TV Land May 2005 -- New Top 10's; Fashionable Mother's; Raymond Farewell

[Pavan]

TV Land May 2005 --


Regular schedule changes:

Effective Friday, May 6:

Fridays ONLY
5:00pm-8:00pm I Love Lucy (replaces Wings)





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

Saturday, May 7
9:00AM TV Land Moguls: The '90s
10:00AM Inside TV Land: TBD
11:00AM TV Land Top 10: Wacky Neighbors

Saturday, May 14
9:00AM ET in TV Land: Three's Company
10:00AM ET in TV Land: Friends
11:00AM TV Land Top 10: Perfect Tens - Women

Saturday, May 21
9:00AM TV Land Moguls: The '60s
10:00AM ET in TV Land: Gilligan's Island
11:00AM TV Land Top 10: Loveable Losers - Geeks & Nerds

Saturday, May 28
9:00AM ET in TV Land: All in the Family
10:00AM ET in TV Land: Dallas
11:00AM TV Land Top 10: Characters You Love to Hate










Specials & Marathons







- TV Land Top 10: Wacky Neighbors
Premieres Wednesday, May 4
10:00 p.m. and encores 1:00 a.m. ET/PT
They live next door to the main character, but they’re center stage in our hearts. The wacky neighbor is one of TV’s most beloved conventions. And TV Land’s Top Ten is celebrating a one-hour special on the best of the best. Lenny & Squiggy, Kramer and Ed Norton all live in this exclusive neighborhood.
Encore schedule for this week:
Wednesday 1am
Thursday 8am
Friday 3am
Saturday 11am
Saturday 9pm
Monday 4pm
Tuesday 11pm
Wednesday 2pm








- Fashionable Moms
Sunday, May 8
8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. ET/PT
Celebrate Mother’s Day on TV Land with a night of trendy moms! Whether getting gussied up for a night out on the town, becoming a model, or wanting a designer Paris gown, the mother’s of TV Land sure have style!

8:00pm All in the Family #134 – Edith’s Night Out
Not even pressure from Gloria will get Archie to take Edith out for a night on the town, but Edith is tired of taking "no" for an answer.
8:30pm The Munsters #33 – Lily Munster, Girl Model
Lily feels she is not needed around the house, so she takes a job as a fashion model.
9:00pm Bewitched #44 – The Very Informal Dress
Aunt Clara accompanies Darrin and Samantha to a dinner party. She provides Samantha with a new dress and Darrin with a new suit, only later to see the new clothes vanish before everyone's eyes
9:30pm The Dick Van Dyke Show #126 – There’s No Sale Like Wholesale
Buddy offers to get Laura a fur coat wholesale.
10:00pm I Love Lucy #147 – Lucy Gets a Paris Gown
Lucy goes on a hunger strike until Ricky agrees to buy her a designer dress. Ricky finds out she was cheating and tricks her into thinking a dress made of burlap is a Paris original.
10:30pm Happy Days #105 – Marion’s Misgivings
When a friend leaves his wife for a younger woman, Marion wonders if Howard will do the same thing. Marion transforms herself into a veiled beauty to spice up their life.
11:00pm The Brady Bunch #80 – The Show Must Go On
Marcia talks her mother into appearing with her in the high school family frolics. Once Carol agrees, Greg comes home with a request that Mike also performs in the show.
11:30pm Cheers #241 – Smotherly Love
Lilith’s mother comes to visit with the idea of giving Lilith and Frasier a proper wedding, complete with Lilith donning a much-maligned wedding gown.




- Nick@Nite's Search for the Funniest Mom in America
Premieres: Tuesday, May 3 from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on NICK@NITE
CATCH ENCORES ON TV LAND ON:
Sunday, May 8 at 11:59pm et/pt; Monday, May 9 (early Tues) 1:00am et/pt; Thursday, May 12 at 11:00pm et/pt; Sunday, May 15 (early Mon) at 2:00am et/pt; Monday, May 16 (early Tues) at 3:00 a.m. ET/PT; and Thursday, May 26 at 7:00am et/pt.
Nick@Nite, the home of funny TV Moms, is searching for the funniest real-life Mom in America. And once we find her, she'll win $50,000 and have the chance to develop her own original show for Nick@Nite! She'll also host Nick@Nites's Mother's Day stunt. The special gathers the finalists to compete in a one night only performance. We'll see their video submissions, get up close and personal with their families at home, and watch them put their acts together. Nick@Nite knows there are many kinds of funny moms - ones that tell jokes, act silly, or always end up in ridiculous situations. Only one will be crowned Nick@Nite's Funniest Mom in America!








