When Did you first watch TV Land Back then when it didn't suck? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

AceWesternson · 09-15-2016, 07:13 AM

For me i started to watch it in 1998 when it came to cable services the first program i watched on it was Bossom Buddies

Anna Karenina · 09-15-2016, 09:55 AM

Brady, An American Chronicle was their peak for me. Satire at its best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e79jlefA45k

The network was much better in the 90's. Now we have all of these retro, over the air channels that pick up where they left off in terms of airing classic TV so TV Land did leave its influence with their funny promos and such.

But shows like Younger come off as crass and trying too hard to be edgy.

tlc38tlc38 · 09-15-2016, 10:12 AM

Started watching in 1996. Stopped watching about 5 or so years ago.

Hooterville Saturdays were my favorite.

This was a fun schedule: http://www.classictvhits.com/schedul...and/96/aug.htm

70s show watcher · 09-15-2016, 07:25 PM

i first watched tv land in 1997

BigManMike · 09-15-2016, 07:55 PM

December 2000.

danderson400 · 09-15-2016, 09:44 PM

I remember watching St. Elsewhere when TVLand first started. it was part of their Dramarama block on weekdays.

mets82 · 09-15-2016, 11:14 PM

My grandparents had TVLand before I did. I got it in 2002. Was it declining then?

Dale Key · 09-15-2016, 11:17 PM

I don't know what year it was, but I wanted it when it first came out. I asked my mom to call the cable company and say "Take me to TV Land" and the csr said they didn't have room for it. If you count those sneak previews they did on Nick at Nite you could say I watched it right at the beginning, technically.

treky · 09-16-2016, 12:23 AM

if you count the sneak previews of it that they'd also show on NICK AT NITE every once in a while, then it was in 1996 when they started. But I didn't start watching it on a regular basis until 200 when we moved and got a new cable provider that had it.

icecream · 09-16-2016, 12:07 PM

I didn't have cable until 2005, so I could only see it on vacations before then.

gidgetgrape · 09-16-2016, 02:37 PM

I didn't get it until 2001, when they started showing "I Love Lucy." I was a new Lucy fan at the time so I was excited about that. I stopped watching regularly around 2004. I loved the "Kitschen" programming with Square Pegs and SOAP.

Kasey · 09-16-2016, 07:54 PM

I had it from Day One when they were showing UNCUT episodes of most everything. I recorded all of PETTICOAT JUNCTION, GREEN ACRES and THAT GIRL and a lot of the rare shows they ran on weekends like ANGIE, BLANSKY'S BEAUTIES and AMANDA'S.

Stopped watching regularly in 2000 when I saw how badly they were butchering CHARLIE'S ANGELS and MARY TYLER MOORE. I mean, you just don't edit out a poolside catfight between Jaclyn Smith and Rosemary Forsyth or the entire Veal Prince Orloff scene from Mary's Dinner Party and still get to champion yourself as a trumpeter of Our Television Heritage.

I did watch it again in 2002 though because they were showing DONNA REED, HAZEL, THE FLYING NUN and MARY HARTMAN and I hadn't seen those in years. After then, I quit until I got rid of cable and satellite in 2006 and just watched DVDs exclusively, which I still do.

Tubehead · 09-19-2016, 11:28 PM

i started watching when me my brother mom & dad got cable!! we just had 3 4 & 12 for several years it was right after i had back surgery when my mom & dad got cable! only reason we didn't get it it was kind of high back then plus we lived really out in the boonies so it was hard to get cable!! !! they used to do free hbo & stars free per view movies for whole month i remmeber taping movies on vsh tape when they showed the free movies on hbo & stars !! then i remember when my aunt galay taped disney channel she would tape disney cartoon movies & disney cartoons!! we still got some of the cartoons on tape!! i was still in middle school i was 12 years old!! other then that i mostly watched cartoons when i was growing up! i used to watch it when my grand mama had cable television!! i guess i never gotten into the classic shows unitl right when i got right into middle into high school!! i did watch batman with adam west I love lucy the wonder years & happy days in reruns when i was still in middle shcool!!

broadmoor · 09-19-2016, 11:47 PM

I bought a dish in 1996, primarily to get TV-Land. By about five years, I had stopped watching the network completely, as it had pretty much ditched all the shows I was interested in. Haven't bothered with it ever since. In fact, I really haven't bothered with any channel since then, either. Dived into dvd's, which turned into my only option to watch material I actually enjoyed.

