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Pavan · 11-15-2003, 02:51 PM

Lifetime Movie Network:
Friday, December 5 4:25 pm & Saturday, December 6 5:45 am Tricks of The Trade A wealthy man is murdered, and his widow and his mistress become the killer's next targets. When they realize the danger they're in, the two women join forces to track down the killer. Starring Markie Post, Cindy Williams, James Whitmore, Chris Mulkey, Scott Paulin and special appearance by John Ritter.

Sunday January 4, 2004 4:25 pm & Monday January 5, 2004 5:45 am Danielle Steel's Heartbeat A romance blooms between a successful soap opera writer and one of the show's producers. Starring John Ritter, Polly Draper, Kevin Kilner, and Michael Lembeck.

Monday, January 5, 2004 9:45 pm & Tuesday, January 6, 2004 12:50pm Dead Husbands
Dr. Carter Elson finds a list of dead men's names among his wife's possessions. When Carter discovers his own name at the bottom of the list, he tries to figure out what the list means before his name reaches the top. Starring John Ritter, Nicolette Sheridan, Amy Yasbeck, Shelia McCarthy, Kenneth Welsh, Sonja Smits , Erin Chandler, Eugene Clark, Sherry Miller, Donna Pescow and Bill MacDonald.

Sunday January 11, 2004 11:30 pm & Monday, January 12, 2004 2:35 pm A Child's Wish A father is fired because he takes too much time off work to care for his sixteen-year-old daughter, who is suffering from cancer. With the help of a senator, the father lobbies Congress to pass the Family and Medical Leave Act. Bill Clinton makes an appearance and meets the sick child before she passes away. Starring John Ritter, Anna Chlumsky, Tess Harper, Sarah Chalke, Kevin McNulty, Bill Clinton and Karl David-Djerf.

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:00 pm & Thursday, January 15 11:05 am The Truth About Lying A mystery writer helps his detective sister solve a murder mystery that involves a very dysfunctional family. Starring John Ritter, Daphne Zuniga, and Roddy McDowall.

LIFETIME:
Monday, December 15, 2003 7:00 pm Intimate Portrait: Rue McClanahan: Narrated by John Ritter

Sunday, December 21, 2003 3:00 pm Lethal Vows (1999) Starring John Ritter and Marg Helgenberger

Friday, January 2, 2004 1:00 pm Holy Joe (1999) Starring John Ritter

Liza · 11-15-2003, 07:47 PM

Thanks for the info

Don't laugh at me, I always wanted to see "Heartbeat." I don't get Lifetime Movie Network, but I'll make one of my friends tape it

Pavan · 11-15-2003, 08:17 PM

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Originally posted by Liza
Thanks for the info Don't laugh at me, I always wanted to see "Heartbeat." I don't get Lifetime Movie Network, but I'll make one of my friends tape it

I don't get LMN either, but all those movies have aired on Lifetime. I've seen them all. I want to see some rare ones that are not seen on TV these days, like They All Laughed, The Comeback Kid, Leave Yesterday Behind, Letting Go, Love They Neighbor, Sunset Limousine, Pray TV, In Love With an Older Woman, The Dreamer of Oz, and My Brother's Wife (I think A&E has rights to this movie). Even Americathon and Hero at Large would be nice to see, they have been on the premium cable channels though.

DetectiveGriffin · 11-15-2003, 08:28 PM

I loved they all laughed! i went over to amazon last year to see if it was on vhs or dvd and it is on tape. I was kind of hoping for one of those $5.88 dvds like at walmart. Those are right in my price range <G>

Pavan · 11-21-2003, 01:24 AM

A&E has scheduled My Brother's Wife for Friday, December 5 at 8am-10am and again 2-3pm ET/PT. John is great in this movie, so many different looks!

