What I Would Schedule for Antenna TV in 2020

[icecream]

for their January lineup with the new pickups announced. I am not including Who's the Boss? since that won't be coming til next fall.

What's New: The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, Designing Women, NewsRadio

What's Gone: Becker, Dear John, Webster

Weekdays
5AM The Hogan Family
5:30AM Gimme a Break!
6AM McHale's Navy
6:30AM Dennis the Menace
7-8AM Father Knows Best
8-9AM The Joey Bishop Show
9-10AM Burns and Allen
10-11AM The Jack Benny Program
11AM Coach
11:30AM Murphy Brown
12PM Family Ties
12:30PM Growing Pains
1PM Hazel
1:30PM I Dream of Jeannie
2-3PM Bewitched
3PM Welcome Back, Kotter
3:30PM Head of the Class
4-5PM Benson
5-6PM Alice
6-7PM Barney Miller
7-8PM Designing Women
8-9PM Diff'rent Strokes
9-10PM The Facts of Life
10-11PM Wings
11PM NewsRadio
11:30PM Johnny Carson
12:30-1:30AM Three's Company
1:30AM Archie Bunker's Place
2AM Maude
2:30AM Soap
3AM What's Happening!
3:30AM 227
4AM Johnny Carson

Saturdays
5-6AM Dennis the Menace
6-7AM McHale's Navy
7-8AM E/I Shows
8-9AM Hazel
9-10AM The Hogan Family
10-11AM Wings
11AM-12PM Coach
12PM I Dream of Jeannie
12:30PM Bewitched
1PM The Paul Lynde Show
1:30PM Lotsa Luck!
2-3PM Welcome Back, Kotter
3-4PM Head of the Class
4-5PM Diff'rent Strokes
5-6PM The Facts of Life
6-7PM Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
7-8PM Silver Spoons
8-9PM My Two Dads
9-10PM The Partridge Family
10-11PM Mork and Mindy
11PM Johnny Carson
12:30AM Three's Company
1AM The Ropers
1:30AM Three's a Crowd
2-3AM Alice
3-4AM Murphy Brown
4-5AM Archie Bunker's Place

Sundays
5-6AM Father Knows Best
6AM Burns and Allen
6:30AM The Jack Benny Program
7-9AM E/I Shows
9-10AM Alice
10-11AM Gimme a Break!
11AM What's Happening!
11:30AM What's Happening Now!
12-1PM 227
1-2PM Growing Pains
2-3PM Family Ties
3-4PM Benson
4-5PM Barney Miller
5-6PM NewsRadio
6-7PM Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
7-8PM Silver Spoons
8-9PM Mork and Mindy
9-10PM The Partridge Family
10-11PM Designing Women
11PM Johnny Carson
12:30-1:30AM I Dream of Jeannie
1:30-2:30AM Bewitched
2:30AM The Joey Bishop Show
3-4AM Maude
4-5AM Soap

[icecream]

My original schedule in this thread came before the That Girl pickup news was known, and the rumor of It's a Living coming (if that even ends up happening). First I will do a revised schedule for January with That Girl added, then I might do one later for September with Who's the Boss? and It's a Living also added.

January- Besides all five new pickups, none of the entertainment shows currently airing would leave the schedule completely.

Weekdays
5AM Father Knows Best
5:30AM Dennis the Menace
6-7AM The Joey Bishop Show
7-8AM Burns and Allen
8AM Barney Miller
8:30AM Alice
9-10AM Murphy Brown
10AM Coach
10:30AM Growing Pains
11AM Family Ties
11:30AM Hazel
12-1PM The Jack Benny Program
1PM Mork and Mindy
1:30PM I Dream of Jeannie
2-3PM Bewitched
3PM Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
3:30PM Silver Spoons
4PM Welcome Back, Kotter
4:30PM Head of the Class
5PM Benson
5:30PM 227
6PM Barney Miller
6:30PM Alice
7-8PM That Girl
8-9PM Diff'rent Strokes
9-10PM The Facts of Life
10-11PM Johnny Carson 60 minute episodes
11PM-12AM Wings
12AM NewsRadio
12:30-1:30AM Three's Company
1:30-2:30AM Designing Women
2:30AM Archie Bunker's Place
3AM Maude
3:30AM Soap
4AM Johnny Carson- encore of 10PM

