Here is AntennaTV 2016 schedule

http://antennatv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Antenna-TV-1Q-2016-Grayscale-Program-Grid-East-West.pdf

Here is AntennaTV 2016 schedule

http://antennatv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Antenna-TV-1Q-2016-Grayscale-Program-Grid-East-West.pdf

Interesting. No more Too Close for Comfort? That's a shame. Glad One Day at a Time is still in the daily rotation. And nice spot for Mork & Mindy. Aside from the weekend, Dear John pretty much gets buried right off the bat. And the Sabrina addition I hadn't heard of. At first I was annoyed with a show that recent, but then The Nanny was on Antenna launched. (It just didn't last very long.) And while I don't watch them, nice also to see My Mother the Car and It's About Time still around. Those one-season curios are ideal for a channel like this.

The weekends with the exception of Carson are lousy to me. I dont watch any of those shows except Leave it to Beaver, Mr. Belvedere, One Day at a Time and Doogie Howser.

Sounds good to me, and I can always burn shows to a DVD and watch them at my convenience. I'll really do cartwheels if they ever get Room 222 and The Farmer's Daughter.

If Johnny Carson bombs, does anyone think Antenna could be in real financial trouble? They seem to have a lot riding on it.

Looks pretty lousy to me. If Dear John is new, why is it in a graveyard slot on weekdays? And Good Times and Sanford and Son in the same spots? And One Day at a Time is way too early in the day. Good thing I don't watch this channel anymore because of their stupid credit crunch. But I might tune into Carson a time or two to see what he's like but I doubt I would watch regularly.

maude is gone to that could of easiely took good times place im burned out on that show

I don't like the schedule for Monkees and Partridge Family. I'm at church during that time. Then again I do have both on DVD so no need to watch. I don't like the schedule for Mr Belvedere either.

I want belvedere back on weekdays

Yup, Belvedere on every weekday is a good call. The show was missed by many during 80s first-run. It's also very well written. Things I suggest for ATV: Room 222, Laugh-In, Riptide, Family, Eight Is Enough, It's a Living and Family. Anyone having an "oh yeah, I miss that show!" moment?

Yup, Belvedere on every weekday is a good call. The show was missed by many during 80s first-run. It's also very well written. Things I suggest for ATV: Room 222, Laugh-In, Riptide, Family, Eight Is Enough, It's a Living and Family. Anyone having an "oh yeah, I miss that show!" moment?

Yup. Especially with Room 222. It's on my wish list. Another old show I'd love to see on Antenna is The Farmer's Daughter. I already have most of the EIght Is Enough episodes on DVD.

silver spoons Out of this world perfect strangers Hogan family ALF

And what's great about Antenna is that some of out wish lists may very well materialize. I never thought I'd ever see eps of Bachelor Father or My The Car, but there they were. Others may pick at this station's (minor) flaws,but overall, IMO, it's an amazing kick-a*s channel.

They were actually planning to show the Farmer's Daughter when the channel first launched but many of the tapes were in such bad shape that they canceled it and ended up not showing it.

They were actually planning to show the Farmer's Daughter when the channel first launched but many of the tapes were in such bad shape that they canceled it and ended up not showing it.

That's sad to hear, because it was a charming show. Maybe someone somewhere will restore some of them. At least I can salvage a few eps from You Tube meanwhile.

I am happy to see Dear John on tv even though the poor time slot doesnt give it much chance of succedding. I am excited to see Carson it should be fun to watch after all these years. I used to watch every night back in the 80's.




The weekends with the exception of Carson are lousy to me. I dont watch any of those shows except Leave it to Beaver, Mr. Belvedere, One Day at a Time and Doogie Howser.

5 shows on a weekend schedule is a lot for me. There isnt any Cable or OTA channel that I watch 5 shows. With some of the bad schedules on tv these days I am happy when i get a channel that has 2-3 shows I like.

I'll just take what I can get, especially since I'll finally be getting Antenna TV in January.

I'll just take what I can get, especially since I'll finally be getting Antenna TV in January.

And, IMO, you will be getting a lot. I love the channel.

Every time I click on the schedule it makes my computer freeze up!!!! So I still don't know what is on the new schedule!

New: Dear John, Johnny Carson, Mork and Mindy, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Gone: Maude.

New: Dear John, Johnny Carson, Mork and Mindy, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Gone: Maude.


Sabrina the teenage witch?? AWESOME!!!;) What time slot will that be on please?

Every time I click on the schedule it makes my computer freeze up!!!! So I still don't know what is on the new schedule!

This is the CENTRAL TIME ZONE listing:

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Cool!!! Sabrina will be on 11AM on Saturday where I live!!! That's perfect cause most likely I will get a job in an office and not have to work Saturdays!


I loved that show!!! I'm looking forward to seeing Sabrina, her Aunts and the cool talking cat again!!! ;)


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New: Dear John, Johnny Carson, Mork and Mindy, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Gone: Maude.

LOL God will get them for that. Looking forward to Sabrina and Johnny Carson.

LOL God will get them for that. Looking forward to Sabrina and Johnny Carson.


Good one, Oh Nuts!!! :lol: :D

took maude off for dear john dear john god wil get you for that antenna tv

Yup, Belvedere on every weekday is a good call. The show was missed by many during 80s first-run. It's also very well written. Things I suggest for ATV: Room 222, Laugh-In, Riptide, Family, Eight Is Enough, It's a Living and Family. Anyone having an "oh yeah, I miss that show!" moment?


When I look at the entire schedules for Antenna TV and ME-TV and compare them to what I get to watch on my TV, I have that moment every day! :(

New: Dear John, Johnny Carson, Mork and Mindy, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Gone: Maude.

And Too Close For Comfort, and The 3 Stooges.

I wish Antenna would bring back Flipper!

When I look at the entire schedules for Antenna TV and ME-TV and compare them to what I get to watch on my TV, I have that moment every day! :(


I hadnt heard that Antenna TV is getting Charles and Charge or Room 22. I cant wait until May.

I hadnt heard that Antenna TV is getting Charles and Charge or Room 22. I cant wait until May.

That's just his signature. It has nothing to do with Antenna TV.