D-Dey · 11-21-2003, 12:41 PM

I saw some trailers for the movie "Bad Santa," and John Ritter happens to be in some of them. According to IMDB, he plays the "Mall Manager."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/combined

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000615/

Pavan · 11-23-2003, 12:48 PM

The 1987 sci-fi/comedy, Real Men, starring John Ritter & Jim Belushi is going to be one of those UPN weekend movie of the week, next weekend (Nov. 29-30). So, check your local UPN for the time. Here in NY/NJ it will air on WWOR UPN9 at 12 p.m. on Saturday. In Atlanta, WUPA UPN69 at 3 p.m. Saturday.

EricIdlefan · 11-23-2003, 03:06 PM

John Ritter is great at everything good and well, not so good!!

Pavan · 11-25-2003, 01:26 AM

A very rare John Ritter movie will be airing on Country Music Television, the 1986 movie "A Smoky Mountain Christmas." And "My Brother's Wife" of course on A&E on Dec. 5. Info on "Smokey" is here:

"A Smoky Mountain Christmas" - The 1986 TV movie starring Dolly Parton, Lee Majors and John Ritter. CMT, Fri. Dec. 12, 7 p.m.

And Unforgivable is switching from Lifetime to USA Network:
Unforgivable (1996)
Starring John Ritter, Harley Jane Kozak, Susan Gibney
A man finds a way to mend his abusive ways with the help of an innovative therapy program.
Mon. Dec. 8 9:00 a.m. USA Network

isiahthomas · 11-25-2003, 05:24 PM

I saw John in the previews for Bad Santa too with Bernie Mac & Billy Bob Thornton. That movie looks like it might be funny. LOL@that black midget telling Bernie his lips had been on his wife hahahahahahahahahahaha.

passionsfan79 · 11-28-2003, 01:40 AM

i just saw preview today for first time to i have comeback kid on vhs

Pavan · 12-14-2003, 12:26 AM

Has anyone caught CMT's airing of A Smoky Mountain Christmas? It's the high rated 1986 ABC-TV movie directed by Henry Winkler, starring Dolly Parton and Lee Majors. John Ritter has an uncredited cameo towards the end as the very nice judge, John did the cameo as a favor to his buddy Henry Winkler. It's a nice scene, John with a country voice! He can do anything!

If you missed it (it aired Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 2pm), it'll air quite a lot:
Wed Dec 17 9:00pm EST
Thu Dec 18 11:00am EST
Sat Dec 20 8:00pm EST
Sun Dec 21 5:00pm EST
Mon Dec 22 8:00pm EST
Tue Dec 23 11:00am EST
Thu Dec 25 11:00am EST
Thu Dec 25 4:00pm EST

It's a great Christmas movie (Danny Cooksey from Diff'rent Strokes is even in it).

Steve M. · 12-19-2003, 12:11 AM

One John Ritter movie you should not see is the 1979 theatrical release Americathon, in which Ritter played the president of the United States. It was a vulgar comic depiction of what America would be like in 1998; gas runs out, cars are converted into houses, the United States is threatened by a joint Arab-Israeli takeover, and the government ends up having to hold a telethon to bail out the country.

Americathon is a pretty awful movie, but it did have some moments of inspiration, such as Elvis Costello performing "Crawlin' to the U.S.A.," his love-hate song about America, and a presdiential aide (played by Peter Riegert) explaining the benefit of a telethon: "Telethons always work; look what they did for diseases!"

And truth be told, Americathon did get some things right. It predicted that, in 1998, China would be a major power, we'd have a President engaged in an extramarital tryst, and entertainment values would set the tone for the nation's affairs - all of which, in 1998, turned out to be correct! Nevertheless, this film should be avoided, out of respect for Ritter's memory.

Harvey Korman also starred as the telethon emcee.

I Love Carol Burnett! · 12-27-2003, 08:42 PM

Dang I missed them

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11-15-2003, 07:47 PM	#2
Liza BestYearsofOurLives Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 24, 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6,537	Thanks for the info Don't laugh at me, I always wanted to see "Heartbeat." I don't get Lifetime Movie Network, but I'll make one of my friends tape it

11-15-2003, 08:28 PM	#4
DetectiveGriffin Sankontessou! Senior Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2001 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 1,288	I loved they all laughed! i went over to amazon last year to see if it was on vhs or dvd and it is on tape. I was kind of hoping for one of those $5.88 dvds like at walmart. Those are right in my price range <G>

11-21-2003, 01:24 AM	#5
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	A&E has scheduled My Brother's Wife for Friday, December 5 at 8am-10am and again 2-3pm ET/PT. John is great in this movie, so many different looks!

