TV Land April 2003, Gidget, The Flying Nun, Hazel, and The Waltons return!

[Chad22]

Originally posted by Sitcomwriter
The Kitschen should go for shows that are very rare or obscure.Kotter is neither of those IMO.It ran on N@N and made a star out of John Travolta and just about everybody has seen it plus it was about a normal school.No witchcraft,No aliens,No talking babies.A kitschen show IMO should be either rare and/or short-lived (IE:Square Pegs) or weird (IE:Tabitha,Soap and Mary Hartman).Kotter just doesn't seem to fit in IMO.

I Agree. I Hate to see ABP go, But if anything replaces it, it should be Kotter.

[TVJunkie101]

Originally posted by Chad Doody
I Agree. I Hate to see ABP go, But if anything replaces it, it should be Kotter.

I agree with that. Off hand, I think Kotter had the same amount of eps as ABP, 98. TV Land HAS aired all 98 eps of Kotter before, and are airing past 16 this time around in the Kitschen. Gidget should definitely replace Kotter in the Kitschen and TVL should move Kotter to ABP's timeslot. Or even move My Favorite Martian to the 5-6pm slot. Sure, it does fit in the Kitschen, but TVL is losing the rights soon, and they do own the rights to all of the episodes of MFM...

[Impressions]

Originally posted by Cashodeen
Am I reading this right? How in sam hill are they going to air Gidget everyday from 5-6? They only made 32 episodes! That's ridiculous. Thank you, Sally, for being so famous we have to watch your crummy shows. Thank you, TVLand, for being just stupid enough to run them.

I don't think there is any reason for them to bring it back, having only thirty-two episodes, in twice as nice, it will only take a few weeks to finish the show off. It's a good thing that it will be leaving in a month, and hopefully by then something else will fill the timeslot. But I still don't see why it has to replace, Archie Bunkers Place, even though they did air most of the episodes that they were able to. Instead of being placed in twice as nice, I think it would be best if Gidget and The Flying Nun were rather placed in the Kitschen, so that Archie Bunker's Place could stay in its current time-slot.

Why Gidget for Archie Bunker's Place? LOL.

Considering that the shows in the Kitschen are there for a short period of time, and only a limited amount of episodes can be aired. Why can't TV Land take the shows which air in the Kitschen, so they can place them in the regular line-up. For example, I'd like to see them air all of the episodes of: Welcome Back Kotter; Perfect Strangers; Mary Hartman; Mary Hartman; My Favorite Martian, etc.

Maybe some of these shows, can be aired in the regular schedule.

[LucyFan]

I am upset to see The Munsters go. What a shame it is to see TV Land dropping it from their weekly schedule. Instead of dropping it altogether, they should at least put on the weekends like maybe on TV Land KitSchen or BLTL or something. Having
The Flying Nun replace The Munsters is a horrible choice on their part I think. The Flying Nun isn't near as good as The Munsters, in fact, The Munsters is far superior to The Flying Nun. TV Land should re-think their schedule a bit and keep The Munsters for a little bit longer or else put on the weekends and give the 11:30pm timeslot to a fairly good show like Dennis the Menace.

[LucyFan]

Originally posted by JT
KITSCHEN:
(all times central)

11PM: "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman/Forever Fernwood" (1976-1978)
11:30: "Soap" (1977-1981)
12AM: "Gidget" (1965-1966)
12:30: "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975-1979)

BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION:
(all times central)

8AM: "Burns and Allen" (1950-1958)
8:30: "The Honeymooners" (1952-1956)
9AM: "I Love Lucy" (1951-1957)
9:30: "Hazel" (1961-1966)
10AM: "The Donna Reed Show" (1958-1966)
10:30: "Father Knows Best" (1954-1960)

In April, I'd also add a new block, for Saturday and Sunday daytime:

PRIMETIME BACKSTABBING:
(all times central)

11AM: "Dallas" (1978-1991)
12PM: "Knots Landing" (1979-1993)
1PM: "Dynasty" (1981-1989)
2PM: "Falcon Crest" (1981-1990)

