For once, pavanbadal is scooped :) of course he's not awake or he would be all over this..

TV Land will pay tribute to the legendary writer, producer, and director Norman Lear as he celebrates his 80th birthday on Tuesday, August 27th. Join TV Land from 9:00 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. and see the following Norman Lear "classics":

All in the Family #114
The Jeffersons # 83
Good Times #2
Sanford and Son #97
Maude #47
Grady #1
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman #1
Fernwood 2 Night #1
Forever Fernwood #1
The Powers That Be #8
Sunday Dinner #2

I never thought I'd see Grady in my lifetime, wow!

More info coming soon...

Cool! Thanks for the scoop TJ! :)

Wow, that is awesome! I HAVE GOT to record that episode of Forever Fernwood and some others :) :D

Wow! Many rare shows seem to be visiting TV Land, I can't wait for the event, It sounds like a great line-up! :D

Woah! That's a lot of Norman Lear shows! I never expected TV Land to ever show an episode of "Grady", "Forever Fernwood", "The Powers that Be", or "Sunday Dinner". I'll definatly be recording it when it airs!

Boo Hiss!

Originally posted by TJ
For once, pavanbadal is scooped :) of course he's not awake or he would be all over this..

TV Land will pay tribute to the legendary writer, producer, and director Norman Lear as he celebrates his 80th birthday on Monday, August 27th. Join TV Land from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. and see the following Norman Lear "classics":

All in the Family #114
The Jeffersons # 83
Good Times #2
Sanford and Son #97
Maude #47
Grady #1
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman #1
Fernwood 2 Night #1
Forever Fernwood #1
The Powers That Be #8
Sunday Dinner #2

I never thought I'd see Grady in my lifetime, wow!

More info coming soon...

I got caught sleeping, lol. I'll see if I can get more info out of this later today.

I have a feeling that my beloved Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman will not exactley "go away." I think it will stick around for box sets, sunday bests maybe, and specials. All and all, THAT IS GREAT NEWS! TVLand.....gotta love TVLand. I'm gonna have to DEFINATLY buy a new tape. Let's overview:

All in the Family #114 <~~not gonna tape it, AITF will always be around

The Jeffersons # 83 <~~~hmm....if it goes away, I'll just tape an ep from the regular schedule

Good Times #2 <~~~~~~definatly taping it

Sanford and Son #97 <~~well, we'll see when I find out when it's coming back for reg. sked

Maude #47 <~~~~~~~~already got one ep on tape

Grady #1 <~~~~~~~~~~a must-tape

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman #1 <~~~~if the 2nd one is gonna be on the 23rd, I'll tape the 1st one from here

Fernwood 2 Night #1 <~~~~~nice show, but not funny enough for me to tape

Forever Fernwood #1 <~~~~~a must-tape rare show
The Powers That Be #8 <~~~~a VERY rare show
Sunday Dinner #2 <~~~~~~~a VERY rare show, also

Three cookies for TVLand!
Now all we need is maybe.....an Nicholl Ross West marathon or something?

Yes Grady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An excellent addition to my Sanford and Son / Sanford (1980-81)
collection.


YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Speaking of Norman Lear, does anyone know how to get or view copies of the short live Nancy Walker Show?:wave:

But first...
Updated titles for this event:
Norman Lear's 80th Birthday Celebration

9:00pm All in the Family "Archie the Hero"
9:30pm The Jeffersons "Uncle George and Aunt Louise"
10:00pm Good Times "The Black Jesus"
10:30pm Sanford and Son "Steinberg and Son"
11:00pm Maude "Maude Meets the Duke"
As part of a publicity tour, John Wayne makes a stop in Tuckahoe. Maude decides to have a verbal shootout with the Duke about woman's lib but finds her tongue tied when she meets him.
11:30pm Grady "Fred Visits"
12:00am Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman "Show 1"
12:30am Fernwood 2Night "Show 4"
1:00am Forever Fernwood Episode 1
1:30am Powers That Be "Charlerella"
Charlotte and Theodore discover each other when everyone is snowbound on the night of a ball in the Senator's honor.
2:00am Sunday Dinner "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"
Ben's daughters side with T.T. when Ben wants to print a billionaire publisher's environmentally odious magazine.

