The Canadian TV networks have begun their upfronts and are now set to unveil their fall lineups for September of 2010. Global and CTV will have theirs next week. CBC was first off the mark with their upfront presentation yesterday and here is what they have to offer:

CBC - Fall 2010 Primetime Schedule (http://falltvpreview.com/channel.php?id=138)

As usual, the network was absent at the US upfronts last week and will continue to function without any US imports in primetime. This season will see 2 new shows added to the schedule:

"Men With Brooms", a comedy about Canada's 2nd-most popular winter sport, curling, based on the movie from 2002 which starred Paul Gross and Leslie Nielsen. The other series is untitled and will feature popular Canadian designer Debbie Travis.



Among the returning series will be:

"Being Erica", now in its third season, which has also been picked up by SOAPNet in the US.

"Battle Of The Blades" (2nd season): The only reality series I've ever bothered to watch. It brings together former stars from hockey and figure skating in a freestyle pairs competition. The fun part is watching the hockey stars put on figure skates---toe picks and all---and some interesting costumes that they wouldn't normally be caught dead with and try to learn a different sport. Some of them actually do a great job at it. The viewers seemed to be impressed too. A few episodes were getting higher ratings than "Hockey Night In Canada" (also coming back, naturally) which is a sure sign of success in Canadian TV.

Other returning series of note include "The Rick Mercer Report", "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", "Just For Laughs", the long-running "The Nature Of Things" and the award-winning newscast "The National" with Peter Mansbridge.

For more info, here are a few links from the CBC website:


CBC Homepage (http://www.cbc.ca/television/)

Videos On Demand --- Full Episodes and Clips of CBC series (http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows)

Hockey Night In Canada (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/stanleycup/schedule/)



Stay tuned. There's more to come next week.

Today it was Global's turn to unveil their fall 2010 schedule and the primetime lineup looks like a very strong one with each night having at least one established hit show from one of the US networks and new series which round out the lineups for each night. The full schedule is found here:

Global TV Fall 2010 Schedule (http://www.falltvpreview.com/channel.php?id=75)

The primetime schedule begins each night with both the US and Canadian versions of "Entertainment Tonight". Unlike CBC, Global only has 2 other homegrown series scheduled: "Shattered" and "Ice Pilots NWT". Among the many US imports there are 6 new series: "Lonestar", "Hawaii Five-O", "NCIS Los Angeles", "Outsourced", "Love Bites", and "Outlaw". The first 2 have a little irony involved. "Lonestar" used to be the name of one of Global's more popular specialty channels which now exists under a new name. Global is also counting on the new 2010 version of "Hawaii Five-O" to be a hit while at the same time announcing that the original 1960s series will be airing on DejaView later this fall. I'll have more details on that later this week.

Returning shows include: "Glee", "Survivor", "The Simpsons", "House", "The Office", "Family Guy", and the original "NCIS".


Links:

GlobalTV.com Homepage (http://www.globaltv.com/)

Videos on Demand - Full Episodes Added Daily (http://www.globaltv.com/video/index.html#video)


Tomorrow: CTV

Today, we will look at the fall schedule for CTV, which for many years now has proclaimed itself to be Canada's #1 network, and a look at the new schedule will show you why. CTV continues to be the home for both "American Idol" and "Dancing With The Stars" as well as the Canadian version of "So You Think You Can Dance". Other popular US imports returning this fall include "CSI:NY", "Law & Order:SVU" and "The Big Bang Theory", now on Thursday nights. New series added will be: "Law and Order: LA", "Blue Bloods", "The Defenders", "No Ordinary Family", and one new comedy, William Shatner's oddly-titled "S--- My Dad Says", which I personally can't wait to watch.

As impressive as this sounds, there's even bigger news ahead. At last week's upfronts, CTV announced that they will carry Conan O'Brien's new late-night talk show starting in November. As you may know, the show will be on TBS but the channel is no longer available in Canada. Instead, we now get Peachtree. So, to avoid shutting out his many Canadian fans (of which I am clearly NOT! one of them---I've always been a Leno fan and proud of it) he has agreed to let the show air on the main CTV network and on the specialty channel The Comedy Network.

Speaking of The Comedy Network, earlier this year they announced a major coup when they received permission to distribute nearly the entire online content from their US counterpart Comedy Central. That means that full episodes from series like "South Park", "Stephen Colbert", and "Jon Stewart", which also air on Comedy Central, can be seen in Canada without those annoying disclaimer messages that you see on sites like Hulu. For CTV, this is good news all around and they'll be hoping to continue celebrating as Canada's #1 network for at least another year.


Full details and links:

CTV Fall 2010 Schedule (http://falltvpreview.com/channel.php?id=51)

CTV Homepage (http://www.ctv.ca/)

Full Episodes and Video Clips (http://shows.ctv.ca/video.aspx)

Conan O' Brien on CTV (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100603/ctv-fall-lineup-100603/20100603/)

Last week, I posted the schedules for the 3 major Canadian networks: CBC, CTV, and Global. Today, I will do the same for the other minor networks: CityTV, A Channel, and OMNI. These networks operate on a smaller budget and have a smaller viewing range and the overall selection of programming is fairly limited as well, but if you look hard enough, you may see something you like. While CTV and Global continue to roll out the big hits like "Glee" and "American Idol" every night, these networks end up with what's left over. Here's a brief look at each one:


A (http://www.atv.ca/home/)

The 'A' network is part of the CTV family of networks and specialty channels. The channel can be seen across Canada in Toronto (through channel CKVR in Barrie, Ontario), London (Ontario), Ottawa, Windsor, Vancouver, and the Maritime provinces. Their fall primetime lineup will feature only 3 new series: "Mike & Molly" from CBS, the only sitcom on the list; and new dramas "Hellcats" and "Nikita" (an updated version of "La Femme Nikita") from CW. Another CW series, "The Vampire Diaries" will also be seen this fall on A along with returning series "Two and a Half Men", "Law & Order:SVU", "Dateline NBC", and "Criminal Minds", which will be seen at 10 pm five nights a week. The primetime lineup kicks off at 7 pm each night with reruns of "Corner Gas" and new episodes of "Access Hollywood".

Fall Schedule For A --- Sept. 2010 (http://www.atv.ca/home/tvschedule_72882.aspx)




CITY-TV (http://www.citytv.com/toronto)

The once-powerful CITY-TV, a small independent station in Toronto from which grew a vast media empire, is now reduced to 5 local affiliates operating from Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Edmonton. It is currently operated by Rogers Communications. The fall primetime schedule will have 4 new dramas: "The Whole Truth" from ABC, "Chase", "The Event", and "Undercovers", all from NBC. Returning series will include "The Biggest Loser", "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition", "How I Met Your Mother", "Modern Family", "Cougar Town", and "30 Rock".