- TV Land Top 10: Perfect Tens - Women
Premieres Wednesday, May 11
10:00 p.m. and encores 1:00 a.m. ET/PT
This TV Land one-hour original special highlights some of the most stunning women to hit the world of television. Will Farrah, Chrissy or Daisy Duke make the cut? How about Christine Sullivan? Watch TV Land Top 10 to find out!
Encore schedule for this week:
Wednesday 1am
Thursday 8am
Friday 3am
Saturday 11am
Saturday 9pm
Sunday 10pm
Monday 4pm
Tuesday 11pm
Wednesday 2pm










- We Hate To See You Leave, Raymond
Monday, May 16
9:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. ET/PT
After 9 years, TV Land says good-bye to future/current classic Everybody Loves Raymond. As we paid homage to Friends (with friends watching Friends) and Seinfeld (by going dark) opposite their series finales, TV Land will honor the Barones in a similar fashion. On behalf of TV Land, Ray, we hate to see you leave, but we love to watch your show.
The stunt: 241 actual Raymonds, one for each episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, will wear a tee-shirt indicating which episode they represent and stand and introduce themselves by name and episode during the airing of the final episode #241.
Join TV Land as we bid adieu to another one of our favorite dysfunctional family.










- TV Land Top 10: Loveable Losers - Geeks & Nerds
Premieres Wednesday, May 18
10:00 p.m. and encores 1:00 a.m. ET/PT
"Did I do that?" TV has had its share of geeks and nerds over the years from Steve Urkel to Arnold Horshack, to lesser known ones like Happy Days' Eugene & Melvin Belvin. Tonight TV Land will showcase the top ten nerdiest nerds of all-time in this one-hour special.
Encore schedule for this week:
Wednesday 1am
Thursday 8am
Friday 3am
Saturday 11am
Saturday 9pm
Sunday 10pm
Monday 4pm
Tuesday 11pm
Wednesday 2pm







- TV Land Top 10: Characters You Love to Hate
Premieres Wednesday, May 25
10:00 p.m. and encores 1:00 a.m. ET/PT
TV has certainly has its share of characters who you would like to just choke or even kill. Will Larry Hagman or Joan Collins be in our top 10? Watch and see on this one-hour countdown!
Encore schedule for this week:
Wednesday 1am
Thursday 8am
Friday 3am
Saturday 11am
Saturday 9pm
Sunday 10pm
Monday 4pm
Tuesday 11pm
Wednesday 2pm







THREAD WILL OPEN SOON. BE PATIENT.


COMING SOON ... In June: A VERY special 50th anniversary weekend; Nick@Nite's 20th anniversary weekend; More new Top 10's; New Inside TV Land Special; Father's Day and more!
In July: Good Timesssssssss!! August: Night Court

[JT]

I was over at Morty's TV and there, it says that the VERY special 50th anniversary weekend for June is going to be more than one show, so now I'm really racking my brain trying to come up with ideas of what it could be. My top two guesses are either A: It's someone's 50th birthday (which I doubt since someone born in 1955 would be in more recent shows) or B: Something entirely different, in other words, I have no idea.

The N@N 20th anniversary weekend sounds like a must-see, and the fact that Morty quoted you as saying that the upcoming events on TVLand are a lot better than the current TVLand makes me even more curious.

Alas, I will have patience.

[Pavan]

I still haven't seen the marathon schedules, but it is going to be good (I've seen brief mentions of SOME shows for each event). I'm sure everyone will like something in that 50th anniversary weekend of "something." And I know everyone will love the Nick@Nite 20th Anniversary Weekend on TV Land, in which you'll see all your favorite shows from the past 20 years from Nick@Nite. And that is not all! Nick@Nite will also be planning something VERY cool for its anniversary!

Hopefully within the next week or two (or three??) I'll be able to post all three big events.

[JT]

Wow! Thanks for reassuring us that the Nick@Nite thing isn't going to be shows that were on network TV in 1985 LOL

And with the news of six new sitcoms coming, it gets me thinking, what shows will be leaving soon? Carol and Flip are most likely going to be gone, as will The Addams Family and I don't expect SCTV to last too long. Hunter and Highway to Heaven seem like they would each lose a timeslot (H would be only shown overnight and HTH only in the afternoons maybe?).

And please, don't get the idea that I'm trying to pressure you for the info that you can't tell us. I've been around here long enough to know that patience pays off...I still remember June 2002 and how AMAZING that was...

