Canadian Fall 2008 TV schedules --- Part 2: Cable and specialty channels - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Sal · 08-11-2008, 11:28 AM

It's been a few weeks since Part 1 so I'll try to make up for it this week. Part 2 deals with cable specialty channels which are seen across Canada and are available for free to everyone. The first channel I'll deal with is called TVTropolis. It's very difficult to explain what their schedule is like so I'll try to do this as briefly as I can.

TVTropolis

---Owned by the Canwest group, which controls Global TV, E! Canada, Lonestar, DejaView (see Part 3) and many other specialty and digital channels

---formerly known as PRIME, which existed until 2006

---programming consists mainly of sitcoms from the late 1980s until today and original series which look at TV series and stars from the past and present, such as "Whatever Happened To?", "Tube Tales", "Planet Soap", and the game show "Inside The Box".

---fall schedule looks very disoriented at first glance with each day offering a different lineup in which few series have a specific time slot where they can be seen every day at the same time. The official Fall 2008 lineup looks like this:

Mondays
6:00AM: Whatever Happened To
6:30AM: That News Show
7:00AM: Inside The Box
7:30AM: That News Show
8:00AM: Black Harbour
9:00AM: F/X The Series
10:00AM: The Outer Limits
11:00AM: North of Sixty
12:00PM: Tube Tales
12:30PM: Whatever Happened To
1:00PM: Survivor
2:00PM: Deal or No Deal Daytime
2:30PM: The Nanny
3:00PM: Seinfeld
3:30PM: Seinfeld
4:00PM: Charmed
5:00PM: Charmed
6:00PM: That News Show
6:30PM: That News Show
7:00PM: Very Bad Men
7:30PM: Very Bad Men
8:00PM: Naked Fashion
8:30PM: Whatever Happened To
9:00PM: Planet Soap
9:30PM: Reality Obsessed
10:00PM: Final 24
11:00PM: Whatever Happened To
11:30PM: Whatever Happened To
12:00AM: Seinfeld
12:30AM: Seinfeld
1:00AM: Married with Children
1:30AM: The Nanny
2:00AM: Charmed
3:00AM: Charmed
4:00AM: Survivor
5:00AM: Deal or No Deal Daytime
5:30AM: The Nanny

Tuesdays
6:00AM: Whatever Happenend To
6:30AM: Tube Tales
7:00AM: Inside The Box
7:30AM: Planet Soap
8:00AM: Black Harbour
9:00AM: F/X The Series
10:00AM: The Outer Limits
11:00AM: North of Sixty
12:00PM: Reality Obsessed
12:30PM: Whatever Happened To
1:00PM: Survivor
2:00PM: Deal or No Deal Daytime
2:30PM: The Nanny
3:00PM: Seinfeld
3:30PM: Seinfeld
4:00PM: King of Queens
4:30PM: King of Queens
5:00PM: King of Queens
5:30PM: Family Guy
6:00PM: Planet Soap
6:30PM: Big Screen Top 10
7:00PM: Beverly Hills 90210
8:00PM: Planet Soap
8:30PM: Whatever Happenend To
9:00PM: Family Guy
9:30PM: Seinfeld
10:00PM: Seinfeld
10:30PM: King of Queens
11:00PM: Family Guy
11:30PM: Married with Children
12:00AM: Seinfeld
12:30AM: Seinfeld
1:00AM: Married with Children
1:30AM: King of Queens
2:00AM: King of Queens
2:30AM: King of Queens
3:00AM: Beverly Hills 90210
4:00AM: Survivor
5:00AM: Deal or No Deal Daytime
5:30AM: The Nanny

Wednesdays
6:00AM: Whatever Happenend To
6:30AM: Whatever Happenend To
7:00AM: Inside The Box
7:30AM: Reality Obsessed
8:00AM: Black Harbour
9:00AM: F/X The Series
10:00AM: The Outer Limits
11:00AM: North of Sixty
12:00PM: Reality Obsessed
12:30PM: Whatever Happened To
1:00PM: Survivor
2:00PM: Deal or No Deal Daytime
2:30PM: The Nanny
3:00PM: Seinfeld
3:30PM: Seinfeld
4:00PM: That 70's Show
4:30PM: That 70's Show
5:00PM: That 70's Show
5:30PM: Family Guy
6:00PM: Reality Obsessed
6:30PM: Big Screen Top 10
7:00PM: Beverly Hills 90210
8:00PM: Reality Obsessed
8:30PM: Whatever Happened To
9:00PM: Family Guy
9:30PM: Seinfeld
10:00PM: Seinfeld
10:30PM: That 70's Show
11:00PM: Family Guy
11:30PM: Married with Children
12:00AM: Seinfeld
12:30AM: Seinfeld
1:00AM: Married with Children
1:30AM: That 70's Show
2:00AM: That 70's Show
2:30AM: That 70's Show
3:00AM: Beverly Hills 90210
4:00AM: Survivor
5:00AM: Deal or No Deal Daytime
5:30AM: The Nanny

