shapeshifter December 12, 2023 Share December 12, 2023 Roku added some new channels: rokuguide.com/articles/roku-launches-six-new-live-tv-channels-from-nbcuniversal I've been watching Universal Crime (Channel 514), which streams as much as a season at a time of a show, including Ironside and Kojak. The quality of the broadcast is excellent; very hi-res. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg December 13, 2023 Share December 13, 2023 So H&I showed the final "Maverick" episode today. So are they starting over with S1 E!? Nope, they are showing a S! Bart episode> Have they lost all the James Garner Bret episodes? 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg December 14, 2023 Share December 14, 2023 Dick van Dyke turns 98 https://people.com/dick-van-dyke-celebrates-98th-birthday-looks-back-on-career-exclusive-8415170 3 1 Link to comment
chessiegal December 17, 2023 Share December 17, 2023 MeTV is airing Christmas themed shows starting at 1 pm ET including some shows they no longer air - Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg December 27, 2023 Share December 27, 2023 (edited) R.I.P. Tommy Smothers https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/arts/television/tom-smothers-dead.html Maybe some retro channel will run some episodes of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. I still remember when CBS kicked them off the air. Edited December 28, 2023 by Tom Holmberg 3 1 Link to comment
chessiegal December 27, 2023 Share December 27, 2023 MeTV is airing episode finales on January 31st. MeTV finale episodes 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg January 2 Share January 2 On 12/13/2023 at 11:52 AM, Tom Holmberg said: So H&I showed the final "Maverick" episode today. So are they starting over with S1 E!? Nope, they are showing a S! Bart episode> Have they lost all the James Garner Bret episodes? They finally ran a Bret episode, but one from season 2. I don't understand why after running the final episode they just don't start from season one, episode one. 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg January 3 Share January 3 (edited) Z Living has changed its programming for the new year. Their schedule is rather irregular,but the seem to be now showing "Route 66", "Jack Benny Show", "My Little Margie", "MST3000,", "Ozzie and Harriet", "Hawkeye"? (lee Horsely), "The Saint", "The Lucy Show", "Greatest American Hero", and who knows what else. Z Living is the most disorganized retro channel, so even if they say they are running something, it may not show up or disappear after a few weeks. Edited January 3 by Tom Holmberg Link to comment
chessiegal January 3 Share January 3 I don't have Z Living anymore but I remember the programming was erratic. 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg January 3 Share January 3 3 hours ago, chessiegal said: I remember the programming was erratic. Erratic is generous. 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg January 4 Share January 4 I saw this morning the first episode of the "Jack Benny Show" from 1950 on Z Living. Link to comment
chessiegal January 4 Share January 4 10 minutes ago, Tom Holmberg said: I saw this morning the first episode of the "Jack Benny Show" from 1950 on Z Living. Cool! I was born in 1950 and I don't think my parents got their first tv until around 1954. I remember my parents watching Jack Benny. My mom also watched Arthur Godfrey. She was dismayed that Godfrey "fired" the Macquire sisters. We lived in a house with a coal fired furnace. My dad would go to the basement to "fire up" the furnace. I thought my mom meant that Godfrey threw the sisters in a furnace! 🤣 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg January 4 Share January 4 22 minutes ago, chessiegal said: Cool! I was born in 1950 and I don't think my parents got their first tv until around 1954. I remember my parents watching Jack Benny. My mom also watched Arthur Godfrey. She was dismayed that Godfrey "fired" the Macquire sisters. We lived in a house with a coal fired furnace. My dad would go to the basement to "fire up" the furnace. I thought my mom meant that Godfrey threw the sisters in a furnace! 🤣 I was born the same year, though I think we didn't get a TV until maybe 1955, because I remember my excitement when we got it (I think it was a Muntz TV). As for the McGuire sisters, my aunt lived on the next block from gangster Sam Giancana who was "dating" Phyllis McGuire. As kids we would walk by his house (and Tony Acardo's) hoping to see a shootout. the bar that was Giancana's hangout was on my paper route. 