ME-Too in Chicago

[SuperProducer]

Looks Like Me-TV will have a sister station, ME-TOO.


From Chicago Sun-Times

From those wonderful folks who brought you "The U" and "Me-TV" now comes another channel of classic TV.
In the latest brand extension from Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting, WFBT-Channel 48 is becoming WMEU-Channel 48.

Welcome to "Me-Too."

Starting March 1, the station will turn into a companion to WWME-Channel 23, the home of vintage reruns known as "Me-TV." Between the two, more than 100 different series will be aired.

Brokered ethnic and foreign language programming now on Channel 48 will switch to one of six digital channels of Weigel's WCIU-Channel 26. "Me-Too" also will be carried on Comcast Digital Channel 247 as well as WOW and RCN cable systems.

"The combination of 'Me-TV' and 'Me-Too' will allow us to expand the classic TV franchise in an unprecedented way," said Neal Sabin, executive vice president of Weigel Broadcasting.

As part of the company's overall digital strategy, Sabin said, having a second stream of classic shows will allow development of targeted blocks of programming for different demographics. It also will create a classic program stream when sports preempts regularly scheduled shows.

Among the titles on "Me-Too" will be a Sunday "Noir at Night" block of "Route 66," "Naked City," "77 Sunset Strip" and "Boris Karloff's Thriller."

A Saturday night "pajama party" lineup will feature "Square Pegs," "Silver Spoons," "Facts of Life," "The Monkees," "The Brady Bunch" and "The Partridge Family."

[Nighthawk76]

Sqaure Pegs and The Facts of Life

[Mr. Television]

Damn I wish I got this channel.

[chris31989]

I just don't understand it. This is a local franchise and they are ten times smarter about programming than TVLand, which should have did this years ago. They really have it together in Chicago. I've noticed Me-TV 23 has started to get away from older shows. It's great that they are creating a new network so that they can air the newer shows, but now have a place for the older ones. TVLand, are you listening?

[Pavan]

We just did a story on this on our blog:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...milwaukee.html

We will have the full launch schedule very soon...so keep checking back!

[bh7812]

For those that don't already know, Me-TV has done PHENOMENAL here in Chicago..ratings have been either very very high or through the roof since they launched the original Me-TV. The great thing about this is, this announcement came out of NOWHERE. Even with living in the Chicago area, there was not even so much as a hint this announcement was coming! All of a sudden I saw it on Monday. I'll be very interested in seeing how this sister station does. Every possible big name old TV series or sitcom you can think of has been shown at some point on the original Me-TV so I really don't know what else they can possibly put on that they already haven't. Will be interesting indeed.

It will be interesting too to see if RTN gets an affiliate here in Chicago..the RTN people keep saying they want national coverage so we'lll see. But, I think with Me-TV and now the announcement of Me-Too that might make RTN less likely to get a Chicago affiliate. I hope I'm wrong and it will. I think if the cards are played right it can co-exist with Me-TV plus the new sister station.

Next year when everything goes to Digital TV will be quite intriguing to say the least, it will allow all the major markets to try new things and maybe get even more stations than exist currently. I think there will certainly be a lot of expansion in different markets as Digital TV will make expansion and adding new things MUCH easier in my opinion.

Well, March 1st will be an interesting day here in Chicago and I'm glad Milwaukee will finally get to experience Me-TV as well.

[clj2]

From Me-TV's website, here's the schedule for
"ME-TOO": http://www.metvchicago.com/pdf/Winte...-METV556AA.pdf

I hope they'll go national at some point in time....I think Me-TV and RTN could co-exist if done properly.

[Pavan]

I thought they were releasing it on Monday? Oh well. Here it is:

