear in the world, giving speeches. This also brings up Dorothy and Blanche's biggest fears, Dorothy's of flying and Blanche's of a recurring dream."
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""Three on a Couch""
Constant bickering, causes the girls to seek help from a therapist. This prompts the girls to reminisce about times they didn't get along. The therapist's conclusion, they should not live with one another."
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""Blind Date""
After being dumped by her boyfriend, Blanche befriends a man at a bar and makes a date with him unknown to her he's blind. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Rose try their hand at coaching a kids' football team."
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""Two Rode Together""
Dorothy wants to spend some ""quality"" time with Sophia so she takes Sophia away for the weekend to the Florida Keys. However, her attempts fail when a fed up Sophia storms out. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche try their hand at writing children's stories."
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""Ebb Tide""
Blanche is shattered after her father, Big Daddy, passes away. However, when she goes back to her childhood home, she gets into a big argument with her sister, Virginia and decides not to attend the funeral. Meanwhile, Sophia tries to raise cash for a TV and rents out the girls rooms, while Dorothy and Blanche are away."
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""Triple Play""
Blanche tries to lure men by placing a fake ad in the paper trying to sell a Mercedes. Meanwhile, Rose has to deal with meeting Miles's daughter who makes it clear she wants their relationship to be no more and Dorothy discovers Sophia is hoarding Social Security money, thanks to a computer error."
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""Mrs. George Devereaux""
Blanche has a secret admirer and is shocked when she meets him, her supposedly dead husband, George. Meanwhile, Dorothy is being wooed by two men, Sonny Bono and Lyle Waggoner."
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""Beauty and the Beast""
Blanche is visited by her granddaughter, Melissa, and the only thing that Blanche has on her mind is Melissa winning the Little Miss Beauty Contest. Meanwhile, Dorothy hires a nurse to look after a wheelchair bound Sophia, who is less than thrilled when her nurse turns out to be her old enemy from Shady Pines, but Dorothy ends up being unhappy with Sophia's newfound companionship with Nurse DeFarge."
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""On Golden Girls""
Blanche's 14-year old grandson comes to Miami for a visit and brings a new meaning to the term ""generation gap"" as he stays up all night every night, partying with a rough crowd. Meanwhile, Dorothy studies for her French final, with a guest in the house, while at the same time, she must share a room with Sophia."
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""The Custody Battle""
Dorothy and Sophia have been bickering and Dorothy has been pleading for Sophia to giver her some space. So when Dorothy's sister, Gloria, comes to Miami for a visit and asks Sophia to come live with her in California, Sophia quickly says yes. Meanwhile, Blanche is furious when Rose is cast as Lady Macbeth, in a local play, and not her."
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""Second Motherhood""
Blanche is romanced by a wealthy suitor who she learns has several small children. This fact dampens his proposal of marriage as Blanche ponders being a mother again. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Rose go to bat with the bathroom plumbing and a chauvinistic plumber who thinks they can't do it, because they're women."
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""The Flu""
A week before an awards ceremony for the Volunteer of the Year, Blanche, Dorothy and Rose each come down with a nasty flu, which compounds their arguing over who will win the prestigious award. Meanwhile, Sophia is having a hard time coming up with a date for the event."
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""Big Daddy""
Blanche's father, Big Daddy, comes to Miami for a visit, with an announcement, he's sold the family plantation and is setting out to become a country singer. Meanwhile, Sophia places a ""curse"" on a neighbor who refuses to remove his tree that fell over onto the lanai during a storm."
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""It's a Miserable Life""
The girls circulate a petition to save a 200 year old oak tree which is located on the property of the most hated woman in the neighborhood, Frieda Claxton, who wants the tree cut down."
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""Long Days Journey into Marinara""
Sophia's sister, Angela arrives in Miami for a visit and decides to move there but while she's looking for an apartment Dorothy invites her to stay with the girls. This ticks off Sophia since she thinks that Angela is after everything that she has. Also, Rose offers to babysit a chicken for one of her patients."
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""A Piece of Cake""
While preparing for a friend's birthday party, the girls recall past birthdays, including Rose's surprise birthday party for Dorothy, a surprise birthday party for Blanche and a memory of Sophia's birthday involving her late-husband Sal."
9:30 pm - 10:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""One For the Money""
Sophia's latest get rich quick scheme prompts the girls to recall other various get rich quick schemes they've had over the years including, catering, a dance marathon and a memory of Sophia's from 1954."
10:00 pm - 10:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""Bringing Up Baby""
Rose is shocked to learn that in her late-uncle's will he left her his ""Baby"". However she is quickly delighted to learn the ""baby"" is a pig but delighted is not a word to describe Dorothy, Blanche and Sophia, at least not until they learn that when Baby dies Rose gets a large sum of money."
10:30 pm - 11:00 pm "Golden Girls: ""Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself""
When Rose must give a eulogy at her aunt's funeral, Rose must try to get over her biggest fear in the world, giving speeches. This also brings up Dorothy and Blanche's biggest fears, Dorothy's of flying and Blanche's of a recurring dream."
11:00 pm - 11:30 pm "Golden Girls: ""Three on a Couch""
Constant bickering, causes the girls to seek help from a therapist. This prompts the girls to reminisce about times they didn't get along. The therapist's conclusion, they should not live with one another."
11:30 pm - Midnight "Golden Girls: ""Blind Date""
After being dumped by her boyfriend, Blanche befriends a man at a bar and makes a date with him unknown to her he's blind. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Rose try their hand at coaching a kids' football team."
Midnight - 12:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Two Rode Together""
Dorothy wants to spend some ""quality"" time with Sophia so she takes Sophia away for the weekend to the Florida Keys. However, her attempts fail when a fed up Sophia storms out. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche try their hand at writing children's stories."
12:30 am - 1:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Ebb Tide""
Blanche is shattered after her father, Big Daddy, passes away. However, when she goes back to her childhood home, she gets into a big argument with her sister, Virginia and decides not to attend the funeral. Meanwhile, Sophia tries to raise cash for a TV and rents out the girls rooms, while Dorothy and Blanche are away."
1:00 am - 1:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Triple Play""
Blanche tries to lure men by placing a fake ad in the paper trying to sell a Mercedes. Meanwhile, Rose has to deal with meeting Miles's daughter who makes it clear she wants their relationship to be no more and Dorothy discovers Sophia is hoarding Social Security money, thanks to a computer error."
1:30 am - 2:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Mrs. George Devereaux""
Blanche has a secret admirer and is shocked when she meets him, her supposedly dead husband, George. Meanwhile, Dorothy is being wooed by two men, Sonny Bono and Lyle Waggoner."
2:00 am - 2:30 am "Golden Girls: ""Dancing in the Dark""
Rose has been dating, Miles Webber, a college professor, but the only thing they seem to have in common is the dance floor. But when Miles invites her to a party, Rose feels like a fish out of water being surrounded by all his intelligent friends. Meanwhile, Blanche battles a dating slump."
2:30 am - 3:00 am "Golden Girls: ""Beauty and the Beast""
Blanche is visited by her granddaughter, Melissa, and the only thing that Blanche has on her mind is Melissa winning the Little Miss Beauty Contest. Meanwhile, Dorothy hires a nurse to look after a wheelchair bound Sophia, who is less than thrilled when her nurse turns out to be her old enemy from Shady Pines, but Dorothy ends up being unhappy with Sophia's newfound companionship with Nurse DeFarge."

I notice they're airing TGG in the long-time slots that Lifetime had the show in, 9am, 4pm (well, it was typically 6PM but they moved to 4PM) and 11pm.

Lots of airings!

It's going to be odd to have Golden Girls on Hallmark, but a lot of the show's demographic have been moving over to viewing Hallmark lately. My mother watches a lot of 7th Heaven on there now. I haven't caught Cheers on there in a while but they sometimes lose their regular programming over the Holidays and bring it back later.

Hallmark has edited February, so March could be edited a bit now. More details:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/02/hallmark-channel-reduces-i-love-lucy-in.html

Hallmark has edited the March schedule somewhat because of the recent February changes:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/02/hallmark-channel-march-2009-schedule.html

And it's a very odd mix......Cheers on for only one overnight showing.....Lucy treated like she is some misfit......beware GG fans, I wouldn't expect that show to enjoy all those timeslots for long. Hallmark has a very itchy trigger finger.

Well The Golden Girl's c oming on from 11:00 pm until 1:00 am CT Time work's for me.

I love the Saturday morning schedule of GG reruns. It will be fun to spend Saturdays watching GG.

I remember when they were Odyssey and had shows like My Three Sons and The Muppet Show. I wish they would air Perry Mason every day (I mean the original B&W series). As for ILL and TGG, I have both complete on dvd so there is no reason for me to watch them on tv where they will be edited. I think Hallmark would be a good channel for shows like "That's Incredible" and "Real People". I also think "Different Strokes" and "Mr. Belvedere" would do well on here.

Urgent change starting Monday:

Weekdays, effective Monday, March 9
8:00am Golden Girls (replaces I Love Lucy)
8:30am Golden Girls (replaces I Love Lucy)
2:00am Cheers (replaces I Love Lucy)
2:30am I Love Lucy (replaces Cheers)

So, yes, Lucy is just 2:30am weeknights now.

talk about overplayed, Golden Girls will now be on SEVEN HOURS a day between Hallmark and WE. :crazy:

I've been enjoying watching Cheers on my tapes now that I can tape it again on hallmark

Stupid Hallmark........why do they bother to obtain shows like Cheers and Lucy when they give them this sort of treatment?? And how long before they announce Golden Girls being removed so they can put back on LHOP and the Waltons....just watch folks, it'll happen.

