CHCH Fall 2022

[Sal]

Like last season, CHCH has yet to announce an official fall schedule for the daytime retro lineup so again it will be up to me to try to put all the pieces together as best as I can until something final and definite can be announced. Like I did last year, I will break down the schedule into 2 parts. I will call the first part Stage 1 which officially begins tomorrow since that's when the lineup changes will begin. Stage 2 will be listed once CHCH has announced a premiere date for their new game show "Pictionary" which is scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm with back to back episodes sometime in late Sept. By that time, the lineup that you will see now might look totally different. All I can tell you so far is that the series that are about to end will all be replaced by themselves, going all the way back to the very first episode. For the others, things are about to get a little confusing as you will see as we go along.

STAGE 1

10:00 AM The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 5

This great series will end on Fri, Sept. 8. If all goes according to plan, CHCH will then go back and show the first episode "The Sick Boy And The Sitter" next Monday the 11th. That's what I expect to happen, but you never know. For proof, see below.

10:30 The Danny Thomas Show - Season 4 - Monday August 22

The first of the restarts. Monday's episode will take the series back to when it changed networks and titles and Danny became a single parent for one season.

11:00 The Beverly Hillbillies - Season 1

After being shoved aside by "Mork and Mindy" from the afternoon lineup, the Clampetts have found a new home as part of a solid morning group.

11:30 My Three Sons - SEASON 1 - Effective Thursday August 31

This one really floors me! The series is currently at Season 8, when Robbie and Katie get married (the wedding episode is tomorrow). But once Sept. arrives, the show goes back to Bub and Mike in black and white. CHCH must figure that since the series ran so long, it would take over a year to show the whole thing so they are cutting it short for now and I don't like it one bit.

12:00 PM The Andy Griffith Show - SEASON 1 - Thursday September 1

In what has to be a record for shortest absence by a retro series, this show had its last episode last Wednesday but then, a scant two weeks later, it will come back and again start over from the beginning with the first episode, "The New Housekeeper".

12:30 The Partridge Family - Thursday September 1 - NEW TIME - Moved from 4:30 pm.

Both Andy Griffith and the Partridges will replace "Bonanza" when that series leaves in less than two weeks. The Partridge Family will pick up where it left off when it was in its old time slot.

1:00 Hawaii 5-0

This show will stay put for now until "Pictionary" arrives. After that, who knows what will happen to this and the other shows in this lineup?

2:00 and 2:30 Designing Women

Back to back episodes beginning Wednesday Sept. 1 until the series ends, which should happen a week later.

3:00 Gilligan's Island

3:30 Mork and Mindy

4:00 Taxi

Returns tomorrow with the first episode "Like Father, Like Daughter".

4:30 Who's The Boss?

Moves up a half-hour on Sept. 1 to create a very scary Tony Danza Hour.

5:00 Cheers - Returns Sept. 1

The boys in the bar are back in their original time slot.

5:30 Happy Days - Season 1

The good old days of "Happy Days" begin again tomorrow.

[KatieAnn]

The schedule is okay right now. There are shows I wouldn't mind remaining on the schedule (My Three Sons, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Hawaii Five-0, Bonanza) but a change would be good, too.

Maybe Hawaii Five-0 will move to 2pm. Would not try to guess the rest. My wish list would include:

WKRP in Cincinnati
The Golden Girls
Empty Nest


I miss Bewitched, but that's about it. My list of what I don't want to see is much longer.

Looks like Cheers will be airing on 3 different stations this fall, CHCH, CMT and DejaView. From nowhere to 3 different stations is odd for that show.

Thanks, Sal.

Looking forward to STAGE 2

[DEH55]

I am glad that Cheers and Taxi are back and i don't mind seeing Happy Days start over again. But they need to freshen things up with shows we haven't seen or shows we haven't seen in a long time. still hoping for WKRP, Alice and some others. dont undertstand why they cut some series short and are going back to the beginning. and i hate when they skip episodes. they have done that with Taxi a few times.

[torcan]

That's a little disappointing. I was hoping that shows like "My Three Sons" would have a complete run-thru. I don't think I've seen it since the late '70s. I was also hoping for shows like "Bewitched" to come back (never get tired of that one). It's been quite a while since "Mary Tyler Moore" and "Bob Newhart" were on the schedule.

Their contract with some series seems to only be for a couple of runs.

I like "Happy Days' and "Cheers", but they've both been run thru more than once now, and it takes so long to get to the end of them.

I'd love to see "WKRP" on there, but there could be music licensing issues with that one. Another '60s series that would be cool is "Family Affair". What about "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" - is that still available?

[DEH55]

it would be interesting to know why they make the decisions they do. do they only have a certain amount of seasons from some shows? is Bonanza being cut off too before the shows actual run? some shows they air a lot and some vanish.