Me-Too Launch Schedule

Launches Saturday, March 1, 2008

Saturdays
5:00am Flying Nun
5:30am Flying Nun
6:00am Funniest Videos
6:30am Funniest Videos
7:00am Funniest Videos
7:30am 26 N Halsted
8:00am Daktari
9:00am That’s My Mama
9:30am That’s My Mama
10:00am What’s Happening!!
10:30am Gimme A Break!
11:00am The Munsters
11:30am The Munsters
12:00pm Hogan’s Heroes
12:30pm Hogan's Heroes
1:00pm McHale’s Navy
1:30pm McHale's Navy
2:00pm Sgt. Bilko
2:30pm Sgt. Bilko
3:00pm Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C
3:30pm Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C
4:00pm Green Acres
4:30pm Green Acres
5:00pm Beverly Hillbillies
5:30pm Beverly Hillbillies
6:00pm The Munsters
6:30pm The Munsters
SATURDAY NIGHT PAJAMA PARTY
7:00pm Square Pegs
7:30pm Saved By the Bell
8:00pm Silver Spoons
8:30pm Facts of Life
9:00pm Brady Bunch
9:30pm Brady Bunch
10:00pm Partridge Family
10:30pm Monkees
11:00pm Mork & Mindy
11:30pm Laverne & Shirley
12:00am Family Ties
12:30am Patty Duke
1:00am Family Affair
1:30am Gidget
2:00am The Lucy Show
2:30am Love American Style
3:00am Flying Nun
3:30am Flying Nun
4:00am Patty Duke
4:30am Johnny Sokko

Sundays
5:00am Cartoons
6:00am Little Rascals
7:00am Johnny Sokko
7:30am Johnny Sokko
8:00am Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew
9:00am Voyagers
10:00am Lost In Space
11:00am Incedible Hulk
12:00pm Buck Rogers
1:00pm Battlestar Galactica
2:00am Greatest American Hero
3:00pm Knight Rider
4:00pm Green Hornet
5:00pm Batman
6:00pm Adventures of Superman
SUNDAY NIGHT NOIR AT NIGHT
7:00pm Outer Limits
8:00pm Thriller
9:00pm Alfred Hitchcock Hour
10:00pm Twilight Zone Hour
11:00pm The Fugitive
12:00am Naked City
1:00am Peter Gunn
1:30am Mr. Lucky
2:00am One Step Beyond


Weekdays
7:00am Dennis the Menace
7:30am Father Knows Best
8:00am Burns & Allen
8:30am Jack Benny
9:00am Saved By the Bell (EI)
9:30am Webster
10:00am Monkees
10:30am Partridge Family
11:00am I Love Lucy
11:30am I Love Lucy
12:00pm Facts of Life
12:30pm Who’s the Boss
1:00pm Eight is Enough
2:00pm Cagney & Lacey
3:00pm Magnum P.I.
4:00pm 21 Jump Street
5:00pm The A-Team
6:00pm Hogan’s Heroes
6:30pm Hogan's Heroes
7:00pm Star Trek
8:00pm Wild Wild West
9:00pm Maverick
10:00pm The Twilight Zone
10:30pm Night Gallery
11:00pm Alfred Hitchcock Presents
11:30pm All In the Family
12:00am Jeffersons
12:30am That’s My Mama
1:00am Carson’s Comedy
1:30am Burns & Allen
2:00am 4 Star Playhouse
2:30am One Step Beyond

[clj2]

IMO, the Saturday schedule is much better than the weekday one. Too bad those two couldn't be reversed.

[thebloodyscot]

Great schedule

[megamanj2004]

I just tried to find in on my Dish channel and it's nowhere to be seen on there!

DANG! How do you live in the Chicagoland area but can't get Me-Too in Dish Network?!

Dish Network sucks for that!

[friendsfan77]

Saturday
8:30pm Facts of Life
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Weekdays
12:00pm Facts of Life
12:30pm Who’s the Boss
1:00pm Eight is Enough
2:00pm Cagney & Lacey

GOD, I wish I had this channel. It'd be nice for a network I actually have that would pick up FOL, and I haven't seen Eight is Enough or Cagney & Lacey in years. And Love, American Style! As soon as I got cable again it was gone from Oxygen.

[Chad Michael Murray]

Originally Posted by 60s70s80stvfan

IMO, the Saturday schedule is much better than the weekday one. Too bad those two couldn't be reversed.

I wish the shows from the Saturday Night Pajama Party were more of a reflection of the rest of the schedule. Luckily I'm not really home Saturdays during the day but if I was, those military shows would not interest me in the slightest. I'm also not crazy at all about the weekday shows basically anytime after noon. (Besides FOL)

[BensonFan]

Originally Posted by megamanj2004

I just tried to find in on my Dish channel and it's nowhere to be seen on there!

DANG! How do you live in the Chicagoland area but can't get Me-Too in Dish Network?!

Dish Network sucks for that!