^You hope.....

My cable and tvguide.com still have the wrong times for Cheers

Hallmark Channel April 2009

BLOG STORY http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/03/hallmark-channel-april-2009-two-shows.html

What's gone: Little House on the Prairie, Walker Texas Ranger and NASCAR Angels

Weekdays, effective Monday, March 30
8:00am The Golden Girls
8:30am The Golden Girls
9:00am The Golden Girls
9:30am The Golden Girls
10:00am I Love Lucy (replaces Little House on the Prairie)
10:30am I Love Lucy (replaces Little House on the Prairie cont.)
11:00am Touched by an Angel (replaces Little House on the Prairie)
12:00pm Touched by an Angel
1:00pm 7th Heaven
2:00pm 7th Heaven
3:00pm M*A*S*H (replaces Little House on the Prairie)
3:30pm M*A*S*H (replaces Little House on the Prairie cont.)
4:00pm M*A*S*H (replaces The Golden Girls)
4:30pm M*A*S*H (replaces The Golden Girls)
5:00pm M*A*S*H
5:30pm M*A*S*H
6:00pm The Golden Girls (replaces M*A*S*H)
6:30pm The Golden Girls (replaces M*A*S*H)
7:00pm 7th Heaven (replaces Walker, Texas Ranger)
8:00pm 7th Heaven (replaces Walker, Texas Ranger)
9:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
11:00pm Murder, She Wrote
12:00am The Golden Girls
12:30am The Golden Girls
1:00am The Golden Girls
1:30am The Golden Girls
2:00am Cheers
2:30am I Love Lucy

Saturdays, effective Saturday, April 4
6:00am The Golden Girls
6:30am The Golden Girls
7:00am The Golden Girls
7:30am The Golden Girls
8:00am The Golden Girls
8:30am The Golden Girls
9:00am Hallmark MOVIE
11:00am Hallmark MOVIE
1:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
3:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
5:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
7:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
9:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
11:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
1:00am Murder, She Wrote
2:00am Murder, She Wrote

Sundays, effective Sunday, April 5
8:00am The Golden Girls (replaces NASCAR Angels)
8:30am The Golden Girls
9:00am The Golden Girls
9:30am The Golden Girls
10:00am 7th Heaven
11:00am 7th Heaven
12:00pm 7th Heaven
1:00pm 7th Heaven
2:00pm 7th Heaven
3:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
5:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
7:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
9:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
11:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
1:00am Murder, She Wrote
2:00am Murder, She Wrote

Great 4 Hours of M*A*S*H From 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm CT Time.

It's 3 hours, not four.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/03/hallmark-channel-april-2009-two-shows.html

I'm shocked I Love Lucy is coming back....maybe enough peeved fans e-mailed them or something. It was time LHOP got a rest....they were going through that series very fast with 4 episodes a day. does the MASH airings conflict with the airings on ION?

oh it 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm CT Time my bad

does the MASH airings conflict with the airings on ION?They currently are on at the same time (5-7 Hallmark, 6-7 ION), but that will be remedied with this schedule change. Now M*A*S*H fans will be able to see EIGHT back-to-back episodes! (3-6 Hallmark, 6-7 ION)
I am absolutely thrilled with this schedule change! Now I like everything from 10AM-9PM with the exception of the 6PM hour. It's interesting how 7th Heaven is doing great on Hallmark but not so much on WGN. And it's great to see Touched by an Angel doubled up.

I read somewhere that 7th Heaven and M*A*S*H were Hallmark's top rated shows. This new lineup seems to support that.

I don't think the Golden Girls move was because it's doing well (that's not to say it's not doing well), but because WE is also airing The Golden Girls at 4-5pm ET. There may be a non-compete clause in the contract or it's just a smart, strategic manuever.

Catsrule, I don't think that 7th Heaven did or is doing badly for WGN America. It looks like they shifted to a more male oriented lineup, especially in primetime, and 7th Heaven skews overwhelmingly female. Of course, WGN America's ratings for 7th Heaven may suffer due to (over)exposure on Hallmark.

WE tv is airing GG weeknights 5-7pm, so Hallmark just moved it to 6-7pm...

I wish that Cheers would pick up another airing somewhere. I mean, I'm happy it's still on but the show had 11 seasons. By the time Rebecca comes on, Hallmark will have pulled it from the schedule!:lol:

I'm glad Cheers is back, but Hallmark has done a horrible job editing the show. Last week, I was watching "Truce or Consequences" and they went to a commercial just before Coach hits his head against the bar. That was one of the funniest scenes in that episode and Hallmark cut it. :mad: I've watched a few other episodes on Hallmark and they cut to a commercial when the characters are still talking. :crazy:

i wish they would put muder she ,wrote on diffeent time. thats when family matters come on i usual watch it. they hadn't been showing i love lucy. it says on tv guide at 8:00am twice but they show the gloden girls instead of i love lucy. i hope it comes back. they seem to not gave show lot of chance to see if the show would do good. I wish they would cut down on mash. it comes on four different chanels. it comes on CW,tv Land and ion telvision. they need to cut back on it.

i wish they would add:
Mangum p.i
the wonderyears
Batman tv with adams west
kung fu
kung fu ledgen counties
the incdabile hulk

Hate to see LHOTP go - Waltons should be 11AM and LHOTP at 12....then air Angel at 1 and 7th Heaven from 2-4.

Ugh, too much M*A*S*H and too much Golden Girls. Lucy'll fail again, I'm sure, and Little House will be back.

So Cheers is returning to 2:30 am on March 30? According to my cable and tvguide.com it's always been at 2:30 am but I know better because I've been taping and I saw it here first

No, Cheers remains at 2am and Lucy at 2:30am.

What's the time for Cheers tonight? My cable and tvguide.com are saying it's 2:27 but that conflicts with the usual schedule which they finally have right. Zap2it is saying it's 1:54. Don't wanna tape Lucy

My Guide Cheers is saying 12:54 am CT Time

Thanks

you are very wcome my friend

As we mentioned on our Twitter page yesterday (http://twitter.com/SitcomsOnline), Hallmark is making last minute changes starting MONDAY!

We are doing a blog story on Monday on our for blog (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog) for this, so if you are posting this news/schedule elsewhere before then...I am asking you to PLEASE link the blog story as well on Monday. Anyway, here are the last minute changes starting Monday, April 13.

***CHANGES LISTED ONLY! EVERYTHING ELSE WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED.***

What's back: Little House on the Prairie and Matlock

Weekdays, Effective Monday, April 13, 2009
10:00am Little House on the Prairie (replaces I Love Lucy 2x)
11:00am Little House on the Prairie (replaces Touched by an Angel)
3:00pm Matlock (replaces M*A*S*H 2x)
4:00pm Matlock (replaces M*A*S*H 2x)
6:00pm M*A*S*H (replaces The Golden Girls)
6:30pm M*A*S*H (replaces The Golden Girls)
7:00pm The Golden Girls (replaces 7th Heaven)
7:30pm The Golden Girls (replaces 7th Heaven cont.)
8:00pm The Golden Girls (replaces 7th Heaven)
8:30pm The Golden Girls (replaces 7th Heaven cont.)

Don't forget to read and link the blog story on Monday!

Well these changes suck. :(

Well we predicted it right here folks! Lucy is once again getting pulled. LHOP is back on. Hallmark is playing Russian Roulette with its viewers. These people like a set routine and Hallmark just keeps insisting on screwing it up time and again.

Lucy is obviously not doing well. They are trying at least, unlike removing it all together like they did in the past with Family Ties and Facts of Life.

How can it do well, when people don't know where the heck to find it?? Has Hallmark done any real promotion for it? Left it alone in a timeslot to give people a chance to find it? nooooooooo.........TV Land at least wasn't that bad in scheduling. But oh well......maybe more and more people realize, if you want to see your faves, you better buy the DVD! :lol:

Geez, can't Hallmark stick to anything? OK, I understand Lucy isn't doing well, but can't it get a morning slot or something? I never cared for TV Land's treatment of it until last year, but it never left the network altogether. Hallmark has been so trigger happy for years. Only shows they give a dang about are M*A*S*H and LHOTP. At least TVL barely plays those 2 anymore.

Has The Waltons expired? And, isn't Lucy still 2:30AM? This is confusing.

Waltons expired at the end of March. Yes, Lucy will still be on weeknight at 2:30am. No other changes besides the ones I posted.

I am sick and tired of the way The Hallmark Channel has treated I Love Lucy! Almost every other week they change their schedule. I can't see why they have to air 2 hour blocks of The Golden Girls or Little House or Matlock and bump any airings of I Love Lucy because of it. Surely they can fit in at least one airing of Lucy during the day, why the hell did they acquire it if they aren't going to air it? I wasn't crazy about the way TV Land scheduled Lucy, but at least they aired it!

I never watched Hallmark before Lucy moved to the channel, but once they started airing it, I started watching their other programs too, but now I am so disgusted with the way they keep changing their schedule that I will no longer watch the channel. It is just so ridicules! I know the big picture is all about ratings, but how can they expect it to find an audience if the audience doesn't have a chance to find it?

I never thought I'd say this, I wish TV Land would take it back!

