Bad news from the OTA world. The network that you have all come to know and (sometimes) love as DECADES will cease to exist after the end of this month. The network will be re-branded and re-named and it will soon be called --- are you sitting down? --- Catchy Comedy! :lol::confused:

The new name will also come with a new lineup highlighted by the appearance of the original "Night Court" which has suddenly become a hot item since the new "Night Court" (starring another hot item, Melissa Rauch) became a surprise hit for NBC. The complete new schedule will look like this:

Monday-Friday Daytime (All Times ET)

6:00am – Full House

6:30am – Full House

7:00am – Full House

7:30am – Full House

8:00am- The Brady Bunch

8:30am- The Brady Bunch

9:00am- Family Affair

9:30am- The Donna Reed Show

10:00am – The Carol Burnett Show

11:00am – The Lucy Show

11:30am – The Lucy Show

12:00pm – I Love Lucy

12:30pm – I Love Lucy

1:00pm – The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1:30pm – Rhoda

2:00pm – Laverne & Shirley

2:30pm – Laverne & Shirley

3:00pm – Mama’s Family

3:30pm – Mama’s Family

4:00pm- The Love Boat

Monday-Friday Primetime (All Times ET)

5:00pm – The Odd Couple

5:30pm – The Odd Couple

6:00pm – Good Times

6:30pm – Good Times

7:00pm – Sanford and Son

7:30pm – Sanford and Son

8:00pm – All in the Family

8:30pm – All in the Family

Monday-Friday Late Night (All Times ET)

9:00pm – Night Court

9:30pm – Night Court

10:00pm – The Dick Van Dyke Show

10:30pm – The Dick Van Dyke Show

11:00pm – Cheers

11:30pm – Cheers

12:00am – Taxi

12:30am – The Bob Newhart Show

1:00am – Newhart

Full Details Here:

Variety - DECADES Network Becomes Catchy Comedy (https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/decades-network-catchy-comedy-night-court-1235521267/)

This is great news! Much better than stale MeTV and great to see they got Good Times and Sanford and Son away from Get. I don’t know what the overnight schedule or weekend schedule is though. Hopefully they will still do binge marathons on weekends. But the article did say they would be doing ratings like Me. Hopefully that doesn’t one day make this schedule stale too.

Will they still do the weekend binge ?

Now I see it did say they would still have the weekend binges.

I hope they do another mind-blowing binge like Celebrity Bowling. Seriously, I would like to see one like that again!

Any mention of Bill Kurtis' "Through the Decades" feature, not on the schedule? Hard to believe that dates back to 2015.

I’m kind of surprised about this, and I’ll miss some shows. I did enjoy Through the Decades as well as seeing Dick Cavett shows with guests like The Muppets like the other night. I also did enjoy seeing other shows like dramas on their binges like Remington Steele, but it will be good to see a variety of sitcoms on their binge. I hope Petticoat Junction gets brought back at some point, and seeing Night Court show up is great! I’ll also miss Ed Sullivan!

There is no programming listed from 1:30-6am ET does that mean informercials at the time?

And 6 shows on the schedule are also on METV- So will the plan be to eventually remove those shows on METV?

Carol Burnett
The Brady Bunch
Mama's Family
The love boat
The Dick Van Dyke show
All in the family

I've grown used to the afternoon Dick van Dyke-Dick van Dyke- Bob Newhart session, but you can't have everything and they've been run through quite a few times.

It seems they're following a course that Antenna tried a while ago, female leads at least in the daytime. Very interesting that they're pitting the new shows against probably the most-similar sitcoms extant - All in the Family v. The Jeffersons and Night Court v. Barney Miller.

I don't think I ever watched Through the Decades, Sullivan and Cavett once in a blue moon.

Interesting, looks like they are converting the channel to be a rival for Antenna TV with an all sitcoms lineup.

There's some pros and cons to this change.

Positives:
1. I don't think anybody ever watched Decades for their original news content.
2. This confirms that Weigel acquired other Normal Lear shows and now has a better home airing these shows at better timeslots compared to Get TV.
3. Night Court deserves to air at night instead of the daytime (looking at you LAFF).

Negatives:
1. It seems like the Weekend binges are staying but its only going to be sitcoms. Which means that if we want to see any classic tv show that isn't that genre, we're out of luck. I hope Weigel can air those shows somewhere else. Maybe this channel will open up more space to air other genres besides sitcoms on MeTV
2. This is more so for me. I have DISH and I'm hoping I can get this channel but I never had Decades so it seems unlikely. I have MeTV, H&I, Start TV and Story TV. I use to have MeTV Plus for about 6 months and sadly that was replaced by Story TV.

I find it interesting that they opted to focus on female-lead sitcoms in the daytime hours after the success of Start TV's marketing gimmick.

Farewell Decades!

It would be nice if at 1:30AM-6AM. They can become like old NICK at NITE

1:30AM The Monkees
2AM Mister Ed
2:30AM Car 54, Where Are You?
3AM The Many Loves Of Dobbie Gillis
3:30AM My Three Sons
4AM The Donna Reed Show
4:30AM The Patty Duke Show
5AM-6AM Laugh-In

Catchy Funny Dream Z’s they can call it and hopefully come up with some clever promos like NICK at NITE did & perhaps retromercials. Classic Rewinds.

I don't think they should totally abandon the classic dramas and crime shows. The FBI, Untouchables, 77 Sunset Strip and Hawaiian Eye could probably find an audience in the overnight hours.

Sad about Bill Kurtis's " Through the decades" being taken off, interesting program !:( Also, yeah seems the weekend binges will be less variety , just comedies ! :confused:

But I like the addition of Rhoda, Laverne & Shirley and Sanford & Son ! ;)

Well Decades morphed from a history based channel to a sitcom one. Remember when it started there were 6 hours of programming repeated 4 times a day. Eventually they started to pull the documentaries for variety and talk shows ( Ed Sullivan and Dick Cavett). Then came Television Aross the Decades with sitcoms and informational bumpers on the decades the shows were from. And lastly they added Smartcoms overnight. The only constants were Through the Decades and the weekend Binge.

I'd like to see Through the Decades offered on a streaming service. I wonder if they made an episode for each day of the year and repeated them from year to year. The only episode I watch was January 31. Which is my birthday. I saw that this year. So I'm not sure if there variations of that day from previous years.

Now all is needed is a better name for the channel. The new one ranks up there with FreeVee.

It would be nice if at 1:30AM-6AM. They can become like old NICK at NITE

1:30AM The Monkees
2AM Mister Ed
2:30AM Car 54, Where Are You?
3AM The Many Loves Of Dobbie Gillis
3:30AM My Three Sons
4AM The Donna Reed Show
4:30AM The Patty Duke Show
5AM-6AM Laugh-In

Catchy Funny Dream Z’s they can call it and hopefully come up with some clever promos like NICK at NITE did & perhaps retromercials. Classic Rewinds.


I would love these shows to be on in the afternoons rather than the late night hours. You can save those for Full House and the Norman Lear shows. I wouldn't mind that one bit.

I loved Decades when I had it, this new channel I have zero interest in. I'm glad the cable company didn't add it back.

https://www.nexttv.com/news/decades-network-rebrands-to-catchy-comedy

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The Weigel Broadcasting digital network Decades is rebranding (https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/weigel-rebands-decades-diginet-as-catchy-comedy/) to Catchy Comedy March 27. With a tagline of “Catch All the Laughs,” the network will feature classic sitcoms.

Daytime during weekdays, it features female-driven comedies, featuring the likes of I Love Lucy, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Carol Burnett Show. On weekday primetime it’s “Norman Lear’s Catchy Classics,” including Good Times, Sanford and Son and All In the Family. Late night, it’s “Smart and Catchy Sitcoms”, including Night Court, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Cheers, Taxi and The Bob Newhart Show.

Each weekend offers “The Catchy Binge,” a different comedy marathon.

