Me-TV has begun airing its summer promotion commercials and they are showing clips of Green Acres and The Mothers-in-Laws!!!:crazy:

I seen that--makes me wonder what schedule changes will be made. I'm sure GA will get a daily slot, most likely replacing Petticoat Junction. MIL will most likely air on the weekends.

I hope they show 'Green Acres' after 'Petticoat Junction'. 'The Mothers in Law' would be a good Sunday afternoon show. They showed 'The Brady Bunch' and 'Star Trek' prominently in their Summer of Me commercial. I wonder if they will give those shows weekday slots. I'm hoping...

It looks like the week of June 17th is when things start changing, according the ME-TV website. Sunday, June 17th, Father's Day will have 4 episodes of Make Room for Daddy airing in the afternoon and then starting Monday, Kojak is off the schdule, Rockford Files moves into its timeslot. Back to back episodes of Hogan's Heroes are in the Rockford Files slot. Then the prime-time schedule each night is a little different for the whole week.

This could be jumping the gun, but it looks like the Tuesday June 19th, evening 8-10Eastern timeslot will consist of The Brady Bunch, The Mothers-in-Law, That Girl and Love, American Style. Green Acres is scheduled for Wednesday, June 20th with 2 episodes.

It is unclear if this is just a special week for the start of summer or something more permanent.

I really hope they strip Make Room For Daddy, although I'm sure they will be the same hack jobs that TV Land ran in the 90s.

anyone know if shows on ME TV are uncut?

I just saw the new Schedule and I'm not happy that they are taking off Dobie Gillis

anyone know if shows on ME TV are uncut?

No, they are not.

The Lucy Desi Comedy Hour on Friday's from 8pm-10pm Eastern time. and Green Acres on Saturday's also from 6pm-7pm Eastern Time. start June 23,2012

http://metvnetwork.com/schedule.php?date=06/23/2012

It looks like the week of June 17th is when things start changing, according the ME-TV website. Sunday, June 17th, Father's Day will have 4 episodes of Make Room for Daddy airing in the afternoon and then starting Monday, Kojak is off the schdule, Rockford Files moves into its timeslot. Back to back episodes of Hogan's Heroes are in the Rockford Files slot. Then the prime-time schedule each night is a little different for the whole week.

Yeah looks like the whole week of primetime is a mixed bag with Cheers and The Dick Van Dyke Show at 10 & 10:30 each night.


Monday:
800 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
830 - The Dick Van Dyke Show
900 - The Bob Newhart Show
930 - The Honeymooners

Tuesday:
800 - The Brady Bunch
830 - The Mothers-In-Law
900 - That Girl
930 - Love, American Style

Wednesday:
800 - The Beverly Hillbillies
830 - The Beverly Hillbillies
900 - Green Acres
930 - Green Acres

Thursday:
800 - Batman
830 - Batman
900 - Get Smart
930 - Get Smart

Friday:
800 - The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
900 - The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour


I am really curious as to how they are presenting the [originally] hour-long Lucy shows. MeTV has it listed on the schedule as The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour but I was under the impression it is only available in syndication as the split half-hour versions under the title of We Love Lucy (which is what they aired for their Lucille Ball 100th Birthday marathon last year). The descriptions of the 2 complete episodes airing Friday are the names of both parts of the WLL syndication cuts. But MeTV has a track record of airing good restored prints so maybe it will indeed be the hour versions. As far as I know, the last time the full hours have been aired was on Nick@Nite or TVLand back in the 90s. There is a lot of interesting information regarding the show's history on the DVD collection.

I suppose we'll know soon enough if this is just a one week deal or not. Doing this for the rest of the summer under the "Summer Of Me" campaign would remind me of N@N's "Block Party Summer" before that network became worthless to me. At any rate, it's respectable of MeTV to shake things up every once in a while like this.

