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01-23-2001, 01:21 AM

Nick at Nite used to be cool when it first started, like MTV used to be cool when it first started, but now, they don't have too many good classic TV shows anymore. They don't even play my all-time favorite show "I Love Lucy" that much anymore. I loved it when they had "A Whole Lotta Lucy" on Saturday nights and I am very disappointed that it isn't like that anymore. From nowon, I will either watch TV Land, The Cartoon Network, or my own I Love Lucy episodes that I have on videotape. Nick at Nite, I am very disappointed in you!

Rubidium · 01-23-2001, 01:28 AM

Is N@N still a classic TV network? I guess that depends on how you define 'classic.' If you define classic as being 25 years old, for example, then N@N is not a classic television network. But if you define classic as being able to withstand the test of time, then I would say that N@N is a classic TV network. But no matter how you define classic TV, N@N will show the shows that are popular and in demand. Right now people want to see shows from the 80's, and a super-saturated Saturday of I Love Lucy may not be what the viewers want to see, and if that is the case I can't really blame N@N for not showing it all the time.

JohnMcMillin · 01-23-2001, 01:50 AM

I hate to break it to ya, but Diff'rent Strokes and Facts Of Life ARE classic series', just classics to a younger generation just like Lucy is a classic to my parents. Most people in their 20's (and late teens even) grew up on those 2 shows and glad to see them being embraced as classics.

I do admit that when I was little, I always thought I was gonna be a really old man by the time Facts came on Nick. LOL

Rubidium · 01-23-2001, 02:03 AM

I wish I would have been able to see the show when it first ran, but being born in 1984, I was only four years-old when the show ended, so even if I would have been watching prime time TV, FOL wouldn't have kept my interest. I didn't see an episode until N@N picked it up. Now I'm kicking myself for never seeing it before in syndication, especially since I haven't seen the episodes that N@N keeps skipping.

perezd · 01-23-2001, 01:13 PM

N@N is trying the best it can to bring classic t.v. to us. three's company, facts of life, all in the family are all classics.
i admit to liking wonder years but it kinda recent. i only saw last 2 seasons in original run on NBC. Then caught the syndicates on WNYW (now FOX). Also USA showed these eps. before N@N got a hold of them. I hate I Love Lucy and Gilligan's Island tose shows are the reason i e-mailed nick to accomadate the facts and now they did. facts is only on nick til its contract runs out which is 2002 to my knowledge so tape them. we may never see them again. classic t.v. lies on nick at nite. hey who else shows these eps. on t.v., really.

Jo_rocks_4ever · 01-23-2001, 08:36 PM

hey Rubidium, I feel ya.
The best show EVER ended the same year i was born. Grrrr...O well the re runs are great!

01-23-2001, 08:44 PM

Hey, like my dad says, if you look at tv shows like cars, 10 years would be a classic, 20 would be an antique. I don't guess that would work, though. The Facts of Life would be antique. I Love Lucy would be...uh, I'm not sure what I Love Lucy would be.

FOLN@NFan · 01-23-2001, 08:57 PM

N@N, when i started watching it, in about 92(i think!) shows airing were:
get smart
mary tyler moore
the lucy show(NOT I LOVE LUCY!!)
the donna reed show
the dick van dyke show
dobie gillis
The Alfred Hitchcock Show
a few others i cant think of

can u believe it?? MTM aired for a good while at 10 and 10:30, so maybe FOL will air a long time too!!

Doug

Ian · 01-23-2001, 09:39 PM

If I remember correctly, Dragnet was also in that lineup.

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01-24-2001, 12:01 AM

Things have changed. And not just on N@N. On TVLand just since '97, when we got it, a little over half the shows shown then have been removed. I enjoyed them shows.

Times change though!

ThomasE · 01-24-2001, 12:35 AM

It is true about TV Land changing. The Patty Duke show also aired on NAN from 88-93. I remember taping this show.

jayman75 · 01-24-2001, 12:43 AM

I remember watching Laugh-In, The Lucy Show, and My Three Sons as well. The show I wish N@N would carry is the old Carol Burnett show. They have it on USA, as two 1/2 hour shows, but the show originally aired as one hour. So, there are only 2 skits in each show, and they are cropped for commercials. I don't know why they don't just show the whole episode in one full hour. Plus, it's on at the crack of dawn, at least the last time I looked.