CITY-TV Primetime Fall Schedule (http://falltvpreview.com/channel.php?id=27)

Videos On Demand (http://video.citytv.com/video/navigation.htm?sort=Display&N=0&No=0&type=shows)



OMNI (http://www.omnitv.ca/ontario/)

Like City-Tv, the OMNI channels are owned by Rogers Communications and are seen in limited viewing areas scattered across Canada in Calgary, Edmonton, British Columbia, and Ontario. The primetime lineup and much of the daytime schedule is made up of multicultural programming from many different languages. The English-language lineup includes daytime game shows "Let's Make a Deal", "The Price Is Right", "Deal Or No Deal", and "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" and syndicated reruns of series such as "The Simpsons", "Family Guy", "King Of The Hill", "Everybody Loves Raymond", "Two and a Half Men", and, beginning this fall, "How I Met Your Mother", which enters the rerun cycle for the first time. Here are the English-only series that will be seen on the 5 OMNI channels this fall, with each one being slightly different:

OMNI 1 (Toronto)

Weekdays

9:00 AM Nancy Grace
10:00 Maury Povich
11:00 The O.C.

5:00 PM Nate Berkus (Who???)
6:00 The Simpsons
6:30 How I Met Your Mother
7:00 Two and a Half Men
7:30 The Office

10:00 Law & Order:CI
11:00 Metropia (Local drama series)
11:35 David Letterman
12:35 AM Poker
1:30 Home Improvement (Thur.)/Everybody Loves Raymond (Fri.)

On Sundays, OMNI 1 will have "Home Improvement" at 5:00 and 5:30 pm and will simulcast that evening's episode of "America's Funniest Home Videos" with ABC at 7 pm. The rest of the lineup will have various multicultural programming.

OMNI 2 (Toronto)

Weekdays

10:00 AM Let's Make A Deal
11:00 The Price Is Right
12:00 PM Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
12:30 Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
1:00 Deal Or No Deal

6:00 Don't Forget The Lyrics
6:30 Don't Forget The Lyrics
7:00 Family Guy
7:30 The Simpsons

10:00 Two and a Half Men
10:30 King Of Queens
11:00 Cold Case

12:00 AM Home Improvement (Wed)/Everybody Loves Raymond (Thu)/The
O.C. (Fri/Sat)

12:30 Home Improvement (Wed)/Everybody Loves Raymond (Thu)

OMNI Alberta (schedules for both Calgary and Edmonton channels)

Weekdays

10:00 AM Maury Povich
11:00 The Price Is Right
12:00 PM Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
12:30 Everybody Loves Raymond

4:00 Nate Berkus
5:00 T.B.A.
5:30 King Of Queens
6:00 Don't Forget The Lyrics
6:30 How I Met Your Mother
7:00 Two and a Half Men
7:30 The Simpsons

10:00 Two and a Half Men
10:30 The Office
11:00 Metropia
11:30 T.B.A
12:00 AM Poker
1:00 The O.C.

Saturdays

6:00 and 6:30 pm The Office

Sundays

6:00 and 6:30 pm Two and a Half Men
7:00 and 7:30 pm How I Met Your Mother
8:00 America's Funniest Home Videos

12:00 and 12:30 am Frasier
1:00 The O.C.

OMNI BC (British Columbia)

Weekdays

10:00 AM The Price Is Right
11:00 Nate Berkus

2:00 PM Maury Povich
3:00 Don't Forget The Lyrics
3:30 Don't Forget The Lyrics
4:00 Law and Order: SVU
5:00 T.B.A.
6:00 The Simpsons
6:30 Friends
7:00 Two and a Half Men
7:30 Two and a Half Men

10:00 Law and Order: CI
11:00 T.B.A.
11:35 David Letterman
12:35 AM Poker
1:30 Home Improvement (Mon-Thu)/Friends (Fri.)

Saturdays

1:00 and 2:00 AM Cold Case

Sundays

7:00 PM America's Funniest Home Videos
12:00 AM Cold Case

Note: All times are local.


Later this week: The specialty channels.

"Battle Of The Blades" (2nd season): The only reality series I've ever bothered to watch. It brings together former stars from hockey and figure skating in a freestyle pairs competition. The fun part is watching the hockey stars put on figure skates---toe picks and all---and some interesting costumes that they wouldn't normally be caught dead with and try to learn a different sport. Some of them actually do a great job at it. The viewers seemed to be impressed too. A few episodes were getting higher ratings than "Hockey Night In Canada" (also coming back, naturally) which is a sure sign of success in Canadian TV.

Other returning series of note include "The Rick Mercer Report", "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", "Just For Laughs", the long-running "The Nature Of Things" and the award-winning newscast "The National" with Peter Mansbridge.

I watch The National and can't wait for the second season of Battle of the Blades.

The new show looked like a winner on paper, and turned into must-see TV for me after I saw the Tie Domi and Bob Probert promo.

I watch The National and can't wait for the second season of Battle of the Blades.

The new show looked like a winner on paper, and turned into must-see TV for me after I saw the Tie Domi and Bob Probert promo.

It was a great show. As usual, Domi came out ahead of Probert on the ice. :lol:

For Season 2, you can expect to see stars like Wendel Clark and Russ Courtnall and a few surprises along the way. I don't know the full roster yet but I'll post it when I find it.

What I can tell you about this fall is that two stations have been rebranded and will look significantly different next year. The first is SUN TV, a local independent channel which is found in the Toronto area. Its ratings have been dismal from the start and so now it will try again having failed twice before as SUN TV and Toronto 1. It will now be an all-news channel as of Jan. 1, 2011 called SUN TV News. It will try to present the news with a harder edge and more controversy than other Canadian news channels. Its new direction has already created a little controversy in the media and has drawn mainly unfavorable comparisons to the Fox News channel. Just what we need around here, right guys?

I am also a little sad to report that it was announced today that the digital channel TV Land Canada (which I know some of you liked better than the US version) will no longer exist after August 2, 2010. On that date, it will be rebranded under the new name Comedy Gold. The new channel (owned by CTV) will be all sitcoms, all the time and will feature comedy series from the 70s to the 90s that will include "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Murphy Brown", "Fresh Prince", "The Bob Newhart Show", "Newhart", "Night Court", and "SCTV" among others. Now if only I could find a station that has shows from the 50s and 60s, I'd be very happy. I will have the full schedule ASAP. These are the only series that have been announced so far.

Another new channel will launch in a few weeks and it will be called Global Reality Channel. The Canwest/Global company will present the first (and hopefully the last) channel in Canada which will be devoted to all reality TV series. That means a full day of reruns of stuff like "Survivor", "The Apprentice", "Real Housewives", "Big Brother", "Hell's Kitchen", and more, all starting on Canada Day, July 1, 2010.

Global Reality Channel --- Fall 2010 - As of July 1, 2010 (http://www.falltvpreview.com/images/schedules/GlobalReality.pdf)

I know...sickening, isn't it?