2 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter January 4 Share January 4 6 minutes ago, Tom Holmberg said: I was born the same year, though I think we didn't get a TV until maybe 1955, because I remember my excitement when we got it (I think it was a Muntz TV). As for the McGuire sisters, my aunt lived on the next block from gangster Sam Giancana who was "dating" Phyllis McGuire. As kids we would walk by his house (and Tony Acardo's) hoping to see a shootout. the bar that was Giancana's hangout was on my paper route. Sounds like you've got the outline for a historical fiction/novel! On 12/12/2023 at 6:32 PM, shapeshifter said: Roku added some new channels: rokuguide.com/articles/roku-launches-six-new-live-tv-channels-from-nbcuniversal I've been watching Universal Crime (Channel 514), which streams as much as a season at a time of a show, including Ironside and Kojak. The quality of the broadcast is excellent; very hi-res. So, I'm the only one here watching this Universal Crime Channel 514 on Roku? I really enjoyed seeing McCloud (1970-77) for the first time: Quote Sam McCloud is a marshal from Taos, New Mexico, who takes a temporary assignment in the New York City Police Department. I was living off the grid and/or without TV when it aired. It's very formulaic, but Dennis Weaver manages to come off as charming rather than as a womanizer — perhaps a reflection of the actor's real life values rather than those of the character. Just FYI, any TV that can access WiFi can be turned into a Roku TV with a $30 device, for example: amazon.com/Roku-Express-Streaming-Wireless-Controls/dp/B0916TKFF2 But now Channel 15 is airing MacMillan and Wife, which is, at best, scenery chewing, IMO. Banacek starts January 8. I'm not familiar with it. Quincy M.E. starts again January 15, which is kind of shouty and moralizing in an After School Special way. 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg January 5 Share January 5 15 hours ago, shapeshifter said: Banacek starts January 8. I'm not familiar with it. "Banacek" had George Peppard as an independent insurance investigator solving impossible crimes. Unfortunately, I think there were only 17 episodes. It was one of the NBC revolving mystery series which also included "Columbo", "McMillian and Wife" & "McCloud". 1 Link to comment
DXD526 January 8 Share January 8 Upcoming Catchy Comedy binges: 1/27- Brooklyn Bridge; 1/28 - Brooklyn Bridge, Bob, Square Pegs; 2/3 - That's My Mama!; 2/4 - That's My Mama!, The Royal Family; 2/10-11 - Gilligan's Island; 2/17 - The Flying Nun; 2/18 - The Girl with Something Extra, Gidget. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg January 16 Share January 16 R.I.P., Joyce Randolph, "Trixie", last of the "Honeymooners." https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/joyce-randolph-dead-trixie-the-honeymooners-1235871316/ 1 Link to comment
Gharlane January 16 Share January 16 On 12/10/2023 at 7:36 PM, DXD526 said: Upcoming Catchy Comedy binges: 1/13-14 - Happy Days I did not realize Happy Days was 50 years old until they mentioned it during the commercial breaks! It was a bit sad to sad the late Marion Ross reminiscing about the show in the bumpers. 1 Link to comment
Angeltoes January 16 Share January 16 Marion Ross might be surprised to find out she's dead. She's 95. 2 1 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg January 17 Share January 17 ZLiving is running the "Jack Benny Show" on Thurs. One of the episodes this week is about the vault under Benny's house where he keeps his money. I remember seeing this as a kid I it always stuck with me. I thought it was hilarious. Link to comment
chessiegal January 17 Share January 17 Is Murder, She Wrote that popular or is it so cheap that it gets shown many hours a day on multiple channels, some retro, some not? I'm surprised anyone is still alive in Cabot Cove. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg January 18 Share January 18 On 1/17/2024 at 9:16 AM, chessiegal said: Is Murder, She Wrote that popular or is it so cheap that it gets shown many hours a day on multiple channels, some retro, some not? I'm surprised anyone is still alive in Cabot Cove. There's a number of shows like that, the top one being Gunsmoke, which has got to be on at least 8 or nine different channels. When you consider the shows not running on any of the retro channels, you have to wonder what's the deal with this one? 1 Link to comment
chessiegal January 18 Share January 18 Hallmark Movies and Mysteries loves Murder, She Wrote. I guess it's good clean murder fun. 😄 1 Link to comment
Gharlane January 22 Share January 22 On 1/16/2024 at 6:25 PM, Angeltoes said: Marion Ross might be surprised to find out she's dead. She's 95. 😲 1 Link to comment
DXD526 January 22 Share January 22 For this weekend's CC binge, they're switching out Bob for the short-lived Ferris Bueller. It ran in 1990 for 13 episodes, all of them are scheduled to be shown. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg January 23 Share January 23 R.I.P. Gary Graham, of "Alien Nation" and "Star Trek" https://deadline.com/2024/01/gary-graham-dead-1235802196/ Link to comment
