These four series join the already previously announced series Doogier Howser and The Wonder Years. http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2010/09/hub-acquires-more-sitcoms-happy-days.html

As a reminder, The Hub is replacing Discovery Kids. So if you have that network, you'll have The Hub come 10/10/10.

Funny...I was JUST thinking last night about how Happy Days needs to be back in syndication! Wonderful!

This will be a great network!

I'll be watching! :)

Yipeeeeeeeee cannot wait for Batman. :)

This really is great news, and it looks like The Hub will be the best network for 2010! It's too bad they aren't doing the night-type stuff 24 hours a day (we have enough kids channels as it is), but I won't be greedy. All of these shows that have been off the air for too long - Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Family Ties, Wonder Years, Doogie Howser, Batman....hopefully Family Ties does well because it didn't do great on Nick at Nite, TV Land, or its 2-week run on Hallmark. I just hope they don't sell out and go to newer shows after a little while.

It's funny they don't mention the classic shows on their website. Maybe they're going to launch a separate site for the evening/nighttime block? I wonder if it will be branded differently?

October will be a great classic TV month - The Hub launching plus Jeannie and Bewitched on TV Land (and Good Times/Jeffersons in the afternoon)! And I get it on cable where I am now! Hallmark can have their Martha. :D

I missed Hallmark but The Hub will more than make up for it. I agree, let Hallmark have Martha!

:dance: :banana: :clap :bouncers party: :mango :thanx:

Maybe they're going to launch a separate site for the evening/nighttime block? I wonder if it will be branded differently?
It's a possibility because they're going to have a block in the daytime called Hub Bub to show preschool programming and it has it's own site http://hubbub.com/. So maybe it could be called something like Family Hub.

cool im so glad this channell going be everywhere like new version of Classic Nan,finally get to see Happy days again

It's a possibility because they're going to have a block in the daytime called Hub Bub to show preschool programming and it has it's own site http://hubbub.com/. So maybe it could be called something like Family Hub.
None of those shows are listed on the Hub's main website, so I bet the evening will be done differently. Thanks for the link!

I wouldn't mind seeing Home Improvement on this channel eventually since Viacom doesn't seem too interested in it. It would be an awesome fit.

I think Who's The Boss? would be a good fit for the night line-up. I'm only saying because we all know that Hallmark won't keep it on forever and you never know when they decide it's time to pull thing off.

This network will only be good if they don't chop up the shows and don't squeese the closing credits in a corner, or speed them up over the closing scene.

This network will only be good if they don't chop up the shows and don't squeese the closing credits in a corner, or speed them up over the closing scene.


I'm just hoping the strategy sticks. All too often, we get a new channel that relies on classic programming until they can grow the brand (ie original programming0 and then away goes the good stuff. These are shows that are not being exploited elsewhere and have not been seen in a while, so here's hoping for its success.

I was looking through my zap2it tv listings & here is the evening schedule for weekdays.

It looks like they are starting the shows from the beginning of season 1.

All times are central time.

7:00 PM Family Ties
7:30 PM Family Ties
8:00 PM The Wonder Years
8:30 PM Doogie Howser, M.D.
9:00 PM Happy Days
9:30 PM Happy Days
10:00 PM Laverne & Shirley
10:30 PM Batman
11:00 PM Transformers
11:30 PM G.I. Joe A Real

Family Ties through Batman repeat at 1am-5am central time.

wonder what the other sitcome is they aquired what a great line up about time them shows come back on tv been so long since i seen them hope they stay

This really is great news, and it looks like The Hub will be the best network for 2010! It's too bad they aren't doing the night-type stuff 24 hours a day (we have enough kids channels as it is), but I won't be greedy. All of these shows that have been off the air for too long - Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Family Ties, Wonder Years, Doogie Howser, Batman....hopefully Family Ties does well because it didn't do great on Nick at Nite, TV Land, or its 2-week run on Hallmark. I just hope they don't sell out and go to newer shows after a little while.

It's funny they don't mention the classic shows on their website. Maybe they're going to launch a separate site for the evening/nighttime block? I wonder if it will be branded differently?

October will be a great classic TV month - The Hub launching plus Jeannie and Bewitched on TV Land (and Good Times/Jeffersons in the afternoon)! And I get it on cable where I am now! Hallmark can have their Martha. :D

Yeah, that blog post wins post of the month in my opinion! Anticipating just one sitcom addition and get three, plus Batman (all rare shows that haven't been syndicated in recent years) in addition to Wonder Years and Doogie Howser is just incredible. My only criticism is I'd like to see 2 episodes of Wonder Years, Doogie Howser, Laverne & Shirley, and Batman. Screw Honey I Shrunk the Kids lol.