I can also give you the fall schedules for a few other channels that you may like that have been announced and are all official. The links are all here:



TVTropolis --- As of August 30, 2010 (http://www.falltvpreview.com/images/schedules/tvtropolis.pdf)

DejaView --- As of August 30, 2010 (http://www.falltvpreview.com/images/schedules/DejaView.pdf)

Global TV Classics --- Full Episodes Of Classic Shows From DejaView (http://www.globaltv.com/video/index.html#tv+classics)

More news to come. Stay tuned.

Why are you sad about it becoming Comedy Gold? While I would have preferred to see the old TV Land logo and name stay, the fact that it will be all sitcoms is very nice.

Also, they already are going to have sitcoms that we haven't seen on Canadian TV in quite some time.

To announce on June 21 the rebrand, and launch on August 2 gives them about 6 weeks to acquire shows and produce a schedule. Isn't that just a little bit rushed? They have the 7 sitcoms that you mentioned but in the press release, it said more were to come.

Do you know if Happy Days or any of the TV Land Canada shows will carryover?

Are they, like Dejaview and other channels, going to have to air a specified amount of Canadian content? If so, how many hours and would it be shows like Whatever Happened to? or will they air rare Canadian sitcoms?

Please post the schedule whenever you get it. I will be checking Channel Canada closely for any updates as well.

Sal, I thought you'd be interested: On the Channel Canada forum, some of us came to the realization that it is very likely all of Comedy Gold's sitcoms will be coming from the Warner or FOX libraries. Here is my post from there...


So far, Fresh Prince, Murphy Brown, and Night Court are coming from Warner Bros.
Mary Tyler Moore, Newhart, Bob Newhart are from FOX.

If the assumption is correct that most of the titles will be coming from Warner and FOX (in addition to whatever sketch comedy programs, probably Canadian ones, that they have), I can see them possibly adding some of the following:

From Warner: ALF, Alice, Chico and the Man, Eight is Enough, Family Matters, Full House, Growing Pains, Hangin with Mr. Cooper, Head of the Class, Hogan Family, Mama's Family, Perfect Strangers, Step by Step, Welcome Back Kotter, Wonder Years (above someone mentioned it's owned by Sony???),

From FOX: Evening Shade, In Living Color (soooo likely), MASH, Mr. Belvedere, Phyllis, Rhoda, Small Wonder, WKRP In Cincinnati.

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Although these are less likely, good to still have an idea what shows come from which company so that, should they ever strike a deal with these companies, we know what the possiblilties are: (ps. in the press release, they did mention having more shows coming so maybe that's because they ARE working on a deal with, for example, Paramount. Otherwise, they could have simply announced the other shows from Warner or FOX. We'll have to wait and see, I guess.)

From Paramount: Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Taxi, Bosom Buddies, Joanie Loves Chaci, Family Ties, Cheers, Webster, Wings, Frasier.

From Universal: Charles in Charge, Saved by the Bell, Punky Brewster.

From Carsey-Werner: Cosby Show, A Different World, Grace Under Fire, Roseanne.

I really don't see them getting any Universal or Carsey-Werner shows either.
Hopefully they can get from Paramount because I think many of those would fit quite well.

DSFan, you've made some good points and I'll try to answer them as best as I can:

The reason I'm sad about TV Land Canada leaving and Comedy Gold taking its place is as follows. Comedy Gold will be airing sitcoms from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, which is good because the '70s and '80s was a great era for sitcoms and many of my favorites aired during this time. What I'm really sad about is that they won't be showing anything from the 1950s or 1960s, the true golden era of TV comedy and the time that I enjoy visiting most through TV. This means that while we might see more of "Mary Tyler Moore", "Newhart", "Night Court", and more to follow, there won't be any "I Love Lucy" or "Leave It To Beaver" or "The Phil Silvers Show", now winding down on TV Land Canada, and you can forget about "Bewitched", "Beverly Hillbilllies", "Dick Van Dyke" or other classics from the same period, and that for me is simply bad news. I have no doubt that Comedy Gold will succeed, and they should be a lot better than DejaView, but they could have been better.

I honestly have no idea what other shows will be on Comedy Gold other than the ones that have been announced or from what companies they will be bought from. There will be some Canadian content on there in addition to "SCTV" but I don't know what might follow since there have been very few Canadian sitcoms that have lasted long enough to be considered classics, except for "King Of Kensington" and "Corner Gas". Expect a few SCTV-styled sketch comedies to go on instead, most likely "Bizarre" and maybe "Super Dave" and "Kids in The Hall" as well. What I don't expect at all, and this I would consider a strength for the channel, are time-wasting filler programs like "Whatever Happened To?", "Tube Tales", "Carlawood" and others that take up a lot of wasted time slots on many of the Global specialty channels. What you also won't see are programs that are on the US TV Land that they used to replace the classic sitcoms that should never have left in the first place, like, for example, the TV Land Awards. But there is an exception and CTV has big plans for it, just not on Comedy Gold.

If you follow the Channel Canada website like I do, one of the biggest announcements about this fall's schedule that was posted on there that you may have seen concerns TV Land's newest smash comedy hit "Hot In Cleveland" starring Betty White and Valerie Bertinelli. From the minute that the series was announced by TV Land, there was great concern from Canadian viewers that they may not get to see this potentially great new show since it isn't on any of the major US networks. But CTV listened to the viewers' concerns and quickly stepped in to fix the problem by making a slight adjustment to their schedule. The show will now officially make its Canadian debut on the main CTV network Monday July 5 at 8:00 PM, bolstering an already strong Monday night lineup, and Friday July 9 at 8:30 pm on the Comedy Network. If you miss the series on either day, you can catch the full episodes again online on CTV's website the next day.

This is all I know for now. I'll post the official info when it happens. For now, I'll just take a shot and guess what might be added to the Comedy Gold lineup this fall. Let's see...I'll guess "The Cosby Show", "Cheers", "WKRP In Cincinnati", "Bizarre", "Family Ties", "Happy Days", "Benson", and "Designing Women". If you want to play along and make a few guesses yourself, go ahead. This sounds like a lot of fun! I'll bet your schedules will be better than the real one, but only time will tell. See you later!

DSFan, you've made some good points and I'll try to answer them as best as I can:

The reason I'm sad about TV Land Canada leaving and Comedy Gold taking its place is as follows. Comedy Gold will be airing sitcoms from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, which is good because the '70s and '80s was a great era for sitcoms and many of my favorites aired during this time. What I'm really sad about is that they won't be showing anything from the 1950s or 1960s, the true golden era of TV comedy and the time that I enjoy visiting most through TV. This means that while we might see more of "Mary Tyler Moore", "Newhart", "Night Court", and more to follow, there won't be any "I Love Lucy" or "Leave It To Beaver" or "The Phil Silvers Show", now winding down on TV Land Canada, and you can forget about "Bewitched", "Beverly Hillbilllies", "Dick Van Dyke" or other classics from the same period, and that for me is simply bad news. I have no doubt that Comedy Gold will succeed, and they should be a lot better than DejaView, but they could have been better.

