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Old 05-18-2003, 01:08 PM   #1
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I was just checking out some of the other message boards for the first time, and came across this information. If this is true, in about a year, Wings will probably be shown once a week at 4:00am!

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Nick at Nite Announces First Original Series, Fatherhood

New Acquisitions Include Roseanne, Full House,
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Who’s The Boss?


New York, NY, May 6, 2003 – Nick at Nite, the home to modern classic TV, will premiere its first original animated series, Fatherhood, and add four sitcoms to its line-up over the next year, it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, Executive Vice President and General Manager, TV Land and Nick at Nite during the MTV Networks Upfront presentation held in New York today. Based on legendary comedian Bill Cosby’s best-selling book, “Fatherhood,” this original series will premiere in January, 2004 and be executive produced by Cosby. Additionally, joining the roster of Nick at Nite’s hit comedies will be Roseanne, Full House, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Who’s the Boss?

“Fatherhood is the perfect complement to Nick at Nite’s award-winning line-up of sitcoms like The Cosby Show,” said Larry W. Jones. “There is no better way for the network to venture into original programming than to team up with Bill Cosby, and with our new slate of programming, Nick at Nite truly is home to America’s favorite classic sitcoms.”

Nick at Nite experienced its most successful year ever in 2002 as the network recorded its highest audience levels ever among total viewers and in its target Adults 18-49 audience. The network has built its reputation and brand by providing a prime time home for America’s favorite TV series and beloved shows from the past.

The following shows will air on Nick at Nite:


Fatherhood (January, 2004)

Nick at Nite’s first original animated series, Fatherhood, will premiere on the network in January, 2004. The series is based on Bill Cosby’s best-selling book “Fatherhood” and will star David Alan Grier (In Living Color, Life with Bonnie, Dag). Cosby will executive produce the series for the network along with Charles Kipps (Little Bill, The Cosby Mysteries, Law and Order) and David Brokaw (Little Bill). The project marks the third installment of Cosby’s animation “trilogy” which includes Little Bill for Nickelodeon, Fat Albert, and now Fatherhood for Nick at Nite.

Each installment of the animated series will be a comedic, yet insightful journey that features the challenges, life lessons and confusions of family life. David Alan Grier will star as the voice of Dr. Bindlebeep -- a high school teacher, loving husband and father of three. Sabrina Le Beauf, who played Sondra, Cliff Huxtable’s eldest child on the beloved hit sitcom The Cosby Show, will star as Dr. Bindlebeep’s wife. Sal Maniaci, Vice President, Development and Production, TV Land and Nick at Nite, is overseeing the project.


Roseanne (September 21, 2003)

Roseanne, one of the most talked-about and celebrated sitcoms in television history will join the Nick at Nite lineup with a five-night marathon beginning September 21, 2003. Roseanne’s poignant, funny and true-to-life stories of a blue-collar family stars Roseanne, John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf. The show’s superb writing and talented cast have earned numerous Emmy, Golden Globe, People's Choice, and American Comedy awards, as well as the coveted Peabody and Humanitas prizes. Its huge popularity has translated into phenomenal performances in syndication, proving it is a classic, now and forever!

The show focuses on the life of Roseanne Conner, a blue-collar working mother with a big mouth, a big sense of humor and an even bigger personality. Roseanne not only tends to her home and takes care of her three kids -- Becky, Darlene and D.J. -- (Lecy Goranson and later Sarah Chalke; Sarah Gilbert and Michael Fishman) she also takes care of husband Dan (John Goodman) who was her high school sweetheart. She does all of this – in addition to working eight-hour days to ensure all the bills are paid.



Full House (October 6, 2003)

Full House was a popular family favorite from 1987-1995 and captured the funny, heartfelt moments of a close-knit family in San Francisco. When successful sportscaster Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) loses his wife in a car accident, he takes on the dual role of both father and mother to his three daughters: D.J. (Candace Cameron), Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) and Michelle (Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen). It soon becomes difficult for Danny to raise the girls on his own so he enlists the next best things to a nanny -- his best friend, Joey Gladstone (Dave Coulier), and brother-in-law, Jesse Katsopolis (John Stamos). Joey, a stand-up comedian, and Jesse, a long-haired musician, move into the home and chaos ensues as the men learn the ins and outs of raising children -- from changing diapers to setting rules. As years pass, the two men adjust to their different lifestyles and begin writing advertising jingles. Danny becomes the host of a popular talk show with Rebecca (Lori Loughlin), who eventually becomes Jesse’s wife and the mother of their twin sons, Alexander and Nicholas.



