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Neutronman67 · 05-28-2013, 07:34 PM

What year for you did you notice that you couden't watch the channel anymore ???

mets82 · 05-28-2013, 09:33 PM

Honestly, I watch Nick at Nite more now than I did before. I usually just watch Nick at Nite for Friends and sometimes Full House. For me, there's usually nothing else on which is why I watch them although I'm to the point I could probably recite each episode's dialogue, I've seen them so much.

benjamoon · 05-28-2013, 10:31 PM

I haven't watched NAN in a long time. I think they've had good shows from time to time but I think they started to lose their creativity around 2000. Back in the 90s, their promotions, marathons, stunts, etc were SO unique. Even though they've had good shows at times, it's become just another channel with reruns.

Chad22 · 05-28-2013, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by benjamoon

I haven't watched NAN in a long time. I think they've had good shows from time to time but I think they started to lose their creativity around 2000. Back in the 90s, their promotions, marathons, stunts, etc were SO unique. Even though they've had good shows at times, it's become just another channel with reruns.

Totally agree with this. I used to love their classic commercials and when they would do stuff like the Casey Kasem countdown. Then in the 2000's they just started airing random blocks of The Cosby Show or whatever other show and it became less fun. Haven't watched it regularly in years.

Will and Grace Fanatic · 05-28-2013, 11:01 PM

I still watch Nick at Nite. I don't think it went down hill really. I would prefer however if the only showed reruns of past broadcast network shows instead of making their own programming now.

bencasey · 05-29-2013, 02:07 AM

Some time in the late 80s when they started to cut shows.

tooltime1987 · 05-29-2013, 02:12 PM

Nick at Nite went downhill in 2011-2012 with "Friends" invading the family sitcom block.

Tubehead · 05-29-2013, 07:08 PM

I think they went down hill when they started putting the cosby show roseann and now friend's and that 70s show. I also think tv land is going down hill also now friends is coming to tv land in June I also think they went down hill when they aried every one loves Raymond and when they got ride of I love Lucy and Sanford and son I watch it for few more years when they showed threes company they cut it off too. also when they aired csi and extreme home make over what's next Seinfeld what about sex and the city?

tvfreak1987 · 05-30-2013, 08:38 PM

Around the early 2000's or so. They still had good shows then, but that's when I started to watch it much, much less. Haven't watched it at all in years.

MickeyMac · 05-31-2013, 04:13 PM

When Nick at Nite gradually added more shows from the 70's on, that was nails in the coffin.

DSfan · 06-01-2013, 12:24 AM

I think it's definitely 2002. They still had block party summer in 2000 and in 2001 they were airing Gilligan's Island, Three's Company, I Love Lucy, Diff'rent Strokes, ALF, and Wonder Years for example.

2002 they started airing Kids Say the Darndest Things with extremely long blocks of only a few shows - Three's Company, Cheers, and of course, the Cosby Show. To be honest, those are the only 3 shows I even remember them airing in 2002. Possibly Family Ties was on at like 2am or something like that, but it definitely started going downhill that year. Then in 2003-2004 they started getting obsessed with endless marathons of Roseanne and the Fresh Prince.

Buffyboy323 · 06-03-2013, 12:29 AM

I loved Nick at Nite most from 1996-2002. I think 2004 was their last great year.

AMackII · 11-12-2020, 09:20 PM

Anytime During The Early to Mid 2000s

Kasey · 11-13-2020, 07:46 AM

I would also say that the Cosby Show was the final nail in the coffin for me. I never watched N@N after that. But looking back, I think the decline began in 1997 when they added both Newhart and the Wonder Years. Both of those shows were just too recent to be on N@N at the time. IMO they jumped too far ahead in the TV history timeline, and should have been playing more late '60s shows instead, like Family Affair, That Girl or the Flying Nun. But this was around the time they had just launched TV Land, so N@N was rebranding itself from a "Classic TV" network to "The Place for TV Hits".

I do think it improved somewhat in 1998 when they added the color episodes of Bewitched, and then the Brady Bunch and Laverne & Shirley that summer. But it was never the same as when the majority of their shows were B&W ones that had not been played to death already on TBS or in local syndication (Patty Duke, Donna Reed, My Three Sons, Ann Sothern, etc.)

rusty spike · 11-13-2020, 01:41 PM

I agree with those who responded to the early 2000s.

Even though I like Three's Company, I think it was this show that forever changed the course of N@N. The ratings from TC opened their eyes and the went from 50-60-70 era shows to 1990s. I remember that they attempted a "Revenge of the 80s" marathon and they added shows like Diffrent Strokes. I don't think it got the ratings and ended up in bad time slots around 2am. Maybe FOL ended up there as well.

