DECADES to get a new name (Catchy Comedy) and a new lineup in March - Page 6 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Merry24 · 03-03-2023, 03:24 PM

If anyone knows the streaming schedule please post it. Thank you.

favoriteshow · 03-05-2023, 06:15 PM

Re: The Odd Couple, original,

Paramount Plus has the streaming rights.

For the streaming Decades, Weigel likely passed on The Odd Couple to save costs.

The same might be the case with I Love Lucy still. Paramount Plus recently secured rights for all episodes. Hulu has a handful of episodes. Decades streaming does not carry all episodes, although Decades over the air airs all episodes.

Unless Weigel is serious to keep Catchy Comedy with as much episodes as possible, I expect the streaming version of Catchy to be slightly inferior to the broadcast one since Weigel has to navigate obtaining more license rights.

snowpeck · 03-07-2023, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Merry24

If anyone knows the streaming schedule please post it. Thank you.

Looks like there are several substitutions on the streaming schedule.

At 1:30PM, The Donna Reed Show will air instead of Rhoda.
At 2PM and 2:30PM, Love American Style will air instead of Laverne & Shirley.
At 5PM, Night Court will air instead of The Odd Couple.
At 5:30PM, Good Times will air instead of The Odd Couple.
At 2AM, Get Smart will air instead of The Phil Silvers Show.
at 4AM and 4:30AM, The Donna Reed Show will air instead of The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show.

Merry24 · 03-08-2023, 01:26 AM

Thank you for providing that Snowpeck!!!

24/7 reruns · 03-08-2023, 08:39 AM

How can I get this channel streaming? I wonder if they will have a connection to their website like Buzzr does to watch online.

snowpeck · 03-08-2023, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 24/7 reruns

How can I get this channel streaming? I wonder if they will have a connection to their website like Buzzr does to watch online.

You have to subscribe to FrndlyTV. https://try.frndlytv.com/

favoriteshow · 03-08-2023, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by snowpeck

Looks like there are several substitutions on the streaming schedule.

At 1:30PM, The Donna Reed Show will air instead of Rhoda.
At 2PM and 2:30PM, Love American Style will air instead of Laverne & Shirley.
At 5PM, Night Court will air instead of The Odd Couple.
At 5:30PM, Good Times will air instead of The Odd Couple.
At 2AM, Get Smart will air instead of The Phil Silvers Show.
at 4AM and 4:30AM, The Donna Reed Show will air instead of The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show.

Does Paramount/Logo have Laverne & Shirley rights on streaming?

Kind of seems silly Weigel won't be airing it. For all intents and purposes, Laverne and Shirley is the big draw for the Catchy Comedy name change. Airing the same shows from the '50s/60's - they might as well keep the name as Decades.

BigManMike · 03-08-2023, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by favoriteshow

Does Paramount/Logo have Laverne & Shirley rights on streaming?

Kind of seems silly Weigel won't be airing it. For all intents and purposes, Laverne and Shirley is the big draw for the Catchy Comedy name change. Airing the same shows from the '50s/60's - they might as well keep the name as Decades.

Seems odd they wouldn’t air Laverne and Shirley this time because they aired it for the binge weekend recently after Cindy Williams died.

BigManMike · 03-08-2023, 06:08 PM

Hopefully at some point they will show Happy Days as well.

stevea · 03-08-2023, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 1960'sTVfan

Catchy Comedy sounds like a silly name, Classic Comedy would have been a better choice.

The word "catchy" is kind of old-fashioned. Like my parents or grandparents might have commented on a "catchy tune."

Really an odd choice for a channel name in 2023. Would have even been odd in 1983.

Charles Knox · 03-09-2023, 09:21 AM

Besides Paramount +, alot of the mentioned sitcoms are streaming on Pluto TV for free. I think Paramount will let them stream the mentioned shows, but they have to pay extra to do it. The shows in question have never done well in the ratings for METV, so they are unwilling to pay the extra costs and will instead substitute a cheap show from the Sony library in it's place.

