Ok, is it me or Saturday Afternoon a total wasteland for tv shows? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

mets82 · 03-03-2016, 03:55 PM

Sports? Yes, depending upon the season. But to me, there isnt a damn thing on Saturday's. It could be just me. I can always find something on Sunday's but Saturday seems to be so bad.

icecream · 03-03-2016, 04:51 PM

Antenna TV has a good block from 2-4 with Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Mr. Belvedere. One of my affiliates airs Leverage at 2PM Saturdays but that would vary depending on the area.

bmasters9 · 03-03-2016, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mets82

Sports? Yes, depending upon the season. But to me, there isnt a damn thing on Saturday's. It could be just me. I can always find something on Sunday's but Saturday seems to be so bad.

Makes you long for when the networks, especially CBS, had plenty to offer on Saturdays, like in the 70s, when there was MTM, The Bob Newhart Show, and All In The Family, among others.

TVFactFan · 03-03-2016, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mets82

Sports? Yes, depending upon the season. But to me, there isnt a damn thing on Saturday's. It could be just me. I can always find something on Sunday's but Saturday seems to be so bad.

Why wouldn't it be? Most people are out on Saturday afternoon taking care of things they couldn't take care of doing the week

TVFactFan · 03-03-2016, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bmasters9

Makes you long for when the networks, especially CBS, had plenty to offer on Saturdays, like in the 70s, when there was MTM, The Bob Newhart Show, and All In The Family, among others.

That was in the evening, he is referring to the afternoon

Svenfan1234 · 03-03-2016, 10:12 PM

Antenna TV has a great lineup from 1-5 and 6-8 and then I always watch "Svengoolie" on MeTV.

TVFactFan · 03-03-2016, 10:27 PM

Also TV One has it's marathon of Good Times until 4pm followed by Sanford and Son on Saturdays

opus · 03-03-2016, 10:27 PM

Weekend days have always been, and forever shall be, sports for me.

Yong Fang · 03-06-2016, 09:39 AM

Prime Time TV is worst for me on the weekends, especially Saturday. Friday's shows are almost as bad in my opinion. It is just a decades old strategy of putting on their weakest shows on those nights because more people are outside on the weekends and more inside during the weekdays because of work and school the next day.

Now in the 21st Century, you should not have any problem whatsoever to find an interesting television show or movie you like because there are so many choices now, cable/satellite, Netflix and all those other services on demand. Internet stuff like Hulu, the networks themselves and other easy to find websites which have content. I just watched online an ABC miniseries Madoff with Richard Dryfuss. In China, a month after the show was on.

In many ways, Idislike the times that we live in, but I love the entertainment options and choices. I am old enough to remember in childhood in the 1970's basically three television stations, which a lot of nights showed three crap shows at the same time. No DVD's yet, few people had VCRs. If you wanted to see a movie, you went and saw it because once it left the theater wont be on television for years, and then butchered by the network because stupid people cannot tolerate certain so called "dirty" or "curse" words.

Look online, dig up a buried treasure!

Crusinforabrusin · 03-06-2016, 09:45 AM

I have to say Saturday afternoons are pretty bad for tv. But, there are few good things on like Untold Stories Of The E.R. , Weekend westerns on MeTv, Antenna Tv, and Decades Binge(depending on the show)

The evenings on the other hand, are very good time for tv shows on Saturday

TVFactFan · 03-06-2016, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Yong Fang

Prime Time TV is worst for me on the weekends, especially Saturday. Friday's shows are almost as bad in my opinion. It is just a decades old strategy of putting on their weakest shows on those nights because more people are outside on the weekends and more inside during the weekdays because of work and school the next day.

Now in the 21st Century, you should not have any problem whatsoever to find an interesting television show or movie you like because there are so many choices now, cable/satellite, Netflix and all those other services on demand. Internet stuff like Hulu, the networks themselves and other easy to find websites which have content. I just watched online an ABC miniseries Madoff with Richard Dryfuss. In China, a month after the show was on.

In many ways, Idislike the times that we live in, but I love the entertainment options and choices. I am old enough to remember in childhood in the 1970's basically three television stations, which a lot of nights showed three crap shows at the same time. No DVD's yet, few people had VCRs. If you wanted to see a movie, you went and saw it because once it left the theater wont be on television for years, and then butchered by the network because stupid people cannot tolerate certain so called "dirty" or "curse" words.

Look online, dig up a buried treasure!

Antenna TV has the same primetime lineup on Fridays unless you are not a fan of the Lear shows

7pm-8pm.....good times
8pm-9pm....jeffersons
9pm-10pm....all in the family

JSP · 03-06-2016, 03:10 PM

If College football isn't on, there isn't anything good on Tv Saturday afternoons.

tlc38tlc38 · 03-06-2016, 03:16 PM

I like to watch "Small Wonder" at 1pm & 1:30pm and "Mr. Belvedere" at 3pm and 3:30pm on Antenna TV.

tlc38tlc38 · 03-06-2016, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Also TV One has it's marathon of Good Times until 4pm followed by Sanford and Son on Saturdays

I usually end up watching "Sanford and Son" on Saturday nights, also. Sanford never gets old to me.

TVFactFan · 03-06-2016, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

I usually end up watching "Sanford and Son" on Saturday nights, also. Sanford never gets old to me.

Yeah I don't think it goes off until 12am on saturdays

03-03-2016, 03:55 PM	#1
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03-03-2016, 10:12 PM	#6
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Crusinforabrusin It's time to move on, Goodbye Senior Member Join Date: Dec 27, 2015 Posts: 2,056	I have to say Saturday afternoons are pretty bad for tv. But, there are few good things on like Untold Stories Of The E.R. , Weekend westerns on MeTv, Antenna Tv, and Decades Binge(depending on the show) The evenings on the other hand, are very good time for tv shows on Saturday
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03-03-2016, 10:27 PM	#7
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,101	Also TV One has it's marathon of Good Times until 4pm followed by Sanford and Son on Saturdays

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03-06-2016, 09:39 AM	#9
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	Prime Time TV is worst for me on the weekends, especially Saturday. Friday's shows are almost as bad in my opinion. It is just a decades old strategy of putting on their weakest shows on those nights because more people are outside on the weekends and more inside during the weekdays because of work and school the next day. Now in the 21st Century, you should not have any problem whatsoever to find an interesting television show or movie you like because there are so many choices now, cable/satellite, Netflix and all those other services on demand. Internet stuff like Hulu, the networks themselves and other easy to find websites which have content. I just watched online an ABC miniseries Madoff with Richard Dryfuss. In China, a month after the show was on. In many ways, Idislike the times that we live in, but I love the entertainment options and choices. I am old enough to remember in childhood in the 1970's basically three television stations, which a lot of nights showed three crap shows at the same time. No DVD's yet, few people had VCRs. If you wanted to see a movie, you went and saw it because once it left the theater wont be on television for years, and then butchered by the network because stupid people cannot tolerate certain so called "dirty" or "curse" words. Look online, dig up a buried treasure!

03-06-2016, 03:10 PM	#12
JSP Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 19, 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 2,735	If College football isn't on, there isn't anything good on Tv Saturday afternoons.