I honestly have no idea what other shows will be on Comedy Gold other than the ones that have been announced or from what companies they will be bought from. There will be some Canadian content on there in addition to "SCTV" but I don't know what might follow since there have been very few Canadian sitcoms that have lasted long enough to be considered classics, except for "King Of Kensington" and "Corner Gas". Expect a few SCTV-styled sketch comedies to go on instead, most likely "Bizarre" and maybe "Super Dave" and "Kids in The Hall" as well. What I don't expect at all, and this I would consider a strength for the channel, are time-wasting filler programs like "Whatever Happened To?", "Tube Tales", "Carlawood" and others that take up a lot of wasted time slots on many of the Global specialty channels. What you also won't see are programs that are on the US TV Land that they used to replace the classic sitcoms that should never have left in the first place, like, for example, the TV Land Awards. But there is an exception and CTV has big plans for it, just not on Comedy Gold.

If you follow the Channel Canada website like I do, one of the biggest announcements about this fall's schedule that was posted on there that you may have seen concerns TV Land's newest smash comedy hit "Hot In Cleveland" starring Betty White and Valerie Bertinelli. From the minute that the series was announced by TV Land, there was great concern from Canadian viewers that they may not get to see this potentially great new show since it isn't on any of the major US networks. But CTV listened to the viewers' concerns and quickly stepped in to fix the problem by making a slight adjustment to their schedule. The show will now officially make its Canadian debut on the main CTV network Monday July 5 at 8:00 PM, bolstering an already strong Monday night lineup, and Friday July 9 at 8:30 pm on the Comedy Network. If you miss the series on either day, you can catch the full episodes again online on CTV's website the next day.

This is all I know for now. I'll post the official info when it happens. For now, I'll just take a shot and guess what might be added to the Comedy Gold lineup this fall. Let's see...I'll guess "The Cosby Show", "Cheers", "WKRP In Cincinnati", "Bizarre", "Family Ties", "Happy Days", "Benson", and "Designing Women". If you want to play along and make a few guesses yourself, go ahead. This sounds like a lot of fun! I'll bet your schedules will be better than the real one, but only time will tell. See you later!

Yeah, that's true. I agree about it being unfortunate that they are leaving out the 50s and 60s sitcoms. They didn't need to make it the focal point of the channel but would've been nice to have I Love Lucy, Honeymooners, Gilligan's Island, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Beverly Hillbillies, etc.

It seems that those shows are truly becoming a dying breed but at least they will live on with the DVD sets. (PS I don't know what provider you have but on my videotron illico channel 27 called TAC, I think, they show I Love Lucy and Perry Mason randomly).

Oh no, I really hope we don't have to deal with King of Kensington again. I remember around 2003 when TV Land Canada would air the commercials for it nonstop! I never even watched it but the commercials made me hate that show so much. Check It Out! could also be a candidate for Comedy Gold; it aired at the same time as King of Kensington on TV Land Canada.

I just really hope that they reach a deal with Paramount because they have a lot of the shows I want to see like Family Ties, Taxi, Bosom Buddies, etc. However, Warner has some of my all-time favorites in Step by Step, Family Matters, Full House, and also ALF.

As long as Comedy Gold has a unique lineup that doesn't show anything from Dejaview I'll be satisfied. If they even think about airing Golden Girls, I may go insane.

The new Comedy Gold schedule is out today and I have to admit that it is a big improvement over TV Land Canada but overall I would still consider it slightly below average---not terrible, just disappointing. However, I am very pleased that "Andy Griffith" and "Phil Silvers", the only pre-1970s shows on the schedule, have remained from the TV Land lineup. The only other shows that I would want to watch on a regular basis are "Mary Tyler Moore" and the 2 Bob Newhart series and that surprises me because the channel's announcement last week came with much fanfare and excitement that I was expecting a better---and more varied---lineup. Instead we get something like Dejaview 2. I think if the bosses at CTV took more time to plan the schedule instead of rushing it just to make it look better than Global---whose new Global Reality Channel debuts tomorrow---they might have come up with something better. As it is, we might have to wait about a year or two before we see some improvement, unless CTV completely ignores it like they did with TV Land. If that happens, they should change its name again to Tragedy Gold. Here's the full schedule which takes effect August 2, 2010:


Comedy Gold --- Fall Schedule --- As of Aug. 2, 2010 (http://falltvpreview.com/images/schedules/ComedyGold.pdf)

About the schedule:

-They said, in the press release, that they would be airing SCTV and Night Court, but they are nowhere to be found on the schedule.

-Also, in the press release, they said the focus would be on 70s-90s sitcoms. They obviously didn't fully follow that restriction as Andy Griffith and Phil Silvers will air. Also, Ready or Not should not be classified as a sitcom either.

-Sad to see Happy Days and Love, American Style gone.

-Comedy Gold isn't really that much of a "new" channel. To me, it is just as if TV Land Canada announced a new Fall schedule. The rebranding hasn't gone to the lengths that I envisioned it would upon hearing the news in the initial press release.

-Nice to see Full House appear on the schedule since it wasn't one of the shows included in the press release.

-There really isn't anything wrong with any of the shows they are airing. It's just that, to me, the problem is all of the repeating. If you wanted to sit down and watch the channel for 12 hours straight (not that you'd do that, but still) you'd end up re-watching the same episodes of the same shows about 3 times. I would have much rather seen more variety and less repetition. That, and nothing else, is what makes this channel such a disappointment. The whole rebranding idea gave us hope but really it is just a new schedule for TV Land Canada with a different name for the channel. There hasn't really been much of a rebranding at all. In fact, it seems that the channel is repeating more often than TV Land Canada.

To DS and other Canadian TV fans,

As a fan of classic/vintage/retro sitcoms I am upset at the fact that Canada hasn't produced a half-decent classic TV channel in the last dozen years, before reality shows ruined every channel's lineups, before PRIME became TVTropolis, and there weren't a million digital channels with the same 6 series on them scattered around the TV landscape. But, even in the worst of times like we're seeing now, I do believe that some hope is on its way, and soon.

If we can't enjoy our favorite classic sitcoms, then why not our favourite cartoons? Why wait until Saturday mornings when you can watch Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny and The Flintstones every day? For the last 3 years, these and other great characters have been seen on Teletoon Retro, Canada's first classic cartoon station. There will be more great shows to follow this fall, but the station has yet to officially announce their fall schedule and isn't expected to do so for a few weeks yet. So let's see if we can do it for them!