Overall though their 8PM-12AM schedule can be watched nonstop. I agree with Pav that it is reminsicent of Nick at Nite back in the day. It'll be really fun to watch this network!

Hopefully, like some others have said they don't get rid of this programming any time soon. I think it'll last in these timeslots until at least next fall because I find, in general, these sort of channels (and especially very new stations like this where maybe they cater to children more and won't be as ambitious with ratings) tend to stick with their schedules for a season (or year) at a time.

It'll feel all warm and cozy like when N@N was amazing up till about 2001.

I wanted to quote what you said in bold there because isn't this just extremely reminiscent of Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite when it first began in 1985? I think we may be failing to notice it now, but this could seriously turn into the next N@N but of a lower-scale in that I don't see this channel becoming as popular as Nickelodeon of course.

So excited to watch this channel!!!!!!

It will be nice to see if later on they make the network completely about sitcoms. I miss a lot of the shows that WGN had on Sundays for a while.

Honey I Shrunk the Kids: The Series is going to be on The Hub? AWRIGHT! I haven't watched since the days Disney Channel aired it. Now they need to pick up Boy Meets World because ABC Family isn't doing it justice by airing at 7am.

mabye old harry and the hendersons series i would like to see that again to

I don't have that channel.

Luckily, however, a local channel here is airing Family Ties.

Jenny, if you have Discovery Kids right now, you'll have The Hub. They are just changing their name to The Hub and re-branding.

One show I think would do great on The Hub: The Brady Bunch (more so than Laverne & Shirley, but not complaining!). And Step by Step as well, but they seem to be going a more surprising classic approach in primetime, and I don't mind that.

It will be nice to see if later on they make the network completely about sitcoms. I miss a lot of the shows that WGN had on Sundays for a while.

Honey I Shrunk the Kids: The Series is going to be on The Hub? AWRIGHT! I haven't watched since the days Disney Channel aired it. Now they need to pick up Boy Meets World because ABC Family isn't doing it justice by airing at 7am.

Honey I Shrunk The Kids will be on at 6pm & 12am central time weekdays.

What the hell is the HUB??

I see you're STILL not reading anything, Solomon. Read the first post of this thread and click on the link on the first post of this thread!

Great News, 2 hours of Happy Days and L&S after 9pm??????????


Can you say WHOPEE!!!

feels like ol times wish more sitcomes join

Jenny, if you have Discovery Kids right now, you'll have The Hub. They are just changing their name to The Hub and re-branding.

One show I think would do great on The Hub: The Brady Bunch (more so than Laverne & Shirley, but not complaining!). And Step by Step as well, but they seem to be going a more surprising classic approach in primetime, and I don't mind that.

Yeah, I agree Brady Bunch is a perfect fit with what they have right now.

I also think Growing Pains would be a really good addition.

You can see Growing Pains on Teen Nick on Monday mornings, 4-5 am (central time).

You can see Growing Pains on Teen Nick on Monday mornings, 4-5 am (central time).

How many people are up at 4am watching tv?

I was just passing on the information. I apologize. :(

I don't know anyone up at that hour but I knew it was on because I have it set to record on the DVR.

The Brady Bunch would be a great pick-up. The classic approach has surprised me as well; I was mainly expecting late 80s and 90s. This is MUCH better than Nick at Nite.

Leave It to Beaver would be good...but it's older than the rest of what they have...

Woohoo! I have this channel :D :D :D

Jenny, if you have Discovery Kids right now, you'll have The Hub. They are just changing their name to The Hub and re-branding.

Thank you, however, Discovey Kids channel is a premium cable channel here. It's in the 300 level. I downgraded my cable package due to costs, so I no longer get that channel. Instead of getting 600+ channels (most of which I never watched) I now get 80 channels. I get KUBE so that's cool.

whats kube?

Cool, now I can watch more eps of Laverne & Shirley!:) I just wish whoever owns the rights to this show would release the 5th season. This station would be good for other shows, such as Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes. JMO!!

whats kube?

KUBE is a local channel in Houston. It used to be a Spanish channel, but now it's an English channel.

Actually, The Hub's programming we are most interested in doesn't start until 10/11 (next Monday). Weekends are apparently movies/other series in primetime.