[Pavan]

Originally Posted by JT

Wow! Thanks for reassuring us that the Nick@Nite thing isn't going to be shows that were on network TV in 1985 LOL

I don't think I said that? TV Land and Nick@Nite are planning something very different for the N@N 20th Anniversary, but I think it is better that way because everyone is going to like this.

[JT]

Originally Posted by pavanbadal

I don't think I said that? TV Land and Nick@Nite are planning something very different for the N@N 20th Anniversary, but I think it is better that way because everyone is going to like this.

Oh, well whatever it is, it sounds good.

[Brent88]

Originally Posted by pavanbadal

And I know everyone will love the Nick@Nite 20th Anniversary Weekend on TV Land, in which you'll see all your favorite shows from the past 20 years from Nick@Nite. And that is not all! Nick@Nite will also be planning something VERY cool for its anniversary.

[Pavan]

Schedule change...

Effective, Friday, May 6:

Fridays ONLY:
5:00pm-8:00pm I Love Lucy (replaces Wings)

[barwars]

Originally Posted by JT

Wow! Thanks for reassuring us that the Nick@Nite thing isn't going to be shows that were on network TV in 1985 LOL

Called it!

[Chocoholic]

Originally Posted by pavanbadal

Schedule change...

Effective, Friday, May 6:

Fridays ONLY:
5:00pm-8:00pm I Love Lucy (replaces Wings)

I love Wings a heck of a lot better than I ever liked I Love Lucy.

[Pavan]

TV LAND’S TOP TEN CELEBRATES WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT TV

EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 10 P.M. (ET/PT),

BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, MAY 4



Weekly Series Celebrates Specially-Themed Countdowns Like Top Ten: Wacky Neighbors,

Top Ten: Characters You Love To Hate, Top Ten: Greatest TV Romances and More



Matt LeBlanc, Martin Sheen, Patricia Heaton, Tom Hanks, Sarah Jessica Parker,

Tony Shalhoub, Lewis Black, Tony Danza and Marilu Henner Among Celebrities Featured



New York, NY, April 18, 2005 – Which wacky neighbor still steals the hearts of viewers? Which TV stars do we consider 10’s? Which sitcom romance was our favorite? Viewers can find out the answer to these and other probing questions when TV Land’s Top Ten returns to the network’s roster with seven new installments beginning Wednesday, May 4 at 10 p.m. ET/PT with Top Ten: Wacky Neighbors.



In Top Ten: Wacky Neighbors, TV Land takes a look at the beloved TV convention of the wacky neighbor. From Lenny and Squiggy, to Kramer and Ed Norton, the May 4 installment features interviews with Matt LeBlanc, Barbara Eden, Betty White, Danny Bonaduce, Erik Estrada, Jerry O’Connell and several others – who lend their personal insight and observations into some of their favorite TV neighbors.



TV Land’s Top Ten series celebrates television for the passionate TV viewer. By culling the best moments from hit TV shows and commentary from stars, experts and those in the know, each episode of this seven-episode series counts down a different Top Ten. The series began as specials for the network in June 2004 with Top Ten: TV Dads, followed by Top Ten: The Andy Griffith Show (July 2004) and Top Ten: TV Cars (October 2004). The series is being produced for TV Land by TV Land Productions in conjunction with Robert Small Entertainment. Log onto TVLand.com for other scheduled replays.



Other celebrities slated to appear in the series include: Aida Turturro, Andy Griffith, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Eden, Barbara Walters, Betty White, Bill Daly, Brad Garrett, Ed Asner, Erik Estrada, Faith Ford, Jerry O’Connell, John Schneider, Lorraine Bracco, Marlo Thomas, Paul Rodriguez, Scott Baio, Sherman Helmsley, Sinbad, Susan Lucci, Tony Orlando, Tony Shalhoub and more.







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Page 2 of Top Ten

In addition to the premiere of Wacky Neighbors, episodes this season include:



May 11: Perfect Tens – The Women – This installment counts down TV’s all time TENS. From angels, to lifeguards and, of course, Heather Locklear…this is one to watch!



May 18: Lovable Losers: Geeks & Nerds – Smart? Most of them. Socially maladjusted? All of them. From Urkel to Horshack and all your favorites in between, this installment counts down TV’s top geeks and nerds. America loves a winner, unless it’s one of these guys.



May 25: Characters You Love To Hate – You know them. You hate them. But, you love to watch them and TV Land’s Top Ten is counting them down. Eddie Haskell, JR Ewing, Larry David. So bad, they’re good.