Today, while going through the Channel Canada Fall Preview site, I noticed they had a sample of what might appear on Teletoon Retro this fall. They announced that 3 series will definitely be returning: "The Smurfs", "Batman: The Animated Series", and best of all "Yogi Bear". Nothing else was mentioned as far as other returning series or possible new shows so I had to look elsewhere for clues just like Scooby Doo would do! So I stumbled upon the Teletoon Retro page on Wikipedia and I'm glad I did. On their page, it listed all series that currently air on the channel, and, there is a section called "Coming Soon" which listed 7 other series which could become future attractions. I know that Wikipedia is supposed to be infamous for not being a very reliable source but then again look what happened when Comedy Gold made their official announcement last week. So I'll keep my fingers crossed that at least half of these shows will make it to air shortly after Sept. The lucky 7 are: "Tom and Jerry", (no surprise there) "Wacky Races", "Casper and Friends", "The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show", "Underdog", "Looney Tunes", and "Mister Magoo". All this in addition to what they already have. I wonder now, if we're getting "Wacky Races", can "Penelope Pitstop" and "Dastardly and Muttley" be very far behind? Hmmm... I think I mentioned this last year at this time and I'll emphatically repeat it today:

In my opinion, Teletoon Retro is the best television channel in Canada today, period, or rather, make that, exclamation mark!


Channel Canada Fall Preview --- Teletoon Retro Programming Highlights (http://falltvpreview.com/channel.php?id=168)


Wikipedia --- Teletoon Retro Programming List (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Teletoon_Retro)


Th-th-th-that's all folks! :lol:

To DS and other Canadian TV fans,

As a fan of classic/vintage/retro sitcoms I am upset at the fact that Canada hasn't produced a half-decent classic TV channel in the last dozen years, before reality shows ruined every channel's lineups, before PRIME became TVTropolis, and there weren't a million digital channels with the same 6 series on them scattered around the TV landscape. But, even in the worst of times like we're seeing now, I do believe that some hope is on its way, and soon.

If we can't enjoy our favorite classic sitcoms, then why not our favourite cartoons? Why wait until Saturday mornings when you can watch Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny and The Flintstones every day? For the last 3 years, these and other great characters have been seen on Teletoon Retro, Canada's first classic cartoon station. There will be more great shows to follow this fall, but the station has yet to officially announce their fall schedule and isn't expected to do so for a few weeks yet. So let's see if we can do it for them!

Today, while going through the Channel Canada Fall Preview site, I noticed they had a sample of what might appear on Teletoon Retro this fall. They announced that 3 series will definitely be returning: "The Smurfs", "Batman: The Animated Series", and best of all "Yogi Bear". Nothing else was mentioned as far as other returning series or possible new shows so I had to look elsewhere for clues just like Scooby Doo would do! So I stumbled upon the Teletoon Retro page on Wikipedia and I'm glad I did. On their page, it listed all series that currently air on the channel, and, there is a section called "Coming Soon" which listed 7 other series which could become future attractions. I know that Wikipedia is supposed to be infamous for not being a very reliable source but then again look what happened when Comedy Gold made their official announcement last week. So I'll keep my fingers crossed that at least half of these shows will make it to air shortly after Sept. The lucky 7 are: "Tom and Jerry", (no surprise there) "Wacky Races", "Casper and Friends", "The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show", "Underdog", "Looney Tunes", and "Mister Magoo". All this in addition to what they already have. I wonder now, if we're getting "Wacky Races", can "Penelope Pitstop" and "Dastardly and Muttley" be very far behind? Hmmm... I think I mentioned this last year at this time and I'll emphatically repeat it today:

In my opinion, Teletoon Retro is the best television channel in Canada today, period, or rather, make that, exclamation mark!


Channel Canada Fall Preview --- Teletoon Retro Programming Highlights (http://falltvpreview.com/channel.php?id=168)


Wikipedia --- Teletoon Retro Programming List (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Teletoon_Retro)


Th-th-th-that's all folks! :lol:

Sooooo true! I actually love that channel. I used to watch a lot of those shows on YTV and Teletoon in the golden ages of when they were 2 of the best channels around. I also saw that annoucement on Channel Canada and I'm wondering (hoping) that the 3 shows they mentioned aren't the ONLY cartoons returning come fall. I'd love for them to add those 7 shows you mentioned and not get rid of anything (or not as many as they're adding at least). I like how with Josie & the Pussycats, etc they don't give it a daily timeslot so as to be capable of airing more shows. Hopefully, the same sort of thing will happen this fall although I think it's inevitable that some of the cartoons will be removed but none of the big ones like Scooby, Flintstones, Jetsons, Bugs Bunny, will be I don't think.

I agree, best channel in Canada (and maybe the world?) hahah. No, seriously, even though they repeat some of their shows throughout the day they have so many programs to air and different ones on different days, etc.

They still need to one day, in my opinion, air Charlie Brown & Snoopy, Garfield & Friends, Wally Gator (come on!), different Scooby-Doo series (A Pup Named Scooby Doo, etc), Adventures of Tintin, hmmm what else can you think of?

They should get rid of Reboot, who cares loolll. That's the odd man out of all of their programs and maybe Fraggle Rock too, a little bit.

Also, forgot to say, look at Wikipedia under former programming - it's 7 shows! They currently air around 30 (how crazy is that?) and appear to be adding 7 more. PS, Wikipedia was right about future programming for them in the past. Glad you spotted that because I checked there just a couple days ago and that future programming section wasn't there.

Anyone know why the entire series of some shows is/was not shown?

On TVland Canada, only the first 3 season of the Andy Griffith Show are shown. AG ran for 8 years. Only the first couple of seasons of Love, American Style are shown.

Currently on Deja Vu, only the first 4 seasons of the Golden Girls are being shown. When Deja Vu had One Day at a Time, also only the first 4 seasons were shown.

Back to TVLand where on weekends they show Ready or Not, we are seeing the same episodes over, over & over since RON was a short series.

Anyone know why the entire series of some shows is/was not shown?

On TVland Canada, only the first 3 season of the Andy Griffith Show are shown. AG ran for 8 years. Only the first couple of seasons of Love, American Style are shown.

Currently on Deja Vu, only the first 4 seasons of the Golden Girls are being shown. When Deja Vu had One Day at a Time, also only the first 4 seasons were shown.

Back to TVLand where on weekends they show Ready or Not, we are seeing the same episodes over, over & over since RON was a short series.

Yeah, these channels tend to buy only a certain number of episodes (or seasons) of certain shows at a time because it is cheaper.

Not long after I posted my comment, I thought of another show that TVLand only shows the first couple of seasons - Fantasy Island. That is at least 3 current shows that TVLand shows the same episodes over, over & over.

I will miss Lassie. The one good thing about TVLand is that I saw the Lassie series for the first time ever & and the entire 19 year run was shown.

Although I do enjoy some reruns of Three's Company, that is the one show that never goes off the air on Deja Vu.

Not long after I posted my comment, I thought of another show that TVLand only shows the first couple of seasons - Fantasy Island. That is at least 3 current shows that TVLand shows the same episodes over, over & over.

I will miss Lassie. The one good thing about TVLand is that I saw the Lassie series for the first time ever & and the entire 19 year run was shown.

Although I do enjoy some reruns of Three's Company, that is the one show that never goes off the air on Deja Vu.

Really, they showed 19 years worth of Lassie? Wow, that's really surprising. I thought they repeated all of their shows and only had a few seasons of all of their programs.

Lassie is shown in packages. I believe that is normal for very long-running series.