There is absolutely no mention of the 8PM-6AM series on the Hub's website, so I'm still thinking it will have its own website and be themed differently. HubBub (the preschool block, I guess sort of like how Nick Jr. was on Nickelodeon) will be from 9AM-1PM weekdays and as mentioned already has its own website.

The schedule is up and running with episodes, it's at http://www.hubworld.com/tv-schedule

Watch The Hub sitcoms TONIGHT!

Watch The Hub sitcoms TONIGHT!


Thanks for the reminder Pav, now I can set my reminder. I can't believe it, Family Ties, Wonder Years, Happy Days, and Laverne Shirley.

It'll be interesting how the editing is. Maybe minimal editing since they are launching today.

It'll be interesting how the editing is. Maybe minimal editing since they are launching today.


Pav do you think I care about editing?-lol It's been so long since I seen Family Ties, Batman, Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley. I'm just appreciating the opportunity to see hem again-lol

Dare I say....they should try Charles In Charge!

Honey, I Shrunk The Children, Transformers, and G.I. Joe throw a wrench in the evening/night block. Who's watching those at 12am?

This is what I would do:

Family: Newer
7:00pm Step by Step
7:30pm Step by Step
8:00pm Family Ties
8:30pm Charles in Charge
9:00pm The Wonder Years
9:30pm Doogie Howser M.D.

Family Classics
10:00pm The Brady Bunch
10:30pm Laverne & Shirley
11:00pm Happy Days
11:30pm Happy Days
12:00am Batman
12:30am Batman

Encores
1:00am Step by Step
1:30am Step by Step
2:00am Family Ties
2:30am Charles in Charge
3:00am The Wonder Years
3:30am Doogie Howser M.D.
4:00am The Brady Bunch
4:30am Laverne & Shirley
5:00am Happy Days
5:30am Happy Days

Batman doesn't have to encore. G.I. Joe and Transformers can air like late afternoons and same for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. I would like Perfect Strangers on this network instead of Doogie, though.

This is what I would do:

Family: Newer
7:00pm Step by Step
7:30pm Step by Step
8:00pm Family Ties
8:30pm Charles in Charge
9:00pm The Wonder Years
9:30pm Doogie Howser M.D.

Family Classics
10:00pm The Brady Bunch
10:30pm Laverne & Shirley
11:00pm Happy Days
11:30pm Happy Days
12:00am Batman
12:30am Batman

Encores
1:00am Step by Step
1:30am Step by Step
2:00am Family Ties
2:30am Charles in Charge
3:00am The Wonder Years
3:30am Doogie Howser M.D.
4:00am The Brady Bunch
4:30am Laverne & Shirley
5:00am Happy Days
5:30am Happy Days

Batman doesn't have to encore. G.I. Joe and Transformers can air like late afternoons and same for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. I would like Perfect Strangers on this network instead of Doogie, though.


Brady Bunch doesn't belong anywhere near HD and L&S

I can't wait for tonight, watching Family Ties and Happy Days for sure :D

I would like Perfect Strangers on this network instead of Doogie, though.
I haven't seen Doogie in ages. I'd rather see Perfect Strangers also, I only saw a little of it when was on ION.

It will be interesting to see if they stick with one schedule, or change things around since they are new. I would shift Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, G.I. Joe, and Transformers to 5-7pm perhaps.

I'm shocked no one has suggested Blossom yet (not that I am!)...

This schedule would have all the current shows (minus Transformers and G.I. Joe) and would add a few more.

6:00 PM Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
7:00 PM Family Matters
7:30 PM Boy Meets World
8:00 PM Family Ties
8:30 PM Family Ties
9:00 PM The Wonder Years
9:30 PM The Wonder Years
10:00 PM Happy Days
10:30 PM Happy Days
11:00 PM Mork & Mindy
11:30 PM Laverne & Shirley
12:00 AM Benson
12:30 AM Doogie Howser, M.D.
1:00 AM Batman
1:30 AM My Favorite Martian
2:00 AM Family Matters encore
2:30 AM Boy Meets World encore
3:00 AM Mork & Mindy encore
3:30 AM Laverne & Shirley encore
4:00 AM Benson encore
4:30 AM Doogie Howser, M.D. encore
5:00 AM Batman encore
5:30 AM My Favorite Martian encore

Hub looks good. Just turned it on a few minutes ago. They are not branding nights differently than daytime...some of the promos for the website looked a little juvenile to be airing during Family Ties, but I won't complain.

Woohoo! I have this channel :D :D :D
I just discovered I have it too, though its still listed as Discovery Kids on the channel guide.