Instead of wasting time rebranding Decades, they should be trying to work more on restoring and building the METV brand. They could start by making a deal with the non Sinclair broadcast stations to bring METV back into the markets that lost it last year. It also wouldn't be a bad idea for METV to broadcast on Dish Network again.

Making a deal with Universal to get Columbo and McMillan and Wife back on Sunday night would also be a good idea.

cd637299 · 03-09-2023, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by thebigcookie

Hopefully at some point they will show Happy Days as well.

I never understood the deal Weigel has/had with Happy Days, MeTV, and Decades.

There was ample opportunity to run Happy Days on Decades, but for some reason all Decades ever showed was the *pilot* for Happy Days (shown on “Love American Style”).

So I wouldn’t be surprised if Catchy cannot show Happy Days either.

cd

Charles Knox · 03-09-2023, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by cd637299

I never understood the deal Weigel has/had with Happy Days, MeTV, and Decades.

There was ample opportunity to run Happy Days on Decades, but for some reason all Decades ever showed was the *pilot* for Happy Days (shown on “Love American Style”).

So I wouldn’t be surprised if Catchy cannot show Happy Days either.

cd

I think Happy Days and L&S are also currently running on METV+.

Jack1000 · 03-23-2023, 06:18 AM

Here is the current "Catchy Comedy" Schedule:

https://catchycomedy.com/images/catc...hedule_new.pdf

Jack

snowpeck · 03-23-2023, 04:41 PM

Binge on 5/6-5/7 is Laverne & Shirley.

03-03-2023, 03:24 PM	#76
Merry24 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 10, 2017 Location: beach Posts: 2,034	If anyone knows the streaming schedule please post it. Thank you.

03-05-2023, 06:15 PM	#77
favoriteshow Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 08, 2018 Posts: 587	Re: The Odd Couple, original, Paramount Plus has the streaming rights. For the streaming Decades, Weigel likely passed on The Odd Couple to save costs. The same might be the case with I Love Lucy still. Paramount Plus recently secured rights for all episodes. Hulu has a handful of episodes. Decades streaming does not carry all episodes, although Decades over the air airs all episodes. Unless Weigel is serious to keep Catchy Comedy with as much episodes as possible, I expect the streaming version of Catchy to be slightly inferior to the broadcast one since Weigel has to navigate obtaining more license rights.

03-08-2023, 01:26 AM	#79
Merry24 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 10, 2017 Location: beach Posts: 2,034	Thank you for providing that Snowpeck!!!

03-08-2023, 08:39 AM	#80
24/7 reruns Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 10, 2022 Location: New York Posts: 1,468	How can I get this channel streaming? I wonder if they will have a connection to their website like Buzzr does to watch online.

03-08-2023, 06:08 PM	#84
BigManMike Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 25, 2006 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,021	Hopefully at some point they will show Happy Days as well.

03-09-2023, 09:21 AM	#86
Charles Knox Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,225	Besides Paramount +, alot of the mentioned sitcoms are streaming on Pluto TV for free. I think Paramount will let them stream the mentioned shows, but they have to pay extra to do it. The shows in question have never done well in the ratings for METV, so they are unwilling to pay the extra costs and will instead substitute a cheap show from the Sony library in it's place. Instead of wasting time rebranding Decades, they should be trying to work more on restoring and building the METV brand. They could start by making a deal with the non Sinclair broadcast stations to bring METV back into the markets that lost it last year. It also wouldn't be a bad idea for METV to broadcast on Dish Network again. Making a deal with Universal to get Columbo and McMillan and Wife back on Sunday night would also be a good idea.

03-23-2023, 06:18 AM	#89
Jack1000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 05, 2001 Posts: 2,055	Here is the current "Catchy Comedy" Schedule: https://catchycomedy.com/images/catc...hedule_new.pdf Jack

03-23-2023, 04:41 PM	#90
snowpeck Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 13, 2001 Location: Atlanta Posts: 759	Binge on 5/6-5/7 is Laverne & Shirley.