I WANT MY CLASSIC TV rant!

[brownie87]

Let me just get some stuff off of my chest here. Even though I am only 18 I have been exposed to some great classic TV shows from the 1970's and 1980's. Some of my favorite shows are "Diff'rent Strokes", "The Facts of Life", "Valerie/Hogan Family", "The Brady Bunch" and "One Day at a Time". In my opinion, all these great classic shows are a million times funnier than the crap that's out there today and the last decade. I mean, "Diff'rent Strokes" is a million times funnier than that endless pile-of-excrement about "nothing" that is still being shown on TV ad-naseum known as "Seinfeld"...yet, which show gets the full DVD treatment??? "SWINEFELD"!!!!! Even though Gary Coleman runs circles around Jerry Seinfeld and all the other losers on that crap show in the comedy department, we're stuck with only two seasons of "Diff'rent Strokes" while "SWINEfeld" has ever episode and ever season out on DVD. Then there's the whole thing with "Facts of Life"!! Everytime episodes are uploaded on YouTube or Joost, greedy-Sony has the power to remove them, while full episodes of "Frasier", "Friends", "NCIS" and "SWINEfeld" remain! Sadly, "FOL" has been the only show on TV that has depicted women as being human beings rather than sex-obsessed anorexics we see today. It's like we're being deprived of a great show that could have opened so many doors for more female characters on TV in which female characters were ambitious and realistic while piece-of-excrement shows like "Beverly Hills, 90210", "One Tree Hill", "Gossip Girl", "The Hills", "Sex in the City", "Desperate Housewives", "Real Housewives", "90210" and "Bridezillas" are being are endlessly being shoved down our throats! Not to mention all these disgusting crime shows like "CSI", "Bones", "Law & Order" and "NCIS" that are currently polluting the airwaves right now! And the only sitcoms on TV right now are total SH**COMES!!!! "Big Bang Theory" is total CRAP!!!! "Two and a Half Men" is total CRAP!!!! "Rules of Engagement"...CRAP!!!! "How I Met Your Mother"....CRAP ON A CRACKER!!!!! "House of Payne"....100% CRAP!!!!! And yet these shows are being released on DVD left and right!! But shows from the '80s like "Family Ties" are being stalled. And how in God's name "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy" are on TV all the time and have DVD's out there while we can't even get any "Bugs Bunny" cartoons anymore is appalling!! Now I hear all the episodes of "Facts of Life" that have been posted online could be in danger of being taken down again because of the stupid copyright laws that have just been issued on Comcast. And how is it that Lifetime decides to show "Frasier" - a show about a womanizing, long-winded radio "psychiatrist" who makes mountains out of molehills - rather than "One Day at a Time", or "Facts of Life"? And yet, "Frasier" is another show that has all the seasons out on DVD. Same thing with "Friends"! I would much rather see Blair's beautiful face than have to look at Jennifer Aniston's horse face and terrible acting anyday. So, to all the loser, clueless DVD distributors out there, LISTEN UP!!!!! There are tons of PO'd classic TV lovers out here who want to see some of our favorite classic shows anytime we want to and we would like to see again and we don't want to get all these crappy newer shows shoved down out throats against our will!! And if you're not going to release anymore seasons on DVD then quit taking the episodes off YouTube and Joost for crying out loud!!! And, sorry, but alot of us don't consider "SWINEfeld" a classic! It's a show about NOTHING!!!!! And IT SUCKS!!!!!!

[OH Nuts!]

I also feel the oldies are the goodies. But since we're in different generations the oldies for me are the 50s shows (and some of the early 60s) since I remember seeing many of the 70s shows firsthand. I'll take I Love Lucy, Bewitched, The Adv. of Ozzie and Harriet and Little House On The Prairie over almost anything else and have all of Lucy and LHOP. But some current shows can be nice. I personally like Sex And The City. The photography of NYC is tdf and I love Samantha. Carrie I could live without but she's focal to the series, and she does make me appreciate what I do like. BUT YES, I basically watch the news on my TV and 99% of the time do my DVDs of the oldies, which I just love love love. And btw, if you like old shows, Shout! Factory is rolling out a lot of great old series that are finally making it back to the light of day!

[MrCleveland]

Hell, I'm 26 and I watch TV Shows from the 60's!

All the TV Stations are now is ratings rather than identity. That's why I wrote those petitions awhile back.

This is the reason why I won't get cable. Unless these stations bring back their own TV, their attitude is "If it's not on TV, get the DVD".

Like I have $120 to but the entire season of "I Love Lucy"!

[Jessica]

I wouldn't diss Seinfeld. Yes, today's TV-show does not have the same quality as the older ones.. I thought they were good till the 90's ended.

[Doodyville10019]

::sinister laugh:: just wait till Brownie starts checking out '50's TV shows... then he'll REALLY start ranting!