Saturdays
5AM Dennis the Menace
5:30AM The Jack Benny Program
6-7AM McHale's Navy
7-8AM E/I Shows
8-9AM NewsRadio
9-10AM Designing Women
10AM Benson
10:30AM 227
11AM Gimme a Break!
11:30AM Webster
12PM What's Happening!
12:30PM What's Happening Now!
1PM The Ropers
1:30PM Three's a Crowd
2-3PM Three's Company
3-4PM Valerie/The Hogan Family
4-5PM Burns and Allen
5PM Father Knows Best
5:30PM Hazel
6PM I Dream of Jeannie
6:30PM Bewitched
7PM The Paul Lynde Show
7:30PM Lotsa Luck!
8-9PM My Two Dads
9-10PM The Partridge Family
10-11PM That Girl
11PM Alice
11:30PM Johnny Carson 90 minute episodes
1-2AM Becker
2-3AM Dear John
3AM Maude
3:30AM Soap
4AM Archie Bunker's Place
4:30AM Murphy Brown

Sundays
5AM Father Knows Best
5:30AM Hazel
6AM Bewitched
6:30AM I Dream of Jeannie
7-9AM E/I Shows
9AM Gimme a Break!
9:30AM Webster
10AM What's Happening!
10:30AM What's Happening Now!
11AM Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
11:30AM Silver Spoons
12-1PM Growing Pains
1-2PM Family Ties
2PM Welcome Back, Kotter
2:30PM Head of the Class
3-4PM Valerie/The Hogan Family
4PM McHale's Navy
4:30PM Dennis the Menace
5-6PM The Partridge Family
6-7PM Diff'rent Strokes
7-8PM The Facts of Life
8-9PM Coach
9-10PM Wings
10-11PM Barney Miller
11PM The Joey Bishop Show
11:30PM Johnny Carson 90 minute episodes
1-2AM Becker
2-3AM Dear John
3-4AM Designing Women
4-5AM Alice

[icecream]

What I would schedule for September 2020

Joined in January: The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, That Girl, Designing Women, NewsRadio

Joining in September: Who's the Boss?, It's a Living

Leaving in September: Archie Bunker's Place, Maude, Soap, Gimme a Break!, Webster

Weekdays Starting in September
5-6AM McHale's Navy
6-7AM The Joey Bishop Show
7-8AM Dennis the Menace
8-9AM Father Knows Best
9-10AM Burns and Allen
10-11AM The Jack Benny Program
11AM-12PM Hazel
12PM Murphy Brown
12:30PM Growing Pains
1PM Mork and Mindy
1:30PM I Dream of Jeannie
2PM Bewitched
2:30PM Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
3PM Welcome Back, Kotter
3:30PM Head of the Class
4PM Benson
4:30PM Family Ties
5PM Coach
5:30PM Wings
6PM Barney Miller
6:30PM Alice
7-8PM It's a Living
8-9PM That Girl
9-10PM Who's the Boss?
10-11PM The Facts of Life
11PM Diff'rent Strokes
11:30PM Johnny Carson
12:30AM Diff'rent Strokes
1-2AM Three's Company
2-3AM Designing Women
3AM NewsRadio
3:30AM 227
4AM Johnny Carson- encore of 11:30PM

Saturdays
5AM The Joey Bishop Show
5:30AM McHale's Navy
6-7AM Barney Miller
7-8AM E/I Shows
8-9AM Valerie/The Hogan Family
9-10AM Silver Spoons
10-11AM Growing Pains
11AM-12PM Family Ties
12PM The Paul Lynde Show
12:30PM Lotsa Luck!
1PM The Ropers
1:30PM Three's a Crowd
2-3PM Three's Company
3-4PM Murphy Brown
4-5PM Alice
5-6PM It's a Living
6-7PM That Girl
7-8PM My Two Dads
8-9PM The Partridge Family
9-10PM Who's the Boss?
10-11PM Wings
11PM Coach
11:30PM Johnny Carson 90 minute episodes
1-2AM Becker
2-3AM Designing Women
3-4AM NewsRadio
4-5AM Dear John

