Looks like and additional hour of MASH in May and June.

https://www.caledonianrecord.com/features/entertainment/m-a-s-h-maydays-is-coming-to-metv-this-may/article_a2c5eb72-f545-5fb9-adf4-807c8adc124c.html

:livid::livid:

Time to give that show a rest.

Beginning in May MASH will run for two hours Mon-Fri from 6-8pm. Based on what's happened in the past that could signal a permanent end to The A Team in the 6-7pm time slot.

MeTV has had problems with the 6-7 timeslot for quite awhile. Running 22 episodes is practically a season per week. I just checked and that cycles the series in around 11-1/2 weeks.

Doing this is a bad precedent. It sets them on the path to being another Nick at Nite, which centers its existence on one show.

MeTV has had problems with the 6-7 timeslot for quite awhile. Running 22 episodes is practically a season per week. I just checked and that cycles the series in around 11-1/2 weeks.

Doing this is a bad precedent. It sets them on the path to being another Nick at Nite, which centers its existence on one show.

The article just says they're doing an extra hour for five weeks, through June 2. They're going to be special blocks of Hawkeye, Margaret, Radar, Potter, and BJ episodes. Is there something that indicates they're going to do it all summer?

For me, I'd rather have a week of Henry/Potter than just Potter, and Trapper/BJ than just BJ.

The article just says they're doing an extra hour for five weeks, through June 2. They're going to be special blocks of Hawkeye, Margaret, Radar, Potter, and BJ episodes. Is there something that indicates they're going to do it all summer?

For me, I'd rather have a week of Henry/Potter than just Potter, and Trapper/BJ than just BJ.

If ratings are okay, I can see METV keeping the extra hour of MASH on the schedule. Like Stevea mentioned a few posts above, they have tried various shows in the 6pm death slot (The Jeffersons, The Flintstones, The Addams Family and recently The A-Team). Basically, if a show is doing good or even just okay in a certain timeslot, METV usually leaves that slot alone.

With the Beverly Hillbillies doing good in the 9:00pm slot, suprised they haven't tried moving Gomer Pyle and Mayberry RFD to the 6:00pm slot.

Beginning in May MASH will run for two hours Mon-Fri from 6-8pm. Based on what's happened in the past that could signal a permanent end to The A Team in the 6-7pm time slot.

Ugh. This show airs endlessly on the channel! The A-Team may move to 5 pm replacing Adam-12 since FETV recently got the rights to Adam.


MeTV has had problems with the 6-7 timeslot for quite awhile. Running 22 episodes is practically a season per week. I just checked and that cycles the series in around 11-1/2 weeks.

Doing this is a bad precedent. It sets them on the path to being another Nick at Nite, which centers its existence on one show.

Its been this way since 2017. I've never seen the primetime lineup change at all since then. Besides Beverly Hillbillies replacing Gomer.

It's just for five weeks.
On Monday June 5th, something else will air in the 6PM time slot. My guess is that it will not be The A-Team returning.

I hope its another action show that hasn't been on the channel. Knight Rider would be cool. They can get the Hoff to do commercials for it.

If ratings are okay, I can see METV keeping the extra hour of MASH on the schedule. Like Stevea mentioned a few posts above, they have tried various shows in the 6pm death slot (The Jeffersons, The Flintstones, The Addams Family and recently The A-Team). Basically, if a show is doing good or even just okay in a certain timeslot, METV usually leaves that slot alone.

With the Beverly Hillbillies doing good in the 9:00pm slot, suprised they haven't tried moving Gomer Pyle and Mayberry RFD to the 6:00pm slot.

The A-Team was the first action show to air at the 6 pm timeslot since Hawaii Five-O wayyy back in summer 2017. I really hope its not another hour of sitcoms or even worse more MASH on the channel. We need more genres on the channel.

I can possibly see It’s Hoff for the Summer of Me Running from 5pm-7pm

5pm Knight Rider
6pm Baywatch

MeTV made a big mistake by pulling the following shows from the 6pm hour in the last two years, The Flintstones on April 30, 2021 from the 6pm slot after 19 months in that time slot and Happy Days last year on May 27th from the 6:30pm slot after 24 months there. Here is the solution that MeTV can do to right this wrong: move Adam-12 to 6am and The A-Team to 5pm sometime in mid-May and come June 5th, bring back The Flintstones and Happy Days to 6pm and 6:30pm respectively, that is option one (as they both did well in those slots initally). Option two for the 6-7pm is to slot a new acquisition The Wonder Years (the one starring Fred Savage) in the 6pm slot and pair it up with Happy Days returning to the 6:30pm time slot and The Flintstones to 8am in between Toon In with Me at 7am and Leave It To Beaver at 8:30am.

Jay,

You have some good ideas.

I think they need to consider moving The Brady Bunch to 6:00pm. With The Wonder Years at 6:30pm. This combination was very successful on NICK at NITE.

Except on NICK at NITE it was The Brady Bunch at 9:00pm & The Wonder Years at 9:30pm.


Another Suggestion is moving Leave It To Beaver to WeekNights at 6:00pm & The Wonder Years at 6:30pm. Having Happy Days WeeKDays at 8:30AM. Replacing one episode of Leave It To Beaver.

Welcome JayWilliams23

The reason for the moves made by METV were ratings, The Flintstones numbers were trending downwards, it's that simple. The A Team was headed in the same direction. Adam 12 does well at 5pm and 5:30 why would they move it. METV is programmed very well, they make moves when it is necessary.

Merry24

The Wonder Years is not a good fit for METV, at least not on a daily basis, I guess they might consider it for Sunday's but even there, I don't think it would work.