Here's my suggestion-
KITSCHEN:
(all times eastern and pacific)

12AM: "Perfect Strangers" (1986-1993)
12:30: "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975-1979)
1AM: "Gidget" (1965-1966)
1:30: "The Flying Nun" (1967-1970)



BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION:
(all times eastern and pacific)

9AM: "Burns and Allen" (1950-1958)
9:30: "The Honeymooners" (1952-1956)
10AM: "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957-1960)
11AM: "The Munsters" (1964-1966)
11:30: "Dennis the Menace" (1959-1963)


I also think they should bring back Lucy Saturdays with a twist:

LUCY SATURDAYS (LUCY: QUEEN OF COMEDY NIGHT):
(all times eastern and pacific)

9PM- "I Love Lucy"
9:30pm- "The Lucy Show" (Seasons 1-3)
10PM- "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour"
11PM- "The Lucy Show" (Seasons 4-6)
11:30- "Here's Lucy"

[JT]

Now that I think about it, I just remembered something. "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" had 325 episodes. Now if TVLand aired it about twice a day, 7 days a week (like maybe 6PM and 6:30PM central), it wouldn't take forever for them to get through the whole show. It'd take 23 weeks and 3 days for them to complete the run. That'd be a couple of weeks over five months. So it'd April-September and then they can take it off, or better yet repeat the run all over again!

[Freakzilla]

TV Land could have even more episodes if they picked up the spin-off "Forever Fernwood". Since TV Land has "Fernwood 2night", they should also have "America 2night". It would be cool if the kitschen could pick up some new shows.

[Pavan]

The first post in this thread was updated, just added the Box Sets, TVL Legends, and ET in TV Land for April. Also, BLTT and The Kitschen blocks will be the same in April as it is now.

[storrs19]

Well, I'm glad to see that Mr. Ed is coming back. I love that show and didn't tape it from N@N years ago. I wish they would pick up Patty Duke as well and What's Happening. I haven't seen that one in 20 years.

Chad

[Harper49]

Here's my 'dream' schedule for the kitschen:


11PM WELLCOME BACK KOTTER(1975-1979)
11:30PM SOAP(1977-1981)
12AM GIDGET(1965-1966)
12:30AM JUST THE TEN OF US(1988-1990)

[Brenton]

I HATE Archie Bunker's Place. Carroll O'Connor acts like he is on sedatives or something. Now, All in the Family, that's good! They should bring that back. I like The Munsters, but I think it has played itself out. However, I don't know if I can stomach The Waltons and Gidget - GOD! I'm surprised Sally Field doesn't sue to stop the reruning of that horrible show! The programmers at TV Land are high or something. They keep making all these pointless schedule changes. And the shows they are putting on are simply not classic TV. Why McGyver? How about Marcus Welby M.D.?

[hazelfanatic]

I actually like Gidget. This time of year when it's starting to be spring, I like getting that "feeling" of the beach. I'm really happy about Mr. Ed and I'm estatic about Hazel!

[Eddie Corbett]

When Hazel returns, I hope they show more episodes than the 20 or so episodes that they ran over and over .

[Anti Pop Superstar]

"Gidget"...only the cast of "Blue Crush" would enjoy this one.
"The Flying Nun"...the cast of "Dangerous Livers of Alder Boys"
would enjoy this one.
"Hazel"...never heard of it. I bet it's about a witch or nut.
"The Waltons"...too boring. (blech!) Even those from PBS wouldn't watch this garbage.

BTW, the girls from "Blue Crush" are much cuter & actually can surf compared to "Gidget". Sally Field isn't much of a looker.




Deborah Gibson the All Around Diva!!!
Sexy & Multi-talented too.

[Pavan]

As a special "borrowing" from Viacom, TV Land will air 2 episodes of Star Trek (the original) on Sunday, April 6 as part of a Pop Culture Show Award Winner box set, see the first post to see the episodes.