“Catchy Comedy is a celebration of the very best in classic television comedy and will showcase and celebrate a who’s who of funny women and TV legends,” Weigel vice chairman Neal Sabin said. “We are excited to bring an all-comedy approach with this exciting rebrand of Decades evolving into Catchy Comedy. Weekdays we will showcase hilarious series with a strong appeal to women, or with female characters that redefined and expanded the role of women in television. Then in primetime we will feature groundbreaking comedy and characters from the legendary Norman Lear, and in late nights we will present some of the smartest and best written comedy series on television. Viewers really will be able to ‘catch all the laughs’ on Catchy Comedy.”

Variety (https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/decades-network-catchy-comedy-night-court-1235521267/) has a similar article but has the schedule listing starting 3/27:
Monday-Friday (All Times ET)


6:00am – Full House
6:30am – Full House
7:00am – Full House
7:30am – Full House
8:00am- The Brady Bunch
8:30am- The Brady Bunch
9:00am- Family Affair
9:30am- The Donna Reed Show
10:00am – The Carol Burnett Show
11:00am – The Lucy Show
11:30am – The Lucy Show
12:00pm – I Love Lucy
12:30pm – I Love Lucy
1:00pm – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1:30pm – Rhoda
2:00pm – Laverne & Shirley
2:30pm – Laverne & Shirley
3:00pm – Mama’s Family
3:30pm – Mama’s Family
4:00pm- The Love Boat
5:00pm – The Odd Couple
5:30pm – The Odd Couple
6:00pm – Good Times
6:30pm – Good Times
7:00pm – Sanford and Son
7:30pm – Sanford and Son
8:00pm – All in the Family
8:30pm – All in the Family
9:00pm – Night Court
9:30pm – Night Court
10:00pm – The Dick Van Dyke Show
10:30pm – The Dick Van Dyke Show
11:00pm – Cheers
11:30pm – Cheers
12:00am – Taxi
12:30am – The Bob Newhart Show
1:00am – Newhart

Looks like we'll have "Catchy Infomercials " in the overnight. Lots of laughs there I bet.

When it comes to all sitcom stations especially retro sitcom stations they are always a huge hit with all ages especially the people in the 55-70 age group. With Decades and METV two of the top retro antenna sitcom channels Decades as well as METV has always been working hard to impress fans over the years by adding sitcoms that everybody can enjoy. With Decades becoming Catchy Comedy March 27th I think that they will copy TV Land and get an even bigger audience that will grow. Because Catchy Comedy or CC as I will refer to Catchy Comedy will be better than ever and here are some sitcoms and other shows that will fit on Catchy Comedy in the future
1. Charles In Charge
2. Make Room For Daddy
3. The Drew Carey Show
4. Dave's World
5. Hazel
6. 227
7. Mama
8. Amen
9. Sanford "Spin-off of Sanford And Son from the 80's
10. Cybil
Catchy Comedy would also have a show called Catchy Comedy's Greatest Commercials which is a show devoted to the funniest commercials of all time. I think Catchy Comedy will be a huge success when it debuts and the name Catchy Comedy is cute as well
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What If It(Upcoming Catchy Comedy Channel) could be the alternate to the combination both Laff and Antenna TV?

Too Bad Decades channel will be gone later next month but The New Catchy Comedy Channel does need even a bit more variety.

Catchy Comedy sounds like a silly name, Classic Comedy would have been a better choice.

Here's another press release which gives you a little more information about Catchy Comedy. The main things to know about the article are:

1. The binges are indeed coming back on the weekends and will be sitcoms only (Yay! No more "Commish"!). They will be known as "The Catchy Binge".

2. The first day of the new network will be Monday March 27.

DECADES Network Rebrands To Catchy Comedy - Next TV (https://www.nexttv.com/news/decades-network-rebrands-to-catchy-comedy)

(Yay! No more "Commish"!)

Somewhere Michael Chiklis weeps….

Catchy Comedy definitely sounds like it was created to compete with Laff and Antenna TV. I'm just hoping I get the channel on Dish and they replace Story TV with it. Lots of shows to enjoy.

Do we have a weekend lineup yet?

Very happy for this channel rebranding!

Jack

Question,

Will the 1-hour Carol Burnett Show be edited with musical numbers cut for copyright reasons, or not?

Jack

Do we have a weekend lineup yet?

Very happy for this channel rebranding!

Jack

Weekends will still be Binges.

They're losing Petticoat Junction from the current sitcom schedule, and they've sometimes used WKRP at 12:30 am. Overnight, they have the "Lost Honeymooners", Get Smart, Phil Silvers, Car 54, Dobie Gillis, Abbott and Costello, and Our Miss Brooks. It'll be interesting to see if they keep that intact.

They're losing Petticoat Junction from the current sitcom schedule, and they've sometimes used WKRP at 12:30 am. Overnight, they have the "Lost Honeymooners", Get Smart, Phil Silvers, Car 54, Dobie Gillis, Abbott and Costello, and Our Miss Brooks. It'll be interesting to see if they keep that intact.

Hopefully some/all of those show pop up in the unscheduled overnight from I think 1:30 or 2:00am - 6am. Otherwise infomercials may end up there.

The good thing is that many of those shows can be streamed from free. Not to mention available on DVD and paid streaming services.

With someone who comes home about 1:30AM-2:30AM it would be great to watch Sitcoms of the 50’s & 60’s and brace what NICK at NITE use to show especially that lateNITES & overNITES!

I don't think I ever watched Through the Decades, Sullivan and Cavett once in a blue moon.
I would stumble onto Cavett while channel surfing and might continue watching if he had a legendary guest on the show, such as Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Groucho Marx, et al.

I'm wondering if Bewitched and Jeannie will eventually make it over to Catchy Comedy from Antenna. They seem to be losing their grip on the Sony shows and those have to be two of the most desired for these sub channels owned by MeTV. All I can say is, it wouldn't surprise me. I hope they eventually do an all-rural-sitcom block of shows at some point with Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, and Petticoat Junction. That would be nice, in addition to the return of WKRP would be nice.

Catchy Comedy sounds like a silly name, Classic Comedy would have been a better choice.

I agree.

But perhaps they didn’t want to box themselves into just classic sitcoms even though it is mostly classic now.

But let’s face reality. The lineup and name change leads its way for shows like Boy Meets World, Family Matters and Step by Step to join the lineup in two years.

With Good Times and Sanford & Son leaving getTV for Catchy Comedy, would getTV have any sitcoms left?

Catchy Comedy definitely sounds like it was created to compete with Laff and Antenna TV. I'm just hoping I get the channel on Dish and they replace Story TV with it. Lots of shows to enjoy.

If you can get access to streaming, Decades is on Frndly TV.

Catchy Comedy will compete more directly to Antenna but for viewers, it’s complementary.

Antenna, Rewind and Laff have much better names. I’m surprised Weigel couldn’t come up with something better, maybe metvcoms.

The only show on Laff that crosses over well in interest is Home Improvement. Most of the other sitcoms on Laff are from twenty years later.

I agree.

But perhaps they didn’t want to box themselves into just classic sitcoms even though it is mostly classic now.

But let’s face reality. The lineup and name change leads its way for shows like Boy Meets World, Family Matters and Step by Step to join the lineup in two years.


These shows are now over 30 years of age.

When I saw the rebranding and name change I thought it was an early April fools joke. :lol: The name is stupid and the lineup isn't much better although there's a few shows I actually like. I hope that the binge selections aren't made up with shows from this mostly pathetic lineup. I prefer dramas, but do enjoy several sitcoms unfortunately not many I like are on the schedule.

I'm gonna guess the name was chosen because better names are trademarked by others.

I assume this means the Twilight Zone marathon during New Year's will no longer happen. Maybe someone else can start doing it.

When I saw the rebranding and name change I thought it was an early April fools joke. :lol: The name is stupid and the lineup isn't much better although there's a few shows I actually like. I hope that the binge selections aren't made up with shows from this mostly pathetic lineup. I prefer dramas, but do enjoy several sitcoms unfortunately not many I like are on the schedule.

When I wrote this I later realized it was the broadcast schedule that was posted. I would be interested in knowing how many of these shows other than The Odd Couple will not be in the streaming lineup.

With Good Times and Sanford & Son leaving getTV for Catchy Comedy, would getTV have any sitcoms left?