Thursdays
6:00AM: Whatever Happened To
6:30AM: Tribute Bands
7:00AM: Inside The Box
7:30AM: Make or Break TV
8:00AM: Black Harbour
9:00AM: F/X The Series
10:00AM: The Outer Limits
11:00AM: North of Sixty
12:00PM: Make or Break TV
12:30PM: Whatever Happened To
1:00PM: Survivor
2:00PM: Deal or No Deal Daytime
2:30PM: The Nanny
3:00PM: Seinfeld
3:30PM: Seinfeld
4:00PM: Frasier
4:30PM: Frasier
5:00PM: Frasier
5:30PM: Family Guy
6:00PM: Make or Break TV
6:30PM: Naked Fashion
7:00PM: Beverly Hills 90210
8:00PM: Make or Break TV
8:30PM: Whatever Happened To
9:00PM: Family Guy
9:30PM: Seinfeld
10:00PM: Seinfeld
10:30PM: Frasier
11:00PM: Family Guy
11:30PM: Married with Children
12:00AM: Seinfeld
12:30AM: Seinfeld
1:00AM: Married with Children
1:30AM: Frasier
2:00AM: Frasier
2:30AM: Frasier
3:00AM: Beverly Hills 90210
4:00AM: Survivor
5:00AM: Deal or No Deal Daytime
5:30AM: The Nanny

Fridays
6:00AM: Whatever Happened To
6:30AM: Naked Fashion
7:00AM: Inside The Box
7:30AM: Tube Tales
8:00AM: Black Harbour
9:00AM: F/X The Series
10:00AM: The Outer Limits
11:00AM: North of Sixty
12:00PM: Tube Tales
12:30PM: Whatever Happened To
1:00PM: Survivor
2:00PM: Deal or No Deal Daytime
2:30PM: The Nanny
3:00PM: Seinfeld
3:30PM: Seinfeld
4:00PM: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
4:30PM: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
5:00PM: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
5:30PM: Family Guy
6:00PM: Tube Tales
6:30PM: Tube Tales
7:00PM: Beverly Hills 90210
8:00PM: Tube Tales
8:30PM: Whatever Happened To
9:00PM: Family Guy
9:30PM: Family Guy
10:00PM: Seinfeld
10:30PM: Family Guy
11:00PM: Family Guy
11:30PM: Married with Children
12:00AM: Seinfeld
12:30AM: Seinfeld
1:00AM: Married with Children
1:30AM: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
2:00AM: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
2:30AM: Family Guy
3:00AM: Beverly Hills 90210
4:00AM: Survivor
5:00AM: Deal or No Deal Daytime
5:30AM: The Nanny

Saturdays
6:00AM: Big Screen Top 10
6:30AM: Hollywood's Greatest Mysteries
7:00AM: Inside The Box
7:30AM: Be Real
8:00AM: FANatical
8:30AM: Planet Soap
9:00AM: That News Show
9:30AM: Whatever Happenend To
10:00AM: Charmed
11:00AM: Roseanne
11:30AM: Roseanne
12:00PM: Seinfeld
12:30PM: Seinfeld
1:00PM: Family Guy
1:30PM: Family Guy
2:00PM: American Dad
2:30PM: King of Queens
3:00PM: Friends
3:30PM: Friends
4:00PM: Charmed
5:00PM: Frasier
5:30PM: Frasier
6:00PM: Family Guy
6:30PM: Family Guy
7:00PM: American Dad
7:30PM: Reality Obsessed
8:00PM: Friends
8:30PM: Friends
9:00PM: Seinfeld
9:30PM: Seinfeld
10:00PM: Family Guy
10:30PM: Family Guy
11:00PM: Whatever Happened To
11:30PM: Whatever Happened To
12:00AM: American Dad
12:30AM: Friends
1:00AM: Seinfeld
1:30AM: Seinfeld
2:00AM: Charmed
3:00AM: King of Queens
3:30AM: Deal or No Deal
4:30AM: King of Queens
5:00AM: Roseanne
5:30AM: Roseanne

Sundays
6:00AM: Big Screen Top 10
6:30AM: Hollywood's Greatest Mysteries
7:00AM: Inside The Box
7:30AM: The Two Coreys
8:00AM: TV Match Ups
8:30AM: Tube Tales
9:00AM: That News Show
9:30AM: Whatever Happened To
10:00AM: Charmed
11:00AM: Roseanne
11:30AM: Roseanne
12:00PM: Seinfeld
12:30PM: Seinfeld
1:00PM: King of Queens
1:30PM: King of Queens
2:00PM: That 70's Show
2:30PM: That 70's Show
3:00PM: Friends
3:30PM: Friends
4:00PM: Global/E! Reality Encore Programming
5:00PM: Deal or No Deal
6:00PM: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader
7:00PM: Planet Soap
7:30PM: Make or Break TV
8:00PM: Friends
8:30PM: Friends
9:00PM: Reality Obsessed
9:30PM: Naked Fashion
10:00PM: E! News Weekend
11:00PM: Whatever Happened To
11:30PM: Whatever Happenend To
12:00AM: Friends
12:30AM: Friends
1:00AM: Seinfeld
1:30AM: Seinfeld
2:00AM: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader
3:00AM: King of Queens
3:30AM: King of Queens
4:00AM: That 70's Show
4:30AM: That 70's Show
5:00AM: Roseanne
5:30AM: Roseanne

There you go! Seven different lineups for each day of the week. I'm not so sure I like any of them.

