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snowpeck · 12-15-2023, 05:57 AM

February:

2/3-2/4: That's My Mama (Sat 11a-Sun 3p)/The Royal Family (Sun 3p-Mon 6a)

PaperClips · 12-15-2023, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

Surprisingly, MeTV does not air that piece of garbage. I hope her company goes broke.

I'm not a prude, but those commercials drive me nuts.

She doesn't need to use that language. It turns off people. I looked up the ingredients she uses, it is crazy. I'd never use it. Use Soap.

She is probably a one and done.

I have feeling she is going broke and trying to get rid of inventory.

TV Guy · 12-16-2023, 09:23 AM

Boy, the Christmas binge this weekend is impressive, don’t you think? Much better than what MeTV has been doing the past few years. It actually reminds me of what MeTV used to do years ago - pull out shows that weren’t on their regular schedule for the holidays - before the schedule became so fossilized.

They’ve got Ozzie and Harriet (assuming it will be the restored episodes recently released on DVD), Happy Days, ALF, all three Bob Newhart sitcoms, the Monkees, Flying Nun, Square Pegs and others. Nice to see this.

24/7 reruns · 12-16-2023, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by TV Guy

Boy, the Christmas binge this weekend is impressive, don’t you think? Much better than what MeTV has been doing the past few years. It actually reminds me of what MeTV used to do years ago - pull out shows that weren’t on their regular schedule for the holidays - before the schedule became so fossilized.

They’ve got Ozzie and Harriet (assuming it will be the restored episodes recently released on DVD), Happy Days, ALF, all three Bob Newhart sitcoms, the Monkees, Flying Nun, Square Pegs and others. Nice to see this.

I agree. I wonder if the Ozzie and Harriet episodes are the restored prints if the show would be added to the schedule in the future. It would be a good fit

Same with Alf, assuming the new unedited episodes are used. The new DVD set has them uncut.

24/7 reruns · 12-16-2023, 12:02 PM

Unfortunately it looks like the first episode of Ozzie and Harriet on the Binge is the public domain version.

24/7 reruns · 12-16-2023, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by PaperClips

I'm not a prude, but those commercials drive me nuts.

She doesn't need to use that language. It turns off people. I looked up the ingredients she uses, it is crazy. I'd never use it. Use Soap.

She is probably a one and done.

I have feeling she is going broke and trying to get rid of inventory.

She probably sees herself as an "Entrepreneur" when she's actually an "Ultra Manure"

TV Guy · 12-16-2023, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 24/7 reruns

Unfortunately it looks like the first episode of Ozzie and Harriet on the Binge is the public domain version.

Ugh - too bad. I noticed that the opening titles are all over the place. I’m watching the 1230 episode now and it seems like it’s in good shape.

My guess is that MPI and the Nelson family eventually wants a broadcast or cable window in order to help recoup their investment in the restoration. But they may wait until the DVDs have been out for a while before they do that.

Jeff*H · 12-19-2023, 11:14 PM

A FB post from the Nelson family indicated the Catchy airings were using the newly remastered episodes. I watched several and they were restored, cut down to 24 minutes with 6 minutes of ads and some minor time compression, unlike the DVDs which were uncut.

https://www.facebook.com/10005187172...gG3PWkpcWQ9l/?

franciis · 12-24-2023, 10:46 PM

sure wish that all of teh many,many,many seasons of tv series (the adventures of ozzie and harriet) would be on one of the channels schedules.have seen the many,many domain episodes many x.

24/7 reruns · 12-25-2023, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by franciis

sure wish that all of teh many,many,many seasons of tv series (the adventures of ozzie and harriet) would be on one of the channels schedules.have seen the many,many domain episodes many x.

I can see Pluto running a separate channel for Ozzie and Harriet. They've been running a separate channel for The Addams Family which only had 2 seasons of episodes.

franciis · 12-30-2023, 01:57 AM

some awesome binges coming up

Bonniegirl · 12-30-2023, 02:10 AM

Bridget Loves Bernie Sat. and Fish on Sunday ! I LOVE Bridget Loves Bernie !

24/7 reruns · 12-30-2023, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Bridget Loves Bernie Sat. and Fish on Sunday ! I LOVE Bridget Loves Bernie !

Oddly enough Bridget Loves Bernie is being shown in wide-screen 16x9 instead of the original format of 4x3. It doesn't seem to mess things up yet it's an unintended way to show this program.

TV Guy · 12-31-2023, 09:36 AM

I think it’s interesting that a Sony even bothered to created a widescreen version of Bridget Loves Bernie, a one-season show that is not seen all that often in reruns.