Unless you count Fantasy Island which only airs on weekend overnights. Get TV has made the full transition from variety shows like Cher and Norman Lear sitcoms to only action shows like Magnum P.I. Its going to be all action/drama it seems like.


I assume this means the Twilight Zone marathon during New Year's will no longer happen. Maybe someone else can start doing it.

The SyFy channel still does the New Year's weekend marathon. They stopped doing the 4th of July one which Decades did continue.


When I wrote this I later realized it was the broadcast schedule that was posted. I would be interested in knowing how many of these shows other than The Odd Couple will not be in the streaming lineup.

Cheers, Laverne & Shirley, Love Boat etc... aren't all the shows owned by CBS not allowed for streaming? I thought they're all on Paramount+ ?

Cheers, Laverne & Shirley, Love Boat etc... aren't all the shows owned by CBS not allowed for streaming? I thought they're all on Paramount+ ?

Both Cheers and L&S are currently on the streaming schedule. Don't know if Love Boat will be or not or if anything will change once the new schedule takes place.

I agree.

But perhaps they didn’t want to box themselves into just classic sitcoms even though it is mostly classic now.

But let’s face reality. The lineup and name change leads its way for shows like Boy Meets World, Family Matters and Step by Step to join the lineup in two years.

I hope not. Those shows suck!

Donna Reed and Family Affair down to one episode per day? No Petticoat Junction? What about Dick Cavett, Get Smart, Our Miss Brooks etc.?

And what about the great Binges?

Maybe some of these will move to MeTv or MeTV+?

I'll miss Decades. : (

The South Florida market lost Decades about 5 years ago, thanks to apparently some deal between Weigel & the CBS O&O’s like my WFOR, to replace it with StartTV, OTA’s answer to Lifetime. 🙄

The last time I got to view Decades was last summer somewhere near Orlando, where it still can be viewed. IMO the most interesting program had to be the full hour Carol Burnett Shows (which Catchy will retain). I have to assume that all music licensing systems were “go”; however the one I viewed had Jim Nabors singing “The Way of Love,” made popular by Cher. That song IMO doesn’t work well with a male singer.

I will be curious as to whether a full list of affiliates, currently on the Decades site, will grow. If anyone has viewed Miami area OTA TV, we need at least one more classic TV channel, and CC could be entering our area again.

Too bad about Through the Decades though. That show + Decades itself was very ambitious at the start.

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The name is too silly. I'll miss Cavett and Newhart. And I wish the channel would go HD.

Ironically, although they chose the name "Catchy," I keep forgetting the new name...! :(

I think that (only for myself apparently) Decades’ strong suit was their access to short-lived series episodes. I know I have recorded “Everglades!” and I think I have one ep of “One Happy Family.” I recorded the first two “Bridget Loves Bernie” eps when it was part of a Binge.

I am hoping that CC will devote maybe an hour, or two, or three, a week, to nearly-forgotten sitcoms—just to shake things up. I don’t care if the shows are digitized or not. I have seen Decades’ prints of “The Millionaire”; never restored at all, with scratches/splicings, spots, etc….but they kept running it.

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I'm gonna guess the name was chosen because better names are trademarked by others.

Yeah, I was thinking why not funny unless that is trademarked.

Then again, I never understood the name start TV, which is a sister channel. Not that getTV makes any sense either, but at least it is simple. I always thought with This TV, there should be a That TV.

The first season of Full House had charm, but running the show two hours per day in the early AM on is overkill and an odd timing slot. They could easily fit Petticoat Junction back in the schedule.

Also would Maude likely switch from Antenna TV to this network?

[QUOTE=favoriteshow;6134025]Yeah, I was thinking why not funny unless that is trademarked.

Then again, I never understood the name start TV, which is a sister channel. Not that getTV makes any sense either, but at least it is simple. I always thought with This TV, there should be a That TV.[/QUOTE

There was a breakfast cereal once with the horrid name “Grins and Smiles and Giggles and Laughs.” Thinking comedy, I wanna break that down.

For the name of the new network:

“Grin” would be out, because it’s too much like Grit.
“Smile”? Nope. TBN has a sub called Smile (for children).
“Laugh”? Nope, because of Laff.
“Giggles”? I say yes. For something truly “Catchy,” call it Gig or Gigg.

My 2¢.

cd

The first season of Full House had charm, but running the show two hours per day in the early AM on is overkill and an odd timing slot. They could easily fit Petticoat Junction back in the schedule.

Also would Maude likely switch from Antenna TV to this network?

I would hope Maude would switch at some point. I also hope they can get The Jeffersons back once it’s contract is up on Antenna.

I loved Decades when I had it, this new channel I have zero interest in. I'm glad the cable company didn't add it back.

I agree I have no interest in it either. I love sitcoms, but have all the ones in their lineup already. All these sitcom channels seem to keep recycling the same sitcoms. If they ever get some that haven’t aired anywhere for awhile I would be willing to tune in.

I would hope Maude would switch at some point. I also hope they can get The Jeffersons back once it’s contract is up on Antenna.

I think "The Partridge Family" would work well on MeTV since Antenna TV only has it on weekends which I think is dumb. They can run it with "The Brady Bunch" and create a "Groovy 70s" block. "The Monkees" would also be a good partner for the show, but, since I'm Canadian and not part of their target audience (100% Americans), I'm sure they won't listen to me like CHCH does when I ask them for shows I want to see. I'm still holding out for "Family Affair" and "Petticoat Junction" to replace either "Matlock" or that stupid "Pictionary". If "Catchy Comedy" can get any of these shows and run them back to back like the others, then I'll begin to watch them too on my KODI app. It's the only way I can get these channels.

There is no programming listed from 1:30-6am ET does that mean informercials at the time?

And 6 shows on the schedule are also on METV- So will the plan be to eventually remove those shows on METV?

Carol Burnett
The Brady Bunch
Mama's Family
The love boat
The Dick Van Dyke show
All in the family
AITF has been on ME for three weeks, no way it gets pulled this fast.

Weigel owns both networks, MeTV & Catchy. No reason to move anything. The more, the merrier!

One would think “I Love Lucy” would be on MeTV, and it was, right? Not that ILL is my favorite all time sitcom—but it’s a legend….and yet it’s not easy to come across lately. Catchy won’t cover anywhere near the percentage of households in the US as MeTV. ILL has been a fixture on Decades.

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Weigel owns both networks, MeTV & Catchy. No reason to move anything. The more, the merrier!

One would think “I Love Lucy” would be on MeTV, and it was, right? Not that ILL is my favorite all time sitcom—but it’s a legend….and yet it’s not easy to come across lately. Catchy won’t cover anywhere near the percentage of households in the US as MeTV. ILL has been a fixture on Decades.

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Paramount Plus now has all episodes of ILL. Decades over the air would air all episodes, but Decades on FrndlyTV/Philo would have the limited selection similar to what Paramount Plus had prior to getting all episodes. Not sure if that is still the case.

To me, Laverne & Shirley is somewhat similar of female leads with Laverne's silliness and antics to Lucy's, but L&S can be annoying to me at times. On that note, while Pluto has L&S, I never understood why the premium Paramount Plus doesn't have that show as well.

If CBS/Paramount really wanted to they could get both shows for broadcast and put them on FAVE TV, but they leave the classic shows for Weigel to run.

Unless you count Fantasy Island which only airs on weekend overnights. Get TV has made the full transition from variety shows like Cher and Norman Lear sitcoms to only action shows like Magnum P.I. Its going to be all action/drama it seems like.



I just noticed Cozi's schedule and it no longer has Amen and Gimme A Break. I used to occasionally watch Amen on getTV and remember when Cozi snatched the series away, aired it as of last year, and now it looks dumped. TBH, it never made sense leaving getTV to Cozi and I thought it was just Comcast giving the faux appearance of wanting diversity pairing it with Gimme A Break, shows with black leads on their digital subchannel. But they must have seen the opportunity cost.

Would be great for at least Amen to return to getTV and run it in the mornings again once Good Times leave. If only, they could get 227 from Rewind TV and pair the two together in the AM block.