^ :clap

I am sick and tired of the way The Hallmark Channel has treated I Love Lucy! Almost every other week they change their schedule. I can't see why they have to air 2 hour blocks of The Golden Girls or Little House or Matlock and bump any airings of I Love Lucy because of it. Surely they can fit in at least one airing of Lucy during the day, why the hell did they acquire it if they aren't going to air it? I wasn't crazy about the way TV Land scheduled Lucy, but at least they aired it!

I never watched Hallmark before Lucy moved to the channel, but once they started airing it, I started watching their other programs too, but now I am so disgusted with the way they keep changing their schedule that I will no longer watch the channel. It is just so ridicules! I know the big picture is all about ratings, but how can they expect it to find an audience if the audience doesn't have a chance to find it?

I never thought I'd say this, I wish TV Land would take it back!

I totally agree. This is insanity. At least TV Land aired it in the morning, and last year even at night and in marathons. There is no excuse for the way Hallmark is treating this show.

As we mentioned on our Twitter page yesterday (http://twitter.com/SitcomsOnline), Hallmark is making last minute changes starting MONDAY!

We are doing a blog story on Monday on our for blog (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog) for this, so if you are posting this news/schedule elsewhere before then...I am asking you to PLEASE link the blog story as well on Monday. Anyway, here are the last minute changes starting Monday, April 13.

***CHANGES LISTED ONLY! EVERYTHING ELSE WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED.***

What's back: Little House on the Prairie and Matlock

Weekdays, Effective Monday, April 13, 2009
10:00am Little House on the Prairie (replaces I Love Lucy 2x)
11:00am Little House on the Prairie (replaces Touched by an Angel)
3:00pm Matlock (replaces M*A*S*H 2x)
4:00pm Matlock (replaces M*A*S*H 2x)
6:00pm M*A*S*H (replaces The Golden Girls)
6:30pm M*A*S*H (replaces The Golden Girls)
7:00pm The Golden Girls (replaces 7th Heaven)
7:30pm The Golden Girls (replaces 7th Heaven cont.)
8:00pm The Golden Girls (replaces 7th Heaven)
8:30pm The Golden Girls (replaces 7th Heaven cont.)

Don't forget to read and link the blog story on Monday!
Called it!

It's unfortunate that the second LHOTP overlaps with SOAPnet's first 90210 airing in the morning, but I can just watch that in the afternoon.

Go Hallmark! Lucy doesn't fit at all, and neither did Cheers. I'm surprised MASH does well, but whatever. Matlock will no doubt be good for them, at least for a while. The next sitcom they should try is either Empty Nest or Mama's Family. Those would work. Cheers and Lucy? Not so much.

JT, can you explain to me why you think those shows don't fit Hallmark? If Hallmark is a family oriented channel, why isn't Lucy a family fit?

JT, can you explain to me why you think those shows don't fit Hallmark? If Hallmark is a family oriented channel, why isn't Lucy a family fit?
Hallmark isn't really family-oriented, IMO. All of their shows/movies are pretty family-friendly, but how many younger people and kids tune in for Murder, She Wrote and The Golden Girls? I see them as like The-N for people over 50. They know that their target audience is that group, and they're going after it.

I think Lucy didn't fit for a number of reasons. She's in B/W, and nothing else on Hallmark is, which might not be much of a big deal, but I think that probably makes it hard for them to schedule it. Everything else (besides MASH and Little House) is from the 80s and 90s, and I think Lucy messes up that flow a lot. Also, she's very slapstick/cartoonish, and I don't think that fits much with Hallmark's style. The Golden Girls is more sophisticated but is still very much a sitcom.

As for Cheers...entirely wrong audience. Entiiiiirely wrong audience. I don't know what they were thinking with that one.

I accept your reasoning for Cheers.....I thought too, it was an odd choice for Hallmark. if Hallmark is going after the 50+ audience, then Lucy is a perfect fit as these people grew up w/Lucy or watched it originally in primetime. B/w is not a reason as these people are well familiar with black and white programming. I remember Hallmark carrying Perry Mason reruns for a good long while (after it abandoned its sitcom heavy afternoon block).

I know this is an exception to the ratings demos, but I work with a 22 year old african american "woman", a child too me, who never misses "The Golden Girls", "Full House" & "Saved By the Bell".....so take that TV exec's with all your figuring of desired demos. She even watches "Golden" on Oxygen & Hallmark!

I know this is an exception to the ratings demos, but I work with a 22 year old african american "woman", a child too me, who never misses "The Golden Girls", "Full House" & "Saved By the Bell".....so take that TV exec's with all your figuring of desired demos. She even watches "Golden" on Oxygen & Hallmark!
I don't believe all those demos. I was 20 when the Golden Girls came on and 22 when Full House came on and I watched them every week. Good comedy doesn't appeal to any one age group.

I accept your reasoning for Cheers.....I thought too, it was an odd choice for Hallmark. if Hallmark is going after the 50+ audience, then Lucy is a perfect fit as these people grew up w/Lucy or watched it originally in primetime. B/w is not a reason as these people are well familiar with black and white programming. I remember Hallmark carrying Perry Mason reruns for a good long while (after it abandoned its sitcom heavy afternoon block).

That afternoon sitcom block was inherited from Odyssey. I don't think they were big in to it (and they dropped it a while after).

Lucy should have gone to WGN. It just doesn't seem like Hallmark material. I wonder if they ever looked in to it. They probably would have treated it with better care and it fits better. I don't know why, it just seems like it would belong more on a network like WGN. Hallmark is too laid-back and dramatic for slapstick. I expect Hallmark to go back to its old ways and be a festival of MASH, Golden Girls, LHOTP, Matlock, and Murder, She Wrote. There is no hope for sitcoms on there. FOL, Family Ties, now Cheers and Lucy...seems it has to be a more 'serious'-type sitcom that targets older people to work, such as Golden Girls.

The more I think about it.....Lucy should have gone to WGN. Gold mine. Dang.

Is there anything stopping WGN from getting Lucy? I don't remember if Hallmark got the exclusive cable rights to it or not.

Hallmark isn't really family-oriented, IMO. All of their shows/movies are pretty family-friendly, but how many younger people and kids tune in for Murder, She Wrote and The Golden Girls? I see them as like The-N for people over 50. They know that their target audience is that group, and they're going after it.

I think Lucy didn't fit for a number of reasons. She's in B/W, and nothing else on Hallmark is, which might not be much of a big deal, but I think that probably makes it hard for them to schedule it. Everything else (besides MASH and Little House) is from the 80s and 90s, and I think Lucy messes up that flow a lot. Also, she's very slapstick/cartoonish, and I don't think that fits much with Hallmark's style. The Golden Girls is more sophisticated but is still very much a sitcom.

As for Cheers...entirely wrong audience. Entiiiiirely wrong audience. I don't know what they were thinking with that one.I get this totally. They have their favorites. You can tell by their ads they're going after 50+, or at least that's who's watching. M*A*S*H and Golden Girls are more serious-type, and like you said, Lucy is slapstick. Sometimes I wonder if Hallmark wants anything new, or other than LHOTP, Matlock, M*A*S*H, Touched By an Angel, etc to work with the exception of TGG. Talk about trigger-happy.

As for contracts, Hallmark doesn't usually have long ones, remember Family Ties. But with a show like Lucy, I'm not sure....wish it'd go to WGN - I bet she'd get the best of care there.

I get this totally. They have their favorites. You can tell by their ads they're going after 50+, or at least that's who's watching. M*A*S*H and Golden Girls are more serious-type, and like you said, Lucy is slapstick. Sometimes I wonder if Hallmark wants anything new, or other than LHOTP, Matlock, M*A*S*H, Touched By an Angel, etc to work with the exception of TGG. Talk about trigger-happy.

As for contracts, Hallmark doesn't usually have long ones, remember Family Ties. But with a show like Lucy, I'm not sure....wish it'd go to WGN - I bet she'd get the best of care there.
I think their addition of The Golden Girls shows that they're not against trying out new things. Maybe they should wait a little longer before deciding whether or not something's successful, but I think they're open to new things. Bringing back Matlock was a surprise, but it fits like a glove with their other shows, so I'm sure it'll be successful.

I wonder if they've ever considered showing the LHOTP sister series Father Murphy. It only ran for two seasons and has about 40something episodes...they could easily put that in the early Saturday morning block. I also wonder how things like Dallas and Falcon Crest would fare on Hallmark. Dallas would most likely be a hit for them.

Yeah, WGN is probably the best fit for Lucy. They could probably make some room for her on Sunday nights and put her on some time during the week as well. Lucy on WGN makes more sense than Lucy on Hallmark.

Maybe so about trying new things....but they are very trigger-happy. They are airing WAY TOO MUCH Golden Girls. They are definately making themselves the network for 50+. However, I enjoy their shows and I'm not anywhere near that age.

IMO, Wonder Years would be a nice pick-up. It would fit very well I think.

As for GG, they have already cycled once already--the series finale aired yesterday morning! they might as well have picked up Golden Palace to add to the rotation. Heck, Empty Nest and Nurses too!! :D

Maybe so about trying new things....but they are very trigger-happy. They are airing WAY TOO MUCH Golden Girls. They are definately making themselves the network for 50+. However, I enjoy their shows and I'm not anywhere near that age.

IMO, Wonder Years would be a nice pick-up. It would fit very well I think.
The Wonder Years could totally work well with 7th Heaven. That's something to think about.

They should seriously consider stuff like Father Dowling Mysteries as well. Another perfect fit for them, without a doubt.

