TV Land March 2013 -- The Golden Girls Joins

[Neutronman67]

I always had a hard time trying to watch the golden girls its an ok show but i guess since i am a man its kinda hard to relate to a group of middle aged single women lol

[clj2]

The Golden Girls is also going to air on LOGO. I saw a promo for a weekend marathon in April during Bewitched yesterday.

[MacLeaper]

I always had a hard time trying to watch the golden girls its an ok show but i guess since i am a man its kinda hard to relate to a group of middle aged single women lol

That could be a barrier but I just think of it like this- funny is funny. I don't have to relate to every issue that older single women face. I can understand the desire for Rose, Blanche, Dorothy and Sophia to all want to find companionship, friendship and love- that's true of every human being, male or female. And I just think "The Golden Girls" is funny. It does get risque at times and I don't like that- but generally I've always enjoyed it. It's nice to see it back on TVLand. I see someone mentioned it ran for quite a while on Hallmark Channel and thus, they are tired of seeing it there. However, for those who don't have that channel (it'd be nice if I did get this one because they show some good shows there) it's nice to have "The Golden Girls" back on a channel I do get.

[Neutronman67]

Yeah it was a good show i use to watch it on lifetime everyday single day few years back.

[tooltime1987]

1990s Shows to air on TV Land:

1. Home Improvement
2. Family Matters
3. Coach
4. Seinfeld
5. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

[tooltime1987]

I heard that Curb got curbed from TV Land because It would be great for TV Land if Seinfeld was on there with Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld.

[RobbieG]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

MASH and l LOVE LUCY been on cable forever also so just say you prefer different shows

There was a time just a few years ago when I Love Lucy could not be seen on TV anywhere in my area. This was right when Hallmark acquired the show. Hallmark had problems finding the right spot for I Love Lucy and they kept yanking it off the schedule, which was documented by Pavan on this very site. (I can try to find his blog entry if you don't believe me.) At that time TV Land was no longer airing the show (not sure whether it was because Hallmark had exclusive rights or not, as both networks air the show now).

MeTV had not become a national network yet, and no local station in our area carried I Love Lucy. So there was a period in our area where I Love Lucy could not be found on any channel.

I don't know that I Love Lucy was airing on any other cable channel anywhere at the time, either, when Hallmark first acquired it but kept not airing it. TV Land was certainly not airing it.

Of course now we can see I Love Lucy on MeTV, Hallmark, and TV Land in our area.

I am fairly certain there have been times when M*A*S*H could not be found on any cable channel as well.

But you are right that my point is just that TV Land no longer seems to reflect my interests. The only shows they carry that I like air during the day when I am not at home and cannot watch. And I have enough recordings backlogged as it is to try to record any of those shows.

I guess my point is that TV Land airs very little in prime time or late at night, when I can actually watch, that I like. The two exceptions are Everybody Loves Raymond, which I fear is going to get squeezed out by The Golden Girls and Hot in Cleveland, and That '70s Show. Thank goodness I can watch that sometimes.

Someone made the comment that TV Land's daytime lineup was all classics (pre-1980 or so? can't remember exactly) so fans of classic TV should be happy. But that's just my point--they air that stuff during the day when a lot of people are not home. They air none of that in prime time. I think in prime time they are trying to appeal to a different set of demographics than the category I am in.

[Nyan]

Originally Posted by mets82

The real problem I have is that I cant even enjoy the channel because they edit the hell out of the shows, the end credits crunch etc. That bothers me and I cant even really enjoy there schedule.

It wasn't until Warner Archive released the other sets that I realized just how much was cut from Night Court to make way for commercials. Some season 2 and season 3 episodes made no sense in the TV Land run because major plot points were removed.

Speaking of, I'd be upset if TV Land didn't pick up The John Larroquette Show for at least a marathon for the 20th anniversary. They don't need to run it permanently but I'd like to see the show somewhere other than third generation VHS copies transferred to files off of the internet.

[RobbieG]

The TV Land syndication cuts are huge. They seem to be much bigger than for the same shows running on MeTV or Hallmark. For example, the I Love Lucy episode in which they are in Switzerland starts with Ricky worrying about whether the band will arrive or not. The entire part in which Fred learns he has sent the band to the wrong town and has a big argument with Ricky is cut. In the version on the Hallmark Channel, those parts are shown.

I noticed just within the past year or so TV Land switched to a new syndication package for The Andy Griffith Show. There are some scenes that are now shown that weren't before, but in general there seem to be more cuts than in the previous package. Now many of the tags have been cut--tags that I distinctly remember seeing just a few years ago, such as Barney Fife singing "Pistol-Packing Barney Fife" in the tag for "Crime Free Mayberry." Many of the tags were the funniest bits from the show. Interestingly, the tag for "Barney Mends a Broken Heart" was being shown on TV Land just a few years ago but is cut in the official DVD release. Now in the new package, that tag is no longer shown on TV Land either.

But you're right, one of the worst things (at least, for me) is the closing credits. I used to think the "shrunken credits window," such as the kind still being used on Hallmark Channel, was horrible. I didn't think it could get any worse, but as usual, TV Land found a way to make things worse. Now the closing credits run in a tiny translucent banner in the bottom left corner of the window as the episode is still airing. At least with the shrunken window that filled half the screen, I had a chance of being able to read some names. I do not have a large screen TV, so trying to read names in the tiny banner on TV Land is virtually impossible. Furthermore, after the director and writer credits, when they start displaying the actors' names (which is what I am usually interested in--the name of a guest star), they suddenly greatly accelerate the rate at which the names are displayed. And of course, unlike the "shrunken window" closing credits such as the kind that are still being used on the Hallmark Channel, TV Land is running the closing credits while the episode is still airing, so I have to choose between looking for a credit name, or watching the end of the episode. I usually just watch the end of the episode because the chance that I can read a credit name is very low.

Yes, I can look the credits up on IMDB, but it's so much easier to watch shows on MeTV or Antenna TV and enjoy having the information appear full screen at the end. I'm glad I can now watch The Andy Griffith Show on Netflix, although some of the spontaneity is lost because I can watch any episode at any time. Having grown up during a time before even VCRs, I still enjoy "live TV" more than anything--I just wish there were more "live TV" channels like MeTV and Antenna TV. And when I finally got the series on DVD, I sometimes played the closing credits of The Andy Griffith Show two or three times in a row, just because it had been so long since I had heard the slightly different closing theme with the whistling and the finger snapping at the end.

Still, I wish Antenna TV or MeTV would pick up The Andy Griffith Show and air it in prime time or late night so I don't have to lug out my DVDs or deal with navigating Netflix. I remember when TV Land first acquired The Andy Griffith Show, they aired it in prime time--sometimes as late as 11 p.m. to midnight, I believe. Now all the "old" classics are relegated to the daytime on TV Land when I can't watch it (and I have enough of a backlog of unwatched recordings already to consider recording TV Land during the day).

Someone mentioned One Day at a Time as a possibility for Antenna TV. This seems like a good idea since Antenna TV runs so many other Norman Lear shows.

[TVFactFan]

Two TV Land changes that made me wanna puke

1. The Cosby Show is on too during the week

2. Three's Company is replaced by the Golden Girls on Saturday

[DJM77]

TV Land is crumbs!

[brtcmfn]

Originally Posted by DJM77

TV Land is crumbs!

Couldn't agree more

Watched 2 episodes of Golden Girls and they cut parts out for whatever reason. I give up with them.-

And of course they have been promoting this stupid reality show "Forever Young" enough with the reality crap

I am so greatful for alternatives: (Antenna TV, Metv, Rural TV, The Hub)