We waited so-o-o-o long for The Odd Couple to surface on some channel, and now it looks like METV has shelved it once again! Very upsetting. . . .
Especially when they continue to run multiple episodes of the same ol' shows back to back. SICK to DEATH of MASH and The Brady Bunch. Also, really sorry to see Dobie Gillis go!

Dobie Gillis is still on the METV schedule.

We waited so-o-o-o long for The Odd Couple to surface on some channel, and now it looks like METV has shelved it once again! Very upsetting. . . .
Especially when they continue to run multiple episodes of the same ol' shows back to back. SICK to DEATH of MASH and The Brady Bunch. Also, really sorry to see Dobie Gillis go!

Yeah looks like the whole week of primetime is a mixed bag with Cheers and The Dick Van Dyke Show at 10 & 10:30 each night.


Monday:
800 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
830 - The Dick Van Dyke Show
900 - The Bob Newhart Show
930 - The Honeymooners

Tuesday:
800 - The Brady Bunch
830 - The Mothers-In-Law
900 - That Girl
930 - Love, American Style

Wednesday:
800 - The Beverly Hillbillies
830 - The Beverly Hillbillies
900 - Green Acres
930 - Green Acres

Thursday:
800 - Batman
830 - Batman
900 - Get Smart
930 - Get Smart

Friday:
800 - The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
900 - The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour


I am really curious as to how they are presenting the [originally] hour-long Lucy shows. MeTV has it listed on the schedule as The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour but I was under the impression it is only available in syndication as the split half-hour versions under the title of We Love Lucy (which is what they aired for their Lucille Ball 100th Birthday marathon last year). The descriptions of the 2 complete episodes airing Friday are the names of both parts of the WLL syndication cuts. But MeTV has a track record of airing good restored prints so maybe it will indeed be the hour versions. As far as I know, the last time the full hours have been aired was on Nick@Nite or TVLand back in the 90s. There is a lot of interesting information regarding the show's history on the DVD collection.

I suppose we'll know soon enough if this is just a one week deal or not. Doing this for the rest of the summer under the "Summer Of Me" campaign would remind me of N@N's "Block Party Summer" before that network became worthless to me. At any rate, it's respectable of MeTV to shake things up every once in a while like this.



Does your post mean that MTM and Bob Newhart will only be shown ONCE a week now?

I am excited for the forthcoming Summer of MeTV. However, IMO, I think certain shows that have gone through a complete cycle more than twice since December 2010 should have breaks otherwise, they'll get stale and boring. As far as MTM goes, I'm extremely disappointed that Me-TV has NOT aired the series finale during its run. I also wished that Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley were moved to weekdays during this period.

I am excited for the forthcoming Summer of MeTV. However, IMO, I think certain shows that have gone through a complete cycle more than twice since December 2010 should have breaks otherwise, they'll get stale and boring. As far as MTM goes, I'm extremely disappointed that Me-TV has NOT aired the series finale during its run. I also wished that Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley were moved to weekdays during this period.



Wonder why ME-TV never aired the finale of MTM??

The Mother in Law will also air on Sunday evening.

Can someone please post the link for the PDF revised lineup.
Everytime I go to the site it only shows the current lineup.

Thnx

Can someone please post the link for the PDF revised lineup.
Everytime I go to the site it only shows the current lineup.

Thnx

They haven't posted their update pdf schedule yet

but if you go to their schedule page and used the drop down dates you can view the update schedule that way.

They haven't posted their update pdf schedule yet

but if you go to their schedule page and used the drop down dates you can view the update schedule that way.


Hmmm, maybe I am looking at the wrong link- but here is the link for 6/25 and it still shows the original lineup using the Denver link.

http://www.metvnetwork.com/schedule.php?date=06/25/2012

There is not much changes except the Hogan Heroes moves to Weekdays and Rockford files moved up to Kojak Time and from 8pm-11pm each night is a different show each night. this PDF shows the old schedule http://metvnetwork.com/metv_national.pdf

The following Tuesday 6/26 schedule has been posted and it is the modified schedule with primetime being The Brady Bunch, The Mothers-In-Law, That Girl, and Love, American Style. So it appears this unique daily primetime lineup is sticking for a while. I'd guess until the fall - it's probably what they're referring to as "Summer Of Me").

