Tom Holmberg June 27, 2019 Share June 27, 2019 R.I.P. Max Wright the father on "ALF." Of the non-puppet regular characters on the show, he was the only one who I thought held up his end (and Anne Meara, to be fair). https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/max-wright-dead-dies-alf-1203254258/ 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg June 27, 2019 Share June 27, 2019 I was on vacation in Canada and got to catch some "Murdoch Mysteries", which are hard to find in the US (apparently Canadian FX shows reruns) and "Corner Gas", which some US cable channel should pick up. Link to comment
ratgirlagogo June 29, 2019 Share June 29, 2019 (edited) On 6/27/2019 at 3:49 PM, Tom Holmberg said: I was on vacation in Canada and got to catch some "Murdoch Mysteries", which are hard to find in the US ( A lot of public TV stations run them in a spotty way (WLIW around here). Just to make it harder it was apparently called The Artful Detective in the United States until this year. Ovation has been running the current 12th season, and showing episodes from seasons 10 and 11 during the week, out of order. But I don't know of a broadcast or cable US station that is running the entire series. I only started watching it last year and I'd love to be able to find someplace to watch it from the beginning. Edited June 29, 2019 by ratgirlagogo 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg June 30, 2019 Share June 30, 2019 On 6/29/2019 at 3:15 AM, ratgirlagogo said: Ovation has been running the current 12th season, I was aware of Ovation and its "The Artful Detective", but my cable package doesn't include it. MeToo runs it but they keep moving it around the schedule without warning, making it hard to keep up with where it is. A lot of "Corner Gas" is on YouTube. For those who watch it, there were ads for the animated "Corner Gas" series on Canadian TV. 1 Link to comment
dalek July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 COZI TV runs Murdoch Mysteries at 4am Sunday/Monday 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 8 hours ago, dalek said: COZI TV runs Murdoch Mysteries at 4am Sunday/Monday Another channel my cable provider (AT&T) doesn't provide. FETV has dropped "Route 66" starting July 1 and replaced it with extra showings of "Perry Mason". It was only on for one month and they got through 60 episodes (2 a day), leaving the last 2 episodes of Season 2 unaired. If they'd shown it another month they could have gotten through all three seasons. :( 1 Link to comment
Jaded July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said: Another channel my cable provider (AT&T) doesn't provide. FETV has dropped "Route 66" starting July 1 and replaced it with extra showings of "Perry Mason". It was only on for one month and they got through 60 episodes (2 a day), leaving the last 2 episodes of Season 2 unaired. If they'd shown it another month they could have gotten through all three seasons. 😞 They've gotten bad about not adding channels that would be popular otherwise. I don't watch anything on the CW (might if it was an easily accessible channel) but they dropped the channel they carried for locals here from a state over almost four years ago and never picked up the actual local one after it quit being exclusive to Cable One in the area. They use the excuse that in most instances they don't carry sub-channels. Luckily they happen carry the sub-channels that air Antenna TV and ME TV locally. Edited July 1, 2019 by Jaded 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Jaded said: Luckily they happen carry the sub-channels that air Antenna TV and ME TV locally. We have MeTV, MeToo and H&I, but none of the others, Antenna, Cozi, Decades, Buzzr, etc. Comcast, my former provider, carried all of them. AT&T notoriously refuses to carry the rest despite numerous requests. Not sure what they are thinking. 1 Link to comment
