Wait a minute! Let me get this straight? Are you saying that when TV Land starts to air "I Love Lucy", Nick-at-Nite is going to remove the show? Why? Both networks are owned by the same company (Viacom) and in the past, I know that they have run the same show on both networks at the same time. TV Land is not available on my cable system so I would be really bummed out if Nick didn't air it at all. Maybe Lucy will continue to air at 1:00AM on Nick and perhaps it will air in primetime on TV Land.

Anyone know for sure?

The press releases are saying it is 'MOVING' to TVLand. I'm sure it will not be on N@N. They are adding 2 shows this fall, and ILL is one show that will be dropped.

Tell your cable company to, Take me to TVLand!

My guess is that I Love Lucy will be dropped from the line-up with The Beverly Hillbillies and Laverne and Shirley. I know that Family Ties and Cheers are going to be the new shows on N@N this fall.

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It's my understanding that N@N is going more 80's, while TVLand is showing the classic stuff. It has something to do with N@N wanting to appeal more to the parents of the kids who watch Nick, and they believe the 80's stuff is what they grew up on.

Thanks to everyone who responded. I can't believe that Nick would relinquish all broadcasting rights to "I Love Lucy" to its little sister network. . especially since TV Land is NOT available in all cable systems (like mine, for instance). The irony here is that I was offered a job at TV Land last year and turned it down (I work in audience research). But I have a contact there who I plan on calling this week. I'm very upset. This show has been my favorite show for as long as I can remember and now I won't even be able to see it.

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[This message has been edited by Terry Ross (edited 05-05-2001).]

Originally posted by Terry Ross:
Thanks to everyone who responded. I can't believe that Nick would relinquish all broadcasting rights to "I Love Lucy" to its little sister network. . especially since TV Land is NOT available in all cable systems (like mine, for instance). The irony here is that I was offered a job at TV Land last year and turned it down (I work in audience research). But I have a contact there who I plan on calling this week. I'm very upset. This show has been my favorite show for as long as I can remember and now I won't even be able to see it.

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I Love Lucy is moving to TV Land October 25, 2001, I believe.

(EDIT: Actually the date is October 15, 2001. I hit the wrong key on the keyboard.)

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Actually, it's the 15th of October, the 50th anniversary of ILL's premiere.

That is true, "I Love Lucy" will be on TV Land this fall! And I can't wait, maybe then I can see it on Saturday nights and maybe then it'll be on at an earlier time slot then the filty late night on Nick at Nite! I hope it don't dissapear like The Munsters! Cheers, Cosby Show, Family Ties joins Nick at Nite this fall, and next fall is Roseanne!

I track TV viewership for a living and I can tell you that "I Love Lucy" remains one of Nick-at-Nite's most watched shows. Nick never wanted to give up "Lucy" to TV Land but is being forced to due to the brand identities of the two networks.

Rest assured, "I Love Lucy" will always be on some network's line-up. It remains a classic show 50 years after it premiered, which is unheard up of in television.

Terry, I don't doubt that I Love Lucy is one of, if not the top, draw on N@N. I just don't see why they need to move it to TV Land...Maybe the better question is, why is N@N becoming an 80's channel? They should make TV Land the 80s channel. I have to admit that I am very biased since TV Land is not available on my cable system....

I just cross my fingers that N@N doesn't dump Lucy unceremoniously by not finishing it's run (up to episode 35 by now)...

betsy

Betsy - I totally agreee with you. But Nickelodeon, which is Nick-at-Nite in the daytime hours, caters to kids. And what they have done is to program to those kids' parents to try to keep families tuned to the same network. So, what do they do with the old TV shows that they bought? They create a brand new network called TV Land and program all of those oldie-but-goodie shows. Believe me, I am bummed out too because I can't get TV Land, either. I spoke to an associate of mine at TV Land (I work in TV) who told me that Nick hates to give up "Lucy" but has to due to branding. I think it's a lousy idea since much of the country doesn't get TV Land.

Thanks for the info, Terry! It makes me feel better to know that I am not the only one really bummed about this...I only wish we could all get TV Land so we wouldn't be in this position.

I guess I understand where N@N is coming from, and it does comfort me a bit to know that N@N is only moving Lucy very reluctantly...I was so angry for a while, that I dashed off an email to the postmaster for N@N....

Is there any way your friend would know if TVLand intends to make itself more available to a wider audience?