Who’s The Boss? (June, 2004)

Tony Danza starred in this comedy which aired from 1984 to 1992 as an ex-baseball player and widowed father of a young daughter. When Tony Micelli (Danza) decides to move from Brooklyn to suburban Connecticut to give Samantha (Alyssa Milano), a better life, he takes a job as a live-in-housekeeper for Angela Bower (Judith Light), a high-powered advertising executive. The divorced mother with a son of her own, Jonathan (Danny Pintauro), had been skeptical about hiring a man as a housekeeper, but Tony proved to bring order to the chaotic house and serve as a father figure to Jonathan. Mona, (Katherine Helmond), Angela’s sexy mother, adored Tony and hoped for years that the couple would eventually fall in love. The running theme of the show was Tony and Angela’s evolving relationship, and in 1991, the two finally admitted that they had fallen in love with each other.


The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (September 13, 2004)

Grammy-award winning rapper and actor Will Smith settles into his throne as the Prince of Bel Air when the hilarious hit comedy, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, joins the Nick at Nite line-up beginning September 13, 2004. Amid the hilarious comedy of clashing cultures as the wealthy Banks family opens their home - and their checkbook - to their needy relative Will, the teen adapts easily to their indulgent lifestyle and reminds them that the simplest pleasures of family life can't be bought at any price.

Co-executive produced by music legend Quincy Jones, the NBC comedy aired from 1990 to 1996 and focuses on Will (Smith), a teenager from a tough West Philadelphia neighborhood whose mother sends him to live with his wealthy relatives in Bel Air, California. It’s a tough adjustment for the teenager at first, whose streetwise ways don’t seem to fit in with their ornate mansion, luxurious cars and live-in butler. Will immediately clashes with Uncle Phillip (James Avery), a pompous, successful lawyer who was raised in a tough neighborhood much like Will’s and enjoys teaching him lessons and catching him on his crazy shenanigans. Aunt Vivian (Janet-Hubert Whitten and later Daphne Maxwell Reid) is the mediator between the two, and Geoffrey (Joseph Marcell), the always-proper butler, becomes one of Will’s closest allies. Among his cousins, Will enjoys teasing the preppy Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) and spoiled Hilary (Karyn Parsons), while taking teenager Ashley (Tatyana M. Ali) under his wing and becoming her confidante. The brood expands with the birth of Nicholas “Nicky” Banks (Ross Bagley).

Nick at Nite, the evening and overnight programming arm of cable's highest-rated network, is the home of television's modern classics including The Cosby Show, Cheers, Three's Company, Wings and Coach. The 17-year-old network, available in 86 million U.S. homes, offers timeless favorites the way our viewers love and remember them - in prime time and restored to their original graphic quality.
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woa. that's a lot of new shows... they didn't say they were getting rid of any shows they're showing now, so that's a good sign... i don't know why they still show All In The Family.. that show seems like more of a TV Land show than a Nick @ Nite show.

and what's this about a N@N original series?! that's weird.
and Roseanne? that show is on tv right now about 6 times a day.
that's kind of cool that they're getting Full House tho. That was my favorite show when it was in it's first run.. hmm.. 1987-1995.. I was between 5 and 13 when that show was on. hehe I feel old... lol.
and I'm excited about Who's The Boss! lol. I was watching the reruns for that for a looong time, and then all of a sudden, it disappeared. But now if I started watching it again, i'd probably be bored, since i ended up seeing every episode about 5 times. plus now I have a better sitcom to watch- Wings! lol anyway....