I was flipping channels tonight and i just found this channel!

:batman: is on!

Very happy right now.

;)

So who all got to watch The Hub? What did you think?

I was impressed, it was great to see Family Ties, Batman, Wonder Years, Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days....could not get in to Doogie Howser at all. That and the HISTK/GI/Transformers stuff were the only weak spots for me.

Maybe I haven't seen it in ages, but the quality of Family Ties seemed poor to me. The image was not sharp at all. The rest of the shows seemed to be in good quality, but that just stuck out at me...is that just the way the show looks? I can't remember.

The editing seemed decent. Saw tons of commercials for Hasbro games. I guess they haven't sold a lot of commercials yet. The promos were OK but it would be neat if the block was branded differently, like Nick at Nite. Overall, though, I can't complain as they are airing shows that haven't been aired in syndication in quite a while. ;) It'll be interesting to see what their next moves will be.

I'm interested to know how they edited the shows (in terms of theme songs, closing credits and going into commercials)? PLEASE DETAILS!!! haha

So who all got to watch The Hub? What did you think?

I was impressed, it was great to see Family Ties, Batman, Wonder Years, Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days....could not get in to Doogie Howser at all. That and the HISTK/GI/Transformers stuff were the only weak spots for me.

Maybe I haven't seen it in ages, but the quality of Family Ties seemed poor to me. The image was not sharp at all. The rest of the shows seemed to be in good quality, but that just stuck out at me...is that just the way the show looks? I can't remember.

The editing seemed decent. Saw tons of commercials for Hasbro games. I guess they haven't sold a lot of commercials yet. The promos were OK but it would be neat if the block was branded differently, like Nick at Nite. Overall, though, I can't complain as they are airing shows that haven't been aired in syndication in quite a while. ;) It'll be interesting to see what their next moves will be.

I noticed that too with Family Ties. The colors look faded to me. I have Family Ties on DVD & the color is not like this.

Family Ties looked like the old prints TBS used to show... faded colors, shortened theme song, 80s Paramount logo at the end.

Batman was sped up but it was unedited.

I like all of the Hub lineup from 7-11:30.

Was Batman the only unedited show?

Not sure. I couldn't tell on the others because I didn't watch them fully.

Batman was sped up but it was unedited.

You mean they literally sped up the tape? Doesn't that affect the audio?

I wasn't watching intently really, but something seemed strange with The Wonder Years. They cut to commercials at an odd time.

I loved Doogie! good show!

I wasn't watching intently really, but something seemed strange with The Wonder Years. They cut to commercials at an odd time.

Just like ION used to do?

The second Family Ties episode had an edit in a scene with Steven Keaton setting up a game of Monopoly. The dialogue mentioning Monopoly by name was muted out completely. I am going to guess an old edit and not one done by the network since Hasbro owns Monopoly.

Just like ION used to do?
Yeah, but it wasn't as bad overall, with Wonder Years at least. Most noticable was when they cut to commercials in the scene in the gym from the pilot and came back to another scene, IIRC.

ETA: I'm watching Happy Days and it doesn't look very good either, or at least what I remember it looking like on TV Land. Colors are extremely dull.

Great channel. Edits are going to happen. I'm just glad to see these classics again.

Great channel. Edits are going to happen. I'm just glad to see these classics again.

:clap:

Can anyone comment on how "Laverne & Shirley" looked? Were there any noticeable edits? Thanks! :)

The Hub seems to be the closest thing to what Nick@Nite/TVLand was in their heyday! We've needed a network like this for awhile.

It looked good to me, I didn't notice any strange edits.

Edit...both Family Ties and Happy Days have this at the end. Did they use this on Nick at Nite/TV Land? I don't remember it. Happy Days' scene transitions are rather odd (circles, mini-squares, etc). Looks original.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kd2ZVhQD9o
I seem to remember TV Land using the more modern Paramount endings from the 1990s with those shows. Laverne & Shirley has very good quality compared to the other CBS shows on HUB; it has the "Paramount, a Viacom Company" at the end that is more modern and is more typically seen these days.

Seems like the CBS shows with the modern endings are much better quality. What is the difference....how does Laverne and Shirley, which is older, have better quality and a newer Paramount logo at the end than Family Ties? Rather confusing.

It looked good to me, I didn't notice any strange edits.

