The Beverly Hillbillies and Bonanza are On GAC's Weekend Schedule

[munstercity]

Originally Posted by icecream

Season 2 episodes are airing this weekend.

And the following Saturday on the 18th they start all over again at the beginning. The 25th is Bonanza and then both shows gone from the schedule.
Just gotta love those public domain filler episodes LOL

[MA]

Originally Posted by munstercity

And the following Saturday on the 18th they start all over again at the beginning. The 25th is Bonanza and then both shows gone from the schedule.
Just gotta love those public domain filler episodes LOL

I guess that I was wrong about Bonanza being off the schedule after September 18th.

[GentlemanJim]

Originally Posted by icecream

GAC (Great American Country) is a cable channel until now I had written off, they just seemed to air random reality shows. But I found The Beverly Hillbillies listed on my guide today. On weekends it airs approx. 6AM-12:30PM with off the clock, and Bonanza airs 12:30-8PM. That includes Labor Day this weekend.

Right now on Fort Wayne diginet subchannels, they are running the exact same episode of Bonanza on channels 41.1 43.4 45.5 and 49.1
Season 2, episode 4 "The Mill"

Wonder if that might be the same feed as you are seeing on GAC?

[stevea]

In Indianapolis, I just noticed WHMB is running the Beverly Hillbillies on weekdays. They have a history of running complete, unedited episodes. I will check on Monday to see if they are running these public domain copies.

[MA]

Has anyone noticed that when watching The Beverly Hillbillies, they use a cheap and generic sounding theme song? I wonder if JLTV and ZLiving do the same thing or if both of them use the normal theme song.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by MA

Has anyone noticed that when watching The Beverly Hillbillies, they use a cheap and generic sounding theme song? I wonder if JLTV and ZLiving do the same thing or if both of them use the normal theme song.

Yes, I saw them locally, too. Those are the public domain episodes. They will only be showing seasons 1 and 2.

While the episodes have expired copyrights, the music doesn't--that's why they can't play the original theme.

These cheapskates should just buy the regular syndication episodes from CBS.

[BigManMike]

Originally Posted by MA

Has anyone noticed that when watching The Beverly Hillbillies, they use a cheap and generic sounding theme song? I wonder if JLTV and ZLiving do the same thing or if both of them use the normal theme song.

That’s why they’re not even worth watching

[stevea]

Originally Posted by thebigcookie

That’s why they’re not even worth watching

I'm really disappointed in Channel 40 locally. I didn't think they'd stoop to dealing with some schlock purveyor of public domain episodes.

[MA]

Does MeTV play the regular theme song, or is that public domain as well?

[munstercity]

Originally Posted by MA

Does MeTV play the regular theme song, or is that public domain as well?

FETV airs the licensed syndicated prints from CBS Entertainment. These are not the public domain episodes with the poorly overdubbed theme song.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by MA

Does MeTV play the regular theme song, or is that public domain as well?

The Beverly Hillbillies might not even be on MeTV's current lineup. But if it is, would be the traditional theme song as that is what aired on the Decades marathon.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by stevea

These cheapskates should just buy the regular syndication episodes from CBS.

GAC is not a well known channel that likely has a small budget. A big monopoly like CBS/Viacom is the more likely greedy cheapskate party who won't lease their classic shows to cable channels at a reasonable price.

[MA]

Originally Posted by munstercity

FETV airs the licensed syndicated prints from CBS Entertainment. These are not the public domain episodes with the poorly overdubbed theme song.

Thank you, but I don't have FETV though.

Originally Posted by icecream

The Beverly Hillbillies might not even be on MeTV's current lineup. But if it is, would be the traditional theme song as that is what aired on the Decades marathon.

MeTV shows it at 6:00 AM and 6:30 AM on Saturdays.

[Svenfan1234]

Originally Posted by icecream

The Beverly Hillbillies might not even be on MeTV's current lineup. But if it is, would be the traditional theme song as that is what aired on the Decades marathon.

MeTV still airs The Beverly Hillbillies every Saturday morning and they air all 9 seasons although I think they've skipped a handful of them for whatever reason.

[Svenfan1234]

Originally Posted by icecream

GAC is not a well known channel that likely has a small budget. A big monopoly like CBS/Viacom is the more likely greedy cheapskate party who won't lease their classic shows to cable channels at a reasonable price.

I think CBS/Viacom is willing to license out shows like The Beverly Hillbillies, since MeTV and FeTV (which is a small cable/satellite channel) as well but most just air the PD versions since they're cheap and don't have to pay anything or very little for them.