I just noticed Cozi's schedule and it no longer has Amen and Gimme A Break. I used to occasionally watch Amen on getTV and remember when Cozi snatched the series away, aired it as of last year, and now it looks dumped. TBH, it never made sense leaving getTV to Cozi and I thought it was just Comcast giving the faux appearance of wanting diversity pairing it with Gimme A Break, shows with black leads on their digital subchannel. But they must have seen the opportunity cost.

Would be great for at least Amen to return to getTV and run it in the mornings again once Good Times leave. If only, they could get 227 from Rewind TV and pair the two together in the AM block.

Amen and GMAB still on overnights!

Amen and GMAB still on overnights!

I see only GMAB in the Cozi overnight schedule.

Catchy Comedy is such an awful committee sounding name.

I'm going to guess that after they're established they'll just call the channel "Catchy."

I'm going to guess that after they're established they'll just call the channel "Catchy."

Call it Catchy TV. It sounds better.

Yeah I would think that there are too many letters in the name Catchy Comedy—and when they set up a logo bug, they will have to change the small logo so all of it can be read. “CC” is definitely OUT, as Comedy Central has that covered.

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Yeah I would think that there are too many letters in the name Catchy Comedy—and when they set up a logo bug, they will have to change the small logo so all of it can be read. “CC” is definitely OUT, as Comedy Central has that covered.

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Their Logo Bug just has the word Catchy.

Have they announced what the 1:30AM-6:00AM Programming will be? With my job I start at 4:00pm I’m usually home after 1:30AM Mon-Thu & After 2:30AM Fridays.

If anyone knows I would appreciate it.

I finally know what the overnight schedule is, and it's not too dissimilar from the current one.

1:30AM: The Lost Honeymooners
2AM: The Phil Silvers Show
2:30AM: Dobie Gillis
3AM: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
4AM: The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (2 episodes)
5AM: Our Miss Brooks (2 episodes)

I also have the first few Binges:
4/1-4/2: Night Court
4/8-4/9: The Carol Burnett Show
4/15-4/16: Gilligan's Island

So overnight they're losing Get Smart, Car 54, Abbott & Costello, and two Dark Shadows. They're gaining a Bob Newhart Show, a Rowan & Martin, and two Ed Sullivans.

Looks good Snowpeck! Thanks for the updates.

I’m missing The Monkees. Hope they will add this show soon!

Here's the PDF version of the schedule: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bVXtCh-KPAhAUjFCn3hVYivb_UXMbQSw/view?usp=share_link

Not that IMO it will be better’n Decades….but I had read that their ratings system will be different, and that might mean wider coverage than before.

Miami, c’mon.

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FB Page is live:

https://www.facebook.com/catchycomedyfun

Also is the listed schedule the over the air one?

Will the streaming schedule be different?

A few have pointed out the streaming Decades channel doesn't run The Odd Couple. Wonder if streaming Catchy Comedy will also not run it.

I hope more affiliates will pick it up.

If anyone knows the streaming schedule please post it. Thank you.

Re: The Odd Couple, original,

Paramount Plus has the streaming rights.

For the streaming Decades, Weigel likely passed on The Odd Couple to save costs.

The same might be the case with I Love Lucy still. Paramount Plus recently secured rights for all episodes. Hulu has a handful of episodes. Decades streaming does not carry all episodes, although Decades over the air airs all episodes.

Unless Weigel is serious to keep Catchy Comedy with as much episodes as possible, I expect the streaming version of Catchy to be slightly inferior to the broadcast one since Weigel has to navigate obtaining more license rights.

If anyone knows the streaming schedule please post it. Thank you.

Looks like there are several substitutions on the streaming schedule.

At 1:30PM, The Donna Reed Show will air instead of Rhoda.
At 2PM and 2:30PM, Love American Style will air instead of Laverne & Shirley.
At 5PM, Night Court will air instead of The Odd Couple.
At 5:30PM, Good Times will air instead of The Odd Couple.
At 2AM, Get Smart will air instead of The Phil Silvers Show.
at 4AM and 4:30AM, The Donna Reed Show will air instead of The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show.

Thank you for providing that Snowpeck!!!

How can I get this channel streaming? I wonder if they will have a connection to their website like Buzzr does to watch online.

How can I get this channel streaming? I wonder if they will have a connection to their website like Buzzr does to watch online.

You have to subscribe to FrndlyTV. https://try.frndlytv.com/

Looks like there are several substitutions on the streaming schedule.

At 1:30PM, The Donna Reed Show will air instead of Rhoda.
At 2PM and 2:30PM, Love American Style will air instead of Laverne & Shirley.
At 5PM, Night Court will air instead of The Odd Couple.
At 5:30PM, Good Times will air instead of The Odd Couple.
At 2AM, Get Smart will air instead of The Phil Silvers Show.
at 4AM and 4:30AM, The Donna Reed Show will air instead of The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show.

Does Paramount/Logo have Laverne & Shirley rights on streaming?

Kind of seems silly Weigel won't be airing it. For all intents and purposes, Laverne and Shirley is the big draw for the Catchy Comedy name change. Airing the same shows from the '50s/60's - they might as well keep the name as Decades.

Does Paramount/Logo have Laverne & Shirley rights on streaming?

Kind of seems silly Weigel won't be airing it. For all intents and purposes, Laverne and Shirley is the big draw for the Catchy Comedy name change. Airing the same shows from the '50s/60's - they might as well keep the name as Decades.

Seems odd they wouldn’t air Laverne and Shirley this time because they aired it for the binge weekend recently after Cindy Williams died.

Hopefully at some point they will show Happy Days as well.

Catchy Comedy sounds like a silly name, Classic Comedy would have been a better choice.

The word "catchy" is kind of old-fashioned. Like my parents or grandparents might have commented on a "catchy tune."

Really an odd choice for a channel name in 2023. Would have even been odd in 1983.

Besides Paramount +, alot of the mentioned sitcoms are streaming on Pluto TV for free. I think Paramount will let them stream the mentioned shows, but they have to pay extra to do it. The shows in question have never done well in the ratings for METV, so they are unwilling to pay the extra costs and will instead substitute a cheap show from the Sony library in it's place.

Instead of wasting time rebranding Decades, they should be trying to work more on restoring and building the METV brand. They could start by making a deal with the non Sinclair broadcast stations to bring METV back into the markets that lost it last year. It also wouldn't be a bad idea for METV to broadcast on Dish Network again.

Making a deal with Universal to get Columbo and McMillan and Wife back on Sunday night would also be a good idea.

Hopefully at some point they will show Happy Days as well.

I never understood the deal Weigel has/had with Happy Days, MeTV, and Decades.

There was ample opportunity to run Happy Days on Decades, but for some reason all Decades ever showed was the *pilot* for Happy Days (shown on “Love American Style”).

So I wouldn’t be surprised if Catchy cannot show Happy Days either.

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I never understood the deal Weigel has/had with Happy Days, MeTV, and Decades.

There was ample opportunity to run Happy Days on Decades, but for some reason all Decades ever showed was the *pilot* for Happy Days (shown on “Love American Style”).

So I wouldn’t be surprised if Catchy cannot show Happy Days either.

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I think Happy Days and L&S are also currently running on METV+.

Here is the current "Catchy Comedy" Schedule:

https://catchycomedy.com/images/catchy_comedy_program_schedule_new.pdf

Jack

Binge on 5/6-5/7 is Laverne & Shirley.

Binge on 5/6-5/7 is Laverne & Shirley.

What were the binges for April?

Seems odd they wouldn’t air Laverne and Shirley this time because they aired it for the binge weekend recently after Cindy Williams died.

At least with The Odd Couple, a Paramount+ subscription has the series. So if Weigel couldn't secure it for streaming, Paramount's own subscription service has it with a commercial free option.

With Laverne and Shirley, it appears the only streaming venue is the Pluto channel, also owned by Paramount, but the ad streaming service.

I don't see it on Logo's schedule but I think it last was there.

On Pluto TV, one has to endure a lot of commercial breaks and no playback control, episode selection demand, etc.

Laverne & Shirley has much more name recognition today and cultural popularity than Love, American Style and a number of shows on the Catchy Comedy schedule.