Edit...both Family Ties and Happy Days have this at the end. Did they use this on Nick at Nite/TV Land? I don't remember it. Happy Days' scene transitions are rather odd (circles, mini-squares, etc). Looks original.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kd2ZVhQD9o
I seem to remember TV Land using the more modern Paramount endings from the 1990s with those shows. Laverne & Shirley has very good quality compared to the other CBS shows on HUB; it has the "Paramount, a Viacom Company" at the end that is more modern and is more typically seen these days.

Seems like the CBS shows with the modern endings are much better quality. What is the difference....how does Laverne and Shirley, which is older, have better quality and a newer Paramount logo at the end than Family Ties? Rather confusing.

I know that they used that Paramount logo for Happy Days on TV Land Canada until very recently when they stopped airing the show and turned into Comedy Gold so I'd assume the same for N@N/TV Land in the US.

Maybe they bought some older syndicated prints or something that were lower cost? Is that even possible? I mean, they did get a lot of sitcoms so maybe that has something to do with it.

Or maybe it's just their operations were only on the first day and some things weren't 100% yet. Could the syndicated prints just be dusty from nobody airing these shows hahahahha

I know that they used that Paramount logo for Happy Days on TV Land Canada until very recently when they stopped airing the show and turned into Comedy Gold so I'd assume the same for N@N/TV Land in the US.

Maybe they bought some older syndicated prints or something that were lower cost? Is that even possible? I mean, they did get a lot of sitcoms so maybe that has something to do with it.

Or maybe it's just their operations were only on the first day and some things weren't 100% yet. Could the syndicated prints just be dusty from nobody airing these shows hahahahhaThose are good questions, I know nothing about syndication really but would like to know. Maybe it is cheaper because of the quality. Funny how of the CBS shows they're airing, L&S is the only one using the familiar (at least to me) prints that you typically see which are sharper and more vibrant with 1995 logo at the end.

DUH! I just remembered, WGN aired Happy Days in the early-mid 2000s and used that Paramount ending like Hub is from the 70s/80s. I'm pretty sure. I'm still pretty sure TV Land, who aired it at the same time, used this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNhKpl0SzN4) ending and had better quality as I watched it a lot.

who cares about quality? when was the last time we had the opportunity to see these shows in primetime???????????????????

who cares about quality? when was the last time we had the opportunity to see these shows in primetime???????????????????
Yea I agree.

I've been watching HD and L&S all week and I'm just enjoying them. I don't think the quality is that bad. If you want to talk bad then you should have tried watching Alice when Ion used to air it. I could barely see the show...it was so fuzzy. lol

Yea I agree.

I've been watching HD and L&S all week and I'm just enjoying them. I don't think the quality is that bad. If you want to talk bad then you should have tried watching Alice when Ion used to air it. I could barely see the show...it was so fuzzy. lol


Yes it's no where near as bad as that-lol

I just find it interesting how the quality of a show can differ by channel.
Alice on ION...remember the editing on top of the quality? :rolleyes: Quite possibly the worst presentation of a series I've seen.

On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, the classic series will only be airing after midnight. Looks like they will be starting with pilot episodes on weekends. Schedule is as follows, for this weekend at least:

Friday night (Saturday AM):

2:00AM Doogie Howser, M.D.
2:30AM Happy Days
3:00AM Batman
3:30AM Batman

Saturday night (Sunday AM):

1:00AM The Wonder Years
1:30AM The Wonder Years
2:00AM Doogie Howser, M.D.
2:30AM Happy Days
3:00AM Batman
3:30AM Batman

Sunday night (Monday AM):

12:00AM Family Ties
12:30AM Family Ties
1:00AM The Wonder Years
1:30AM The Wonder Years
2:00AM Doogie Howser, M.D.
2:30AM Happy Days
3:00AM Batman
3:30AM Batman

The new Hub is doing much better than Discovery Kids. I hope this channel doesn't ditch the classics like ION did when they started growing a lot.

Family Ties and Happy Days are definitely sourced from old used library tapes.

Those are good questions, I know nothing about syndication really but would like to know. Maybe it is cheaper because of the quality. Funny how of the CBS shows they're airing, L&S is the only one using the familiar (at least to me) prints that you typically see which are sharper and more vibrant with 1995 logo at the end.

DUH! I just remembered, WGN aired Happy Days in the early-mid 2000s and used that Paramount ending like Hub is from the 70s/80s. I'm pretty sure. I'm still pretty sure TV Land, who aired it at the same time, used this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNhKpl0SzN4) ending and had better quality as I watched it a lot.

I don't think I've ever seen Happy Days have that Paramount ending. I've only really seen it on TV Land Canada and WGN though.