Totally charming show, btw. I watched a bunch of them yesterday. The leads have a lot of chemistry and the supporting cast is stellar. And even though there’s conflict between the in-laws, they are nice people and they ultimately like each other. There’s one scene where Bernie is in the hospital and his mother-in-law Amy rushes over to kiss him when she arrives. And there’s an episode where Amy and Walt hire Moe to be their butler and Walt later laments, “How do you fire a member of your own family?” It’s sweet that he considers Bernie’s uncle to be a member of his family.

24/7 reruns · 12-31-2023, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by TV Guy

I think it’s interesting that a Sony even bothered to created a widescreen version of Bridget Loves Bernie, a one-season show that is not seen all that often in reruns.

Totally charming show, btw. I watched a bunch of them yesterday. The leads have a lot of chemistry and the supporting cast is stellar. And even though there’s conflict between the in-laws, they are nice people and they ultimately like each other. There’s one scene where Bernie is in the hospital and his mother-in-law Amy rushes over to kiss him when she arrives. And there’s an episode where Amy and Walt hire Moe to be their butler and Walt later laments, “How do you fire a member of your own family?” It’s sweet that he considers Bernie’s uncle to be a member of his family.

I wonder if Weigel Broadcasting set up the wide screen image. M*A*S*H is shown the same way. The DVD of Bridget Loves Bernie is set in 4x3 format.

As for the program it was really a great approach to the idea of accepting differences. The problem for it was is that some religious leaders thought the show was demeaning to their religion. Primary the Jewish community took offense to how things were handled. The show would have also failed if Bridget and Bernie were a mixed raced couple. What allowed All in the Family to thrive was that the premise was to demean Archie's bigoted thinking. Also there was not a long term situation of one particular topic on All in the Family which was the case with Bridget Loves Bernie.

Also it's interesting that Bernard Slade was involved in Bridget Loves Bernie. This was a departure for his other offerings which didn't generally have a controversial angle to it. (The Flying Nun, Bewitched, The Girl with Something Extra)

12-15-2023, 05:57 AM	#16
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12-19-2023, 11:14 PM	#23
JeffH Member Occasional Poster* Join Date: Feb 07, 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 19	A FB post from the Nelson family indicated the Catchy airings were using the newly remastered episodes. I watched several and they were restored, cut down to 24 minutes with 6 minutes of ads and some minor time compression, unlike the DVDs which were uncut. https://www.facebook.com/10005187172...gG3PWkpcWQ9l/?
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12-16-2023, 09:23 AM	#18
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	Boy, the Christmas binge this weekend is impressive, don’t you think? Much better than what MeTV has been doing the past few years. It actually reminds me of what MeTV used to do years ago - pull out shows that weren’t on their regular schedule for the holidays - before the schedule became so fossilized. They’ve got Ozzie and Harriet (assuming it will be the restored episodes recently released on DVD), Happy Days, ALF, all three Bob Newhart sitcoms, the Monkees, Flying Nun, Square Pegs and others. Nice to see this.

12-16-2023, 12:02 PM	#20
24/7 reruns Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 10, 2022 Location: New York Posts: 1,468	Unfortunately it looks like the first episode of Ozzie and Harriet on the Binge is the public domain version.

12-24-2023, 10:46 PM	#24
franciis Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 09, 2021 Location: tn Posts: 469	sure wish that all of teh many,many,many seasons of tv series (the adventures of ozzie and harriet) would be on one of the channels schedules.have seen the many,many domain episodes many x.

12-30-2023, 01:57 AM	#26
franciis Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 09, 2021 Location: tn Posts: 469	some awesome binges coming up

12-30-2023, 02:10 AM	#27
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,482	Bridget Loves Bernie Sat. and Fish on Sunday ! I LOVE Bridget Loves Bernie !

12-31-2023, 09:36 AM	#29
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	I think it’s interesting that a Sony even bothered to created a widescreen version of Bridget Loves Bernie, a one-season show that is not seen all that often in reruns. Totally charming show, btw. I watched a bunch of them yesterday. The leads have a lot of chemistry and the supporting cast is stellar. And even though there’s conflict between the in-laws, they are nice people and they ultimately like each other. There’s one scene where Bernie is in the hospital and his mother-in-law Amy rushes over to kiss him when she arrives. And there’s an episode where Amy and Walt hire Moe to be their butler and Walt later laments, “How do you fire a member of your own family?” It’s sweet that he considers Bernie’s uncle to be a member of his family.