Will N@N experience an identity crisis? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

08-17-2001, 02:53 PM

It's no secret that N@N is attempting to reinvent their image by bringing newer shows into the line up (Family Ties & Cheers this fall and Cosby show next spring, followed by Roseanne). Does anybody see the conflict brewing in the horizon between the more serious themes of these 80's shows and N@N's current programming policy of not airing "controversial" topics/themes? Unless N@N begins to air the more serious/controversial themes, N@N's transition to the new classics will flop. Applying 1950's level of censorship to 1980's shows doesn't work well.

Sean Snow · 08-17-2001, 08:41 PM

I really don't think "Roseanne" is going to N@N. I'd think prob. TNN.

Pavan · 08-17-2001, 09:19 PM

Hope it doesn't. But I saw that it will in 2003, on Oxygen in the daytime and nights on Nick at Nite.

factsoflife · 08-20-2001, 02:05 AM

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Originally posted by D&R:

It's no secret that N@N is attempting to reinvent their image by bringing newer shows into the line up (Family Ties & Cheers this fall and Cosby show next spring, followed by Roseanne). Does anybody see the conflict brewing in the horizon between the more serious themes of these 80's shows and N@N's current programming policy of not airing "controversial" topics/themes? Unless N@N begins to air the more serious/controversial themes, N@N's transition to the new classics will flop. Applying 1950's level of censorship to 1980's shows doesn't work well.

i agree, i mean if they can't air the FOL when the girls shoplift, then how are they going to air the Roseanne when dan and rosie find thier own pot and blame it on david? and hello, cheers is set in a bar!

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James · 08-26-2001, 02:21 AM

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Originally posted by D&R:

It's no secret that N@N is attempting to reinvent their image by bringing newer shows into the line up (Family Ties & Cheers this fall and Cosby show next spring, followed by Roseanne). Does anybody see the conflict brewing in the horizon between the more serious themes of these 80's shows and N@N's current programming policy of not airing "controversial" topics/themes? Unless N@N begins to air the more serious/controversial themes, N@N's transition to the new classics will flop. Applying 1950's level of censorship to 1980's shows doesn't work well.

I personally think N@N will experience an "identity crisis" by airing those shows of the 1980s (which I do not care for at all). Personally I think "The Brady Bunch," "Happy Days," "Laverne & Shirley," and "The Wonder Years" all made N@N a great network.

JT · 08-26-2001, 11:29 AM

Um if you 'James' weren't such a beginner you'd know that "The Wonder Years" is an 80s show!Sometimes I just don't know about you......

Sean Snow · 08-26-2001, 11:49 AM

And HD and L&S spent a lot of their run in the 80s! (HD=4,LS=3)

08-26-2001, 07:20 PM

Even though some of these shows were filmed in the 80's, they depicted other eras that gave a sense of nostalgia which James alluded to.

James · 09-02-2001, 03:02 AM

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Originally posted by JT:
Um if you 'James' weren't such a beginner you'd know that "The Wonder Years" is an 80s show!Sometimes I just don't know about you......

Oops, "The Wonder Years" is an exception!!! Even though it ran from 1988-1993 I tend to think it took place from 1968-1973 (just a year shy of the range of "The Brady Bunch"). The fact that it was about the late 1960s and early 1970s made it a good part of the Nick at Nite lineup IMHO.

I hope that clears up everything!

ThomasE · 10-06-2001, 05:33 AM

You are right about that James. Someone did mention earlier that NAN did not a air the shoplifting episode. They did quite a few times.

08-17-2001, 02:53 PM	#1
D&R Guest Posts: n/a	Will N@N experience an identity crisis? It's no secret that N@N is attempting to reinvent their image by bringing newer shows into the line up (Family Ties & Cheers this fall and Cosby show next spring, followed by Roseanne). Does anybody see the conflict brewing in the horizon between the more serious themes of these 80's shows and N@N's current programming policy of not airing "controversial" topics/themes? Unless N@N begins to air the more serious/controversial themes, N@N's transition to the new classics will flop. Applying 1950's level of censorship to 1980's shows doesn't work well.
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08-26-2001, 07:20 PM	#8
D&R Guest Posts: n/a	Even though some of these shows were filmed in the 80's, they depicted other eras that gave a sense of nostalgia which James alluded to.
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08-17-2001, 08:41 PM	#2
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,407	I really don't think "Roseanne" is going to N@N. I'd think prob. TNN.

08-17-2001, 09:19 PM	#3
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,814	Hope it doesn't. But I saw that it will in 2003, on Oxygen in the daytime and nights on Nick at Nite.

08-26-2001, 11:29 AM	#6
JT Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 29, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,219	Um if you 'James' weren't such a beginner you'd know that "The Wonder Years" is an 80s show!Sometimes I just don't know about you......

08-26-2001, 11:49 AM	#7
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,407	And HD and L&S spent a lot of their run in the 80s! (HD=4,LS=3)

10-06-2001, 05:33 AM	#10
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	You are right about that James. Someone did mention earlier that NAN did not a air the shoplifting episode. They did quite a few times.