Jaded July 2, 2019 Share July 2, 2019 (edited) On 7/1/2019 at 1:34 PM, Tom Holmberg said: We have MeTV, MeToo and H&I, but none of the others, Antenna, Cozi, Decades, Buzzr, etc. Comcast, my former provider, carried all of them. AT&T notoriously refuses to carry the rest despite numerous requests. Not sure what they are thinking. The problem is AT&T isn't thinking. They have their hands in so many pies that each of the businesses under their huge umbrella keeps getting crappier. Cable One (forgot what their stupid new name) is the only cable alternative here and their channel lineup is so bad that they don't really even acknowledge even having one. I forgot about H&I being included since it's in Uverse's regular lineup and not grouped in with the the local channels. I'm regretting resigning with Uverse this year though due to billing issues. I watch Buzzr through their website and the Stirr app using my Fire TV. Edited July 3, 2019 by Jaded 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 3, 2019 Share July 3, 2019 ZLiving, a self-help channel I was unaware even exists, has started showing "Route 66" in the early morning (overnight). They show 3 episodes in a row. They must have just started as they are only about 6 episodes into Season One. 1 Link to comment
roseha July 3, 2019 Share July 3, 2019 On 6/18/2019 at 12:31 PM, Tom Holmberg said: Two good episodes last night from Season 2. Ethel Waters as a dying jazz singer who wants to band back together and gets Tod and Buz to help her (also in the episode jazz great Coleman Hawkins plays "Snooze"). The second has Robert Duvall as a heroin addict who Tod tries to get to go cold turkey. I saw both of those also, they are excellent. There was another fine Route 66 I saw on Prime, where it's revealed that Buzz never knew his mother, and they run into a look alike rural family and on this evidence think they are going to be able to track her down and reunite them. It has quite a twist ending. 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 3, 2019 Share July 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, roseha said: I saw both of those also, they are excellent. An interesting episode, "A Fury Slinging Flame" is coming up (on ZLiving) with Leslie Nielsen as a scientist who's convinced that there's going to be an atomic war on New Years Day and he decides to take his son and a small group of followers into Carlsbad Caverns to wait out the apocalypse. Also in the episode is old-time movie star Conrad Nagel. An interesting look at the early 1960s mentality about nuclear war. 1 Link to comment
Jaded July 3, 2019 Share July 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said: ZLiving, a self-help channel I was unaware even exists, has started showing "Route 66" in the early morning (overnight). They show 3 episodes in a row. They must have just started as they are only about 6 episodes into Season One. I didn't know they aired anything besides Dr. Oz (🙄). (That's sarcasm towards the channel itself) I looked at Titan TV's listings and saw they air some other stuff too. There's an old TV movie on this evening that I've never seen that looks interesting to me that I might DVR. 2 Link to comment
roseha July 3, 2019 Share July 3, 2019 On 6/27/2019 at 3:49 PM, Tom Holmberg said: I was on vacation in Canada and got to catch some "Murdoch Mysteries", which are hard to find in the US (apparently Canadian FX shows reruns) and "Corner Gas", which some US cable channel should pick up. I discovered Corner Gas while vacationing in Newfoundland years ago (though I think it was being broadcasted from Halifax) and I just love it. It's a brilliant comedy. There are certain episodes - Blog River, in which slacker extraordinaire Hank decides to impart his ramblings to Dog River online, makes me laugh out loud every single time. I actually bought all the DVDs from Amazon Canada, and there is also a follow up movie which I haven't seen. Sadly, Janet Wright, who played Brent's mother, has passed away since the show ended. 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 3, 2019 Share July 3, 2019 4 hours ago, roseha said: it's revealed that Buzz never knew his mother, and they run into a look alike rural family and on this evidence think they are going to be able to track her down and reunite them. Yes, that was a good episode. They had one this morning with Suzanne Pleshette ("The Strengthening Angels") being picked up by Tod and Buz after they almost hit her on the highway in the rain. They take her to the nearest town where all the people want to lynch her. Buz, as usual, gets in a fight protecting her and they all wind up in jail, where they learn (after Buz and the sheriff have a fight in the police station) she murdered a beloved citizen of the town, the younger brother of the sheriff. The story doesn't evolve exactly the way you would assume. Pleshette was very good in a well-written role. 4 minutes ago, roseha said: I actually bought all the DVDs from Amazon Canada, and there is also a follow up movie which I haven't seen. There's also an animated series! 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 6, 2019 Share July 6, 2019 (edited) FETV is still showing two episodes of "Route 66" a day on Sat. and Sun., late afternoons/early evenings. https://fetv.tv/current-schedule/ Edited July 8, 2019 by Tom Holmberg 1 Link to comment
