The Beverly Hillbillies - in Prime-Time????

They should have picked up "Early Edition". and dumped A-Team.

They are hanging their hat on Svengoolie. They haven't switched up late-night programming in years - who on earth is watching Cannon at 3 in the morning?

Cannon at 3 in the morning is better than infomercials. So yes, it can always be worse.

The annual network rankings should be out in a few days, so we can see how MeTV is working out:

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=378421&highlight=Nielsen

That 2018 linked rating is one of several after that which show their success. It's why their schedule changes very little.

There's probably a good reason why they removed Gomer Pyle, maybe not associated with ratings, and BH could be a temporary place holder. We'll see!

Apparently, MASH and Andy Griffith will remain in the same time slots forever. Even the most avid fans of those shows must be getting a bit tired of them.

Apparently, MASH and Andy Griffith will remain in the same time slots forever. Even the most avid fans of those shows must be getting a bit tired of them.


Yeah. they will never remove MASH and Andy Griffith. What I would give to get rid of Hogan's Heroes but I guess people like it and the ratings are good.

Cannon at 3 in the morning is better than infomercials. So yes, it can always be worse.

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The Beverly Hillbillies - in Prime-Time????

They should have picked up "Early Edition". and dumped A-Team.

They are hanging their hat on Svengoolie. They haven't switched up late-night programming in years - who on earth is watching Cannon at 3 in the morning?


Let's go point by point:

You said

"METV is going down the drain"

Variety ran an article at the very end of 2021 titled "The Most Watched Networks of 2021", out of 153 networks METV ranked 23rd, so much for that point.

You said:

"The Beverly Hillbillies in Prime-Time"

What's wrong with that. The network is trying something, the show is consistent with interests of the METV audience, if it works fine, if it doesn't they'll pull it and try something else. It was a big hit series in the 1960's just like many of the programs in their evening line-up.

You said:

" They should have picked up "Early Edition". and dumped A-Team".

This idea makes no sense, Early Edition was on in the late 90's, the show is a bad fit for the network. I have no idea how the A-Team is doing, if it's doing well, why would they drop it, if it's not doing well then I imagine they will.

You said:

"They are hanging their hat on Svengoolie"

He's on once a week and the show gets good numbers, that's the name of the game.

Cannon matches well with the police/detective block that starts at two and runs until 6:30. It's good programming strategy.

I heard somewhere that MASH and Andy's MeTV contracts end in 2024. It was a 10 year deal starting back in 2014. So maybe they will not be able to renew them afterwards. I think Gomer was gone not because of poor ratings but rather the contact expired and they couldn't come to terms for a new deal.

Thus forcing them to change the lineup.

I don’t know about that.Me TV is coming off of a very great season with Me TV Sunday Block Marathon & A Very Merry Me TV.

They do carry alot of fantastic Programming. Although personally a lot of my favorites are on Decades.

Although I do agree some programming is questionable. The Saved By The Bell Sunday Morning binge?

I would have thought Leave It To Beaver would be a better Choice than The Beverly Hillbillies in Primetime.


I do agree I feel that the LateNight-Overnight time slots needs different programming. I for one would love to see 50’s & 60’s Sitcoms programming take those 11:00pm-5:30AM. time slots or similar to what NICK at NITE did in the 80’s & 90’s.

I don't regret that Gomer's leaving, it's been there long enough. And certainly Early Edition is the last thing Metv should put on, it's a modern show and they don't belong on a TV Classics channel. Besides it's already somewhere else, don't ask me where I will never watch, but I've seen it listed in daily program guides of other bad channels.

What I'd really like to see leave is those never ending MUSH shows and the endless Hogan's Zeros both those series were on too long a month after they started. And while I like Bev. Hillbillies it's just another one of those series that is EVERYWHERE now, FETV, MeTV in mornings, that other weird that channel that shows Hunter and Rowan & Martin every night, I think it's even on Laff now too. Is anyone really clamoring for yet more endless Bev. Hillbillies every single night? Once a week, maybe.

Really why can't Metv do what we've long been asking for and that is put on TV classics that are not already shown to death. How about Love That Bob or December Bride or Life with Elizabeth or Hawaiian Eye or Life of Riley or blah blah blah, I could go on & on with more real TV classics that are never shown anymore. I'd love to see the entire MeTV current primetime schedule scrapped and replaced with genuine unseen TV shows like the one's I mentioned. And as far as overnight crime shows, what's wrong with putting on some starting at 10 pm, 10 pm would be a perfect time for Cannon or Kojak or Mannix, then after an episode of Odd Couple then an episode of The Saint then Hawaiian Eye or have all of them on starting at 9 pm.