Seriously, I may moan and complain about when I was born, but there's one thing good about it - I was a first-run witness to some of the greatest TV shows EVER put on a small screen (i.e. Bewitched, Star Trek, Batman, Hawaii Five-O, etc.) Now THOSE were great shows!

[brownie87]

What's all this about "television shows from the '50s/'60s" CRAP?!?!?!?! I don't even like them sh***y shows like "I Love Lucy" and "Andy Griffith" and all the crap!! And those seem to be the only "classic" TV shows out on DVD and still being shown on TV!! I am talking about shows from the '70s and '80s that we can't see anymore because they keep getting taken off the air, or taken off the internet, or not released on DVD while we're stuck with all the sh*t shows from the '90s and today, as well as all the excrement from the '50s and '60s.

[Big C]

What's all this about "television shows from the '50s/'60s" CRAP?!?!?!?! I don't even like them sh***y shows like "I Love Lucy" and "Andy Griffith" and all the crap!! And those seem to be the only "classic" TV shows out on DVD and still being shown on TV!! I am talking about shows from the '70s and '80s that we can't see anymore because they keep getting taken off the air, or taken off the internet, or not released on DVD while we're stuck with all the sh*t shows from the '90s and today, as well as all the excrement from the '50s and '60s.

So, what you're trying to say is that all TV sucks except for that from the 1970s and 1980s?

And to blast those old 1950s shos that are considered timeless classics- sir, you clearly have no respect for the timeless classics.

You better be careful with what you say- I'm not a fan of pessimists, and YOU seem to be a pessimist.

[Big C]

"Diff'rent Strokes" is a million times funnier than that endless pile-of-excrement about "nothing" that is still being shown on TV ad-naseum known as "Seinfeld"...yet, which show gets the full DVD treatment??? "SWINEFELD"!!!!! Even though Gary Coleman runs circles around Jerry Seinfeld and all the other losers on that crap show in the comedy department, we're stuck with only two seasons of "Diff'rent Strokes" while "SWINEfeld" has ever episode and ever season out on DVD.

There are a lot of Seinfeld fans on this site- be careful what you say. They're not going to be happy.

And the only sitcoms on TV right now are total SH**COMES!!!! "Big Bang Theory" is total CRAP!!!! "Two and a Half Men" is total CRAP!!!! "Rules of Engagement"...CRAP!!!! "How I Met Your Mother"....CRAP ON A CRACKER!!!!! "House of Payne"....100% CRAP!!!!! And yet these shows are being released on DVD left and right!! But shows from the '80s like "Family Ties" are being stalled. And how in God's name "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy" are on TV all the time and have DVD's out there while we can't even get any "Bugs Bunny" cartoons anymore is appalling!!

First of all, I like 'Big Bang Theory,' so you have insulted me GREATLY! And there are a lot of people who like 'Simpsons.'


sorry, but alot of us don't consider "SWINEfeld" a classic! It's a show about NOTHING!!!!! And IT SUCKS!!!!!!

Dude... you have a lot of anger problems.

[littlebelle]

We have similar taste in shows, and I feel your pain. I do like Seinfeld though.

[Jessica]

Yeah, we have our opnions, but still. Seinfield is cool!

[JAlanRuss72]

I agree, I think the 70s-80s was a great time for television (maybe the 2nd Golden Age). All In The Family, Good Times, Sanford & Son, Bob Newhart, Barney Miller, Carol Burnett, Family Ties, Night Court, Cheers, Taxi- alot of classic shows. Not sure we'll see lineups like that ever again. Seems like the country (and movies, music, TV) seemed to lose something after 1992, not sure why. JMO

[Stuck In The '70's]

I agree, I think the 70s-80s was a great time for television (maybe the 2nd Golden Age). All In The Family, Good Times, Sanford & Son, Bob Newhart, Barney Miller, Carol Burnett, Family Ties, Night Court, Cheers, Taxi- alot of classic shows. Not sure we'll see lineups like that ever again. Seems like the country (and movies, music, TV) seemed to lose something after 1992, not sure why. JMO
in 1992 Who's The Boss , Growing Pains , and MacGyver ended on the same night. That same year The Cosby Show, Night Court and Golden Girls also ended. It was the end of an era. Two years later the 90's era officially began with Friends. I think all the friends clones especially on NBC helped damage the sitcom. Most of them were real bad. I didn't care for Friends myself. I did like Seinfeld though. There were a few good sitcoms during the 90's like Drew Carey and 3rd Rock and some real gems like Titus and Norm which never had much of an audience. By the end of the decade though there wasn't many good sitcoms at all on. I truly believe 1992 was the end of the Golden Age of the sitcom. I hope it comes back again soon.

[dawsongirl]

I just got RTN. Yay me!! I'm watching shows now that I don't even fully enjoy. hehe...it's fun. I'm watching Knight Rider. :)

[OH Nuts!]

