TV Land April 2005 -- Lassie 50th Anniversary Marathon; Chasing Farrah continues

[Pavan]

TV Land April 2005 --


Regular schedule changes:

Wednesday, April 13 ONLY:

8:00PM Sanford and Son (replaces Highway to Heaven)
8:30PM Sanford and Son (replaces Highway to Heaven cont.)
9:00PM Sanford and Son (replaces The Andy Griffith Show)
9:30PM Chasing Farrah (repeat of prior week's premiere episode; replaces Leave it to Beaver)
10:00PM Chasing Farrah (Premiere episode)
10:30PM All in the Family (replaces Farrah encore)

Wednesday, April 20 and 27 ONLY:

8:00PM-10:00PM The Andy Griffith Show
10:00PM Chasing Farrah
10:30PM Chasing Farrah ENCORE




TV Land Originals Saturday Morning Encores:
Saturdays 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET/PT

Saturday, April 2
9:00AM ET in TV Land: The Brady Bunch
10:00AM Still Brady After All These Years
11:00AM Chasing Farrah: #3
11:30AM ALF's Hit Talk Show: #1

Saturday, April 9
9:00AM Inside TV Land: Top 40 Theme Songs
10:00AM TV Land Legends - The 60 Minutes Interviews: Johnny Carson
10:30AM TV Land Legends - The 60 Minutes Interviews: Robert Johnson (PREMIERE!)
11:00AM Chasing Farrah: #4
11:30AM ALF's Hit Talk Show: #2


Saturday, April 16
9:00AM TV Land Legends - The 60 Minutes Interviews: Steve Martin
9:30AM TV Land Legends - The 60 Minutes Interviews: Jerry Seinfeld
10:00AM TV Land Legends - The 60 Minutes Interviews: Mel Brookes
10:30AM TV Land Legends - The 60 Minutes Interviews: Bill Maher
11:00AM Chasing Farrah: #5
11:30AM ALF's Hit Talk Show: #3

Saturday, April 23
9:00AM Inside TV Land: Cops on Camera
10:00AM TV Land Legends - The 60 Minutes Interviews: John Stewart
10:30AM TV Land Top 10: TV Dads
11:00AM Chasing Farrah: #6
11:30AM ALF's Hit Talk Show: #4

Saturday, April 30
9:00AM Inside TV Land: Taboo TV
10:00AM TV Land Legends - The 60 Minutes Interviews: Robin Williams
10:30AM TV Land Top 10: Andy Griffith Show
11:00AM ALF's Hit Talk Show: #5
11:30AM ALF's Hit Talk Show: #6







Specials & Marathons







- Chasing Farrah
7-part series
Premiered Wednesday, March 23
10:00 p.m. and encores 1:00 a.m. ET/PT Wednesday nights (March 23 - April 20)
ENCORE MARATHON: Saturday, April 30 11:00 pm - 2:00am ET/PT

Viewers will go on a wild ride with the jet-set actress as she travels from Hollywood to Miami to New York to Texas, replete with an entourage of managers, publicists and film crew in tow. Viewers will get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the actress, who skyrocketed to super-stardom in 1976 courtesy of her role in Charlie's Angels and further cemented her reputation as a sex symbol with the 1977 release of a poster featuring her in a one-piece swimsuit. Among the highlights expected to be featured in Chasing Farrah include: Farrah on the town in Miami as she party-hops and poses for the paparazzi; her visit to the U.S. Open in New York- where the tennis-loving Farrah caused a stir among such luminaries as Martina Navratilova and Maria Sharapova; and Farrah's encounter with a group of New York City Firemen, whom she meets when her Manhattan shopping spree comes to a halt when she passes a store that's on fire. The special will also showcase Farrah as she deals with such ordinary issues as searching for a lost wallet, visiting her parents and getting head-to-toe salon treatments.

The tabloids. Millions of fans. Would-be suitors. Hollywood producers. Money-hungry merchandisers. Other celebrities. Even our own camera crew. From LA to Miami to New York, everyone is chasing Farrah. But what is it we want from her? Another picture? Another autograph? Another headline? To paraphrase her poetry, all we want is 'everything'. And this is our chance to get it. A reality show about the making of a reality show starring Farrah Fawcett, this series will allow us a look into the life of the most photographed woman in the world. And what we will see is that the actress, artist and icon is also a real person.