Once again I have a whole slew of shows I'd like to see. I also think swapping some westerns to overnight instead of the day would be a much wiser place for them. What kid wants to watch The Rifleman 1000 times over every day. That's one western MeTV has played to death like MUSH. There are so many other great westerns that could replace Rifleman. How about Lawman for starters?

Well, anyway, there are a lot of good choices MeTV COULD make, they just refuse to and instead forevermore play the same old same old till everyone's sick of them. They need to throw out 50% or more of the shows they currently run. And by the way put My 3 Sons on in the afternoon for kids to see or at 10 am not at 5 am or whatever ungodly hour it's currently on.

Well, whaddya gonna do?:rolleyes: I know what I've BEEN doing I stick to my reliable DVDs, always great shows I like and I watch them WHEN I like. Sure beats relying on some cable channel to show your favorites. I'd still be waiting for Car 54 or December Bride if I didn't have DVDs.

I think Gomer was gone not because of poor ratings but rather the contact expired and they couldn't come to terms for a new deal.

Thus forcing them to change the lineup.

I also said this. Normally they and other channels shuffle off shows to the graveyard or weekends when they have ratings problems. Gomer was just removed--this makes me think it expired. As you said they couldn't agree on terms, OR it simply became unavailable.

I totally agree it has gone down the drain. It used to be a great channel before they started doing this ratings business. The ratings are what have ruined it giving it no variety and keeping almost everything the same year after year.

They could just be giving Gomer Pyle a break like they do other shows and will bring it back if the Beverly Hillbillies doesn't meet the expected ratings. For instance, they gave Brady Bunch, Mama's Family Gilligan's Island and The Love Boat an extended break, last Summer through Fall and are bringing them back beginning next month.

I hate crapping on the channel, because there are some things they will do that other channel and diginets won't do. They run shows like My Three Sons and Gunsmoke from beginning to end. They will also air animated shows and specials that other networks and diginets refuse to show.

Hazel Anyway said:

"Really why can't Metv do what we've long been asking for and that is put on TV classics that are not already shown to death. How about Love That Bob or December Bride or Life with Elizabeth or Hawaiian Eye or Life of Riley or blah blah blah, I could go on & on with more real TV classics that are never shown anymore. I'd love to see the entire MeTV current primetime schedule scrapped and replaced with genuine unseen TV shows like the one's I mentioned. And as far as overnight crime shows, what's wrong with putting on some starting at 10 pm, 10 pm would be a perfect time for Cannon or Kojak or Mannix, then after an episode of Odd Couple then an episode of The Saint then Hawaiian Eye or have all of them on starting at 9 pm".


METV is about big hit series that have a lot of episodes and have been consistent performers in the rerun market. Again referring to the list of most watched networks in Variety for 2021 (article date 12/30/21), let's look at some of the other networks that broadcast older series on a regular basis:

23. METV
30. TVLand
56. Bounce
66. Start
76. Heroes & Icons
77. Cozi
84. Antenna
87. Up
85. Laff
97. Comet
103. Charge

The shows you mentioned, December Bride, Life With Elizabeth, Life of Riley, Love That Bob are nonstarters. Those shows have been out of circulation for decades The network would lose half its audience in no time. You have to be realistic. You may not like Hogan's Heroes, I don't like it either, you know who else doesn't like it, Neal Sabin the Vice Chairman of METV. Here's the problem, it is arguably the second most popular rerun of the 1960's. MASH is probably the most popular rerun series of the 70's and TAGS is without question the most popular rerun series of the 60's. That's why they stay on the schedule. There is no mystery here, people continue to watch these series in big numbers.

I guess the Odd Couple might reappear at some point although it has been gone for awhile. I've never seen Hawaiian Eye, has it ever been released on DVD? I guess it's a possibility for overnight Sunday's, but a more likely candidate would be the FBI.

I would have liked to have seen some type of TCM network developed for TV but I guess that ship has sailed, TCM is having its own troubles.