Return To Mayberry is scheduled for Sunday May 7th at 4:00pm.

Welcome JayWilliams23

The reason for the moves made by METV were ratings, The Flintstones numbers were trending downwards, it's that simple. The A Team was headed in the same direction. Adam 12 does well at 5pm and 5:30 why would they move it. METV is programmed very well, they make moves when it is necessary.

Merry24

The Wonder Years is not a good fit for METV, at least not on a daily basis, I guess they might consider it for Sunday's but even there, I don't think it would work.
I disagree with you on that, first of all I think The Wonder Years would be an excellent fit for MeTV in the 6pm slot paired up with Happy Days at 6:30pm, that would improve their 6pm hour ratings significantly. Second, Adam 12 has been in the 5pm hour since January 1, 2020 so its time for MeTV to lay that show to rest for awhile or relocate it to 6am teamed up with Highway Patrol and Dragnet and therefore, moving The A-Team into the 5pm hour in attempt to improve their ratings.

Jay,

You have some good ideas.

I think they need to consider moving The Brady Bunch to 6:00pm. With The Wonder Years at 6:30pm. This combination was very successful on NICK at NITE.

Except on NICK at NITE it was The Brady Bunch at 9:00pm & The Wonder Years at 9:30pm.


Another Suggestion is moving Leave It To Beaver to WeekNights at 6:00pm & The Wonder Years at 6:30pm. Having Happy Days WeeKDays at 8:30AM. Replacing one episode of Leave It To Beaver.
Here is my suggestion of an updated early evening/primetime lineup for MeTV come June 5th:
5pm The A-Team (New Time)
6pm The Wonder Years (New to MeTV)
6:30pm Happy Days (returning)
7pm M*A*S*H*
7:30pm The Andy Griffith Show (New Time)
8pm Gomer Pyle USMC (returning)
8:30pm Hogan's Heroes (New Time)
9pm The Beverly Hillbillies
9:30pm Green Acres
10pm Petticoat Junction (New to weeknights)
10:30pm Carol Burnett (New Time)
11pm The Dick Cavett Show (New to MeTV in an edited 35 minute format)

Therefore, Adam-12 would move to the 6am half hour teamed with Highway Patrol and Dragnet to form a 5-6:30am Sunrise Cop Block, followed by My Three Sons at 6:30am, Toon In with Me at 7am, The Flintstones at 8am and Leave It To Beaver at 8:30am. This way, MeTV can eliminate a lot of the double-episoding of programs that they currently air to make room for more shows currently not airing. For Adam-12, after being in the 5pm hour slot for over three years since January 1, 2020, it is time to relocate that show or rest it for awhile.

Jay,

You have some good ideas.

I think they need to consider moving The Brady Bunch to 6:00pm. With The Wonder Years at 6:30pm. This combination was very successful on NICK at NITE.

Except on NICK at NITE it was The Brady Bunch at 9:00pm & The Wonder Years at 9:30pm.


Another Suggestion is moving Leave It To Beaver to WeekNights at 6:00pm & The Wonder Years at 6:30pm. Having Happy Days WeeKDays at 8:30AM. Replacing one episode of Leave It To Beaver.
Here is my suggestion of an updated early evening/primetime lineup for MeTV come June 5th:
5pm The A-Team (New Time)
6pm The Wonder Years (New to MeTV)
6:30pm Happy Days (returning)
7pm M*A*S*H*
7:30pm The Andy Griffith Show (New Time)
8pm Gomer Pyle USMC (returning)
8:30pm Hogan's Heroes (New Time)
9pm The Beverly Hillbillies
9:30pm Green Acres
10pm Petticoat Junction (New to weeknights)
10:30pm Carol Burnett (New Time)
11pm The Dick Cavett Show (New to MeTV in an edited 30 minute format)

Therefore, Adam-12 would move to the 6am half hour teamed with Highway Patrol and Dragnet to form a 5-6:30am Sunrise Cop Block, followed by My Three Sons at 6:30am, Toon In with Me at 7am, The Flintstones at 8am and Leave It To Beaver at 8:30am.

Return To Mayberry is scheduled for Sunday May 7th at 4:00pm.
Since the Return to Mayberry reunion movie is airing on Sunday, May 7th at 4pm, is that going to kick off MeTV's Month of Mayberry event going until Friday, June 2nd? If so, what will this year's Month of Mayberry consist of between Monday, May 8th and Friday, June 2nd? My thinking is that if that is going to be the case, the weeknight Andy Griffith Show from 8-9pm and Sundays at 6pm should consist of either back-to-back color episodes or each of those four weeks focusing on a different character (example: week of May 8th focuses on Andy, week of May 15th focuses on Barney Fife, week of May 22nd focuses on Opie (Andy's son and week of May 29th focuses on the rest of the Mayberry gang).

I'm not a Hogan fan (I see it once in awhile), but they'd never tamper with that/move it. It does too well for them where it is. Same with MASH 7-8.

If you ran MeTV and you had success with a program, would you change it?

When they make a move, either they've lost the rights to a show (like Columbo), or there's a ratings problem (like A-Team, Flintstones, Addams Family, Happy Days, on and on...)

I think doubling up a program like Dragnet is a problem--too few episodes. It's obviously working since they've kept it the same for a few years.

Trotting out my old idea, try to get the original Dragnet, at least some of the seasons. Now this may be a problem--they may not be available.