Sundays
5AM Father Knows Best
5:30AM Hazel
6AM The Jack Benny Program
6:30AM Burns and Allen
7-9AM E/I Shows
9-10AM What's Happening!
10-11AM What's Happening Now!
11AM-12PM 227
12-1PM Benson
1-2PM Mork and Mindy
2-3PM I Dream of Jeannie
3-4PM Bewitched
4-5PM Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
5-6PM Silver Spoons
6-7PM Valerie/The Hogan Family
7-8PM The Partridge Family
8-9PM Diff'rent Strokes
9-10PM The Facts of Life
10-11PM Barney Miller
11PM It's a Living
11:30PM Johnny Carson 90 minute episodes
1-2AM Becker
2-3AM Designing Women
3-4AM Alice
4-5AM Dear John

[TeeVeeCloset]

Nice schedules from all, very creative, but not at all likely......1st EI programming is a FCC legal requirement for over the air stations to provide educational programming for children 4 hours a week. Somehow "Saved By The Bell" fell into that category hence why it airs in the the metv EI block.

If Antenna follows their usual longterm type of scheduling, they will continue airing series in one hour blocks, I seriously believe Joey & McHale will be leaving the schedule.

Remember this is about ratings which translate to money and tribune is in chapter 11 (owner of Antenna TV)

As for That Girl I am very certain it will be in a hour morning block between 6am-11am.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by TeeVeeCloset

Nice schedules from all, very creative, but not at all likely......1st EI programming is a FCC legal requirement for over the air stations to provide educational programming for children 4 hours a week. Somehow "Saved By The Bell" fell into that category hence why it airs in the the metv EI block.

If Antenna follows their usual longterm type of scheduling, they will continue airing series in one hour blocks, I seriously believe Joey & McHale will be leaving the schedule and Andy Griffith is a guaranteed prime time ratings winner so they won't move that.

Remember this is about ratings which translate to money and tribune is in chapter 11 (owner of Antenna TV)

As for That Girl I am very certain it will be in a hour morning block between 6am-11am.

Andy Griffith has never aired on Antenna TV, its diginet is Me TV. 3 hours of E/I programming a week is the requirement. Antenna adds an extra hour that isn't necessary, plus they could easily move the E/I block earlier so more entertainment shows can have better slots. It has been said that 7AM is the earliest legal time the E/I shows can air. I agree Merry's removing the E/I completely idea won't happen, although it would be nice. That would be a real waste if That Girl is relegated to mornings from the start. It should at least start out in afternoons or evenings like many of Antenna's new pickups have. That Girl would also have a lot more mass appeal than NewsRadio (that show will flop hard) or Designing Women being where Marlo Thomas got her start.

[TeeVeeCloset]

Originally Posted by catsrule

Andy Griffith has never aired on Antenna TV, its diginet is Me TV. 3 hours of E/I programming a week is the requirement. Antenna adds an extra hour that isn't necessary, plus they could easily move the E/I block earlier so more entertainment shows can have better slots. It has been said that 7AM is the earliest legal time the E/I shows can air. I agree Merry's removing the E/I completely idea won't happen, although it would be nice. That would be a real waste if That Girl is relegated to mornings from the start. It should at least start out in afternoons or evenings like many of Antenna's new pickups have. That Girl would also have a lot more mass appeal than NewsRadio (that show will flop hard) or Designing Women being where Marlo Thomas got her start.

Thank you, I stand very corrected sincerely, I was very sleepy when i wrote original post mistaking andy griffith on antenna, of course alice is on antenna at 8PM eastern. I have since deleted the mistake from the post but public-ally acknowledge.