Hazel Anyway said:

"Really why can't Metv do what we've long been asking for and that is put on TV classics that are not already shown to death. How about Love That Bob or December Bride or Life with Elizabeth or Hawaiian Eye or Life of Riley or blah blah blah, I could go on & on with more real TV classics that are never shown anymore. I'd love to see the entire MeTV current primetime schedule scrapped and replaced with genuine unseen TV shows like the one's I mentioned. And as far as overnight crime shows, what's wrong with putting on some starting at 10 pm, 10 pm would be a perfect time for Cannon or Kojak or Mannix, then after an episode of Odd Couple then an episode of The Saint then Hawaiian Eye or have all of them on starting at 9 pm".


METV is about big hit series that have a lot of episodes and have been consistent performers in the rerun market. Again referring to the list of most watched networks in Variety for 2021 (article date 12/30/21), let's look at some of the other networks that broadcast older series on a regular basis:

23. METV
30. TVLand
56. Bounce
66. Start
76. Heroes & Icons
77. Cozi
84. Antenna
87. Up
85. Laff
97. Comet
103. Charge

The shows you mentioned, December Bride, Life With Elizabeth, Life of Riley, Love That Bob are nonstarters. Those shows have been out of circulation for decades The network would lose half its audience in no time. You have to be realistic. You may not like Hogan's Heroes, I don't like it either, you know who else doesn't like it, Neal Sabin the Vice Chairman of METV. Here's the problem, it is arguably the second most popular rerun of the 1960's. MASH is probably the most popular rerun series of the 70's and TAGS is without question the most popular rerun series of the 60's. That's why they stay on the schedule. There is no mystery here, people continue to watch these series in big numbers.

I guess the Odd Couple might reappear at some point although it has been gone for awhile. I've never seen Hawaiian Eye, has it ever been released on DVD? I guess it's a possibility for overnight Sunday's, but a more likely candidate would be the FBI.

I would have liked to have seen some type of TCM network developed for TV but I guess that ship has sailed, TCM is having its own troubles.

They started the channel (METV) to show the shows Nick at Nite aired regularly in the 90's. Unfortunately, people wouldn't watch shows like Mary Tyler Moore, Cheers Bob Newhart and etc in large enough numbers to keep them all in primetime.

They started the channel (METV) to show the shows Nick at Nite aired regularly in the 90's. Unfortunately, people wouldn't watch shows like Mary Tyler Moore, Cheers Bob Newhart and etc in large enough numbers to keep them all in primetime.

That's an interesting point, Sabin addressed that in an interview that's linked somewhere on this site, he mentioned the fact that the shows you specifically mentioned were just not popular rerun shows. Obviously at this point METV would like to start gradually moving the demo numbers down a little by introducing 70's and 80's series but for the most part they don't have a lot of traction. Look at how low Antenna TV is in the rankings (84).

I don’t know about that.Me TV is coming off of a very great season with Me TV Sunday Block Marathon & A Very Merry Me TV.

They do carry alot of fantastic Programming. Although personally a lot of my favorites are on Decades.

Although I do agree some programming is questionable. The Saved By The Bell Sunday Morning binge?

The deal with that is Saved By The Bell qualifies as E/I programming, which broadcast networks are required to air so many hours of each week. With Saved By The Bell, MeTV can offer on brand programming instead of Green Screen Adventures or whatever. Many Weigel owned stations like WWME-CD (MeTV flagship) for example still run Green Screen Adventures and other Weigel produced E/I programs and only air the last two episodes of Saved By The Bell.

Really why can't Metv do what we've long been asking for and that is put on TV classics that are not already shown to death. How about Love That Bob or December Bride or Life with Elizabeth or Hawaiian Eye or Life of Riley or blah blah blah, I could go on & on with more real TV classics that are never shown anymore. I agree with you Poster.

The sad part I think is, if you don't show programs such as the ones you mentioned, 20 years from now here we are in 2042 and the viewing audience would be far less inclined to watch them. It like hauling out Mary Pickford movies for my generation.

That's an interesting point, Sabin addressed that in an interview that's linked somewhere on this site, he mentioned the fact that the shows you specifically mentioned were just not popular rerun shows. Obviously at this point METV would like to start gradually moving the demo numbers down a little by introducing 70's and 80's series but for the most part they don't have a lot of traction. Look at how low Antenna TV is in the rankings (84).

This is key. Their overall ratings are great, but not in the key younger demo. I would argue that's mostly due to streaming, but I'm sure they know that.

Regarding antenna tv they have their 80’s & 90’s programming in the evenings & Primetime and LateNights/overnights.