Is Antenna TV planning an opening weekend Johnny Carson marathon? The night of January 1st my listings show a 3 hour episode with McLean Stevensen and Eddie Murphy from 11PM-2AM with an immediate encore from 2-5AM. And the night of January 2nd lists him from 10PM-4:30AM with several guests. I don't know if they're all 90 minute episodes that are just listed in one block on my page. Also in the 10PM hour leading into the Carson premiere on Friday: The Jack Benny Program airs at 10:00 with Johnny as his guest; then there's a special on Carson's career at 10:30 with several celebrities including Jay Leno, Bob Newhart, and Doc Severinson.

That's just his signature. It has nothing to do with Antenna TV.

Oh bummer, thats the longest signature I ever saw.

regarding Carson my guide says the same thing. I cant wait its going to be so cool to see The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson every night or as they have to call it Johnny Carson.

Antenna tv has announced on their website the first three Tonight Shows with Johnny Carson that will air in the first three days:

January 1- 1-1-82 McLean Stevenson,Eddie Murphy
January 2- 1-1-75 Foster Brooks,Victor Buono,Joan Embery
January 3- 5-21-74 Bob Hope,Michael Landon,Freddie Prinze,Don Rickles,Carol Wayne.

Can't wait. I am just praying that they don't overdub the Tonight Show Band music like they have been doing on their dvds. They were a huge part as to why that show was so special to watch besides Johnny.

Antenna tv has announced on their website the first three Tonight Shows with Johnny Carson that will air in the first three days:

January 1- 1-1-82 McLean Stevenson,Eddie Murphy
January 2- 1-1-75 Foster Brooks,Victor Buono,Joan Embery
January 3- 5-21-74 Bob Hope,Michael Landon,Freddie Prinze,Don Rickles,Carol Wayne.

Can't wait. I am just praying that they don't overdub the Tonight Show Band music like they have been doing on their dvds. They were a huge part as to why that show was so special to watch besides Johnny.

This should be fun. I've always enjoyed JC and IMO no talk show host has ever unclassed him. Jan1 and Jan3 sound like they'll be epic presentations. I'm sure this will be very enjoyable viewing, despite any presentation flaws-which I hope will be absent or minimal.

Me too. Antenna tv paid a huge price to get to air these Johnny Carson shows. It should pay off for them.

Me too. Antenna tv paid a huge price to get to air these Johnny Carson shows. It should pay off for them.

I LOVE Antenna; they unearthed so many shows I thought were long gone dead and buried-- that I'd have to shell out megabucks to get on tape/DVD. I've burned hundreds of hours of great viewing from Antenna and now even more to include the classy Mr. Carson. Antenna is TV's Santa Claus!

Much Respect to Antenna TV for add classic Johnny Carson and Mork & Mindy into the Schedule

Much Respect to Antenna TV for add classic Johnny Carson and Mork & Mindy into the Schedule
Amen to that!

And I briefly turned it on and they're even crunching credits on Christmas and crunched Webster which hasn't been seen in years. A Bah Humbug to them!

I hadnt heard that Antenna TV is getting Charles and Charge or Room 22. I cant wait until May.



Sorry about that. That is from my signature. I'll change it by the New Year, I promise. What I meant earlier was that when I see the schedules from Antenna TV and ME-TV, I always have an "Oh Yeah I Miss That Show" moment because I can't get ANY of their shows on my TV stations. Seriously, it's like looking forward to a big feast and only getting crumbs.

But, I have to add that there is a little hope on the way. One of Canada's two retro stations, Comedy Gold, will be bringing back Mary Tyler Moore and I Love Lucy to their schedule in January (by popular demand, I'm sure) and they will also add the original (I hope!) Odd Couple with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall. So that will be a welcome change from the usual tedium that they currently have. The other channel, DejaView, will, unsurprisingly, be making no changes at all, so you're stuck with what's there, which, other than Three's Company, doesn't amount to very much.

Now for all you Johnny Carson fans, here's a more detailed look at what's on for the first week of shows on Antenna TV:

Friday January 1

10:00 pm - Jack Benny Program - with Guest Johnny Carson (1962)
10:30 Here's Johnny: Antenna TV Presents Johnny Carson (preview show)

Tonight show episodes: (repeated at 2 am)

11:00 Jan. 1, 1982 - Eddie Murphy, McLean Stevenson

Saturday January 2 10:00 pm - Jan. 1, 1975 - Foster Brooks, Victor Buono, Joan Embery

Sun Jan 3 10:00 pm - May 21, 1974 - Bob Hope, Michael Landon, Freddie Prinze, Don Rickles, Carol Wayne

Mon Jan 4 11:00 pm - Jan. 4, 1985 - Peter Fonda, Charles Nelson Reilly

Tue Jan 5 11:00 pm - June 11, 1986 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Crystal

Wed Jan 6 11:00 pm - Nov. 7, 1986 - Alan Thicke, Rosanna Arquette, Oprah Winfrey

Thu Jan 7 11:00 pm - March 11, 1987 - Christopher Reeve, Dana Carvey

The sunday/early monday schedule is the only bright spot which is

12am-1am.The Jeffersons

1am-2am....Three's Company


Still can;t believe One Day at a Time is on the schedule:mad:

Still can't believe One Day at a Time is on the schedule

If you stop bad mouthing my show I'll send you a $5 Wal-Mart and Dunkin Donut gift card.

If you stop bad mouthing my show I'll send you a $5 Wal-Mart and Dunkin Donut gift card.


Make it $20 LOL

And I also happened to notice they didn't crunch Good Times at all. They must really like that show and yet it's one of the most overplayed shows and I already have it complete on DVD. If they had to crunch something, they should crunch Good Times instead because it is so readily available and overplayed and they should not crunch One Day at a Time because it is so hard to find and hasn't been seen in years.

And I also happened to notice they didn't crunch Good Times at all. They must really like that show and yet it's one of the most overplayed shows and I already have it complete on DVD. If they had to crunch something, they should crunch Good Times instead because it is so readily available and overplayed and they should not crunch One Day at a Time because it is so hard to find and hasn't been seen in years.


