The Facts of Life Coming to The Hub in April - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TJ · 03-02-2012, 01:07 PM

The Hub had its upfront presentation yesterday and the big highlight for us was the acquisition of three sitcoms for its primetime sitcom block! The Hub announced the acquisitions of the popular classic TV sitcoms The Facts of Life, Mork & Mindy and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. All three series are currently not airing anywhere, as Sabrina was last seen on ABC Family in early 2011. Mork & Mindy was last seen in marathons on Syfy from about 2008-2011 from time to time. And The Facts of Life has not been on US cable since Nick at Nite and marathons on TV Land a decade ago.

The three sitcoms will join the line-up tentatively in April. More info will come in the coming weeks, so stay with us, as we can't release it yet. What will happen to the current sitcoms (Family Ties, The Wonder Years, Doogie Howser, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Batman)? Will some leave or will they all stay? You'll have to come on back for the actual schedule. View The Hub upfront press release (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=296405).

Read more:
http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/0...ork-mindy.html

ZeldaGilroy · 03-04-2012, 12:51 PM

This is such exciting news! I can't wait. I'm so glad I recently got cable again.

An 80s Guy · 03-04-2012, 01:31 PM

OMFG yeesssss!!!! I can't get the dvds so this is very exciting news. This show hasn't been on tv in years.

TJ · 03-20-2012, 02:55 PM

The Hub TV network, a destination for kids and their families, will add fan-favorite classic sitcoms Sabrina The Teenage Witch, The Facts of Life and Mork & Mindy, as we previously announced, to the network's lineup beginning Monday, April 2 from 9-10:30 p.m. ET, with encore presentations in late night and on weekends. The popular half-hour series will be presented back-to-back, Mondays through Thursdays. With strong and devoted fan bases for all three of the shows, the newly acquired series build on The Hub's successful strategy of presenting programming based on beloved properties in the kids and family entertainment space.

So what does the addition of these three sitcoms mean for the other sitcoms that they currently air? We can report that no sitcom will be leaving the line-up totally. A few will be reduced a bit, but everything will still air! Starting off with Mon-Thurs, following these three sitcoms will be Happy Days moving a half-hour later to 10:30pm. At 11pm, will now be Laverne & Shirley, also airing a half-hour later. Batman has been a big hit for the network and will remain at 11:30pm (and will also still air in the slot on Fridays, too). From 12-2am the animation break will continue with classic Transformers, classic G.I. Joe, the new Transformers Prime and then the live-action Goosebumps. From 2-3am will still be an encore of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? from 8-9pm. From 3am-6am, we have an encore of 9pm-12am with Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Facts of Life, Mork & Mindy, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Batman. So with the addition of three new shows, this means The Wonder Years, Family Ties and Doogie Howser M.D. are off of the Mon-Thurs line-up. But not to fear, they will still air on weekends!

On Friday nights, as mentioned, Batman will continue to air at 11:30pm leading into classic Transformers and classic G.I. Joe. Then the Friday and Saturday night schedule will be the same in late night. From 1-2am, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids will now air on both nights. Then at 2am, an airing of Doogie Howser M.D. will air leading into Family Ties at 2:30am. From 3-4am will now be an airing each of Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. From 4-5am will now be back-to-back The Wonder Years leading into an hour of Batman from 5-6am.

And finally, moving on to Sunday nights. The primetime line-up from Mon-Thurs will also air on Sunday nights now! So that's Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Facts of Life, Mork & Mindy, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Batman from 9pm-12am. From 12-2am on Sunday nights will be back-to-back episodes of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Then at 2am, like on Friday and Saturday nights, an airing of Doogie Howser M.D. will air leading into Family Ties at 2:30am. From 3-4am, like on Friday and Saturday nights, will now be an airing each of Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. Unfortunately The Wonder Years will not air on Sunday nights in the 4am hour as Hub originals will air.

Read more:
http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/0...-facts-of.html

Johnny be good! · 03-25-2012, 11:32 AM

Rock on.

Impressions · 05-28-2012, 10:43 AM

I wonder when they'll start airing seasons not on DVD: 6, 7, 8, and 9.

TVFactFan · 05-28-2012, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Impressions

I wonder when they'll start airing seasons not on DVD: 6, 7, 8, and 9.

The are showing season 3 now so you may not see season 6 at all because of the reasons below

1. Season 3 just started and the show only airs once a day from mon to thurs, you may not season 6 until september

2. Based on how the show is doing in the ratings, you may not see season 6 at all because no one knows if the show will last until September

Buffyboy323 · 05-29-2012, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

The are showing season 3 now so you may not see season 6 at all because of the reasons below

1. Season 3 just started and the show only airs once a day from mon to thurs, you may not season 6 until september

2. Based on how the show is doing in the ratings, you may not see season 6 at all because no one knows if the show will last until September

Is the show performing poorly in the ratings compared to The HUB's other sitcoms?

SurrealFox · 08-05-2012, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

The are showing season 3 now so you may not see season 6 at all because of the reasons below

1. Season 3 just started and the show only airs once a day from mon to thurs, you may not season 6 until september

2. Based on how the show is doing in the ratings, you may not see season 6 at all because no one knows if the show will last until September

Was it cancelled? I haven't seen it on the Hub, but have been traveling so may just be missing the time slot it is on.