Hell, I'm 26 and I watch TV Shows from the 60's!

All the TV Stations are now is ratings rather than identity. That's why I wrote those petitions awhile back.

This is the reason why I won't get cable. Unless these stations bring back their own TV, their attitude is "If it's not on TV, get the DVD".

Like I have $120 to but the entire season of "I Love Lucy"!

I hear you. It can get costly buying DVDs. The library has some I know. I just decided having DVDs I liked would be my "vacation" and since basic cable is probably $30-35, I'd rather spend $400 a yr on getting shows I love.

[brownie87]

I just think the shows that came out between 1990 (counting "Beverly Hills, 90210") and now are entirely too sex-obsessed and don't really offer anything meaningful. Alot of people love to watch shows and laugh and learn something at the same time. "FOL" was in my opinion the last truly great teen show on television that we never see anymore. Nowadays, you have kids as young as 13 jumping in the sack and getting pregnant! I never liked "Beverly Hills, 90210", which came out shortly after "Facts of Life" went off the air (even though I was born a year after it debuted) because first of all, the acting was total crap! And the kids all dressed like they were going to a music video shoot rather than school. A girl once got suspended for wearing a pair of hip-huggers and a tight-fitting T-shirt at my school. You had 15-year-old kids having sex with each other, one almost getting pregnant. Everyone looked like supermodels and didn't seem too relatable. Then shortly after we had "Seinfeld", "Frasier" and "Friends" where all anyone basically did was try to bed every member of the opposite sex. Ironically, this was supposedly around the era when AIDS was becoming a public issue and you had people on TV jumping into bed with each other every ten seconds, while lots of kids are getting the wrong impression. In contrast, the one episode of "Facts of Life" where Natalie lost her virginity was done in a very tasteful way and she even said they used protection. Yet, you didn't see all the girls hopping into bed with their boyfriends afterwards. These days, it's all you see on television; children jumping into bed with children. It's sick and it's sad. My point is all we see on TV and DVD are these crap shows. While great wholesome classic shows like "Facts of Life" might never see the light of day again (at least the rest of the series). Why? Because the girls on the show weren't sickly thin, or nasty to each other every ten minutes, or semi-human representations of Bratz Dolls like you see on today's shows? What's also sad is that everytime we start getting these great episodes on YouTube, or any other online video service, they all get taken down, while full episodes of shows that are already on get to stay up! The only "FOL" episodes that stay up are either the ones that are already out on DVD, or those crappy minisodes.

[bmasters9]

Hell, I'm 26 and I watch TV Shows from the 60's!

I'm 28, and I look at stuff from the late-'60's to mid-'80's-- "Five-O," "MTM," "The Streets of San Francisco," "What's Happening!!," "Hart to Hart," "Hardcastle and McCormick," et al., and all those are on DVD.

[littlebelle]

I just think the shows that came out between 1990 (counting "Beverly Hills, 90210") and now are entirely too sex-obsessed and don't really offer anything meaningful.

Now you've lost me...

[Big C]

I just think the shows that came out between 1990 (counting "Beverly Hills, 90210") and now are entirely too sex-obsessed and don't really offer anything meaningful.

How would you feel about shows where everyone was obsessed with being a virgin forever?

you have kids as young as 13 jumping in the sack and getting pregnant! I never liked "Beverly Hills, 90210", which came out shortly after "Facts of Life" went off the air (even though I was born a year after it debuted) because first of all, the acting was total crap! And the kids all dressed like they were going to a music video shoot rather than school. A girl once got suspended for wearing a pair of hip-huggers and a tight-fitting T-shirt at my school. You had 15-year-old kids having sex with each other, one almost getting pregnant.

Why am I not surprised? You hate everything that was not in the 1970s or 1980s. You seem to be stuck in a different era.

Everyone looked like supermodels and didn't seem too relatable. Then shortly after we had "Seinfeld", "Frasier" and "Friends" where all anyone basically did was try to bed every member of the opposite sex. Ironically, this was supposedly around the era when AIDS was becoming a public issue and you had people on TV jumping into bed with each other every ten seconds, while lots of kids are getting the wrong impression. In contrast, the one episode of "Facts of Life" where Natalie lost her virginity was done in a very tasteful way and she even said they used protection. Yet, you didn't see all the girls hopping into bed with their boyfriends afterwards. These days, it's all you see on television; children jumping into bed with children. It's sick and it's sad. My point is all we see on TV and DVD are these crap shows. While great wholesome classic shows like "Facts of Life" might never see the light of day again (at least the rest of the series). Why? Because the girls on the show weren't sickly thin, or nasty to each other every ten minutes, or semi-human representations of Bratz Dolls like you see on today's shows? What's also sad is that everytime we start getting these great episodes on YouTube, or any other online video service, they all get taken down, while full episodes of shows that are already on get to stay up! The only "FOL" episodes that stay up are either the ones that are already out on DVD, or those crappy minisodes.

