ME-TV coming to Milwaukee

[VisualSensation]

It will begin airing as a digital sub channel starting in March. I googled it and only found a station in Chicago that airs this network. Do any other markets carry it? The programming looks very promising!

See bottom of this article from the local paper for the announcement: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=715509

[samanddiane4eva]

Something equivalent to RTN, it'll be in my area, and I don't have digital cable. That's... one of the few drawbacks of having satellite I guess.

[SuperProducer]

It will begin airing as a digital sub channel starting in March. I googled it and only found a station in Chicago that airs this network. Do any other markets carry it? The programming looks very promising!

See bottom of this article from the local paper for the announcement: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=715509


This is from the same people who are doing ME-TV and ME-TOO in Chicago. so it wont be as bad as TVLand or RTN.

[clj2]

Hmmm... wonder if they're going to start making their service available for subchannels like RTN? That'd be great.

I'm glad that with networks like RTN and even Me-TV, Classic TV is able to carry on and continue to be shown. With TV Land declining so with 'recent' additions, it's good to see someone giving these good old shows the treatment and respect they deserve.

[Pavan]

We just did a story on this on our blog:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2008/02/strike-update-me-tv-coming-to-milwaukee.html

We will have the full launch schedule very soon...so keep checking back!

[Pavan]

Press Release:


Me-TV COMING TO MILWAUKEE


Milwaukee, WI - How many Bradys made up the Brady Bunch? What was the name of Ben Cartwright’s ranch? Can you name the show that was set in a WJM newsroom? (Hint- the anchorman was Ted Baxter). Milwaukee can soon find out the answers to these questions and many more on Me-TV!

Me-TV, a new channel of classic television shows and sitcoms (Memorable Entertainment Television) will premiere in Milwaukee this March. Me-TV features programs ranging from Alfred Hitchcock Presents to The Wild Wild West and everything in between. “There is something for everyone who loves classic television,” said Jim Hall, General Manager of the Weigel Broadcasting Co. television stations in Milwaukee. “We are pleased to be able to bring Milwaukee a variety of television programs the whole family can enjoy.”

The Me-TV line up will feature over 40 different TV classics, with viewer favorites such as: Bonanza, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Knight Rider, Mary Tyler Moore, Little House on the Prairie, The Honeymooners, Get Smart, Rawhide, and the Odd Couple.

Milwaukee digital television viewers will be able to receive Me-TV over the air on digital channel 58.3. Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications will also carry Me-TV on the digital tier of their cable systems serving Southeastern Wisconsin.



ANSWERS: *There were 8 Bradys in the Brady Bunch. Ben Cartwright’s ranch was the Ponderosa. The Mary Tyler Moore show featured Mary working as an assistant producer at WJM-TV.



Me-TV joins the Weigel Broadcasting Co. family of stations in Milwaukee that include CBS58, WMLW, and Telemundo-Wisconsin.

[VisualSensation]

What's ironic is that WMLW has been showing most those specific shows for years already, albeit only on weekends and late night. It will be nice to have more variety, but the HDTV users are upset that more bandwidth is being diverted away from the main CBS station to another subchannel.

[Pavan]

We will announce the schedule tomorrow! See our teaser at the end of today's blog:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2008/02/network-notes-includes-more-according.html

[Pavan]

ME-TV Milwaukee Launch Schedule

Effective March 1, 2008

Weekdays
6:00a Green Acres
6:30a Happy Days
7:00a Green Screen Adventures (E/I)
7:30a America's Funniest Videos
8:00a Roseanne
8:30a Roseanne
9:00a Perry Mason
10:00a Matlock
11:00a Hawaii 5-0
12:00p Bonanza
1:00p Gunsmoke
2:00p Little House on the Prairie
3:00p I Love Lucy
3:30p I Love Lucy
4:00p Leave It To Beaver
4:30p My Favorite Martian
5:00p Happy Days
5:30p Laverne & Shirley
6:00p Gilligan's Island
6:30p Bewitched
7:00p Mary Tyler Moore
7:30p The Odd Couple
8:00p Cheers
8:30p Cheers
9:00p Alfred Hitchcock Hour
10:00p Dick Van Dyke
10:30p Dick Van Dyke
11:00p The Honeymooners
11:30p The Untouchables
12:30a Route 66
1:30a Naked City
2:30a One Step Beyond
3:00a Four Star Playhouse

Saturdays
5:00a Route 66
6:00a Daktari
7:00a Saved By The Bell (E/I)
7:30a Saved By The Bell (E/I)
8:00a Lost In Space
9:00a Petticoat Junction
9:30a Petticoat Junction
10:00a Beverly Hillbillies
10:30a Beverly Hillbillies
11:00a Green Acres
11:30a Green Acres
12:00p Mork & Mindy
12:30p Mork & Mindy
1:00p Laverne & Shirley
1:30p Laverne & Shirley
2:00p Happy Days
2:30p Happy Days
3:00p I Love Lucy
3:30p I Love Lucy
4:00p Bewitched
4:30p Bewitched
5:00p Knight Rider
6:00p Star Trek
7:00p 77 Sunset Strip
8:00p The Twilight Zone
8:30p The Twilight Zone
9:00p Alfred Hitchcock Hour
10:00p Dick Van Dyke
10:30p Dick Van Dyke
11:00p Adventures of Superman
11:30p Adventures of Superman
12:00a Svengoolie
2:00a Route 66
3:00a Naked City
4:00a 77 Sunset Strip

Sundays
5:00a Route 66
6:00a Matlock
7:00a Daktari
8:00a Rawhide
9:00a Bonanza
10:00a Wild Wild West
11:00a Adventures of Superman
11:30a Adventures of Superman
12:00p The Three Stooges - Stooge-a-Palooza
2:00p Svengoolie
4:00p Batman
4:30p Batman
5:00p Lost in Space
6:00p Night Gallery
6:30p Night Gallery
7:00p Mary Tyler Moore
7:30p Mary Tyler Moore
8:00p Cheers
8:30p Cheers
9:00p I Love Lucy
9:30p I Love Lucy
10:00p Dick Van Dyke
10:30p Dick Van Dyke
11:00p The Odd Couple
11:30p Man From U.N.C.L.E.
12:30a You Bet Your Life
1:00a Ozzie & Harriet
1:30a The Lucy Show
2:00a Four Star Playhouse
2:30a One Step Beyond
3:00a Me-TV Classic Movie

[Scoobiedoo30]

that a cool schedule

[samanddiane4eva]

I need to get a digital receiver! That schedule just might be better than TV Land. Are they planning on streaming that online at all??

[Scoobiedoo30]

I wish that I had ME-TV where I Live

[Pavan]

Here is our story to go along with the schedule:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2008/02/launch-schedules-for-me-tv-milwaukee.html

[BensonFan]

That schedule just might be better than TV Land.

Anything's better than TV Land. :lol:

Seriously though that does look like a great lineup. :)

[thebloodyscot]

Another excellent schedule. Wish I got the channel but at least I got RTN

[Scoobiedoo30]

IDo not even have RTN

[VisualSensation]

ME-TV is on the air as of this morning! I just watched the pilot episode of Mork and Mindy. Most of the commercials are "classic" commercials from the 50's - 70's.

[Scoobiedoo30]

what is the website for ME-TV in Mikwaukee