Thanks!

betsy

Okay, I'm biased too because I do get TV Land (thanks to that satellite dish industry) and without that channel I would have nothing to watch on TV. But, I don't think Nick is doing Lucy any good. Midnight? Come on people. What I think we need is a channel that shows 50's-early 60's shows (i.e. Lucy, Danny Thomas, Ozzie & Harriet, maybe Dick Van Dyke), a channel that shows mid 60's-70's (i.e. lot's of what TV Land shows now) and a channel that shows 80's-early 90's. That would be a good idea. And don't just restict it to sitcoms. I want to see dramas too. One of my favorite shows is a cop show.

I guess what I'm saying is Viacom or whoever owns those two networks needs to start a new one for the really early stuff.

Whooooo! 200 posts!

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Betsy - TV Land is constantly trying to get cable systems to carry their network but unfortunately, there just isn't enough channel capacity. Digital television is making way for more channels but until then, if your cable system doesn't carry it, you only other choice is satellite. I live in a townhouse development and I can't get a satellite dish (against the association's rules).

Yes, dawsongirl, Viacom owns TV Land and Nick and MTV and Showtime and VH1.

I am really disgusted with this whole switch. I wish Nick would play Lucy at the sametime that TV Land does but these two networks are so into branding their images that they're not thinking of their viewers. Like Betsy. Like me.

I wonder if there is any truth to the rumor that TV Land is more expensive for cable companies to carry then other networks such as Animal Planet and Food Network and some of those others? I thought that was a possibilty as to why more cable companies don't carry it.

My cable company did not add it until December 1999.

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Animal Planet is probably cheap because no one watches it. Well, someone does, but not a whole lot of people. A few years back my cable system added AP, no one watched and it was dropped.

My cable system (which actually I dumped last year in favor of a dish) added TV Land last month to basic cable from digital cable. And I thought if Des Moines had it, everyone did.

TJ - I don't know about the costs but I do know that TV Land has had some issues with Cablevision, which is my cable system. It had to do with TV Land hiring an executive away from Cablevision or something. All I know is that my sources at TVLand say that Cablevision will never carry TVLand.

There are certain cable networks that charge a higher premium, like ESPN. I'm not sure how TV Land compares to the Food Network but I would imagine it would get more money than a very niche network like Food or evenAnimal Planet.

Terry, you and I have the same system, Cablevision, as I live out on Long Island...no wonder we share the same frustration!

If the reason Cablevision does not carry, or will not carry, TVLand,is because of some ridiculous incident with an employee....well, boy, that really ticks me off. I have a good mind to call Cablevision and threaten to cancel our service.!

You're right, dawsongirl. And, in fact, all of the cable systems are losing subscribers to the dish companies, which is why they have created 'digital television', which is the cable system's answer to satellite. There are hundreds of channels available on digital (like satellite) but my dopey cable system (Cablevision) is scheduled to be the very last system to roll out digital.

I share your frustrations, Betsy, but you'll only punish yourself if you cancel your cable because unless you get a dish, all you'll have left will be the broadcast networks and PBS.

I still am so angry at the thought of losing Lucy in October. And so frustrated because I can't do anything about it.

Terry, even if I wanted to, I couldn't cancel our Cablevision...I live with my parents, and I don't think they'd be too happy.. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif

The only way to express our great unhappiness is to stick it to N@N where it hurts: the pocketbook. I love Family Ties, but I can live without it. I never saw Cheers, and while Cosby Show was funny when it was on, it's not one of my favorites. Basically, without Lucy (and the other classics), I have no interest in N@N whatsoever, and I plan to protest the loss of Lucy by completely ignoring N@N on my remote control. Maybe if enough people did this, it would help.

If N@N is really upset about this move, (a) they better do a marathon of Lucy before it goes off the air and (b) they could have found some way to accomodate those w/o TV Land

Sorry to repeat myself so often, but I feel better after venting!

Betsy

Betsy, that's what this board is for; to vent! I know after ILL goes off Nick, I won't watch it anymore. I just don't like 80's shows. I think it's because I grew up watching them. And I do get TV Land. But then I persuaded my folks to get a dish so I could get this and the Game Show Network. We could have gotten digital cable because living in the burbs, we got the priviledge first, but we were already paying $45 bucks a month and digital would have been about the same as a dish and a dish has more channels.

I'm not promoting the dish industry, honest. I just think it sucks the way the cable industry thinks they have strings attached to their customers backs and they control them like marionettes. Oh, that and networks not listening to their customers.

I'm gonna start my own network!

GSN is doing the same thing at the end of the year. They're getting rid of all the Goodson-Todman game shows. What's with these networks? Are they trying to make us mad?!