Lili February 6 Share February 6 I know it's not an over-the-air network, but does anyone here watch Boomerang? After many years of network decay (for a while, Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry were basically the only pre-late 90's cartoons they would show), the channel now lives up to its original premise again, since about a few months ago. They have various incarnations of Scooby-Doo and Yogi Bear, Top Cat and not only the Flintstones, but even Flintstones Kids too. Just recently, they started airing Tas-Mania, for the first time ever. Anyone into classic cartoons should tune in before it goes into another network decay. If you get the channel that is, since the majority of households don't seem to get Boomerang these days. 2 Link to comment
Gharlane February 12 Share February 12 On 2/5/2024 at 11:52 PM, Lili said: I know it's not an over-the-air network, but does anyone here watch Boomerang? After many years of network decay (for a while, Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry were basically the only pre-late 90's cartoons they would show), the channel now lives up to its original premise again, since about a few months ago. They have various incarnations of Scooby-Doo and Yogi Bear, Top Cat and not only the Flintstones, but even Flintstones Kids too. Just recently, they started airing Tas-Mania, for the first time ever. Anyone into classic cartoons should tune in before it goes into another network decay. If you get the channel that is, since the majority of households don't seem to get Boomerang these days. Boomerang is a broadcast channel here. I discovered it by accident when my cable went out last week. Link to comment
DXD526 February 19 Share February 19 Upcoming Catchy Comedy binges: 2/24-25 - The Lucy Show; 3/2-3 - Mama's Family; 3/9-10 - The Brady Bunch; 3/16-17 - When Things Were Rotten, Police Squad, Sledge Hammer!; 3/23-24 - ALF; 3/30-31 - The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. 1 Link to comment
chessiegal February 19 Share February 19 Other than Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, you reminded me why I don't care that much about not getting this channel. Link to comment
Yeah No February 19 Share February 19 On 1/17/2024 at 10:16 AM, chessiegal said: Is Murder, She Wrote that popular or is it so cheap that it gets shown many hours a day on multiple channels, some retro, some not? I'm surprised anyone is still alive in Cabot Cove. I don't think the sun ever sets on "Murder She Wrote" and it's been that way for decades now. And I call FETV and a few others "The Perry Mason Channel" because they play it so much. 1 2 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg February 19 Share February 19 (edited) On 2/18/2024 at 8:51 PM, Yeah No said: I don't think the sun ever sets on "Murder She Wrote" and it's been that way for decades now. And I call FETV and a few others "The Perry Mason Channel" because they play it so much. They could show, for instance, "The Defenders" and cut back on "Perry Mason", which I like, but they show too many in a day. Edited February 21 by Tom Holmberg 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg February 20 Share February 20 On 2/28 H&I will be showing the "Maverick" episode, "Hadley's Hunters" where Bart Maverick meets all the Warner Bros Westerns stars: Will Hutchins from "Sugarfoot", Clint Walker from "Cheyenne", John Russell and Peter Brown from "Lawman", Ty Hardin from "Bronco", and even non-Western, Edd "Kookie" Byrnes from "77 Sunset Strip" (at a livery stable named 77 Cherokee Strip). A typically unusual "Maverick" episode, which did a lot of this sort of thing. Link to comment
Gharlane February 21 Share February 21 On 2/18/2024 at 8:18 PM, DXD526 said: 3/16-17 - When Things Were Rotten, Police Squad, Sledge Hammer! Noted. On 2/18/2024 at 8:18 PM, DXD526 said: 3/30-31 - The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. There was a roast that lasted for three days? 😲 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg February 21 Share February 21 On 2/18/2024 at 7:18 PM, DXD526 said: Upcoming Catchy Comedy binges: 2/24-25 - The Lucy Show; 3/2-3 - Mama's Family; 3/9-10 - The Brady Bunch; 3/16-17 - When Things Were Rotten, Police Squad, Sledge Hammer!; 3/23-24 - ALF; 3/30-31 - The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. Lucy Show is on Z Living. "Police Squad" is actually funnier than the movies. "Brady Bunch" doesn't really need to be binged, nor does "Mama's Family." 2 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter February 21 Share February 21 On 2/18/2024 at 8:18 PM, DXD526 said: 3/30-31 - The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. 2 hours ago, Gharlane said: There was a roast that lasted for three days? 😲 They were separate roasts: wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Celebrity_Roast#As_a_segment_on_The_Dean_Martin_Show Link to comment