I haven't really watched much of Catchy Comedy yet. I did see some of I Love Lucy this morning. My guide still shows Decades, (Gracenote-Neilson does the data for a lot of TV vendors, and it often takes them a few days to update data.) Some comments and questions. Feel free to add your own observations:

1.) The episodes look very clean, or as sharp as can be expected for some of their ages. I think in a lot of instances they are using DVD transfers, with slight edits.

2.) Weigal Broadcasting is the same company that does the content for METV so we will probably get the same prints that are shown on METV.

3.) Considering the political and sensitive content of some shows, how badly will All in the Family and Sanford and Son be edited? It is surprising that these are on the schedule considering the times. Even though these are classics.

4.) The only show that I don't like on the schedule is "The Love Boat." Never watched it, we don't need a big soap opera.

5.) I don't know how much variety they will be able to put into the "Binges." I would rather see the weekends devoted to overnight classics like Mister Ed, Car 54 Where Are You?

6.) The name could be better. Don't promote the station being exclusive to women's comedy. There are shows on there for men too, call the station "Classic Comedy."

Jack

If I was in charge of renaming the channel I would've used HA!
which was used very briefly in the early 90's for a similar network.Its simple and to the point!

What were the binges for April?

4/1 - 4/2: Night Court

4/8 - 4/9: Carol Burnett Show

4/15 - 4/16: Gilligan's Island

Source: https://www.wbay.com/2023/03/14/goodbye-decades-hello-catchy-comedy/

I haven't really watched much of Catchy Comedy yet. I did see some of I Love Lucy this morning. My guide still shows Decades, (Gracenote-Neilson does the data for a lot of TV vendors, and it often takes them a few days to update data.) Some comments and questions. Feel free to add your own observations:

1.) The episodes look very clean, or as sharp as can be expected for some of their ages. I think in a lot of instances they are using DVD transfers, with slight edits.

2.) Weigal Broadcasting is the same company that does the content for METV so we will probably get the same prints that are shown on METV.

3.) Considering the political and sensitive content of some shows, how badly will All in the Family and Sanford and Son be edited? It is surprising that these are on the schedule considering the times. Even though these are classics.

4.) The only show that I don't like on the schedule is "The Love Boat." Never watched it, we don't need a big soap opera.

5.) I don't know how much variety they will be able to put into the "Binges." I would rather see the weekends devoted to overnight classics like Mister Ed, Car 54 Where Are You?

6.) The name could be better. Don't promote the station being exclusive to women's comedy. There are shows on there for men too, call the station "Classic Comedy."

Jack


It looks like a good channel so far. I’ve checked in on it and seen bits and pieces mostly. I watched an episode of Good Times this afternoon and it was good. I’ve noticed shows that are exclusive to the streaming schedule will not show the logo bug or the content rating.

As far as the Norman Lear shows go, they don’t have any disclaimers. Good Times and Sanford and Son have a plain TV-PG rating and All in the Family has a TV-PG-DL rating just like it does on MeTV.

4/1 - 4/2: Night Court

4/8 - 4/9: Carol Burnett Show

4/15 - 4/16: Gilligan's Island

Source: https://www.wbay.com/2023/03/14/goodbye-decades-hello-catchy-comedy/

Gilligan’s Island sounds like a good one.

At least with The Odd Couple, a Paramount+ subscription has the series. So if Weigel couldn't secure it for streaming, Paramount's own subscription service has it with a commercial free option.

With Laverne and Shirley, it appears the only streaming venue is the Pluto channel, also owned by Paramount, but the ad streaming service.

I don't see it on Logo's schedule but I think it last was there.

On Pluto TV, one has to endure a lot of commercial breaks and no playback control, episode selection demand, etc.

Laverne & Shirley has much more name recognition today and cultural popularity than Love, American Style and a number of shows on the Catchy Comedy schedule.


Actually now that I think of it, when they did the Laverne and Shirley binge in early February right after Cindy Williams passed, I noticed a lot of the episodes did not have the logo bug or the content rating. That means it’s possible the streaming version showed different episodes than the over the air one.

If I was in charge of renaming the channel I would've used HA!
which was used very briefly in the early 90's for a similar network.Its simple and to the point!


That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't know who, if anyone, currently owns the rights to the HA! name/trademark, but it would be great if Weigel could get the rights from Paramount Global, or whoever owns the HA! trademark. I'm with you all the way.

4/1 - 4/2: Night Court

4/8 - 4/9: Carol Burnett Show

4/15 - 4/16: Gilligan's Island

Source: https://www.wbay.com/2023/03/14/goodbye-decades-hello-catchy-comedy/

will Carol Burnett be the hour-long ones?

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That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't know who, if anyone, currently owns the rights to the HA! name/trademark, but it would be great if Weigel could get the rights from Paramount Global, or whoever owns the HA! trademark. I'm with you all the way.

Paramount (Viacom at the time) abandoned the trademark for "HA! The TV Comedy Network" on February 12, 1991, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Nobody currently owns the rights to the "HA!" name in this regard.

So no more Twilight Zone New Year's Marathons. Maybe MeTV will do them now.

"Catch Comedy" might be the most awful network name in TV history.

They are just recycling the same old shows shown for free on every other network on the Roku.

The runtimes I’ve clocked on Good Times, All in the Family and Night Court are an even 22 minutes without commercials. What is the runtime for All in the Family on METV? When Cheers was on Decades, they ran 23 minutes without commercials. Im wondering if Catchy is going to edit an extra minute now.

The runtimes I’ve clocked on Good Times, All in the Family and Night Court are an even 22 minutes without commercials. What is the runtime for All in the Family on METV? When Cheers was on Decades, they ran 23 minutes without commercials. Im wondering if Catchy is going to edit an extra minute now.

I believe that All in the Family is around 25 minutes uncut. I DVR'ed "Archie Gives Blood." and it showed the rare tag sequence before the credits! You have a total of about three minutes missing, but the edits seem to be skillfully done. Not like most syndicates that butcher whole scenes.

What I like about Catchy Comedy and METV are no credit crunches! I think they are doing their best to preserve the content with as few edits as possible, considering the time limits that they have to work with for modern commercial TV today.

Jack

will Carol Burnett be the hour-long ones?

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Yes,

I presume that musical guest songs may have to be cut for copyright issues, so we could see the shows trimmed down to about 45 minutes. Has anyone watched this to confirm?

Jack

Updated Schedule with program listing descriptions for Catchy Comedy: (From TV Insider)

https://www.tvinsider.com/network/catchy-comedy/schedule/

Jack

I believe that All in the Family is around 25 minutes uncut. I DVR'ed "Archie Gives Blood." and it showed the rare tag sequence before the credits! You have a total of about three minutes missing, but the edits seem to be skillfully done. Not like most syndicates that butcher whole scenes.

What I like about Catchy Comedy and METV are no credit crunches! I think they are doing their best to preserve the content with as few edits as possible, considering the time limits that they have to work with for modern commercial TV today.

Jack
The early AITF episodes are 25 to 26 minutes. I haven’t timed the METV edits to compare to the Catchy Comedy edits. Usually MeTV’s half hour sitcoms are edited to 23 minutes, while Catchy Comedy from what I have seen is cut down to 22. That’s what I am wondering. And the tag scene from Archie Gives Blood was in the Catchy Comedy version as well

The early AITF episodes are 25 to 26 minutes. I haven’t timed the METV edits to compare to the Catchy Comedy edits. Usually MeTV’s half hour sitcoms are edited to 23 minutes, while Catchy Comedy from what I have seen is cut down to 22. That’s what I am wondering. And the tag scene from Archie Gives Blood was in the Catchy Comedy version as well

MeTV and Catchy Comedy should have the same edits. They are both Weigel owned and share the same contract.

I forgot to list these binges:

4/22-4/23: All in the Family
4/29-4/30: Happy Days

I forgot to list these binges:

4/22-4/23: All in the Family
4/29-4/30: Happy Days

Sweet! I’ll definitely be watching those. I don’t know if we’ll see Sanford and Son and Good Times binges at some point this year or if they will wait until February for black history month. Hopefully Antenna’s contract for the Jeffersons will expire this year and maybe then they can get it back in 2024.

