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tenter · 02-01-2017, 11:49 PM

http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2017/0...lobal.html?m=1

tenter · 02-02-2017, 04:30 PM

Did anybody read this article that I linked?

stevea · 02-02-2017, 07:51 PM

CMT is irrelevant with Comcast, as it was moved sometime ago into a higher-priced tier. They've undoubtedly lost a lot of viewers due to that.

More concerning to sitcom fans is probably TVLand. Cycle back ten or twelve years, and TVLand was quite a good channel, with a lot of classic sitcoms. Now, all they have in classics is endless Andy Griffith and Raymond (both good, but I'd like to see a few more) (not even addressing their western block--this is a sitcom site and I don't care about them)--good sitcoms, but I'd say you need a few more.

I fear this change will take them totally away from the classics and deeper into their cesspool of new, garbage sitcoms ("The Middle" proves you can have a successful sitcom that is not a cesspool), a good number of which fail after one or two seasons. But, I guess we'll see...

02-01-2017, 11:49 PM	#1
tenter Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 28, 2014 Posts: 3,564	Something about Viacom and CMT http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2017/0...lobal.html?m=1

02-02-2017, 04:30 PM	#2
tenter Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 28, 2014 Posts: 3,564	Did anybody read this article that I linked?

02-02-2017, 07:51 PM	#3
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,164	CMT is irrelevant with Comcast, as it was moved sometime ago into a higher-priced tier. They've undoubtedly lost a lot of viewers due to that. More concerning to sitcom fans is probably TVLand. Cycle back ten or twelve years, and TVLand was quite a good channel, with a lot of classic sitcoms. Now, all they have in classics is endless Andy Griffith and Raymond (both good, but I'd like to see a few more) (not even addressing their western block--this is a sitcom site and I don't care about them)--good sitcoms, but I'd say you need a few more. I fear this change will take them totally away from the classics and deeper into their cesspool of new, garbage sitcoms ("The Middle" proves you can have a successful sitcom that is not a cesspool), a good number of which fail after one or two seasons. But, I guess we'll see...