Tom Holmberg February 26 Share February 26 If the schedule isn't lying Z Living has dropped MST3000 (late Saturday they already reran episodes they showed earlier in Jan. And also dropped "Route 66". Typical Z Living move. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg February 27 Share February 27 The cable guide shows that "Route 66" is still on the schedule. It's typical of Z Living that their guide is wrong. Tomorrow's episode should be "The Beryllium Eater" with Edgar Buchanan as a grizzled old prospector who finds his fortune but the local mine owner wants to grab it anyway he can. Buz and Todd have to save the day. Inger Stevens plays the mine owners wife. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg February 29 Share February 29 On 2/27/2024 at 8:06 AM, Tom Holmberg said: The cable guide shows that "Route 66" is still on the schedule. It's typical of Z Living that their guide is wrong. Tomorrow's episode should be "The Beryllium Eater" with Edgar Buchanan as a grizzled old prospector who finds his fortune but the local mine owner wants to grab it anyway he can. Buz and Todd have to save the day. Inger Stevens plays the mine owners wife. So Z Living is still running "Route 66" and Jack Benny". Good. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg March 3 Share March 3 On 2/29/2024 at 2:25 PM, Tom Holmberg said: So Z Living is still running "Route 66" and Jack Benny". Good. But they reran three more MST3000 episodes. They only started showing MST3000 in Jan and they are already rerunning episodes. ????? Did they only buy the rights to a dozen episodes? Link to comment
mmecorday March 5 Share March 5 Quote "Police Squad" is actually funnier than the movies. Yes, it is. I remember renting the VHS tapes in the 80s and thinking "Police Squad" was the funniest TV show I'd ever seen. I loved how the title of the episode never matched what the announcer said at the beginning. I need to go back and watch that show again to see if it still holds up. 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg March 7 Share March 7 (edited) On 3/5/2024 at 11:57 AM, mmecorday said: Yes, it is. I remember renting the VHS tapes in the 80s and thinking "Police Squad" was the funniest TV show I'd ever seen. I loved how the title of the episode never matched what the announcer said at the beginning. I need to go back and watch that show again to see if it still holds up. I think the Comedy Channel used to run binges of the show on holidays. Well, my cable provider dropped Z Living, so no more "Route 66" 😪 Edited March 7 by Tom Holmberg 1 Link to comment
Gharlane March 15 Share March 15 On 2/18/2024 at 8:18 PM, DXD526 said: 3/16-17 - When Things Were Rotten, Police Squad, Sledge Hammer! I'm eager for this weekend's binge. Wasn't When Things Were Rotten a Mel Brooks show? 🤔 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg March 16 Share March 16 On 3/15/2024 at 7:34 AM, Gharlane said: Wasn't When Things Were Rotten a Mel Brooks show? From IMDB: "John Boni and Norman Stiles wrote the treatment for this show in the style of Mel Brooks' movies. Paramount then sent the treatment to Brooks for his input..." 1 Link to comment
Gharlane March 20 Share March 20 On 3/16/2024 at 2:56 PM, Tom Holmberg said: From IMDB: "John Boni and Norman Stiles wrote the treatment for this show in the style of Mel Brooks' movies. Paramount then sent the treatment to Brooks for his input..." They should have used his advice. That show was rotten. Link to comment
Tom Holmberg March 29 Share March 29 R.I.P. Louis Gossett, Jr A couple of weeks ago I saw the episode of "Alias Smith & Jones" where he played a bounty hunter. I always thought that he would have been a good in a spin-off series with that character. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/louis-gossett-jr-dead-officer-and-a-gentleman-roots-948372-1235862761/ 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg April 2 Share April 2 (edited) R.I.P Joe Flaherty, best remembered as a cast member of SCTV https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/joe-flaherty-dead-dies-sctv-freaks-and-geeks-1235957809/ Edited April 2 by Tom Holmberg 6 Link to comment
shapeshifter April 3 Share April 3 I often see the second half of a Leave It To Beaver episode in the morning on METV. Today was “Beaver Joins a Record Club” from 1962. Beaver winds up in debt to for $17.65, which he, his friend, and his parents seem to think was *a lot* of money. So I looked it up. Today that would be $181.37!!! 😮 (usinflationcalculator.com) 1 1 Link to comment
jennifer6973 April 3 Share April 3 4 hours ago, shapeshifter said: I often see the second half of a Leave It To Beaver episode in the morning on METV. Today was “Beaver Joins a Record Club” from 1962. Beaver winds up in debt to for $17.65, which he, his friend, and his parents seem to think was *a lot* of money. So I looked it up. Today that would be $181.37!!! 😮 (usinflationcalculator.com) I saw that one today too, a good reminder to check all the paperwork that comes with everything. 1 Link to comment
Tom Holmberg April 4 Share April 4 20 hours ago, shapeshifter said: often see the second half of a Leave It To Beaver episode in the morning on METV. Today was “Beaver Joins a Record Club” from 196 This was actually a thing at that time. These record clubs were advertised where kids could see them. I knew kids who got into debt that way. LITB did a pretty good job of putting Beaver (or the rest of the gang) in actual problems of the day. 2 Link to comment
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