What I like about Catchy Comedy and METV are no credit crunches! I think they are doing their best to preserve the content with as few edits as possible, considering the time limits that they have to work with for modern commercial TV today.

Jack
Yesterday I watched The Odd Couple. The credits from the first episode were placed superimposed in the lower left corner of the screen with the start of the next episode being full screen. Not sure if that counts as a "credit crunch" or not.

I'm not sure Carol Burnett is a 7AM (PT) show. I'd rather see The Brady Bunch and Donna Reed each doubled in that slot (6-8 AM) with Family Affair moving back earlier (5AM) and Petticoat Junction returning early. Carol could move to afternoon, late night or evening.

Why waste the Bradys so early? And one one Donna is not enough.

They could also pick up Gidget and The Flying Nun.

I will miss the weekend drama Binges (Vegas, Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip, Dark Shadows, Here Come the Brides, etc.) - maybe those can move to MeTv+?

Yesterday I watched The Odd Couple. The credits from the first episode were placed superimposed in the lower left corner of the screen with the start of the next episode being full screen. Not sure if that counts as a "credit crunch" or not.

Looks like a few shows may have a credit crunch unfortunately. I see Mary Tyler Moore had it too.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mY91Tjgswt8

Still it looks like most shows don’t have it and play the full credits and hopefully it will stay that way.

I will miss the weekend drama Binges (Vegas, Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip, Dark Shadows, Here Come the Brides, etc.) - maybe those can move to MeTv+?

It is possible that eventually they run out of sitcom shows to binge, they can quietly bring back these shows for the weekend binge. The most of the shows that you listed are already on H&I or MeTV+.

So I timed tonight’s All in the Family episodes on MeTV, and they ran 22:30 without commercials whereas they are running 22:00 on Catchy Comedy. Probably sped up a hair on Catchy.

May binges:

5/6-5/7: Laverne & Shirley
5/14-5/14: The Odd Couple
5/20-5/21: Cheers
5/27-5/28: Bosom Buddies

I know it’s currently 7 months away but I’m wondering what Catchy will air Thanksgiving Weekend 2023?

As Newhart was a huge success over Thanksgiving on WGN America years ago.

Leave It To Beaver & All In The Family were huge successes on Antenna TV over Thanksgiving Weekend when Antenna TV has rights to these programs.

Considering All In The Family has a Weekend Binge in April 2023 I still don’t know if it’s safe to rule that program out either.

Well the first season of Gilligan’s Island is being shown colorized. Oh well luckily most TVs allows you to drop out the color. Plus Tubi has these episodes in black and white.

On Twitter, I tweeted to Catchy Comedy to "Please be like METV, don't crunch the credits of any of your shows." Maybe if enough people do that, they will show full credits! This is a cool new network!

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Well the first season of Gilligan’s Island is being shown colorized. Oh well luckily most TVs allows you to drop out the color. Plus Tubi has these episodes in black and white.

I like Gilligan’s Island better in color. It would be nice if they would redo the colorization on Season 1 because it was done back in the early 90s when colorization was something new so the quality wasn’t as good. With today’s technology I’m sure it could be greatly improved on. I’ve been enjoying this binge this weekend.

On Twitter, I tweeted to Catchy Comedy to "Please be like METV, don't crunch the credits of any of your shows." Maybe if enough people do that, they will show full credits! This is a cool new network!

Satch

Unfortunately one thing that Catchy Comedy does that MeTV does is show programs in an odd format between 4x3 and 9x16. The only exception for MeTV is "Toon in with Me". They couldn't run the cartoons in the odd format because that would crop off part of the image for the live action part of the program.

Oddly enough both Sundance TV and IFC does the same odd formatting. I wonder what to connection is with them and MeTV. They also seem to run much of the same shows that the MeTV family of stations run.

I like Gilligan’s Island better in color. It would be nice if they would redo the colorization on Season 1 because it was done back in the early 90s when colorization was something new so the quality wasn’t as good. With today’s technology I’m sure it could be greatly improved on. I’ve been enjoying this binge this weekend.

Those episodes were colorized when Ted Turner went all out and colorized black and white shows. You're probably right that the technology is much more advanced now so the colors might better match the other season episodes. And yes, I would have liked to see the whole series done in color from the start.

Unfortunately one thing that Catchy Comedy does that MeTV does is show programs in an odd format between 4x3 and 9x16. The only exception for MeTV is "Toon in with Me". They couldn't run the cartoons in the odd format because that would crop off part of the image for the live action part of the program.

Oddly enough both Sundance TV and IFC does the same odd formatting. I wonder what to connection is with them and MeTV. They also seem to run much of the same shows that the MeTV family of stations run.

That oddball format works really badly on an old pre-HD cable converter I have. I think MeTV somehow blows up a 4:3 format, side to side. And with that old converter it really screws up the aspect ratio, except on the cartoons. The live-on-tape TIWM segments, apparently produced in HD, look even worse.

Add to your list the Dabl network, another digital sub-channel, which does the same thing. They run mostly old home improvement shows.

Those episodes were colorized when Ted Turner went all out and colorized black and white shows. You're probably right that the technology is much more advanced now so the colors might better match the other season episodes. And yes, I would have liked to see the whole series done in color from the start.

The colorized season one was a horrible job. For one thing they probably did not have the true masters, and colorized 16mm syndication prints. And the colors themselves are washed out and drab.

The colorized season one was a horrible job. For one thing they probably did not have the true masters, and colorized 16mm syndication prints. And the colors themselves are washed out and drab.

True, some of the colors made it look fake. The sky sometimes looked purple. And Skipper’s shirt was dark navy blue almost black when it was supposed to be regular blue.

Yep, the shirt is really noticeable. And the greenery looks all wrong. It's not like they didn't have color to reference.

Unfortunately one thing that Catchy Comedy does that MeTV does is show programs in an odd format between 4x3 and 9x16. The only exception for MeTV is "Toon in with Me". They couldn't run the cartoons in the odd format because that would crop off part of the image for the live action part of the program.

Oddly enough both Sundance TV and IFC does the same odd formatting. I wonder what to connection is with them and MeTV. They also seem to run much of the same shows that the MeTV family of stations run.

Neal Sabin of Weigel Broadcasting owns both METV and Catchy Comedy, as well as Movies! Network and some others.

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Neal Sabin of Weigel Broadcasting owns both METV and Catchy Comedy, as well as Movies! Network and some others.

Satch

My question was what is the connection with Sundance TV , IFC TV, and MeTV.

Neal Sabin is the vice president and head of programing.

Neal Sabin is the vice president and head of programing.

So then what is his connection with Sundance TV and IFC TV if any?

My question again is that since Sundance TV and IFC TV seem to run a lot of programs in the same odd video format that the MeTV family of stations run is there a connection beyond same programming? Are they all part of the same company- Weigel Broadcasting?

There is no connection whatsoever. It's just a coincidence they have some of the same programs.

Thanks, I wasn't sure.

Something I really would like to see METV do, is fold or rebrand both Catchy Comedy and METV+ into a network that recreates a channel experience similar to Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite back in the 80's/ 90's.

During the day, the channel would be dedicated to classic cartoons from the Hanna Barbera library and kid friendly shows such as Lassie. At night, the channel would convert over to a fun version of METV with promos similar to the original Nick@Nite and classic retro commercials They could also have their own unique takes on classic kid game shows such as Legends Of The Hidden Temple and Double Dare.

The channel could also borrow programming ideas from Cartoon Network in the 90's like Super Chunk (3 hr block spotlighting a certain cartoon) and the Saturday afternoon Super Hero Block.

Something I really would like to see METV do, is fold or rebrand both Catchy Comedy and METV+ into a network that recreates a channel experience similar to Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite back in the 80's/ 90's.

During the day, the channel would be dedicated to classic cartoons from the Hanna Barbera library and kid friendly shows such as Lassie. At night, the channel would convert over to a fun version of METV with promos similar to the original Nick@Nite and classic retro commercials They could also have their own unique takes on classic kid game shows such as Legends Of The Hidden Temple and Double Dare.

