I recived a personal email. I must say - he is corny. He did not want to approch the topic I was getting to.

WHAT I WROTE:

Dear Nick at Nite,
> Hello. I am writing to you concerning your
> network. I love the fact that you have shows such as
> 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diffr'ent Strokes', but how
> come you are skipping seasons 8 and 9 of The Facts of
> Life and you are skipping alot of episodes of
> Diffren't Strokes?
> Us fans love Diffren't Strokes and Facts of Life
> and it doesn't help to see our favorite episodes
> skipped. For example, you are skipping the Facts of
> Life pilot, 'The Girls School', which is an episode of
> Diffren't Strokes. Thats the episode we all love to
> see!
> We are missing MANY GOOD EPISODES of these
> shows, and if this continues, then, I will stop
> watching these shows. I love the shows and my favorite
> episodes are being skipped. Or, I will stop watching
> your entire network. I will watch reruns I taped of
> the episodes. I am finding that BETTER than you
> skipping lots of episodes.
> So, whats the reason for the episode skipping?
> All I want is for you to play them PLEASE especially
> the Facts of Life pilot (The Diffrent Strokes episode,
> The Girls School)
>
> Thanks,
>
> An upset Facts of Life and Diffren't Strokes Fan

AND THE RESPONSE I GOT:

Your e-mail has reached TV Land Online. I am sorry, I have no
information
about Nick at Nite programming, products or promotions. You can write
to Nick at Nite at:Nick at Nite Viewer Services1515 BroadwayNew York, NY
10036Additonally, we would like to invite you to check out www.tvland.com (http://www.tvland.com) for TV
Satisfaction Guaranteed on the Web! In addition to all the great TV
Land
stuff you'll find there, we've made the Nick at Nite schedules
available
from our new home page as a courtesy to Nick at Nite viewers.We hope to
see you at tvland.com soon!Sincerely,Postmaster Steve

I'm not a postmaster but know a lot about The Facts Of Life and Diff'rent Strokes schedule. They are saving the good episodes, like The Girls School for when the ratings go down, and they need to boost them. That's why they have been skipping the special holiday episodes of The Facts Of Life, they save them when the ratinsg need them. Right now the ratings are fine. They don't do it with Three's Company becuase they have leased it for 7 years, and they air 2 episodes a night. I would say that The Girls School will air the next run, but you may just need to wait. They also skip All In The Family episodes and The Jeffersons, because they've found that showing episodes like Edith's Rape or The Breast Cancer episodes have boosted the ratings. Nick At Nite is doing fine right now, so they don't need those episodes, and they may never air the holiday episodes until the certain holiday, and that's what will bring the ratings up. The workers at Nick At Nite are snobs by the way, and they don't know anything ever about the line-up. They don't even know about the petions that we sign.

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Andrew Carden

I remember the Edith's Rapist episode airing on Nick at Nite....but maybe it was the 2nd or 3rd time in the rotation.

Yeah..so did I. I think he sends the same letter to everyone

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E-MAIL: LilPerfectRach@Aol.Com
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NAME:
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So did I. Generic, automated, e-mails.

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Andy: C'Mon Ms. Garrett, throw us a song.

Ms. G.: Born in the U.S.S.R.

that's te EXACT email i got too.. it's the AUTOMATIC response that EVERYBODY gets!! it's just a way to make peopel think that NaN is replying to you when they aren't.. if they want to additionally address your commenting email later they will do so, but chances are they won't becuae you were threatening to stop watching their network in the letter. Nick at Nite tends to not write back to ANY of the emails even if you are nice and even THANKING them... believe me nick at nite is a bitch and im really getting sick of it!!