Kind of scratching my head over this decision. While I support the addition of Green Acres and The Mothers-In-Law, I don't see the motive in un-stripping the primetime lineup. It would further aid them if the Summer Of Me spot they are airing specifically stated "different shows every night of the week" instead of just a vague montage. A better move would be clearing some westerns & dramas to make room for new shows. Do they really need 20+ of these when they are basically the same show?

I am not happy. First of all, I like what they are doing each night, but I won't get to see any of it because my MeTV affiliate shares space with stupid good for nothing MyNetwork TV so during those two hours MyNetwork TV is on instead.

Second of all, that was a very stupid decision to cut Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley down to one episode on Sundays to make room for more Mothers in Law. That show only had two seasons, it doesn't need as much time. Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley lasted so much longer and their moving slower than molasses in January. It will take forever to get through them. They need to be on more.

I am not happy. First of all, I like what they are doing each night, but I won't get to see any of it because my MeTV affiliate shares space with stupid good for nothing MyNetwork TV so during those two hours MyNetwork TV is on instead.

Second of all, that was a very stupid decision to cut Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley down to one episode on Sundays to make room for more Mothers in Law. That show only had two seasons, it doesn't need as much time. Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley lasted so much longer and their moving slower than molasses in January. It will take forever to get through them. They need to be on more.
Not to mention that they skipped episodes of Happy Days, including "Hot Stuff" where the original Arnold's was burned down. I was looking forward to see this episode considering that CBS/Paramount is taking a forever in releasing more seasons on DVD. They could have taken the hour blocks of That Girl or Dick Van Dyke off Sundays to fill those spots instead.

They better not cut MTM, Dick Van Dyke, and Bob Newhart Show from 8-9:30, I watch those every week night

They better not cut MTM, Dick Van Dyke, and Bob Newhart Show from 8-9:30, I watch those every week night

they will still be on but reduce to one night a week. instead of every night and Dick Van Dyke still be on every night at 10:30pm and one night he will be on twice

you can see the schedule here http://www.metvnetwork.com/schedule.php?date=06/25/2012

We will have the full schedule and story tomorrow.

MeTV Summer of me Schedule http://metvnetwork.com/files/MeTV-Nat-Sched-Eff-6-18-12.pdf

http://metvnetwork.com/SummerofMe.php

Second of all, that was a very stupid decision to cut Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley down to one episode on Sundays to make room for more Mothers in Law. That show only had two seasons, it doesn't need as much time. Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley lasted so much longer and their moving slower than molasses in January. It will take forever to get through them. They need to be on more.


I agree I was disappointed as well.

Do they need 4 episodes of Brady Bunch on Sundays.

they will still be on but reduce to one night a week. instead of every night and Dick Van Dyke still be on every night at 10:30pm and one night he will be on twice

you can see the schedule here http://www.metvnetwork.com/schedule.php?date=06/25/2012

ME is going to start to tick me off :mad:

The way the Summer of ME is set up, it reminds me of NICK AT NITE'S block party summer they used to do

The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour will probably be the We Love Lucy versions that ME-TV ran for Lucy's hundredth birthday last year. But ME-TV has run uncut DVD versions of certain series. The Dick Van Dyke Show, for example has been run from the DVD sources and not the old syndication package. All the episodes are full-length, and many have original sponsor bumpers and even cast commercials, just like the DVD presentations. The "Larry Brownstein Productions" logo from the DVDs is also present. If ME could get clearance for the Lucy-Desi DVDs, that would be the first time the show aired these prints since TV Land aired them in the early 2000s. The DVD has "Lucy Takes A Cruise To Havana" in it's original, 75-minute version and there would have to be a special time-slot cleared to show this version.