June 1: Small Screen, Big Stars – You met them on TV & now they’re the biggest thing on the big screen. TV Land’s Top Ten counts down TV’s overachievers who made the leap to movie stardom. Jennifer Aniston, Tom Hanks, Will Smith and others make the cut and make this an episode a must-see!



June 8: Sexiest Stars – The Men – TV Land’s Top Ten counts down the guys you’d watch paint their living room and never turn the channel. Whether it’s Sonny Crockett looking great in stubble or Dr. Doug Ross saving lives and breaking hearts, this is one countdown not to miss.



June 15: Greatest TV Romances – Love is eternal and happily so are TV romances…There’s Sam & Diane, Joanie & Chachi, Ross & Rachel, who could forget David and Maddie’s Moonlighting? Who’ll make the list? Tune in to find out!



TV Land Productions was created in 2003 to develop original programming that complements the network’s successful acquired programming slate. TV Land Productions has also produced The TV Land Awards Show: A Celebration of Classic TV (March 2003, 2004 and 2005), the Emmy-nominated The Dick Van Dyke Show, Revisited, the network’s first original special for broadcast, which premiered on CBS in May and the Emmy-nominated Still Brady…After All These Years reunion special in September. For more information about TV Land’s original Wednesday night line-ups, visit www.tvland.com.

[Pavan]

More info on TVL's Raymond finale night program during the finale:

The stunt: 241 actual Raymonds, one for each episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, will wear a tee-shirt indicating which episode they represent and stand and introduce themselves by name and episode during the airing of the final episode #241.

Join TV Land as we bid adieu to another one of our favorite dysfunctional family.

[Brent88]

Originally Posted by pavanbadal

More info on TVL's Raymond finale night program during the finale:

The stunt: 241 actual Raymonds, one for each episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, will wear a tee-shirt indicating which episode they represent and stand and introduce themselves by name and episode during the airing of the final episode #241.

Join TV Land as we bid adieu to another one of our favorite dysfunctional family.

What on earth?

[Pavan]

TV LAND LOVES RAYMOND WHEN CLASSIC TV NET SALUTES

SERIES FINALE OF EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

May 16 Salute Features 210 Guys Named Raymond Paying Tribute to

Every Episode of Acclaimed Series

New York, NY, May 2, 2005 – In a fitting tribute to Everybody Loves Raymond, one of television’s most popular and beloved sitcoms, TV Land will pre-empt regularly scheduled programming to salute the series on Monday, May 16 – the night of the series finale on CBS. TV Land’s tribute to Everybody Loves Raymond is presented by Earthlink.

Beginning at 9 p.m., as the finale of Everybody Loves Raymond begins, TV Land will be closed for business. Instead of regularly scheduled programming, viewers tuning in to TV Land will instead see a room filled with 210 guys actually named Raymond. Each Raymond represents an episode of the series, and will wear a t-shirt identifying which episode they represent. They will stand and introduce themselves, one by one, by name and episode, for the entire half hour. Throughout this tribute, TV Land will remind viewers that they should really be watching the finale on CBS.

TV Land has pre-empted programming to pay tribute to a series finale twice in the network’s nine-year history. The first time was in 1998 to salute the finale of Seinfeld. Throughout the entire hour, TV Land aired nothing to salute the show about nothing. The only thing seen on the channel was an image of TV Land’s closed office doors accompanied by a note explaining that the network would return after the conclusion of Seinfeld’s finale. More recently, in 2004, for the entire hour that the Friends finale aired, viewers watching TV Land were treated to a room full of TV Land staffers – purportedly watching the Friends finale -- periodically addressing the camera to remind viewers that the Friends finale was on and that we really weren’t airing anything so there was no point staying tuned.

“Everybody Loves Raymond is poised to take its place as one of television’s most memorable family sitcoms,” states Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land and Nick at Nite. “TV Land wants to be sure that no viewers accidentally miss this historic television event.”

TV Land knows that Everybody Loves Raymond but the network wants to prove our love to 210 Raymonds (and by “prove our love” we mean put them on TV!). Space is limited so all Rays are asked to please email RayTV@tvland.com or call 866-99-RAYTV to reserve a spot for the tribute taping on Wednesday, May 11. Rays should leave their first and last name as well as a phone number in order to be contacted with detailed information.

[rodwayne]

I say good riddance to Everyone Loves Raymond. So much have been made about a very Overrated show.Now we curse to watch reruns of this overwrought farce.And both Nite At Nite and N@N T.V. Land going to go dark because of HIM It figures!!!Well,I'm still looking forward to the 20 year celebration.