They need more research done. I grew up watching shows in the 60's and 70's; never, ever even liked the shows from the 80's. They weren't different; they all blended together. "My Three Sons" and "Make Room For Daddy" are the shows I remember as a kid. And I know "Sons" is on TV Land.

One last thing about these cable systems. They raise our rates every year (at least Cablevision does) and never give us more channels for oyur money. And the final insult is the way they treat us: they won't carry TV Land because of some ridiculous feud about an executive that went to work for TV Land. A personal grudge and innocent subscribers suffer the consequences. I watch Lucy in the morning at 5:00AM as I'm getting up. As long as I can remember, I was able to watch this top, most excellent show. I'm seriously thinking of writing a letter to Nick . . . and I've never done anything like that before.

I wrote a letter to Nick once when they unceremoniously dropped The Monkees in 1997 and chewed them out out about how they liked to drop shows without warning (well, chewed out was harsh, it wasn't that bad). Anyway, I never heard a thing back from them. They probably threw the letter away.

I hate to have to admit this, because I do work in television, but when you write to television networks, they never answer you and the letters are lost in mounds of paper.

You know, I was noticing that TV Land and Nick are both currently running Andy Griffith so I will hold out hope that they may both air Lucy in the fall.

I hate to have to admit this, because I do work in television, but letters written to a television network are never acknowedged and are most likely filed away someplace.

I noticed that TV Land and Nick are both running Andy Griffith right now. So I can hold out hope that they may both air Lucy in the fall. Why not? They're owned by the same company. "Law & Order" is on NBC, A&E, and beginning this Tuesday, TNT.

Well, let's hope you're right. You can never have to much Lucy!

Originally posted by EJoshuaP:
and next fall is Roseanne!

Are you serious?! Pardon me while I go throw up...... Well I for one and extremely disappointed with this announcement. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/frown.gif As far as I know I can't receive TV Land in my area either (besides that, it costs extra right?) so when it goes off Nick at Nite, I have no other place of seeing it. Looks like I better whip out those blank tapes and start recording this summer. Guess it just goes to show that N@N is like every other money grubbing network, sacrifices the good things to make some extra dough. I liked things a lot better when Dick Van Dyke was chairperson of Nick at Nite! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/frown.gif


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...N@N are really idiots to drop ILL. Lucy was classic, no doubt about it.

I would just like to add that "I love Lucy" is entertaining to all ages. My sister and i are 12 and 14 respectively and we stay up every night to watch the wonderful show. Nick at Nite is wrong to assume that only 80's shows are what people born in the 70's want. People want good quality television and ILL qualifies under that!! ILL was the originator of all comedy as it is today and to dump that groundbreaking show on a bad network that noone watches or has is preposterous. I also think it is sad that "The Lucy Desi Comedy Hour" is not aired with the "I love Lucy" programs considering they all have the same characters and all have to do with the ongoing story of the Ricardos' and Mertzes.

Good for you TY! I'm 21 and hardly watch new TV. But I think I was born in the wrong decade! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif

Originally posted by dawsongirl:
Good for you TY! I'm 21 and hardly watch new TV. But I think I was born in the wrong decade! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif


Ditto! My parents are always telling me I was born in the wrong era, lol.


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Roz - why does that "mrs. Mertz" quote come out every time you submit a reply?

Originally posted by Terry Ross:
Roz - why does that "mrs. Mertz" quote come out every time you submit a reply?

You can write your name or a quote (it's left to your imagination) in the signature space that is provided as a register member. It will appear below the reply when you check the box marked Show Signature. It's your option to use it when you want to.

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;) Have a nice day ;)

Can I add something to Terry's question? How do you get one in the first place? I know they asked me when I registered, but now I don't know where to get one if I wanted one! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/confused.gif http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/confused.gif

Originally posted by dawsongirl:
Can I add something to Terry's question? How do you get one in the first place? I know they asked me when I registered, but now I don't know where to get one if I wanted one! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/confused.gif http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/confused.gif

At the very top you'll find a cluster of links such as Profile, Register, FAQ ,etc. Click on Profile. Next you'll find your Screename and Password; click on submit ID. Now you are ready to modify your signature. Scroll down to the signature box and type your name or quote (anything). When done don't forget to click the submit button. Hope this helps.

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;) Have a nice day ;)

Ty,
I agree with you. I'm 13 and I hardly watch any new tv, all I watch is The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, ILL(of course) and basically any other old shows. I wish that N@N would think about how ILL and all the other old good shows that are still alive today.

-marta http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif

I am glad I got TV Land. I wonder why Nite At Nite is taking it off the air.

