TV Land August 2003 -- The Alan Brady Show special, Bonanza Labor Day Marathon

[Pavan]

TV Land August 2003 Schedule

- Schedule changes ONLY:
Sundays:
10:00pm Inside TV Land reruns (replaces TV Land Legends: The 60 Minutes Interviews)
11:00pm ET in TV Land (starts half hour later, replaces I Dream of Jeannie at 11:30pm)


- TV Land Box Sets
* Sundays 3 to 5 p.m. E/P
Sunday, August 3rd: "House Painting" (rerun)
3:00PM Father Knows Best #46 – The House Painter
When Betty Anderson tells her father that her class at school has agreed that all people's actions are motivated by selfishness, Jim points to elderly Shively Everett, to prove his point, Jim tells Everett he is selling the house and asks him to use cheap paint. Jim is crushed when Everett agrees to do so, Little does Jim realize that he has impressed Everett as being a dishonest character. Everett counsels Margaret and the children much to their bewilderment - on the value of integrity.
3:30PM Dennis The Menace #41 – Paint-Up, Clean-Up Week
Appointed chairman of his block for a Clean-Up Week drive, Mr. Wilson determines to win first prize for the best showing. Shortly after Wilson finishes painting his back yard furniture, Dennis and Tommy hear Wilson comment that the unsightly condition of Dennis' tree house will be his undoing. Immediately, Dennis and Tommy start cleaning the tree house; they finish their job by raising a small American flag on top.
4:00PM Dick Van Dyke #53 – Give Me Your Walls!
Rob accidentally marks the living room wall with pen ink. First he tries to clean it off but ends up smearing it and making more of a mess. Next he tries to paint over it but runs out of paint before the entire wall was finished. The Petries hire Vito Giotto (Master Painter of Rome, Florence, and Brooklyn) to paint the wall. After five days Vito still has not painted the one wall he was hired for. Rob and Laura begin to suspect that Vito is purposely staying longer so that he can charge them an obscene amount of money for the job. Vito finally paints the wall and charges The Petries a reasonable rate. As a bonus, Vito comes back to the Petries' home and puts on a show for Ritchie and his little pals.
4:30PM Leave It To Beaver #57 – The Garage Painters
After the boys agree to paint the garage door, the only one who actually gets paint poured all over him is little Benjie Bellamy. Mrs. Bellamy becomes horrified when she sees her son, and Ward ends up calling her and apologizing for the incident.

Sunday, August 10th: "Back To School" (rerun, 3:30pm Head of the Class is different episode however)
3:00PM Welcome Back Kotter #1 -- Welcome Back, Kotter
Gabe Kotter lands his first job as a teacher back at his old high school "Buchanan". He is assigned to teach the Sweathogs, Buchanan's remedial misfits.
3:30PM Head of The Class #6 – The Teachers Teacher
4:00PM Brady Bunch #77 – Today I Am A Freshman
Marcia arrives at high school and decides to sign up for every club on campus.
4:30PM Happy Days #7 – Fonzie Drops In
Fonzie decides to re-enroll in high school then wants Richie to do his homework for him. *Gavan O'Hearlihy stars as Chuck

Sunday, August 17th: "Best of Batman: The Riddler" (rerun)
3:00PM Batman #1 – Hi Diddle Riddle Pt.1
The Riddler uses a trumped-up lawsuit to try to unmask Batman in court. Batman is forced to break the law himself, and Robin ends up in the master-fiend's evil clutches. Watch for the latest dance craze: the Batusi!
3:30PM Batman #2 – Smack In the Middle Pt. 2
The Riddler tries to lure Batman into a trap using Robin as the bait.
4:00PM Batman #31 – Death In Slow Motion Pt. 1
Disguised as Charlie Chaplin, Riddler strikes the box office of a silent film showing. Following his riddles leads Batman and Robin to the scene of his next robbery, a bakery payroll, where the Riddler and his gang are disguised as a location film shoot. After taking out the dynamic duo outside they're third target, the Baker Street branch of the public library, the Riddler and his film crew crash a party. Spiking the punch with a Temper Tonic turns the whole party into a brawl, leaves Batman confused, and allows the gang to escape with boy wonder as their hostage.
4:30PM Batman #32 – The Riddler’s False Notion Pt. 2
With Robin as the Riddler's captive, Batman rushes to the lumber yard after deciphering yet another riddle. Seeing the Boy Wonder sawed in half makes Batman break down with grief until he realizes that the real victim was only a wooden dummy. The Riddler escapes, but Batman captures a hostage of his own, the Riddler's moll, Pauline. After taking her back to the Batcave, The Caped Crusader gets her to confess a riddle that leads him to the Chessman Building. Batman narrowly saves Robin before solving a skywritten riddle that leads them to the house of a silent film producer. Batman and Robin stop the Riddler from stealing a priceless silent film collection and send him to jail.