Here is my suggestion of an updated early evening/primetime lineup for MeTV come June 5th:
5pm The A-Team (New Time)
6pm The Wonder Years (New to MeTV)
6:30pm Happy Days (returning)
7pm M*A*S*H*
7:30pm The Andy Griffith Show (New Time)
8pm Gomer Pyle USMC (returning)
8:30pm Hogan's Heroes (New Time)
9pm The Beverly Hillbillies
9:30pm Green Acres
10pm Petticoat Junction (New to weeknights)
10:30pm Carol Burnett (New Time)
11pm The Dick Cavett Show (New to MeTV in an edited 30 minute format)

Therefore, Adam-12 would move to the 6am half hour teamed with Highway Patrol and Dragnet to form a 5-6:30am Sunrise Cop Block, followed by My Three Sons at 6:30am, Toon In with Me at 7am, The Flintstones at 8am and Leave It To Beaver at 8:30am.

METV is about big hit TV series from the 60's and 70's with a few cult shows sparingly sprinkled in. The network makes conservative adjustments to the schedule when they are needed, think, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. With that in mind, let's take a look at some of your programming decisions:

The A Team was not successful at the 6pm hour, so taking off a series that is working Adam 12 at 5pm for a show that didn't work makes no sense.

The Wonder Years is not a good show for METV it doesn't meet the criteria that has made the network successful (big hit series from the 60's and 70's).

Hogan's Heroes is working for the network in the 10pm slot, again why move it or reduce the number of episodes shown on a nightly basis!

Gomer Pyle was pulled recently because it was underperforming, I think I get this move, I hadn't seen this series in decades, and to be honest when seeing it again I found it lame (outside of the first season).

I can't see the network adding Petticoat Junction at this point, maybe when Green Acres runs out of steam assuming the Hillbillies were still on.

Dick Cavett is a nonstarter especially on a nightly basis, no way. METV is very well programmed, why put Cavett in front of Perry Mason and possibly chase off the audience.

The network is adding an hour of MASH at 6pm for May, I wonder if consideration is being given to moving MASH to the 6-7 slot and maybe adding All in the Family 7pm-8pm. The network programmers could also flip it leaving MASH where it is and program All in the Family in the 6-7 slot.

Duster,

You brought up some good points. I absolutely can agree that I can see MASH moving to 6pm. Putting All In The Family at 7pm. With Catchy Comedy airring All In The Family at 8pm it would make sense to have Me TV air All In The Family at 7pm. Then the Fans of All In The Family can watch 2 more episodes on Sister Network Catchy Comedy. Me TV knows that they will have there audience for the 8pm Andy Griffith Show Hour coming off of the Network TVLAND.


The Wonder Years would be better suited for Cozi TV. Or even GAC Family.

METV is about big hit TV series from the 60's and 70's with a few cult shows sparingly sprinkled in. The network makes conservative adjustments to the schedule when they are needed, think, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. With that in mind, let's take a look at some of your programming decisions:

The A Team was not successful at the 6pm hour, so taking off a series that is working Adam 12 at 5pm for a show that didn't work makes no sense.

The Wonder Years is not a good show for METV it doesn't meet the criteria that has made the network successful (big hit series from the 60's and 70's).

Hogan's Heroes is working for the network in the 10pm slot, again why move it or reduce the number of episodes shown on a nightly basis!

Gomer Pyle was pulled recently because it was underperforming, I think I get this move, I hadn't seen this series in decades, and to be honest when seeing it again I found it lame (outside of the first season).

I can't see the network adding Petticoat Junction at this point, maybe when Green Acres runs out of steam assuming the Hillbillies were still on.

Dick Cavett is a nonstarter especially on a nightly basis, no way. METV is very well programmed, why put Cavett in front of Perry Mason and possibly chase off the audience.

The network is adding an hour of MASH at 6pm for May, I wonder if consideration is being given to moving MASH to the 6-7 slot and maybe adding All in the Family 7pm-8pm. The network programmers could also flip it leaving MASH where it is and program All in the Family in the 6-7 slot.
Duster and Merry,
Here are some shows from the 70s that have not aired on TV in over 15-20 years that MeTV could pick up for the 6-7pm hour: The Dukes of Hazzard, Eight Is Enough, Lou Grant and Trapper John MD.

Also, MeTV has aired shows from the 80s, 90s and 2000s in the past, take for example Matlock and In the Heat of the Night, both debuted during the 1980s, which are currently airing at 10am and 11am daily respectively. In the past, MeTV has also aired from the above decades Alf (80s), Powers of Matthew Star (80s), Remington Steele (80s), Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (90s), Diagnosis Murder (90s), Touched by an Angel (90s) and just recently Monk (2000s), Full House (80s) and The A-Team (80s).

From the 60s, MeTV could possibly air Get Smart (which just left Decades when it was rebranded into Catchy Comedy), Gilligan's Island (which currently airs on Sundays from 3-4pm), The Flying Nun, or Love, American Style (which started in September 1969 and ran until Summer 1974) during the 6pm hour and possibly pair it up with either All in the Family or Happy Days. I also would agree with both of you that Happy Days and All in the Family would be well teamed in the 6-7pm hour with Happy Days at 6 and All in the Family at 6:30pm.

Other shows from the 1980s that MeTV could air during the day include Knight Rider, Married, With Children, Doogie Howser, MD, Hill Street Blues and Jake and the Fatman. Either Knight Rider or Married, With Children would be excellent for the 6pm hour while Doogie Howser would fit in at the 6pm half hour paired with one of the sitcoms mentioned above and either Hill Street Blues or Jake and the Fatman could air at noon (where The Waltons currently airs) or at 11am and move In the Heat of the Night to noon and with that, the thinking is would The Waltons do as well in the 6pm hour like it has airing at noon?