One Day at a Time is no longer in the hard to find category since it has been on Antenna TV since the spring and will continue to be

Sorry about that. That is from my signature.

No worries, when I was looking at it on my phone it looked like part of the text and it threw me off a little.

If I have to deal with the credit crunch, I will deal because there are shows that I watch. Not to harp on this but why are they crunching the credits? I have seen them crunch just to show the opening to the next show. Does that 10 seconds or whatever really matter?

Sabrina the Teen age Witch, not too crazy about that for the station is starting to show shows in the 1990's. Too bad Maude is gone for I was planning to start watching that. With so many shows, can't watch everything.

Sabrina the Teen age Witch, not too crazy about that for the station is starting to show shows in the 1990's. Too bad Maude is gone for I was planning to start watching that. With so many shows, can't watch everything.

I know what you mean-but sometimes it can be fun trying!

Sabrina the Teen age Witch, not too crazy about that for the station is starting to show shows in the 1990's. Too bad Maude is gone for I was planning to start watching that. With so many shows, can't watch everything.
That's actually not their first 90s show. In fact, during their early years, they had a 90s block consisting of Married With Children, Newsradio, and The Nanny.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/johnny-carson-tonight-show-full-episodes-antenna-tv-1201568250/

Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full ‘Tonight Show’ Episodes


Cynthia Littleton

Managing Editor: Television

@Variety_Cynthia



Just when it seemed the late-night landscape couldn’t get more competitive, here comes Johnny Carson.

Tribune Media’s Antenna TV, the multicast digital channel devoted to vintage television shows, will run full-length episodes of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” nightly at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT starting Jan. 1.

Antenna TV has struck a multi-year deal with Carson Entertainment Group to license hundreds of hours of the NBC late-night institution. Antenna will run episodes that aired from 1972 through the end of Carson’s 30-year reign in in 1992. Because NBC owns the rights to “The Tonight Show” moniker, Antenna TV’s episodes will be billed simply as “Johnny Carson.”

“This is not a clip show. This is full episodes of Johnny Carson, the man that everyone in late-night agrees was the greatest host of all time, airing in real time as he did back in the day,” Sean Compton, Tribune’s president of strategic programming and acquisitions, told Variety. “Tuning in to ‘The Tonight Show’ is like taking a walk down Main Street in Disneyland. The minute you step in there, you feel good and you know it’s a place you want to stay. We cannot wait to bring this show to fans who remember Carson and to a new generation of viewers who have never had the chance to see Johnny in his prime.”




Antenna’s showcase will mark the first time Carson-era “Tonight Show” episodes have aired on a nightly basis since the host signed off in May 1992. Carson stayed out of the spotlight after his retirement until his death at age 79 on Jan. 23, 2005.

“The Tonight Show” ran in a 90-minute format from the start of Carson’s run in 1962 until 1980, when it was trimmed to an hour. Antenna will air hourlong episodes on weeknights and 90-minute installments on Saturday and Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

The scheduling of episodes will be carefully curated to run as themed weeks or months, as well as episodes that coincide with notable anniversaries, holidays and other milestones. Those could include everything from a week’s worth of “Tonight Show” debuts by future comedy superstars such as Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres, Richard Pryor, David Letterman, Jim Carrey and Tim Allen to a month of Christmas episodes in December. Antenna’s “Tonight Show” run will begin with the New Year’s Day episode from 1982 featuring Eddie Murphy and “MASH” star McLean Stevenson.




With all the hubbub over changes in late-night TV during the past two years, Compton had the idea to revive Carson’s “Tonight Show” in a big way. Carson Entertainment Group, headed by Jeff Sotzing, Carson’s nephew, was immediately receptive.

“I think there’s a demographic out there that is really going to eat this up,” Sotzing told Variety. “The show will now be able to be seen by so many people who haven’t seen it before.”

The deal involved nearly six months of negotiations with Hollywood’s talent guilds and the American Federation of Musicians. The talks were complicated because there’s not much precedent for residual fees for full-length reruns of a vintage variety show re-airing on a digital broadcast channel. A few weeks ago the deal almost fell apart over cost issues that seemed insurmountable, but Compton and his team kept hammering away until compromises were reached.

Tribune execs are determined to keep each episode as intact as possible — which means negotiating new agreements for the show’s many musical performances on an episode-by-episode basis, in most cases.

The full-length segs will re-introduce viewers to the show that cemented the template for the late-night talk-variety format, from the monologue to goofy banter with sidekicks to showcasing promising comedians. Carson also invented a host of characters over the years, including Carnac the Magnificent, Art Fern and Aunt Blabby, as well the leading the “Mighty Carson Art Players” sketches. Carson, Ed McMahon and bandleader Doc Severinsen were also famous for doing in-program commericals. Tribune’s sales department is looking to set up creative sponsorship deals piggybacking on those now-priceless integrations, Compton said.

Carson Entertainment has marketed home video releases of full-length “Tonight Show” episodes in the past. But that’s not the same as being able to tune in every night as the show originally aired.

Sadly, the first 10 years of Carson’s “Tonight Show” are lost to history, with only a handful of episodes that survive. When the “Tonight Show” made its historic move from New York to Burbank in 1972, Carson realized that NBC had no archive of his older episodes. From then on, Carson Entertainment invested in state-of-the-art archival technology to preserve his legacy — a focus that continues today.

The 1972-1992 episodes have been digitized and meticulously transcribed and catalogued. The master tapes are buried 600 feet below the earth in a salt mine in Hutchinson, Kan. There are multiple digital copies housed in safe locations as well, according to Sotzing.

“We continue to spend money to protect the library and make sure it’s a working library,” he said. With digital technology, “it’s amazing how we have gone from 50-pound two-inch videotapes to having hundreds of shows on a single (computer) drive.”

Carson was pleasantly surprised after his retirement that there was a home video market for older “Tonight Show” episodes. Sotzing said he has no doubt his uncle would be happy that his life’s work still had value to a modern TV network.

Launched in 2011, Antenna TV is carried on the multicast channels of broadcast TV stations around the country, including Tribune-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other top markets. All told, Antenna at present is available in 102 TV markets reaching 78% of the nation’s television households. Antenna does not have broad SVOD rights to the “Tonight Show” episodes but will be able to make them available on a limited basis for authenticated streaming through MVPD partners.