[KatieAnn]

Originally Posted by DEH55

it would be interesting to know why they make the decisions they do. do they only have a certain amount of seasons from some shows? is Bonanza being cut off too before the shows actual run? some shows they air a lot and some vanish.

Bonanza has a syndication package that skips so many episodes after season 6, and that's what CHCH was airing, but they didn't even air all the episodes in that package. They started back at season one on August 11.

They have been skipping a lot of My Three Sons episodes and now they're not even going to air the show past early season 8.

Hawaii Five-0 they aired all 12 seasons.

Skipping entire seasons seems new on this channel.

I would have liked to have seen all the seasons of My Three Sons and Bonanza.

[biffbronson]

You will find many My Three Sons episodes on YouTube, going to about midway through the final season (12).

It's very surprising that CHCH would cut the series off in Season 8, as the old syndication package ran from Season 6 all the way into the early Seasson 11. Viewers will miss the birth of the triplets and Steve's and Chip's marriages.

[KatieAnn]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

You will find many My Three Sons episodes on YouTube, going to about midway through the final season (12).

It's very surprising that CHCH would cut the series off in Season 8, as the old syndication package ran from Season 6 all the way into the early Seasson 11. Viewers will miss the birth of the triplets and Steve's and Chip's marriages.

The early seasons of My Three Sons were completely unknown to me. The only thing I vaguely remember about the show is that one of the sons had triplets, and CHCH won't air those episodes! Glad to know that many episodes are available online.

Looks like when Designing Women ends it's run on Wed September 7, that the show replacing DW will be Bonanza. I was happily surprised to see that the TV listings has Bonanza on the schedule again beginning on Thursday September 8, at 2pm. They will pick up where they left off, season 1, episode 16.

Either it's all temporary until there is a new fall schedule, or there is no new fall schedule and CHCH is just going to re-air last year's new shows.

Maybe when Pictionary joins the schedule CHCH will change everything. Or not.

[Sal]

Originally Posted by KatieAnn

The early seasons of My Three Sons were completely unknown to me. The only thing I vaguely remember about the show is that one of the sons had triplets, and CHCH won't air those episodes! Glad to know that many episodes are available online.

Looks like when Designing Women ends it's run on Wed September 7, that the show replacing DW will be Bonanza. I was happily surprised to see that the TV listings has Bonanza on the schedule again beginning on Thursday September 8, at 2pm. They will pick up where they left off, season 1, episode 16.

Either it's all temporary until there is a new fall schedule, or there is no new fall schedule and CHCH is just going to re-air last year's new shows.

Maybe when Pictionary joins the schedule CHCH will change everything. Or not.

The first time I remember seeing the black and white episodes was over 20 years ago when CTS (now YES TV) showed the series in its entirety from beginning to end and I loved them. I'm sure CHCH will have the later seasons on at some point next year. I was looking forward to seeing my favorite character again. That would be Polly, Chip's future wife. It was Robbie and Katie that had the triplets. They were named Robbie Jr., Steve, and Charley, after the main men in the family, which I found to be a nice touch. If you want to see the series online I have a few links for you to choose from. See which ones you like the best and enjoy!

Internet Archive

YouTube

Uncle Earl's Classic TV

[KatieAnn]

Originally Posted by Sal

The first time I remember seeing the black and white episodes was over 20 years ago when CTS (now YES TV) showed the series in its entirety from beginning to end and I loved them. I'm sure CHCH will have the later seasons on at some point next year. I was looking forward to seeing my favorite character again. That would be Polly, Chip's future wife. It was Robbie and Katie that had the triplets. They were named Robbie Jr., Steve, and Charley, after the main men in the family, which I found to be a nice touch. If you want to see the series online I have a few links for you to choose from. See which ones you like the best and enjoy!

Internet Archive

YouTube

Uncle Earl's Classic TV

The names of the triplets! I never even thought about that, but now after seeing Charley is one of the names, it makes me think about Bub. It would have been a nice tribute to William Frawley to name one of the kids after him, but I guess there was no memory of Bub on the show by the time the babies are born.

Thanks for the links. I plan to continue watching the series online, the episodes they are not showing. CHCH has skipped a lot of episodes of MTS (more than any other series they are airing - except for Bonanza) & I have been looking them up, time permitting.

I hope you're right about CHCH airing the rest of the series next year. I have given up guessing, when it comes to this channel.

I just looked at the updated listings and it looks like "Matlock" is taking over the 10am slot beginning on Friday September 9. The last episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" airs Thursday September 8.

[Sal]

Originally Posted by KatieAnn

The names of the triplets! I never even thought about that, but now after seeing Charley is one of the names, it makes me think about Bub. It would have been a nice tribute to William Frawley to name one of the kids after him, but I guess there was no memory of Bub on the show by the time the babies are born.

Thanks for the links. I plan to continue watching the series online, the episodes they are not showing. CHCH has skipped a lot of episodes of MTS (more than any other series they are airing - except for Bonanza) & I have been looking them up, time permitting.

