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SpenceOlchin · 03-09-2011, 01:50 PM

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/08/tv...classic-shows/

Rezny@gmail.com · 03-09-2011, 07:57 PM

I read the article ,and TVLand's response.And I don't get one thing:What do they mean when the said "participating in the current conversation as well".?

Rezny@gmail.com · 03-09-2011, 10:22 PM

The article reminds me of the last verse of the 1972 Don McLean song"Vincent"(aka "Starry,Starry Night")-"They did not listen,they're not listening still,perhaps they never will.... "

Tubehead · 03-10-2011, 12:26 AM

iqutie watchng it about 10 years agoeven ssince the add the nanny and everoone loe ramyond and whet they got ride of lucy tht when i stoped watching i mosstly waathcm dvds now i have netlfix. what next senfield?. they show andgy gittht show to much i hate rosesan and maried with chidern i don't think everyone love ramyond shold be on tv land . it only got cancled two or three years ago i can't stand the newer sitcome like hot i cleven andretired at 35 both are dirty shows. only show i like are homeinmprovmetn i have it on dvd so i don't watchit much i beeengeting back into threes company its realy funy i wath snfrod adn son if theirs nothing on i been waching empty nest on hall mark chanel how about add batman, the incdabile hulk my faorite mritans.if you wont sictcome show haning with mr cooper famiylties saved by the bell family matter,calfrondreams or even mamms family. im surpseid they never shown mammas familyi would bring backl i love lucy at least hallmarkchanel stil air it. i got the whole compete sereis last christmas . i just ben watching newer shows i wont watch any more epxpect for sanford and son i dream of jennia ,home imorvment or threes company. ifyou getdidigle cable ireocmed checking out the hub they show the olde batman familytis happy days even thewonde years.they even showclassic carrtons too. youhveto have dididglte cable. my mom said we mightget it on day. my uncle gets it.ido watch retero chanel from time to time

treky · 03-11-2011, 02:10 AM

you know, I read somewhere that TV LAND DOES read all the complaints about them, and they DO listen. I know now though that that's just a big, fat, lie!!!
And now they're gonna start showing "C.S.I." on the weekends!! What's next "CRIMINAL MINDS"? How about "N.C.I.S."???

Rezny@gmail.com · 03-11-2011, 02:37 AM

And another thing:When they say:"Our schedule is 60 to 70% classic TV",it's the classics THEY want to see.Not what WE want to see.And why C.S.I?Whose bright idea was that?

treky · 03-11-2011, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by rrezny@usnetizen

And another thing:When they say:"Our schedule is 60 to 70% classic TV",it's the classics THEY want to see.Not what WE want to see.And why C.S.I?Whose bright idea was that?

these guys must be programing the network

Robert 13 · 03-11-2011, 11:04 AM

“Our schedule is still 60 to 70 percent classic TV,” Cohen says. “We’re in the business of participating in the current conversation, as well.”

That is such a crock. Their schedule is hardly 60 to 70 percent classic tv. They are dying a slow death and they know it.

chris31989 · 03-11-2011, 01:54 PM

Why just not try a TVLAND 2 already?? Then they can program the main TVLAND the way they feel will bring in the ratings (reality crap and current shows) and run all classics on the second channel (and I don't mean Andy Griffith, Gunsmoke and The Nanny in 6 hour blocks) and compare both channels and see who does better. Either these cable networks just don't know how to program a channel or what the viewers want, OR the majority of people are idiots and actually tune in to the same 10 or 15 shows of today (CSI, NCIS, etc). Hasn't Spike TV or whatever network airs CSI air it basically all day during the week?

robyrob · 03-11-2011, 02:39 PM

TVLand doesn't give a crap about what people want; all they care about is the locked in ratings generated from retirement homes stuck on their channel.

sijamo · 03-11-2011, 04:29 PM

They are a little disingenuous when they say 60 to 70 percent of programming is classic. While that may be true, they air the same shows and the same episodes over and over. If they would take that same 60 to 70 and have more shows and air the episodes in order, not repeated viewers might be more satisfied. They are trying to do it on the cheap though so they just air the same thing over and over. That's really the problem.