It wasn't long before 1990s shows were added.

05-28-2013, 07:34 PM	#1
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05-28-2013, 09:33 PM	#2
mets82 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 14, 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,058	Honestly, I watch Nick at Nite more now than I did before. I usually just watch Nick at Nite for Friends and sometimes Full House. For me, there's usually nothing else on which is why I watch them although I'm to the point I could probably recite each episode's dialogue, I've seen them so much.
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05-28-2013, 10:31 PM	#3
benjamoon Bewitched Senior Member Join Date: Jun 15, 2000 Location: New York Posts: 1,450	I haven't watched NAN in a long time. I think they've had good shows from time to time but I think they started to lose their creativity around 2000. Back in the 90s, their promotions, marathons, stunts, etc were SO unique. Even though they've had good shows at times, it's become just another channel with reruns.
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05-28-2013, 11:01 PM	#5
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05-29-2013, 02:12 PM	#7
tooltime1987 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 03, 2013 Location: Easthampton,MA Posts: 559	Nick at Nite Nick at Nite went downhill in 2011-2012 with "Friends" invading the family sitcom block.
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05-29-2013, 02:07 AM	#6
bencasey Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: Long Beach Posts: 1,692	Some time in the late 80s when they started to cut shows.

05-29-2013, 07:08 PM	#8
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	tv land and nick at nite gone to the dogs I think they went down hill when they started putting the cosby show roseann and now friend's and that 70s show. I also think tv land is going down hill also now friends is coming to tv land in June I also think they went down hill when they aried every one loves Raymond and when they got ride of I love Lucy and Sanford and son I watch it for few more years when they showed threes company they cut it off too. also when they aired csi and extreme home make over what's next Seinfeld what about sex and the city?

05-30-2013, 08:38 PM	#9
tvfreak1987 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 10, 2009 Location: Jackson, MI Posts: 580	Around the early 2000's or so. They still had good shows then, but that's when I started to watch it much, much less. Haven't watched it at all in years.

05-31-2013, 04:13 PM	#10
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	When Nick at Nite gradually added more shows from the 70's on, that was nails in the coffin.

06-01-2013, 12:24 AM	#11
DSfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,204	I think it's definitely 2002. They still had block party summer in 2000 and in 2001 they were airing Gilligan's Island, Three's Company, I Love Lucy, Diff'rent Strokes, ALF, and Wonder Years for example. 2002 they started airing Kids Say the Darndest Things with extremely long blocks of only a few shows - Three's Company, Cheers, and of course, the Cosby Show. To be honest, those are the only 3 shows I even remember them airing in 2002. Possibly Family Ties was on at like 2am or something like that, but it definitely started going downhill that year. Then in 2003-2004 they started getting obsessed with endless marathons of Roseanne and the Fresh Prince.

06-03-2013, 12:29 AM	#12
Buffyboy323 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 6,102	I loved Nick at Nite most from 1996-2002. I think 2004 was their last great year.

11-12-2020, 09:20 PM	#13
AMackII Member Forum Star Join Date: Oct 23, 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 17,228	Anytime During The Early to Mid 2000s

11-13-2020, 07:46 AM	#14
Kasey Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 22, 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,143	I would also say that the Cosby Show was the final nail in the coffin for me. I never watched N@N after that. But looking back, I think the decline began in 1997 when they added both Newhart and the Wonder Years. Both of those shows were just too recent to be on N@N at the time. IMO they jumped too far ahead in the TV history timeline, and should have been playing more late '60s shows instead, like Family Affair, That Girl or the Flying Nun. But this was around the time they had just launched TV Land, so N@N was rebranding itself from a "Classic TV" network to "The Place for TV Hits". I do think it improved somewhat in 1998 when they added the color episodes of Bewitched, and then the Brady Bunch and Laverne & Shirley that summer. But it was never the same as when the majority of their shows were B&W ones that had not been played to death already on TBS or in local syndication (Patty Duke, Donna Reed, My Three Sons, Ann Sothern, etc.)

11-13-2020, 01:41 PM	#15
rusty spike Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 08, 2015 Location: Southwest Posts: 1,124	I agree with those who responded to the early 2000s. Even though I like Three's Company, I think it was this show that forever changed the course of N@N. The ratings from TC opened their eyes and the went from 50-60-70 era shows to 1990s. I remember that they attempted a "Revenge of the 80s" marathon and they added shows like Diffrent Strokes. I don't think it got the ratings and ended up in bad time slots around 2am. Maybe FOL ended up there as well. It wasn't long before 1990s shows were added.