TV Land May 2009 -- Cosby Mom Appreciation; The Cougar Continues

[Pavan]

TV Land May 2009 --


Blog Story: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...s-tv-land.html

Regular schedule:

Changes:

Weeknights, effective Wednesday, May 13, 2009
6:00PM & 6:30PM The Beverly Hillbillies (replaces Hogan's Heroes/Green Acres)
7:00PM & 7:30PM The Andy Griffith Show (replaces Beverly Hillbillies)
9:00PM & 9:30PM Roseanne Tues-Fri (replacing Andy Griffith)
12:00AM & 12:30AM Roseanne Mon-Wed, Fri (replacing 3rd Rock from the Sun)
1:00AM Roseanne Mon-Wed, Fri (replacing Cosby Show)
2:00AM Cosby Show Mon-Wed (replaces Sanford & Son)

Thursdays
10:00PM-1:00AM Married with Children (replaces M*A*S*H)
2:30AM-3:30AM Cosby Show (replaces Sanford & Son/The Jeffersons)

Fridays
9:00PM-2:30AM Roseanne (replaces Andy Griffith Show 2x, TV Land PRIME Movie, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Cosby Show 2x, Sanford & Son)
2:30AM-3:30AM Cosby Show (replaces Sanford & Son/The Jeffersons)
3:30AM Sanford & Son (replaces The Jeffersons)
4:00AM The Jeffersons (replaces Good Times)

Saturdays
7:00PM-8:00PM Andy Griffith Show (replaces Leave it to Beaver)
11:00PM-1:00AM Cosby Show (replaces MASH)
1:00AM-4:00AM Roseanne (replaces Three's Company)
4:00AM-6:00AM Three's Company (replaces Little House on the Prairie 2x)

Sundays
10:00AM Hogan's Heroes (replaces Beverly Hillbillies)
1:00AM-3:00AM Roseanne (replaces Beverly Hillbillies)


FULL SCHEDULE

Weekdays
6:00AM Paid Programming
9:00AM All in the Family
9:30AM Sanford and Son
10:00AM The Jeffersons
10:30AM The Jeffersons
11:00AM Good Times
11:30AM Good Times
12:00PM Gunsmoke (Mon); Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Tues-Fri)
1:00PM Gunsmoke (Mon); Beverly Hillbillies 2x (Tues-Fri)
2:00PM Bonanza (Mon); Gunsmoke (Tues-Fri)
3:00PM Bonanza (Mon); Gunsmoke (Tues-Fri)
4:00PM Bonanza
5:00PM Bonanza
6:00PM The Beverly Hillbillies
6:30PM The Beverly Hillbillies
7:00PM The Andy Griffith Show
7:30PM The Andy Griffith Show
8:00PM The Andy Griffith Show
8:30PM The Andy Griffith Show
9:00PM The Andy Griffith Show (Mon); Roseanne (Tues-Fri)
9:30PM The Andy Griffith Show (Mon); Roseanne (Tues-Fri)
10:00PM-12:00AM The Andy Griffith Show; The Cosby Show (Tues); The Cougar (Wed); Married...with Children (Thurs); Roseanne (Fri)
12:00AM Roseanne (Mon-Wed, Fri); Married...with Children (Thurs)
12:30AM Roseanne (Mon-Wed, Fri); Married...with Children (Thurs)
1:00AM Roseanne (Mon-Tues, Fri); The Cougar encore (Wed); Married...with Children (Thurs)
1:30AM The Cosby Show (Mon-Tues); The Cougar encore cont. (Wed); Roseanne (Thurs-Fri)
2:00AM The Cosby Show (Mon-Tues); Sanford & Son (Wed); Roseanne (Thurs-Fri)
2:30AM Sanford & Son (Mon-Wed); The Cosby Show (Thurs-Fri)
3:00AM The Jeffersons (Mon-Wed); The Cosby Show (Thurs-Fri)
3:30AM The Jeffersons (Mon-Thurs); Sanford & Son (Fri)
4:00AM Good Times (Mon-Thurs); The Jeffersons (Fri)
4:30AM Good Times
5:00AM M*A*S*H
5:30AM M*A*S*H

