TV Land August 2009 -- How'd You Get So Rich, Make My Day; MASH Flashback Weekend

[clj2]

b&tcfan, what you said about M*A*S*H (cost) is exactly why I don't think they will renew. Like I said those seem like 'farewells' to me. What good does paying all of that $$ out to renew it do? I have a feeling that MWC will become a regular at night, Home Improvement will come, they aren't going to remove Roseanne and Cosby...where does that leave M*A*S*H? It does well, but skews old, rights are limited, they don't want it in primetime, and with those other shows likely taking primetime up, there's nowhere to air it outside of like 3-6am. I don't see how they can financially justify keeping it. I'm sure it's expensive.

Pavan, wouldn't Hallmark be losing rights at the end of August also since it's a joint deal? If TV Land didn't renew (I'm sure Hallmark would), that means they get full rights again correct?

[Pavan]

I'm going to have to research this about M*A*S*H.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I through it was August 31, 2013

[Pavan]

Aaron is correct. TV Land has MASH until 8/31/13. They renewed the contract last August for another 5 years. It was never expiring this August. I knew something wasn't right when you guys were discussing MASH, because as far as I knew only GA and Jeffersons are up at the end of August.

Here is the list I have with various Viacom properties:

Renewed in 2008: Sanford & Son. Renewed in 2009: Leave it to Beaver

August 31, 2009
Green Acres
The Jeffersons

December 31, 2009
Just Shoot Me

May 31, 2010
The Brady Bunch

June 30, 2010
Good Times

August 31, 2010
Little House on the Prairie

September 19, 2010
The Cosby Show

October 31, 2010
Star Trek

December 31, 2010
The Beverly Hillbillies

August 1, 2011
Scrubs

August 31, 2011
Gunsmoke

September 30, 2011
All in the Family

November 30, 2011
Hogan’s Heroes

December 31, 2011
The Andy Griffith Show

August 31, 2012
Bonanza

September 20, 2012
Roseanne

August 30, 2013
Home Improvement

August 31, 2013
M*A*S*H
Three’s Company

September 27, 2013
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

January 31, 2014
The Nanny

August 31, 2015
That '70s Show

September 4, 2017
Friends

[clj2]

Wow, those are some contracts. I read that somewhere here about M*A*S*H, all I ever thought of before then was Acres and Jeffersons. It amuses me that Green Acres and The Jeffersons are leaving, yet Leave it to Beaver was renewed (and it hasn't even aired like The Jeffersons has at least this year).

Looking ahead I bet it is safe to say Star Trek won't be renewed and probably not The Brady Bunch and maybe Good Times. I would think not with JSM but maybe for Comedy Central.

[Scoobiedoo30]

just wondering how long has The Brady Bunch been on TV Land

[jehobden]

Yecch! Even more of Roseanne! Nick-at-Nite, however IMO, is more worth watching now, since it no longer has that show. Family Matters is a good show when it isn't an Urkel cartoon, and George Lopez is usually pretty funny.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I know I will be watching The M*A*S*H Flashback Weekend.

[DSfan]

So, by looking at those contracts it seems as though when N@N discards Home Improvement and The Nanny, they will be coming to TV Land.

Home Improvement appears to be all but done on N@N so I would guess that would come to TV Land soon and the Nanny would come whenever N@N tosses it aside.

Could somebody please remind me when Friends will be coming to N@N and if That 70s Show is supposed to come to N@N and then TV Land or what is the deal with that? (It has to expire from FX first, I would presume).

[clj2]

Originally Posted by DSfan

So, by looking at those contracts it seems as though when N@N discards Home Improvement and The Nanny, they will be coming to TV Land.

Home Improvement appears to be all but done on N@N so I would guess that would come to TV Land soon and the Nanny would come whenever N@N tosses it aside.

Could somebody please remind me when Friends will be coming to N@N and if That 70s Show is supposed to come to N@N and then TV Land or what is the deal with that? (It has to expire from FX first, I would presume).

The Nanny is doing very well for Nick@Nite. I bet we won't be seeing it moved any time soon.

Friends was originally acquired for Nick@Nite, but didn't we establish a while back that it was probably going to just go straight to TV Land? Viacom already has That '70s Show, it's airing on The N -- and is set to come to TV Land next year (if not sooner probably).

I forget when Viacom gets access to Friends.

[JulieSomoski]

Originally Posted by clj2

The Nanny is doing very well for Nick@Nite. I bet we won't be seeing it moved any time soon.

Friends was originally acquired for Nick@Nite, but didn't we establish a while back that it was probably going to just go straight to TV Land? Viacom already has That '70s Show, it's airing on The N -- and is set to come to TV Land next year (if not sooner probably).

I forget when Viacom gets access to Friends.

But Family Matters was also a hit for NAN when it first premiered - now it'll be airing at 3am. I still don't get that one. NAN is another network that's starting to turn back to their hold habits again.

I doubt Friends will be coming to NAN. TV Land should get it, though. It could be the show that brings in the ratings for them.

[Brent88]

Friends was supposed to come to N@N in September 2011, but I also would be surprised to see it there, it would fit much better on TV Land(being much more adult and not centered about a family like all of N@N's shows) and could finally be the modern show that does extremely well for them.

[ultimateggfan]

Some questions:

1) Is TV Land finally off the clock in August?

2) In addition to Friends, That 70s Show, and The Nanny, does TV Land have any other new acquisitions?

3) Will they go back to normal commercial breaks instead of rehacking the shows and going to commercial every five minutes (AND after the forty second intro)?

[TVFactFan]

I hate Good Times

[Brent88]

Originally Posted by ultimateggfan

Some questions:

1) Is TV Land finally off the clock in August?

According to TV Land's online schedule, there is no more off the clock after next Wednesday. The schedule doesn't go into August yet, but out through July 26th no nights are off the clock(as in there is no half-hour missing, which is the case when it's off the clock, usually the 12:30am half-hour). Now this could always change, but that's what it says right now.

As for number 3, I doubt it. I think the commercial breaks are set unfortunately. I don't think it has anything to do with off the clock because even when it's on the clock they are still the same.