Unfortunately antenna tv is not doing anything spectacular regarding promotions. Or drawings themselves to be a 50’s & 60’s & 70’s Network. One of there top shows Bewitched is only airring in the mornings/afternoons.

[QUOTE=Coffeecup;6118126]How about Love That Bob or December Bride or Life with Elizabeth or Hawaiian Eye or Life of Riley or blah blah blah, I could go on & on with more real TV classics that are never shown anymore.

Hawaiian Eye is beautifully remastered and shown M-F prime time on MeTV+. I watch every night!

The Beverly Hillbillies is great through about season 5 (especially 1-3) and makes a compatible lead to Green Acres -- they should skip the last three seasons though for prime time (or at least restore them).

I would like to see MASH move to 10PM and free up the 7PM slot for Beaver (or if they could get Bewitched and Jeannie away from Antenna). MASH is too depressing for after work/happy hour.

If they want to continue airing MASH and Andy Griffith forever, that's fine. But maybe move them to different time slots for a while. And I would like to see Twilight Zone moved to an earlier time. Currently, it airs too late for me to watch.

My most-watched oldies channels:

Me-TV (Leave it to Beaver, cartoons, Adam-12, Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, Twilight Zone, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, Star Trek, Batman, Lost in Space, Svenghoulie, Andy Griffith, The Three Stooges, Addams Family, Rifleman, The Big Valley, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, etc.)

Decades (Donna Reed, Petticoat Junction, Family Affair, I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Cheers, Get Smart, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Cavett, various Binges)

Me-Tv+ (The Wild Wild West, Hawaiian Eye, Hawaii Five-0, 77 Sunset Strip, cartoons, Lost in Space, Mama's Family, The Big Valley, etc.)

H&I (Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Star Trek, Vegas, Baywatch, etc.)

AntennaTV (Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, My Favorite Martian, That Girl, Father Knows Best, Partridge Family)

Cozi (The Munsters, Columbo, Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman)

Movies! (various)

Buzzr (Match Game, Password, The Newlywed Game)

Would watch if they were on - Gidget, Monkees, The Flying Nun, The Ghost and Mrs Muir, HR Pufnstuf, Jonny Quest, The Mickey Mouse Club, Zorro, The Wonderful World of Disney, Josie & the Pussycats, Scooby Doo Where are You?, Here Come the Brides, Ozzie & Harriet, Nanny & the Professor, Shazam!/Isis, Super Friends, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Hollywood Squares (classic version), The Judy Garland Show, Dark Shadows (all eps)

Personally I wish the good oldies from Antenna and Cozi would move to the Weigel stations because in my market (LA) those are all broadcast in 720p HD

If they want to continue airing MASH and Andy Griffith forever, that's fine. But maybe move them to different time slots for a while. And I would like to see Twilight Zone moved to an earlier time. Currently, it airs too late for me to watch.

I would like to see one episode of Perry Mason and only early in the evening.

Why not try PUNKY BREWSTER? No one airs that.

Punky seems more like a Rewind show.

I think I’m hoping that MeTV airs the Peanuts specials “It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Briwn” & “A Charlie Briwn XMas” after PBS couldn’t show them anymore.

My Aunt who’s in her 80s would love seeing them on TV again. I would love to explain to her that they are on MeTV (I would explain to her that that’s a digital broadcast network and not a cable channel and she does have it on WJLP in NJ and WZVNs digital sub channel channel 26-2.) (WZVN is my ABC station and she lives down here half the year in Naples, Florida.)

I would love to see all the Charlie Brown specials on Me-TV also, but apparently Apple-TV, which has licensed the rights, is holding on tight. It was Apple that allowed PBS to air the two shows after a public outcry, but they seemingly have locked it all down again.

Me-TV can show the theatrical films because Paramount/CBS owns the rights, a different ownership than the TV specials.

It’s so sad that Apple is such a bad Apple. I would hope that this one bad Apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch (aka people’s holidays.)

I think it would be in the interest of the Schulz trust to ensure that those shows are accessible to all on multiple platforms as they perpetuate the value of the Peanuts characters to new generations as well as making the nostalgic folks happy.

I think it would be in the interest of the Schulz trust to ensure that those shows are accessible to all on multiple platforms as they perpetuate the value of the Peanuts characters to new generations as well as making the nostalgic folks happy.

Or Apple could toss them a trillion dollars out of petty cash and the family would be quite satisfied.