The mock fantasy schedules are always fun to read, I agree and think That Girl should be in the evenings or afternoon, maybe when/if "It's A Living" joins the antenna line-up they will create a power women block along with Alice.

Thanks!

[Svenfan1234]

I personally think that 227, Coach, Gimme a Break, Maude, & McHale's Navy will be removed/expired with January. I also think That Girl will likely go to early afternoons. Alice will likely at least stay where it is, and I can see them pairing Designing Women up with Alice and Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life will definitely be paired up with lots of Time slots I'm predicting. NewsRadio will probably be Weekends at night. If they add It's a Living, there's no doubt it'd get primetime. Those are my predictions.

[BigManMike]

Originally Posted by Svenfan1234

I personally think that 227, Coach, Gimme a Break, Maude, & McHale's Navy will be removed/expired with January. I also think That Girl will likely go to early afternoons. Alice will likely at least stay where it is, and I can see them pairing Designing Women up with Alice and Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life will definitely be paired up with lots of Time slots I'm predicting. NewsRadio will probably be Weekends at night. If they add It's a Living, there's no doubt it'd get primetime. Those are my predictions.

If that’s the case I hope Gimme A Break comes to MeTV

[icecream]

With It's a Living confirmed for a January launch, a revised schedule for then. Too bad it didn't wait for September with Who's the Boss?, 6 new shows now coming all in January. NewsRadio will almost certainly flop, and there are so many better 90s shows than Designing Women. I do really like the Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, and That Girl pickups.

What's New January 2020: It's a Living, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, That Girl, Designing Women, NewsRadio

What's Leaving: Dennis the Menace, McHale's Navy, Becker, Dear John, Webster, What's Happening!, What's Happening Now!

Weekdays- 5-8PM would be a vast upgrade over what those hours have now, would sure be nice if that part of my schedule stuck.
5AM Valerie/The Hogan Family
5:30AM Silver Spoons
6AM 227
6:30AM Gimme a Break!
7-8AM The Joey Bishop Show
8-9AM Father Knows Best
9-10AM Hazel
10-11AM Burns and Allen
11AM-12PM The Jack Benny Program
12PM The Partridge Family
12:30PM Mork and Mindy
1-2PM I Dream of Jeannie
2-3PM Bewitched
3PM Welcome Back, Kotter
3:30PM Head of the Class
4-5PM Benson
5-6PM That Girl
6-7PM Diff'rent Strokes
7-8PM The Facts of Life
8-9PM Alice
9-10PM It's a Living
10-11PM Wings
11PM-12AM Johnny Carson 60 minute episodes
12-1AM Barney Miller
1-2AM Three's Company
2-3AM Designing Women
3-4AM Murphy Brown
4-5AM Archie Bunker's Place

Saturdays
5-6AM Father Knows Best
6-7AM Hazel
7-8:30AM E/I Shows
8:30AM Alice
9-10AM NewsRadio
10-11AM It's a Living
11AM-12PM Barney Miller
12PM Lotsa Luck!
12:30PM The Paul Lynde Show
1PM Bewitched
1:30PM I Dream of Jeannie
2-3PM That Girl
3-4PM Diff'rent Strokes
4-5PM The Facts of Life
5-6PM Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
6-7PM Silver Spoons
7-8PM My Two Dads
8-9PM Growing Pains
9-10PM Family Ties
10-11PM Coach
11PM Designing Women
11:30PM Johnny Carson 90 minute episodes
1-2AM Three's Company
2AM The Ropers
2:30AM Three's a Crowd
3-4AM Maude
4-5AM Soap

Sundays
5-6AM The Joey Bishop Show
6AM The Jack Benny Program
6:30AM Burns and Allen
7-8:30AM E/I Shows
8:30AM Gimme a Break!
9-10AM NewsRadio
10AM Welcome Back, Kotter
10:30AM Head of the Class
11AM-12PM Diff'rent Strokes
12-1PM The Facts of Life
1-2PM Murphy Brown
2-3PM Wings
3-4PM Coach
4-5PM Growing Pains
5-6PM Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
6-7PM Valerie/The Hogan Family
7-8PM 227
8-9PM Benson
9-10PM Family Ties
10-11PM Barney Miller
11PM Designing Women
11:30PM Johnny Carson 90 minute episodes
1-2AM Alice
2-3AM It's a Living
3-4AM Maude
4-5AM Soap