11-21-2003, 12:41 PM	#6
D-Dey Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 11, 2000 Location: Long Island, New York, USA Posts: 5,529	I saw some trailers for the movie "Bad Santa," and John Ritter happens to be in some of them. According to IMDB, he plays the "Mall Manager." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/combined http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000615/

11-23-2003, 12:48 PM	#7
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	The 1987 sci-fi/comedy, Real Men, starring John Ritter & Jim Belushi is going to be one of those UPN weekend movie of the week, next weekend (Nov. 29-30). So, check your local UPN for the time. Here in NY/NJ it will air on WWOR UPN9 at 12 p.m. on Saturday. In Atlanta, WUPA UPN69 at 3 p.m. Saturday.

11-25-2003, 01:26 AM	#9
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	A very rare John Ritter movie will be airing on Country Music Television, the 1986 movie "A Smoky Mountain Christmas." And "My Brother's Wife" of course on A&E on Dec. 5. Info on "Smokey" is here: "A Smoky Mountain Christmas" - The 1986 TV movie starring Dolly Parton, Lee Majors and John Ritter. CMT, Fri. Dec. 12, 7 p.m. And Unforgivable is switching from Lifetime to USA Network: Unforgivable (1996) Starring John Ritter, Harley Jane Kozak, Susan Gibney A man finds a way to mend his abusive ways with the help of an innovative therapy program. Mon. Dec. 8 9:00 a.m. USA Network

11-25-2003, 05:24 PM	#10
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	I saw John in the previews for Bad Santa too with Bernie Mac & Billy Bob Thornton. That movie looks like it might be funny. LOL@that black midget telling Bernie his lips had been on his wife hahahahahahahahahahaha.

12-14-2003, 12:26 AM	#12
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	Has anyone caught CMT's airing of A Smoky Mountain Christmas? It's the high rated 1986 ABC-TV movie directed by Henry Winkler, starring Dolly Parton and Lee Majors. John Ritter has an uncredited cameo towards the end as the very nice judge, John did the cameo as a favor to his buddy Henry Winkler. It's a nice scene, John with a country voice! He can do anything! If you missed it (it aired Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 2pm), it'll air quite a lot: Wed Dec 17 9:00pm EST Thu Dec 18 11:00am EST Sat Dec 20 8:00pm EST Sun Dec 21 5:00pm EST Mon Dec 22 8:00pm EST Tue Dec 23 11:00am EST Thu Dec 25 11:00am EST Thu Dec 25 4:00pm EST It's a great Christmas movie (Danny Cooksey from Diff'rent Strokes is even in it).

12-19-2003, 12:11 AM	#13
Steve M. Back on the road to reality Forum Superstar Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 33,307	One John Ritter movie you should not see is the 1979 theatrical release Americathon, in which Ritter played the president of the United States. It was a vulgar comic depiction of what America would be like in 1998; gas runs out, cars are converted into houses, the United States is threatened by a joint Arab-Israeli takeover, and the government ends up having to hold a telethon to bail out the country. Americathon is a pretty awful movie, but it did have some moments of inspiration, such as Elvis Costello performing "Crawlin' to the U.S.A.," his love-hate song about America, and a presdiential aide (played by Peter Riegert) explaining the benefit of a telethon: "Telethons always work; look what they did for diseases!" And truth be told, Americathon did get some things right. It predicted that, in 1998, China would be a major power, we'd have a President engaged in an extramarital tryst, and entertainment values would set the tone for the nation's affairs - all of which, in 1998, turned out to be correct! Nevertheless, this film should be avoided, out of respect for Ritter's memory. Harvey Korman also starred as the telethon emcee.