When I first subscribed to these stations back in Nov. 2006, the first 10 years of Lassie were being shown. Since May 2009, the final 9 years are being shown.

Just looking brieflly at these schedules - does that mean we're shut out of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" again? You'd figure with all the game shows OMNI's going to air, SOMEBODY should add that. Nobody in Canada has aired "WWTBAM" since the crappy A-channel dropped it a year ago. The closest US station near me that airs it is on digital cable only - and I'm still an analog holdout.

If it's not on anywhere again this year, what do Canadian stations have against this show?

A quick update for those of you keeping score at home:

First, congrats to the CW on a rare moment of intelligence in picking up the Canadian series "18 to Life", now entering its second season on CBC. It's about a boy who gets married at 18 and brings his new bride to live with him and his parents, who can't seem to get along with their new in-laws. It's a fun show and US viewers should love it!

Today, another Canadian specialty channel announced their fall lineup. It's the Comedy Network, which is owned by CTV and specializes in airing comedy series of various forms. There are the sketch comedy series that Canadians are famous for, such as SCTV, Red Green, This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Kids In The Hall; series showcasing standup comedians like Just For Laughs, Stand Up, and Comedy Now, along with US imports Sarah Silverman, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show; and finally, a few sitcoms: "Corner Gas", "My Name Is Earl", and, for the first time in syndication, the first 4 seasons of "The Big Bang Theory". Also, Conan O'Brien's new talk show will begin airing in November. The official schedule can be found here:

Comedy Network --- Fall 2010 Schedule (http://falltvpreview.com/images/schedules/ComedyNetwork.pdf)

Speaking of comedy, another CTV specialty channel, the newly-rebranded Comedy Gold will go on the air this Monday August 2, replacing TV Land Canada. I gave you their schedule last month and now I'd like to show you their new website. I suspect that it too won't be fully functional until August 2 so reserve your judgements until then.


Comedy Gold Website (http://www.comedygold.ca/)

First impression: the logo stinks! :lol:


Comedy Gold Fall Schedule --- As of August 2, 2010 (http://http://falltvpreview.com/images/schedules/ComedyGold.pdf)

I'm still anxiously awaiting what I expect to be the best fall lineup of all, at least in my opinion. That would be Teletoon Retro, the home of classic cartoons such as Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo, The Smurfs, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Yogi Bear, with more to follow. On the previous page, DSFan gave out a list of shows that he felt should be added to the lineup, and I think it's a good list myself, and now I'd like to give my own thoughts about that subject.

First of all, a lot of the superheroes have to go. I don't mind Batman, Superman, or Spiderman, (the original 1967 series), and I love Rocket Robin Hood, but the newer, techno-heroes like Transformers, GI Joe, and Thundercats are pure crap and I wouldn't miss them one bit if they were gone. Also, I think the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show is on a little too often. They should only have it on 2 or 3 times a day like their other series. In their places here are a few series that I would love to see:

1. The 7 series that were rumored to be "Coming Soon" in the Wikipedia article that I posted here last month, which was mysteriously soon taken down by the Wikipedia staff.

(So that means the rumors are true? I wonder...)

I would especially be looking forward to seeing "Underdog" and "Wacky Races" plus crossing my fingers and hoping to see both "Wacky Races" spinoffs next fall: "Penelope Pitstop" and "Dastardly and Muttley".

2. The second Scooby-Doo show "The New Scooby Doo Movies" from 1972, where Scooby and the gang solve mysteries with help from celebrities like Don Knotts, The Addams Family, and Batman. It remains one of my favorite cartoons of all time, yet I haven't seen it in years.

3. "George Of The Jungle". The original from 1967, the new one is awful!

4. "Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch", a lost gem from the vast Hanna-Barbera archives with one of the best theme songs I've ever heard.

5. "Pebbles and Bamm Bamm". Fred and Barney's babies grow up, become teenagers, and have some great adventures of their own.

6. "The Archies". Any one of the many Archie series would be great to watch again.

That's all I can think of for now. See you soon!

A quick update for those of you keeping score at home:

First, congrats to the CW on a rare moment of intelligence in picking up the Canadian series "18 to Life", now entering its second season on CBC. It's about a boy who gets married at 18 and brings his new bride to live with him and his parents, who can't seem to get along with their new in-laws. It's a fun show and US viewers should love it!

Today, another Canadian specialty channel announced their fall lineup. It's the Comedy Network, which is owned by CTV and specializes in airing comedy series of various forms. There are the sketch comedy series that Canadians are famous for, such as SCTV, Red Green, This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Kids In The Hall; series showcasing standup comedians like Just For Laughs, Stand Up, and Comedy Now, along with US imports Sarah Silverman, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show; and finally, a few sitcoms: "Corner Gas", "My Name Is Earl", and, for the first time in syndication, the first 4 seasons of "The Big Bang Theory". Also, Conan O'Brien's new talk show will begin airing in November. The official schedule can be found here:

Comedy Network --- Fall 2010 Schedule (http://falltvpreview.com/images/schedules/ComedyNetwork.pdf)

Speaking of comedy, another CTV specialty channel, the newly-rebranded Comedy Gold will go on the air this Monday August 2, replacing TV Land Canada. I gave you their schedule last month and now I'd like to show you their new website. I suspect that it too won't be fully functional until August 2 so reserve your judgements until then.


Comedy Gold Website (http://www.comedygold.ca/)

First impression: the logo stinks! :lol:


Comedy Gold Fall Schedule --- As of August 2, 2010 (http://http://falltvpreview.com/images/schedules/ComedyGold.pdf)

I'm still anxiously awaiting what I expect to be the best fall lineup of all, at least in my opinion. That would be Teletoon Retro, the home of classic cartoons such as Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo, The Smurfs, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Yogi Bear, with more to follow. On the previous page, DSFan gave out a list of shows that he felt should be added to the lineup, and I think it's a good list myself, and now I'd like to give my own thoughts about that subject.

First of all, a lot of the superheroes have to go. I don't mind Batman, Superman, or Spiderman, (the original 1967 series), and I love Rocket Robin Hood, but the newer, techno-heroes like Transformers, GI Joe, and Thundercats are pure crap and I wouldn't miss them one bit if they were gone. Also, I think the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show is on a little too often. They should only have it on 2 or 3 times a day like their other series. In their places here are a few series that I would love to see:

1. The 7 series that were rumored to be "Coming Soon" in the Wikipedia article that I posted here last month, which was mysteriously soon taken down by the Wikipedia staff.

(So that means the rumors are true? I wonder...)

I would especially be looking forward to seeing "Underdog" and "Wacky Races" plus crossing my fingers and hoping to see both "Wacky Races" spinoffs next fall: "Penelope Pitstop" and "Dastardly and Muttley".

2. The second Scooby-Doo show "The New Scooby Doo Movies" from 1972, where Scooby and the gang solve mysteries with help from celebrities like Don Knotts, The Addams Family, and Batman. It remains one of my favorite cartoons of all time, yet I haven't seen it in years.

