Hallmark Channel April 2010 -- Martha Stewart Programming Starts March 29, 2010

[JulieSomoski]

My guess is itll go something like this:

8am-10am I Love Lucy
10am-6pm Martha
6pm-8pm Who's the Boss?
8pm Touched by an Angel
9pm-11pm Movie
11pm-1am Golden Girls
1am-3am Cheers

That seems the most reasonable, and the most well-balanced. If Hallmark can somehow renew rights to Little House (it airs for 3 hours in the afternoon; it must do well for them), I could see it airing 6-8pm, with Who's the Boss? airing 9-11pm (I could also see Golden Girls airing 9-11pm, with Who's the Boss? airing 11pm-1am). Either way, I bet we'll be seeing a schedule similar to this.

[JulieSomoski]

Wow. Apparently, I was way off. Has anyone checked Hallmarks schedule lately? Apparently, the fall schedule will go something like this:

8am-10am Golden Girls
10am-6pm Martha
6pm Doc
7pm-9pm Touched by an Angel
9pm-11pm Movie
11pm-1am Golden Girls
1am-4am Cheers

Meanwhile, I Love Lucy will continue airing mornings and latenights Saturday and Sunday, which leaves Who's the Boss? and Little House as the only shows off the lineup. Since Little House is expiring, really, WTB? is the only show without a timeslot on the fall schedule. And IMO, that absolutely sucks. It's one of the only reasons I watch Hallmark. They have enough slots for 8 episodes of The Golden Girls, 6 episodes of Cheers, 2 episodes of Touched by an Angel, and even a terrible show like Doc, yet they completely neglect a fantastic sitcom like WTB? Makes me sick. Looks like this network is going back to its same old ways.

[Pavan]

I will try to find out about Little House's situation soon.

I would do this for Hallmark (IF they decide to remove some or all of paid programming):

Weekdays
6am-8am I Love Lucy
8-10am Golden Girls
10am-6pm Martha block
6pm-8pm Who's the Boss?
8pm Touched by an Angel
9pm-11pm Movie
11pm-1am The Golden Girls
1am-3am I Love Lucy
3am-5am Cheers
5am-6am The Partridge Family

Weekends
6am-8am I Love Lucy
8am-11pm Movies
11pm-1am Who's the Boss?
1am-4am Cheers

[Pavan]

Originally Posted by JulieSomoski

Wow. Apparently, I was way off. Has anyone checked Hallmarks schedule lately? Apparently, the fall schedule will go something like this:

8am-10am Golden Girls
10am-6pm Martha
6pm Doc
7pm-9pm Touched by an Angel
9pm-11pm Movie
11pm-1am Golden Girls
1am-4am Cheers

Meanwhile, I Love Lucy will continue airing mornings and latenights Saturday and Sunday, which leaves Who's the Boss? and Little House as the only shows off the lineup. Since Little House is expiring, really, WTB? is the only show without a timeslot on the fall schedule. And IMO, that absolutely sucks. It's one of the only reasons I watch Hallmark. They have enough slots for 8 episodes of The Golden Girls, 6 episodes of Cheers, 2 episodes of Touched by an Angel, and even a terrible show like Doc, yet they completely neglect a fantastic sitcom like WTB? Makes me sick. Looks like this network is going back to its same old ways.

That is NOT the fall schedule, relax. I said it before, they are still making changes and seeing what will work. Once the schedule is ready, we will post it. That is just a generic stub or we would have posted it long ago.

[JulieSomoski]

Originally Posted by Pavan

That is NOT the fall schedule, relax. I said it before, they are still making changes and seeing what will work. Once the schedule is ready, we will post it. That is just a generic stub or we would have posted it long ago.

Okay. But, knowing Hallmark and their past, they would be stupid enough to create a fall schedule like this. I just don't want to see it happen. Each show in the schedule now should get equal amount of airtime with Martha coming, especially since not one show seems to be doing that much better than the other.

[clj2]

This is what I would do (assuming paid programming stays):

8:00AM-10:00AM I Love Lucy
10:00AM-6:00PM Martha/lifestyle
6:00PM-7:00PM Who's The Boss?
7:00PM-8:00PM The Golden Girls
8:00PM-9:00PM Touched By An Angel
9:00PM-11:00PM Movie
11:00PM-12:00AM The Golden Girls
12:00AM-1:00AM Who's The Boss?
1:00AM-2:00AM I Love Lucy
2:00AM-4:00AM Cheers

Weekends:

6:00AM-8:00AM I Love Lucy Sat/ The Golden Girls Sun
8:00AM-1:00PM M*A*S*H (remember, they said it would be back)
1:00PM-5:00PM Little House On The Prairie (if it's renewed)
5:00PM-11:00PM Movies
11:00PM-1:00AM Who's The Boss?
1:00AM-4:00AM Cheers Sat/ I Love Lucy Sun

I was just thinking, with them having less time to air their shows, maybe they shouldn't use the 2-hour program blocks as much anymore - maybe just in the morning and late at night? And maybe devote more weekend time to the syndicated programming as well?

I agree with Julie, if Little House is renewed, it will probably get something in the evening though. I've been enjoying Hallmark so much lately, even watching a few of their movies, it's a shame it's coming to this.

[DSfan]

Originally Posted by JulieSomoski

My guess is itll go something like this:

8am-10am I Love Lucy
10am-6pm Martha
6pm-8pm Who's the Boss?
8pm Touched by an Angel
9pm-11pm Movie
11pm-1am Golden Girls
1am-3am Cheers

Extremely accurate. I could easily see Hallmark doing a schedule quite similar to the one you've made up.

[clj2]

TV Land loses rights to Little House on 8/31, so I would think Hallmark would also since it's a shared deal. If it continues on Hallmark after that, I would assume they've renewed.