Eight is Enough is perfect too, for Hallmark!

just wondering what was the last network to air Eight is Enough in syndication.

As mentioned earlier, I believe, Mama's Family would be another great pick-up for them. Very fitting. Designing Women would maybe work too.

Wonder Years would be GREAT. I would love to see some more 80s sitcoms, but a lot of them I just don't think would work. The 80s dramas seem to do pretty good.

Does anyone think Hallmark will do a tribute for Bea Arthur? Personally, I don't think so, it just doesn't seem like something they would do. Maybe they will air some episodes spotlighting her from 7-9, but that's all I would expect.

the we channell having golden girls marathon tomorrow 5:00pm to 12 i think in a row i saw it on my direct tv guide thought i let u all know

hallmark does got one 7 to 9 as well as alwyas

Hallmark Channel's Tribute to Bea:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/04/remembering-bea-arthur-kim-weiskopf.html

WE tv is not doing something specific yet, but they are airing the show as scheduled tonight from 5pm-12am...so that is sort of a marathon for Bea.

just wondering what was the last network to air Eight is Enough in syndication.


the last time i saw it was years ago on the PAX network--a once a week showing, at that!

it been such a long time I could not remember what was the last channel that aired Eight is Enought.

the last time i saw it was years ago on the PAX network--a once a week showing, at that!
That's the last time I remember it airing somewhat regularly. They pre-empted it often, IIRC.

The last time any channel aired it nationally was in 05 when TVLand aired two episodes and one of the reunion movies for the awesome WB 50th Anniversary marathon. I miss that TVLand.

Pavan, any idea if we will see anything else new on Hallmark this year? Do you keep up with them very much? I see they've got a bunch of new movies coming according to their website, but other than that I can't find anything. I guess they are happy with The Golden Girls, M*A*S*H, and Matlock.... at least Lucy and Cheers have lasted on the regular line-up unlike Family Ties and FOL!
At least they aren't throwing crummy originals at us and disorganized like TV Land....

No announcements on acquisitions.

As much as I love The Golden Girls, 6 hours is too much. I would yank the 8-10am block and do 2x Lucy and Cheers or maybe 2x Lucy from 9-10am and 2x Cheers from 2-3am, just replacing that 2:30 Lucy...that way they could air each show twice a day. That would at least give the schedule a bit more variety.

I know Cheers and Lucy both didn't do well on TV Land, but they always managed to air them most of the time in at least a daytime slot (Lucy) or decent late-night airing (Cheers). I think Hallmark is just too picky.

As much as I love The Golden Girls, 6 hours is too much. I would yank the 8-10am block and do 2x Lucy and Cheers or maybe 2x Lucy from 9-10am and 2x Cheers from 2-3am, just replacing that 2:30 Lucy...that way they could air each show twice a day. That would at least give the schedule a bit more variety.

I know Cheers and Lucy both didn't do well on TV Land, but they always managed to air them most of the time in at least a daytime slot (Lucy) or decent late-night airing (Cheers). I think Hallmark is just too picky.
I think there's too much GG as well. I know that it's bringing in the ratings (I always knew it would), so Hallmark's just doing what's best for them at the moment, but if ratings didn't matter, I'd just love to see some variety during the day. I can live with them knocking off two LHOTP airings, but I'd split them up between the morning and the afternoon. I'd keep the three-hour block of Angel and Heaven (LOL!) the same, and take one of the Matlock airings and put it with Murder at night.

Yeah....I'd like to see one of Matlock's airings go to 11AM and a LHOTP one go to 3PM if they couldn't move Matlock to nights. That would flow nicely and make for a little more variety. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'd love to see Touched By An Angel replaced with Highway to Heaven. It'd go well with LHOTP. No doubt that GG is doing well....it fits their audience well. They must have a ton of plays in that contract.

It seems not many do, but I actually like Hallmark. I don't care for the way they treat their shows, but I like a lot of the dramas they've had and they aren't in your face and irritating like TV Land, etc. It's marketed very well on-air and a lot of their movies are pretty good, at least to me.

Yeah....I'd like to see one of Matlock's airings go to 11AM and a LHOTP one go to 3PM if they couldn't move Matlock to nights. That would flow nicely and make for a little more variety. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'd love to see Touched By An Angel replaced with Highway to Heaven. It'd go well with LHOTP. No doubt that GG is doing well....it fits their audience well. They must have a ton of plays in that contract.

It seems not many do, but I actually like Hallmark. I don't care for the way they treat their shows, but I like a lot of the dramas they've had and they aren't in your face and irritating like TV Land, etc. It's marketed very well on-air and a lot of their movies are pretty good, at least to me.
I'd like to see Highway on, too, but I wonder how much confidence they would have in it. I think it's at least worth a shot, definitely.

I love Hallmark, too. They're very mature, I find. It's a calm, relaxing channel, and I too like a lot of the movies. It's easily one of my go-to channels when I don't have anything else to watch.

They could also air Dr. Quinn as a fit with LHOP and what about Promised Land, the TBAA spinoff that ran for three seasons?

A Hallmark Channel change (not major, but one show will be gone) is being made starting Monday. Stay tuned tomorrow on the blog!

are they bring Walker Texas Ranger Back

Aaron, I said tomorrow it will be announced. Have patience.

Hmmm.....hint? New show coming? lol :lol:

I say it's one of the dramas going - how would they remove a sitcom? The only sitcoms they would pull would be be Lucy or Cheers, and what would they fill that 30 minutes with at 2AM. I say Touched By An Angel will go. Maybe they're going to resurrect Cheers or Lucy? I love when Hallmark makes changes, they're so unpredictable.

No new show, but as hinted one show is removed:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/05/less-than-perfect-joins-lifetime.html

Yes I Love Lucy is going to be air from in The Afternoon again

OMG!!!!!! I am totally in shock over this. Lucy's coming back to a decent time! And, of all shows, Matlock gets replaced. Hm. This is by-far the best treatment it's gotten so far. I don't understand though how it rises and falls so much. It's obvious they are trying to make it work.

Didn't Matlock get pulled a while back? It must not be doing so well for them anymore. I would have at least moved it to 2AM and maybe given Cheers 8-9AM or something.

I am glad to see lucy back on the daytime schedule.

Is Matlock expiring, or did it just falter?

It's not expiring, or it would have not been on the original schedule in the first place.

Oh OK. I guess it is just not doing that great because this is the 2nd time they've pulled it this year. Actually, I think Hallmark is giving Lucy another chance because The Golden Girls is doing so well - they are slowly morphing from a drama-heavy channel to a more general/family entertainment format IMO. I think it will work better this time. The movies aren't so much murder as they were and they aren't having so many Walker Texas Ranger/JAG/Judging Amy type shows. Hallmark has made great strides this year. I doubt we'll see much of Cheers though, they don't seem to be trying as hard to make it work.

I see they are starting Lucy with episode #1 at 3PM Monday but aren't starting over at the 2:30am, they're going to keep airing through the season 2 episodes. Like they do the 12-2/8-10 and 7-9 Golden Girls (seperate rotations).

Pavan, one more question please - do they still have rights to Walker, Texas Ranger?

My mom was shocked to see the blurb on Hallmark.....but I'm prepared for Hallmark to pull Lucy again after a week or so....they never leave nothing on long enough for people to find it. Matlock must have really bombed big time.

Personally I think this is the best slot Lucy has had so far....it's a good transition from 7th Heaven to M*A*S*H. Plus they have brought in a new audience with TGG, one that would probably also enjoy Lucy. This is the second time Matlock has been pulled this year, so it must not be doing well at all. I think the addition of Golden Girls will help Lucy in the daytime.

I hope so, TVFan! Lucy is a legend and should be seen somewhere on TV forever :)

I agree. Many of the shows or actors wouldn't be here today were it not for Lucy. She definately deserves this!

Since I'm going to be home tomorrow afternoon, I'll most definately be watching but I'll be flipping over to TV Land to see when they start going off the clock. Interesting to me that they have two different rotations going; 3-5PM and then 2:30AM. Why not encore one of those afternoons at 2:30? I think they used to have two different rotations going for LHOTP in the morning and afternoon. They do this for Golden Girls too.

Why start over at episode 1 is my question. but anyhoo.......let's hope they at least her cycle through once before another yank.

I really believe the Hallmark Channel is being run by a bunch of Monkey's! I never saw so many schedule changes in a short period of time in my life!!! Lucy's back, but I'll bet that will last about a week or two tops before they yank it again!!! :crazy: :confused: :wave:

7-8PM Golden Girls will be pre-empted tonight for Americans Feeding Americans:


Presented by the organization Feed The Children, this one hour special features Joel Osteen and country music artists Oak Ridge Boys, Lee Greenwood and Phil Vas...

URGENT change starting TOMORROW!!

Touched by an Angel is gone for now.

