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Svenfan1234 · 09-04-2023, 06:25 PM

I suspect Nexstar, Antenna’s new owners, significantly cut Antenna’s budget when they took over. The marathons are repeating shows they already air so there’s no new money being used for them. My Favorite Martian is the last new show added in May of 2022! It’s been a full year and a half since Antenna added anything new! And since they are likely — at some point — losing shows to Me-TV and Catchy Comedy (think Bewitched, IDOJ, Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, Alice…) it’s not a good sign for Antenna. They used to add a lot more new shows.

JonathanM · 09-04-2023, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Svenfan1234

I suspect Nexstar, Antenna’s new owners, significantly cut Antenna’s budget when they took over. The marathons are repeating shows they already air so there’s no new money being used for them. My Favorite Martian is the last new show added in May of 2022! It’s been a full year and a half since Antenna added anything new! And since they are likely — at some point — losing shows to Me-TV and Catchy Comedy (think Bewitched, IDOJ, Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, Alice…) it’s not a good sign for Antenna. They used to add a lot more new shows.

Agreed. Antenna has been my favorite vintage TV channel for more than a decade (I especially enjoyed the programming during the channel's infancy, when they aired films like the Monkees' Head or The Haunting of Julia in addition to the sitcoms), but I worry about its future.

icecream · 09-11-2023, 05:24 PM

Antenna TV does have a new show coming in October: America's Heartland Classics as part of their E/I hour. Rest of the 4th quarter schedule officially remains the same. Really though, even if they don't have new sitcoms coming their lineup is still full of variety with several all time greats.

Merry24 · 09-11-2023, 09:27 PM

I still think that it’s possible that antenna tv could make changes. Perhaps an update in November? Only because I read that antenna tv Classic Christmas Collection is on December 24 Sunday and it said it will be the Regular Schedule and if that’s true there only going to be showing a handful of Christmas episodes on Christmas Eve (Sunday).

Perhaps General Sitcoms Message Boards daily blog will give us insight to antenna TV’s programming schedule updates for the rest of 2023 and Holiday Programming Schedule and insight into antenna tv’s tentative plans for 2024.

icecream · 09-14-2023, 12:12 PM

Antenna TV's current lineup on Saturdays from 6-9PM is Too Close for Comfort, Welcome Back Kotter, and One Day at a Time. Today's episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? had a question about which sitcom popularized the phrase "up your nose with a rubber hose". Those three shows were all options, along with Sanford and Son. The question goofed though saying 1970s sitcoms, Too Close for Comfort did not premiere until 1980.

09-04-2023, 06:25 PM	#16
Svenfan1234 Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 12, 2015 Posts: 11,200	I suspect Nexstar, Antenna’s new owners, significantly cut Antenna’s budget when they took over. The marathons are repeating shows they already air so there’s no new money being used for them. My Favorite Martian is the last new show added in May of 2022! It’s been a full year and a half since Antenna added anything new! And since they are likely — at some point — losing shows to Me-TV and Catchy Comedy (think Bewitched, IDOJ, Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, Alice…) it’s not a good sign for Antenna. They used to add a lot more new shows.
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09-11-2023, 09:27 PM	#19
Merry24 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 10, 2017 Location: beach Posts: 2,039	I still think that it’s possible that antenna tv could make changes. Perhaps an update in November? Only because I read that antenna tv Classic Christmas Collection is on December 24 Sunday and it said it will be the Regular Schedule and if that’s true there only going to be showing a handful of Christmas episodes on Christmas Eve (Sunday). Perhaps General Sitcoms Message Boards daily blog will give us insight to antenna TV’s programming schedule updates for the rest of 2023 and Holiday Programming Schedule and insight into antenna tv’s tentative plans for 2024.

09-14-2023, 12:12 PM	#20
icecream Cat-tastic and Whiskerlicious Forum Celebrity Join Date: Sep 01, 2006 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 20,687	Antenna TV's current lineup on Saturdays from 6-9PM is Too Close for Comfort, Welcome Back Kotter, and One Day at a Time. Today's episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? had a question about which sitcom popularized the phrase "up your nose with a rubber hose". Those three shows were all options, along with Sanford and Son. The question goofed though saying 1970s sitcoms, Too Close for Comfort did not premiere until 1980.