The channel could also borrow programming ideas from Cartoon Network in the 90's like Super Chunk (3 hr block spotlighting a certain cartoon) and the Saturday afternoon Super Hero Block.

Charles,

Love your idea!!! Email or call or purpose it to Me TV!

May binges:

5/6-5/7: Laverne & Shirley
5/14-5/14: The Odd Couple
5/20-5/21: Cheers
5/27-5/28: Bosom Buddies

Weren't the binges supposed to be focused on more obscure series that didn't have enough episodes to be in regular rotation?

"Beyond that, Sabin plans to also sprinkle the weekend binges with some little-seen or short-lived sitcoms that still made an impact on pop culture, like “Square Pegs.”

Weren't the binges supposed to be focused on more obscure series that didn't have enough episodes to be in regular rotation?

"Beyond that, Sabin plans to also sprinkle the weekend binges with some little-seen or short-lived sitcoms that still made an impact on pop culture, like “Square Pegs.”

Give it a chance. They are probably trying to build an audience. At some point the rare shows may turn up. I'm guessing in the summer when viewership in normally done. Not much to lose in advertising. Just my thought.

What shows would you want to see?

6/3-6/4: Mama's Family

6/3-6/4: Mama's Family

6/10-6/11: Taxi (40th anniversary of the final episode)
6/17-6/18: Mayberry RFD
6/24-6/25: The Beverly Hillbillies

6/10-6/11: Taxi (40th anniversary of the final episode)
6/17-6/18: Mayberry RFD
6/24-6/25: The Beverly Hillbillies
7/1-7/2: Green Acres

7/1-7/2: Green Acres
7/8-7/9: The Love Boat
7/15-7/16: Get Smart
7/22-7/23: The Flintstones
7/29-7/30: The Flip Wilson Show

Looks like it's time to start a new thread for the Catchy Comedy Binge schedule.

6/3-6/4: Mama's Family
6/10-6/11: Taxi (40th anniversary of the final episode)
6/17-6/18: Mayberry RFD
6/24-6/25: The Beverly Hillbillies
7/1-7/2: Green Acres


Looks like the June group will get a lot better as the month goes along. This gives me an idea for my fantasy playlist channel which I will tell you more about later this weekend. If you like the weekly binges that Catchy Decades now have, how would you like to see daily binges of different series - all with their own links - including the ones mentioned above - all spring and summer long, all for free? That's what I'm planning beginning this week. More details to follow!

Looks like the June group will get a lot better as the month goes along. This gives me an idea for my fantasy playlist channel which I will tell you more about later this weekend. If you like the weekly binges that Catchy Decades now have, how would you like to see daily binges of different series - all with their own links - including the ones mentioned above - all spring and summer long, all for free? That's what I'm planning beginning this week. More details to follow!

Excellent! Kind of like the "Uncle Earl" for Binge watching.

Mama's Family tv show...........has some great guest stars,too !! Love all seasons...the network and syndication..episodes...both casts.....

Hurrah !! Taxi......tv show....fun !!!

Looks like it's time to start a new thread for the Catchy Comedy Binge schedule.

yep !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like the June group will get a lot better as the month goes along. This gives me an idea for my fantasy playlist channel which I will tell you more about later this weekend. If you like the weekly binges that Catchy Decades now have, how would you like to see daily binges of different series - all with their own links - including the ones mentioned above - all spring and summer long, all for free? That's what I'm planning beginning this week. More details to follow!

I was going to explain this earlier but I completely forgot. Sorry about that!


In case you missed them, my daily binges begin on Page 10 of My Fantasy Channel. (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=428146&page=10) I explain how these binges are going to work. Every day, I will spotlight one series and continue from A-Z until the fall season begins. On weekends, I will have a separate A-Z group of classic cartoons. This is what I will include in each playlist.


1. PILOTS

The first and last episodes of each series, including unaired pilot episodes.

2. TOP 10 EPISODES

The best of the best as chosen by the show's fans on IMDB.com, one of the top online sites for movie and TV info.

3. MY FAVORITE EPISODE

My favorite episode of the series shown in the listings in bold which may or may not be part of the top 10. A few sitcoms may have more than one on my list. Others won't have any. That's too bad for them!

4. RANDOM EPISODES

10 more episodes of the series which will be chosen at random.

5. TV TIME WARP

Other shows which debuted during the same year as the featured sitcom.


Coming up this week, I have the following:


Monday - Car 54, Where Are You?
Tuesday - Cheers
Wednesday - Coach
Thursday - Cosby Show
Friday - Father's Day Special
Saturday - Daffy Duck
Sunday - Donald Duck

Monday June 19 - December Bride
Tuesday June 20 - Dennis The Menace
Wednesday June 21 - The Dick Van Dyke Show
Thursday June 22 - Diff'rent Strokes
Friday June 23 - The Donna Reed Show
Saturday June 24 - Felix The Cat
Sunday June 25 - The Flintstones

I hope you like them and enjoy them. I have lots more to come!

I was going to explain this earlier but I completely forgot. Sorry about that!


In case you missed them, my daily binges begin on Page 10 of My Fantasy Channel. (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=428146&page=10) I explain how these binges are going to work. Every day, I will spotlight one series and continue from A-Z until the fall season begins. On weekends, I will have a separate A-Z group of classic cartoons. This is what I will include in each playlist.


1. PILOTS

The first and last episodes of each series, including unaired pilot episodes.

2. TOP 10 EPISODES

The best of the best as chosen by the show's fans on IMDB.com, one of the top online sites for movie and TV info.

3. MY FAVORITE EPISODE

My favorite episode of the series shown in the listings in bold which may or may not be part of the top 10. A few sitcoms may have more than one on my list. Others won't have any. That's too bad for them!

4. RANDOM EPISODES

10 more episodes of the series which will be chosen at random.

5. TV TIME WARP

Other shows which debuted during the same year as the featured sitcom.


Coming up this week, I have the following:


Monday - Car 54, Where Are You?
Tuesday - Cheers
Wednesday - Coach
Thursday - Cosby Show
Friday - Father's Day Special
Saturday - Daffy Duck
Sunday - Donald Duck

Monday June 19 - December Bride
Tuesday June 20 - Dennis The Menace
Wednesday June 21 - The Dick Van Dyke Show
Thursday June 22 - Diff'rent Strokes
Friday June 23 - The Donna Reed Show
Saturday June 24 - Felix The Cat
Sunday June 25 - The Flintstones

I hope you like them and enjoy them. I have lots more to come!

Good stuff. But with Yogi Bear you need to access the video with logging in with an account. Not everyone would want to do that.
Also, you might want to start a new thread dedicated to this project.

8/5-8/6: The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
8/11-8/12: The Honeymooners/The Lost Honeymooners

weekends binge will be awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bump

7/8-7/9: The Love Boat
7/15-7/16: Get Smart
7/22-7/23: The Flintstones
7/29-7/30: The Flip Wilson Show

8/19-8/20: The Monkees
8/26-8/27: Full House

9/2-9/3: The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob (Didn't Nick at Nite do a marathon like this once?)
9/9-9/10: My Three Sons (last four seasons)

Some of these upcoming Binges look fantastic!

Any more information on the rest of September binges?

Any more information on the rest of September binges?

Not yet.

9/2-9/3: The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob (Didn't Nick at Nite do a marathon like this once?)

I vaguely remember something like this back then, actually.

9/16-9/17: Our Miss Brooks
9/23-9/24: Gomer Pyle, USMC

Can't wait to see something different on these binges. Like to see some one season comedy shows, comedy summer replacement shows, comedy episodes from anthology series, unsold comedy pilots, and Made for TV movie comedies. Right now all we're seeing are the comedy offerings that were always shown on the Decades Binge. Gee even showing a still image of an old radio and run old radio comedies for a weekend would be better.

Perhaps besides Weekend Binges they can throw in theme Binges for Halloween themed Weekend Binge Thanksgiving themed Weekend binge Thanksgiving Thursday & Friday.Thanksgiving Weekend Binge Saturday and Sunday. Christmas Themed Weekend Binge. New Years themed Weekend binge of Party episodes.


