ABC Family October 2003

Effective: Monday, October 6

Weekdays:
12:00PM The Wonder Years (replaces Movie cont.)
12:30PM The Wonder Years (replaces Movie cont.)

All times E/P. Full October schedule is available on the General Sitcoms Questions & Discussion board.

I'm glad to see The Wonder Years returning despite that I really don't care for the channel it's airing on. Hopefully, this time around ABC Family will air the classic show in episode order, unedited or "unbutchered", and without any splitscreens in the closing credits. If these "requirements" are not met - ABC Family will not re-gain my viewership and probably a handful of other people's viewerships.

By the way . . . how much longer does ABC Family have the rights to The Wonder Years?

When I went to the ABC Family website I was unable to find a feedback section for audience relations. Here is a snail mail address:

The ABC Family Channel
10960 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Attn: Audience Relations

Their toll-free telephone is 1-877-98FAMILY, or 1-877-983-2649.

Remember, the more reaction they receive, the longer it's likely to stay on ABC Family!

I can't wait!

This is great news!!

James, where did you get this information?

Thanks for the info. Hopefully this time they'll play it long enough for me to get every episode taped.

Starting December 1, ABC Family will replace The Wonder Years at 12 and 12:30pm with Full House.

Though two Christmas episodes will air on Sunday, December 7 at 2 and 2:30PM, part of ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas.

That's too bad. I was kind of hoping they'd play every episode one time through one last time. But oh well. Atleast now I'll have 90 episodes taped as opposed to the 40 I had before. That should keep me occupied for awhile.

Originally posted by theTHRILL
James, where did you get this information?

From the ABC Family website (http://www.abcfamily.com)!

Originally posted by mdntrider7
That's too bad. I was kind of hoping they'd play every episode one time through one last time. But oh well. Atleast now I'll have 90 episodes taped as opposed to the 40 I had before. That should keep me occupied for awhile.

According to my calculations they will be in the middle of the second-to-last season (1991-92). The last good episode IMHO was #83 "Private B***head", where Wayne tries to join the Army. The scene at the end with Wayne and his father was very touching. :crying:

Sucks it was only on for like 2 months. I love Full House..but i mean its on 8 times a day already I think they could spare the Wonder Years one spot!:)

The Wonder Years will air 12 and 12:30am on Saturday nights starting September 4. It might be just for a month, as in October the lineup will be totally different:

ABC Family Channel September
Changes ONLY Weeknights Effective Monday, Aug 30:
12:00AM Family Matters (replaces AFV)
12:30AM Family Matters (replaces AFV)

Saturday nights effect. Sept 4:
11:00PM Whose Line is it Anyway? (replaces AFV)
11:30PM Whose Line is it Anyway? (replaces AFV)
12:00AM The Wonder Years (replaces AFV)
12:30AM The Wonder Years (replaces AFV)

3rd Rock From The Sun Marathons:
Sunday, September 19 from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. ET/PT
Saturday, September 25 from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET/PT
Sunday, September 26 from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. ET/PT



ABC Family Channel Fall 2004 Line-Up
*TENTATIVE*
Start Date October 4
WEEKDAYS
9:00AM Step by Step
9:30AM Paid Programming/700 Club
11:00AM Gilmore Girls
12:00PM Smallville
1:00PM Family Matters
1:30PM Family Matters
2:00PM Step by Step
2:30PM Boy Meets World
3:00PM Switched!
3:30PM Knock First
4:00PM Full House
4:30PM Full House
5:00PM Gilmore Girls
6:00PM 7th Heaven
7:00PM Smallville
8:00PM ABC Family Primetime Movie
10:00PM Whose Line Is It Anyway?
10:30PM The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
11:00PM 700 Club
12:00AM Family Matters
12:30AM Family Matters

WEEKENDS
12:00PM Full House
12:30PM Full House
1:00PM Boy Meets World
1:30PM Boy Meets World
2:00PM 7th Heaven
3:00PM Gilmore Girls
4:00PM ABC Family Weekend Movie
6:00PM ABC Family Evening Movie
8:00PM ABC Family Primetime Movie
10:00PM Smallville
11:00PM The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
11:30PM Whose Line Is It Anyway?
12:00AM Whose Line Is It Anyway?
12:30AM Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Thanks again for the info, Pavan! I'll be recording and keeping these episodes for sure, since the DVDs aren't being released anytime soon, if ever. No more taking this show for granted! Hopefully it'll air for longer than a month...we'll see.

Hooray for The Wonder Years coming back!!!

You can contact ABC Family with this form (http://abcfamily.go.com/feedback/)! Tell them it deserves better!

(BTW, the snail mail address earlier in the thread no longer works.)

Yeah, James, now that I think of it, the show deserves much better than 2 eps a week!! Also, it'll be airing the same time as SNL, so this could be a problem for me. :confused: Maybe I can tape SNL in another room. I hope ABC Family at least plays the whole series of Wonder Years so I can get it recorded. Fat chance, I know, but...why bother bringing it back for only 8 episodes? Leave it on, sheesh. The show is TOO GOOD to be shelved. :( Play it 5 times a week. Even if they played the whole series at 2 eps a week...it'd take about 58 weeks to show every one! No way ABC Family would stick with that...???

I'm making direct satellite DVR rips straight to DVD. Quality is awesome if you can do it this way since the satellite companies are using multi-million dollar encoders versus the couple hundred dollar ones in set top DVD recorders. They are not true-to-spec DVDs, but play nice in my DVD player and Playstation 2. I hope ABC Family just keeps airing this series. Unfortunately according to my TiVo (~2 week of guide data) we only have 2 upcoming listings according to the query I just performed:

The Phone Call - Sun 9/19 12:00 am
Dance With Me - Sun 9/19 12:30 am

That'll cap off season 1 being re-airred recently. I hope that's not it.

I had written a hand-written letter to Sci Fi Channel almost a couple years ago asking for them to air Sliders again and they did, so I ought to do the same for Wonder Years on ABC Family.