I don’t know how long Apple’s contract is for but I hope it’s up before the end of the decade. They had no business pulling the Peanuts specials away from broadcast television. I hope another broadcast network can pick them up once Apple’s contract ends. They were a mainstay for so many years. At least I have all the specials on DVD, except the newest ones that are unfortunately locked in to Apple TV and have not been released on home media.

Punky seems more like a Rewind show.
Perhaps, but neither Antenna TV nor Rewind TV will air it. How about moving THE BRADY BUNCH an hour later, then airing PUNKY BREWSTER in between THE JETSONS and THE BRADY BUNCH. Perfect spot for it. By the way, today is Soleil Moon Frye's birthday.

I don't regret that Gomer's leaving, it's been there long enough. And certainly Early Edition is the last thing Metv should put on, it's a modern show and they don't belong on a TV Classics channel. Besides it's already somewhere else, don't ask me where I will never watch, but I've seen it listed in daily program guides of other bad channels.

What I'd really like to see leave is those never ending MUSH shows and the endless Hogan's Zeros both those series were on too long a month after they started. And while I like Bev. Hillbillies it's just another one of those series that is EVERYWHERE now, FETV, MeTV in mornings, that other weird that channel that shows Hunter and Rowan & Martin every night, I think it's even on Laff now too. Is anyone really clamoring for yet more endless Bev. Hillbillies every single night? Once a week, maybe.

Really why can't Metv do what we've long been asking for and that is put on TV classics that are not already shown to death. How about Love That Bob or December Bride or Life with Elizabeth or Hawaiian Eye or Life of Riley or blah blah blah, I could go on & on with more real TV classics that are never shown anymore. I'd love to see the entire MeTV current primetime schedule scrapped and replaced with genuine unseen TV shows like the one's I mentioned. And as far as overnight crime shows, what's wrong with putting on some starting at 10 pm, 10 pm would be a perfect time for Cannon or Kojak or Mannix, then after an episode of Odd Couple then an episode of The Saint then Hawaiian Eye or have all of them on starting at 9 pm.

Once again I have a whole slew of shows I'd like to see. I also think swapping some westerns to overnight instead of the day would be a much wiser place for them. What kid wants to watch The Rifleman 1000 times over every day. That's one western MeTV has played to death like MUSH. There are so many other great westerns that could replace Rifleman. How about Lawman for starters?

Well, anyway, there are a lot of good choices MeTV COULD make, they just refuse to and instead forevermore play the same old same old till everyone's sick of them. They need to throw out 50% or more of the shows they currently run. And by the way put My 3 Sons on in the afternoon for kids to see or at 10 am not at 5 am or whatever ungodly hour it's currently on.

Well, whaddya gonna do?:rolleyes: I know what I've BEEN doing I stick to my reliable DVDs, always great shows I like and I watch them WHEN I like. Sure beats relying on some cable channel to show your favorites. I'd still be waiting for Car 54 or December Bride if I didn't have DVDs.
They need to move MY THREE SONS from 5:30 to 7:00 and take off one telecast of LEAVE IT TO BEAVER.

That's an interesting point, Sabin addressed that in an interview that's linked somewhere on this site, he mentioned the fact that the shows you specifically mentioned were just not popular rerun shows. Obviously at this point METV would like to start gradually moving the demo numbers down a little by introducing 70's and 80's series but for the most part they don't have a lot of traction. Look at how low Antenna TV is in the rankings (84).
They should introduce more shows from the 70s and 80s, I agree, as they will have to move their demo numbers down a little bit in order to keep their audience. This, though, will need to be done gradually.

They need to move MY THREE SONS from 5:30 to 7:00 and take off one telecast of LEAVE IT TO BEAVER.

First they need to restore/remaster more seasons of My Three Sons -- the ones not released on DVD look awful. Also, IMHO the good episodes are the ABC ones -- and I wouldn't try to air the later CBS seasons in prime time (alas Andy Griffith) as they are weak by comparison.

They should introduce more shows from the 70s and 80s, I agree, as they will have to move their demo numbers down a little bit in order to keep their audience. This, though, will need to be done gradually.

Although the late 50s, 60's, and (non Lear) 70s shows age the most gracefully, even with younger demos, as they are more timeless in nature and less "relevant" of the period.

First they need to restore/remaster more seasons of My Three Sons -- the ones not released on DVD look awful. Also, IMHO the good episodes are the ABC ones -- and I wouldn't try to air the later CBS seasons in prime time (alas Andy Griffith) as they are weak by comparison.