3. "George Of The Jungle". The original from 1967, the new one is awful!

4. "Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch", a lost gem from the vast Hanna-Barbera archives with one of the best theme songs I've ever heard.

5. "Pebbles and Bamm Bamm". Fred and Barney's babies grow up, become teenagers, and have some great adventures of their own.

6. "The Archies". Any one of the many Archie series would be great to watch again.

That's all I can think of for now. See you soon!

That's a good list of ideas! I would love for them to have, and as a Scooby-Doo fan I'm being a little greedy, a 2 hour block showing Scooby-Doo, Where Are You, New Scooby Doo Movies, Pup Named Scooby-Doo, and 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo. That would be awesome, from like 4-6 PM weekdays.

Teletoon announced their fall schedule already so I wonder what the hold up is for Teletoon Retro? Hopefully, they're taking their time to add some great shows and create an even better lineup!

Sal, post it whenever you see it. If I happen to see it first, then I can post it as well :)

Canadian Fall 2010 schedules story:

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2010/08/canada-cable-networks-fall-2010.html

CTS Fall 2010 schedule is in the story as well!

Canadian Fall 2010 schedules story:

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2010/08/canada-cable-networks-fall-2010.html

CTS Fall 2010 schedule is in the story as well!

Thanks for respecting us Canadians here on the message boards, even though those of us who really pay close attention, like Sal and I, have probably known about most of those changes anyways.

I wonder what Americans think of our cable stations' lineups, however?

What I didn't know until the blog today was CTS' lineup. I have Illico on Videotron so I, unfortunately, don't get that channel. Really hope they acquire it soon because they really are airing a lot of great sitcoms that aren't being shown on other Canadian stations.

Big letdown with the Fall schedules this year .... a lot of the same old series are back ... nothing worth sitting down to watch. :(

Why aren't the shows of the 60's treated with more respect? To me this was the golden-era of television also and I'd love for someone to come up with the concept of a retro-channel featuring TV pre-1970 ONLY!!
Thank God for websites like Hulu.com and other VOD sites like it. They have my undivided loyalty because this is the only place where a rare TV show from the 50's or 60's might occasionaly show up.

Do we realy need a 24 hour Reality Channel? Isn't there enough of this type of programming on the regular networks already? How much Big Brother and Celebrity Apprentice can one person take? I hope this channel FAILS miserably and is off the air in a year or two.

Canadian Fall 2010 schedules story:

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2010/08/canada-cable-networks-fall-2010.html

CTS Fall 2010 schedule is in the story as well!
I'm watching Little House on the Prairie (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=405) weekdays on CTS, which means only one thing, they're pulling the plug on it this fall. Thanks, CTS!


Thank God for websites like Hulu.com and other VOD sites like it. They have my undivided loyalty because this is the only place where a rare TV show from the 50's or 60's might occasionaly show up.

Your God is allowing Hulu to geo-block its TV shows outside the US.

Your God is allowing Hulu to geo-block its TV shows outside the US.

Minor inconvenience that can be overcome. I'm in Canada.
PM me and i'll tell you how to bypass this little obstacle.

God says :wave:

About the schedule:

-They said, in the press release, that they would be airing SCTV and Night Court, but they are nowhere to be found on the schedule.




I see SCTV and Night Court in their commercial for the new channel so it might be added a little later.

Minor inconvenience that can be overcome. I'm in Canada.
PM me and i'll tell you how to bypass this little obstacle.

God says :wave:


Sounds good Joker. I think I'll take you up on that offer later today.



Big letdown with the Fall schedules this year .... a lot of the same old series are back ... nothing worth sitting down to watch.

Why aren't the shows of the 60's treated with more respect? To me this was the golden-era of television also and I'd love for someone to come up with the concept of a retro-channel featuring TV pre-1970 ONLY!!
Thank God for websites like Hulu.com and other VOD sites like it. They have my undivided loyalty because this is the only place where a rare TV show from the 50's or 60's might occasionally show up.


Also good points.

If you'd like some info on websites other than the evil Hulu where you can find 50s and 60s series, I can send you those as well. One of them is found right here in Canada and has even been given the nickname Hulu Canada although it's not even close to reaching that level yet. It's from the Rogers cable company and they've put out their own VOD network called Rogers On Demand. It's set up mainly for Rogers customers in Canada but anyone with a computer can use it without any problems. It includes programs from Crackle, a website which gets most of its content from Hulu, including full episodes of "I Dream Of Jeannie" and "Bewitched", with more to come, I hope!

Rogers On Demand (http://www.rogersondemand.com/)

Rogers On Demand --- TV Classics List (http://www.rogersondemand.com/tvshows/search?genreid=99b76ce7-7113-48ca-86b2-9cad015c78da&searchType=Genre)

I also want to thank our host PB for the Canadian channels news blog which appeared last week. He did a good job on it and I loved reading it. I was surprised to read about the new CTS fall schedule and the changes they are making in primetime. Some viewers must have got through to the staff and let them know how upset they were about what had happened to the schedule and why all the sitcoms had disappeared. (See? It DOES WORK sometimes. Don't ever give up. You never know.) Earlier this week, CTS made their lineup official and posted it on their website. The fall lineup will now look like this, with both Ontario and Alberta stations following nearly identical patterns:

CTS Ontario --- Fall 2010 Schedule --- As of Tuesday, Sept. 7 (http://falltvpreview.com/images/schedules/cts_ontario.pdf)

One of CTS's original series is called "Always Good News". For me, this lineup reads like one of those old good news/bad news jokes. The good news is that CTS will be presenting no fewer than 12 classic sitcoms this fall. The bad news is that 10 of them will be seen only once a week and all will be on within a 2 hour block from 7 to 9 pm. If you like drama you can watch "The Waltons" at 4 and "7th Heaven" at 5. You'd think that they can find room for some of the sitcoms on a daily basis. That would be a must if they want to get many of their viewers back that they lost in the last 2 years, including myself. It's a start, I'll give them credit for that, but it's not yet good enough, and that's no joke!

It includes programs from Crackle, a website which gets most of its content from Hulu (...)
Starsky & Hutch (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=556) is geo-blocked on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/starsky-and-hutch), but not on Crackle (http://www.crackle.com/c/Starsky_and_Hutch).

I really, really wish I had any CTS on Illico :(

To update on Teletoon Retro, I'm 99% sure that their new Fall schedule will begin Monday, August 30 so I imagine they'd have to release their schedule by this coming Monday to give two weeks notice, at the least.

Sal, have you heard anything?

CTS - They are a religious station first, aren't they? Classic TV shows are not their top priority, so we can only expect so much from them.

As for Comedy Gold, they sure have repeated a lot of shows within their first week. The same episodes they showed during the week, they again showed on the weekend.

What is going on with Night Court? It is being advertised as being already on. They are advertising Kids in the Hall coming Sept. 11 but nothing about Night Court.