BUT, I ask again, will ILL continue to run on NAN after it launches on TV Land? Does anyone have any information on that?

You know, if TV Land and Nick were smart (which is very debateable if you ask me http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/wink.gif ), then they would air it on both. If All in the Family can be on 2, then so can Lucy.

Don't any of your local networks air ILL? I get TVLand and Nick, and on my local station they air it.

yeah, where I live(Hamburg, NY) NBC shows ILL every week day at 11 am and 1130am, so I'm thankful for that!!

-Marta http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif

I have a dish and get WSBK out of Boston, and they show it at 10am (9 central). But it is really cut up!

On tv land, I just saw that commercial with Mr. T and Tony Randal, and in their little song that they sang, it says that ILL is coming in the fall, so it's official! I'm so excited!!!!

-marta

I loved that commercial! Anyway, my UPN station aires I Love Lucy, right after The Jeffersons, Benson, Bewitched, and I Dream of Jeannie.

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Chrissy: I am not! I'm just always hungry.

Mrs.Howell: You would take care of me and our beloved little Howells?
Gilligan: What beloved little Howells?
Mrs. Howell:Well, the Howell Steel Company, the Howell Chemicle Company........

I live in the NYC metro area and none of the local stations air it, TV Land is not available where I am, and so I am stuck with NAN, which is dropping it.

And this is the largest city in the country! Where ILL supposedly took place. I'm so disgruntled!

I live in the NYC metro area and none of the local stations air it, TV Land is not available where I am, and so I am stuck with NAN, which is dropping it.

And this is the largest city in the country! Where ILL supposedly took place. I'm so disgruntled!

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Calm down Terry. We're all here for you! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/crying.gif http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/wave.gif

You make me laugh, dawsongirl. Where does that nickname originate from? I'm curious.

By the way, NAN ALWAYS runs ILL in order. But they are skipping around right now. They went from the Europe trip to the Conneticut episodes . . and not in order. I saw the Chicken epsiode and they never even showed them moving. NAN is a mess right now.

By the way, I love the waving symbol. Here's one for you:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/rotflmao.gif

Here I am, ignoring your message http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Hehe, at least I make somebody laugh. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/crazy.gif

I get Comcast cable and they do not carry TV Land yet, but they will later on, probably late summer or early fall.

You know what? We need to take a census of who does and doesn't have TV Land, then start a support group for those who don't.

So leave your name with the secretary and tell her if you're a yes or a no, then we'll be in touch.

Originally posted by Terry Ross:
I live in the NYC metro area and none of the local stations air it, TV Land is not available where I am, and so I am stuck with NAN, which is dropping it.

And this is the largest city in the country! Where ILL supposedly took place. I'm so disgruntled!

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I feel your pain. Shall we hold a candlelight vigil? I'm throwing a pity party for myself tonight about it, care to join me in the 'Losers-without-TVLAND' corner? http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/frown.gif


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[This message has been edited by Roz1013 (edited 08-18-2001).]

Thank God I have tv land! I'm getting so sick of Nick-at-Nite.



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"Love yourself first, and everything will fall into line." -Lucille Ball

You know what? Me too!!! N@N took off my fave shows such as, Happy Days and Bewitched!
I am afraid Laverne and Shirley will be next! I'm praying it won't though!

I miss Lucy Desi comedy Hour too! My family never missed an eppie! My mom's fave(which i have on one of my Laverne and Shirley tapes, BTW) eppie was the one with Fred MacMurray!!! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/lol.gif

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God Looked down upon the rose and said no fair a flower grows. Then he searched the human race and named my Shirley, Angel Face!

I absolutely want to come to the pity party.

I can't figure out Nick At Nite. They take ILL off of Monday nights, put in lousy Gilligan, and then schedule her at the most inconvenient time of the night: 3:00AM. The ratings do not justify this. I hope ILL blows the ratings lid off of TV Land and Nick at Nite looks incompetant {which they are} for letting this show go to their little sister network.

Yep, I'm still mad......
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/mad.gif http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/mad.gif {that's twice I wrote that; that's twice I wrote that}

Terry, you and me both. I'm mad (to say the least) at Cablevision, which is ludicrous to not have TV Land in its system, but N@N has reached the heights (depths?) of ridiculousness.

I've read that they want N@N to be the 80s
network; congratulations, N@N.You are the only entity that wants to identify itself with the 1980's...

Are the ratings for N@N that bad? I wonder what the ratings for Lucy Monday's were? Terry, can you find that out?

