Nick at Nite June 2008 -- Father's Day Marathon; Family Matters Launch

[Pavan]

Nick at Nite June 2008 --


Regular Schedule


Beginning Monday, June 30, the following will be the schedule once Family Matters joins the line-up:

Monday - Thursday
8:30 p.m. – Family Matters
9-10 p.m. – Home Improvement
10-11 p.m. – George Lopez
11:00 p.m. – Family Matters
11:30 p.m. – Fresh Prince
12-1 a.m. – Home Improvement
1-2 a.m. – George Lopez
2-3 a.m. – Fresh Prince
3-4 a.m. – Cosby Show (Monday/Wednesday); Roseanne (Tuesday/Thursday)
4-6 a.m. - Roseanne (5:30am Monday Rotator Series)

Friday
10-11 p.m. – George Lopez
11-12 p.m. – Home Improvement
12:00 a.m. – Family Matters
12:30 a.m. – Fresh Prince
1-2 a.m. – George Lopez
2-3 a.m. - Home Improvement
3-4 a.m. – Fresh Prince
4-5 a.m. – Cosby Show
5-6 a.m. - Roseanne

Saturday
10-11 p.m. – George Lopez
11-12 p.m. – Home Improvement
12-1 a.m. – Family Matters
1-2 a.m. – Home Improvement
2-3 a.m. – Family Matters
3-6 a.m. – Roseanne

Sunday
9-10 p.m. – Home Improvement
10-11 p.m. – George Lopez
11p-12:00 a.m. – Family Matters
12-1 a.m. – Home Improvement
1-2 a.m. – Cosby Show
2-6 a.m. – Roseanne







Specials & Marathons



- Father's Day Marathon (wt)
Sunday, June 15, 2008
9:00pm-2:00am
Sit dad down on the couch this Father's Day as George Lopez plays host to a nightlong marathon honoring our favorite Nick at Nite fathers.

9:00pm Home Improvement #168
9:30pm Home Improvement #157
10:00pm George Lopez #002
10:30pm George Lopez #004
11:00pm Fresh Prince of Bel Air #075
11:30pm Fresh Prince of Bel Air #139
12:00am Home Improvement #162
12:30am Home Improvement #169
1:00am Fresh Prince of Bel Air #147
1:30am Fresh Prince of Bel Air #003







- Family Matters Launch Marathon
Sunday, June 29, 2008
9pm-4am ET/PT
There is a new family coming to town, and Nick at Nite is proud to welcome the Winslows and Family Matters to our neighborhood. Join Carl, Harriet, Eddie, Laura, Judy and one of the most memorable (and nerdy) next-door neighbors in television history, Steve Urkel, as they bring fun for the whole family to Nick-at-Nite. The house also has Harriet's sister Rachel and her son Richie and Carl's mom Mother Winslow. Talk about a family!
About the Show:
Family Matters is an American sitcom that aired on ABC about a middle-class African-American family living in Chicago. The show, a spinoff of ABC's Perfect Strangers, originally focused on the character of Harriette Winslow and her family - husband Carl Winslow, a police officer, rebellious son Eddie Winslow, smart daughter Laura Winslow, and youngest child Judy Winslow. They had opened their home to Carl's street-wise mother Estelle Winslow as well as Harriette's sister Rachel Crawford and her son Richie Crawford after the death of Rachel's husband. The Winslows' nerdy next-door neighbor Steve Urkel was introduced midway through the first season, and quickly became the focus of the show due to his huge popularity.
Family Matters will air regularly, Sunday through Thursday at 8:30 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.; and Friday & Saturday at 12 a.m. (all times ET/PT) starting Monday, June 30 on Nick at Nite!