Sunday, August 24th: "Casts in Other Roles : Family Ties" (rerun)
3:00PM Archie Bunker’s Place -- #81 Break A Leg Stephanie (Marc Price--Skippy on Family Ties)
Stephanie's elated when she's granted an audition for the famed High School of Performing Arts, but her "greatest performance" will be trying to convince an anti-art Archie to let her tryout.
3:30PM Bridget Loves Bernie -- #3 Wake Up We’re Getting Married Today (Meredith Baxter)
Bridget and Bernie are remarried in a religious ceremony by a rabbi and a priest after much confusion and much misunderstandings.
4:00PM Finder of Lost Loves -- #12 Last Wish (Michael Gross)



- Inside TV Land
* Sundays 10 to 11 p.m. E/P
Sunday, August 3
10:00pm Inside TV Land #4 – Charlie’s Angels (rerun)

Sunday, August 10
10:00pm Inside TV Land #8 – African Americans in Television: Variety (rerun)

Sunday, August 17 -- pre-empted at 10pm for The Alan Brady Show special, 10:30pm to 12am is #3 Inside TV Land: The Dick Van Dyke Show (rerun)

Sunday, August 24
10:00pm Inside TV Land #10 – African Americans in Television: Comedy (rerun)

Sunday, August 31
10:00pm Inside TV Land #9 – African Americans in Television: Drama (rerun)

SPECIAL NIGHT INSIDE TV LAND RE-AIRING:
Tuesday, August 19
8:00pm #14 Inside TV Land: Top 40 Theme Songs (rerun)
Each episode of Inside TV Land features interviews with cast members, creators, writers, fans and Hollywood notables who either recount, firsthand, the experience of working on their respective shows or discuss what impact the show made on them as a viewer. Inside TV Land: Top 40 Theme Songs is a celebration of the top television tunes and explores how TV's hit makers have used music to sell their ideas to an audience.


- ET in TV Land
* Sundays 11 p.m. to 12 a.m. E/P
Sunday, August 3
11:00pm ET in TV Land #22 – The Partridge Family

Sunday, August 10
11:00pm ET in TV Land #23 – The Dukes of Hazzard

Sunday, August 17 -- pre-empted for Inside TV Land: Dick Van Dyke Show

Sunday, August 24
11:00pm ET in TV Land #24 – TV’s Greatest Scandals 2

Sunday, August 31
11:00pm ET in TV Land #25 – Who’s The Boss


TV Land Specials:

- "Alan Brady Week"
* Monday, August 11th – Sunday, August 17th 9-10 p.m. every night (Sunday 9 to 12 a.m.)
"The Alan Brady Show" is a TV Land original animated special about the present-day state of the fictional television show where Rob Petrie and friends worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show. To celebrate its premiere on Sunday, August 17 at 10 p.m., TV Land is airing a week of the best Alan Brady episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show in prime time, as well as an encore presentation of Inside TV Land: The Dick Van Dyke Show (Sunday 10:30 p.m. to 12 a.m.). Below find the entire week’s line-up including episodes and descriptions:

Monday, August 11
9:00PM #29 The Sleeping Brother
Rob's talented, sleep-walking brother manages to audition successfully for "The Alan Brady Show" even while wide awake. Carl Reiner makes his first appearance as Alan Brady in this episode.
9:30PM #62 When A Bowling Pin Talks, Listen
Rob finds himself in hot water after inadvertently lifting a comedy idea from another
show.

Tuesday, August 12
9:00PM #76 The Alan Brady Show Presents
9:30PM #77 My Husband Is The Best One
Rob gets into trouble at work after Laura interferes in an interview he is giving on Alan
Brady.

Wednesday, August 13
9:00PM #104 Three Letters From One Wife
Rob convinces Alan Brady to do a cultural documentary program and risks his job when Alan threatens Rob to fire him if the show is not a success. Millie comes up with a sure fire plan to save Rob from a possible disaster and writes 14 letters from 14 different people to Alan praising the show and the talented writer Rob. Unfortunately, the program airs but pre-empts Alan's segment with a flooded subway story. Millie frantically shows up at the Petrie's home and tells Laura that she already mailed the 14 letters.
9:30PM #122 100 Terrible Hours
Rob recalls his job interview with Alan Brady near the end of an ardous keep-awake marathon.