Merry, I have to agree with you, I cannot see MeTV moving The Andy Griffith Show to the 6pm hour Monday thru Friday (although its airs at 6pm on Sunday nights).
For The A-Team, I disagree with Duster; moving the show to a better time slot like 5pm is called giving the show another chance. Otherwise, that would perform better on MeTV's sister channel H&I (Enough Said on that!!!).

Duster,

You brought up some good points. I absolutely can agree that I can see MASH moving to 6pm. Putting All In The Family at 7pm. With Catchy Comedy airring All In The Family at 8pm it would make sense to have Me TV air All In The Family at 7pm. Then the Fans of All In The Family can watch 2 more episodes on Sister Network Catchy Comedy. Me TV knows that they will have there audience for the 8pm Andy Griffith Show Hour coming off of the Network TVLAND.


The Wonder Years would be better suited for Cozi TV. Or even GAC Family.
Duster and Merry,
I have to disagree with both of you, I cannot see MeTV moving MASH to the 6-7pm hour on a permanent basis because it would leave a potential void in the 7pm hour (would an addition of Married, With Children [another show from the 80s] do well be a MeTV performer in the 7pm hour?] and I personally think that The Wonder Years would be the perfect anchor of MeTV's primetime lineup in the 6pm half-hour paired up with Happy Days airing at 6:30pm (Enough Said!!!).

Again, as I said in my earlier reply, The A-Team would be suited better for the H&I network (a sister channel of MeTV).

MeTV needs to get some new shows How much MASH can people watch?

MeTV needs to get some new shows How much MASH can people watch?
PaperClips, just see the list of shows that I mentioned above.

Eight is Enough would be a great pick up. When Adam Rich passed (AKA Nicholas Bradford). I was surprised no one airred it. This would be a wonderful show to air Sunday’s at eight PM.

Eight is Enough would be a great pick up. When Adam Rich passed (AKA Nicholas Bradford). I was surprised no one airred it. This would be a wonderful show to air Sunday’s at eight PM.

I am thinking that MeTV airing Eight Is Enough at 6pm weeknights would be good. I think MeTV wants to keep All In The Family on Sundays from 8-10pm due to Catchy Comedy airing it weeknights from 8-9pm.

MeTV needs to get some new shows How much MASH can people watch?

I totally agree.

I'm not a Hogan fan (I see it once in awhile), but they'd never tamper with that/move it. It does too well for them where it is. Same with MASH 7-8.

If you ran MeTV and you had success with a program, would you change it?

When they make a move, either they've lost the rights to a show (like Columbo), or there's a ratings problem (like A-Team, Flintstones, Addams Family, Happy Days, on and on...)
I disagree with you about Happy Days, Stevea. When MeTV added it back in June 2020, it aired at 6:30pm after The Flintstones and did intially well but once they replaced The Flintstones with The Addams Family 11 months later in May 2021, Happy Days' ratings faltered slightly but was performing okay. For Gomer Pyle USMC, a reason why MeTV pulled that in January of this year was not only the shaky ratings but the show had aired in the 9pm half hour since 2018 and was tired. However, I do agree with you about The Addams Family Stevea, it did not do well in the 6pm half hour at all, which explains why that and Happy Days were replaced with The A-Team in that hour on Memorial Day weekend last May.

Maybe MeTV can start showing the color episodes of Andy Griffith show! Now that would be a good thing.

Maybe MeTV can start showing the color episodes of Andy Griffith show! Now that would be a good thing.
I agree with you MichaelKeith, MeTV should air color episodes of The Andy Griffith Show during the Month of Mayberry between May 8th thru June 2nd in the 8pm hour weeknights and in the 6pm half hour on Sundays plus add the color episodes to The Andy Griffith Show package MeTV has.

Maybe MeTV can start showing the color episodes of Andy Griffith show! Now that would be a good thing.

They have them--as far as I know there are not two TAGS packages.

Yes, they should do that.

They have them--as far as I know there are not two TAGS packages.

Yes, they should do that.
Agreed, Stevea; MeTV has only aired b&w episodes of The Andy Griffith Show and needs to be airing the color episodes of TAGS.

They've had TAGS for years, and have aired a few of the color episodes for stunts during May, along with a few episodes of Mayberry RFD. I think that happened only once, maybe three years ago.

At the very least they could air them on Sunday, or on weeknights during the summer.

They've had TAGS for years, and have aired a few of the color episodes for stunts during May, along with a few episodes of Mayberry RFD. I think that happened only once, maybe three years ago.

At the very least they could air them on Sunday, or on weekdays during the summer.

I think The Andy Griffith Show is one of the few shows that has aired on METV since the network’s start. BTW, did you mean to say weeknights?

Yes, I changed it.

They had problems with "Andy" in some markets, including here. Mayberry RFD was on an alternate feed, due to contracts with other local channels. The other channel still plays the show (all seasons) here, but the exclusivity must have run out.

Another note: I could understand running only the b/w seasons IF they'd tried all seasons and had run into ratings problems--but they've never even tried them.

They're probably going by TV Land's experience, or their limited experience during the stunt (which wasn't even in prime time). If they're going by TV Land's experience, that's not reliable since MeTV gets better ratings than TV Land.

I think METV'S main concern with showing the color episodes in primetime is that the majority of viewers will know its an episode without Barney and flip the channel to anything else. The color episodes might could find a small and loyal audience in the 6:00pm slot.

I like to see a company like MPI take on a project of restoring the black and white episodes of Dragnet that are not lost .