Weekdays, Effective Thursday, May 21, 2009
10:00AM Golden Girls 2x (replaces Little House on the Prairie)
11:00AM I Love Lucy 2x (replaces Little House on the Prairie)
12:00PM I Love Lucy 2x (replaces Touched by an Angel)
1:00PM I Love Lucy 2x (replaces 7th Heaven) (*7th Heaven remains 2pm*)
3:00PM Little House on the Prairie (replaces I Love Lucy 2x)
4:00PM Little House on the Prairie (replaces I Love Lucy 2x)
7:00PM M*A*S*H (replaces The Golden Girls)
7:30PM M*A*S*H (replaces The Golden Girls)

Saturdays, Effective Saturday, May 23, 2009
6:00AM-9:00AM Little House on the Prairie (replaces Golden Girls)
1:00AM-3:00AM I Love Lucy (replaces Murder, She Wrote)

Sundays, Effective Sunday, May 24, 2009
8:00AM-10:00AM Little House on the Prairie (replaces Golden Girls)
10:00AM Little House on the Prairie (replaces 7th Heaven)
1:00AM-3:00AM I Love Lucy (replaces Murder, She Wrote)


FULL SCHEDULE:
Weekdays
8:00am The Golden Girls
8:30am The Golden Girls
9:00am The Golden Girls
9:30am The Golden Girls
10:00am The Golden Girls
10:30am The Golden Girls
11:00am I Love Lucy
11:30am I Love Lucy
12:00pm I Love Lucy
12:30pm I Love Lucy
1:00pm I Love Lucy
1:30pm I Love Lucy
2:00pm 7th Heaven
3:00pm Little House on the Prairie
4:00pm Little House on the Prairie
5:00pm M*A*S*H
5:30pm M*A*S*H
6:00pm M*A*S*H
6:30pm M*A*S*H
7:00pm M*A*S*H
7:30pm M*A*S*H
8:00pm The Golden Girls
8:00pm The Golden Girls
9:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
11:00pm Murder, She Wrote
12:00am The Golden Girls
12:30am The Golden Girls
1:00am The Golden Girls
1:30am The Golden Girls
2:00am Cheers
2:30am I Love Lucy

Saturdays
6:00am Little House on the Prairie
7:00am Little House on the Prairie
8:00am Little House on the Prairie
9:00am Hallmark MOVIE
11:00am Hallmark MOVIE
1:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
3:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
5:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
7:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
9:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
11:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
1:00am I Love Lucy
1:30am I Love Lucy
2:00am I Love Lucy
2:30am I Love Lucy

Sundays
8:00am Little House on the Prairie
9:00am Little House on the Prairie
10:00am Little House on the Prairie
11:00am Hallmark MOVIE
1:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
3:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
5:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
7:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
9:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
11:00pm Hallmark MOVIE
1:00am I Love Lucy
1:30am I Love Lucy
2:00am I Love Lucy
2:30am I Love Lucy

Wow. Lucy remains, but in an earlier time (with an extra hour and the weekend blocks!), which makes me happy. But come on....3 hours of Golden Girls, Lucy, and M*A*S*H.....they are crazy. What are they high on? I knew Touched By An Angel would be gone sooner or later for some reason. And I knew LHOTP would be back in the afternoon sooner or later.

They sure are cutting back on dramas. That used to be all they were almost. I love TGG, but it's getting to the point where it needs to be cut back.

Looks like there's no hope for Cheers.

Well I know what I am watching this summer The Golden Girl's at 7:00 pm and 7:30 pm CT Time

Pavan, there are some discrepencies between what you posted and Hallmark has released. They have Lucy 11-3, LHOTP 3-6, and 7th Heaven 6-9pm. See: http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/publish/consumer/home/schedule0.html

This would mean M*A*S*H is gone entirely.

That's not what I received. I have episode info as well, so I think their website is wrong.

OK. I'll check in the morning and see what's going on, but won't really be able to tell until 2PM. My on screen guide is, of course, not updated.

FWIW, there is a Golden Girls marathon scheduled for Sunday, 5/31....12AM-3AM the 8AM-12AM. If it's correct :crazy:

Golden Girls Marathon on May 31 is for Bea Arthur. It was originally for May 25, but they moved it to May 31.

Blog story on the changes:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/05/cw-upfront-2009-10-fall-2009-schedule.html

It was time for Touched to go......that has been on Hallmark for several years now hasn't it? I think ever since the old PAX lost the rights.

It was time for Touched to go......that has been on Hallmark for several years now hasn't it? I think ever since the old PAX lost the rights.

Yep, Touched has been on there since 2003, I believe. Then again, so has LHOTP and MASH.

I can't help but wonder what keeps Hallmark from trying some more new shows. There are plenty of "family" dramas and sitcoms out there they could try to get and add instead of the same 4 shows all of the time. Maybe they're financially strapped or something. Their site still has that other schedule without MASH.

Hallmark's schedule page now lines up with what you posted, PB.

Saw an "Up Next, 7th Heaven" banner a few minutes ago. I find it interesting that they're cutting back on the dramas so. I love the Lucy marathons on the weekends!

So Lucy is still just 2 hours, right? I may have misunderstood.

No Jude. Lucy is 3 hours. They have three-hour blocks from 8am-7pm. Did you not read the blog??? :)

Yes, I read the blog, Pav :p But sometimes, everything seems confusing with the way Hallmark constantly changes things. And don't tell me you aren't either :lol:

I actually like Lucy more 11-2 with school out, and even the 2:30am sometimes.... I love the LHOTP blocks on Sat/Sun mornings and the 1-3AM Lucy blocks on the weekends! When I saw schedule change, I automatically assumed Lucy was gone :lol: But I'm glad to see she's apparently doing alright for them.

Pavan, so they still have Walker, Texas Ranger? What about JAG? Personally I'm glad they're moving away from those types of shows (add Judging Amy as well).

They have Walker still, but not JAG I don't think.

Lucy is good in the 11AM hour, that spot had a void since $25,000 Pyramid moved this week. don't like that they removed Touched by an Angel and cut 7th Heaven to an hour though.

Hallmark stinks. Three shows have three hours in a row and still Cheers is only on in late night. I'd like to send them on a snipe hunt :D

I think it's obvious 7th Heaven has been a disappointment. Touched By An Angel has been on for 6 years in the same time almost, so I guess it wore out. As for Walker/Texas Ranger, I think it's not airing because they have better shows for those times and they are trying to move away from that type of programming. Could be the same for Matlock. Lucy must not be doing that badly, and what else could they replace Matlock/Touched/7th Heaven with? Cheers should have NEVER come to Hallmark. Totally wrong show for them.

The evolution of Hallmark is quite interesting.

They tried 7th Heaven in primetime and it obviously bombed. The show was seen in reruns previously on ABC Family, so maybe this is the type of show that needs a rest to gain viewer interest.

I still think Eight is Enough would be a good fit for Hallmark.

At one point is Hallmark going to acquire another sitcom fro the 80's? I been waiting and waiting and it has yet to happen

They tried 7th Heaven in primetime and it obviously bombed. The show was seen in reruns previously on ABC Family, so maybe this is the type of show that needs a rest to gain viewer interest.

I still think Eight is Enough would be a good fit for Hallmark.

Yeah, I was surprised it bombed so. I agree.

8I8 would be interesting, I've only seen a little of it. Family would be nice too. And another show that is rarely seen is Simon & Simon, that would be another good hour-long show. However, who knows if they would add them because they seem to be going in a different direction now (it used to be nothing but dramas and crime/mystery dramas). Hallmark used to be very serious.

At one point is Hallmark going to acquire another sitcom fro the 80's? I been waiting and waiting and it has yet to happenThey added Cheers and The Golden Girls this year.

Hey -

We won't be getting the Lucy blocks this weekend due to movies. The only time she'll be airing is 2-3AM Saturday morning. They're showing a lot of 2 part movies this weekend.

Yes, Memorial Day Weekend. It'll be back to normal the following weekend (well sort of since Bea Arthur tribute is Sun 5/31).

They added Cheers and The Golden Girls this year.


Well the channel is moving in the right direction by acquiring comedies not I'm just waiting for them to continue that and maybe pick up a show from the 50's or 80's I like such as the Honeymooners or Family Ties

They had Family Ties for a total of 2 or 3 weeks from 4-5PM in early 2006 :lol:

They had Family Ties for a total of 2 or 3 weeks from 4-5PM in early 2006 :lol:


That was not a good slot so I see why it failed-lol Family Ties has to be on in the prime time slots not 4pm-5pm

I give up! Hallmark programers must be on crack or something! The schedule changes that went into effect on Monday only lasted 4 days before they changed it again...What's going on? It has to be the worst run, most unprofessional channel ever!!!

Hallmark sure is promoting Lucy and 7th Heaven. I wonder how Lucy is doing from 11-2....It's been a week and it's still there, so knowing Hallmark I guess that says something :lol:

Yet another last minute change:

Beginning June 1, 2009
Monday-Friday

What's back: Touched by an Angel
What's removed: Murder, She Wrote

8:00PM Touched by an Angel (replaces Golden Girls 2x)
11:00PM The Golden Girls (replaces Murder, She Wrote)
11:30PM The Golden Girls (replaces Murder, She Wrote cont.)

Yet another last minute change:

Beginning June 1, 2009
Monday-Friday

What's back: Touched by an Angel
What's removed: Murder, She Wrote

8:00PM Touched by an Angel (replaces Golden Girls 2x)
11:00PM The Golden Girls (replaces Murder, She Wrote)
11:30PM The Golden Girls (replaces Murder, She Wrote cont.)

YES!!!!! Lucy survived the cut! Touched... fans were very angered. Wow, all of these last minute changes are shocking. They seem to want the sitcoms in 3-hour blocks.

TV Land and Hallmark are having a competition lately with these last minute changes.

TV Land and Hallmark are having a competition lately with these last minute changes.:lol:
Golden Girls are now just in 2 blocks, which is better....8am-11am and 11pm-2am, although I still think that's too much. I'm still in shock Lucy is still keeping 11am-2pm though....that's great. If it wasn't working well for them, I'm sure it'd be gone by now.