The black and white seasons all went out on un-remastered, unrestored DVDs a few years ago.

The color seasons that were in local TV syndication (seasons 6 thru the first half of 11) were last remastered in the 1990s. The non-syndicated last half of season 11 and season 12 were never remastered and are currently shown souerced from 16mm, pre-edited films.

I don't regret that Gomer's leaving, it's been there long enough. And certainly Early Edition is the last thing Metv should put on, it's a modern show and they don't belong on a TV Classics channel. Besides it's already somewhere else, don't ask me where I will never watch, but I've seen it listed in daily program guides of other bad channels.

It's called Memorable Entertainment Television, not The Boomer Channel... I don't get why people have to get so prickly when they introduce any shows past the 70s. The network has never been specifically themed, unlike channels like Food Network, Cartoon Network, etc. Since other channels like Antenna and Cozi took a lot of the other popular "oldies" stuff, MeTV would need to either try more modern shows, or continue to keep the channel as is with little changes. They've opted for the latter (I guess with good reason since people keep rejecting the "modern" shows).

I'm also surprised people seem okay with the cartoons. I still remember the complaints on MeTV's pages when The Flintstones first appeared. "DURR THIS IS A CHANNEL FOR ADULTS :mad:". I saw so much of that back then, but it seems like it's stabilized, and the cartoons have become more accepted.

It's called Memorable Entertainment Television, not The Boomer Channel... I don't get why people have to get so prickly when they introduce any shows past the 70s. The network has never been specifically themed, unlike channels like Food Network, Cartoon Network, etc. Since other channels like Antenna and Cozi took a lot of the other popular "oldies" stuff, MeTV would need to either try more modern shows, or continue to keep the channel as is with little changes. They've opted for the latter (I guess with good reason since people keep rejecting the "modern" shows).

I'm also surprised people seem okay with the cartoons. I still remember the complaints on MeTV's pages when The Flintstones first appeared. "DURR THIS IS A CHANNEL FOR ADULTS :mad:". I saw so much of that back then, but it seems like it's stabilized, and the cartoons have become more accepted.

There's still plenty of old shows to put on the channel that other retro channels don't have the rights to.

Not gonna lie, even though "memorable entertainment" can be interpreted in numerous ways, its a boomer channel. MASH, TAGS, Carol Burnett are the most popular. Its that generation.

I think the cartoons are fine because they're the oldies. Try putting on Ben 10 and everyone will flip out :lol:.

To me I feel like anything 1990s - present is considered "new and modern" even though we're already in the 30th anniversaries of the 90s. I think the MeTV audience thinks that way too. For some even the 80s might be too modern :lol:.

i don't even watch it anymore it use to be a good channel in the beginning

I think the cartoons are fine because they're the oldies. Try putting on Ben 10 and everyone will flip out :lol:.

Yeah, I can believe it. I'm sure even 80s cartoons like He-Man would cause a stir. I keep seeing people say they want Scooby Doo on there, but would that really do well? Doesn't seem like The Jetsons did super well or there'd be more than one showing only on Sundays.

To me I feel like anything 1990s - present is considered "new and modern" even though we're already in the 30th anniversaries of the 90s. I think the MeTV audience thinks that way too. For some even the 80s might be too modern :lol:.

I kind of get what you mean, and I sometimes feel like 90s and onward can feel more "new" than other shows, but still.

I think the programming will change over time. If METV manages to last another 30 years or so, I'd expect to see less shows from the 50s/60s and more shows from the 80s/90s. As the current demographic for the channel (Baby Boomers and GenX) die out, the channel would have little reason to keep airing those very old shows. The major shows would still air in some form (I Love Lucy, Andy Griffith, Leave It to Beaver), but some of the lesser shows would likely get shuffled aside (My Three Sons, Green Acres)

The black and white seasons all went out on un-remastered, unrestored DVDs a few years ago.

Correcting myself - seasons 3 thru 5 went out un-remastered a few years ago--season 1 and 2 were released on DFD around 2008 and were both remastered.

I would like to see one episode of Perry Mason and only early in the evening.


If you can get Fetv you can watch Perry mason at 4pm and 5pm and at 8pm and 9pm Eastern times

https://fetv.tv/schedule/

Sunday is the only day I watch MeTV- Mama's Family and Collector's Call, primarily. The Honeymooners, if up that late.