I too wish they would air the color episodes of Andy Griffith. If they are going to air the show, then it needs to be shown in its entirety.

Also I really hope they can move My Three Sons to sister network Catchy and air four episodes a day like they do with Full House now because it has so many episodes. For the number of episodes it has, one a day doesn’t cut it.

I too wish they would air the color episodes of Andy Griffith. If they are going to air the show, then it needs to be shown in its entirety.

Wrong! The color episodes get significantly lower ratings, it's basic business, keep the customer satisfied. What I would recommend would be to try to salvage what is salvageable from the final three seasons. Create a faux 6th season, "best of the rest", and run the episodes on Tuesday and Thursday in the 8:30 time slot and see how they do. Most of the color episodes are bad, there's no getting around that, to argue the point brings us to a dead end. There are about 24 or so that are passable, the five with Don for example, I put together a list awhile back, if they are shown like that it would if nothing else relieve the fatigue factor just a bit.

Wrong! The color episodes get significantly lower ratings, it's basic business, keep the customer satisfied. What I would recommend would be to try to salvage what is salvageable from the final three seasons. Create a faux 6th season, "best of the rest", and run the episodes on Tuesday and Thursday in the 8:30 time slot and see how they do. Most of the color episodes are bad, there's no getting around that, to argue the point brings us to a dead end. There are about 24 or so that are passable, the five with Don for example, I put together a list awhile back, if they are shown like that it would if nothing else relieve the fatigue factor just a bit.

The first Don Knotts episode where he is back as a guest star, is what I considered to be the show's shark jumping moment of no return. That episode did so much damage and confirmed that the writers and producers had no clue on what they were doing.

It wasn't until 20years later, that the Barney and Thelma Lou situation was finally rectified with the Return To Mayberry reunion movie. At times, it seemed the color episodes had a real nasty mean streak towards the characters.

Would it have killed the writers and producers to originally bring the two characters (Barney and Thelma Lou) back for a 2part wedding episode?

Wrong! The color episodes get significantly lower ratings.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not challenging this, I'm just curious.

Did they get lower ratings for MeTV during the stunt a few years ago? If so, they were run at like 7 am or some oddball hour. Or do they get lower ratings for TV Land? To my knowledge MeTV has never run a color episode in primetime,

Virtually any local channel, like here, would probably run the whole series. There aren't many entities that could afford to lease a whole series and just run a portion of it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not challenging this, I'm just curious.

Did they get lower ratings for MeTV during the stunt a few years ago? If so, they were run at like 7 am or some oddball hour. Or do they get lower ratings for TV Land? To my knowledge MeTV has never run a color episode in primetime,

Virtually any local channel, like here, would probably run the whole series. There aren't many entities that could afford to lease a whole series and just run a portion of it.

I remember seeing METV show select episodes in primetime during the first Month of Mayberry event.

I remember seeing METV show select episodes in primetime during the first Month of Mayberry event.

Oh, I didn't know that. So that was probably the test.

The first Don Knotts episode where he is back as a guest star, is what I considered to be the show's shark jumping moment of no return. That episode did so much damage and confirmed that the writers and producers had no clue on what they were doing.

I don't think that we can discount the possibility that Don was involved in making the story. Don did get the Emmy for it, and he may have wanted some pathos to keep up his acting credentials. Pretty much every comic ends up thinking he's Charlie Chaplin.

I don't think that we can discount the possibility that Don was involved in making the story. Don did get the Emmy for it, and he may have wanted some pathos to keep up his acting credentials. Pretty much every comic ends up thinking he's Charlie Chaplin.

I don't fault Don Knotts or Betty Lynn for that episode. I figure Don Knotts was just doing the guest appearances as a favor for Andy and the show

The first Don Knotts episode where he is back as a guest star, is what I considered to be the show's shark jumping moment of no return. That episode did so much damage and confirmed that the writers and producers had no clue on what they were doing.

It wasn't until 20years later, that the Barney and Thelma Lou situation was finally rectified with the Return To Mayberry reunion movie. At times, it seemed the color episodes had a real nasty mean streak towards the characters.

Would it have killed the writers and producers to originally bring the two characters (Barney and Thelma Lou) back for a 2part wedding episode?

I strongly disagree with your evaluation of this episode, I feel it is not only the best of the 90 color episodes, in fact it is one of the best sitcom episodes of any series in the 1960's.

The audience was totally invested in the relationship of Barney and Thelma Lou, they had followed this couple for 5 years, the audience loved Barney and now he was back, giving the audience what it wanted would have the easiest, safest thing to do. It also would have been the most predictable, and this time they didn't do it. The writers and the production staff went the other way and gave the audience a surprise ending, something most didn't see coming. During the 1960's bad things might happen to a character during the course of an episode but it was always an in-episode thing, dealt with and resolved in time to hit the reset button for next week. That didn't happen here, Barney had left town leaving Thelma Lou behind who according to the narrative left right after he did. He made a mistake, a big one, not an in-episode mistake but a mistake that covered a 5 year story arc, and this time Andy couldn't bail him out, this was real and would drastically change the rest of Barney's life. What a great lesson for people watching, especially young people, decisions have consequences, sometimes things don't work out. Be careful, think before taking an action.

This time instead of "and everyone lived happily ever after", we got a dose of reality, the production team deserves credit for taking a chance and giving the audience an unexpected life lesson.

I strongly disagree with your evaluation of this episode, I feel it is not only the best of the 90 color episodes, in fact it is one of the best sitcom episodes of any series in the 1960's.

