ABC Family March 2008 Changes

[Pavan]

With Family Matters' contract expiring after February 29, the following changes will occur starting in March:

Weekends
Effective Saturday, March 1
7:00am Sister, Sister (replaces Family Matters)
7:30am Sister, Sister (replaces Family Matters)
8:00am Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (replaces Sister, Sister)
8:30am Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (replaces Sister, Sister)
10:00am Grounded for Life (replaces Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)
10:30am Grounded for Life (replaces Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)

Weekdays
Effective Monday, March 3
7:00am Sister, Sister (replaces Family Matters)
7:30am Sister, Sister (replaces Family Matters)
8:00am Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (replaces Sister, Sister)
8:30am Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (replaces Sister, Sister)
1:00pm Sister, Sister (replaces Family Matters)
1:30pm Sister, Sister (replaces Family Matters)



And if you're confused, here is their full weekday and weekend line-up now of regular series starting March 1:

Weekdays
7:00A Sister, Sister
7:30A Sister, Sister
8:00A Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
8:30A Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
9:00A Step by Step
9:30A Living the Life
10:00A The 700 Club
11:00A Gilmore Girls
12:00N Full House
12:30P Full House
1:00P Sister, Sister
1:30P Sister, Sister
2:00P Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
2:30P Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
3:00P Full House
3:30P Full House
4:00P What I Like About You
4:30P What I Like About You
5:00P Gilmore Girls
6:00P 8 Simple Rules
6:30P 8 Simple Rules
7:00P Grounded for Life
7:30P Grounded for Life
8:00P Primetime Programming
10:00P America's Funniest Home Videos
11:00P The 700 Club
12:00M Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Wed-Fri)
12:30A Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Wed-Fri)

Weekends
7:00A Sister, Sister
7:30A Sister, Sister
8:00A Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
8:30A Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
9:00A Full House
9:30A Full House
10:00A Grounded for Life
10:30A Grounded for Life
11:00A Grounded for Life or Movie
11:30A Grounded for Life or Movie

[StallionGuy86]

I wish there was more variety in the schedule. I see a lot of networks showing the same thing repeatedly. I wish ABC Family could go 24 hours and possibly do away with the paid programming (The 700 Club, Living The Life, Joyce Meyers, etc.)

[ilovethe80s]

I like seeing Step by Step back at 2pm but I still like Sabrina. I'm also surprised they put Sister, Sister in all the slots that Family Matters was in. I'm surprised they didn't try to add a different show as well. I don't know if Sister, Sister will get the same ratings as Family Matters did.

[tanquant]

I am going to miss Family Matters. Now I don't have a reason to look at that channel. I might tune into sister, sister now and again.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by tanquant

I am going to miss Family Matters. Now I don't have a reason to look at that channel. I might tune into sister, sister now and again.

Family Matters is going to be on N@N so why are you going to miss it?-lol

[DSfan]

I hope Family Matters becomes the N@N show, like Fresh Prince this summer.
Since I'm in Canada I haven't seen Urkel for a while, except in the summer when I'm in the States.

I hope I can just relax with Full House, Family Matters, Home Improvement, a bit of Fresh Prince, and I'm gonna try out George Lopez since I've never really watched it before

[chris31989]

Well it will be missed by me as N@N doesn't begin to air FM until June. Maybe that's what tanquant meant.

[tanquant]

Originally Posted by chris31989

Well it will be missed by me as N@N doesn't begin to air FM until June. Maybe that's what tanquant meant.

Thats exactly what I meant. I love looking at FM at 7:00 am and 1:00pm. Now I have to find something else to watch in the afternoon instead of having to wait until 10:00 or 11:00pm. I hope they treat it as well as ABC Family did.

[TVFactFan]

I'm sure they will cut out the funny parts like they do with all the shows on their schedule-lol

[JulieSomoski]

I was expecting a schedule like this exactly . . . I am gonna miss Family Matters, too. It was a 1pm staple in my house for years-LOL. I just hope Nick at Nite treats it as fairly as ABC Family has.

1pm is too early for Sister, Sister. It's probably the show that attracts the biggest afterschool audience on the schedule. That's quite a lot of Sister Sister on the schedule. We get 6 airings of it each day (counting the 2 WGN airings). And why'd they move Sabrina to 8pm only? Besides that, it's a pretty good schedule.

I was as well hoping for a new show, just to give more variety. If anything, I would have loved to see Boy Meets Worlc ome back.

[ryan423]

Pavan, do you know how What I Like About you is doing for ABC Family? I just love the show and need to record the fourth season of it over the summer if I get the chance!

[Cliff Barnes]

That is awesome that Step By Step will be back on in the afternoon. I keep thinking it's going to go away but it just seems to keep hanging in there. I guess it is good to see people still must really like it-I hope there will be dvd's soon.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Cliff Barnes

That is awesome that Step By Step will be back on in the afternoon. I keep thinking it's going to go away but it just seems to keep hanging in there. I guess it is good to see people still must really like it-I hope there will be dvd's soon.

It's a shame it can't air on N@N after Family matters in the summer, now that would be syndication heaven-lol

[Jude The Obscure]

Originally Posted by StallionGuy86

I wish there was more variety in the schedule. I see a lot of networks showing the same thing repeatedly. I wish ABC Family could go 24 hours and possibly do away with the paid programming (The 700 Club, Living The Life, Joyce Meyers, etc.)

700 Club and Living the Life is never going away. No matter who owns the channel now and in the future--those CBN shows are a package deal that comes as a condition when Pat Robertson sold the old Family Channel.

[Mrgman]

I love step by step in its classic spot 2 in the afternoon