Okay, so, for Teletoon Retro this is in so far:

6:00am Spider-Man
6:30am Spider-Man
7:00am Inspector Gadget
7:30am Inspector Gadget
8:00am The Flintstones / Capser and Friends
8:30am Scooby-Doo
9:00am The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
10:00am The Smurfs
10:30am Beetlejuice
11:00am Spider-Man
11:30am Inspector Gadget
12:00pm The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
1:00pm Scooby-Doo
1:30pm Inspector Gadget
2:00pm Beetlejuice
2:30pm Reboot
3:00pm Spider-Man
3:30pm Alvin and the Chipmunks
4:00pm Scooby-Doo
4:30pm The Smurfs
5:00pm The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
6:00pm Alvin and the Chipmunks
6:30pm The Jetsons
7:00pm Inspector Gadget
7:30pm The Yogi Bear Show

By tomorrow, the rest of the schedule should be available. This one is pretty generic though and don't take anything as a guarantee. They air different shows sometimes day to day at certain timeslots so this is definitely not 100% accurate but a good indication as to the direction their going - which, in my opinion, is a bit downhill. Not that there is a problem with any of the shows they're airing but there is now less variety. Nothing besides Casper appears to be new and it seems like a lot more shows were removed than added. It's becoming more of the same shows on a rotation a million times a day but still, it's a great station and I'll reserve judgement until I see their final schedule and an official announcement in the coming days.

Okay, so, for Teletoon Retro...Don't take anything as a guarantee. They air different shows sometimes day to day at certain timeslots so this is definitely not 100% accurate but a good indication as to the direction their going - which, in my opinion, is a bit downhill. Not that there is a problem with any of the shows they're airing but there is now less variety. Nothing besides Casper appears to be new and it seems like a lot more shows were removed than added. It's becoming more of the same shows on a rotation a million times a day but still, it's a great station and I'll reserve judgement until I see their final schedule and an official announcement in the coming days.


Guess what, everyone? Judgement Day has arrived at last! That's right, Teletoon Retro has finally released their official fall schedule which will take effect Monday September 6th which is only a week away! Looking at it closely, I can't understand for the life of me what the big delay was about, unless they were trying to decide whether to have "Inspector Gadget" and "Spiderman" on 4 times a day or 5. The final total is 6 for each which for any channel is way too much! All right then, enough suspense! Here it is!


Teletoon Retro --- Fall 2010 Schedule --- Effective Monday, September 6 (http://www.teletoon.com/media/2010/english/press/grid_retro.pdf)


The final verdict is that the lineup looks good but it could still stand room for improvement. With all the repeats scattered throughout the day, there's enough room to fit in at least a couple more new shows so you don't have the same series showing up again every 3 or 4 hours. The prime time and early late night hours look awful, with more superheroes than you can shake a stick at, which I had mentioned a few weeks earlier as being the station's biggest weakness. But, like I said, a couple of new shows in the right spots could fix that problem nicely. On the positive side, there is still plenty of good stuff out there. The usual big guns are all coming back: Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, and two of my other favorites Huckleberry Hound and Quick Draw McGraw are returning as well, but all will be on at different days and times and the way the schedule is set up will take a while to get used to. The only new addition of note will be Casper The Friendly Ghost who will make his debut on October 4 at 8:00 am and 4:00 pm. Also note that Sunday afternoons will feature the new "Retro Rewind Marathon" which will run between 1 and 4 pm and which will probably be several episodes of a particular show running for one day only or possibly different shows which follow a specific theme or pattern. At least in that time slot they're willing to try something different.

Anyway, now I can relax. The lineups are all set and we can now get on with the new season.

Guess what, everyone? Judgement Day has arrived at last! That's right, Teletoon Retro has finally released their official fall schedule which will take effect Monday September 6th which is only a week away! Looking at it closely, I can't understand for the life of me what the big delay was about, unless they were trying to decide whether to have "Inspector Gadget" and "Spiderman" on 4 times a day or 5. The final total is 6 for each which for any channel is way too much! All right then, enough suspense! Here it is!


Teletoon Retro --- Fall 2010 Schedule --- Effective Monday, September 6 (http://www.teletoon.com/media/2010/english/press/grid_retro.pdf)


The final verdict is that the lineup looks good but it could still stand room for improvement. With all the repeats scattered throughout the day, there's enough room to fit in at least a couple more new shows so you don't have the same series showing up again every 3 or 4 hours. The prime time and early late night hours look awful, with more superheroes than you can shake a stick at, which I had mentioned a few weeks earlier as being the station's biggest weakness. But, like I said, a couple of new shows in the right spots could fix that problem nicely. On the positive side, there is still plenty of good stuff out there. The usual big guns are all coming back: Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, and two of my other favorites Huckleberry Hound and Quick Draw McGraw are returning as well, but all will be on at different days and times and the way the schedule is set up will take a while to get used to. The only new addition of note will be Casper The Friendly Ghost who will make his debut on October 4 at 8:00 am and 4:00 pm. Also note that Sunday afternoons will feature the new "Retro Rewind Marathon" which will run between 1 and 4 pm and which will probably be several episodes of a particular show running for one day only or possibly different shows which follow a specific theme or pattern. At least in that time slot they're willing to try something different.

Anyway, now I can relax. The lineups are all set and we can now get on with the new season.

Their schedule isn't TERRRIBLEEE or anything but it's clearly a step down from this past season. The addition of Casper is nice but really that's a minor addition. What bothers me is their removal of a few quality shows such as: Josie & the Pussycats, The Raccoons (the only Canadian cartoon if I'm not mistaken - they need to air Stop the Smoggies on this channel ASAP), Road Runner Show, Rocky & Bullwinkle, and Superfriends. So, a total of 5 pretty well-recognized cartoons removed and 1 (minor) cartoon added = blah. I'm sort of wondering also if Casper is merely a seasonal add for Halloween similar to them adding Laff-A-Lympics to commemorate the Winter Olympics in Vancouver last February.

Nevertheless, they still have a lineup of great cartoons. It's just unfortunate that the schedule is on repeat now because they got rid of those 5 shows I mentioned so now they're just putting the same shows on again and again throughout the same day. Hopefully, they mix it up again before next August because I'm not such a big fan of this schedule.

What I hate the most is the 830-1030 portion of the schedule: Fantastic Four, Thundercats, Transformers, and GI Joe. Are you kidding me? Those four are okay but nothing to comprise a major portion of the primetime lineup.

I wish they'd have Flintstones, Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, and Yogi Bear from 8-10. They should be putting the most recognizable cartoons on at that time, not littering the primetime lineup with those other cartoons which I find are more for a specific type of viewer whereas pretty much everyone can enjoy the classic CLASSICS, you know?

What I'm hoping is for the Retro Rewind Marathon to showcase those 5 shows I said they're getting rid of. Or maybe they will have some new additions that aren't announced yet to comprise the marathon on Sundays. I'll be so pissed if they just show me 3 hours straight of Inspector Gadget or Spider-Man. Those are great shows but the overdose is already getting to me just looking at their new schedule!