JT · 03-11-2011, 05:29 PM

I really don't mind TV Land as it is right now. Other channels are picking up the slack, so if they're finding more success with sort of a half-and-half set-up (newer/original stuff at night, older stuff during the day), that's fine. I just wish they'd change up the older stuff more often. I like the shows they have now, but it's been the same rotation of shows for years now it seems. Whenever there's a big surprise coming up, it's usually something that they stopped airing within the last five years and is already on another channel (Beverly Hillbillies, Good Times, Bewitched, etc). I'm sure the next "big surprise classic sitcom" will be The Munsters or Green Acres.

I think it'd be cool if they owned up to the fact that there is sort of a "great divide" in their programming during the week at 8:00pm (central) and used it to their advantage. They can do 90s/00s stuff from 8pm to 8am and 60s/70s/80s stuff from 8am to 8pm. Something like this (with just random show suggestions, don't really know what they have the rights to at this point):

8:00am: The Beverly Hillbillies
8:30am: The Beverly Hillbillies
9:00am: The Brady Bunch
9:30am: The Brady Bunch
10:00am: My Three Sons
10:30am: My Three Sons
11:00am: Gunsmoke
12:00pm: Bonanza
1:00pm: Bonanza
2:00pm: Eight is Enough
3:00pm: Bewitched
3:30pm: Bewitched
4:00pm: The Andy Griffith Show (with Mayberry RFD)
4:30pm: The Andy Griffith Show (with Mayberry RFD)
5:00pm: Mary Tyler Moore
5:30pm: Mary Tyler Moore
6:00pm: Sanford & Son
6:30pm: Sanford & Son
7:00pm: All in the Family
7:30pm: All in the Family
-----------------------
8:00pm: Everybody Loves Raymond
8:30pm: Everybody Loves Raymond
9:00pm: Roseanne
9:30pm: Roseanne
10:00pm: JAG
11:00pm: The Nanny
11:30pm: The Nanny
12:00am: 3rd Rock from the Sun
12:30am: 3rd Rock from the Sun
1:00am: Married with Children
1:30am: Married with Children
2:00am: Everybody Loves Raymond
2:30am: Everybody Loves Raymond
3:00am: Roseanne
3:30am: Roseanne
4:00am: Boston Legal
5:00am: The Nanny
5:30am: The Nanny
6:00am: 3rd Rock from the Sun
6:30am: 3rd Rock from the Sun
7:00am: Married with Children
7:30am: Married with Children

clj2 · 03-12-2011, 12:09 AM

My feeling is that they are gradually phasing the classic shows out.

I could really care less. Give these networks like Antenna TV and MeTV a couple of years and hopefully most everyone will have them through antenna or cable. Look how THIS (who shows some classic series) spread and is in most markets now. You don't even have to pay for them. DTV is the future of classic TV, IMO. These are better than TV Land ever was.

dakert · 03-12-2011, 12:58 AM

TVLand Sucks and they have been sucking since 2004/5

Zoneboy · 03-12-2011, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dakert

TVLand Sucks and they have been sucking since 2004/5

03-09-2011, 01:50 PM	#1
SpenceOlchin Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 28, 2005 Posts: 562	TV Land getting many requests on Facebook to return to classics.. http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/08/tv...classic-shows/

