MeTV Announces 4 New Shows, Starting December 29

[1960'sTVfan]

Originally Posted by mikey0581

Since these are hour drama shows, 3 of them may replace the stale 1am-4am drama shows overnight. The ones that have been on the schedule for so long now. I doubt the rest of the schedule will change much but I hope I'm wrong. I was hoping for at least Golden Girls.

You could be right about that, Mannix, Cannon, and Barnaby Jones have been running during the overnight for some time now. I have the DVD's of all those shows. Too bad about Barnaby Jones as most of those episodes are edited for syndication versions.

Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Hart To Hart, and Hawaii Five-0. Not too bad I guess. I have the DVD's of Hawaii Five-0 but not the others.

[Merry24]

I think Me TV will have HUGE Schedule Changes January 2026! Looking forward on seeing the NEW Schedule! I would love if Me TV would air their Sitcoms..

Mon-Thu 9:00pm-5:00AM
Fri 10:00pm-7:00AM
Sat 11:00pm-8:00AM
Sun 8:30pm-6:00AM
Holidays/SPECIALS 9:00pm-9:00AM

[opus]

There you go. It wasn’t the Friends, Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory, Modern Family type scenario some had envisioned.

[rvoyttbots]

[QUOTE=Merry24;6433083]I think Me TV will have HUGE Schedule Changes January 2026! Looking forward on seeing the NEW Schedule!"

They just announced the new shows for January, only other change will be the shows that are dropped from the schedule to make room

[1960'sTVfan]

Has MeTV ever run The FBI series with Efrem Zimbalist Jr.? I have the DVD's but just asking because I don't recall it ever being on MeTV.

[Marcus2026]

The show has never been on MeTV, not even when it was only a local network in Chicago.

[stevea]

Although I haven't seen any posts from Snowpeck in a while, it'd be great to see a schedule. Otherwise, it's around a two-week wait to see January.

[Duster76]

Well, what we have here are at least two retreads, Hawaii 5-0 and Charlie's Angels both shows had relatively short runs in late afternoon. Were Fantasy Island or Hart to Hart ever on METV? I don't know what to make out of this announcement, why make a fuss if the shows are going to fill in the graveyard shift. Fantasy Island is a show that couples perfectly with The Love Boat so it could be added to the Sunday line-up, I just can't imagine where it would fit in the daily line-up. Hart to Hart feels like another weekend show maybe two episodes replacing All in the Family. It's not that much different from Diagnosis Murder so maybe METV could put it on at 11am and move In the Heat of the Night to 12. Hawaii 5-0 track record isn't good, the overnight slot would be the only place that would make any sense. Charlie's Angels definitely seems like a once a week show it didn't have success in the past, maybe METV is moving the westerns from Saturday and replacing that block with some detective series.

We came into Monday evening with questions, and we left with more questions.

[space1999]

I'm not sure why everyone is thinking these shows replace the graveyard block? What if Matlock, In the Heat of the Night, and The Waltons are on the bubble of being removed? Did we forget about the extra hour of MASH at the 6pm timeslot? Plenty of hours to plug these shows into.

I highly doubt MeTV would hype this announcement up only to put all these shows at 2am to 5am. That would be dumb and pointless cause nobody would be awake to watch.

[rvoyttbots]

They can replace all the MASH & I wouldn`t shed a tear

I doubt the Westerns will be touched on Saturdays

[LittleRoom02]

I believe Fantasy Island was on MeTV back when it was a Chicago-only channel. That or it was on MeToo back when that channel was a thing.

[stevea]

Yes, Fantasy Island. would fit with The Love Boat. Two possibilities, if that is a pairing: Mama's Family isn't doing well or is expiring, or Collector's Call has run its course; so FI could go either at 4 or 6 ET on Sunday.

Seems I remember MeTV having Hart to Hart at some point; if so, it's been a long time.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by rvoyttbots

They can replace all the MASH & I wouldn`t shed a tear

I doubt the Westerns will be touched on Saturdays

I wouldn't care if any of that went away, but I doubt these involve any of those shows.

I could see a revamp of Sunday in the works.

[BigManMike]

Originally Posted by opus

There you go. It wasn’t the Friends, Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory, Modern Family type scenario some had envisioned.

Any of those are better than MASH or Hogan’s Heroes.

[1960'sTVfan]

Originally Posted by space1999

I'm not sure why everyone is thinking these shows replace the graveyard block? What if Matlock, In the Heat of the Night, and The Waltons are on the bubble of being removed? Did we forget about the extra hour of MASH at the 6pm timeslot? Plenty of hours to plug these shows into.

I highly doubt MeTV would hype this announcement up only to put all these shows at 2am to 5am. That would be dumb and pointless cause nobody would be awake to watch.

I can concur with this, doesn't really make sense to announce four new shows if they're going to be run during the overnight. Like Steve said, maybe they're planning to shake up the Sunday schedule. Will see what happens.