Antenna’s schedule lineup at present is anchored by such evergreens as “All in the Family,” “Bewitched,” “Green Acres,” “Father Knows Best,” “The Partridge Family” and “Leave It to Beaver.” The investment in Carson’s “Tonight Show” library is a sign that Tribune is ready to raise the profile of Antenna TV. The channel is profitable even with a modest, older-skewing audience. The hope is that a combination of nostalgia and interest in the legend of Carson will drive broader sampling of the channel.

The “Tonight Show” project has been a labor of love for Compton, who has screened hundreds of episodes to prepare for assembling the themed packages. The plan is for Antenna to be nimble in programming episodes on short notice to respond to headlines and current events.

“With Johnny you just have everything,” Compton enthused. “On the night of (the 2016) Indy 500, we’ll have an episode of Johnny talking about about the race. On Christmas Eve, we’ll have an episode with Jimmy Stewart telling stories about the making of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ Our possibilities are endless.”

I wonder at some point, will Antenna pick up "Amen" since it was produced by Carson's production company. I'm not sure who syndicates "Amen."

Amen was last syndicated by The Program Exchange

Looks like a mixed bag other than Carson. I'd like to see them blast Father Knows Best out of early morning eventually.
Some of these shows have been on too long and need to be taken off.

Some of these shows have been on too long and need to be taken off.

I really like most of the shows on Antenna, FKB included. But some have been on Antenna for years now, and probably a few times through the entire series; I wouldn't mind a significant change of one set of great shows for an entirely new lineup.

The lineup is great! Although I'd take off some of the TV shows that are overun. In ex: Good Times, Threes Company, Bewitched And add shows like: The Bob Newhart Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Growing Pains, What's Happening, .


And I can't wait for Johnny Carson!

Looks pretty lousy to me. If Dear John is new, why is it in a graveyard slot on weekdays? And Good Times and Sanford and Son in the same spots? And One Day at a Time is way too early in the day. Good thing I don't watch this channel anymore because of their stupid credit crunch. But I might tune into Carson a time or two to see what he's like but I doubt I would watch regularly.
We get it, you stopped watching because of the credit crunch. You don't have to keep telling us. It's annoying to me too, but they're not going to stop, so let it go.

As for Dear John, it's on weekends at a decent time. Besides, Doogie Howser was also given an overnight slot during the week, so I don't get your complaint.

Wasn't expecting Sabrina the Teenage Witch...seems like they reserve their 90s stuff more for the weekends.

The lineup is great! Although I'd take off some of the TV shows that are overun. In ex: Good Times, Threes Company, Bewitched And add shows like: The Bob Newhart Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Growing Pains, What's Happening, .


And I can't wait for Johnny Carson!

Welcome to the board!!:wave:

I do think they should keep FKB but get rid of Good Times, Sanford and Son and Bewitched.

We get it, you stopped watching because of the credit crunch. You don't have to keep telling us. It's annoying to me too, but they're not going to stop, so let it go.

As for Dear John, it's on weekends at a decent time. Besides, Doogie Howser was also given an overnight slot during the week, so I don't get your complaint.

Wasn't expecting Sabrina the Teenage Witch...seems like they reserve their 90s stuff more for the weekends.
At least Dear John is on. It's a great show and I haven't seen it in syndication since the mid 90's.

At least Dear John is on. It's a great show and I haven't seen it in syndication since the mid 90's.




Yeah I agree , but its n at a crappy time. 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning. Who's up at that time? Insomniacs and night owl like me. What they should do is put it on at a better time slot, and more people would watch

Yeah I agree , but its n at a crappy time. 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning. Who's up at that time? Insomniacs and night owl like me. What they should do is put it on at a better time slot, and more people would watch
Yea I agree. I'll DVR it and probably watch it around 6 or 7 pm. It is hard to get new fans for a show if it isn't treated right though.

At least Dear John is on. It's a great show and I haven't seen it in syndication since the mid 90's.

I enjoy it a lot too; Judd Hirsch can do no wrong!

Since Antenna Tv is showing Dear John, they should put Judd Hirsch's other sitcom, Taxi, on. That would be a pleasure!

Since Antenna Tv is showing Dear John, they should put Judd Hirsch's other sitcom, Taxi, on. That would be a pleasure!

Works for me! Taxi's a blast.

Works for me! Taxi's a blast.





Especially in its early years.

Me-Tv has Taxi but they only show one episode a week.

Me-Tv has Taxi but they only show one episode a week.


Which is why I'd like Antenna Tv to pick it up

Since Antenna Tv is showing Dear John, they should put Judd Hirsch's other sitcom, Taxi, on. That would be a pleasure!
ME TV shows it.

ME TV shows it.





Yeah , 1 episode a week. Too infrequent. That's why I would want Antenna Tv to pick it up, so its on more often

Knowing MeTV, Taxi will probably return to weeknights soon. Their schedules never last more than a few months.

And One Day at a Time is way too early in the day.I would be happy for One Day at a Time to leave the schedule if it meant Mr. Belvedere staying at 4PM weekdays. Belvedere and Mork & Mindy would make a great pairing.

I really liked the 2 Dear John episodes that aired Christmas night. It's too bad that can't be at 7PM weeknights instead of just Sundays. There's no way I'll get to see it at 4AM. Webster, on the other hand, didn't impress me.

I really liked the 2 Dear John episodes that aired Christmas night. It's too bad that can't be at 7PM weeknights instead of just Sundays. There's no way I'll get to see it at 4AM. Webster, on the other hand, didn't impress me.



Try to record the episodes

Try to record the episodesI don't have a DVR and my VCR doesn't record cable.

I don't have a DVR and my VCR doesn't record cable.

I hope you'll be able to get one. Yes, I know it's an expense, but in terms of the convenience it gives you...it's worth it. They've come down in price a lot.

Have any of you watched Evening Shade before? It's a good show starring Burt Reynolds.

Have any of you watched Evening Shade before? It's a good show starring Burt Reynolds.
I always liked it. That was another show that was underrated. The producers also were the creators of Designing Women witch I never cared for. Evening Shade was much better.

