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1960'sTVfan · 01-12-2023, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by 24/7 reruns

Get TV was better when they showed rarely seen shows like The Girl With Something Extra, Pete Loves Mary, and Ensign O’Toole. That's when they also showed old variety shows like The Judy Garland Show, Sonny and Cher, and The Johnny Cash Show.

I agree, GetTV is garbage now. I recorded the Peter Loves Mary episodes back when they ran them and I'm glad I recorded them.

On the subject of All In The Family, some episodes are good but it's not a big favorite of mine. My favorite Norman Lear show from the 70's is probably Mary Hartman, but only the 1st season, episodes 1-130. Starting with season 2, episode 131, the writing changed and the show wasn't as good anymore.

I would really like to see Forever Fernwood again, this was the follow up series after Mary Hartman ended. I was hoping Shout Factory would release Forever Fernwood on DVD after they released Mary Hartman, but it didn't happen.

merlinjones · 01-12-2023, 12:14 PM

Another Sunday night alternative would be the opposite of Lear shows (or anything else on prime time) -- family comfort food: Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie & Harriet, Donna Reed, Father Knows Best, My Three Sons (ABC version)...

Duster76 · 01-12-2023, 12:52 PM

All in the Family can be a bit intense at times, so two hours is a big commitment on the part of METV. The back half of the series run is not as good as the first half so that's another factor. I don't see this as being a long term solution to the Sunday night problem. The overwhelming majority of the decisions METV programmers make are right on target so it will be interesting to see how this one works.

24/7 reruns · 01-12-2023, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 1960'sTVfan

I agree, GetTV is garbage now. I recorded the Peter Loves Mary episodes back when they ran them and I'm glad I recorded them.

On the subject of All In The Family, some episodes are good but it's not a big favorite of mine. My favorite Norman Lear show from the 70's is probably Mary Hartman, but only the 1st season, episodes 1-130. Starting with season 2, episode 131, the writing changed and the show wasn't as good anymore.

I would really like to see Forever Fernwood again, this was the follow up series after Mary Hartman ended. I was hoping Shout Factory would release Forever Fernwood on DVD after they released Mary Hartman, but it didn't happen.

I'd really like to see Hot L Baltimore.

Dude111 · 01-12-2023, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by GentlemanJim

Personally, I'm not sure that I would have picked AITF as a fix, but it'll be an improvement

Im surprised buddy.... I thought I read here they were blocking All in the family from any public platform.... (Cable companies)

24/7 reruns · 01-12-2023, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Dude111

Im surprised buddy.... I thought I read here they were blocking All in the family from any public platform.... (Cable companies)

Where did you read that?

01-12-2023, 12:14 PM	#32
merlinjones Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 30, 2019 Location: los ángeles Posts: 931	Another Sunday night alternative would be the opposite of Lear shows (or anything else on prime time) -- family comfort food: Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie & Harriet, Donna Reed, Father Knows Best, My Three Sons (ABC version)...

01-12-2023, 12:52 PM	#33
Duster76 Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2008 Location: New jersey Posts: 1,639	All in the Family can be a bit intense at times, so two hours is a big commitment on the part of METV. The back half of the series run is not as good as the first half so that's another factor. I don't see this as being a long term solution to the Sunday night problem. The overwhelming majority of the decisions METV programmers make are right on target so it will be interesting to see how this one works.