I live in Chicago, have Comcast and can't get Me-TV either. I need to find out what I need to do to get it.

[Pavan]

ME-Too Summer Schedule

Effective Monday, June 30, 2008

Weekdays
7:00am America's Funniest Home Videos (replaces Dennis the Menace)
7:30am Green Screen Adventures (replaces Father Knows Best)
8:00am Paid Programming
9:00am Saved By the Bell (EI)
9:30am Webster
10:00am Gimme a Break! (replaces Monkees)
10:30am What's Happening!! (replaces Partridge Family)
11:00am Green Acres (replaces I Love Lucy)
11:30am Gilligan's Island (replaces I Love Lucy)
12:00pm The Munsters (replaces Facts of Life)
12:30pm Mr. Ed (replaces Who’s the Boss)
1:00pm Gomer Pyle (replaces Eight is Enough)
1:30pm McHale's Navy (replaces Eight is Enough cont)
2:00pm Gunsmoke (replaces Cagney & Lacey)
3:00pm Maverick (replaces Magnum P.I.)
4:00pm Rawhide (replaces 21 Jump Street)
5:00pm The Wild Wild West (replaces The A-Team)
6:00pm Star Trek (replaces Hogan’s Heroes)
7:00pm Me-Too Classic Movie (replaces Star Trek and Wild Wild West)
9:00pm Carson's Comedy Classics (replaces Maverick)
9:30pm I Love Lucy (replaces Maverick cont.)
10:00pm The Twilight Zone
10:30pm Night Gallery
11:00pm Alfred Hitchcock Presents
11:30pm Burns & Allen (replaces All In the Family)
12:00am Jack Benny Show (replaces Jeffersons)
12:30am NewsRadio (replaces That’s My Mama)
1:00am One Step Beyond (replaces Carson’s Comedy Classics)
1:30am Paid Program (replaces Burns & Allen)
2:00am 4 Star Playhouse
2:30am Ozzie and Harriet (replaces One Step Beyond)

Saturdays
5:00am America's Funniest Home Videos (replaces Flying Nun)
5:30am Paid Programming
7:30am 26 N Halsted
8:00am Daktari
9:00am Rawhide (replaces That’s My Mama 2x)
10:00am Maverick replaces What’s Happening!!/Gimme A Break!)
11:00am Eight is Enough (replaces The Munsters 2x)
12:00pm Eight is Enough (replaces Hogan’s Heroes 2x)
1:00pm Me-Too Classic Movie (replaces McHale’s Navy/Sgt. Bilko)
3:00pm Petticoat Junction (replaces Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C)
3:30pm Petticoat Junction (replaces Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C)
4:00pm Green Acres
4:30pm Green Acres
5:00pm Beverly Hillbillies
5:30pm Beverly Hillbillies
6:00pm The Munsters
6:30pm The Munsters
SATURDAY NIGHT PAJAMA PARTY
7:00pm Square Pegs
7:30pm Saved By the Bell
8:00pm Silver Spoons
8:30pm Facts of Life
9:00pm Brady Bunch
9:30pm Brady Bunch
10:00pm Partridge Family
10:30pm Monkees
11:00pm Mork & Mindy
11:30pm Laverne & Shirley
12:00am Family Ties
12:30am Patty Duke
1:00am Family Affair
1:30am Gidget
2:00am The Lucy Show
2:30am Love American Style
3:00am Laverne & Shirley (replaces Flying Nun)
3:30am Laverne & Shirley (repalces Flying Nun)
4:00am Patty Duke
4:30am Johnny Sokko

Sundays
5:00am Cartoons
6:00am Little Rascals
7:00am Johnny Sokko
7:30am Johnny Sokko
8:00am Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew
9:00am Voyagers
10:00am Lost In Space
11:00am Incedible Hulk
12:00pm Buck Rogers
1:00pm Battlestar Galactica
2:00am Greatest American Hero
3:00pm Knight Rider
4:00pm Green Hornet
5:00pm Batman
6:00pm Adventures of Superman
SUNDAY NIGHT NOIR AT NIGHT
7:00pm Outer Limits
8:00pm Thriller
9:00pm Alfred Hitchcock Hour
10:00pm Twilight Zone Hour
11:00pm The Fugitive
12:00am Naked City
1:00am Peter Gunn
1:30am Mr. Lucky
2:00am One Step Beyond