Well at least Hallmark follows through with their changes, even if for just a few days, unlike TV Land does, they announce them and change them before they start :rolleyes:

Yet another last minute change:

Beginning June 1, 2009
Monday-Friday

What's back: Touched by an Angel
What's removed: Murder, She Wrote

8:00PM Touched by an Angel (replaces Golden Girls 2x)
11:00PM The Golden Girls (replaces Murder, She Wrote)
11:30PM The Golden Girls (replaces Murder, She Wrote cont.)

Is this still happening? Hallmark continues to promote (especially during the marathon) "spend some time with the girls....back to back episodes, weeknights at 8." I don't remember ever seeing these promos before, they look new.

Yes, it is happening. Hallmark's website was wrong last time, too, wasn't it?

Yes....they're almost as bad as TV Land but at least it's more coordinated and not off the clock. Just making sure. This network is crazy....shows go from not airing to getting the red carpet treatment or vice versa. Only exception is Cheers. I'm shocked they haven't just made Lucy 2-3am and removed it totally. I give Touched a week from 8-9pm.

TV Land is just whacked........no rhyme or reason to its scheduling and that off the clock crap!

Hallmark did start airing Touched...tonight--my mom was like, hey where are the old ladies? :lol: so GG bombed in primetime? that's kinda shocking.

Nothing stays in primetime long with Hallmark--don't expect to see Touched hanging in at that timeslot.

The girls have to be doing decent at least. They are still airing 6 hours a day and get marathons quite frequently. 11pm could be considered primetime. Maybe they wanted a drama in the 8pm hour?

A last minute change is happening starting Monday (June 29). See the blog in about 20 minutes.

EDIT: Here you go: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/06/nick-at-nite-revises-july-schedule-and.html

Bleh. 7th Heaven must be doing a little better than I thought. Actually MSW late nights on the weekends isn't that dumb....it doesn't really fit during the week anymore (they've moved away from the crime dramas and especially movies) but it fits good on the weekends after all of the movies.

I keep sayin'....Andy Griffith, Hallmark. Andy Griffith! It is a PERFECT fit and TV Land loses it at the end of this year if they don't renew. It was huge for them for years, and it would probably do great at Hallmark. Very good fit.

I agree with Andy Giffith. I'm not a fan, but I can def. see that a perfect fit! I've been saying for months how well I think Everwood would do as well in the early evening or after or before 7th Heaven. I loved when they aired back to back on ABC Family back in 2006.

There's an article about Hallmark Channel in the latest issue of Broadcasting & Cable, http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/295389-Hallmark_Change_Is_in_the_Cards.php. There's a new management regime that have just taken over. They plan to move away from the westerns and move to lighter, younger skewing programming, while still catering to the baby boomer audience. That means airing more 7th Heaven type shows while kissing shows like Walker, Texas Ranger goodbye.

I don't see them now going after a show like The Andy Griffith Show as it skews older and is relatively expensive from what I read. As for Everwood, I doubt that any cable network will ever touch it. It reran so horribly on The WB that the network refused to air repeats during the final two seasons, instead putting the show on hiatus in the winter and summer. And it bombed big time on ABC Family, despite pairing it with 7th Heaven. They only aired it for 4 months, after running through the complete series just once, and had to take a huge financial write-off.

Interesting. I've been knowing something was going on with the departure of "heavy" movies (Jane Doe, Murder 101) and shows like Walker, Matlock, etc. Hallmark used to be VERY serious. Notice how much brighter and 'happier' (for lack of better words) the promos have become. I would guess this explains such a heavy reliance on Lucy, Golden Girls, etc and bringing Touched By An Angel into primetime instead of MSW. They seem to be opting for more general, drama-type movies that are still 'safe', see the "Sizzle" video on hallmarkchannel.com....I check many of their movies out. Notice that most of the older movies that they had are on the Hallmark Movie Channel now. It's making sense now.

I notice they've been promoting movies more and special movie events - if I were to guess, they will cater more to the younger audience with the original programming at night, and air the reruns/older series outside of prime-time like they are now, but still stay away from stuff like Matlock, etc. For Everwood....on Hallmark....I don't think. I just can't see it fitting, much less working. It's too young for them almost, nobody would probably watch it there.
As for Andy Griffith, I still think it would work. It's family, would still get baby boomers, and gets very good ratings. It was consistently #1 on TV Land until they moved on to 90s shows. Gets approximately the same demos as M*A*S*H but is probably more apt to get younger viewers.

Last minute marathon has been scheduled:

Friday, July 3rd, 2009
All-American "M*A*S*H-athon" (episodes Uncut!)
8am-7pm; Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (series finale airs from 4pm-7pm)

Lucy off the daytime sked:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/07/hallmark-channel-cuts-lucy-from-daytime.html

I love Touched by an Angel and this will be the most airings Hallmark has given it. Three times a day is great! too bad it had to come at the expense of Lucy. I like both shows but given a choice I would go with TBAA, I haven't seen it that much compared to Lucy.

I am sad to see I Love Lucy off the daytime Shift.

Wow, Lucy just doesn't work on Hallmark. And IMO, it has been given a fair chance. I think it fits there too....guess it just doesn't get the ratings. As much as I love The Golden Girls, it is getting to be a joke it airs so much.

Funny to me that it managed to stay on at a decent time on TV Land but Hallmark can't keep it. Poor Cheers just doesn't get a chance. Family Ties never even got one. :( This network is just....odd.

Ifg Memory is correct Family Ties was only on Hallmark Schedule for 1 week.

I don't understand Hallmark.......I really really don't.......

I don't understand Hallmark.......I really really don't.......My issue with them is they don't have enough shows. They have to have these long blocks of everything. Same old same old replaces something. TBAA, LHOTP, and M*A*S*H have been on there for years. Nick at Nite, WGN, TBS, TV Land (except for Roseanne), etc somehow manage to air shows without 3 hours twice a day (6 hours). Cheers must have really been a bust - it never even got a second chance, which Lucy did. I'd rather watch The Golden Girls on WE.....at least they don't run it to death. Hallmark is a joke. They are blowing through the Golden Girls episodes.

No wonder they are financally bad off :rolleyes:

My issue with them is they don't have enough shows. They have to have these long blocks of everything. Same old same old replaces something. TBAA, LHOTP, and M*A*S*H have been on there for years. Nick at Nite, WGN, TBS, TV Land (except for Roseanne), etc somehow manage to air shows without 3 hours twice a day (6 hours). Cheers must have really been a bust - it never even got a second chance, which Lucy did. I'd rather watch The Golden Girls on WE.....at least they don't run it to death. Hallmark is a joke. They are blowing through the Golden Girls episodes.

No wonder they are financally bad off :rolleyes:
Hallmark is financially bad off? You do realize that they're the Hallmark Channel...as in Hallmark Cards, correct? Trust me, they're nowhere near financially bad off, which is why they can purposely air shows targeted at the over-50 crowd.

Lucy didn't fit there at all, IMO. The ratings have shown that it doesn't. The only sitcoms that would fit are Golden Girls and possibly Mama's Family, I think. Other than that, they should just stick to family dramas. That's what works for them.

Yes, JT, I believe they are. Crown Media says:


One of Abbott's most important missions is to grow revenue for the publicly traded Crown Media Holdings. Crown is carrying $1.1 billion in debt, according to Multichannel News. That debt is said to have been a deterrent to those interested in acquiring the Hallmark assets, which are strong on both the advertising and affiliate revenue front.


So Crown Media, the owner of Hallmark, is carrying some debt and they're trying to make the network a little younger to help things out. They tried to sell it. See http://www.broadcastingcable.com/art..._the_Cards.php (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/295389-Hallmark_Change_Is_in_the_Cards.php)

Yes, JT, I believe they are. Crown Media says:



So Crown Media, the owner of Hallmark, is carrying some debt and they're trying to make the network a little younger to help things out. They tried to sell it. See http://www.broadcastingcable.com/art..._the_Cards.php (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/295389-Hallmark_Change_Is_in_the_Cards.php)
Oooooh. I had no idea. That's interesting.

I always thought Hallmark Cards was pumping cash in to them but apparently that's not the case or they wouldn't be in debt. I guess if it had been sold they would have changed the name.

Wonder if it will go back up for sale eventually. It's already been sold multiple times before hasn't it? Most notable sales are Faith and Values? to Odyssey, then to Hallmark.

Hallmark is still running Lucy promos as of tonight.

I'm confused. The schedule at Hallmark's site was listing TBAA from 11am-1pm, but now it's back to I Love Lucy from 11am-1pm(Monday) today. And why are they still advertising it everywhere? Somebody needs to get their act together....

Thanks--I see I'm not the only one who is still seeing their promos for Lucy being on weekdays!

Thanks--I see I'm not the only one who is still seeing their promos for Lucy being on weekdays!

Thanks--I see I'm not the only one who is still seeing their promos for Lucy being on weekdays!

Yeah, they're still airing them. They need to make their minds up! I noticed they are still running the little banners at the bottom during the shows/movies too.

Wonder if they decided at the last minute, not to pull Lucy? I won't be here to find out LOL.

Their website is screwy. I didn't get any changes from them other than Lucy being replaced in the daytime, so I think that is what will happen.

