Hallmark Channel Fall 2008 -- Cheers

[TeeVeeCloset]

Originally Posted by TeeVeeCloset

The Hallmark Channel better show some patience in their transferring slowly from running one hour dramas to adding sitcoms.....these channels expect audiences to build overnight and over react when viewing patterns and ratings dip. For over 5 years they have practically only played serious dramas, so they add cheers, mash, golden girls and the precious I Love Lucy........the dropping of some cheers slots gives me some pause on how they will react if Lucy doesn't spike ratings instantly...just some food for thought.

With Cheers now officially cancelled, I point interested readers to my above post after it was announced that "some" airings were only being dropped. I have worked in the television industry for 28 years and know exactly the way things are discussed and now sadly drastically removed from air-schedules. Networks no longer wait for audience patterns to transition...Diagnosis Murder/Matlock/Waltons programming to Cheers, I Love Lucy, Golden Girls takes time to build.....at this rate I predict I Love Lucy to be gone within 8 weeks after being announced as part of the 2009 schedule over a year ago! I still have some hope for Lucy because she appeals to generation after generation and has never lost viewer appeal...I know children and people in their mid 20's still discovering Lucy....she truly is the exception to every viewing rule. So we shall wait and see.......

[Jude The Obscure]

Hallmark is just acting dumb......how can you expect the audience that was used to two LHOPs in the afternoon to suddenly accept Cheers? My mom didn't.....she turned the channel in a heartbeat and asked me why they replaced LHOP. Had they kept Cheers on the weekends or move into a more promising slot of say 10pm/11pm, it may have done better. These days of wanting instant hits.....it just won't work. Had NBC acted like Hallmark, Cheers would have never saw episode 13.

[TVFactFan]

I would like it better if Hallmark had went in another 50's direction and added the Hooneymooners.


Not sure how long this cable network has been around but I don't think they ever added anything that was worth watching in my opinion.

[TeeVeeCloset]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

I would like it better if Hallmark had went in another 50's direction and added the Hooneymooners.


Not sure how long this cable network has been around but I don't think they ever added anything that was worth watching in my opinion.

Hallmark was formally Odyssey (partnered with jim henson) and actually used to run laurel & hardy and fraggle rock.....classic sitcoms filled in the afternoon, bewitched, jeannie, my three sons. those continued when it became hallmark and for a short while they also ran facts of life and other sitcoms. when they went to drama's they lost me as a viewer but obviously picked up many stay at home retirees but as pav always says thats not the demo most networks want...not sure where they want to end up with this confused half hearted journey into a mixture of little house, lucy, cheers, diagnosis murder, matlock and the golden girls. seems like it is a mixed bag like the poor very mixed up ion.

[JT]

I don't see Hallmark as a mixed bag at all. They're going after an audience that isn't being sought after anywhere else, and they seem to have a good idea of what that audience wants. I really appreciate that they not only do reruns of shows, but they also do lots of original stuff to keep their network fresh.

[Pavan]

Hallmark January 2009:

More details on I Love Lucy joining Hallmark... It will join Jan. 2 with a marathon and will air weekdays 8-9am and 4-5pm, Saturdays 6-9am & 1-3am and Sundays 8:30am-10am. Please read for details:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...uary-2009.html

[Scoobiedoo30]

I know that I will be watching I Love Lucy from 3:00 pm until 4:00 pm CT Time on Hallmark Channel.

[icecream]

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...undays-in.html

fantastic news! I wouldn't have expected FIVE episodes.