Originally posted by Betsyp:

Are the ratings for N@N that bad? I wonder what the ratings for Lucy Monday's were? Terry, can you find that out?



They are better then ever. I like all their shows! Nick is the Most Watched Basic Cable Channel. From what I hear, N@N had a hard time letting go "I Love Lucy", but they are now the 80s and 70s Super Station.

Sean, I might have believed that N@N was torn about dumping ILL, but while it is still on N@N, they've treated ILL and the fans, shabbily.

It's never going to be on N@N again. Couldn't they AT LEAST have finished up Lucy Mondays? Can't they put it on at a normal time?

No, to me N@N is made up of hyporcites. I'm just thankful that I was able to tape all of the episodes before the purge......

I'm an insomniac, so last night I layed awake and thought this up.

My ode to ILL and Nick at Nite, done in pictures.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/lol.gif This is me laughing at ILL

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/confused.gif This is me tuning into ILL and finding it come on 12 minutes late

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/sleep.gif This is me trying to stay awake until ILL gets over

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/mad.gif This is me at Nick at Nite

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/wave.gif This is me saying good-bye to Nick at Nite in October

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif This is me glad I have TV Land

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/crying.gif And this is me if TV Land ever takes off Adam-12 (unrelated to ILL)

Yeah, well, I hate to say it, but besides 'Cheers', and maybe a handful of others, 80's television pretty much sucked so I hope N@N is pleased with themselves.

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Nick at Nite has already ticked me off by putting Laverne and Shirley(unrealated to ILL) to 5am!!! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/crying.gif That's too early for new fans! At least ILL is moving to TVLAND! I wish L&S would! I love both shows soooo much!!

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God Looked down upon the rose and said no fair a flower grows. Then he searched the human race and named my Shirley, Angel Face!

I thought I heard somewhere L&S was being picked up by someone else. TNN?

Hey, cool!!! Thanx for telling me!! My friend told me yesterday and i'm soooo excited now!! GOODBYE NICK AT NITE!!!!...HELLO TNN!!!!

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God Looked down upon the rose and said no fair a flower grows. Then he searched the human race and named my Shirley, Angel Face!

Ok everyone, listen up. I just looked at the ratings for Nick-at-Nite in July by night of week. No one is going to like this but Lucy Monday was the lowest. But "Andy Griffith" was one-tenth away from "Lucy" so why is that still on? And "Three's Company", "The Brady Bunch", and "Different Strokes" were only a little bit higher. I can't cite the specific numbers on-line due to legal issues with Nielsen Media Research.

Like we have all said, the executives at Nick-at-Nite are morons!

By the way, "Rugrats" is Nick's top rated show.



By the way, very clever, dawsongirl.

Thanks, Terry.

Well, N@N has weeded ILL out from their schedule, and now they are weeding out the people who appreciate great tv. They've got what they want: teenagers and their yuppie parents watching shows that no one will remember in 50 years.

I used to get N@N back in Chicago, but now i live in Colorado.Jan 2001 I own and live in a Hotel (like in Golden palace http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/crazy.gif )And In our town we dont get Nick or N@N, but in the next towns over they do, so its not like i can watch N@N anyway but my question is did they take off Wonder Years from N@N because i watch it now on TNN. And this is off the topic, but when did they start showing MadTV and Hangin with Mr. Cooper on TNN? My world is just turned all upside down! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/eek.gif But anyway i gotta run. BYE! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/wave.gif

Rugrats? Oh yeah, that's just about the coolest show ever. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif If some cartoon is the most popular, then why don't they just turn into a cartoon channel? Oh wait, Cartoon Network beat them to it and do a much better job. Anyway, Wonder Years left N@N a while ago, and will soon leave TNN for Fox Family. HWMC started about a month ago I think.

Thanks for all this cool TV info Terry. What would we do without you? http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif

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Here's more information - - I looked up the ratings for "Gilligan's Island" on Monday in August and that crummy, stupid show is performing better that ILL.

Go figure the viewing tastes of America!

Originally posted by Terry Ross:
Here's more information - - I looked up the ratings for "Gilligan's Island" on Monday in August and that crummy, stupid show is performing better that ILL.

Go figure the viewing tastes of America!

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Originally posted by Terry Ross:
Here's more information - - I looked up the ratings for "Gilligan's Island" on Monday in August and that crummy, stupid show is performing better that ILL.

Go figure the viewing tastes of America!

I do have to say something. I think Nick at Nite wanted GI on all the time, but due to the lack of episodes to make a lot of themes, they decided to replace one of the nites leter on.