Saturdays
6:00AM TV Land Movie Encores
8:00AM Cougar Encores/Movie cont.
9:00AM Cougar Encores/Brady Bunch 2x
10:00AM Brady Bunch
10:30AM Brady Bunch
11:00AM Leave it to Beaver
11:30AM Leave it to Beaver
12:00PM Leave it to Beaver
12:30PM Leave it to Beaver
1:00PM Gunsmoke
2:00PM Gunsmoke
3:00PM Bonanza
4:00PM Bonanza
5:00PM Bonanza
6:00PM Bonanza
7:00PM-11:00PM The Andy Griffith Show
11:00PM-1:00AM The Cosby Show
1:00AM-4:00AM Roseanne
4:00AM-6:00AM Three's Company

Sundays
6:00AM Star Trek
7:00AM Gunsmoke
8:00AM Bonanza
9:00AM Bonanza
10:00AM Hogan's Heroes
10:30AM-1:00PM The Beverly Hillbillies
1:00PM Gunsmoke
2:00PM Gunsmoke
3:00PM Bonanza
4:00PM Bonanza
5:00PM Bonanza
6:00PM Bonanza
7:00PM-10:30PM The Andy Griffith Show
10:30PM-1:00AM M*A*S*H
1:00AM-3:00AM Roseanne
3:00AM-4:00AM The Brady Bunch
4:00AM Little House on the Prairie
5:00AM Little House on the Prairie


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Some minor one-time-only adjustments:
(does not include Movies and Original Encores)

Friday, May 1
3:00pm Gunsmoke
4:00pm Bonanza
5:00pm Bonanza
6:00pm Hogan's Heroes

Thursday, May 7
1am-2am 3rd Rock from the Sun

Saturday, May 9
7pm-11pm Andy Griffith (extended)
11pm-1:30am M*A*S*H (extended)

Thursday, May 14
10pm-1am Married...with Children

Saturday, May 16
10am-11:30am Brady Bunch
11:30am-1pm Leave it to Beaver
7pm Bonanza

Monday, May 25
9am-12pm Brady Bunch

Saturday, May 30
6am Brady Bunch
9am-7pm Bonanza

Sunday, May 31
6am-10pm Bonanza





Specials & Marathons






- Friday Nite Movies
Every Friday starting at 10pm e/p
TV Land Friday Movies continue this winter!
We all know them and we all love them. We have all seen these movies so many times we can quote entire scenes verbatim...yet we still watch them whenever they're on. These classic movies are back for nostalgic enjoyment this spring on TV Land.

Friday, May 1, 10p-12:30a
Witches of Eastwick

Friday, May 8, 10p-12:30a
Patriot Games

Friday, May 15, 10p-1a
The Fugitive

Friday, May 22, 10p-12a
The Twilight Zone

Friday, May 29, 10p-12:30a
Witches of Eastwick

Saturday encores / premieres:
Saturday, May 2: 6am-8:30am Witches of Eastwick
Saturday, May 9: 6am-8:30am Patriot Games
Saturday, May 16: 6am-9am The Fugitive
Saturday, May 23: 6am-8pm The Twilight Zone
Saturday, May 30: 6:30am-9am Witches of Eastwick

Special encores / premieres:
None




-The Cougar
Wednesday at 10pm ET/PT started April 15, 2009
Stacey Anderson, a stunning 40-year-old successful realtor from Scottsdale, Arizona, is the "Cougar" in TV Land's new original series "The Cougar." The eight-episode series is hosted by Vivica A. Fox ("Kill Bill: Vol. 1," "Curb Your Enthusiasm") and follows Anderson as she searches for love among a pool of 20 eligible twenty-something men. The one-hour elimination dating series is executive produced by Mike Fleiss ("The Bachelor") through his NEXT Entertainment production company in association with Warner Horizon Television
Encores: Wednesdays 11pm & 1am; Thursdays 3am; Fridays 11:59pm; Saturdays 12pm & 9pm; Sundays 11am, 6pm, & 1am; Mondays 10pm; Tuesdays 11:59pm.