The audience was totally invested in the relationship of Barney and Thelma Lou, they had followed this couple for 5 years, the audience loved Barney and now he was back, giving the audience what it wanted would have the easiest, safest thing to do. It also would have been the most predictable, and this time they didn't do it. The writers and the production staff went the other way and gave the audience a surprise ending, something most didn't see coming. During the 1960's bad things might happen to a character during the course of an episode but it was always an in-episode thing, dealt with and resolved in time to hit the reset button for next week. That didn't happen here, Barney had left town leaving Thelma Lou behind who according to the narrative left right after he did. He made a mistake, a big one, not an in-episode mistake but a mistake that covered a 5 year story arc, and this time Andy couldn't bail him out, this was real and would drastically change the rest of Barney's life. What a great lesson for people watching, especially young people, decisions have consequences, sometimes things don't work out. Be careful, think before taking an action.

This time instead of "and everyone lived happily ever after", we got a dose of reality, the production team deserves credit for taking a chance and giving the audience an unexpected life lesson.

I don't watch shows like Andy Griffith for a dose of reality, a lesson that its a hard knock life, or to see a beloved sitcom character get his face shoved into the mud.

MeTV aired the color episodes of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW in the summer of 2017, but many affiliates, including mine, aired THE ODD COUPLE instead because of a contract issue with THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. Please move MY THREE SONS to 7 and cut out 1 telecast of LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. And PLEASE air PUNKY BREWSTER on Sundays, right after THE JETSONS and right before THE BRADY BUNCH.

I don't watch shows like Andy Griffith for a dose of reality, a lesson that its a hard knock life, or to see a beloved sitcom character get his face shoved into the mud.

Charles, you're inadvertently making my point that it was a great episode. Let's look at what you wrote, with one change:

"I don't watch shows like Andy Griffith to see a beloved sitcom character get HIS face shoved into the mud".

That's the way you saw it, many people, especially women, may have seen it in an entirely different way. Barney left town, Thelma Lou rather than reaching back to the past and putting on the old Skeeter Davis hit "The End of the World" reached into the future and pulled out of it, Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". Thelma Lou pulled herself together, left town and rebuilt her life. I'm sure all audience members felt some sympathy for Barney, but at the same time many felt he got his just deserts.

This isn't some overwhelming, heavy-handed "very special episode" type thing, it's more a cautionary tale, with a life lesson.

Any word yet on the Summer of Me schedule?

Any word yet on the Summer of Me schedule?

Any day now is my thinking, probably be sometime this week!

In a few more days we'll be able to see what they do on the MeTV schedule. I'd like to know what they're doing weeknights 6-7.

I'd like to see a black and white block of shows in the overnight starting with Perry Mason as it normally airs. Ending at 6am. From there you could add any of the following that they already have rights to:

Hitchcock
Twilight Zone
Old Looney Tunes and Popeye cartoons
Three Stooges
Car 54
Andy Griffith (first 5 seasons)
I Love Lucy

What else could be added? And not necessarily for the pool of shows they have rights too.

:)Any word yet on the Summer of Me schedule?


There's will not be any changes to metv schedule for summer has the June schedule on me tv website show. No change

:)


There's will not be any changes to metv schedule for summer has the June schedule on me tv website show. No change

The schedule for the entire month is on there or just the first week of June? MASH finished its run in 1983 so this would be the 40th anniversary, I guess METV could do a theme summer on that milestone.

Give Mash a break and put something like Happ Days or move the Carol Burnett show on for a whole hour instead of just thirty minutes

In a few more days we'll be able to see what they do on the MeTV schedule. I'd like to know what they're doing weeknights 6-7.
They are extending MASH Maydays until at least mid-June with Honeycutt next week followed by Major Winchester the week of June 5th.

Wedding themed episodes planned for next Sunday.

https://www.metv.com/stories/tie-the-knot-with-metvs-marry-me-on-june-4

Looks like MeTv is starting themed Sundays for the summer. Next Sunday is romantic based episodes of shows. They are doing this instead of the Block Parties like last year where they only showed 1 show every Sunday.
https://www.metv.com/stories/tie-the-knot-with-metvs-marry-me-on-june-4

That’s cool. That’s wonderful that they are having Theme related Sundays.

Perhaps for the WeekNights for the Summer they can do their Block Parties!
Here is my suggestion…

Starting at 6:00pm EST thru 6:00AM EST

MYSTERY/MISSION Monday’s. Highlighting Series of MYSTERY/MISSION

TOON in Tuesday’s Highlighting Series of CarTOONS

WESTERN Wednesday’s Highlighting Series of WESTERNS

TIMELESS Thursday’s Highlighting Sitcoms that are TIMELESS

FUNNY Variety Shows Friday’s Highlighting Variety Shows that are FUNNY


The Schedule can be different Weekly.

Week of June 12th schedule started rolling out. No changes. It looks like the extra hour of MASH is staying. Ughhhhh.


Looks like MeTv is starting themed Sundays for the summer. Next Sunday is romantic based episodes of shows. They are doing this instead of the Block Parties like last year where they only showed 1 show every Sunday.
https://www.metv.com/stories/tie-the-knot-with-metvs-marry-me-on-june-4

Its still the same Sunday lineup but with themed episodes. I wished they brought back the Sunday Block Party. It exciting to see which show would air next on the Sundays. Not to mention some rare shows were on that are no longer on the channel. Such as Cheers and Gidget.

Can anyone get the Summer Of ME promo to play in the provided link?
https://www.metv.com/videos/metv-promos/b644916da8716ea7

I did looking at the promo it looks like there are no schedule changes.