msrachelj July 7, 2019 Share July 7, 2019 Direct tv doesn't offer any of these channels and I pay thru the roof for their 700 channels of which I watch about 10. Link to comment
opus July 7, 2019 Share July 7, 2019 15 minutes ago, msrachelj said: Direct tv doesn't offer any of these channels and I pay thru the roof for their 700 channels of which I watch about 10. You don’t get FETV on Ch. 323? https://fetv.tv/channels/ Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 8, 2019 Share July 8, 2019 On 7/3/2019 at 2:12 PM, Jaded said: I looked at Titan TV's listings and saw they air some other stuff too. They show literally hours of yoga, which seems like overkill. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 8, 2019 Share July 8, 2019 On 7/6/2019 at 7:07 PM, msrachelj said: Direct tv doesn't offer any of these channels I periodically scroll through the guide because AT&T adds channels without any notice or I discover channels that have interesting programming. This is esp. true of the higher number channels or the non-HD channels (MeToo is only non-HD in my selection). Link to comment
opus July 11, 2019 Share July 11, 2019 If you're not currently getting Decades you may be in luck Fox Television Stations To Carry Weigel Broadcasting’s Decades TV Network Beginning in Q3 https://deadline.com/2019/07/fox-television-stations-weigel-broadcasting-decades-television-network-1202644017/ 3 Link to comment
Was-MArsenault July 11, 2019 Share July 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, opus said: If you're not currently getting Decades you may be in luck Fox Television Stations To Carry Weigel Broadcasting’s Decades TV Network Beginning in Q3 https://deadline.com/2019/07/fox-television-stations-weigel-broadcasting-decades-television-network-1202644017/ No Boston unfortunately. Link to comment
chessiegal July 11, 2019 Share July 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, opus said: If you're not currently getting Decades you may be in luck Fox Television Stations To Carry Weigel Broadcasting’s Decades TV Network Beginning in Q3 https://deadline.com/2019/07/fox-television-stations-weigel-broadcasting-decades-television-network-1202644017/ Appears not me - I don't see DC or Baltimore. Boo. Link to comment
Cobb Salad July 11, 2019 Share July 11, 2019 11 minutes ago, opus said: If you're not currently getting Decades you may be in luck Fox Television Stations To Carry Weigel Broadcasting’s Decades TV Network Beginning in Q3 https://deadline.com/2019/07/fox-television-stations-weigel-broadcasting-decades-television-network-1202644017/ Whoo Hoo! NY is listed! It’s about time! 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 12, 2019 Share July 12, 2019 Two interesting "Route 66" episodes on FETV this weekend set in Chicago. On Sat. at 5 pm (CST): "Man Out of Time", Tod and Buz are working as cabbies in Chicago and are hired to chauffeur a Prohibition-era gangster just out of prison around his old haunts. On Sun. 6 pm (CST): "Lizard's Leg and Qwlet's Wing", Tod and Buz are working as guest relations reps at the O'Hare Inn in Chicago, their guests are a convention of cute secretaries and the not-so-cute Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr., and Peter Lorre secretly meeting about making an "old fashioned" horror movie. Chaos ensues. 1 Link to comment
Urahara July 12, 2019 Share July 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said: Two interesting "Route 66" episodes on FETV this weekend set in Chicago. On Sat. at 5 pm (CST): "Man Out of Time", Tod and Buz are working as cabbies in Chicago and are hired to chauffeur a Prohibition-era gangster just out of prison around his old haunts. On Sun. 6 pm (CST): "Lizard's Leg and Qwlet's Wing", Tod and Buz are working as guest relations reps at the O'Hare Inn in Chicago, their guests are a convention of cute secretaries and the not-so-cute Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr., and Peter Lorre secretly meeting about making an "old fashioned" horror movie. Chaos ensues. Also on Saturday this weekend "Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?" One of the most memorable episodes. Buz on a surfboard! 2 Link to comment