Thursday, August 14
9:00PM #124 Baby Fat
Rob helps Alan Brady by re-writing a play starring the comic.
9:30PM #146 The Bottom Of Mel Cooley’s Heart – 9:30pm
When Mel Cooley takes Rob's advice and stands up to Alan Brady, he is promptly fired.

Friday, August 15
9:00PM #151 Talk to The Snail
Believing that comedian Alan Brady plans to cut down his writing staff, Rob applies for a job with a ventriloquist.
9:30PM #153 Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.
Rob and his writers are in big trouble for adding insults to an Alan Brady script.

Saturday, August 16
9:00PM #157 The Last Chapter
Rob's autobiography conjures up scenes from the past and leads Alan Brady to buy the book for a television series.
9:30PM #158 The Gunslinger
The Petries and their friends are transported to the Wild West when Rob dreams he is a frontier sheriff.

Sunday, August 17
9:00PM #128 Coast To Coast Big Mouth
Laura blurts out a top secret on a national television quiz show -- that comedian Alan Brady wears a toupee.
9:30PM #152 A Day In the Life Of Alan Brady
This episode is classic "Alan Brady". The Petries' plan to throw an anniversary party at their house for the Helpers. Alan insists that Rob change the date of the party so that he and a film crew can come over and shoot his documentary. The solution: Helpers' Anniversary party stars their "good friend" Alan Brady.
10:00PM TV LAND ORIGINAL SPECIAL: "The Alan Brady Show"
An animated special with Carl Reiner voicing his role as Alan Brady, as he did on the Dick Van Dyke Show.
(Re-airings: Monday, Aug. 18, 2003 10:00AM
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2003 7:00PM
Saturday, Aug 23, 2003 3:00AM (late Friday Aug. 22)
Saturday, Aug 23, 2003 11:00PM)
10:30PM to 12:00AM #3 Inside TV Land: The Dick Van Dyke Show (rerun)

*** PLEASE NOTE: BEWITCHED WILL AIR AT 8 AND 8:30PM ALL 7 DAYS BEFORE THE MARATHON STARTS AT 9 PM FOR THIS WEEK ONLY, PRE-EMPTING FANTASY ISLAND (M-F) AND BRADY BUNCH/HAPPY DAYS (SAT-SUN); ALSO SANFORD & SON WILL AIR AT 10:30 PM, PRE-EMPTING LEAVE IT TO BEAVER FROM AUG. 11-16, 6 OF THE 7 DAYS.***


- Fantasy Island Marathon
* Monday, August 25 to Thursday, August 28, 8 to 11 p.m. E/P each night
TV Land presents a four day vacation to the best tropical resort on television--Fantasy Island! Be sure to catch all 12 episodes as Tattoo himself will be greeting you to the island where you will meet guests like Don Knotts, Bob Denver, The Love Boat gang, Marcia Brady (Maureen McCormick), a young Michelle Pfeiffer and many more.

Monday, August 25
8:00PM #3 "Escape / Cinderella Girls"
A magician wants to perform the ultimate escape. Guest Stars: Georgia Engel and Burt Convy.
9:00PM #13 "Trouble, My Lovely / The Common Man"
Guests: Don Knotts, Bernie Kopell, Nancy Walker and John Fielder.
10:00PM #28 "The Flight of the Great Yellow Bird/The Island of Lost Women"
Guests: Michelle Pfeiffer and Barbara Rush.

Tuesday, August 26
8:00PM #36 "The Casting Director / Pentagram"
An accountant (Don Knotts) dreams of casting movies; a reporter thinks a satanic cult cursed her.
9:00PM #43 "Amusement Park / Rock Stars"
The island welcomes teenagers & kids.
Guests: Scott Baio, Jimmy Baio, Ted Lange, and Jill Whelan
10:00PM #66 "The Eagleman / The Children of Menta"
Guests: Jim Backus and Larry Storch.

Wednesday, August 27
8:00PM #77 "Elizabeth's Baby / The Artist and the Lady"
Guests: Donny Most, Eve Plumb and Michelle Pfeiffer.
9:00PM #101 "House of Dolls / Wuthering Heights"
Guest: Bob Denver.
10:00PM #120 "The Kleptomaniac / Thank God, I'm a Country Girl"
A kleptomaniac seeks a cure; A waitress wants to appear to be a wealthy heiress for a daughter she gave up for adoption as a baby.
Guests: Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Heather Locklear, Ted McGinley, and Loretta Lynn

Thursday, August 28
8:00PM #127 "Return to the Cotton Club / No Friends Like Old"
Guest: Markie Post
9:00PM #134 "Love Island / The Sisters"
Guests: Maureen McCormick and Bob Denver.
10:00PM #138 "God Child / Curtain Call"
Guest: Tori Spelling.

