CHCH TV - SPRING 2022

[KatieAnn]

Originally Posted by Sal

Funny you should mention that because "Happy Days" is my favorite show of all time and "Laverne & Shirley" and "Mork & Mindy" are part of my top 20. As for my wish list, I do remember writing about it in great detail exactly one year ago on this site. Looking back at it now, I'm surprised at how much of it has come true.

Shows that I would like to see on CHCH - Feb. 8, 2021

(The one other thing that surprised me: Does Designing Women ever go away?)

So you see, unlike other retro stations that you may be more familiar with, CHCH really does listen to their viewers. So keep those lists coming. You never know.

Ever since I saw an episode of Hawaii Five 0 and realised it was a good show, I've been looking at shows that I thought I didn't like, every once in a while, just to see if there's something there. Last Friday I decided to give Happy Days another look, the episode where Richie is in an accident and Fonzie sits by his bedside...it was nice, Fonzie in particular was very good (I also really like Richie's father) but there is still something missing with that show. Maybe because I watched it as a child and loved it, now it seems too childish to me - same goes for Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy. I watched Who's the Boss on Thursday and can't find anything good to say about that show, other than it's good that it's almost over.

One thing I don't mind about CHCH is the disclaimer before episodes. That's a permanent fixture before every Bonanza episode, but in general it's not used that often. When it is used, it just makes me pay attention to try and see what the "problem" is with that particular episode, that it needs that disclaimer.

I love Designing Women so I love that it's airing again, it's only the second time, but honestly, shows like DW, Maude, Benson, Soap - these are the shows that I'm surprised to see back so soon. Surprised but not unhappy.
I like all these shows. They must get good ratings.

CHCH is the only retro channel I know of. Too many channels in Canada air endless BBT or Friends, those are now the channels that I wish would update their schedules and just eliminate those shows for a few years. Give people a chance to miss them.

CHCH is officially my favourite channel. 95% of the shows I DVR are on CHCH.

[torcan]

Great news about "That Girl" joining the lineup - I've wanted to see that for years.

I'm glad they're airing "My Three Sons" and hope they continue to the color episodes once the black and white ones are done.

It seems that some of their past retro shows they may have only licensed two airings of - "Bewitched", "Mary Tyler Moore", "Gilligan's Island", "Bob Newhart" (1970s series).

I realize we may see some of these again but a couple haven't been around for quite a while now. Makes me think their contract on them might be up. Will be interesting to see if they pop up again. I think "Soap" will be starting its third run-through so maybe they're just "resting" them.

I'd love it if they eventually picked up a couple of '70s detective shows - like "Mannix" or "Cannon". "WKRP in Cincinnati" would be a welcome addition too!

Love the retro shows!

[DEH55]

I have noticed that CH 11 is not airing some taxi episodes. They are skipping some. I guess that means wherever they get the episodes it's incomplete. Anyone notice this with the other shows airing?

[KatieAnn]

CHCH is a bit unpredictable. The channel often omits Christmas episodes from the lineup and airs them on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, but not always. Just a few days ago a Christmas episode of "The Danny Thomas Show" aired.

Three episodes of "Taxi" have been skipped so far, the Christmas episode from season 1, "A Full House for Christmas," and season 1 episode 7 "High School Reunion" and season 2 episode 9 "The Apartment." My guess is there is something about these episodes that might offend, and that's why they have not aired.

Other shows that I've noticed CHCH skipped episodes include "I Love Lucy," "Maude," "Soap" and "The Danny Thomas Show."

[DEH55]

Hi Katie. The ones I have noticed they have skipped so far is one the where Latka gets to live in a nice condo for a month and the episode where latka meets Simka (Carol Kane) for the first time. This is disappointing. Lol I never noticed this before.

[KatieAnn]

The episode where Latka meets Simka, "Guess Who's Coming for Brefnish," should have aired today, but it was skipped.

No idea why.

[Sal]

I think I know why they skip episodes from time to time. If they were to be aired, CHCH would likely have one of their disclaimers before the episode. I doubt they would want to keep doing that more than they have to, so they would just skip the ones they consider more harmful than others and show the less serious cases, not that I agree with this either way.

Another reason that I think this is happening is that you have popular shows from the past like "Happy Days", "Andy Griffith", "My Three Sons", and "Danny Thomas" that each ran for more than 200 episodes and to show them once every day would take almost a full year to go through the entire series so this way they end sooner so that you can make changes to the lineup faster and you can move some shows around to different times and fill in the holes with other series. This worked out great earlier this winter when "Matlock" finally ended and "My Three Sons" and "Make Room For Daddy" were moved to the morning block and "Dick Van Dyke" filled in nicely in the afternoon. So I like this strategy better!

[KatieAnn]

Originally Posted by Sal

I think I know why they skip episodes from time to time. If they were to be aired, CHCH would likely have one of their disclaimers before the episode. I doubt they would want to keep doing that more than they have to, so they would just skip the ones they consider more harmful than others and show the less serious cases, not that I agree with this either way.

Another reason that I think this is happening is that you have popular shows from the past like "Happy Days", "Andy Griffith", "My Three Sons", and "Danny Thomas" that each ran for more than 200 episodes and to show them once every day would take almost a full year to go through the entire series so this way they end sooner so that you can make changes to the lineup faster and you can move some shows around to different times and fill in the holes with other series. This worked out great earlier this winter when "Matlock" finally ended and "My Three Sons" and "Make Room For Daddy" were moved to the morning block and "Dick Van Dyke" filled in nicely in the afternoon. So I like this strategy better!

At least two shows airing right now (Bonanza and Soap) have the disclaimer before every episode. I don't think the people at CHCH mind putting the disclaimer up, but I do think the episodes they skip must be exceptionally "controversial" or "upsetting" so that's why those are skipped. The problem is, if the viewer doesn't get a chance to see them, we can't really know what the "issue" may be.

The only episode of any of the shows skipped that remember watching is the "I Love Lucy" episode, "The Indian Show." That episode didn't air when YesTV was supposed to air it, that channel skipped it too. So guessing something in this episode is offensive to Native Americans, but I can't remember what it might be.

I don't think it's about ending the series sooner so that they can add new shows. They don't really skip that many episodes that it would end the runs of the shows that much sooner. Since CHCH aired almost every episode of Hawaii Five 0, except for 1 or 2 controversial episodes, I expect them to air every season of the shows they are airing right now. But we'll wait and see. I definitely hope that all the seasons of "My Three Sons" and "Bonanza" air.