I know that recently Hallmark has took off The Facts of Life, but does this mean they have lost the rights? Does any network own the rights as of now, or does Hallmark have them. How long does Hallmark have to air The Facts of Life, did they have the rights for a few months or is it on hiatus? Does any other have the advatage to air FOL? Is any network thinking of picking this show up, or even again?

I hope you can clear these questions up, thanks.

Originally posted by Impressions
I know that recently Hallmark has took off The Facts of Life, but does this mean they have lost the rights? Does any network own the rights as of now, or does Hallmark have them. How long does Hallmark have to air The Facts of Life, did they have the rights for a few months or is it on hiatus? Does any other have the advatage to air FOL? Is any network thinking of picking this show up, or even again?

I hope you can clear these questions up, thanks.

I actually do not know if they still have it or not. I'll try to get an answer.

I've seen one of the e-mails that they sent to pavanbadal, Hallmark still owns the rights. Remember ALF was gone for awhile, and then they brought it back.

--- Viewers <Viewers@hallmarkchannel.com> wrote:
> > Thank you for your recent contact wtih Hallmark
> > channel.
> > We still have license on "Facts of Life" but we
> have
> > removed it from our
> > current line up. If you like I will keep your
> > address and contact you
> > when the series is returned to our schedule.
> > "Hogan's Heroes" and "Beverly Hilbillies are both
> > Paramount series and
> > new to our schedule.
> > Thank you for your interest.
> >

Originally posted by TJ
I've seen one of the e-mails that they sent to pavanbadal, Hallmark still owns the rights. Remember ALF was gone for awhile, and then they brought it back.

--- Viewers <Viewers@hallmarkchannel.com> wrote:
> > Thank you for your recent contact wtih Hallmark
> > channel.
> > We still have license on "Facts of Life" but we
> have
> > removed it from our
> > current line up. If you like I will keep your
> > address and contact you
> > when the series is returned to our schedule.
> > "Hogan's Heroes" and "Beverly Hilbillies are both
> > Paramount series and
> > new to our schedule.
> > Thank you for your interest.
> >

Thanks a lot for the news TJ, I really appreciate it, It's wonderful to hear that Hallmark still owns the rights, I thought it had left their schedule for good. Hopefully it will air again, after a few months. I was curious when their show pages were still left up after they completed airing the series. Although Hogan's Heroes and The Beverly Hillbillies are new to their schedule, I hope they can fit a slot for The Facts of Life.

That's great they still have the rights. I had a feeling they did, because the Hallmark website, after it's revampment, left it up in the show pages area. Well, if they decide to bring it back, and wherever they do, I will be grateful.

This is pretty good news though, that they still have the rights. I wonder for how long?

Originally posted by TVJunkie101

This is pretty good news though, that they still have the rights. I wonder for how long?

I just hope they don't fool around and not air it and then lose the rights to it. It'd be kind of a waste of money to buy the rights and show them once and then not air them again.

Originally posted by Jenny
I just hope they don't fool around and not air it and then lose the rights to it. It'd be kind of a waste of money to buy the rights and show them once and then not air them again.

Yeah; I agree. That's what happened with Hallmark and the Color Honeymooners. They had the rights for quite a while and then *finally* scheduled them, but before they aired, lost the rights. So I hope they don't make that mistake again!

Originally posted by TVJunkie101


Yeah; I agree. That's what happened with Hallmark and the Color Honeymooners. They had the rights for quite a while and then *finally* scheduled them, but before they aired, lost the rights. So I hope they don't make that mistake again!

Hey Shawn, do you know how much they paid for the Color Honeymooners? j/w

Originally posted by Jenny
Hey Shawn, do you know how much they paid for the Color
Honeymooners? j/w

Oh, gee, I have no idea. I'd guess they paid quite a lot for them.

The worst thing they could do is keep it in their vault collecting dust for years. If it doesn't come back in January, I really don't think it will come back for a while. They'll just keep saying that they have newer shows coming to their network and will air it at a later time just putting it off. I seriously trust no network from now on.

Originally posted by TVJunkie101


Oh, gee, I have no idea. I'd guess they paid quite a lot for them.

Ah okay. Thanks for your reply. Kind of sad if they spent a ton of money on em and didn't show any eps.

Originally posted by Original Prankster
I seriously trust no network from now on.

I feel the same way.