I always liked it. That was another show that was underrated. The producers also were the creators of Designing Women witch I never cared for. Evening Shade was much better.




I never saw Designing Women. But yes I agree Evening Shade is good ☺

With this schedule the movies that used to dominate are now totally gone. Also my listings on January 3 show The Jeffersons at 11:30PM and One Day at a Time at 12:30AM between Carsons. The blog says Three's Company is at 11:30 Sundays so my listings might not be updated.

Why are The Jefferson's on late? I mean

It's going to be extremely interesting to see how Johnny does in the ratings! They paid a lot of freaking money for it so I hope for their sake it works out. It's got a lot of buzz right now and I know of quite a few people who are planning to watch it. I wouldn't worry about it bombing, I really dont get the feeling that's gonna happen. My feeling is the opposite, that it's going to do extremely well. The Vault Collection DVDs sold phenomenally last year as did the Featured Guest Collection DVDs this year. From what o read both sets far surpassed sales expectations. I have both sets...very satisfied with both! I got the Featured Guest set for Christmas, working through it now but completely satisfied with it so far. I hope to God this deal with Antenna TV will not spell the end of the DVD/iTunes releases. I'd like to one day have every surviving episode in my collection. I'm confident with time that will happen but probably won't until next generation blu Ray discs. Hoping for the some for Jay Leno too.

My only tough spot now is finding a DVR I can use for this and then transfer to PC so I can get the episodes onto an external HDD. Getting it to the PC is the then to the external HDD is the easy part. That's the plan right now but logistically that's gonna be a challenge for me. I'll figure that out by Thursday! Regardless very happy to see them doing this and ratings for it oughtta be interesting.

I was never a Johnny Carson watcher so I am glad it is on later in the evening. I will be in bed by then. For people who want to watch the show, good for you and I hope you enjoy.

I was never a Johnny Carson watcher so I am glad it is on later in the evening. I will be in bed by then. For people who want to watch the show, good for you and I hope you enjoy.


I think I might just watch the monologue sometimes (for old time sake, fond memories of my Mom and Dad when I was a kid , they loved this show.):) and change to another channel unless I like the guest stars who are on! ;) Also if Joan Embrey from the San Diego zoo is on with her animals!!! I LOVED that!!! :)


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I plan to burn the Johnny eps where he has guests I REALLY LIKE. And Johnny's the icing on the cake-witty, handsome, classy , urbane-the JC show will be a real treat.

I also have the dvd collections as well. The only thing I am hoping is that the band music is not overdubbed like they have been on the dvds. I hope Antenna tv paid the fees it needed to make sure that the Tonight Show band music is left in like introduction of the guests, coming back from commercial, etc.

With this schedule the movies that used to dominate are now totally gone. Also my listings on January 3 show The Jeffersons at 11:30PM and One Day at a Time at 12:30AM between Carsons. The blog says Three's Company is at 11:30 Sundays so my listings might not be updated.


Yes!!! The movies are finally gone! Never cared for the movies ,so I'm glad their gone

With this schedule the movies that used to dominate are now totally gone. Also my listings on January 3 show The Jeffersons at 11:30PM and One Day at a Time at 12:30AM between Carsons. The blog says Three's Company is at 11:30 Sundays so my listings might not be updated.

Sunday nights look to be(ET)--

Johnny Carson 10-11:30pm
Hour of Three's Company 11:30-12:30
Hour of The Jeffersons 12:30-1:30
Same Johnny episode 1:30-3am

what about Jeffersons

what about Jeffersons


On the weekends, The Jefferson's airs in between the two showings of Johnny Carson along with Threes Company. The weekdays it airs at 8:00 and8:30 P.M.

They seem to be really showing Johnny Carson a lot!

im sick of carson already you know way to much of it even on weekends

They only show Johnny once a night with a repeat in latenight.

Yes!!! The movies are finally gone! Never cared for the movies ,so I'm glad their gone

I never cared for them either, but I'd rather have the lousy movies then that awful credit crunch.

I wish Antenna TV would take Johnny Carson off already. Every commercial break they are always advertising his show 10 times. They over promote his show.

And they could also get rid of Mork And Mindy. I tried to watch this show but it seemed too "bland" And "Stupid

I LOVE "Johnny Carson"! I only wish they would show "Maude" again, bring back "WKRP in Cincinnati" (I know they lost the rights, but still, a guy can dream), and move "Small Wonder", "Mr. Belvedere", and "Doogie" so they're a bit later, and get rid of the Saturday "Barney Miller"/"Three's Company" block. I preferred "Family Ties"/"Newhart".

Johnny Carson is just overplayed honestly. He is on EVERYDAY 2 times each night. It's just too much. Then they got rid of Maude And Too Close For Comfort for Mork And Mindy And One Day At A Time. I love Maude And Too Close For Comfort so it was a disappointment when I heard they left the schedule

^ And they also don't have the rights to TCFC anymore.

I just started watching my Mork and Mindy DVDs this week since I won't watch it on Antenna TV with the credit crunch, and I am loving this show. This is the first time I have ever seen it and Robin Williams is so funny. Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I don't know what new shows they will be adding whenever that is. I won't be watching them there but I will still be interested to see if they uncover any unknown shows to me so I can go find them somewhere else. I still want a One Day at a Time release from Shout really bad. I'm hoping to get All in the Family, Maude, and The Jeffersons complete series in late 2016 or sometime in 2017 but I need to save my money now and I have plenty to watch already at the moment. I also plan to get WKRP complete series later this year even though I don't plan to watch it anytime soon. I just need it so I can watch the Turkey Drop episode at Thanksgiving.

I wish Antenna TV would take Johnny Carson off already. Every commercial break they are always advertising his show 10 times. They over promote his show.

And they could also get rid of Mork And Mindy. I tried to watch this show but it seemed too "bland" And "Stupid

I totally agree about Johnny Carson. I tried watching two or three times but I just couldn't get into it much and didn't find it interesting or funny. I think it was a big waste of money. This channel continues to go downhill. Credit crunching, too many commercials, and a crazy obsession they have with Johnny Carson constantly advertising him. I don't miss watching this channel at all.