Encore schedule:
Wednesdays 1am
Thursday 8am
Friday 3am
Saturday 11am
Saturday 9pm
Sunday 10pm
Monday 4:30pm
Tuesday 11:30pm
Wednesday 10:30pm










- Lassie 50th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, April 24
6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET/PT
Tune in for classic canine conundrums and doggie drama as TV Land commemorates 50 years of the popular pooch. Lassie was an amazing dog - always alert and ready to help and protect her masters. Humans could even understand what Lassie was trying to communicate through her barking! Fortunately, Lassie was able to shift her allegiances periodically, since she had several owners throughout the years.
Celebrate the golden anniversary of this brave, loyal and remarkably intelligent collie!

6:00am #5401 - The Inheritance
Jeff inherits Lassie in the first episode of the series. During his attempts to win Lassie over, he uncovers a mystery and Lassie assists in the capture of a thief.
6:30am #5405 - Lassie’s Pups
During a bad storm, Lassie is having trouble giving birth. In the middle of the night, Jeff hurries to get the vet who is five miles away.
7:00am #5410 - The Lion
Jeff and Lassie see a lion in the woods near the Miller farm. Nobody believes Jeff’s story, except Porky. The lion shows up at the farm and gives Jeff and Porky a harrowing few hours.
7:30am #5555 - The Journey
Lassie is slowly going blind. Jeff and Lassie journey alone to Capitol City to find an eye specialist who has saved the sight of many humans. The doctor agrees to operate on Lassie when Jeff offers to give her his own eyes, if necessary, to save Lassie.
8:00am #5742 - The Runaway
Lassie finds a runaway in the barn and the Millers decide to let him stay at their home. This episode introduces Timmy (Jon Provost) to the cast.
8:30am #5753 - Transition
Gramps dies and Ellen Miller sells the farm to Ruth and Paul martin, a childless young couple. The Martins save Timmy from drowning and decide to adopt him. Jeff gives Lassie to Timmy.
9:00am #5830 - The Camera
The Sheriff forces Lassie to be kept on a leash after a farmhand claims she is vicious. Timmy was taking pictures of pheasants on the Martin farm when the farmhand tried to kill them and kicked Lassie for intervening.
9:30am #5837 - Peace Patrol
Timmy and Lassie join the Lone Ranger’s Peace Patrol to sell U.S. Savings Bonds. Money collected by their school disappears and a poor student is accused of stealing. Lassie and Timmy solve the mystery and meet the Lone Ranger.
10:00am #5902 - New Refrigerator
Lassie is the only member of the Martin household who doesn’t enjoy the new refrigerator. She growls at the “white monster” at every opportunity until she sees it help Timmy when he needs ice packs after being injured.
10:30am #5919 - The Space Traveler
A guinea pig in a space capsule falls near the Martin farm, setting off a series of dangerous and exciting events. Touching the capsule can injure a person as the space shot is contaminated by radiation, it is learned. Timmy touches the capsule and is rushed to the army decontamination chambers.
11:00am #6113 - Lassie and the Eagle
Lassie, about to have pups, meets up with an old friend, The Gold Eagle, and rescues him from a coyote trap. Having rescued the eagle, she then beds down near the eagle’s nest and has her pups. The eagle stands guard over Lassie and her brood, sending off coyotes and other preying animals. Meanwhile, Timmy and the Martins have launched a search party, and at dawn they come upon Lassie and her new family, safely guarded by her feathered friend.
11:30am #6116 - Lassie’s Protégé
Lassie apprehends a reckless driving teenager who carelessly kills a pet raccoon. How Lassie breaks up a hot rod drag race and brings the young hot-rodder to justice is the highlight of this adventure.
12:00pm #6121 -The Odyssey Pt. 1
Lassie mysteriously disappears. While the entire nation is alerted to the search, Lassie, lost and alone hundreds of miles from the Martin farm, battles predatory animals and the elements. Lassie is confronted with a number of hair-raising and difficult problems, including an exciting finish.
12:30pm #6122- The Odyssey Pt. 2
