Unsolved Mysteries will NOT return January 3rd - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brent88 · 11-15-2003, 03:34 PM

as originally planned... see the general board and the post "Lifetime Holiday Highlights" It is not coming back and I have no idea if it will ever come back.

This is horrible news.

UPDATE: It now airs Saturday Night/Early Sunday Morning at 1am ET/PT. Thanks to TJ for the info! Let's continue our writing to get it on more.

Mr. Roboto · 11-15-2003, 06:08 PM

Yeah right, "Ellen" and "Suddenly Susan" are better than alerting people about criminals and other things...

Just another reason why I'll never watch Lametime ever again, unless there's nothing else on and "The Golden Girls" is on.

Brent88 · 11-15-2003, 06:48 PM

I don't watch anything on Lametime except Unsolved Mysteries.

I will be emailing them a letter of disgust.

Big3sCompanyFan · 11-15-2003, 07:32 PM

What the hell happened?

Why did these as*holes change their mind?

Brent88 · 11-15-2003, 08:52 PM

Well for one thing... January is a long way off, many networks make changes within 2 or 3 weeks of the new schedule, you have to understand, January is 6 weeks away. I imagine it was some complaints that whatever is replacing UM wasn't shown enough and stuff like that. You also have to remember that Lifetime has been showing UM for almost 12 years, the older episodes have aired over 25 times. The ratings were probably low as well. They have the rights to it, so until they end the rights to air it, it could still come back to Lifetime, but I am not hopeful. The good news is back in 2002 when Lifetime's contract was up, several networks including A&E had an interest in the show, so maybe one day it will go to another network, but I am not hopeful for that either.

Our best bet will be to write Lifetime personally and email as well and try to get the show to come back. Who knows, maybe beyond January we can. From 2:30am til like 6 or 7am, Lifetime shows Paid crap anyway. That's plenty of space to stick UM in.

Kane · 11-15-2003, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Brent88
I don't watch anything on Lametime except Unsolved Mysteries.

I will be emailing them a letter of disgust.

When you voice your displeasure about this, do so in a civil manner. Hostility of any kind WILL NOT help!

Brent88 · 11-15-2003, 11:54 PM

I understand. If we don't act civil when writing, we certainly won't get the show back.

Dilly · 11-16-2003, 05:32 AM

Does anyone know the e-mail address to let Lifetime know we want UM back? I looked at the site and couldn't find where to contact them.

Kane · 11-16-2003, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dilly
Does anyone know the e-mail address to let Lifetime know we want UM back? I looked at the site and couldn't find where to contact them.

I'm not sure of the email address, but you'd be much better off contacting them via snail mail. It can never be stressed enough times that physical letters carry far more weight than emails. (I mean, you could email them, but they might delete it, making it easier for them to forget or pretend that the message never arrived.)

Lifetime Television
309 West 49th Street
New York, NY 10019

and/or

Lifetime Television
2049 Century Park East
Suite 840
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Kane · 11-16-2003, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Brent88
The good news is back in 2002 when Lifetime's contract was up, several networks including A&E had an interest in the show, so maybe one day it will go to another network, but I am not hopeful for that either.

I remember first learning about plans to reactivate UM as a first-run cable series, and that several cable networks, including A&E, expressed interest in the show. I kind of hoped that A&E would obtain the series, even though it was inevitable that Lifetime would end up the winner. Still, had Lifetime passed on the show, A&E would probably have been the best bet for UM. I think it would have fit into the channel's lineup very well, despite the possible risk of being confused with other reality/documentary shows that air on that network (such as Biography, Cold Case Files, and American Justice).

TJ · 11-19-2003, 11:29 PM

It's listed on the Lifetime site now on Saturday night/Sunday mornings at 1AM EST/PST. One airing a week is better then having it completely off the schedule.

Brent88 · 11-19-2003, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TJ
It's listed on the Lifetime site now on Saturday night/Sunday mornings at 1AM EST/PST. One airing a week is better then having it completely off the schedule.

Thanks TJ! Your right one showing is better than nothing. I bet our writing is working.

Brent88 · 11-19-2003, 11:37 PM

Here are episode details, direct from lifetimetv.com:

Correction: It is Sunday Mornings at 1am ET, I checked TV Guide.com and Lifetime.

They are the new episodes that have old segments mixed in.

November 22
Saturday
1:00 am Featured stories: Police hunting a serial rapist separately in both Northern and Southern California connect their cases through DNA; mystery hum; jumping off place; after death visits. [CC]

November 29
Saturday
1:00 am Featured stories: Mad Maggio--Fugitive Jon Maggio is wanted for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars. Authorities believe he is currently traveling with his wife, gambling in casinos across the country and looking for new victims to scam; cop assault; resurrection Mary; Dennis Keith Smith; Vietnam Orphans. [CC]

December 6
Saturday
1:00 am Featured stories: Amber Swartz - Seven young girls disappear and authorities wonder if a serial killer is on the loose; Gordy's Ghost Pts 1 & 2; Motorcycle Mom. [CC]

December 13
Saturday
1:00 am Featured Stories: Bonnie Craig - Police try to uncover whether she was raped and killed by someone she knew or by someone hired by her vengeful mother; Dial's Escape; Zel's Odyssey. [CC]

December 20
Saturday
1:00 am Featured stories: Star Palumbo has been missing for over a year, after she was spotted in a restricted area of Reno/Tahoe International Airport, and then the discovery of an illegally parked car at the airport containing Star's personal possessions, including copies of emails sent to the White House indicating that Star felt the government was trying to murder her; Update: Gilbert Ortiz, whose wife poisoned him eight years earlier is finally aprehended, allowing him to reunite with his son; a doctor tells a young woman that her newborn died, but it was later confirmed that the baby she buried was not her own -- where is her baby?; since 1984, Bill and Dorothy Wacker claim they have been the victims of vicious harassment -- anonymous phone calls, threatening notes, burglaries and even violent assaults -- but there are no suspects or motives identified; two women, April Gregory and Kristin Smart, disappeared without a trace from their college campuses, 3000 miles apart. Starring: Robert Stack [CC]

December 27
Saturday
1:00 am Featured Stories: Donna on Fire - Police investigate whether the deaths of a Houston teller and her children in a fire are connected to an extortion note received at her bank just five weeks earlier; Cop Assault; Bentwaters UFO; Preppie Rape Trial. [CC]

Mr. Roboto · 11-20-2003, 09:04 PM

Well, hey, it's good to have UM back on, but Lametime still deserves their name I've made up for them.

Brent88 · 11-20-2003, 09:14 PM

For real. The Nanny still airs 9 TIMES A DAY and don't even get me started on those HORRIBLE movies. They call theirselves "Television for Women" but most of the movies show men terrorizing Women. Give me a break! I loved it when Unsolved Mysteries was on 3 or 4 times a day... hopefully, when Lametime's contract is up they will give it to a network that will show all the episodes in order.

I suggest we continue to write to Lametime(email or mail) and ask them to put UM on more when they make the next round of schedule changes. From 2:30am to 6am in the morning, Lifetime shows Paid programming anyway, why not stick Unsolved Mysteries somewhere in there every night? We aren't asking for a lot...

11-15-2003, 03:34 PM	#1
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	UNSOLVED MYSTERIES NOW AIRS SATURDAY NIGHTS!! as originally planned... see the general board and the post "Lifetime Holiday Highlights" It is not coming back and I have no idea if it will ever come back. This is horrible news. UPDATE: It now airs Saturday Night/Early Sunday Morning at 1am ET/PT. Thanks to TJ for the info! Let's continue our writing to get it on more.
	Last edited by Brent88; 11-19-2003 at 11:38 PM.

11-19-2003, 11:37 PM	#13
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	Here are episode details, direct from lifetimetv.com: Correction: It is Sunday Mornings at 1am ET, I checked TV Guide.com and Lifetime. They are the new episodes that have old segments mixed in. November 22 Saturday 1:00 am Featured stories: Police hunting a serial rapist separately in both Northern and Southern California connect their cases through DNA; mystery hum; jumping off place; after death visits. [CC] November 29 Saturday 1:00 am Featured stories: Mad Maggio--Fugitive Jon Maggio is wanted for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars. Authorities believe he is currently traveling with his wife, gambling in casinos across the country and looking for new victims to scam; cop assault; resurrection Mary; Dennis Keith Smith; Vietnam Orphans. [CC] December 6 Saturday 1:00 am Featured stories: Amber Swartz - Seven young girls disappear and authorities wonder if a serial killer is on the loose; Gordy's Ghost Pts 1 & 2; Motorcycle Mom. [CC] December 13 Saturday 1:00 am Featured Stories: Bonnie Craig - Police try to uncover whether she was raped and killed by someone she knew or by someone hired by her vengeful mother; Dial's Escape; Zel's Odyssey. [CC] December 20 Saturday 1:00 am Featured stories: Star Palumbo has been missing for over a year, after she was spotted in a restricted area of Reno/Tahoe International Airport, and then the discovery of an illegally parked car at the airport containing Star's personal possessions, including copies of emails sent to the White House indicating that Star felt the government was trying to murder her; Update: Gilbert Ortiz, whose wife poisoned him eight years earlier is finally aprehended, allowing him to reunite with his son; a doctor tells a young woman that her newborn died, but it was later confirmed that the baby she buried was not her own -- where is her baby?; since 1984, Bill and Dorothy Wacker claim they have been the victims of vicious harassment -- anonymous phone calls, threatening notes, burglaries and even violent assaults -- but there are no suspects or motives identified; two women, April Gregory and Kristin Smart, disappeared without a trace from their college campuses, 3000 miles apart. Starring: Robert Stack [CC] December 27 Saturday 1:00 am Featured Stories: Donna on Fire - Police investigate whether the deaths of a Houston teller and her children in a fire are connected to an extortion note received at her bank just five weeks earlier; Cop Assault; Bentwaters UFO; Preppie Rape Trial. [CC]
	Last edited by Brent88; 11-19-2003 at 11:50 PM.

11-15-2003, 06:08 PM	#2
Mr. Roboto Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 01, 2003 Posts: 61	Yeah right, "Ellen" and "Suddenly Susan" are better than alerting people about criminals and other things... Just another reason why I'll never watch Lametime ever again, unless there's nothing else on and "The Golden Girls" is on.

11-15-2003, 06:48 PM	#3
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	I don't watch anything on Lametime except Unsolved Mysteries. I will be emailing them a letter of disgust.

11-15-2003, 07:32 PM	#4
Big3sCompanyFan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 2,493	What the hell happened? Why did these as*holes change their mind?

11-15-2003, 08:52 PM	#5
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	Well for one thing... January is a long way off, many networks make changes within 2 or 3 weeks of the new schedule, you have to understand, January is 6 weeks away. I imagine it was some complaints that whatever is replacing UM wasn't shown enough and stuff like that. You also have to remember that Lifetime has been showing UM for almost 12 years, the older episodes have aired over 25 times. The ratings were probably low as well. They have the rights to it, so until they end the rights to air it, it could still come back to Lifetime, but I am not hopeful. The good news is back in 2002 when Lifetime's contract was up, several networks including A&E had an interest in the show, so maybe one day it will go to another network, but I am not hopeful for that either. Our best bet will be to write Lifetime personally and email as well and try to get the show to come back. Who knows, maybe beyond January we can. From 2:30am til like 6 or 7am, Lifetime shows Paid crap anyway. That's plenty of space to stick UM in.

11-15-2003, 11:54 PM	#7
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	I understand. If we don't act civil when writing, we certainly won't get the show back.

11-16-2003, 05:32 AM	#8
Dilly Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 03, 2003 Location: California Posts: 133	Does anyone know the e-mail address to let Lifetime know we want UM back? I looked at the site and couldn't find where to contact them.

11-19-2003, 11:29 PM	#11
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,668	It's listed on the Lifetime site now on Saturday night/Sunday mornings at 1AM EST/PST. One airing a week is better then having it completely off the schedule.

11-20-2003, 09:04 PM	#14
Mr. Roboto Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 01, 2003 Posts: 61	Well, hey, it's good to have UM back on, but Lametime still deserves their name I've made up for them.

11-20-2003, 09:14 PM	#15
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	For real. The Nanny still airs 9 TIMES A DAY and don't even get me started on those HORRIBLE movies. They call theirselves "Television for Women" but most of the movies show men terrorizing Women. Give me a break! I loved it when Unsolved Mysteries was on 3 or 4 times a day... hopefully, when Lametime's contract is up they will give it to a network that will show all the episodes in order. I suggest we continue to write to Lametime(email or mail) and ask them to put UM on more when they make the next round of schedule changes. From 2:30am to 6am in the morning, Lifetime shows Paid programming anyway, why not stick Unsolved Mysteries somewhere in there every night? We aren't asking for a lot...