I posted this on the other Antenna thread but thought this news should get its own thread for those who haven't seen it. I had sent Antenna TV a message about if they were eliminating or reducing E/I like other networks have in 2020. They said E/I will be reduced to one hour from the current three starting in September when Who's the Boss? joins. Hopefully it is the 9AM hour that remains E/I, with 10AM-noon becoming entertainment sitcoms.

Antenna TV
Fall Schedule Suggestion 2020

New-Who’s The Boss?
WeekNights 11pm & 11:30pm.
Sat 10AM & 10:30AM.
Sun 8pm & 8:30pm.


Monday’s-Friday’s
5AM-6AM Mork & Mindy
6AM-7AM The Partridge Family
7AM-8AM The Burns And Allen Show
8AM-9AM The Joey Bishop Show
9AM-10AM Father Knows Best
10AM-11AM Dennis the Menace
11AM-12pm Hazel
12pm-1pm That Girl
1pm-2pm I Dream Of Jeannie
2pm-3pm Bewitched
3pm-4pm Alice
4pm-5pm Archie Bunkers Place
5pm-6pm Barney Miller
6pm-7:30pm Johnny Carson (70’s)
7:30pm Three’s Company
8pm-9pm The Facts Of Life
9pm-10pm Diff’rent Strokes
10pm-11pm Johnny Carson (80’s & 90’s)
11pm-12AM WHO’S THE BOSS?
12AM-1AM Three’s Company
1AM-2AM Gimmie A Break
2AM-3AM Coach
3AM-4AM Wings
4AM-5AM Newsradio

Saturday’s
5AM-6AM I Dream Of Jeannie
6AM-7AM Bewitched
7AM-8AM Mork & Mindy
8AM-9AM Sabrina the Teenage Witch
9AM-10AM E/I
10AM-11AM WHO’S THE BOSS?
11AM-12pm Growing Pains
12pm-1pm Diff’rent Strokes
1pm-2pm The Facts Of Life
2pm-3pm Gimmie A Break
3pm-4pm Webster
4pm-5pm 227
5pm-6pm The Partridge Family
6pm-7pm Father Knows Best
7pm-8pm Mchale’s Navy
8pm-9pm Hazel
9pm-10pm I Dream Of Jeannie
10pm-11pm Bewitched
11pm-12AM That Girl
12AM The Paul Lynde Show
12:30AM Lotsa Luck
1AM-2AM The Burns And Allen Show
2AM-3AM The Jack Benny Program
3AM-4AM The Joey Bishop Show
4AM-5AM Dennis the Menace

Sunday’s
5AM Three’s A Crowd
5:30AM The Ropers
6AM-7AM What’s Happening Now!!
7AM-8AM Soap
8AM-9AM Maude
9AM-10AM Archie Bunkers Place
10AM-11AM Welcome Back Kotter
11AM-12pm Barney Miller
12pm-1pm Diff’rent Strokes
1pm-2pm The Facts Of Life
2pm-3pm Gimmie A Break
3pm-4pm Webster
4pm-5pm 227
5pm-6pm Benson
6pm-7pm Silver Spoons
7pm-8pm Valerie/The Hogan Family
8pm-9pm WHO’S THE BOSS?
9pm-10pm Growing Pains
10pm-11pm Wings
11pm-12AM Coach
12AM-1AM Newsradio
1AM-2AM Designing Woman
2AM-3AM Murphy Brown
3AM-4AM Becker
4AM-5AM It’s A Living

Luckily, At Least Antenna TV will be doing something what Buzzr did this past January

Don’t mean to sound ignorant, but what’s E/I?

Educational and informative (E/I) programs required since 1991 because of the Children's Television Act.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulations_on_children%27s_television_programming_in_the_United_States

I actually don't mind these shows. Some of them are more interesting than the low-rated sitcoms these stations might plop into a Sat/Sun morning time slot.

Down with E/I!

Peggy Charren and ACT ruined TV/cartoons in the late 1960s and those stale E/I shows feel like leftovers from those misguided times.

Don’t mean to sound ignorant, but what’s E/I?The post below yours explained it. Through the end of 2019, broadcast networks were required to air 3 hours a week of E/I shows. Where Antenna TV airs them is from 9AM-noon on Saturdays. Those legal requirements basically went away this year, with other diginets like BUZZR going down to one hour and LAFF totally removed them. Antenna TV told me their E/I shows would go down to one hour from the current three when Who's the Boss? joins in September.

The post below yours explained it. Through the end of 2019, broadcast networks were required to air 3 hours a week of E/I shows. Where Antenna TV airs them is from 9AM-noon on Saturdays. Those legal requirements basically went away this year, with other diginets like BUZZR going down to one hour and LAFF totally removed them. Antenna TV told me their E/I shows would go down to one hour from the current three when Who's the Boss? joins in September.

Thanks for explaining. While these types of shows don’t ring my bell, 3 hours out of 168 isn’t a big deal to me. And of course, 1 out of 168 even less so.

I really, really, really don't wanna get political, but you know what, this needs to be said:

E/I requirements violate free speech