Launch marathon schedule for Sunday, June 29:
9:00pm Family Matters #023 "Rachel's Place"
9:30pm Family Matters #024 "Torn Between Two Lovers"
10:00pm Family Matters #026 "Flashpants"
10:30pm Family Matters #027 "The Crash Course"
11:00pm Family Matters #028 "Boxcar Blues"
11:30pm Family Matters #031 "Dedicated to the One I Love"
12:00am Family Matters #033 "Requiem for an Urkel"
12:30am Family Matters #039 "High Hopes"
1:00am Family Matters #040 "Life of the Party"
1:30am Family Matters #046 "The Good the Bad and the Urkel"
2:00am Family Matters #048 "Boom!"
2:30am Family Matters #053 "Citizen's Court"
3:00am Family Matters #054 "Robo-Nerd"
3:30am Family Matters #055 "Making the Team"

[Pavan]

Blog story:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...st-family.html

[TVFactFan]

That's a dumb A$$ schedule, why can't HI be at 8:30 and have FM at 9pm to 10pm leading into GL.


Not sure why it's being aired 3 hours apart

[Pavan]

They are taking it slow. Why mess with the curent success?

[JulieSomoski]

I actually agree with Solomon - Family Matters deserves better slots than the ones it got. It doesn't even air for a full hour anywhere on the schedule. Even if it aired like 8:30-9:30, it would be better than 8:30 and 11pm.

I think it'll do well at 8:30, though. It will probably have the success that Full House had as the transitional show, since both are similar. And, even I love Roseanne, but why's it airing so much lately? And Pavan, I take it they're not doing summer marathons this year? I always used to love those.

[Pavan]

Roseanne has a new contract since the fall and has barely been used until recently. So they are airing all they can, since it probably does the best in the overnight period out of Cosby and Full House.

I'm sure if Family Matters hits, it will get more timeslots. I can see them adding 9-10pm or something by the fall.

[JulieSomoski]

Originally Posted by pavanbadal

Roseanne has a new contract since the fall and has barely been used until recently. So they are airing all they can, since it probably does the best in the overnight period out of Cosby and Full House.

I'm sure if Family Matters hits, it will get more timeslots. I can see them adding 9-10pm or something by the fall.

At least they're airing Roseanne, instead of letting sit around and get out of it's contract. But, on some nights, it's airing over 3 hours, which is a lot even for this show. You think they'd maybe add in an hour of Home Improvement, Fresh Prince, or Family Matters for a little more variety.

I can see FM hitting, especially in the summer, when kids are out of school and can watch it, since I'm sure that's what a lot of it's viewers will be.

[icecream]

Is the rotator gone?

[JulieSomoski]

Probably not - they probably just forgot all about it-LOL

[Pavan]

It is still there Mondays at 5:30a

[DSfan]

Family Matters will get very good ratings, most likely, at 8:30. Kids will be watching as well as all the older fans of the show.

I still wish that they would air, let's say, three shows a night in 3hr marathon blocks. Also, they wouldn't always have HI at the early slot for example but it would be a rotator so that each show goes in a different slot every night so we can see every N@N show at every time possible.

I think having the overall weeklong variety, instead of one night variety always at the same times (ppl like me don't stay up until 3 in the morning to watch tv) would be better than what they do now. Also, isn't that what N@N is all about? The variety of shows that are shown in marathon blocks was how it used to be and I wish they could go back to that system.

[icecream]

Nick at Nite should have just expanded a half hour and aired Family Matters from 8-9PM. It's not like it would hurt Nick, they would still air 14 hours.

[TVFactFan]

8pm to 9pm would be a lot better

[JulieSomoski]

9pm-10pm would be a lot better. They could have put Home Improvement at 11pm, and Fresh Prince at 12pm. That just makes a lot more sense to keep the hour blocks rather than to have FM at 8:30 and 11pm.

[chris31989]

I'm just happy Family Matters is coming back to TV. You can't look a gift horse in the mouth. I'm sort of glad Nick at Nite extended the launch date because the longer the wait the more exciting it will be to watch. I've really missed it since it left ABC Family in February.