You think all shows should be about virgins?

[dawsongirl]

I just think the shows that came out between 1990 (counting "Beverly Hills, 90210") and now are entirely too sex-obsessed and don't really offer anything meaningful.

I agree with that. Apparently producers and writers don't think anything but sex is funny/entertaining. What happened to making people think? What's not flat out mentioned is always funnier/dirtier/etc.

[MikeL]

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5:00am Love Boat

6:00am Highway To Heaven

7:00am Eight Is Enough

8:00am Fantasy Island

9:00am Greatest American Hero

10:00am Quantum Leap
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11:00am Magnum Pi

12:00pm Simon And Simon

1:00pm Miami Vice

2:00pm Dallas

3:00pm Dukes Of Hazzard

4:00pm Starsky & Hutch

5:00pm A-Team

6:00pm Knight Rider

7:00pm Incredible Hulk
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8:00pm My Favorite Martian

8:30pm Courtship Of Eddies Father

9:00pm Happy Days

9:30pm Laverne n Shirley

10:00pm Welcome Back Kottor

10:30pm WKRP in Cincinnati

11:00pm Threes Company

11:30pm Mork n Mindy

12:00am All in The Family

12:30am The Jeffersons

1:00am One Day At A Time

1:30am Maude

2:00am Barney Miller

2:30am Odd Couple

3:00am Taxi

3:30am Sanford And Son

4:00am Bob Newhart Show

4:30am Mary Tyler Moore Show
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Saturday Weekend Line Up

5:00am Tom n Jerry Show

5:30am Popeye

6:00am Garfield n Friends

6:30am Heathcliff

7:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtels

7:30am Gi Joe Real American Hero

8:00am He Man And The Masters Of The Universe

8:30am She Ra Princess Of The Universe

9:00am Voltron

9:30am Robotech

10:00am Thundercats

10:30am Transformers

11:00am X-Men

11:30am Superfriends
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12:00pm Batman

12:30pm Batman

1:00pm Adam 12

1:30pm Dragnet

2:00pm Car 54 Where Are U

2:30pm Get Smart

3:00pm Mayberry Rfd

3:30pm Gomer Pyle Usmc

4:00pm McHale's Navy

4:30pm The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

5:00pm Twilight Zone

5:30pm Alfred Hitchcock Presents

6:00pm Hogans Heroes

6:30pm The Lucy Show

7:00pm Dennis The Menace

7:30pm My Three Sons
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8:00pm Patty Duke Show

8:30pm That Girl

9:00pm Gilligan's Island

9:30pm Leave it to Beaver

10:00pm Andy Griffith Show

10:30pm Dick Van Dyke Show

11:00pm I love Lucy

11:30pm Honeymooners
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12:00am i Dream Of Jeannie

12;30am Bewitched

1:00am Munsters

1:30am Addams Family

2:00am Father Knows Best

2:30am Make Room For Daddy

3:00am F-Troop

3:30am The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

4:00am Gidget

4:30am Flying Nun
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Sunday Morning Line Up

5:00am Hart To Hart

6:00am Moonlighting

7:00am Wonder Woman

8:00am Six Million Dollor Man

9:00am Bionic Woman

10:00am Fall Guy

11:00am Charlies Angels
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12:00pm Airwolf

1:00pm Hill Street Blues

2:00pm Hardcastle & McCormick

3:00pm Macgyver

4:00pm Rockford Files

5:00pm Remington Steel

6:00pm Equalizer
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7:00pm My Two Dads

7:30pm Night Court

8:00pm Charles in Charge

8:30pm Gimme A Break

9:00pm Whos The Boss

9:30pm Mr. Belvedere

10:00pm Diff Rent Strokes

10:30pm Silver Spoons

11:00pm Growing Pains

11:30pm Just The Ten of Us
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12:00am Archie Bunkers Place

12:30am Cheers

1:00am Hogan Family

1:30am Mamas Family

2:00am Benson

2:30am Perfect Strangers

3:00am Head Of The Class

3:30am Facts Of Life

4:00am Family Ties

4:30am Newhart
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[littlebelle]

The thing is that BH 90210 wasn't just about sex, sure, plenty of it was going on but that wasn't what the show was about. Plots ranged from drugs, violence, homosexuality, betrayal, suicide and other non-sex related dramas. And honestly, I don't see anything wrong with sex in shows, it's you know, a part of life.

[Shine]

The thing is that BH 90210 wasn't just about sex, sure, plenty of it was going on but that wasn't what the show was about. Plots ranged from drugs, violence, homosexuality, betrayal, suicide and other non-sex related dramas. And honestly, I don't see anything wrong with sex in shows, it's you know, a part of life.