I swear, if my satellite goes out during this, I will forever hate satellites, LOL. I mean, it's been storming where I live, and during the episode of Chico and the Man last weekend, guess what goes out? Then of course, last night, the Munsters started again at number one, so I decided, hey, I'll record it, but guess what goes out again? RIGHT AT 9:30. I swear... LOL. Sorry for the ramble! It's just getting so frustrating.

Yes! This is great! The Powers that be? Sunday Dinner? WHOO-HOO! :cool: What about the animated comedy "Channel Umptee-3"? :(

Norman's best IMO

Here's the ad.I'll try to be awake till!

I am VERY excited about Sunday Dinner and The Powers That Be and Grady and Forever Fernwood, but, another show that would have been nice would have been 704 Hauser. But, these shows sound great, and I've done some reading up on them, and I'm VERY excited about what's gonna be airing. I'm taping the whole thing.

I cannot *wait* to see all those shows, I was disappointed they aren't airing 704 Hauser Street, I was hoping they would, because I actually didn't bother to watch it when it was on the first time, LOL. Oh well. It's still going to be nice to see Good Times on TV Land (even though it airs on TBS), and an episode of Maude & Sanford and Son, and even the other shortlived shows. I was just thinking to myself how wonderful this could be if TV Land turned it into a nightly thing, you know, replacing the current primetime (Except I Love Lucy and Munsters) it would be nice to see:

10:30pm: Jeffersons
11:00pm: Sanford & Son
11:30pm: Maude

Or something like that. I don't think TV Land has the rights to Maude anymore :( but Sanford and Son will be back next year :)!

Yes it's sad how they passed over 704 Hauser,Channel Umptee-3 and Hot L Baltimore but I guess we'll make with what we'll make!

*Anxiously awaits Grady*

Not including One Day at a Time is unacceptable. However, seeing The Powers That Be is a plus.

Hopefully, this is a sign that Good Times may be joining the regular lineup soon.

Here are my reviews of the "new" (To me anyway) Shows:

Grady-I didn't really like it but then again I didn't really like S&S ethier and it's a spinoff of it! My Rating:*

Forever Fernwood-Call me crazy but I actually LIKED this show more than MH,MH! A little TOO much Eleanor but that's ok.There were a few funny scenes and yes I too got a chuckle at Heather wanting to become a topless dancer.My Rating:***

The Powers That Be-Did anyone else notice that Frasier ripped off this episode? David Hyde Pierce married but in love with a maid....hmm sounds familar but nevertheless I really DID like this show.The Cinderella plot was a little silly for my taste bur I still liked it.There MUST have been better episodes for them to picks but I still liked it.Peter Mcnicol and Robin Bartlett provided most of the laughs.Wow! What an All-Star Cast! I was truely amazed! My Rating:***1/2

Sunday Dinner-This show dissapointed me.II was expecting a total laugh fest but got All In The Family meets The Fighting Fitzgeralds.Kenny was funny and the opening credits were nice but Vicki couldn't act for BEANS! It was also nice seeing a younger Shiri Applebee ("Roswell").My Rating:*1/2

Well that's it.I would have liked to have seen "Channel Umptee-3" again as well as finally seeing "All's Fair" and "Hot L Baltimore" but it was fun anyway.I was really hoping that "The Powers that Be" would become a permanent part of the "Kitschen" Schedule.It's a shame....

LOL, im so mad. I get tv land on digital cable and it messed up (screen refreshed every 3 or so seconds) all through the marathon, then all through part 2 of barney miller i was waiting to record. eeeeeeeerrrrr! i wish we got tvland on a regular channel. (and it always wants to happen during a part 2!)

ps ... im just venting; please do not contact me offering to sell me tapes.