stevearino
09-19-2025, 08:58 AM
Hello Out There From TV Land,
I was thinking to myself of something VERY Interesting I discovered over the last year: according to an archived article I read in Page 77 of Broadcasting Magazine in the April 9, 1990 issue located here at https://archive.org/details/bc-1990-04-09/page/77/mode/1up MTV Networks launched the HA! TV Comedy Network on April 1, 1990, providing its own April Fool's Day joke by simulcasting its launch from 7 P.M. to 11 P.M. ET on Nick at Nite, as well as sister networks MTV and VH1., verified here at https://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_ha_network
Correcting myself from a prior post I made on the subject--which I apologize upfront in advance (my Mea Culpa, as I'd been misinformed at the time, believing it had been an all-night affair at the time based on what I believed), here is the correct lineup for the Nick at Nite portion of the official HA! TV Comedy Network launch, unless otherwise noted sourced from https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/ha-launch-schedule-sunday-april-1-1990.735552/ with corrections necessary and edits in response, sourced from The Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon issue of April 1, 1990.
Sunday, April 1, 1990 (ALL TIMES ET/PT) Nick at Nite starts at 8 P.M. ET
7 P.M. Saturday Night Live with host Susan Saint James
8:30 P.M. The Lucy Show: "Lucy Waits Up for Chris"
9 P.M. The Duck Factory: "Goodbye Buddy, Hello Skip"
9:30 P.M. Rhoda: "Rhoda's Wedding"
10:00 P.M. Love, American Style: "Love and the Television Set"
10:30 P.M. The Big Room: Nicolas Roag interviews Mort Sahl
11 P.M. Bewitched
11:30 P.M. The Patty Duke Show
12 A.M. Paid Programming
2 A.M. The Donna Reed Show: "April Fool"
2:30 A.M. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
3 A.M. Car 54 Where Are You?
3:30 A.M. Mister Ed
4 A.M. The Danny Thomas Show
4:30 A.M. The Ann Sothern Show / Private Secretary
5 A.M. Lassie
5:30 A.M. Dennis The Menace
As noted, if anyone here remembers anything different about this particular night of Nick at Nite, PLEASE let me know and I'll make sure to edit and correct the lineup in kind. Thanks in advance, and remember, if you want somebody to be your friend, you've got to be a friend to them. Bye Bye.
I was thinking to myself of something VERY Interesting I discovered over the last year: according to an archived article I read in Page 77 of Broadcasting Magazine in the April 9, 1990 issue located here at https://archive.org/details/bc-1990-04-09/page/77/mode/1up MTV Networks launched the HA! TV Comedy Network on April 1, 1990, providing its own April Fool's Day joke by simulcasting its launch from 7 P.M. to 11 P.M. ET on Nick at Nite, as well as sister networks MTV and VH1., verified here at https://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_ha_network
Correcting myself from a prior post I made on the subject--which I apologize upfront in advance (my Mea Culpa, as I'd been misinformed at the time, believing it had been an all-night affair at the time based on what I believed), here is the correct lineup for the Nick at Nite portion of the official HA! TV Comedy Network launch, unless otherwise noted sourced from https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/ha-launch-schedule-sunday-april-1-1990.735552/ with corrections necessary and edits in response, sourced from The Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon issue of April 1, 1990.
Sunday, April 1, 1990 (ALL TIMES ET/PT) Nick at Nite starts at 8 P.M. ET
7 P.M. Saturday Night Live with host Susan Saint James
8:30 P.M. The Lucy Show: "Lucy Waits Up for Chris"
9 P.M. The Duck Factory: "Goodbye Buddy, Hello Skip"
9:30 P.M. Rhoda: "Rhoda's Wedding"
10:00 P.M. Love, American Style: "Love and the Television Set"
10:30 P.M. The Big Room: Nicolas Roag interviews Mort Sahl
11 P.M. Bewitched
11:30 P.M. The Patty Duke Show
12 A.M. Paid Programming
2 A.M. The Donna Reed Show: "April Fool"
2:30 A.M. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
3 A.M. Car 54 Where Are You?
3:30 A.M. Mister Ed
4 A.M. The Danny Thomas Show
4:30 A.M. The Ann Sothern Show / Private Secretary
5 A.M. Lassie
5:30 A.M. Dennis The Menace
As noted, if anyone here remembers anything different about this particular night of Nick at Nite, PLEASE let me know and I'll make sure to edit and correct the lineup in kind. Thanks in advance, and remember, if you want somebody to be your friend, you've got to be a friend to them. Bye Bye.