Jim

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01-23-2001, 01:21 AM	#1
ilovelucy Guest Posts: n/a	Nick at Nite No Longer a Classic TV Channel? Nick at Nite used to be cool when it first started, like MTV used to be cool when it first started, but now, they don't have too many good classic TV shows anymore. They don't even play my all-time favorite show "I Love Lucy" that much anymore. I loved it when they had "A Whole Lotta Lucy" on Saturday nights and I am very disappointed that it isn't like that anymore. From nowon, I will either watch TV Land, The Cartoon Network, or my own I Love Lucy episodes that I have on videotape. Nick at Nite, I am very disappointed in you!
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01-23-2001, 08:44 PM	#7
A.J. Guest Posts: n/a	Hey, like my dad says, if you look at tv shows like cars, 10 years would be a classic, 20 would be an antique. I don't guess that would work, though. The Facts of Life would be antique. I Love Lucy would be...uh, I'm not sure what I Love Lucy would be.
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01-24-2001, 12:01 AM	#10
Devastation26 Guest Posts: n/a	Things have changed. And not just on N@N. On TVLand just since '97, when we got it, a little over half the shows shown then have been removed. I enjoyed them shows. Times change though!
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01-23-2001, 01:28 AM	#2
Rubidium Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 23, 2001 Location: Palm Harbor, FL, USA Posts: 34	Is N@N still a classic TV network? I guess that depends on how you define 'classic.' If you define classic as being 25 years old, for example, then N@N is not a classic television network. But if you define classic as being able to withstand the test of time, then I would say that N@N is a classic TV network. But no matter how you define classic TV, N@N will show the shows that are popular and in demand. Right now people want to see shows from the 80's, and a super-saturated Saturday of I Love Lucy may not be what the viewers want to see, and if that is the case I can't really blame N@N for not showing it all the time.

01-23-2001, 01:50 AM	#3
JohnMcMillin Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 29, 2000 Location: louisville, ky, USA Posts: 380	I hate to break it to ya, but Diff'rent Strokes and Facts Of Life ARE classic series', just classics to a younger generation just like Lucy is a classic to my parents. Most people in their 20's (and late teens even) grew up on those 2 shows and glad to see them being embraced as classics. I do admit that when I was little, I always thought I was gonna be a really old man by the time Facts came on Nick. LOL

01-23-2001, 02:03 AM	#4
Rubidium Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 23, 2001 Location: Palm Harbor, FL, USA Posts: 34	I wish I would have been able to see the show when it first ran, but being born in 1984, I was only four years-old when the show ended, so even if I would have been watching prime time TV, FOL wouldn't have kept my interest. I didn't see an episode until N@N picked it up. Now I'm kicking myself for never seeing it before in syndication, especially since I haven't seen the episodes that N@N keeps skipping.

01-23-2001, 01:13 PM	#5
perezd Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 27, 2000 Location: Bronx, N.Y., U.S.A. Posts: 148	N@N is trying the best it can to bring classic t.v. to us. three's company, facts of life, all in the family are all classics. i admit to liking wonder years but it kinda recent. i only saw last 2 seasons in original run on NBC. Then caught the syndicates on WNYW (now FOX). Also USA showed these eps. before N@N got a hold of them. I hate I Love Lucy and Gilligan's Island tose shows are the reason i e-mailed nick to accomadate the facts and now they did. facts is only on nick til its contract runs out which is 2002 to my knowledge so tape them. we may never see them again. classic t.v. lies on nick at nite. hey who else shows these eps. on t.v., really.

01-23-2001, 08:36 PM	#6
Jo_rocks_4ever Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 21, 2001 Location: peeksgill i wish :D Posts: 65	hey Rubidium, I feel ya. The best show EVER ended the same year i was born. Grrrr...O well the re runs are great!

01-23-2001, 08:57 PM	#8
FOLN@NFan Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 27, 2001 Location: PA Posts: 706	N@N, when i started watching it, in about 92(i think!) shows airing were: get smart mary tyler moore the lucy show(NOT I LOVE LUCY!!) the donna reed show the dick van dyke show dobie gillis The Alfred Hitchcock Show a few others i cant think of can u believe it?? MTM aired for a good while at 10 and 10:30, so maybe FOL will air a long time too!! Doug

01-23-2001, 09:39 PM	#9
Ian Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 03, 2000 Posts: 1,235	If I remember correctly, Dragnet was also in that lineup. ------------------ loooking goood!!!

01-24-2001, 12:35 AM	#11
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	It is true about TV Land changing. The Patty Duke show also aired on NAN from 88-93. I remember taping this show.

01-24-2001, 12:43 AM	#12
jayman75 I Love the 80s! Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 27, 2000 Location: THE GREAT UNITED STATES Posts: 3,809	I remember watching Laugh-In, The Lucy Show, and My Three Sons as well. The show I wish N@N would carry is the old Carol Burnett show. They have it on USA, as two 1/2 hour shows, but the show originally aired as one hour. So, there are only 2 skits in each show, and they are cropped for commercials. I don't know why they don't just show the whole episode in one full hour. Plus, it's on at the crack of dawn, at least the last time I looked. Jim ------------------ *************************************************************************** 80's Sitcoms Rock!!