Their website is screwy. I didn't get any changes from them other than Lucy being replaced in the daytime, so I think that is what will happen.
TBAA did air today, as announced. They do have possibly the worst schedule page I've seen of any network - they don't even give the episode titles. And it still hasn't updated :rolleyes:

Couple of primetime changes on certain days ONLY:

Thursday, July 9, 2009
9:00PM Touched By An Angel
10:00PM Golden Girls
10:30PM Golden Girls
(instead of Aces 'n Eights movie)
1:00AM Cheers
1:30AM Cheers
(since Golden Girls is airing 10-11pm on this date)

Monday, July 13, 2009 through Thursday, July 16, 2009
9:00PM Touched By An Angel
10:00PM Golden Girls
10:30PM Golden Girls
(instead of Angel and the Badman on Monday, Aces 'n Eights on Tuesday, A Gunfighter's Pledge on Wednesday, Lone Rider on Thursday)
1:00AM Cheers
1:30AM Cheers
(since Golden Girls is airing 10-11pm on these days ONLY)

It's amazing how in a period of two months Touched by an Angel can go from not airing at all to four airings some days, two of them in primetime. That's a good thing since I'm a fan and hadn't seen a lot of the episodes. ;)

Hallmark had a LHOTP marathon today from 8am-5pm.

Tonight (technically early Monday, 7/13) will see a minor adjustment:

12:00AM The Golden Girls
12:30AM The Golden Girls
1:00AM Cheers
1:30AM Cheers
2:00AM Cheers
2:30AM I Love Lucy

So for some reason no MSW. The above is happening instead. Did they not send anything out?

clj2, their website is screwy. That 12am-3am line-up is for Monday NIGHT (as posted in post #158), not early Monday.

OK. I'm still confused, because Mondays at 12:00AM it always listed MSW or the 4 Lucy's, (Sunday night shows) but like you said, their schedule page is screwy so it must be worse now, lol. I'm not doubting you, lol, just irritated.

I'm liking TGG at 10pm. Too bad the schedule can't stay like this. I've also started getting in to Cheers, and having it at 1AM is nice. Too bad Lucy doesn't do better, but I've seen it tons of times, lol.

This primetime has been extended another week:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/07/tv-one-august-2009-highlights-hallmark.html

Mending Fences (which premiered this past weekend) will encore Friday at 9pm, followed by Golden Girls from 11pm-2am and Cheers/Lucy 2-3.

Two-week primetime run is now over...new primetime:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/07/new-biography-episodes-on-bio-tv-in.html

Wow, Touched will air all three hours in primetime. I think with all the episodes that are on now the 11AM-1PM should be given to another show like I Love Lucy.

This channel makes the most perplexing schedule changes...apparently their movies every night had really gone down in the ratings--mainly because you see the same ones like a 100 times! Now they are going to burn people out on TBAA? :lol:

This channel makes the most perplexing schedule changes...apparently their movies every night had really gone down in the ratings--mainly because you see the same ones like a 100 times! Now they are going to burn people out on TBAA? :lol:I know. They are trying to get away from the murder/mystery ones (which is what they mainly aired) so I guess there aren't many. They aired that Mending Fences movie tons of times over the weekend, and now again Friday :lol:

That is way too much TBAA. They should do a Cheers block from 11am-1pm.

They should try something like Cheers for the block at least for 2 weeks as a test. Apparently Golden didn't do so hot, since it is not staying in prime. But then again Hallmark is running that show into the ground!

Cheers didn't do so well 1-2am, Golden Girls did decent at 10. But Touched by an Angel does well for them in prime. That 2 week schedule was just temporary.

I hope Cheers does better on WGN than it has on Hallmark. :(

I think Cheers will fit a lot better on WGN. It really just doesn't fit between The Golden Girls and I Love Lucy IMO.

well WGN will air Cheers at 10:00 pm and 10:30 pm CT Time so I really it will do great for WGN

They would never consider, but if I were Hallmark, I'd try this:

8:00AM-9:00AM I Love Lucy
9:00AM-10:00AM Cheers
10:00AM-12:00PM The Golden Girls
12:00PM Touched By An Angel
1:00PM-3:00PM 7th Heaven
3:00PM-5:00PM Little House on the Prairie
5:00PM-7:00PM M*A*S*H
7:00PM-9:00PM Touched By An Angel
9:00PM Movie
11:00PM-1:00AM The Golden Girls
1:00AM-2:00AM Cheers
2:00AM-3:00AM I Love Lucy

At least remove 2 hours of The Golden Girls. That's too much.

For them to remove movies, Pavan, for now three weeks.....that means movies have been bombing, correct?

Schedule change starting TODAY (Thursday, July 30, 2009):

What's leaving: 7th Heaven and Murder, She Wrote

Weekdays
11:00am & 11:30am The Golden Girls (replaces Touched by an Angel)
1:00pm Touched by an Angel (replaces 7th Heaven)
2:00pm Little House on the Prairie (replaces 7th Heaven)
1:00am & 1:30am Cheers (replaces Golden Girls)

Weekends
1:00am & 2:00am Movie (replaces Murder, She Wrote)


So if you're confused, the weekday line-up is now:
8am-12pm Golden Girls
12pm-2pm Touched by an Angel
2pm-5pm Little House
5pm-8pm M*A*S*H
8pm-11pm Touched by an Angel
11pm-1am Golden Girls
1am-2:30am Cheers
2:30am I Love Lucy

I don't like this. 7th Heaven lasted over a year from 1-3PM, I don't see how it could all of a sudden be doing bad, they were still advertising it plenty. As much as I love Touched by an Angel the daytime hours aren't necessary, 8-11PM is good enough. And 4 straight hours of The Golden Girls in the mornings is pathetic.

If the Golden Girls had a 10 or 11 season run, I could see using it that much. They need to buy The Golden Palace and add it to the rotation. Heck, buy Empty Nest and Nurses too!!

Hallmark is one wacky channel....

I'm totally loving Touched by an Angel for 3 hours in primetime!! The show was on for 9 seasons so the viewer won't get burnt out on the same re-runs (*cough* NCIS. *cough*)

I can never get enough of the message of TBAA. It's great to come home and watch after a long, hectic day at work. :)

This is a sad day for "Heaven" fans like myself. I'm thankful though that the DVD releases are continuing. Seasons 1-8 are out, and following the usual release schedule for the show, we should see season 9 on DVD by late November/Early December, season 10 on DVD in March and/or June of next year, and the final season by Christmas 2010.

In New York City, I do not get WGN, so I guess thats it for me! Hallmark can be flip-floppy though, and we could see this show back in a month, lol!

This schedule would be better, more shows would have a chance.

8-10AM The Golden Girls
10AM-12PM I Love Lucy
12-2PM 7th Heaven
2-4PM Little House on the Prairie
4-6PM Cheers
6-8PM M*A*S*H
8-11PM Touched by an Angel
11PM-1AM The Golden Girls
1-3AM Murder, She Wrote

FWIW, movies are back to Friday nights, or at least they are tomorrow.

If Cheers does well 1-2:30 I bet they'll just make it a 2-hour block like Golden Girls and do Cheers 1-3am. They removed 7th Heaven, why not Lucy? This is the most erratic channel I've ever seen. These changes started mostly when The Golden Girls came.

Yeah, finally more Cheers! :cheers: Still at a bad time though. Wish they would try it at a good time again. At least it'll be on WGN at an earlier time soon.

OK, what's going on? It's 1:05AM and they're in the middle of a Golden Girls episode, no movie. These episodes aren't even in order with the current cycle they're in.

I forgot to post this Friday, whoops:

Saturdays Effective Saturday, August 8, 2009
6:00a - 9:00a The Golden Girls (replaces Little House on the Prairie)

Saturdays and Sundays Effective Saturday, August 8, 2009
1:00am-3:00am The Golden Girls (replaces Movie)

Sundays, Effective Sunday, August 9, 2009
8:00am-11:00am The Golden Girls (replaces Little House on the Prairie)

And the timing for TONIGHT only for The Golden Girls are:
12:25a – 1:18a
1:18a – 1:52a
1:52a – 2:26a
2:26a – 3:00a

oh Hallmark is Golden........

if they insist on so much, why don't they buy The Golden Palace?
And throw in Empty Nest and Nurses to boot?

Some changes starting Monday:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/08/fresh-prince-comes-to-disney-xd-fall.html

And how long with this last??? maybe a month before Hallmark gets bored with itself and revamps again....

I Love Lucy is gone:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/08/bet-fall-2009-schedule-lucy-removed-on.html

I am so sorry to see I Love Lucy off The Schedule

This channel is just pathetic. No new acquisitions, nothing. Just the same shows over...and over...and over....they have at least 3 shows in the vault now.

Things aren't looking great:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08242009/business/hallmark_hurt_186198.htm

BTW, there will be a Golden Girls Labor Day marathon.

It's hard to believe that I Love Lucy isn't on any big national cable network anymore...

If it weren't for The Golden Girls, I would never tune in to Hallmark. I really enjoyed it when they had The Golden Girls followed by I Love Lucy. Then, I always stayed up to watch I Love Lucy in the 1:30 a.m. Central time, just to give support to the show, even though I own The Complete Series on DVD. Oh, well. I guess I can watch something else during that time, now. Screw Hallmark for treating I Love Lucy this way!

More changes, plus a special marathon:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/09/tv-one-october-fall-2009-schedule-yet.html

I am happy to see Little House on The Prairie Returneing to The Line up

LMAO.

LHOTP ain't going nowhere. They need to stop thinking that they can get along without it. Six years and still going strong!

LMAO.

LHOTP ain't going nowhere. They need to stop thinking that they can get along without it. Six years and still going strong!LOL!!! It's almost funny. I love this....long live LHOTP and the older shows.