[icecream]

I had not known Crystal Bernard was a regular in It's a Living right before Wings. I revised my schedule in post #9 so they would be back-to-back in primetime weeknights. Still not sure if I would like It's a Living, sounds pretty raunchy from the description in my primetime directory. But Crystal being in the cast makes me more interested in it now.

[Merry24]

Updated Antenna TV January 2020 Schedule Suggestion:

Monday’s-Friday’s
5AM Family Ties
5:30AM Growing Pains
6AM-7AM 227
7AM Gimmie A Break
7:30AM Benson
8AM What’s Happening!!
8:30AM Welcome Back Kotter
9AM-10AM Barney Miller
10AM-11AM Maude
11AM-12pm Archie Bunkers Place
12pm-1pm Three’s Company
1pm-2pm Father Knows Best
2pm-3pm Dennis the Menace
3pm-4pm Hazel
4pm-5pm Bewitched
5pm-6pm THAT GIRL
6pm-7pm Alice
7pm-8pm Johnny Carson (NEW TIME)!
8pm-9pm DIFF’RENT STROKES
9pm-10pm THE FACTS OF LIFE
10pm-11pm Three’s Company
11pm-12AM DESIGNING WOMAN
12AM-1AM I Dream Of Jeannie
1AM-2AM Mchale’s Navy
2AM IT’S A LIVING
2:30AM NEWSRADIO
3AM-4AM The Burns And Allen Show
4AM-5AM The Joey Bishop Show



Saturday’s & Sunday’s
5AM-6AM The Partridge Family
6AM-7AM Mork & Mindy
7AM-8:30AM Johnny Carson (NEW TIME)!
8:30AM-10AM E/I
10AM-11AM Silver Spoons
11AM-12pm Valerie/The Hogan Family
12pm-1pm My Two Dads
1pm-2pm DIFF’RENT STROKES
2pm-3pm THE FACTS OF LIFE
3pm-4pm Three’s Company
4pm-5pm Wings
5pm-6pm IT’S A LIVING
6pm-7pm DESIGNING WOMAN
7pm-8pm NEWSRADIO
8pm-9pm The Joey Bishop Show
9pm I Dream Of Jeannie
9:30pm Bewitched
10pm-11pm THAT GIRL
11pm-12AM The Jack Benny Program
12AM-1AM The Burns And Allen Show
1AM-2AM Dennis the Menace
2AM-3AM Hazel
3AM-4AM Mchale’s Navy
4AM-5AM Father Knows Best

[treky]

since their owners-Tribune-are in chapter 11; then that explains why Antenna TV's crunching the credits to save money. So unfortunately don't except that to stop anytime soon.

[My2kds]

I like all shows listed but think antenna tv should broadcast shows other channels dont show. Metv already has different strokes and facts of life. How about showing happy days and laverne and shirley.

[cfr1970]

Originally Posted by My2kds

I like all shows listed but think antenna tv should broadcast shows other channels dont show. Metv already has different strokes and facts of life. How about showing happy days and laverne and shirley.

Laverne & Shirley would be a perfect fit for Antenna TV. I wish they would get the rights to it. I was never crazy about Happy Days, but i'd watch it it came to the channel.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by My2kds

I like all shows listed but think antenna tv should broadcast shows other channels dont show. Metv already has different strokes and facts of life. How about showing happy days and laverne and shirley.

MeTV won't have Strokes and Facts any more, they are expiring at the end of 2019 and moving to Antenna TV. I prefer them on Antenna as I get that channel and not MeTV. Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley would be good pickups, but MeTV might still be holding onto their rights even though they haven't aired in awhile.