The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour will probably be the We Love Lucy versions that ME-TV ran for Lucy's hundredth birthday last year. But ME-TV has run uncut DVD versions of certain series. The Dick Van Dyke Show, for example has been run from the DVD sources and not the old syndication package. All the episodes are full-length, and many have original sponsor bumpers and even cast commercials, just like the DVD presentations. The "Larry Brownstein Productions" logo from the DVDs is also present. If ME could get clearance for the Lucy-Desi DVDs, that would be the first time the show aired these prints since TV Land aired them in the early 2000s. The DVD has "Lucy Takes A Cruise To Havana" in it's original, 75-minute version and there would have to be a special time-slot cleared to show this version.

No television program comes from a DVD. Networks receive syndicated shows ready for broadcast directly from the distributor either in digital Betacam tapes, an internet connection, or record it themselves from a satellite feed. A channel cannot simply broadcast video content from a DVD - partially because television standards are different but mostly because it violates about 100 different intellectual property laws. Whatever versions are available for syndication is up to the distributor. Not every show that has been restored/remastered for home video is also restored for syndication. The Dick Van Dyke Show just happens to have the same masters for both the DVDs as well as the copies MeTV receives for broadcast.

While the I Love Lucy DVDs have reference-quality restorations, these far-superior versions haven't appeared in syndication. Despite the show's iconic popularity, the only versions broadcast are the same crummy syndication cuts that have been used for literally decades. Now the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour has had crummy syndication cuts as well as original versions appear on TV over the years so MeTV airing the originals isn't out of the question. This network really strides to air the newest, best, most-complete versions available to them.

We waited so-o-o-o long for The Odd Couple to surface on some channel, and now it looks like METV has shelved it once again! Very upsetting. . . .
Especially when they continue to run multiple episodes of the same ol' shows back to back. SICK to DEATH of MASH and The Brady Bunch. Also, really sorry to see Dobie Gillis go!
I am not hapy as well about The Odd couple, that is one of my favs on ME-TV.
It will be missed this summer!

The way the Summer of ME is set up, it reminds me of NICK AT NITE'S block party summer they used to do

Exactly my thoughts as well! Hopefully come fall we will see some major programming shakeups--it's really time for some of these shows to be rested and others to get exposed. I agree it's past time for Happy Days and L&S to be stripped on Me-TV.

I have never watch The Mothers-in-Laws.
Is the show any good?

I have never watch The Mothers-in-Laws.
Is the show any good?

That show has been on my list of "watch when I'm presented an easy opportunity" for a couple years now so I'm glad MeTV will air it. Judging from the couple of clips I've seen it doesn't seem half bad with a better-than-average cast. Unfortunately it also appears at face value to be a poor man's version of The Lucy Show - Eve Arden's similar hairdo and wardrobe as Lucille Ball's at the time, 2 older female leads getting into sticky situations, even the overall set design and lighting reminds me of TLS. It was also produced by Desi Arnaz and created by Bob Carroll and Madelyn Davis who wrote practically ALL of Lucy's shows for over a decade before this show. So I'll be watching with cautious optimism.

it's an OK show best taken in limited doses.

We waited so-o-o-o long for The Odd Couple to surface on some channel, and now it looks like METV has shelved it once again! Very upsetting. . . .
Especially when they continue to run multiple episodes of the same ol' shows back to back. SICK to DEATH of MASH and The Brady Bunch. Also, really sorry to see Dobie Gillis go!