It starts with the cartoon Characters in there Beach episodes than it progresses and Shows Characters from the shows Me TV Currently offers.

The announcer says..

It’s the Summer of Bonus episodes of MASH

It’s the Summer of Drama

It’s the Summer of Sci-Fi

It’s the Summer of Westerns

It’s the Summer of New Collectors Call

It’s the Summer of Comedy

It ends with Rob Petrie (The Dick Van Dyke Show). Saying Hope you’ll stay with us for the Summer!

the announcer concludes the promo saying It’s the Summer Of Me!

Tuesday, June 13 has two Mulcahy episodes in the early MASH hour, so it looks like a week of those.

Someone mentioned they're skipping episodes in the later hour: I think MacArthur just visited last week, and by June 13: they'll be in the middle of Season 6.

From the way their promo is worded, it looks like the bonus episodes of MASH will be for June only.

Yes! From what I saw earlier today that’s what it sounds like because if the 6-8 MASH was going to stick I think they would have said All Summer.

Tuesday, June 13 has two Mulcahy episodes in the early MASH hour, so it looks like a week of those..

Looks like Franks next week, and Henrys the week of June 26.

MASH

June 12 Monday thru June 16 Friday 2023
Father Mulachy Week


June 19 Monday thru June 23 Friday 2023
Frank Burns Week


June 26 Monday thru June 30 Friday 2023
Henry Blake Week


July 3, Monday thru July 7 Friday 2023
Trapper John Week

MeTV’s schedule 10 years from now…

Weekdays:

05:00 am Perry Mason
06:00 am Perry Mason
07:00 am Perry Mason
08:00 am Perry Mason
09:00 am M*A*S*H
09:30 am M*A*S*H
10:00 am M*A*S*H
10:30 am M*A*S*H
11:00 am M*A*S*H
11:30 am M*A*S*H
12:00 pm M*A*S*H
12:30 pm M*A*S*H
01:00 pm M*A*S*H
01:30 pm M*A*S*H
02:00 pm Gunsmoke
03:00 pm Gunsmoke
04:00 pm Gunsmoke
05:00 pm M*A*S*H
05:30 pm M*A*S*H
06:00 pm Mom
06:30 pm Mom
07:00 pm Mom (Mon-Tues, Thurs); Tyler Perry’s Gotta Give It Up (NEW ORIGINAL SITCOM!!!, Wed); The Wild and the Wonderful (NEW ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES!!!, Fri)
07:30 pm Mom (Mon-Tues, Thurs); Tyler Perry’s Lawd Help Me Jesus! (NEW ORIGINAL SITCOM!!!, Wed); The Wild and the Wonderful cont. (NEW ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES!!!, Fri)
08:00 pm Mom
08:30 pm Mom
09:00 pm Mom
09:30 pm Mom
10:00 pm Mom
10:30 pm Mom
11:00 pm Mom
11:30 pm Mom
12:00 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
12:30 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
01:00 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
01:30 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
02:00 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
02:30 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
03:00 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
03:30 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
04:00 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
04:30 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living

Saturdays:

05:00 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
05:30 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living
06:00 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
06:30 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
07:00 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
07:30 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
08:00 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
08:30 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
09:00 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
09:30 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
10:00 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
10:30 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
11:00 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
11:30 am Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
12:00 pm Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
12:30 pm Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
01:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show
01:30 pm The Andy Griffith Show
02:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show
02:30 pm The Andy Griffith Show
03:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show
03:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show
04:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show
04:30 pm The Andy Griffith Show
05:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show
05:30 pm The Andy Griffith Show
06:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show
06:30 pm The Andy Griffith Show
07:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show
07:30 pm The Andy Griffith Show
08:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show
08:30 pm The Andy Griffith Show
09:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show
09:30 pm The Andy Griffith Show
10:00 pm Keeping Up with the Kardashians
11:00 pm Keeping Up with the Kardashians
12:00 am Keeping Up with the Kardashians
01:00 am Keeping Up with the Kardashians
02:00 am Keeping Up with the Kardashians
03:00 am Keeping Up with the Kardashians
04:00 am Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Sundays:

05:00 am The Waltons
06:00 am The Waltons
07:00 am The Waltons
08:00 am Collector’s Call (reruns, e/i)
08:30 am Collector’s Call (reruns, e/i)
09:00 am Peppa Pig (e/i)
09:30 am Peppa Pig (e/i)
10:00 am Peppa Pig (e/i)
10:30 am Peppa Pig (e/i)
11:00 am Reba (e/i)
11:30 am Reba (e/i)
12:00 pm Gunsmoke
01:00 pm Gunsmoke
02:00 pm Gunsmoke
03:00 pm Gunsmoke
04:00 pm Gunsmoke
05:00 pm Jim Carrey (NEW TALK SHOW!!!)
06:00 pm Tyler Perry’s Take It To Church (NEW ORIGINAL SITCOM!!!)
06:30 pm Tyler Perry’s All My Blessings (NEW 30 MINUTE SOAP OPERA!!!)
07:00 pm Black-ish
07:30 pm Black-ish
08:00 pm Black-ish
08:30 pm Black-ish
09:00 pm Black-ish
09:30 pm Black-ish
10:00 pm Black-ish
10:30 pm Will & Grace
11:00 pm Will & Grace
11:30 pm Will & Grace
12:00 am Hogan’s Heroes
12:30 am Hogan’s Heroes
01:00 am Hogan’s Heroes
01:30 am Hogan’s Heroes
02:00 am Hogan’s Heroes
02:30 am Hogan’s Heroes
03:00 am Hogan’s Heroes
03:30 am Hogan’s Heroes
04:00 am Hogan’s Heroes
04:30 am Mama’s Family


:lol::lol::lol:

Looks like Franks next week, and Henrys the week of June 26.