I just started watching my Mork and Mindy DVDs this week since I won't watch it on Antenna TV with the credit crunch, and I am loving this show. This is the first time I have ever seen it and Robin Williams is so funny. Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I don't know what new shows they will be adding whenever that is. I won't be watching them there but I will still be interested to see if they uncover any unknown shows to me so I can go find them somewhere else. I still want a One Day at a Time release from Shout really bad. I'm hoping to get All in the Family, Maude, and The Jeffersons complete series in late 2016 or sometime in 2017 but I need to save my money now and I have plenty to watch already at the moment. I also plan to get WKRP complete series later this year even though I don't plan to watch it anytime soon. I just need it so I can watch the Turkey Drop episode at Thanksgiving.

Are you planning on getting "Webster" or "Wings" on DVD? Those are coming ton Antenna TV later this year, and I thought "Webster" was pretty cute, and "STTW" isn't that bad either as I thought it was going to be.

Are you planning on getting "Webster" or "Wings" on DVD? Those are coming ton Antenna TV later this year, and I thought "Webster" was pretty cute, and "STTW" isn't that bad either as I thought it was going to be.

I saw a little bit of Wings a few years back and I wasn't that impressed with it so probably not. Webster looks like something I would want but unfortunately only 4 seasons are on DVD. I can't find a complete series homemade set but I do see one on ioffer that is only missing 6 episodes and it lists the episodes. One missing from Season 3, one from 4, two from 5, and two from 6, so really all I'd be missing is 4 episodes since 3 and 4 are available on DVD. I guess I could live with 4 episodes having the crunch. And what is STTW?

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

I hate that show. Could be replaced by another like Maude

^ I actually kinda like it

Johnny Carson is OK although a lot of his jokes go over my head. Some of them are from the time period which I don't remember and some of them are just not funny.

With me it depends on the guests. I do like Johnny's monologue though, for the nostalgia!! The Tonight show reminds me of my Mom and Dad. They loved Johnny Carson and always watched the Tonight show!! Mom is deceased now!

^ I'm so sorry! But Johnny Carson is awesome!

^ I'm so sorry! But Johnny Carson is awesome!


Yes!! He really was a cool guy!!! ;)

Antenna tv has announced on their website the first three Tonight Shows with Johnny Carson that will air in the first three days:

January 1- 1-1-82 McLean Stevenson,Eddie Murphy
January 2- 1-1-75 Foster Brooks,Victor Buono,Joan Embery
January 3- 5-21-74 Bob Hope,Michael Landon,Freddie Prinze,Don Rickles,Carol Wayne.

Can't wait. I am just praying that they don't overdub the Tonight Show Band music like they have been doing on their dvds. They were a huge part as to why that show was so special to watch besides Johnny.

They actually paid music clearence rights to keep the music intact. I hope Antenna does preserve musical guests as well.

^ I hope so too. Because one night it was 37 minutes instead of 50.

I wonder at some point, will Antenna pick up "Amen" since it was produced by Carson's production company. I'm not sure who syndicates "Amen."

Universal distributed it

We get it, you stopped watching because of the credit crunch. You don't have to keep telling us. It's annoying to me too, but they're not going to stop, so let it go.

As for Dear John, it's on weekends at a decent time. Besides, Doogie Howser was also given an overnight slot during the week, so I don't get your complaint.

Wasn't expecting Sabrina the Teenage Witch...seems like they reserve their 90s stuff more for the weekends.

Damn I wish they would. At least Encore doesn't do it. At least they show the sitcoms the right way!

Are you planning on getting "Webster" or "Wings" on DVD? Those are coming ton Antenna TV later this year, and I thought "Webster" was pretty cute, and "STTW" isn't that bad either as I thought it was going to be.

Antenna's getting WINGS? God I hope so-I am apesh*t crazy about the show!

Antenna's getting WINGS? God I hope so-I am apesh*t crazy about the show!

Yeah, remember at Christmas when they had "previews" of Wings and Webster?

https://m.facebook.com/AntennaTV/photos/a.177009655652742.36261.161315780555463/1050899114930454/?type=3

A good show for Antenna would be Designing Women

Good news- my affiliate is keeping Antenna TV through the end of June. It was going to leave on March 31. This is the third time WANE has extended Antenna, you would think they'd get a clue and keep it permanently.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/johnny-carson-tonight-show-full-episodes-antenna-tv-1201568250/

Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full ‘Tonight Show’ Episodes


Cynthia Littleton

Managing Editor: Television

@Variety_Cynthia



Just when it seemed the late-night landscape couldn’t get more competitive, here comes Johnny Carson.

Tribune Media’s Antenna TV, the multicast digital channel devoted to vintage television shows, will run full-length episodes of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” nightly at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT starting Jan. 1.

Antenna TV has struck a multi-year deal with Carson Entertainment Group to license hundreds of hours of the NBC late-night institution. Antenna will run episodes that aired from 1972 through the end of Carson’s 30-year reign in in 1992. Because NBC owns the rights to “The Tonight Show” moniker, Antenna TV’s episodes will be billed simply as “Johnny Carson.”

“This is not a clip show. This is full episodes of Johnny Carson, the man that everyone in late-night agrees was the greatest host of all time, airing in real time as he did back in the day,” Sean Compton, Tribune’s president of strategic programming and acquisitions, told Variety. “Tuning in to ‘The Tonight Show’ is like taking a walk down Main Street in Disneyland. The minute you step in there, you feel good and you know it’s a place you want to stay. We cannot wait to bring this show to fans who remember Carson and to a new generation of viewers who have never had the chance to see Johnny in his prime.”




Antenna’s showcase will mark the first time Carson-era “Tonight Show” episodes have aired on a nightly basis since the host signed off in May 1992. Carson stayed out of the spotlight after his retirement until his death at age 79 on Jan. 23, 2005.