03-11-2011, 02:10 AM	#5
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	you know, I read somewhere that TV LAND DOES read all the complaints about them, and they DO listen. I know now though that that's just a big, fat, lie!!! And now they're gonna start showing "C.S.I." on the weekends!! What's next "CRIMINAL MINDS"? How about "N.C.I.S."???
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03-11-2011, 11:04 AM	#8
Robert 13 Member Senior Member Join Date: May 10, 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,521	“Our schedule is still 60 to 70 percent classic TV,” Cohen says. “We’re in the business of participating in the current conversation, as well.” That is such a crock. Their schedule is hardly 60 to 70 percent classic tv. They are dying a slow death and they know it.
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03-11-2011, 04:29 PM	#11
sijamo Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 01, 2010 Posts: 7	Disingenuous They are a little disingenuous when they say 60 to 70 percent of programming is classic. While that may be true, they air the same shows and the same episodes over and over. If they would take that same 60 to 70 and have more shows and air the episodes in order, not repeated viewers might be more satisfied. They are trying to do it on the cheap though so they just air the same thing over and over. That's really the problem.

03-09-2011, 07:57 PM	#2
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	I read the article ,and TVLand's response.And I don't get one thing:What do they mean when the said "participating in the current conversation as well".?

03-09-2011, 10:22 PM	#3
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	The article reminds me of the last verse of the 1972 Don McLean song"Vincent"(aka "Starry,Starry Night")-"They did not listen,they're not listening still,perhaps they never will.... "

03-10-2011, 12:26 AM	#4
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	iqutie watchng it about 10 years agoeven ssince the add the nanny and everoone loe ramyond and whet they got ride of lucy tht when i stoped watching i mosstly waathcm dvds now i have netlfix. what next senfield?. they show andgy gittht show to much i hate rosesan and maried with chidern i don't think everyone love ramyond shold be on tv land . it only got cancled two or three years ago i can't stand the newer sitcome like hot i cleven andretired at 35 both are dirty shows. only show i like are homeinmprovmetn i have it on dvd so i don't watchit much i beeengeting back into threes company its realy funy i wath snfrod adn son if theirs nothing on i been waching empty nest on hall mark chanel how about add batman, the incdabile hulk my faorite mritans.if you wont sictcome show haning with mr cooper famiylties saved by the bell family matter,calfrondreams or even mamms family. im surpseid they never shown mammas familyi would bring backl i love lucy at least hallmarkchanel stil air it. i got the whole compete sereis last christmas . i just ben watching newer shows i wont watch any more epxpect for sanford and son i dream of jennia ,home imorvment or threes company. ifyou getdidigle cable ireocmed checking out the hub they show the olde batman familytis happy days even thewonde years.they even showclassic carrtons too. youhveto have dididglte cable. my mom said we mightget it on day. my uncle gets it.ido watch retero chanel from time to time

03-11-2011, 02:37 AM	#6
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	And another thing:When they say:"Our schedule is 60 to 70% classic TV",it's the classics THEY want to see.Not what WE want to see.And why C.S.I?Whose bright idea was that?

03-11-2011, 01:54 PM	#9
chris31989 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 12, 2007 Location: Newington, CT Posts: 96	Why just not try a TVLAND 2 already?? Then they can program the main TVLAND the way they feel will bring in the ratings (reality crap and current shows) and run all classics on the second channel (and I don't mean Andy Griffith, Gunsmoke and The Nanny in 6 hour blocks) and compare both channels and see who does better. Either these cable networks just don't know how to program a channel or what the viewers want, OR the majority of people are idiots and actually tune in to the same 10 or 15 shows of today (CSI, NCIS, etc). Hasn't Spike TV or whatever network airs CSI air it basically all day during the week?

03-12-2011, 12:09 AM	#13
clj2 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2005 Location: SC Posts: 3,501	My feeling is that they are gradually phasing the classic shows out. I could really care less. Give these networks like Antenna TV and MeTV a couple of years and hopefully most everyone will have them through antenna or cable. Look how THIS (who shows some classic series) spread and is in most markets now. You don't even have to pay for them. DTV is the future of classic TV, IMO. These are better than TV Land ever was.
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03-12-2011, 12:58 AM	#14
dakert Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 10, 2007 Location: Altoona PA Posts: 3,411	TVLand Sucks and they have been sucking since 2004/5