-PRIME's Mom Appreciation Nite
Thursday, May 7, 2009
9pm-1am ET/PT
Viewers get to spend some time with Mom and "The Cos" just in time for Mother's Day when TV Land Prime gives moms everywhere the nite off!
Prime presents a special Cosby marathon salute to Mom with episodes that feature Cliff struggling to entertain the kids and keep the household in order as he indulges his wife Clair with some well deserved time away from Huxtable family mayhem.

9p Cliff Babysits - #111
9:30p A Girl and Her Dog - #059
10p Cliff in Charge - #061
10:30p Slumber Party - #022
11p Rudy’s Sick - #012
11:30p Cliff La Dolce - #135
12a Knight to Knight - #011
12:30a Clair’s Place - #188














Blog Story: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...s-tv-land.html

[b&tcfan]

With the first week of June just a week off from the end of this schedule release, any idea if a renewal decision has been made on Leave it to Beaver?

[JulieSomoski]

So much for TV Land PRIME - they might as well call it the Andy Griffith block from now on.

[Pavan]

No news on Beaver yet. Andy is 7-10pm. Only one hour of that is in PRIME.

[factsoflife]

Question about the TV LAND awards... will there be any on-line categories this year? i love voting for on-line stuff every year. If so when will those categories be opened for voting?

[clj2]

I doubt they'll renew Beaver.....remember we can still watch it on RTN who treats their shows much better when things are running properly.

[clj2]

Any updates on Beaver? I guess it's reached the end of its rope on TV Land. Or is it low on plays or something? I know it always did very well and aired in good slots until recently. It's been a staple for so long; even more than Lucy was.

I find it hard to believe Green Acres would get enough ratings to air afternoons instead of LITB. That was never the case....it was usually Beaver afternoons, Acres weekends. Any insight, Pav? Have Beaver fans finally gotten tired of it after 11 years?

Interesting to see all of these 60s/70s shows getting the good slots when we all thought that's what they were moving away from several years ago. Never fails....they get the recent shows and always wind up going back to the old reliable; Andy, Gunsmoke, Hillbillies, etc. If I were them, I would acquire some of the shows that they aired 7-8 years ago and have rested for a while. Review the ratings; get what did well back then again. Like they did Hillbillies and Hogan's, both seem to be doing well. Please....no more Hunter, Vice/S&S/A-Team/Knight Rider, 227, Murphy Brown, Just Shoot Me, Wings, Night Court, Scrubs, etc type adds....shows like that JUST DON'T WORK WELL on there for some reason. Cheers and Cosby are 80s shows that fit pretty well and did decently.

[b&tcfan]

I think Green Acres is played where it is because it fits with the other shows that are played around it. If you look at it TV Land has moved to having 3 main themed sitcom blocks- Norman Lear Shows (All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Good Times), Rural Shows (Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, Hogan's Heroes, The Andy Griffith Show), and Prime (3rd Rock, Cosby Show)

TV Land has 3 sitcoms that don't fit into those 2 categories (Leave it to Beaver, The Brady Bunch, and Three's Company) and thus air weekends only.

M*A*S*H would probably air in afternoons/early evening, but they only can air it between 8pm - 8am--so that's why it is in overnights primarily.

It makes me wonder if the 2 classics coming later this year will either be Norman Lear or rural shows? Also makes me wonder if Green Acres and The Jeffersons have a better chance of renewal that LITB?

For the record, I'm happy Green Acres does air like it does as I like it much better than the Hillbillies. But outside of TAGS, I'm not real big on all the rural programming. I certainly prefer the Norman Lear/weekend sitcoms.

[clj2]

Remember Green Acres and The Jeffersons both expire this year so they could release both of them so there wouldn't be so much Lear/rural.

I'm hoping for Get Smart, That Girl, Alice, or at least something similar. 1 60s and 1 70s would be nice replacements and let the other 2 go maybe.