“The Tonight Show” ran in a 90-minute format from the start of Carson’s run in 1962 until 1980, when it was trimmed to an hour. Antenna will air hourlong episodes on weeknights and 90-minute installments on Saturday and Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

The scheduling of episodes will be carefully curated to run as themed weeks or months, as well as episodes that coincide with notable anniversaries, holidays and other milestones. Those could include everything from a week’s worth of “Tonight Show” debuts by future comedy superstars such as Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres, Richard Pryor, David Letterman, Jim Carrey and Tim Allen to a month of Christmas episodes in December. Antenna’s “Tonight Show” run will begin with the New Year’s Day episode from 1982 featuring Eddie Murphy and “MASH” star McLean Stevenson.




With all the hubbub over changes in late-night TV during the past two years, Compton had the idea to revive Carson’s “Tonight Show” in a big way. Carson Entertainment Group, headed by Jeff Sotzing, Carson’s nephew, was immediately receptive.

“I think there’s a demographic out there that is really going to eat this up,” Sotzing told Variety. “The show will now be able to be seen by so many people who haven’t seen it before.”

The deal involved nearly six months of negotiations with Hollywood’s talent guilds and the American Federation of Musicians. The talks were complicated because there’s not much precedent for residual fees for full-length reruns of a vintage variety show re-airing on a digital broadcast channel. A few weeks ago the deal almost fell apart over cost issues that seemed insurmountable, but Compton and his team kept hammering away until compromises were reached.

Tribune execs are determined to keep each episode as intact as possible — which means negotiating new agreements for the show’s many musical performances on an episode-by-episode basis, in most cases.

The full-length segs will re-introduce viewers to the show that cemented the template for the late-night talk-variety format, from the monologue to goofy banter with sidekicks to showcasing promising comedians. Carson also invented a host of characters over the years, including Carnac the Magnificent, Art Fern and Aunt Blabby, as well the leading the “Mighty Carson Art Players” sketches. Carson, Ed McMahon and bandleader Doc Severinsen were also famous for doing in-program commericals. Tribune’s sales department is looking to set up creative sponsorship deals piggybacking on those now-priceless integrations, Compton said.

Carson Entertainment has marketed home video releases of full-length “Tonight Show” episodes in the past. But that’s not the same as being able to tune in every night as the show originally aired.

Sadly, the first 10 years of Carson’s “Tonight Show” are lost to history, with only a handful of episodes that survive. When the “Tonight Show” made its historic move from New York to Burbank in 1972, Carson realized that NBC had no archive of his older episodes. From then on, Carson Entertainment invested in state-of-the-art archival technology to preserve his legacy — a focus that continues today.

The 1972-1992 episodes have been digitized and meticulously transcribed and catalogued. The master tapes are buried 600 feet below the earth in a salt mine in Hutchinson, Kan. There are multiple digital copies housed in safe locations as well, according to Sotzing.

“We continue to spend money to protect the library and make sure it’s a working library,” he said. With digital technology, “it’s amazing how we have gone from 50-pound two-inch videotapes to having hundreds of shows on a single (computer) drive.”

Carson was pleasantly surprised after his retirement that there was a home video market for older “Tonight Show” episodes. Sotzing said he has no doubt his uncle would be happy that his life’s work still had value to a modern TV network.

Launched in 2011, Antenna TV is carried on the multicast channels of broadcast TV stations around the country, including Tribune-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other top markets. All told, Antenna at present is available in 102 TV markets reaching 78% of the nation’s television households. Antenna does not have broad SVOD rights to the “Tonight Show” episodes but will be able to make them available on a limited basis for authenticated streaming through MVPD partners.

Antenna’s schedule lineup at present is anchored by such evergreens as “All in the Family,” “Bewitched,” “Green Acres,” “Father Knows Best,” “The Partridge Family” and “Leave It to Beaver.” The investment in Carson’s “Tonight Show” library is a sign that Tribune is ready to raise the profile of Antenna TV. The channel is profitable even with a modest, older-skewing audience. The hope is that a combination of nostalgia and interest in the legend of Carson will drive broader sampling of the channel.

The “Tonight Show” project has been a labor of love for Compton, who has screened hundreds of episodes to prepare for assembling the themed packages. The plan is for Antenna to be nimble in programming episodes on short notice to respond to headlines and current events.

“With Johnny you just have everything,” Compton enthused. “On the night of (the 2016) Indy 500, we’ll have an episode of Johnny talking about about the race. On Christmas Eve, we’ll have an episode with Jimmy Stewart telling stories about the making of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ Our possibilities are endless.”

This stuff about music clearances is mostly a pack of lies. I'm sure they tried but the unions are unbelievable.

Anybody enjoy last night's Johnny Carson with Miss Piggy and Howie Mendel?

Anybody enjoy last night's Johnny Carson with Miss Piggy and Howie Mendel?

I didn't see it, I was watching a baseball game :lol:. I'm not really interested in the Carson Tonight Shows from the 80's and 90's, it's the 70's shows I'm interested in, Antenna TV airs those on the weekends.

I didn't see it, I was watching a baseball game :lol:. I'm not really interested in the Carson Tonight Shows from the 80's and 90's, it's the 70's shows I'm interested in, Antenna TV airs those on the weekends.


Same here! The 70's (esp. early 70's) ones I like for the nostalgia and memories of childhood and my Mom and Dad.:)

Same here! The 70's (esp. early 70's) ones I like for the nostalgia and memories of childhood and my Mom and Dad.:)

Same with me. Also, when the Tonight Show was reduced from 90 minutes to 60 minutes in the 1980's, that loss of 30 minutes hurt the show and it just wasn't that good anymore.

I, personally, liked seeing Howie Mandel last night. He was funny and it's too bad about his condition because I like him better with hair

I, personally, liked seeing Howie Mandel last night. He was funny and it's too bad about his condition because I like him better with hair

Howie is funny, and it is interesting to see him in old videos from years ago when he had hair.

^ I personally enjoyed it. He was on Johnny more than once, fortunately, so we have a chance of possibly seeing him again this summer. He is a very talented actor.

I loved Howie when he was on St. Elsewhere.

^ Me too! I hope one day they'll release a complete series set of that show! It's really underrated!

I, personally, liked seeing Howie Mandel last night. He was funny and it's too bad about his condition because I like him better with hair

I didn't know he lost his hair due to a medical condition? :eek: Wow!! I thought he just was balding and decided to shave it all off!