It didn't have as much sex as Melrose Place, at least. :lol:

[littlebelle]

It didn't have as much sex as Melrose Place, at least. :lol:
:lol: Now that was a show truly based on sex.

[Big C]

Does brownie87 want everyone in TV shows to just stay virgins ala "The 40-Year-Old Virgin?"

[beautifuldreamer]

:lol: Now that was a show truly based on sex.

:lol: It's so true! Geez louise, it has been fun reading this thread.

Well, FSU, I don't think brownie meant that all shows should be, shall we say, "white as snow"... I do think less sex being shown on TV and less mentioned in dialogue is what brownie is after here. I only agree to a point though.

brownie, I think you are being very stereotypical of today's shows. I don't even know if you're talking about comedy or drama, or whatever. But I do know that I've watched many recent TV shows that aren't focused on sex, and "make you think" or whatever. Some of the current shows I love are House, Law and Order: CI (and SVU), The Mentalist, etc. Then there are those recent shows were cancelled, but still brilliant nonetheless, like Boston Legal, Monk, Joan of Arcadia, 8 Simple Rules, and Everybody Loves Raymond. Do these shows have sexual content in them?... of course. Is it presented in a way that I find to be respectful and non-overpowering... YES!.. which is why I love those specific shows. But don't get me wrong, and this is where I agree with you, brownie, my heart lies with the shows from the 70s and 80s.. my faves being Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files, Miami Vice, and Night Court. Now that I think about it.. Miami Vice could get a little steamy, but, hey, I'll go along with that. :lol:

[MrCleveland]

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5:00am Love Boat

6:00am Highway To Heaven

7:00am Eight Is Enough

8:00am Fantasy Island

9:00am Greatest American Hero

10:00am Quantum Leap
________________________
11:00am Magnum Pi

12:00pm Simon And Simon

1:00pm Miami Vice

2:00pm Dallas

3:00pm Dukes Of Hazzard

4:00pm Starsky & Hutch

5:00pm A-Team

6:00pm Knight Rider

7:00pm Incredible Hulk
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8:00pm My Favorite Martian

8:30pm Courtship Of Eddies Father

9:00pm Happy Days

9:30pm Laverne n Shirley

10:00pm Welcome Back Kottor

10:30pm WKRP in Cincinnati

11:00pm Threes Company

11:30pm Mork n Mindy

12:00am All in The Family

12:30am The Jeffersons

1:00am One Day At A Time

1:30am Maude

2:00am Barney Miller

2:30am Odd Couple

3:00am Taxi

3:30am Sanford And Son

4:00am Bob Newhart Show

4:30am Mary Tyler Moore Show
_______________________
Saturday Weekend Line Up

5:00am Tom n Jerry Show

5:30am Popeye

6:00am Garfield n Friends

6:30am Heathcliff

7:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtels

7:30am Gi Joe Real American Hero

8:00am He Man And The Masters Of The Universe

8:30am She Ra Princess Of The Universe

9:00am Voltron

9:30am Robotech

10:00am Thundercats

10:30am Transformers

11:00am X-Men

11:30am Superfriends
______________________
12:00pm Batman

12:30pm Batman

1:00pm Adam 12

1:30pm Dragnet

2:00pm Car 54 Where Are U

2:30pm Get Smart

3:00pm Mayberry Rfd

3:30pm Gomer Pyle Usmc

4:00pm McHale's Navy

4:30pm The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

5:00pm Twilight Zone

5:30pm Alfred Hitchcock Presents

6:00pm Hogans Heroes

6:30pm The Lucy Show

7:00pm Dennis The Menace

7:30pm My Three Sons
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8:00pm Patty Duke Show

8:30pm That Girl

9:00pm Gilligan's Island

9:30pm Leave it to Beaver

10:00pm Andy Griffith Show

10:30pm Dick Van Dyke Show

11:00pm I love Lucy

11:30pm Honeymooners
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12:00am i Dream Of Jeannie

12;30am Bewitched

1:00am Munsters

1:30am Addams Family

2:00am Father Knows Best

2:30am Make Room For Daddy

3:00am F-Troop

3:30am The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

4:00am Gidget

4:30am Flying Nun
__________________________________________
Sunday Morning Line Up

5:00am Hart To Hart

6:00am Moonlighting

7:00am Wonder Woman

8:00am Six Million Dollor Man

9:00am Bionic Woman

10:00am Fall Guy

11:00am Charlies Angels
_____________________

12:00pm Airwolf

1:00pm Hill Street Blues

2:00pm Hardcastle & McCormick

3:00pm Macgyver

4:00pm Rockford Files

5:00pm Remington Steel

6:00pm Equalizer
____________________
7:00pm My Two Dads

7:30pm Night Court

8:00pm Charles in Charge

8:30pm Gimme A Break

9:00pm Whos The Boss

9:30pm Mr. Belvedere

10:00pm Diff Rent Strokes

10:30pm Silver Spoons

11:00pm Growing Pains

11:30pm Just The Ten of Us
_______________________

12:00am Archie Bunkers Place

12:30am Cheers

1:00am Hogan Family

1:30am Mamas Family

2:00am Benson

2:30am Perfect Strangers

3:00am Head Of The Class

3:30am Facts Of Life

4:00am Family Ties

4:30am Newhart
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I like It! I would like to see "Disneyland" and "Ed Sullivan" on Sundays and "Looney Tunes" on Saturday.