TVFactFan · 08-05-2012, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SurrealFox

Was it cancelled? I haven't seen it on the Hub, but have been traveling so may just be missing the time slot it is on.

It looks like it will be. Anytime a network pulls a show and put it on hiatus that means it's not doing well. So the fact that HUB took it off is not a good sign

Both Facts of Life and Mork and Mindy

Pavan · 08-05-2012, 02:31 AM

Sitcoms return week of Aug. 13...

TVFactFan · 08-05-2012, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Pavan

Sitcoms return week of Aug. 13...

We will see

JoPol_wannabe · 08-08-2012, 09:03 PM

Well I checked my Dish net guide and it shows that the Facts of life will be back on next week.

03-02-2012, 01:07 PM	#1
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,683	The Facts of Life Coming to The Hub in April The Hub had its upfront presentation yesterday and the big highlight for us was the acquisition of three sitcoms for its primetime sitcom block! The Hub announced the acquisitions of the popular classic TV sitcoms The Facts of Life, Mork & Mindy and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. All three series are currently not airing anywhere, as Sabrina was last seen on ABC Family in early 2011. Mork & Mindy was last seen in marathons on Syfy from about 2008-2011 from time to time. And The Facts of Life has not been on US cable since Nick at Nite and marathons on TV Land a decade ago. The three sitcoms will join the line-up tentatively in April. More info will come in the coming weeks, so stay with us, as we can't release it yet. What will happen to the current sitcoms (Family Ties, The Wonder Years, Doogie Howser, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Batman)? Will some leave or will they all stay? You'll have to come on back for the actual schedule. View The Hub upfront press release (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=296405). Read more: http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/0...ork-mindy.html

03-04-2012, 12:51 PM	#2
ZeldaGilroy Dobie and Zelda Forever!!! Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 14, 2000 Location: I don't know...I'm probably lost! Posts: 4,144	This is such exciting news! I can't wait. I'm so glad I recently got cable again.
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03-25-2012, 11:32 AM	#5
Johnny be good! Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2007 Location: Westland, Michigan Posts: 1,633	Rock on.
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08-05-2012, 02:31 AM	#11
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	Sitcoms return week of Aug. 13...
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03-04-2012, 01:31 PM	#3
An 80s Guy legen-wait for it-dary! Senior Member Join Date: Sep 03, 2005 Location: Austin,Texas Posts: 1,870	OMFG yeesssss!!!! I can't get the dvds so this is very exciting news. This show hasn't been on tv in years.

03-20-2012, 02:55 PM	#4
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,683	The Hub TV network, a destination for kids and their families, will add fan-favorite classic sitcoms Sabrina The Teenage Witch, The Facts of Life and Mork & Mindy, as we previously announced, to the network's lineup beginning Monday, April 2 from 9-10:30 p.m. ET, with encore presentations in late night and on weekends. The popular half-hour series will be presented back-to-back, Mondays through Thursdays. With strong and devoted fan bases for all three of the shows, the newly acquired series build on The Hub's successful strategy of presenting programming based on beloved properties in the kids and family entertainment space. So what does the addition of these three sitcoms mean for the other sitcoms that they currently air? We can report that no sitcom will be leaving the line-up totally. A few will be reduced a bit, but everything will still air! Starting off with Mon-Thurs, following these three sitcoms will be Happy Days moving a half-hour later to 10:30pm. At 11pm, will now be Laverne & Shirley, also airing a half-hour later. Batman has been a big hit for the network and will remain at 11:30pm (and will also still air in the slot on Fridays, too). From 12-2am the animation break will continue with classic Transformers, classic G.I. Joe, the new Transformers Prime and then the live-action Goosebumps. From 2-3am will still be an encore of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? from 8-9pm. From 3am-6am, we have an encore of 9pm-12am with Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Facts of Life, Mork & Mindy, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Batman. So with the addition of three new shows, this means The Wonder Years, Family Ties and Doogie Howser M.D. are off of the Mon-Thurs line-up. But not to fear, they will still air on weekends! On Friday nights, as mentioned, Batman will continue to air at 11:30pm leading into classic Transformers and classic G.I. Joe. Then the Friday and Saturday night schedule will be the same in late night. From 1-2am, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids will now air on both nights. Then at 2am, an airing of Doogie Howser M.D. will air leading into Family Ties at 2:30am. From 3-4am will now be an airing each of Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. From 4-5am will now be back-to-back The Wonder Years leading into an hour of Batman from 5-6am. And finally, moving on to Sunday nights. The primetime line-up from Mon-Thurs will also air on Sunday nights now! So that's Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Facts of Life, Mork & Mindy, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Batman from 9pm-12am. From 12-2am on Sunday nights will be back-to-back episodes of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Then at 2am, like on Friday and Saturday nights, an airing of Doogie Howser M.D. will air leading into Family Ties at 2:30am. From 3-4am, like on Friday and Saturday nights, will now be an airing each of Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. Unfortunately The Wonder Years will not air on Sunday nights in the 4am hour as Hub originals will air. Read more: http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/0...-facts-of.html

05-28-2012, 10:43 AM	#6
Impressions She died the way she lived Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 4,640	I wonder when they'll start airing seasons not on DVD: 6, 7, 8, and 9.

08-08-2012, 09:03 PM	#13
JoPol_wannabe Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 11, 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 3,036	Well I checked my Dish net guide and it shows that the Facts of life will be back on next week.