They sure do seem to want 7th Heaven to work but it obviously doesn't.

They sure do seem to want 7th Heaven to work but it obviously doesn't.They don't know what they want. 7th Heaven did well for over a year and a half airing at the same time. I doubt it's all of a sudden starting to do bad, it's just since Golden Girls came Hallmark changes their schedule at the drop of a hat.

it's really a circus.....and guess what folks, give this another 2 weeks or a month and watch them play "shuffle the schedule" again.....

They don't know what they want. 7th Heaven did well for over a year and a half airing at the same time. I doubt it's all of a sudden starting to do bad, it's just since Golden Girls came Hallmark changes their schedule at the drop of a hat.7th has moved around all over the place since the first of the year. Perhaps The Golden Girls raised their standards for ratings since it does so well and 7th doesn't meet that standard anymore. They have new management also.

It would really be interesting to see what these people are thinking. I came to this site today and for some reason, I knew there were going to be Hallmark changes. We finally get a new acquisition...Jack Hanna? :confused:

Jack won't last.....watch him get eaten alive within a month! :lol:

Hallmark changes starting Monday (Sept. 14):
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/09/tv-land-and-hallmark-make-changes.html

this is great that we are going to get an Extra Hour of The Golden Girl's.

Yay, MSW is back! And in daytime! Totally watching it when I can.

yes I am glad Murder She Wrote is on on at 12:00 pm CT Time.

Wow, huge improvement at 8am! I'd much rather watch infomercials than Golden Girls any day. Stinks that so much of their schedule is Golden Girls when they could be putting on more Cheers instead of getting rid of its late slots. Anyway, at least Cheers is on regularly on WGN now, so I don't have to worry about what Hallmark does with it. I don't even watch it on Hallmark anymore.

Wow, huge improvement at 8am! I'd much rather watch infomercials than Golden Girls any day.:rofl:

Here we go again.......:brent

I wish to God my satellite package would drop this stupid channel and give me WGN.

I think they are really struggling. Nothing lasts...another hour of infomercials. They aren't like the others that have someone to prop them up (they are owned by Crown Media, who is carrying loads of debt, the channel doesn't get help from Hallmark cards). I just wonder if Hallmark will continue to be able to function in this capacity much longer.

Has anyone else noticed....the slot that seems to have the most problems is 12-3pm?

One sitcom returns, one sitcom gone (for now...):

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/09/hallmark-channel-welcomes-back-i-love.html

I am glad that I Love Lucy is back but sad that M*A*S*H is gone but like PB said M*A*S*H is still on TV Land

Maybe Hallmark should be made a stickied thread with as often as they change schedule. :crazy:

What's up with M*A*S*H all of a sudden leaving everywhere? First my local NBC, and now ION and Hallmark.

M*A*S*H might be taking break the Show has been on Hallmark since September 1, 2003 M*A*S*H has been on Hallmark for 5 Year's now

Maybe Hallmark should be made a stickied thread with as often as they change schedule. :crazy:

What's up with M*A*S*H all of a sudden leaving everywhere? First my local NBC, and now ION and Hallmark.

LOL, yes....but the difference is they change the schedule AFTER they announce a monthly schedule (which never has any changes).

Hallmark still has M*A*S*H, they are just trying Lucy yet again.

Lucy won't last 5-8pm. If it can't work from 11am-2pm, it certainly won't work in the evening. I wish it would, but I don't think it will.

Wasn't it tried at 4pm or something before? I've NEVER seen any channel like this. It's like Hooterville.

I give this one week.......and only one week. When then, Hallmark announces the return of 7th Heaven or Matlock. :lol:

If Lucy until 9pm holds until 10/26, TBAA will be gone entirely with the movie replacing it.

I don't see TBAA being gone from Hallmark........they all leave and then all come back........hahahaha :)

Well today is Friday, so we had some Hallmark schedule news on the blog today (of course!):

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/10/abc-picks-up-full-seasons-of-3-new.html

And then later today they announced another change! Go figure. In addition to the changes listed on today's blog, now effective Tuesday, Oct. 13, I Love Lucy will air 9-11pm as well (replacing Touched by an Angel).

Whacha talkin bout Pavan? :lol:

So Hallmark has decided against the movie and is now going Lucy??

The movie starts Oct. 26. Unless they change that.

oh....so TBAA will be removed and then a short replacement w/ Lucy then the movie is back....gotcha.

Boy, keeping all the straight gives me a headache.

Pavan, you must need some Excedrin by now :)

This schedule would be a lot more balanced and would eliminate the infomercials. too bad it won't happen

6-7AM Jack Hanna
7-9AM The Waltons
9-11AM The Golden Girls
11AM-1PM Little House on the Prairie
1-3PM 7th Heaven
3-5PM M*A*S*H
5-7PM I Love Lucy
7-9PM Touched by an Angel
9-11PM Movie
11PM-1AM Cheers
1-2AM The Golden Girls
2-3AM Murder, She Wrote
3-4AM Walker, Texas Ranger
4-5AM Matlock
5-6AM Diagnosis Murder

They don't have The Waltons or Diagnosis Murder anymore do they?
That's good but I wouldn't air Cheers from 11pm-1am. I'd air The Golden Girls. It does much better for them, obviously

I don't think Hallmark has the rights to that show anymore, Aaron (but not totally sure).

They are not even making those murder movies anymore either.

They don't have The Waltons or Diagnosis Murder anymore do they?
That's good but I wouldn't air Cheers from 11pm-1am. I'd air The Golden Girls. It does much better for them, obviously


The rights to The Waltons did lapse......Pavan mentioned it awhile back.
Funny that Gospel Music Channel or World Harvest TV doesn't pick that one up--family friendly and up their alley.

I sure do miss The Show

Lucy is gone:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/10/wpixs-halloween-chiller-theatre-and.html

TriggerFingerMark (my new name for the channel) just needs to let go of Lucy altogether.......

I think the whole channel needs to go :lol:

I think the whole channel needs to go :lol:

I'm inclined to agree with you. It's OBVIOUS (likely to even the most brain-dead viewer) that TPTB doesn't have a clue what it's doing. Can't run a network on the cheap like they've been doing.

Hallmark doesn't make great schedules but I would hate to see it go, they have some good shows. It's one of my four favorite cable channels along with WGN, GSN, and Lifetime.

Grrr, the same episode of Touched by an Angel will air at 12PM and 8PM. :(

For at least the next two weeks Touched by an Angel and M*A*S*H won't air at all in their weekday slots, Hallmark is airing movies all day. :(

For at least the next two weeks Touched by an Angel and M*A*S*H won't air at all in their weekday slots, Hallmark is airing movies all day. :( So will Murder, She Wrote and Little House...

TBAA still airs at 2AM on weekends. Walker, Texas Ranger is gone and M*A*S*H/Golden Girls are as well (from weekends).

I think it The Movie's will be on every day until Christmas Morning.

New schedule for the Hallmark Channel effective Monday January 4th



9-11AM Little House on the Prairie 2X

11-1PM 7th Heaven 2X

1-3PM Touched By An Angel 2X

3-5PM The Golden Girls 4X

5-8PM M*A*S*H 6X

8-11PM Touched By An Angel 3X

11PM-1AM The Golden Girls 4X

1-3AM Cheers 4X

It's good to see Touched by an Angel and 7th Heaven back. And they're finally cutting back some on Golden Girls. This schedule is an improvement.

Hallmark Jan/Feb 2010 highlights:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/12/abc-double-pumps-scrubs-and-ted-through.html

Please note effective Monday, January 4, America’s Funniest Home Videos will join the Hallmark schedule airing Weekdays at 1:00pm, 4:00pm, and 7:00pm. Additionally, Cheers will replace Paid Programming from 3:00am-4:00am.

See today's blog for the latest. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2009/12/abc-double-pumps-scrubs-and-ted-through.html

this is great news America's Funnest Home Video's at 12:00 pm 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm CT Time along with Cheers from 2:00 am until 3:00 am CT Time

New schedule for the Hallmark Channel effective Monday January 4th



9-11AM Little House on the Prairie 2X

11-1PM 7th Heaven 2X

1-3PM Touched By An Angel 2X

3-5PM The Golden Girls 4X

5-8PM M*A*S*H 6X

8-11PM Touched By An Angel 3X

11PM-1AM The Golden Girls 4X

1-3AM Cheers 4X

Yippee! Touched by An Angel returns! party:

AFV's gonna fail. I'm calling it.

AFV completely doesn't fit in with anything else on their schedule. At least it's not the Tom Bergeron episodes. Seriously, though, why does it seem like every channel is obsessed with AFV?

AFV has been on TBS, WGN, PAX, USA, Various incarnations of The Family Channel......and if it's the Bob Saget reruns....yes, EPIC FAIL.....:lol:

When was AFV on The USA Network

No, not epic fail. Tom Bergeron ones are soooo annoying. Bob Saget is corny but at least you can hear the theme song lol.

Please note effective Monday, January 4, America’s Funniest Home Videos will join the Hallmark schedule airing Weekdays at 1:00pm, 4:00pm, and 7:00pm.dislike. AFV has been played to death on WGN and ABCFamily, I wish it would just go away. :rolleyes:

No, not epic fail. Tom Bergeron ones are soooo annoying. Bob Saget is corny but at least you can hear the theme song lol.
LOL I don't think an audible theme song would make AFV fit in with the other shows any more than an inaudible theme song would.