Urahara July 13, 2019 Share July 13, 2019 Actually I should have written the "route 66" title as "ever ride the waves in oklahoma?" because this is the way the titles appear on screen in line with the minimalist movement of the beat generation. ("route 66" was inspired by Kerouac.) After watching the show for years I finally realized the titles were presented this way for a reason. 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 14, 2019 Share July 14, 2019 It looks like ZLiving does marathons on Sundays. I just noticed that they are running Roger Moore's "The Saint" all day. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 17, 2019 Share July 17, 2019 "Route 66" episode "...and the cat jumped over the moon" (season 2, episode 12) has both an almost unrecognizable Martin Sheen and James Caan in very early roles in their careers, playing juvenile delinquents. Also featured was stand-up comic Milt Kamen as a social worker. The episode was directed by the director of "Cat Ballou". The episode starts with Tod laughing maniacally, as if he's having a relapse from the previous episode's drug (LSD? presumably)-induced craziness. Pictures here: http://sixtysixkicks.blogspot.com/2012/08/episode-analysis-s2-e12-and-cat-jumped.html 2 Link to comment
Inquisitionist July 18, 2019 Share July 18, 2019 On 5/29/2019 at 7:28 AM, Tom Holmberg said: They've also dropped "WKRP in Cincinnati" for "Green Acres." I loved Green Acres. So surreal. My brother once suggested what I thought was a great premise for a movie: What if Superman, as a baby, had landed on the Douglas farm? What a hoot that would be! Does INSP fall into this thread? I have recently caught up on The Waltons there, as well as some episode of Alias Smith and Jones. Boy, those take me back! 3 Link to comment
opus July 18, 2019 Share July 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Inquisitionist said: Does INSP fall into this thread? This thread could probably use a name change ( or at least drop the Antenna, Cozi, MeTV main subheading), but it does say 'and more'. 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 18, 2019 Share July 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Inquisitionist said: Does INSP fall into this thread? I have recently caught up on The Waltons there, as well as some episode of Alias Smith and Jones I mentioned "Alias Smith & Jones" in INSP earlier. It falls in this thread. BTW, ZLiving on Sunday isn't doing a marathon this week (except a movie "marathon"), but they will be showing "Space 1999: Alien Attack"! Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 18, 2019 Share July 18, 2019 "Route 66" season 2, episode 18, ""how much a pound is albatross?" Beautiful blonde Julie Newmar plays a motorcycle driving pre-hippie. Good change-of-pace episode, with Newmar standing out as one of the most memorable "Route 66" actresses. Link to comment
meowmommy July 20, 2019 Share July 20, 2019 On 7/11/2019 at 1:39 PM, opus said: If you're not currently getting Decades you may be in luck Fox Television Stations To Carry Weigel Broadcasting’s Decades TV Network Beginning in Q3 Yay, Phoenix! But I am a confused, stupid girl. What does it mean that Fox is going to carry Decades on their stations? Wouldn't they have to dump whatever they're already showing? 1 Link to comment
Jaded July 21, 2019 Share July 21, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, meowmommy said: Yay, Phoenix! But I am a confused, stupid girl. What does it mean that Fox is going to carry Decades on their stations? Wouldn't they have to dump whatever they're already showing? The networks like ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX still own some of their affiliates. That means the ones that FOX still owns in the cities mentioned will carry Decades on one of their sub-channels. When a lot of FOX assets like the movies and etc. were sold to Disney the original FOX still kept the original FOX Network, the affiliates owned along some other things. Edited July 21, 2019 by Jaded 2 Link to comment
chessiegal July 21, 2019 Share July 21, 2019 Still bitter Baltimore is not getting Decades. 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 22, 2019 Share July 22, 2019 Tonight (or tomorrow morning, really) ZLiving will be running the "Route 66" light-hearted episode "journey to Nineveh." Tod and Buz are going fishing in rural Missouri when they pick up sad sack Buster Keaton as a real-life Jonah returning to his family homestead, while his brother, rubber-faced Joe E. Brown, tries to retrieve the engagement ring his daughter lost before the local gang led by weaselly John Davis Chandler turn on them. In cameos are John Astin and Edgar Buchanan. 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 23, 2019 Share July 23, 2019 R.I.P., "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" actor David Hedison passed away at age 92. Also known for "The Fly" and playing Felix Leiter in two Bond films. "Help me!" https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-07-22/david-hedison-actor-the-fly-dies-dead Link to comment