I wonder if MASH is supposed to be on every channel once in a life time!!:mad: :mad:

That show has been on my list of "watch when I'm presented an easy opportunity" for a couple years now so I'm glad MeTV will air it. Judging from the couple of clips I've seen it doesn't seem half bad with a better-than-average cast. Unfortunately it also appears at face value to be a poor man's version of The Lucy Show - Eve Arden's similar hairdo and wardrobe as Lucille Ball's at the time, 2 older female leads getting into sticky situations, even the overall set design and lighting reminds me of TLS. It was also produced by Desi Arnaz and created by Bob Carroll and Madelyn Davis who wrote practically ALL of Lucy's shows for over a decade before this show. So I'll be watching with cautious optimism.
Unfortunately The Mothers-in-Laws air at a time when my Me-TV affiliate doesn't cover the network. :rolleyes:

No television program comes from a DVD. Networks receive syndicated shows ready for broadcast directly from the distributor either in digital Betacam tapes, an internet connection, or record it themselves from a satellite feed. A channel cannot simply broadcast video content from a DVD - partially because television standards are different but mostly because it violates about 100 different intellectual property laws. Whatever versions are available for syndication is up to the distributor. Not every show that has been restored/remastered for home video is also restored for syndication. The Dick Van Dyke Show just happens to have the same masters for both the DVDs as well as the copies MeTV receives for broadcast.

While the I Love Lucy DVDs have reference-quality restorations, these far-superior versions haven't appeared in syndication. Despite the show's iconic popularity, the only versions broadcast are the same crummy syndication cuts that have been used for literally decades. Now the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour has had crummy syndication cuts as well as original versions appear on TV over the years so MeTV airing the originals isn't out of the question. This network really strides to air the newest, best, most-complete versions available to them.
Then at least The Andy Griffith Show as seen on ME is from an internet connection. Checking the CBS Syndication Bible, The Andy Griffith Show syndication package is available as 1) Beta SP, 2) 1" or 3) 3/4". The average runtime is 22 1/2 min. These are shown on WGN. The shows on ME-TV are advertised as the original network versions and run full-length, down to the CBS logo at the end. It's still the same content as the DVDs which is what I meant.

The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour will probably be the We Love Lucy versions that ME-TV ran for Lucy's hundredth birthday last year. But ME-TV has run uncut DVD versions of certain series. The Dick Van Dyke Show, for example has been run from the DVD sources and not the old syndication package. All the episodes are full-length, and many have original sponsor bumpers and even cast commercials, just like the DVD presentations. The "Larry Brownstein Productions" logo from the DVDs is also present. If ME could get clearance for the Lucy-Desi DVDs, that would be the first time the show aired these prints since TV Land aired them in the early 2000s. The DVD has "Lucy Takes A Cruise To Havana" in it's original, 75-minute version and there would have to be a special time-slot cleared to show this version.

From the Metv video Promo they are announce it as the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour the rarely seen http://metvnetwork.com/videos.php?videoID=3333362

From the Metv video Promo they are announce it as the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour the rarely seen http://metvnetwork.com/videos.php?videoID=3333362
That promo shows a clip from "Lucy Takes A Cruise To Havana" as shown on the DVD: The clip with Desi standing in front of a curtain saying "we have some wonderful guests lined up for you" is from the full-length, 75 minute version which has never been shown in syndication.

ME is going to start to tick me off :mad:


The Brady Bunch was strictly for squares even when it was first aired. Now they act like it is part of the great classic TV tradition. Has always reminded me of the corny, crumby writing you find on the Fedderson shows (Family Affair & My Three Sons). METV would do well to ditch all three of these programs because they really don't fit their image.

Next, I agree that Bonanza, Gunsmoke and Big Valley are all classics, but believe they and the police dramas during the day are all over-exposed. It would be better to have anthology presentations of these like when The Western Theatre aired either Sugarfoot, or Bronco or Cheyenne. They could also do this with their police shows (Kojak, Hawaii50, Rockford Files). By the way, I think Cannon really stinks and shouldn't be on this channel either.

MASH, Dick Van Dyke and Lucy are all great shows, but they too have become over exposed of late. One episode a day, or maybe one in the morning and one in the evening is plenty.

Bring back The Odd Couple and add Barney Miller!

I couldn't disagree more about Family Affair, it's one of the best shows ever made. And while I don't like it as much as I used to, most people would consider The Brady Bunch a classic.