Let me ask you guys, is the Hub quality of Happy Days worse than WGN though?

And I agree, at least these shows are back on and as long as the quality isn't TERRIBLEEE, I think it adds more of a retro feel haha. Better than a new show in lower quality you know?

I don't think I've ever seen Happy Days have that Paramount ending. I've only really seen it on TV Land Canada and WGN though.

Let me ask you guys, is the Hub quality of Happy Days worse than WGN though?

And I agree, at least these shows are back on and as long as the quality isn't TERRIBLEEE, I think it adds more of a retro feel haha. Better than a new show in lower quality you know?I think Hub is using the same prints/whatever WGN was using. I don't remember the quality there totally, but I think it is comparable and they have the same Paramount/Gulf+Western ending. The Hub's quality is certainly nowhere near unwatchable by any means, it's just not what I was used to seeing when I last watched it in syndication on TV Land. I think the show I am most excited to see again is Laverne & Shirley - I forgot how much I loved that show! :D

Old used library tapes....are those cheaper or something? I know really nothing about them, so I would guess so, because why not get the copies/whatever they're called that most channels get of shows?

Im certainly happy to see these shows back on in reruns, hope they last. :)

Great network so far. I just wish that there was a full hour of the Wonder Years. My family loves that show. Also would be great to see the classics on Friday nights.

For those who have a problem with the quality of the pictures on some shows.......
We were watching the Daniel Boone show on World Harvest one day last week and the picture was beyond horrible. I don't know why but I changed the format and on one of the settings the picture got very clear. Maybe this would work for some for you?

I hope these shows last.

I seem to be the only one here rooting for doogie howser, m.d. but i really love that show! The fact that it's in syndication for the first time in 15 years is amazing!

I hope these shows last.

I seem to be the only one here rooting for doogie howser, m.d. but i really love that show! The fact that it's in syndication for the first time in 15 years is amazing!I like it too, had never seen Doogie Howser until the Hub aired it. Doogie makes a nice pairing with The Wonder Years.

I seem to be the only one here rooting for doogie howser, m.d. but i really love that show! The fact that it's in syndication for the first time in 15 years is amazing!


When Doogie came on in 1989 my kids were 13 and 16 and we all loved the show, still do! Now my Grandchildren are enjoying it thank to The Hub.

I hope these shows last.

I seem to be the only one here rooting for doogie howser, m.d. but i really love that show! The fact that it's in syndication for the first time in 15 years is amazing!
I love that Doogie, The Wonder Years, Family Ties, Laverne & Shirley, and Batman are all on the same channel every night! I haven't watched syndication in years. This has me so excited! It's great! I hope they all last.

Happy Days looks AWESOME on The Hub tonight (the 10PM episode, at least). The colors were incredibly sharp and vibrant like I've never seen them.

It had this ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSlS9hbUgDo

The 10:30 episode is faded like they have been. I haven't been watching to see how they've been looking lately.

Happy Days looks AWESOME on The Hub tonight (the 10PM episode, at least). The colors were incredibly sharp and vibrant like I've never seen them.

It had this ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSlS9hbUgDo

The 10:30 episode is faded like they have been. I haven't been watching to see how they've been looking lately.
They've been using the regular theme song instead of Rock Around the Clock the last couple of days. Maybe they got the prints off the DVDs. The ending had the CBS logo.

They've been using the regular theme song instead of Rock Around the Clock the last couple of days. Maybe they got the prints off the DVDs. The ending had the CBS logo.Funny, the 10:30PM episode had the Rock Around The Clock opening and looked like it did when they started airing it.

Maybe there are some episodes they haven't gotten to replacing with newer prints yet?

Anyone have an idea of how the classics are doing as far as ratings go? I hope they keep them on. Especially Wonder Years and Doogie Howser, M.D. because those are my favorites.

It's good to see some of these shows back on the air.However The Hub, similair to so many tv stations these days has waaaay to many commercials.Watching lets say Familty Ties,about 3 minutes after the show starts they cut into a block of commercials.And sometimes right in the middle of a scene.They are editing these shows as much as TV Land does.

Who the hell cares about commercials when the shows that are airing on the HUB haven't been seen in years?

I concur it is good to see these shows back on the air.However the amount of commercials kind of ruins it to a degree.When viewing a half hour show I don't want to see 3 or more commercial interruptions during the half hour each lasting 3-4 minutes.Years ago it was unheard of to have over 5-6 minutes of ads per half hour.--I was actually pleasantly surprised yesterday when viewing McMillan and Wife on RTV.The first commercial interruption was after 20 minutes.