[Pavan]

TV Land has changed their May schedule a bit starting May 4. See first post for the full schedule. Among the changes are more westerns on weekdays now extended from 2pm-6pm Tues-Fri. This means the Monday block is now from 12pm-6pm. Evening sitcoms now start 6pm with Hogan's Heroes and Green Acres. Hillbillies remains in the 7pm hour. TV Land Goes West is added also on Saturdays from 1pm-7pm, just like Sundays. This means the TV Land movie encores are now Saturdays at 6am. Brady Bunch on Saturdays is now 9am-11am, with Beaver from 11am-1pm leading into the westerns. Beaver also airs 7-8pm, followed by blocks of Andy from 8pm-11pm, M*A*S*H 11pm-1am, and Three's Company from 1am-3am. Sundays has Hillbillies from 10am-1pm leading into the westerns. Andy follows from 7-10pm, then M*A*S*H from 10pm-1am, Hillbillies from 1am-3am, and an hour of Brady Bunch in the 3am hour.
Again see the first post for the full schedule. It is now more of a regular schedule, especially on weekends, so less one time adjustments now.

This is now CANCELED and replaced with regular schedule (TV Land Goes West):
-The Cougar Memorial Day Marathon
Monday, May 25, 2009
12pm-6pm ET/PT
It's been six weeks since single sophisticated cougar Stacey embarked on her prowl to find her perfect cub. Prior to the season finale and Stacey's final pick on Wednesday, June 3, come relive all of the romance, laughs, tears and heartbreaks with a marathon of the first six episodes. Tune in to see additional footage and dramatic deleted scenes as well as get an inside scoop on what everyone from Stacey to Vivica to the guys were really thinking.

[clj2]

Bah. More of those same 2 westerns. And still no weekday Beaver

[JT]

Originally Posted by 60s70s80stvfan

Bah. More of those same 2 westerns. And still no weekday Beaver

In place of that monstrosity "The Cougar." Given the choice between the Cartwrights/Matt Dillon and "single sophisticated cougar Stacey," I'd have to toss Stacey's single sophisticated ass out.

It's really not that horrid. They do seem to be moving back to where they were 4-5 years ago. The movies aren't on as much anymore, Cougar seems to have done not as good as they hoped...the westerns keep getting more timeslots, which IMO, is a major win for all types of classic TV because you just don't get any more old-fashioned than westerns. The westerns are the complete and total opposite of their originals.

I'm just interested to see how they go through 2009. They get ragged on a lot (DESERVEDLY), but sometimes it doesn't seem so bad. The majority of their schedule is the usual type of stuff you'd expect on TVLand, so who knows...they might start inching back to what they used to be.

[clj2]

Originally Posted by JT

In place of that monstrosity "The Cougar." Given the choice between the Cartwrights/Matt Dillon and "single sophisticated cougar Stacey," I'd have to toss Stacey's single sophisticated ass out.

It's really not that horrid. They do seem to be moving back to where they were 4-5 years ago. The movies aren't on as much anymore, Cougar seems to have done not as good as they hoped...the westerns keep getting more timeslots, which IMO, is a major win for all types of classic TV because you just don't get any more old-fashioned than westerns. The westerns are the complete and total opposite of their originals.

I'm just interested to see how they go through 2009. They get ragged on a lot (DESERVEDLY), but sometimes it doesn't seem so bad. The majority of their schedule is the usual type of stuff you'd expect on TVLand, so who knows...they might start inching back to what they used to be.

True. The only "wow" spot is 3rd Rock From The Sun....and they have sacked all of the 80s/90s sitcoms that failed. However, if these westerns do so well, why not acquire more so we don't have so much of the same 2 we've seen for years?

Any info on whether or not Beaver will be renewed yet? I'm doubting..

[b&tcfan]

Originally Posted by 60s70s80stvfan

Any info on whether or not Beaver will be renewed yet? I'm doubting..

I'm guessing we will know that as soon as the TV Land June highlights are released. It's so close!

I'm optimistic about Beaver. They might at least keep it to fill those slots on Saturday. I don't think they can play the westerns, Andy Griffith, or Beverly Hillbillies that much more. They don't seem to use the Lear shows too much for weekends. More Brady Bunch? Maybe, but I think Beaver probably does a little better. Cougar/movies/3rd Rock not working on the weekends could be a good sign for Beaver....

I like it when they have a consistent weekend schedule! Hopefully they'll keep it!