I couldn't disagree more about Family Affair, it's one of the best shows ever made. And while I don't like it as much as I used to, most people would consider The Brady Bunch a classic.
I totally agree and it's great to see Family Affair again. I haven't seen it in so long.

The Brady Bunch was never my favorite, but as the last of the old-fashioned family sitcoms, it will always be popular with some audiences. Lucy and Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith are the gold standard of sitcoms, but they should be cut back to one or two episodes a week to stop the overexposure. How about some shows that haven't been played in years? As an old fart, some of the shows I'm going to suggest haven't been played in years and many will not remember them, but they were highly thought of in their day and would be something "new" for the younger viewer to perhaps discover and enjoy: Our Miss Brooks, Private Secretary, My Little Margie, Pete and Gladys, December Bride, Science Fiction Theater, San Francisco Beat (The Lineup), Make Room For Daddy, and Ozzie and Harriet (after Sam Nelson completes his ambitious restoration of all 435 episodes). Most of these haven't been seen in decades and as part of our TV heritage I think they should be given at least a chance.

I couldn't disagree more about Family Affair, it's one of the best shows ever made. And while I don't like it as much as I used to, most people would consider The Brady Bunch a classic.

Let me get this straight: You're an adult and you actually LAUGH at these shows? That's pretty hard to believe, but I'll take your word for it.

Family Affair "one of the best shows ever made"??? Even though all Brian Keith does his rub his furrowed brow, and look at the floor and grunt? And you think the acting of the Family Affair children compares favorably to Ron Howard or Jerry Mathers or -- Heaven help us-- even Larry Mathews?

Tell me which episode of Family Affair (or The Brady Bunch, for that matter) is half as memorable as the "Me and My Shadow," or "Twilo," or "Rosebud," or "Oony-ootz" episodes of Dick Van Dyke?

How about any FA or BB episode vs the "Ernest T" and "Darling" episodes of Andy Griffith? Any episode centered on Barney? The way I see it, these characters are drawn in such greater detail, and the comedy so much more expertly delivered, that there really can be no comparison.

In my opinion, even the Henning shows (and something like Gilligan's Island for that matter), which are pretty simple, family-minded programs, have better characterization and writing than FA and BB. Of course, everyone has his own taste, and if you want to watch these shows, I guess you're the answer to why METV is running them.

I agree some of the much older shows would be great to see as well. I'm taping and really enjoying Dobie Gillis which, again, was a very funny show; still comes off pretty hip, good acting, memorable characters and sophisticated writing. Love it!

Dick Van Dyke is a great show but Larry Matthews is the weakest link on it. The Family Affair kids are easily better actors. While maybe not on the level of Ron Howard or Jerry Mathers, they're close. Family Affair is a really enjoyable show for me to watch. I agree Barney-centered Andy Griffiths are great. I actually don't like The Brady Bunch much anymore, but it is widely regarded as a classic still.

Family Affair is a great show. I haven't seen it since FX aired it back in the 90's. Before that I hadn't seen it since the 70's. It hasn't been run to death like some other classics. I like DVD and Andy Griffith too but there's room on tv for all of them.

Of course, everyone has his own taste, and if you want to watch these shows, I guess you're the answer to why METV is running them.

That is the moral of the story! Personally, writing is not necessarily what I look for when I watch a TV show. It's more of what does this show do for me. What kind of feelings does it conjur. Does it make me laugh out loud? Does it bring me back to my childhood? It seems to me, what everyone praises for great writing, I really do not care for (Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, M*A*S*H) I have watched every episode of the Brady Bunch at least 20 times and have yet to sit through a full episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show. The Andy Griffith Show is not my taste either. However, I do have say, The Pickle Story is pretty good.

If I were to reply to this post I would be banned for sure.

If I were to reply to this post I would be banned for sure.
I would too, DVD is a comic genius and IMHO only second to Lucille Ball and Company.:eek: