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twinkle44301 · 12-21-2003, 02:24 PM

I always watch this (and tape it) each year, but this year it wasn't worth the effort with all the repeats so closely together. You would think that whoever put together the programming for this special would realize that if a viewer watched a show at 5:30PM, they wouldn't want to watch it again at 8:00PM. Of course this is just my opinion, and maybe it works for others, it just doesn't for me.

At one point they had All in the Family (2 shows) and Sanford and Son (1 show) repeat with an hour break! In fact, they did this several times with other shows!!

I understand that maybe they only had the rights for so many shows, but how about mixing them up a bit? I ended up watching only a few shows this year. I ended up surfing the channels and finding other holiday shows and never came back.

Lately I have to wonder what is going on with the scheduling at NAN and TV Land, especially for a holiday weekend like this one (for TV Land). What a HUGE disappointment it was this year. Oh well, many of the other stations have had lots of great holiday programming and they don't REPEAT their shows within an hour of each other!

I Love Carol Burnett! · 12-24-2003, 01:06 PM

I didn't like it either I strted taping it, but they didn't show all the shows they showed last year that sucked

twinkle44301 · 12-24-2003, 02:49 PM

It's too bad they didn't spread things out a bit, and maybe try and add a few different episodes (there are lots of Bob Newhart Xmas shows and they aired one) in the mix rather than showing the same ones over and over.

Even if they didn't have access to any other episodes, they needed to spread the ones they aired out more evenly. I remember being excited about this idea (holiday marathon), but now all you have to do is surf the channels and you can find more of a variety of holiday shows than what is airing during their marathon.

Good things never last long.....

12-21-2003, 02:24 PM	#1
twinkle44301 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 24, 2001 Posts: 351	Merry-Thon (TV Land) Stinks! I always watch this (and tape it) each year, but this year it wasn't worth the effort with all the repeats so closely together. You would think that whoever put together the programming for this special would realize that if a viewer watched a show at 5:30PM, they wouldn't want to watch it again at 8:00PM. Of course this is just my opinion, and maybe it works for others, it just doesn't for me. At one point they had All in the Family (2 shows) and Sanford and Son (1 show) repeat with an hour break! In fact, they did this several times with other shows!! I understand that maybe they only had the rights for so many shows, but how about mixing them up a bit? I ended up watching only a few shows this year. I ended up surfing the channels and finding other holiday shows and never came back. Lately I have to wonder what is going on with the scheduling at NAN and TV Land, especially for a holiday weekend like this one (for TV Land). What a HUGE disappointment it was this year. Oh well, many of the other stations have had lots of great holiday programming and they don't REPEAT their shows within an hour of each other!

12-24-2003, 01:06 PM	#2
I Love Carol Burnett! My Queen Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Wishing I was in CA with Carol Burnett Posts: 5,441	I didn't like it either I strted taping it, but they didn't show all the shows they showed last year that sucked
	__________________ I Love Carol Burnett! I'm so glad we had this time together, just to have a laugh or sing a song, seems we just get started and before you know it comes the time we have to say..so long. Good Night Everyone!

12-24-2003, 02:49 PM	#3
twinkle44301 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 24, 2001 Posts: 351	It's too bad they didn't spread things out a bit, and maybe try and add a few different episodes (there are lots of Bob Newhart Xmas shows and they aired one) in the mix rather than showing the same ones over and over. Even if they didn't have access to any other episodes, they needed to spread the ones they aired out more evenly. I remember being excited about this idea (holiday marathon), but now all you have to do is surf the channels and you can find more of a variety of holiday shows than what is airing during their marathon. Good things never last long.....