Hopefully, Wings won't get pushed out of the N@N lineup with all of these shows tho!! It's better than all of them, i think! and hopefully, it won't be shown at a ridiculous hour like 4 AM either!!

maybe, since the Cosby show, Cheers, and Three's Company have been on N@N for so long, they might move those to later times, and put the newer shows in their timeslots- at 9, 10, and 11. and then wings can be on at 12, or stay at its 1:00 slot, and then the other shows can be on at 2, 3, and 4 in the morning, hehe.

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really, isnt 12 in the morning every day degrading enough, i mean come on, what is more popular at that time that they are competing with..

but i cant complain too much, atleast they had to good sight to buy the rights and show what they do
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Being that there is currently only one episode of "WINGS" shown per night ANYWAY, I would like to see NICK cut down their current "double episodes" (Cosby, Three's Company, etc.) to just ONE episode per night to make room for those new series...THAT way there would be a nice mix of shows, but we'd still have our "WINGS".

I shouldn't be pessimistic about this, but I just get this sick feeling that "Wings" is going to be banished to the 2:30 AM slot....I HOPE that I'm wrong!
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Taking the shows they have now and the shows listed to come, here's the schedule I see. Not the one's I want, I'm just thinking like N@N. Minus the Be the Bug. (which is totally bogus)

With Double Takes (In other words, The Bad Schedule)
9:00 The Cosby Show
9:30 The Cosby Show
10:00 Full House
10:30 Full House
11:00 Who's the Boss?
11:30 Who's the Boss?
12:00 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
12:30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1:00 Roseanne
1:30 Roseanne
2:00 Cheers
2:30 Cheers
3:00 Three's Company
3:30 Three's Company
4:00 Wings
4:30 Perfect Strangers
5:00 Family Ties
5:30 All in the Family

And Here's with-out the Double Takes:
9:00 The Cosby Show
9:30 Full House
10:00 Who's the Boss?
10:30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
11:00 Cheers
11:30 Wings
12:00 Roseanne
12:30 Coach
1:00 Three's Company
1:30 Family Ties
2:00 Perfect Strangers
2:30 Head of the Class
3:00 Full House
3:30 Who's the Boss?
4:00 The Cosby Show
4:30 Cheers
5:00 Wings
5:30 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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You know, I've personally complained about Cosby Show for so long. Not because of the show itself, but because of how much it's played.

Anyway, before I start rambling, Adam, that schedule is good, and I could really see that, but I just can't see N@N dropping Double Takes. I wish they would, and pray they do, but that's not something they seem too intent on doing anytime soon.

I have a feeling these are the shows that will be dropped (I'm not hinting, I'm just guessing)

Family Ties, Perfect Strangers, Head of the Class and Kids Say. I'd say Coach might be dropped next year. It's a given Cheers and Cosby aren't going anywhere. Same for Three's Company. All three shows (I'm not sure on Cosby) have long contracts.

I could see them taking away the 8pm hour from Nick and putting on Full House and Fresh Prince there. 9pm will always be Cosby Show. 9:30 probably Who's The Boss.

I just have given up even caring about N@N.

I may be the only one, but I prefer Wings that late because I wouldn't have been able to watch/tape it at 11/11:30. At least in this timeslot it has a better chance of sticking around.

I just can't see N@N EVER giving up the 9pm slot to another show besides Cosby Show.
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I guess a lot just depends on the contract Nick at Nite has with Wings? Did they pay for the show for a certain amount of years? Are they obligated to run the show with the syndication rights?

I know it would make little sense to pay for the rights to a show and not run it, but anything seems possible with Nick.

I'm still stupified with the strategy of advertising a show heavily for a week, run a marathon for the show, and then place it in a time slot of 1:00am EST and show 1 episode a night, while several other shows (Cosby, Cheers, Three's Company) are all run several times a day.

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I just have given up even caring about N@N.
I did too, until they started showing Wings. Then all my feelings came back.
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Nah Cheers and Cosby won't get bumped, from what I understand they are the two hightest rated N@N shows. I wish they would cut out the extra hour of Cosby they show, if they did then they could have alot more room for shows.

Besides Bill Cosby has stock in the co. that owns Nick at Nite so I am sure he has a say in what time and how much his show is aired.

I just wish they could move Family Ties to at least 1:30 or sooner.
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