Lassie mysteriously disappears. While the entire nation is alerted to the search, Lassie, lost and alone hundreds of miles from the Martin farm, battles predatory animals and the elements. Lassie is confronted with a number of hair-raising and difficult problems, including an exciting finish.
1:00pm #6123 - The Odyssey Pt. 3
Lassie mysteriously disappears. While the entire nation is alerted to the search, Lassie, lost and alone hundreds of miles from the Martin farm, battles predatory animals and the elements. Lassie is confronted with a number of hair-raising and difficult problems, including an exciting finish.
1:30pm #6134 - Lassie and the Tiger
Timmy and Lassie capture an escaped tiger but not before Timmy gets himself in grave peril and has to be rescued by Lassie.
2:00pm #6307 - The Treasure Pt. 1
Timmy and Cully go on an overnight camping trip and find a strange inscription in an old shack that was once owned by a philosopher, which leads them to go after an eagle and find a treasure. On the advice of a forest ranger, the two decide to stop chasing the eagle for the treasure, but a strange turn of events involves them with the eagle again and they eventually get an unexpected surprise in the adventure.
2:30pm #6308 - The Treasure Pt. 2
Timmy and Cully go on an overnight camping trip and find a strange inscription in an old shack that was once owned by a philosopher, which leads them to go after an eagle and find a treasure. On the advice of a forest ranger, the two decide to stop chasing the eagle for the treasure, but a strange turn of events involves them with the eagle again and they eventually get an unexpected surprise in the adventure.
3:00pm #6812 - The Holocaust Pt. 1
Lassie risks death to help rescue Forest Ranger Corey Stuart and Smoke Jumper Lane Becker who become trapped in a ring of fire in a raging holocaust of a Western mountain range.
3:30pm #6813 - The Holocaust Pt. 2
Lassie risks death to help rescue Forest Ranger Corey Stuart and Smoke Jumper Lane Becker who become trapped in a ring of fire in a raging holocaust of a Western mountain range.
4:00pm #7017 - For the Love of Lassie Pt. 1
Lassie returns to visit the farm where she left one of her puppies--and once upon her way again, falls down a hidden well.
4:30pm #7018 - For the Love of Lassie Pt. 2
People who have been helped by Lassie (including the couple from "Gentle Dawn," who are now married) help rescue her from the well.
5:00pm #7204 - Run to Nowhere Pt. 1
Lucy Baker and Lassie meet Joey Greer, a young boy on a run to nowhere and convince him to come to the Holden ranch. Overwhelmed by the acceptance and love he has never had, Joey finds it difficult to adjust to the life on the ranch and a misunderstood conversation sends him fleeing into the wilderness.
5:30pm #7205 - Run to Nowhere Pt. 2
Lucy Baker and Lassie meet Joey Greer, a young boy on a run to nowhere and convince him to come to the Holden ranch. Overwhelmed by the acceptance and love he has never had, Joey finds it difficult to adjust to the life on the ranch and a misunderstood conversation sends him fleeing into the wilderness.
6:00pm #5545 - Birthday
Jeff and Porky’s efforts to keep the surprise party Ellen has planned for Gramps’ birthday party a secret, and to be especially nice to Gramps results in a series of mishaps with the kids constantly under-foot and doing the wrong thing to help.
6:30pm #5619 - Party Line
With the gossipy Calverton party line always busy, people ask Jenny to deliver messages. But one day she is out of sorts and people become annoyed, until Jeff discovers she's unhappy because no one remembers it's her birthday
7:00pm #5812 - The Rocking Chair
Lassie falls in love with a rocking chair destined for donation to a benefit sale, and when it's sold, she determines to do something to get it back.
7:30pm #6035 - Lassie at the Grand Canyon
Lassie aids the “See America First” program at the spectacular Grand Canyon. How Lassie rescues a blind composer from the Canyon’s brink is one of the many highlights of this spectacular adventure.

[JT]

Oddly enough, I'm looking forward to Lassie...

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by JT

Oddly enough, I'm looking forward to Lassie...

Me too.

[Scoobiedoo30]

I am looking forward to The Lassia 50th Anniversarry Marathon

[jamier42]

I love Lassie I can't wait to see the 50th Anniversary.