*** PLEASE NOTE: THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW AND SANFORD & SON WILL BE AIRING AT 11 AND 11:30PM FOR THESE FOUR DAYS ONLY FOLLOWING THE MARATHON***


- "Bonanza Launch"
* Sunday, August 31 and Monday, September 1, 3 to 7 p.m. E/P
Welcome to the Ponderosa Ranch. TV Land joins Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his sons Little Joe (Michael Landon), Adam (Pernell Roberts) and Hoss (Dan Blocker) and a whole host of guest stars as we go back in time to the old west.
Sunday (8/31) and Monday (9/1) of Labor Day Weekend feature two four-hour blocks (3pm-7pm) of the most memorable Bonanza episodes.
Everybody now….
Bum bada bum bada bum bada bum Bonaaaanza…
Bum bada bum bada bum bada bum bum bada bum bum bum.
Sunday, August 31
3:00pm Bonanza #18 House Divided
4:00pm Bonanza #59 The Gift
5:00pm Bonanza #68 Springtime
6:00pm Bonanza #121 The Hayburner

Monday, September 1
3:00pm Bonanza #149 Hoss and the Leprechauns
4:00pm Bonanza #165 The Dark Past
5:00pm Bonanza #183 The Flapjack Contest
6:00pm Bonanza #197 To Own The World


WARNING: THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW'S CONTRACT IS UP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. WILL TV LAND RENEW??? We'll see, next month...


Coming next month: Bonanza joins the regular line-up, along with the TV favorite, Mr. Ed!!

[benjamoon]

a few comments:

~ I wish they would air new box sets instead of rerunning the same ones

~ they BETTER renew "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

~ Alan Brady Show week looks great and I can't wait for "Bewitched" at 8 & 8:30 all week

~ Can't wait for "Mister Ed", but "Bonanza" :-/

[Sitcomwriter]

Originally posted by benjamoon

~ I wish they would air new box sets instead of rerunning the same ones

~ they BETTER renew "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

~ Alan Brady Show week looks great and I can't wait for "Bewitched" at 8 & 8:30 all week

Ditto on all of that.

[Pavan]

I think the Box Sets are reruns until probably Sept or Oct when the real TV season starts I guess.

[LucyFan]

Here are my thoughts:
* I hope Gunsmoke leaves for GOOD once Bonanza arrives.
* I'm bewildered why TV Land decided to run Bewitched at 8 & 8:30pm instead of Fantasy Island during that week. It doesn't make any sense to me. But anyways, I think it's cool!
* I hope Happy Days remains in the Twice As Nice line-up at least through December of 2003. I have had this feeling that the days on Twice As Nice are numbered for that show.
* I can't wait to see Mister Ed this September. I hope TV Land will treat it good and give the show a prime-time slot such as 10:00pm (replacing The Andy Griffith Show).
* I sure wish TV Land would do away with The Andy Griffith Show in prime-time. That show has been on there for so LONG.
* I'm surprised the contract for Mary Tyler Moore is about to expire. I thought TV Land's rights would last whole lot longer. Could this be why the show has been airing once a day instead of twice a day (like other TV Land shows) or even three times a day? Well, I think it would nice if TV Land renewed the contract of Mary Tyler Moore and then hopefully they could put it back on primetime at 10:30pm (replacing Leave It To Beaver).

[benjamoon]

Originally posted by LucyFan
Here are my thoughts:
* I'm surprised the contract for Mary Tyler Moore is about to expire. I thought TV Land's rights would last whole lot longer. Could this be why the show has been airing once a day instead of twice a day (like other TV Land shows) or even three times a day? Well, I think it would nice if TV Land renewed the contract of Mary Tyler Moore and then hopefully they could put it back on primetime at 10:30pm (replacing Leave It To Beaver).

I believe that the contract is still from the Nick at Nite deal they signed with MTM productions in 1992. I saw an article recently from that time that said the deal ran through 2003 (speaking of which - does this mean The Bob Newhart Show is up too?)

I would LOVE to see Mary at 10:30PM

[Lady T]

Bonzana is coming to TV Land
If I offend anyone I am sorry, but Bonzana and Gunsmoke are boring; I wish Tv Land would focus more on Sitcoms rather than these two tired westerns, that genre died out back in the mid-60's.