^Well, he did shave it off but he did it because he is an extreme germophobe

^Well, he did shave it off but he did it because he is an extreme germophobe


OMG really? Wow!! I guess hair really could have a lot of germs trapped in it if you think about it? :p

^Yeah I guess so. He brought in something to Johnny Carson but then he didn't because "his toosh was sweating." Anybody know what that was?

Antenna TV's Mother's Day marathon this year is Family Ties.

^Cool. Off topic, but has anybody heard anything about the Summer of Me?

Antenna TV's Mother's Day marathon this year is Family Ties.


Never understood marathons on Mother's Day since most of them will be out for Mother's Day

Never understood marathons on Mother's Day since most of them will be out for Mother's Day

Some aren't out on Mother's Day. If it's raining or whatever. People aren't always out. You need to stop making blanket statements.

^Cool. Off topic, but has anybody heard anything about the Summer of Me?

No, but I suspect it'll be the same as last year

I hope Antenna will add Alice and Chico and the Man this fall. The ones that are the full-length cuts instead of 22 minutes. But that may be asking for too much.

I hope Antenna will add Alice and Chico and the Man this fall. The ones that are the full-length cuts instead of 22 minutes. But that may be asking for too much.

I hope MeTV will instead because I don't want the credits crunched on Antenna.

^Either one will work.

Some aren't out on Mother's Day. If it's raining or whatever. People aren't always out. You need to stop making blanket statements.
It's his opinion, and it's true, a lot of moms go out for Mother's Day. You disagreeing doesn't change that.

I just wish Antenna would put on a variety of shows that have Mothers in the show on Mothers day! Not just a Marathon of one show. Along with Family ties, they could do One day at a time, Leave it to Beaver, Dennis the menace, The Jeffersons, Good Times, All in the family, Hazel !

I just wish Antenna would put on a variety of shows that have Mothers in the show on Mothers day! Not just a Marathon of one show. Along with Family ties, they could do One day at a time, Leave it to Beaver, Dennis the menace, The Jeffersons, Good Times, All in the family, Hazel !


I agree, a marathon celebrating all tv moms not just one

I disagree. Antenna hasn't done a marathon in awhile so it is due time for one.

Didn't they do one for Father's Day last year? Also, don't they do one for Thanksgiving and Christmas as well?

^They always have marathons on Father's Day, usually Father Knows Best or Leave It to Beaver

I just wish Antenna would put on a variety of shows that have Mothers in the show on Mothers day! Not just a Marathon of one show. Along with Family ties, they could do One day at a time, Leave it to Beaver, Dennis the menace, The Jeffersons, Good Times, All in the family, Hazel !

That's what they did Labor Day, work themed episodes of the shows in their regular time slot, and I think you weren't impressed by that either. What's a poor programming department to do?

That's what they did Labor Day, work themed episodes of the shows in their regular time slot, and I think you weren't impressed by that either. What's a poor programming department to do?


That was just it, the shows were in their same time slot, and a lot of them didn't even have to do much with work themed topics that much. It was a hum-drum marathon I thought! I wish they would just have a bunch of Antenna TV shows randomly played for the theme! ;)

Antenna TV's Mother's Day marathon this year is Family Ties.

Cozi is doing a Bionic Woman marathon for Mother's Day, and as far as I know she didn't even have any bionic kids.

Cozi is doing a Bionic Woman marathon for Mother's Day, and as far as I know she didn't even have any bionic kids.
She did have a bionic dog though. lol

MeTV didn't change much!!! I'm surprised! I'm happy "Mama's Family" is still on at 6 and 6:30 and of course, that my fave "Svengoolie" is still on!

Antenna will be airing a complete series marathon of Gidget on Memorial Day.

Cozi is doing a Bionic Woman marathon for Mother's Day, and as far as I know she didn't even have any bionic kids.


I know! I saw that advertised and didn't get why they picked Bionic Woman for a Mother's day marathon? :confused:

When dose AntennaTV new fall schedule start ?

When dose AntennaTV new fall schedule start ?

In the fall, after summers over?

The fall schedule starts in October and will be announced early in September. "Wings" will be part of the fall schedule. Most likely "Alice" too.

The Father's Day marathon this year is Sanford and Son.

I'm starting a running post of updating networks scheduels for digital networks and other networks. Could you please add updates everytime such as these net works update their schedules do I post here or start a new thread

I wish Webster was on weekdays instead if weekends

Anyone know if Alice And What's Happening! Is coming to Antenna TV ?

Anyone know when fall scheduels for digital networks come out ?

Anyone know when fall scheduels for digital networks come out ?

Next month, late?

Next month, late?fall scheduels for digital networks come out ?

Next month, late?fall scheduels for digital networks come out ?

Yup.

Anyone know if Alice And What's Happening! Is coming to Antenna TV ?


what's happening is complete on dvd

what's happening is complete on dvd


Yeah I don't have it though

The Addams Family is coming to Antenna's fall schedule along with Wings.

I'm glad Wings is coming to Antenna TV. Not so glad about The Addams Family

The Addams Family is a classic.

The Munsters are better though

Addams Family? I will be at the toilet:lol:

Wings will air weeknights at midnight. I was hoping for a better time but it could be worse. The Addams Family will air Saturdays at 5PM and Sundays at 10AM.

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2016/07/antenna-tv-adds-addams-family-wings.html

Wings will air weeknights at midnight. I was hoping for a better time but it could be worse. The Addams Family will air Saturdays at 5PM and Sundays at 10AM.

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2016/07/antenna-tv-adds-addams-family-wings.html

To me it is worse. I was hoping it would air at 9 or 10, like Family Ties did. Oh well, there's always the DVDs.

yea, and I just found out that our cable box is also a DVR so it's not as bad as it could be.

To me it is worse. I was hoping it would air at 9 or 10, like Family Ties did. Oh well, there's always the DVDs.By it could be worse I mean Wings could be stuck in a graveyard slot like 3 or 4AM that I have no chance of seeing. Midnight is at least somewhat watchable.

Chances are the credits won't be crunched. :D

Chances are the credits won't be crunched. :D

Well, the first episode won't be at least so that's good news.