[bossradio93]

Originally Posted by pavanbadal

TV Land April 2005 --


- Lassie 50th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, April 24
6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET/PT
Tune in for classic canine conundrums and doggie drama as TV Land commemorates 50 years of the popular pooch. Lassie was an amazing dog - always alert and ready to help and protect her masters. Humans could even understand what Lassie was trying to communicate through her barking! Fortunately, Lassie was able to shift her allegiances periodically, since she had several owners throughout the years.
Celebrate the golden anniversary of this brave, loyal and remarkably intelligent collie!

1:00pm #6123 - The Odyssey Pt. 3
Lassie mysteriously disappears. While the entire nation is alerted to the search, Lassie, lost and alone hundreds of miles from the Martin farm, battles predatory animals and the elements. Lassie is confronted with a number of hair-raising and difficult problems, including an exciting finish.

I recorded Part 3 of: "The Odyssey" (from Discovery Kids Channel) where Lassie finally returns at the end and let me tell you, I almost cried seeing Timmy and Lassie reunite! That's got to be one of the greatest moments in television history!


Does anyone know if it made the list of TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Moments?

I hope all three "Lassie" series will become part of TV Land's regular schedule!

[TVFactFan]

Pav this is the New TV LAND Programming to be patient about?-LOL You really got to be kidding me

[Pavan]

Originally Posted by TVShow Analyzer

Pav this is the New TV LAND Programming to be patient about?-LOL You really got to be kidding me

NO! I don't see anything on this thread saying Lassie is joining the line-up. Do you?? It's an anniversary marathon. 3 sitcoms are coming later this year (July, Aug, Nov) with 3 more by next year. Majority will be VERY happy.

[Chelsea]

The Lassie marathon is just a programming *stunt*. It's a one-time airing of those episodes. Liberty (the Discovery family of networks, specifically) owns rerun rights to Lassie for the longhaul. It's VERY similar to what TV Land did with Miami Vice THIS month.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by pavanbadal

NO! I don't see anything on this thread saying Lassie is joining the line-up. Do you?? It's an anniversary marathon. 3 sitcoms are coming later this year (July, Aug, Nov) with 3 more by next year. Majority will be VERY happy.

Well the 3 sitcoms you are talking about I hope are in between the 1975-1985 era.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Seth

The Lassie marathon is just a programming *stunt*. It's a one-time airing of those episodes. Liberty (the Discovery family of networks, specifically) owns rerun rights to Lassie for the longhaul. It's VERY similar to what TV Land did with Miami Vice THIS month.

I just shake my head and laugh because the people who are in charge of programming at TV Land are idiot. Six hours of Westerns and now a Lassie Marathon-LOL TV LAND needs some new people in charge of programming.

[Pavan]

Originally Posted by TVShow Analyzer

I just shake my head and laugh because the people who are in charge of programming at TV Land are idiot. Six hours of Westerns and now a Lassie Marathon-LOL TV LAND needs some new people in charge of programming.

The ratings are working. Just because you don't like something that doesn't mean they will change the lineup just for you. I don't like the westerns either; am I bickering? They do well for them, why not air them?

[barwars]

Originally Posted by pavanbadal

NO! I don't see anything on this thread saying Lassie is joining the line-up. Do you?? It's an anniversary marathon. 3 sitcoms are coming later this year (July, Aug, Nov) with 3 more by next year. Majority will be VERY happy.

If I'm reading this right, that means will have 6 new sitcoms by 2006??
Are any of these N@N's hand-me-downs?

Pav, I swear I won't pest about what shows are coming after this, but do you have an estimate as to when we will get wind of the news??

[Pavan]

Originally Posted by barwars

If I'm reading this right, that means will have 6 new sitcoms by 2006??
Are any of these N@N's hand-me-downs?

Pav, I swear I won't pest about what shows are coming after this, but do you have an estimate as to when we will get wind of the news??

None are N@N "hand-me-downs." I am hoping by May the 2005 ones will be released at Upfront.

[Brent88]

Originally Posted by pavanbadal

None are N@N "hand-me-downs." I am hoping by May the 2005 ones will be released at Upfront.

Hmmmm....