Other than that...good schedule!

[MikeL]

thanks il add disney someday right now i want keep it retro ed sullivan can be added easiely looney tunes il add to cartoon line up on saturday mornings

this beat reto tv land nan anyday

[comedyfreak]

I think it's all about money, if distributors think there is no market for a show you won't see it then. Seinfeld is a newer show so they've released all the episodes. BTW, I happen to be a Friends fan. Don't like Seinfeld or Everybody Loves Raymond. I like shows from the 50's, 60's, 70's, and some 80's.

[MikeL]

I Want classic tv as well that why i been getting dvds my next set might be mork n mindy.

it all about money and it not fair wgn only classic tv station we got now. hope they dont screw up as well

[Doodyville10019]

What's all this about "television shows from the '50s/'60s" CRAP?!?!?!?! I don't even like them sh***y shows like "I Love Lucy" and "Andy Griffith" and all the crap!! And those seem to be the only "classic" TV shows out on DVD and still being shown on TV!! I am talking about shows from the '70s and '80s that we can't see anymore because they keep getting taken off the air, or taken off the internet, or not released on DVD while we're stuck with all the sh*t shows from the '90s and today, as well as all the excrement from the '50s and '60s.

Respectfully Brownie - with me, dissing those really awesome shows from the '50's and '60s are fighting words. You have the right to your opinion - and that is fine - but with me, you hit a nerve. Ask anyone on this board - including me - and that period of time was far, far more than just Andy and Lucy. There were other great shows (sitcoms and dramas alike) from that period. I respect many of the people who acted and created those shows - many of them set the pace for future TV greatness.

You have the right not to like shows from the 50's and '60's, but NO ONE has the right to call them 'excrement". EVER.

[MikeL]

what does excerment mean i never heard that word before

[Doodyville10019]

I like It! I would like to see "Disneyland" and "Ed Sullivan" on Sundays and "Looney Tunes" on Saturday.

Other than that...good schedule!

Fantastic schedule! But MikeL., can you please please please put Sea Hunt, Highway Patrol and at least ONE '50's western on your schedule? (preferably Wyatt Earp or Yancy Derringer)???

[JamesG]

what does excerment mean i never heard that word before

Excrement means waste matter or simply sh*t.

[MikeL]

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5:00am Love Boat

6:00am Highway To Heaven

7:00am Eight Is Enough

8:00am Fantasy Island

9:00am Greatest American Hero

10:00am Quantum Leap

11:00am Charlie's Angels
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12:00pm Magnum Pi

1:00pm Simon And Simon

2:00pm Miami Vice

3:00pm Dukes Of Hazzard

4:00pm Starsky & Hutch

5:00pm Dallas

6:00pm Knight Rider

7:00pm Incredible Hulk
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8:00pm Courtship Of Eddies Father

8:30pm My Favorite Martian

9:00pm Happy Days

9:30pm Laverne n Shirley

10:00pm Threes Company

10:30pm Mork n Mindy

11:00pm Welcome Back Kottor

11:30pm WKRP in Cincinnati

12:00am One Day At A Time

12:30am Maude

1:00am All In The Family

1:30am Jeffersons

2:00am Good Times

2:30am What's Happening!!

3:00am Taxi

3:30am Odd Couple

4:00am Barney Miller

4:30am Bob Newhart Show

5:00am Mary Tyler Moore Show

5:30am Brady Bunch
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Saturday Weekend Line Up

6:00am Seahunt

7:00am Highway Patrol

8:00am Wyatt Earp

9:00am Yancy Derringer

10:00am Perry Mason

11:00am Ironside
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12:00pm Batman

12:30pm Batman

1:00pm Adam 12

1:30pm Dragnet

2:00pm Car 54 Where Are U

2:30pm Get Smart

3:00pm Mayberry Rfd

3:30pm Gomer Pyle Usmc

4:00pm McHale's Navy

4:30pm The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

5:00pm Twilight Zone

5:30pm Alfred Hitchcock Presents

6:00pm Hogans Heroes

6:30pm The Lucy Show

7:00pm Dennis The Menace

7:30pm My Three Sons
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8:00pm Patty Duke Show