I agree with that, Lunch. And actually, one thing that bothers me even more than editing is when a network will insert a commercial break where it doesn't belong (i.e., between "natural" act breaks). The Hub is notorious for this. They also are using older prints of shows (for example, they're using the 1992 syndicated prints of The Wonder Years and the pre-remastered Family Ties episodes), presumably to cut costs. And these older syndicated prints are already edited from their network versions...

Edited versions are a lot better than NO VERSIONS at all

True. I just wish there was a TV network that treated old television shows the same way TCM treats movies.

AKA,,,I agree, what is really needed is a commercial free station or 2 that shows only classic television shows.As you mentioned,similair to something like Turner Classic Movies,just with a regular schedule of shows. Commercial tv in general has become almost impossible to watch.Even though I like some of the shows on The Hub,I rarely watch them because of how they ruin the shows.

By the way there is an interesting station I think they are called IFC.The only good shows in my opinion they air are the Three Stooges and Monty Python.However they do not show commercials during the show,just after the shows end.And I don't think they edit the shows either.

I haven't checked out much of the other shows, but the editing of the Wonder Years reminds me of when ION aired the show. I'll still watch, but I wish that some station would show the full-length episodes.

I agree with that, Lunch. And actually, one thing that bothers me even more than editing is when a network will insert a commercial break where it doesn't belong (i.e., between "natural" act breaks). The Hub is notorious for this. They also are using older prints of shows (for example, they're using the 1992 syndicated prints of The Wonder Years and the pre-remastered Family Ties episodes), presumably to cut costs. And these older syndicated prints are already edited from their network versions...

Yeah, I agree with everyone that, while it's annoying that these shows are edited to a certain extent and maybe having older syndication prints than we'd like, they are still on TV again and we otherwise wouldn't be able to see such shows in syndication. Wonder Years isn't on DVD so it really is special to have it back in syndication.

I'm just wondering more about how you've concluded the syndication prints of The Wonder Years to be from 1992? Do you mean the ones you would be seeing if your local CBS, for example, decided to air it in off-network syndication on like a weekday afternoon in 1995? Or are these the same prints TNN and ABC Family, and come to think of it N@N, would have used as well? Is the difference more in the picture quality or in the editing?

Thanks! :)

I've only watched The Hub a few times so far.The picture quality is not that bad on the Wonder Years,it's the editing that's the big problem.However when I viewed Batman,the picture quality was all faded and quite poor.

I've only watched The Hub a few times so far.The picture quality is not that bad on the Wonder Years,it's the editing that's the big problem.However when I viewed Batman,the picture quality was all faded and quite poor.Family Ties and especially Happy Days are the worst. Some of the Happy Days episodes looked extremely sharp and vibrant (they had the CBS TV Distribution ending from 2007?-present).

The Hub is technically not a new network (they just changed their name/direction), so they really can't air unedited programming. They get good ad money, but Batman airs unedited. The only thing is that they speed it up to do so. Quality for Batman is OK, it's not really bad. But who really cares about editing when shows like Doogie Howser have barely aired in the last 10-15 years.

I've only watched The Hub a few times so far.The picture quality is not that bad on the Wonder Years,it's the editing that's the big problem.

But how bad is the editing really? If it's the same as ABC Family I don't see a major problem. Those ran for about 20-21 minutes and I didn't mind them at all or see a big issue with it.

With Growing Pains expiring from Viacom it would be a good show to air in the 7PM hour leading into Family Ties.

Starting Tuesday my listings show Family Ties and Happy Days switching hours.

cool get to see happy days earlier now sound good to me

...is that they brought back "ATOMIC BETTY" almost five years after Cartoon Network just yanked it off the air without any prior notice! Seems they had an exclusive five year contract to carry the show in the U.S.- starting in September 2004- but new management decided to keep it off their schedule after December 2005, while honoring their contract with distributor Breakthrough Films through its expiration in 2009...guaranteeing no other cable network would be able to carry it until then! Everyone else around the world saw the remaining season and a half worth of episodes through 2008...EXCEPT the U.S., because of CN's stubbornness. Fortunately, after CN's deal finally ended, the man behind Breakthrough Films, Kevin Gillis, was able to find a new home for "BETTY" by the fall of 2010...with "The Hub". And for that, I will always be grateful to them!

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I see Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? heads to The Hub fall 2011. No article/PR yet.