Cobb Salad July 23, 2019 Share July 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said: R.I.P., "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" actor David Hedison passed away at age 92. Also known for "The Fly" and playing Felix Leiter in two Bond films. "Help me!" https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-07-22/david-hedison-actor-the-fly-dies-dead That scene from The Fly has always creeped me out more than what Jeff Goldblum turned into in the remake. That one was pretty gross. 2 Link to comment
Calvada July 25, 2019 Share July 25, 2019 I'm still trying to get through all the episodes of Remington Steele that I have on my DVR from the Decades weekend binge earlier this month - now the first weekend of August, they are doing a binge of The Odd Couple. Another favorite of mine! 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 25, 2019 Share July 25, 2019 On Sunday, ZLiving is running a mini-marathon of "The Saint" episodes in the afternoon. Link to comment
DXD526 July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Some schedule info on Decades' weekend binge programming: this weekend is The Fall Guy; 8/3-4 is The Odd Couple; 8/10-11 is Here Come the Brides (can't wait for that, haven't seen it since I was a little kid!); and then two weeks, both 8/17-18 and 8/24-25, of 77 Sunset Strip. Route 66 is being shown on Sunday (7/28) on ZLiving, from 3-6 a.m. ET, with another marathon of The Saint from 1-8 p.m. 2 Link to comment
Was-MArsenault July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 3 hours ago, DXD526 said: Some schedule info on Decades' weekend binge programming: this weekend is The Fall Guy; 8/3-4 is The Odd Couple; 8/10-11 is Here Come the Brides (can't wait for that, haven't seen it since I was a little kid!); and then two weeks, both 8/17-18 and 8/24-25, of 77 Sunset Strip. Route 66 is being shown on Sunday (7/28) on ZLiving, from 3-6 a.m. ET, with another marathon of The Saint from 1-8 p.m. Wish I could see The Odd Couple and The Fall Guy, but we don’t get Decades anymore. 1 Link to comment
Jaded July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Since Hulu purchased the rights to Designing Women from Sony I'm guessing the show won't air on FETV for much longer. Link to comment
Was-MArsenault July 29, 2019 Share July 29, 2019 So we just got UP TV added back a couple of days ago, and it feels really strange watching Home Improvement on there again after not having the channel for a couple months. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 29, 2019 Share July 29, 2019 On 7/27/2019 at 10:01 AM, DXD526 said: Route 66 is being shown on Sunday (7/28) on ZLiving, from 3-6 a.m. ET, with another marathon of The Saint from 1-8 p.m. ZLiving is showing "The Saint" in the late afternoons (this week at least). Also marathons on Sundays. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 30, 2019 Share July 30, 2019 For those who prefer watching shows from the first episode of season one, ZLiving will start rerunning "Route 66" from episode one on Friday night. 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg July 31, 2019 Share July 31, 2019 (edited) Early episodes of "The Saint" had some good guest stars: Shirley Eaton (from "Goldfinger", appeared more than once), Julie Christie, Honor Blackman, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Quayle, along with a lot of British character actors. Edited August 1, 2019 by Tom Holmberg 1 Link to comment
mmecorday July 31, 2019 Share July 31, 2019 Comcast recently added FeTV to our lineup and I love it! I watched a couple "Bewitched" episodes before I came to work this afternoon and that show is just as entertaining as ever. I might have to invest in a DVR because I see that "Designing Women" airs in the middle of the night. 3 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg August 1, 2019 Share August 1, 2019 19 hours ago, mmecorday said: Comcast recently added FeTV to our lineup and I love it! Also Mary Tyler Moore around midday. Link to comment
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