8:30pm That Girl

9:00pm Gilligan's Island

9:30pm Leave it to Beaver

10:00pm Andy Griffith Show

10:30pm Dick Van Dyke Show

11:00pm I love Lucy

11:30pm Honeymooners
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12:00am i Dream Of Jeannie

12;30am Bewitched

1:00am Munsters

1:30am Addams Family

2:00am Father Knows Best

2:30am Make Room For Daddy

3:00am F-Troop

3:30am The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

4:00am Gidget

4:30am Flying Nun
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Sunday Morning Line Up

5:00am Hart To Hart

6:00am Wonder Woman

7:00am Highlander The Series

8:00am Highlander The Series

9:00am Six Million Dollor Man

10:00am Bionic Woman

11:00am Fall Guy
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12:00pm Spenser For Hire

1:00pm 21 Jump Street

2:00pm Hunter

3:00pm Murder She Wrote

4:00pm Matlock

5:00pm Hardcastle & McCormick

6:00pm Hill Street Blues

7:00pm Airwolf
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8:00pm Charles in Charge

8:30pm Gimme A Break

9:00pm Whos The Boss

9:30pm Mr. Belvedere

10:00pm Diff Rent Strokes

10:30pm Silver Spoons

11:00pm Growing Pains

11:30pm Just The Ten of Us
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12:00am Archie Bunkers Place

12:30am Cheers

1:00am My Two Dads

1:30am Night Court

2:00am Benson

2:30am Perfect Strangers

3:00am Head Of The Class

3:30am Facts Of Life

4:00am Family Ties

4:30am Newhart
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[Shine]

:lol: It's so true! Geez louise, it has been fun reading this thread.

Well, FSU, I don't think brownie meant that all shows should be, shall we say, "white as snow"... I do think less sex being shown on TV and less mentioned in dialogue is what brownie is after here. I only agree to a point though.

brownie, I think you are being very stereotypical of today's shows. I don't even know if you're talking about comedy or drama, or whatever. But I do know that I've watched many recent TV shows that aren't focused on sex, and "make you think" or whatever. Some of the current shows I love are House, Law and Order: CI (and SVU), The Mentalist, etc. Then there are those recent shows were cancelled, but still brilliant nonetheless, like Boston Legal, Monk, Joan of Arcadia, 8 Simple Rules, and Everybody Loves Raymond. Do these shows have sexual content in them?... of course. Is it presented in a way that I find to be respectful and non-overpowering... YES!.. which is why I love those specific shows. But don't get me wrong, and this is where I agree with you, brownie, my heart lies with the shows from the 70s and 80s.. my faves being Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files, Miami Vice, and Night Court. Now that I think about it.. Miami Vice could get a little steamy, but, hey, I'll go along with that. :lol:

Geez louise, this is a Mattie rant if there ever was such a thing. :lol: ;)

[beautifuldreamer]

Geez louise, this is a Mattie rant if there ever was such a thing. :lol: ;)

Oh Mike, I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. :lol: :D

[brownie87]

Okay, maybe not every show is based purely on sex, but the acting in alot of these shows is atrocious. Take "Beverly Hills, 90210", talk about OVER-THE-TOP!!!! Then, you have all these newer shows where everyone is practically a size-nothing and you just want to grab them and force feed them a ham sandwich or something. And all these crime shows that show people getting cut up and stuff...EWWW!!!!! Yet these shows are being reran on TV all the time and released on DVD every week. Well, lots of us are sick of that crap! We want to see good, wholesome TV shows where the characters are relatable. And, no, I'm not saying everyone should be virgins, but at least take certain things into consideration. I for one wouldn't want to see my kids watching a show that promotes teens having sex all the time and looking like they could use a good meal every now and then. Basically what I'm saying is I hate how Sony and other companies dictate what we are going to watch. It's almost as if they're saying, "We don't care how much you love 'Diff'rent Strokes' and 'Facts of Life'! You can't watch them! You are going to watch 'Seinfeld' and love it!"

[bmasters9]

Respectfully Brownie - with me, dissing those really awesome shows from the '50's and '60s are fighting words. You have the right to your opinion - and that is fine - but with me, you hit a nerve. Ask anyone on this board - including me - and that period of time was far, far more than just Andy and Lucy. There were other great shows (sitcoms and dramas alike) from that period. I respect many of the people who acted and created those shows - many of them set the pace for future TV greatness.

You have the right not to like shows from the 50's and '60's, but NO ONE has the right to call them 'excrement". EVER.

I agree with this. Simply stated, the OP has the right to like/dislike series from any era, but he/she (?) shouldn't act like "I don't like it, and that means that no one else should either." I was like that once when it came to "Two and a Half Men," but then I realized that, although I may not care for it, there are lots of others who do care for it, and that's how I try to be now. The same goes for "Little House on the Prairie"-- I can't stand it for several reasons, the foremost being its setting and the time period (Minnesota in the 1800's, I believe), but then my brothers Marc and Mike love it, so I just let it be at that and look at what I like to look at.