July 2 - The Tent

July 9 - The Scalpels

July 16 - Jeep Rides

July 23 - Hawkeye Pontification

July 30 - BJ Pontification

(exclusive looks into an imaginary Summer of Me MASH bonus schedule)

MeTV’s schedule 10 years from now…

12:30 am Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living

Really looking forward to this!

How about Tyler Perry's House of Ill Repute

July 23 - Hawkeye Pontification



That rolls right through Labor Day.

Really looking forward to this!

How about Tyler Perry's House of Ill Repute
That will air on TV Land as a spinoff of Assisted Living. A 200 year old who “entertained the troops” during the Civil War will turn to God and decide to check herself into a home for the elderly. However, at the last minute, she decides to go back to stripping, and even selling her body to get some cash. Old ladies acting like young hot mamas…isn’t it funny?

Speaking of mamas, Tyler Perry will be giving his well known “Madea” character her own show in a remake of the classic 80s sitcom “Mama’s Family”. The remake will be titled “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family” and will air 6 new back-to-back episodes every Sunday starting Summer 2031.

I think the Summer if Me is the same as it last year. The change i would make is that no more MASH . I would bring back Columbo for the Sunday night Mytery night. Where they would show a different mystery every Sunday night. During the week i would show from 5pm to 7pm show The A-team. Happy Days, Laverne and Shirly . From 10pm to 11pm i would should show the Carol Burnnett show. Perry Mason would be on from 11pm to Midnight. Also during the week during the morning they show carttons. Iwould get rid of the host and show cartoons like they do on Saturday morning

The Summer of Me 2023 has been a massive disappointment coming off of last year. The extra hour of MASH shouldn't count for anything. The show has been played to death on the channel. I hope the contract expires soon and MeTV doesn't renew. We need new/returning shows on the channel.

The A-Team is moving to sister channel H&I next month, so that show is definitely not returning to MeTV. Let us hope we get something good in the Fall for the 6pm timeslot and the channel in general.

I think the Summer if Me is the same as it last year. The change i would make is that no more MASH . I would bring back Columbo for the Sunday night Mytery night. Where they would show a different mystery every Sunday night. During the week i would show from 5pm to 7pm show The A-team. Happy Days, Laverne and Shirly . From 10pm to 11pm i would should show the Carol Burnnett show. Perry Mason would be on from 11pm to Midnight. Also during the week during the morning they show carttons. I would get rid of the host and show cartoons like they do on Saturday morning

As I understand it they lost the rights to the Columbo movies.

The Summer of Me 2023 has been a massive disappointment coming off of last year. The extra hour of MASH shouldn't count for anything. The show has been played to death on the channel. I hope the contract expires soon and MeTV doesn't renew. We need new/returning shows on the channel.

The A-Team is moving to sister channel H&I next month, so that show is definitely not returning to MeTV. Let us hope we get something good in the Fall for the 6pm timeslot and the channel in general.

Yes, compared to what they did with SOM in the past, with hosts Dawn Wells and Barry Williams in different years, it's really nothing but s few promos now.

What year was Me TV’s Most Successful Summer Of Me TV Schedule?

I dont know about most successful year, but I think alot of people including myself just wanted to see them mix up the Sunday schedule with new shows and H-B cartoons, add some new shows or movies to the Sci-Fi Saturday night schedule and eliminate some MASH airtime (subtracting 6hrs or just removing the Sunday evening showings would be a step in the right direction) so other shows can have a chance to breathe.

I agree Charles!

Antenna TV & Me TV are both going through this situation.

What year was Me TV’s Most Successful Summer Of Me TV Schedule?

Dawn Wells, 2016 (I had to look up the year)

What year was Me TV’s Most Successful Summer Of Me TV Schedule?

2017 with Barry Williams as host. That Summer actually had a big schedule change and I remember they went all out shaking up the evening hours.

2018 - onward was when the channel started being stagnant and shows started remaining on the channel for years and years. Hardly no changes.

The Summer Of Me and A Very Merry Me TV should be the two times a year to offer different Classic Programming.

Examples,

Like for the Summer Of Me TV
9pm-11pm WeekNights they could of had a theme where shows had something in common. Offering different Classic shows from 9pm-11pm. Reminding Viewers not to freight as the Regular line up will Return the Tuesday after Labor Day.

12AM-5AM WeekNights Summer Block Party Crashers of different shows that are not currently being offered on Me TV. Reminding Viewers the Regular line up will Return the Tuesday after Labor Day.


A Very Merry Me TV
5pm-7pm Sundays Home for the Holiday airring Family Related shows that are not on the Regular Schedule. Reminding Viewers the Regular Shows will Return after New Years Day.

7pm-7AM Sundays The 12 Holiday Hours Of Me A Very Merry Me TV. Holiday episodes of different Classic Holiday episodes Reminding viewers the Regular line up will Return after New Year’s Day.

*October-Halloween Episodes
*November Thanksgiving Episodes
*Sunday After Thanksgiving/December Christmas Episodes
*December 31 Classic TV Rerun Countdown/#1 airs at 12AM


WeekNights 6pm-12AM & ENCORE 12AM-6AM WeekNights Starting in November going up til New Year’s offering Classic TV Rerun Countdown. Reminding Viewers the Regular shows will Return after New Year’s Day.