I hope you're right about CHCH airing the rest of the series next year. I have given up guessing, when it comes to this channel.

I just looked at the updated listings and it looks like "Matlock" is taking over the 10am slot beginning on Friday September 9. The last episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" airs Thursday September 8.

Thank you Katie Ann for the updates. I have one more to share with you. According to reports, "Pictionary" will make its not-so-long-awaited debut on Mon. Sept. 12. (I had mistakenly written that Monday was the 11th on a previous page.) So that means that either "Bonanza" or "Hawaii 5-0" will have to go since the show will air at 1:00 pm. Unfortunately, it looks like "Matlock" will be staying at 10:00 am, replacing both "Dick Van Dyke" and "Danny Thomas". Neither one is expected to come back for now, which is a real shame because it would have made for an incredible 3 hour morning sitcom block. CHCH really goofed here!

Pictionary Game Show Fall Premiere

[stevea]

Originally Posted by KatieAnn

The names of the triplets! I never even thought about that, but now after seeing Charley is one of the names, it makes me think about Bub. It would have been a nice tribute to William Frawley to name one of the kids after him, but I guess there was no memory of Bub on the show by the time the babies are born.

Thanks for the links. I plan to continue watching the series online, the episodes they are not showing. CHCH has skipped a lot of episodes of MTS (more than any other series they are airing - except for Bonanza) & I have been looking them up, time permitting.

I hope you're right about CHCH airing the rest of the series next year. I have given up guessing, when it comes to this channel.

I just looked at the updated listings and it looks like "Matlock" is taking over the 10am slot beginning on Friday September 9. The last episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" airs Thursday September 8.

When William Frawley and Tim Considine left, there were a few mentions of them a little later--then they were forgotten by the writers.

In the California years it was as if neither Bub nor Mike ever existed.

[Sal]

Last week, I confirmed that "Pictionary" will begin on CHCH on Monday, Sept. 12 at 1:00 pm with back-to-back episodes. That is now more than a week away so that means that I can now confirm CHCH's fall 2022 lineup even if they're unwilling to do so themselves, as if I care! So here it is in full:


CHCH FALL 2022 Daytime - Stage 2

10:00 am Matlock (returns Mon. Sept. 12) (replaces "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Danny Thomas Show")

"Matlock" is here for a long run so I'll get to sleep in for a while. I hope the two great series that have left will come back at some point next year.

11:00 The Beverly Hillbillies - Season 1

11:30 My Three Sons - Season 1

12:00 pm The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1

12:30 The Partridge Family - Season 3 - NEW TIME!

1:00 and 1:30 Pictionary!

(Pauses to allow readers to begin excessive booing!)

New game show hosted by Chris O'Donnell. If there is a God out there, this will last for a very short time.

2:00 Bonanza - New time!

Moved from 12:00 pm, which means "Hawaii 5-0" is now gone.

3:00 Gilligan's Island - Season 2

3:30 Mork and Mindy - Season 2

4:00 Taxi - Season 1

Replaces "The Partridge Family", which is a huge downgrade!

4:30 Who's The Boss?

5:00 Cheers - Season 1

5:30 Happy Days - Season 2


So this is what we are faced with for the next few months. This is still a good schedule with some great shows but it could have been a lot better. If they could have kept "Danny Thomas" and put another great sitcom on either before or after it, like possibly "Green Acres" before "The Beverly Hillbillies", that would have made for an excellent morning group that would have been followed by "Bonanza" and "Hawaii 5-0" and the rest would have stayed the same. For now, I will give this lineup a barely passing grade and keep my fingers crossed for more changes coming sooner rather than later.

[KatieAnn]

When the only new, never aired on CHCH addition to the daytime lineup is "Pictionary," there is not much to say. I still like many of the shows that are airing, not thrilled about the return of "Matlock" of all shows, but I can only guess that many people like it.

"Cheers" is airing on three different channels this fall - that's really the biggest surprise for the fall.

[Sal]

CHCH TV has finally got around to posting their Fall Media Kit so that means that the daytime schedule I posted last week which I called Stage 2 is now official and final! There is one small detail that I left out which will be great news for "Bonanza" fans hoping for more episodes of the classic series.

This week, the series will change time slots from 12 to 2 pm on weekdays and there will also be additional episodes of "Bonanza" on weekends at 1:00 pm coming later this fall, with the premiere date still unannounced. This should satisfy "Bonanza" fans who would not only want to see more of the show but this should also quiet the complaints from those who feel that CHCH is skipping too many episodes. Now there should be no reason to do so.

So far, this is the only retro series to show up on the weekends. I'm hoping that a few more will follow. That's something I'll keep an eye on for next year and let you know if anything happens. Until then, enjoy the fall and look for another update sometime in mid-Nov. when "Mork and Mindy", "Gilligan's Island" and "The Partridge Family" will end their runs.


CHCH Media Kit Fall 2002