I wonder what show it will replace? Hopefully, it will be one of the cartoons that are on 18 hrs. of the day AND NOT the sitcoms that they have on now.

They seem to really be getting in to game show-type programming. I'm concerned that will start cutting in to the older shows.

A show like 5th Grader I would think would air nightly - 8-9pm? If they don't have any other announcements/changes, I would maybe predict maybe Happy Days moves to 10:30PM.

We announced that in March:

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2011/03/hub-upfront-2011-acquires-5th-grader.html

Ahh, I forgot. Bad memory, sorry.

I still go with a schedule like this (I think Fifth Grader will air at 8 and 8:30PM):

9PM The Wonder Years
9:30PM Doogie Howser
10PM Family Ties
10:30PM Happy Days
11PM Laverne and Shirley

If they go with 'Fifth Grader' at 8, I'd expect them to move Happy Days to 9 and change the schedule around that. Maybe even a full hour, dropping one of the other series (Doogie Howser?). There's probably a good chance of them picking up some other series for primetime in the fall anyway.

The one show I hope lasts a while on The Hub is "Family Game Night." This sweet game show is proof that you can have fun with your families without having to resort to too many overdramatic stalling moments that have been seen on far too many primetime game shows that came and went in the last five years. Also, Todd Newton's much better on this show than he ever was on "Whammy!"

i saw on the Hub website and on facebook that Jem and the Holograms are joining the network and are having a 6 episode marathon next week here is the info on that

http://www.nickandmore.com/2011/05/18/the-hub-new-dan-vs-this-saturday-jem-marathon-next-weekend/

i saw on the Hub website and on facebook that Jem and the Holograms are joining the network and are having a 6 episode marathon next week here is the info on that

http://www.nickandmore.com/2011/05/18/the-hub-new-dan-vs-this-saturday-jem-marathon-next-weekend/

Never heard of it. Plus, the link yields an error message.

Never heard of it. Plus, the link yields an error message.

hm worked for me its a old 80s cartoon few changes to the hub schedule coming soon to all i heard so far

hm [the NickAndMore.com article] worked for me its a old 80s cartoon few changes to the hub schedule coming soon to all i heard so far

Now it worked! What happened the first time?

no idea but glad it works mabye it was the traffic r something it happens

They have really been pushing the addition of Jem in their press releases. Should come as no surprise since it's a property Hasbro has really wanted to revive.

Family Ties and Happy Days have switched timeslots.

Family Ties and Happy Days have switched timeslots.

Again.

Again.I liked it at 10 a lot more. Shame they never get better quality episodes (like the ones Hallmark, TV Land, Nick at Nite, TBS had).

i don't know if ANYONE else is watching, but I think "Dan Vs." is AWESOME

http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/is-the-hub-due-for-a-writedown-discovery-debt-filing-raises-that-possibility/



Discovery Communications seems to be preparing the Street for bad news about
The HUB -- the kids channel it co-owns with Hasbro. In a $500 million debt
filing at the SEC this morning, Discovery says that last month the companies
amended their partnership agreement to create an undescribed "trigger event"
that could lead to a writedown indicating the property is worth less than they
had thought. The filing adds that "The HUB’s management is in the process of
conducting a fair value analysis to support goodwill impairment testing," with
the results expected in 3Q. The companies also agreed to an unspecified change
in the license fees that The HUB pays for its cartoons. The channel, which
targets ages 6-12, has struggled to grow since October when Discovery and Hasbro
re-branded Discovery Kids. It has attracted an average total day audience of
23,000 so far in the second quarter, down from 24,000 in the first quarter.

Discovery says it will support general corporate expenditures with the $500
million it hopes to raise from a sale of senior unsecured notes due in 2021.
Moody's Investors Service says the company probably will use most of the cash to
buy back its stock. Discovery has already repurchased 11.6 million shares of its
common stock from the $1 billion currently authorized for that purpose. That
includes the $147 million it spent between April 1 and June 10 to buy 3.9
million shares. Moody's gave the new debt filing a Baa2 rating, which means it's
considered a moderate credit risk. A new round of stock repurchases could
provide a bump for Discovery's shares. They've appreciated about 5% over the
last 12 months, under-performing the Standard & Poor's 500, which was up
about 17%.

this is not good hope we do not loose the Hub

I wonder how well the classics in primetime are doing?

So, are there any closet Bronies on Sitcoms Online?

So, are there any closet Bronies on Sitcoms Online?Could you please explain what Bronies are?