Regulus · 09-20-2016, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by broadmoor

Dived into dvd's, which turned into my only option to watch material I actually enjoyed.

View Poll Results: When Did you first watch TV Land Back then?
1996	12	44.44%
1997	8	29.63%
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09-15-2016, 07:13 AM	#1
AceWesternson Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 26, 2016 Posts: 141	When Did you first watch TV Land Back then when it didn't suck? For me i started to watch it in 1998 when it came to cable services the first program i watched on it was Bossom Buddies

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09-15-2016, 11:14 PM	#7
mets82 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 14, 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,058	My grandparents had TVLand before I did. I got it in 2002. Was it declining then?
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09-16-2016, 12:23 AM	#9
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09-15-2016, 09:55 AM	#2
Anna Karenina Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 10,086	Brady, An American Chronicle was their peak for me. Satire at its best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e79jlefA45k The network was much better in the 90's. Now we have all of these retro, over the air channels that pick up where they left off in terms of airing classic TV so TV Land did leave its influence with their funny promos and such. But shows like Younger come off as crass and trying too hard to be edgy.

09-15-2016, 07:25 PM	#4
70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,548	i first watched tv land in 1997

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BigManMike Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 25, 2006 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,021	December 2000.

09-15-2016, 09:44 PM	#6
danderson400 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 24, 2015 Location: danderson400 Posts: 650	I remember watching St. Elsewhere when TVLand first started. it was part of their Dramarama block on weekdays.

09-15-2016, 11:17 PM	#8
Dale Key Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 17, 2005 Location: Washington state Posts: 410	I don't know what year it was, but I wanted it when it first came out. I asked my mom to call the cable company and say "Take me to TV Land" and the csr said they didn't have room for it. If you count those sneak previews they did on Nick at Nite you could say I watched it right at the beginning, technically.

09-16-2016, 12:07 PM	#10
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09-16-2016, 02:37 PM	#11
gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,503	I didn't get it until 2001, when they started showing "I Love Lucy." I was a new Lucy fan at the time so I was excited about that. I stopped watching regularly around 2004. I loved the "Kitschen" programming with Square Pegs and SOAP.

09-16-2016, 07:54 PM	#12
Kasey Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 22, 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,143	I had it from Day One when they were showing UNCUT episodes of most everything. I recorded all of PETTICOAT JUNCTION, GREEN ACRES and THAT GIRL and a lot of the rare shows they ran on weekends like ANGIE, BLANSKY'S BEAUTIES and AMANDA'S. Stopped watching regularly in 2000 when I saw how badly they were butchering CHARLIE'S ANGELS and MARY TYLER MOORE. I mean, you just don't edit out a poolside catfight between Jaclyn Smith and Rosemary Forsyth or the entire Veal Prince Orloff scene from Mary's Dinner Party and still get to champion yourself as a trumpeter of Our Television Heritage. I did watch it again in 2002 though because they were showing DONNA REED, HAZEL, THE FLYING NUN and MARY HARTMAN and I hadn't seen those in years. After then, I quit until I got rid of cable and satellite in 2006 and just watched DVDs exclusively, which I still do.

09-19-2016, 11:28 PM	#13
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	tv land & classic shows i started watching when me my brother mom & dad got cable!! we just had 3 4 & 12 for several years it was right after i had back surgery when my mom & dad got cable! only reason we didn't get it it was kind of high back then plus we lived really out in the boonies so it was hard to get cable!! !! they used to do free hbo & stars free per view movies for whole month i remmeber taping movies on vsh tape when they showed the free movies on hbo & stars !! then i remember when my aunt galay taped disney channel she would tape disney cartoon movies & disney cartoons!! we still got some of the cartoons on tape!! i was still in middle school i was 12 years old!! other then that i mostly watched cartoons when i was growing up! i used to watch it when my grand mama had cable television!! i guess i never gotten into the classic shows unitl right when i got right into middle into high school!! i did watch batman with adam west I love lucy the wonder years & happy days in reruns when i was still in middle shcool!!

09-19-2016, 11:47 PM	#14
broadmoor Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 10, 2010 Location: texas Posts: 489	I bought a dish in 1996, primarily to get TV-Land. By about five years, I had stopped watching the network completely, as it had pretty much ditched all the shows I was interested in. Haven't bothered with it ever since. In fact, I really haven't bothered with any channel since then, either. Dived into dvd's, which turned into my only option to watch material I actually enjoyed.