I Hope Wednesday thru Friday Thanksgiving Binge is Thanksgiving episodes

I Hope Thanksgiving Weekend Sat & Sun binge is Leave It To Beaver!

Christmas Themed Episodes Binge Dec.23 Sat thru Dec.26 Tue!

New Years Party Themed Episodes Binge Dec.30 Sat thru Jan.2 Tue!

Perhaps besides Weekend Binges they can throw in theme Binges for Halloween themed Weekend Binge Thanksgiving themed Weekend binge Thanksgiving Thursday & Friday.Thanksgiving Weekend Binge Saturday and Sunday. Christmas Themed Weekend Binge. New Years themed Weekend binge of Party episodes.


I Hope Wednesday thru Friday Thanksgiving Binge is Thanksgiving episodes

I Hope Thanksgiving Weekend Sat & Sun binge is Leave It To Beaver!

Christmas Themed Episodes Binge Dec.23 Sat thru Dec.26 Tue!

New Years Party Themed Episodes Binge Dec.30 Sat thru Jan.2 Tue!

TV LAND use to do Last and First on New Year's eve and New Year's day. New Year's eve had the final episode of a series and New Year's day had the first episode of a series.

24/7 reruns you are correct! However I believe antenna tv has that already tentatively planned.

It would be great if Catchy would do what NICK at NITE did and introduce that week a Classic tv rerun countdown Airring December 26 Tuesday thru New Year’s Eve from 7pm-12:30AM and again from 12:30AM-5AM. With the number 1 show airring at midnight on Jan 1st and gets an entire binge day for New Year’s Day!

24/7 reruns you are correct! However I believe antenna tv has that already tentatively planned.

It would be great if Catchy would do what NICK at NITE did and introduce that week a Classic tv rerun countdown Airring December 26 Tuesday thru New Year’s Eve from 7pm-12:30AM and again from 12:30AM-5AM. With the number 1 show airring at midnight on Jan 1st and gets an entire binge day for New Year’s Day!

I forgot about antenna TV doing something like that. You idea mimicking Nick at Night would do well.

How about a "Just Visiting" weekend binge. Where one actor is featured and episodes of shows they either starred or guest starred it would run for the weekend. I could see actors like Bernie Kopell, Alan Melvin, Bea Benaderet, and Burt Mustin could have their own Binge Weekend.

Who else would have enough appearances to justify a Binge Weekend?

Jon Ritter.

Jon Ritter.

I didn't realize that John had as many appearances in different sitcoms. I was use to seeing only Three’s Company, Hooperman, Hearts Afire , and Eight Simple Rules.

How about,
Mabel Albertson - she must have played more moms than anyone else.
Virginia Gregg who was one of Jack Webb's go to actors for Dragnet, but she was in a boat load of other shows including many comedies
Both Parley Baer, and Lyle Talbot guest on a ton of shows as well as spending a lot of time on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
Gale Gordon was all over the place when not doing Lucy stuff.

9/16-9/17: Our Miss Brooks
9/23-9/24: Gomer Pyle, USMC

What is the binge for the last weekend of September?

More Binges:

9/30-10/1: The Abbott & Costello Show
10/7-10/8: Laurel & Hardy
10/14-10/15: The Little Rascals

I think Catchy's plan for its weekend binge is to play the shows everyone is familiar before they get to the rare stuff later on.

Laurel and Hardy and Little Rascals sound good.

More Binges:

9/30-10/1: The Abbott & Costello Show
10/7-10/8: Laurel & Hardy
10/14-10/15: The Little Rascals
10/21-10/22: The Three Stooges

Love The 3 Stooges!

10/21-10/22: The Three Stooges
10/28-10/29: The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour/I Love Lucy
11/4-11/5: The Lucy Show

All of the October binges sound great!

watching catchy comedy for the first time ever so far it is good this is what Nan n tv Land use to be,

im surprised WKRP In Cincinnati is not this channel

im surprised WKRP In Cincinnati is not this channel

It may show up at some point. They it before when it was Decades and also on sister station MeTV as well. They may bring it back some time unless their contract expired.

i hope it airs soon i only got this for 7 day Trial so far really enjoying this i also hope to see Happy days on the Line up as well

im confused Odd couple soppose be on right now and they are airing Night court instead is anyone else seeing this

howcome the streaming schedule is different then the regular schedule they got different shows airing where others should be airing

It's because certain shows have right issues for streaming, so when Decades had WKRP, another show replaced it in streaming.
For example, Laverne & Shirley, which airs at 2pm ET every weekday, over-the-air viewers would see them, while on streaming, Love American Style airs instead.
Same thing for The Odd Couple, Rhoda and The Phil Silvers Show.

must explain why Night court is on 3 times a day not that im complaining i did notice while watching Night court at 5:00pm last night the catchy comedy logo was not on being shown

More Binges:

11/11-11/12: All in the Family/Sanford and Son
11/18-11/19: All in the Family/Good Times

Question on the upcoming Binges

11/11 Sat-All In The Family
11/12 Sun-Sanford & Son


11/18 Sat-All In The Family
11/19 Sun-Good Times

Or are they mixed together Saturday & Sunday respectively?
If Not what are the times of these Programs?

Thank you and any info on Thanksgiving Weekend thru the Holiday Season Weekend Binges?

Will there be a long Thanksgiving Weekend Binge?

Nov.23 Thu-THANKSGIVING
Nov.24 Fri-Black Friday
Nov.25 Sat-
Nov.26 Sun-


Will the Weekend Binges go Saturday thru Monday over Christmas & New Year’s Weekends considering

12/23 Sat & 12/24 Sun-CHRISTMAS EVE & 12/25 Mon-CHRISTMAS


12/30 Sat & 12/31 Sun-NEW YEARS EVE & 1/1 Mon-NEW YEARS DAY

It's too early to know for your other questions, but here's the times for your first question:

11/11:
11A-2P: All in the Family
2P-12A: Sanford & Son
12A-6A: All in the Family

11/12:
6A-2P: All in the Family
2P-12A: Sanford & Son
12A-6A: All in the Family

11/18:
11A-2P: All in the Family
2P-12A: Good Times
12A-6A: All in the Family

11/19:
6A-2P: All in the Family
2P-12A: Good Times
12A-6A: All in the Family

Thank you Snowpeck!

Just happened to notice:

Tonight, Cheers has its 200th episode clip show;
Monday, All in the Family had its 100th episode clip show, and Night Court had its clip show with Richard Sanders and Jack Elliot; and,
I believe last Friday, Dick van Dyke had its finale clip show.

More Binges:

11/11-11/12: All in the Family/Sanford and Son
11/18-11/19: All in the Family/Good Times
11/23 (Thanksgiving Day): The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
11/25-11/26: The Brady Bunch
12/2-12/3: Petticoat Junction

Just happened to notice:

Tonight, Cheers has its 200th episode clip show;
Monday, All in the Family had its 100th episode clip show, and Night Court had its clip show with Richard Sanders and Jack Elliot; and,
I believe last Friday, Dick van Dyke had its finale clip show.

Taxi's clip show tonight.

With the death of Richard Moll today, it’s possible they may change one of the upcoming binges to Night Court.

With the death of Richard Moll today, it’s possible they may change one of the upcoming binges to Night Court.
You're probably right. We'll probably find out early next week.

And it's officially true.
Catchy Comedy will have a tribute to Richard Moll with a special Night Court weekend binge this weekend.
It'll replace The Lucy Show Catchy Binge.

And it's officially true.
Catchy Comedy will have a tribute to Richard Moll with a special Night Court weekend binge.
This weekend (11/4-11/5), replacing The Lucy Show.

11/23 (Thanksgiving Day): The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
11/25-11/26: The Brady Bunch
12/2-12/3: Petticoat Junction
12/9-12-10: The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast could never have been done now. Such inappropriate stuff. Especially regarding race. If you watch check out how many of the African American celebrities actually base their joke on their race. Many shows of that era did the same.
Look up Legends of the Superheros on Tubi. Really wrong race jokes there. And that was done in 1979!

wish wkrp was on one weekend

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