I'll have more info about more channels as soon as I can find them. Later today I'll have Part 3 which contains the digital channels like DejaView and TVLand Canada.

DSfan · 08-11-2008, 05:52 PM

Sorry, in the other thread I asked about this without noticing this thread, as it was below.

That is the most confusing lineup I think I have ever seen.

I don't even know how to respond except for

Charmed: ew, why?
That 70s Show: nice! had a feeling this was coming...
King of Queens: seems like every channel airs it
Frasier: get rid of it, drives me crazy
Fresh Prince: only channel that doesn't obsess over this show!

Sal · 08-15-2008, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DSfan

Sorry, in the other thread I asked about this without noticing this thread, as it was below.

That is the most confusing lineup I think I have ever seen.

I don't even know how to respond except for

Charmed: ew, why?
That 70s Show: nice! had a feeling this was coming...
King of Queens: seems like every channel airs it
Frasier: get rid of it, drives me crazy
Fresh Prince: only channel that doesn't obsess over this show!

You're right. It gives me a headache just reading it. Maybe this will simplify things for you. It's the TV Tropolis scheduled air times for each sitcom.

THE NANNY

Weekdays 2:30 pm and 5:30 am; Mondays 1:30 am

SEINFELD

Weekdays 3:00 and 3:30 pm; 10:00 pm; 12:00 and 12:30 am
Tue-Wed-Thu 9:30 pm
Weekends 12:00 and 12:30 pm; 1:00 and 1:30 am
Sat. only 9:00 and 9:30 pm

MARRIED WITH CHILDREN

Weekdays 1:00 am; Tue-Fri 11:30 pm

KING OF QUEENS

Tuesdays 4:00, 4:30, and 5:00 pm
Saturdays 2:30 pm, 3:00 am, and 4:30 am
Sundays 1:00 and 1:30 pm, 3:00 and 3:30 pm

FAMILY GUY

Weekdays 5:30 pm; 9:00 pm; 11:00 pm
Fridays 9:30, 10:30 and 11:00 pm, 12:30 am
Saturdays 1:00 and 1:30 pm, 6:00 and 6:30 pm, 10:00 and 10:30 pm

THAT 70s SHOW

Wednesdays 4:00, 4:30, and 5:00 pm; 10:30 pm; 1:30, 2:00, and 2:30 am
Sundays 2:00 and 2:30 pm; 4:00 and 4:30 am

FRASIER

Thursdays 4:00, 4:30, and 5:00 pm; 10:30 pm; 1:30, 2:00, and 2:30 am
Saturdays 5:00 and 5:30 pm

FRESH PRINCE

Fridays 4:00, 4:30, and 5:00 pm; 10:30 pm; 1:30 and 2:00 am

ROSEANNE

Weekends only 11:00 and 11:30 am; 5:00 and 5:30 am

FRIENDS

Also weekends only 3:00 and 3:30 pm; 8:00 and 8:30 pm; 12:30 am
Sundays 12:00 am

AMERICAN DAD

Sat 7:00 pm; 12:00 am

There! I hope that's better!

DSfan · 08-16-2008, 01:13 AM

Fresh Prince airs only 1 day and That 70s Show 2 days?

Whatever, this will be one of those channels that if you're looking through the guide and see something you'll watch it. Not like the channels that I know the schedule pretty well.

Mister Ed · 08-16-2008, 01:52 PM

I guess Melrose Place didn't work out for them. I don't see why they have American Dad in there, I thought they were sticking with '90s shows.

DSfan · 08-16-2008, 03:59 PM

TVtropolis is pretty much just like an addition of what Global is/used to be + a few other shows.

08-16-2008, 01:52 PM	#5
Mister Ed Betty White Fan Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 10, 2005 Location: Fantasy Island Posts: 673	I guess Melrose Place didn't work out for them. I don't see why they have American Dad in there, I thought they were sticking with '90s shows.
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08-11-2008, 05:52 PM	#2
DSfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,204	Sorry, in the other thread I asked about this without noticing this thread, as it was below. That is the most confusing lineup I think I have ever seen. I don't even know how to respond except for Charmed: ew, why? That 70s Show: nice! had a feeling this was coming... King of Queens: seems like every channel airs it Frasier: get rid of it, drives me crazy Fresh Prince: only channel that doesn't obsess over this show!

08-16-2008, 01:13 AM	#4
DSfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,204	Fresh Prince airs only 1 day and That 70s Show 2 days? Whatever, this will be one of those channels that if you're looking through the guide and see something you'll watch it. Not like the channels that I know the schedule pretty well.

08-16-2008, 03:59 PM	#6
DSfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,204	TVtropolis is pretty much just like an addition of what Global is/used to be + a few other shows.