[dzadro]

Sunday, August 3rd: "House Painting" (rerun)
3:30PM Dennis The Menace #41 – Paint-Up, Clean-Up Week

Good a later episode of Dennis the Menace in that long list.

Thx for the headsup

[treky]

Originally posted by foxyhonky1975
Bonzana is coming to TV Land
If I offend anyone I am sorry, but Bonzana and Gunsmoke are boring; I wish Tv Land would focus more on Sitcoms rather than these two tired westerns, that genre died out back in the mid-60's.

speak for yorself; I happen to LOVE some of those westerns, and I can't wait for them to start airing "Bonnanza"!!!! I just hope they put it in a decent time slot, and they don't butcher the shows, like PAX does! .
And, sorry to disapoint you, but I read somewhere that TV LAND plans to continue airing "Gunsmoke" for as long as they can.

[Eddie Corbett]

I hate to disappoint you but TV Land butchers their shows just like PAX does .

[Pavan]

A last minute addition to the August line-up:

- Fantasy Island Marathon
* Monday, August 25 to Thursday, August 28, 8 to 11 p.m. E/P each night
TV Land presents a four day vacation to the best tropical resort on television--Fantasy Island! Be sure to catch all 12 episodes as Tattoo himself will be greeting you to the island where you will meet guests like Don Knotts, Bob Denver, The Love Boat gang, Marcia Brady (Maureen McCormick), a young Michelle Pfeiffer and many more.

Monday, August 25
8:00PM #3 "Escape / Cinderella Girls"
A magician wants to perform the ultimate escape. Guest Stars: Georgia Engel and Burt Convy.
9:00PM #13 "Trouble, My Lovely / The Common Man"
Guests: Don Knotts, Bernie Kopell, Nancy Walker and John Fielder.
10:00PM #28 "The Flight of the Great Yellow Bird/The Island of Lost Women"
Guests: Michelle Pfeiffer and Barbara Rush.

Tuesday, August 26
8:00PM #36 "The Casting Director / Pentagram"
An accountant (Don Knotts) dreams of casting movies; a reporter thinks a satanic cult cursed her.
9:00PM #43 "Amusement Park / Rock Stars"
The island welcomes teenagers & kids.
Guests: Scott Baio, Jimmy Baio, Ted Lange, and Jill Whelan
10:00PM #66 "The Eagleman / The Children of Menta"
Guests: Jim Backus and Larry Storch.

Wednesday, August 27
8:00PM #77 "Elizabeth's Baby / The Artist and the Lady"
Guests: Donny Most, Eve Plumb and Michelle Pfeiffer.
9:00PM #101 "House of Dolls / Wuthering Heights"
Guest: Bob Denver.
10:00PM #120 "The Kleptomaniac / Thank God, I'm a Country Girl"
A kleptomaniac seeks a cure; A waitress wants to appear to be a wealthy heiress for a daughter she gave up for adoption as a baby.
Guests: Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Heather Locklear, Ted McGinley, and Loretta Lynn

Thursday, August 28
8:00PM #127 "Return to the Cotton Club / No Friends Like Old"
Guest: Markie Post
9:00PM #134 "Love Island / The Sisters"
Guests: Maureen McCormick and Bob Denver.
10:00PM #138 "God Child / Curtain Call"
Guest: Tori Spelling.

*** PLEASE NOTE: THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW AND SANFORD & SON WILL BE AIRING AT 11 AND 11:30PM FOR THESE FOUR DAYS ONLY FOLLOWING THE MARATHON***

[benjamoon]

With this marathon for "Fantasy Island" and the suddenly constant commercials could mean one of two things

1) It's getting really good ratings and TV Land is taking advantage

2) It's getting really bad ratings and TV Land is trying to get better ratings before giving up on it

I hope it's the 2nd, because I don't want to see "Fantasy Island" on TV Land anymore

[Flash72]

Speaking as a long-time fan of "Fantasy Island," I have waited a long time to see this show again, and I am glad that it is on TV Land. Here's to "many" years of FI on TVLand!

[ABC1]

I'm glad that Fantasy Island is on TV Land now, especially since they dumped The Love Boat. To see the cast of Love Boat on Fantasy Island has been a treat for me.

[Impressions]

Originally posted by Flash72
Speaking as a long-time fan of "Fantasy Island," I have waited a long time to see this show again, and I am glad that it is on TV Land. Here's to "many" years of FI on TVLand!

TV Land has acquired Fantasy Island for only 1 year. So hopefully they will renew their contract, like they did for The Love Boat.