[MikeL]

5:00am Tj Hooker

6:00am 21 Jump Street

7:00am Hunter

8:00am Spenser For Hire

9:00pm In The Heat Of The Night

10:00am Matlock

11:00am Murder She Wrote
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12:00pm Magnum Pi

1:00pm Simon And Simon

2:00pm Miami Vice

3:00pm Dukes Of Hazzard

4:00pm Dallas

5:00pm Starsky & Hutch

6:00pm A-Team

7:00pm Knight Rider

8:00pm Incredible Hulk
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9:00pm My Favorite Martian

9:30pm Courtship of Eddies Father

10:00pm Happy Days

10:30pm Laverne n Shirley

11:00pm Threes Company

11:30pm Mork n Mindy

12:00am Welcome Back Kottor

12:30pm WKRP in Cincinnati

1:00am One Day At A Time

1:30am Maude

2:00am Good Times

2:30am What's Happening!!

3:00am Taxi

3:30am Odd Couple

4:00am Barney Miller

4:30am Bob Newhart Show

5:00am Mary Tyler Moore Show

5:30am Brady Bunch
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Saturday Weekend Line Up

6:00am Seahunt

7:00am Highway Patrol

8:00am Wyatt Earp

9:00am Yancy Derringer

10:00am Perry Mason

11:00am Ironside
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12:00pm Batman

12:30pm Batman

1:00pm Adam 12

1:30pm Dragnet

2:00pm Alfred Hitchcock Presents

2:30pm Twilight Zone

3:00pm Car 54 Where Are U

3:30pm Get Smart

4:00pm Hogans Heroes

4:30pm The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

5:00pm Flying Nun

5:30pm Gomer Pyle Usmc

6:00pm Gidget

6:30pm Gilligan's Island

7:00pm Dennis The Menace

7:30pm My Three Sons
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8:00pm Patty Duke Show

8:30pm That Girl

9:00pm Family Affair

9:30pm Leave it to Beaver

10:00pm Andy Griffith Show

10:30pm Dick Van Dyke Show

11:00pm I love Lucy

11:30pm Honeymooners
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12:00am i Dream Of Jeannie

12;30am Bewitched

1:00am Munsters

1:30am Addams Family

2:00am Father Knows Best

2:30am Make Room For Daddy

3:00am Dennis the Menace

3:30am Mister Ed

4:00am The Donna Reed Show

4:30am The Bill Cosby Show
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Sunday Morning Line Up

5:00am Eight Is Enough

6:00pm Love Boat

7:00pm Fantasy Island

8:00am Greatest American hero

9:00am Quantum Leap

10:00am Highlander The Series

11:00pm Six Million Dollor Man

12:00pm Bionic Woman

1:00pm Fall Guy
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2:00pm Macgyver

3:00pm Hill Street Blues

4:00pm Hardcastle & McCormick

5:00pm Airwolf

6:00pm Mission Impossible

7:00pm Rockford Files
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8:00pm Charles in Charge

8:30pm Gimme A Break

9:00pm Whos The Boss

9:30pm Mr. Belvedere

10:00pm Diff Rent Strokes

10:30pm Silver Spoons

11:00pm Growing Pains

11:30pm Just The Ten of Us
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12:00am Archie Bunkers Place

12:30am Cheers

1:00am My Two Dads

1:30am Night Court

2:00am Benson

2:30am Perfect Strangers

3:00am Head Of The Class

3:30am Facts Of Life

4:00am Family Ties

4:30am Newhart

[Dusty's Fan]

Basically what I'm saying is I hate how Sony and other companies dictate what we are going to watch. It's almost as if they're saying, "We don't care how much you love 'Diff'rent Strokes' and 'Facts of Life'! You can't watch them! You are going to watch 'Seinfeld' and love it!"

The thing to remember is that it takes time to get the older series ready for release. Seinfeld going to DVD was a relatively simple process compared with taking elements of 30 to 35-year old shows and getting them prepared -- unless quality is thrown out the window and a poor product is acceptable to the fans. The negatives of shows of that era may not be available for all episodes, and the available prints may have been edited or of lesser quality.

As an example of what has to be dealt with, there have to be clearances for any music involved with older shows. Music that's under copyright has to either come with a fee or be replaced. The legal or editing work takes time and money.

No one likes to have to wait for their favorites. But getting older stuff to DVD takes more time and effort, and the greater expenses incurred by the company releasing them tend to be weighed against anticipated sales.

I grew up with '70s shows and to a bit lesser extent '80s. There is good stuff that has already been released. I recommend that you try to sample some shows you've never seen by using your public library. And instead of the earliest episodes, try an episode from later seasons (or later in Season 1) for a good representative sampling of a series. Don't let critics try to dictate your choices; oftentimes people become fans of series that others have never praised...!