Posted on 04/24/2007 10:13:36 AM PDT by lowbridge
Cable network, TV LAND, has committed to hosting a movie night. After 11 years on the air the inclusion of movies is an attempt to save the channel from failure.
On April 29th 1996 a new cable channel aired named TV LAND. TV Land, owned by MTV Networks, is programmed with re-run shows mainly from the 50's, 60's, 70's and a few from the 80's. Such shows consist of classics like: I Love Lucy, Gunsmoke, The Andy Griffith Show, Green Acres, The Aadams Family, Knight Rider, and many more. However what was once an interesting concept quickly became a consistent low score in the ratings.
"Friday Night Movies" is the title for this movie night event and will kick of this month. The first batch of movies will be shown in succession and consist of films such as: White Men Can't Jump, Weekend at Bernies, and Basic Instinct. Such titles may seem odd to fans of the network who tune in for their classic re-runs only to find Sharon Stone killing people with an ice pick. However, this same group of people apparently isn't large enough or dedicated enough to help the dropping percentages that the Nielsens rating system tracks. Future movies to be aired will be: Pleasantville, Caddyshack, National Lampoons Vacation, The Blues Brothers, and Beetlejuice.
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Next time you want to limit the discussion to your opinion, speak up.
Since you’re the one who wants to look at naked women, I don’t think you have a basis for calling anyone else obsessed.
The post you responded to only mentioned Sopranos in passing for how it’s DVD sales proved there was a serious market for TV shows on DVD. Then went on to discuss how other shows, classic shows like they put on TVLand, are superior on DVD than on TV, largely because of the editing for time. You then took the beginning and middle of the post put them together on how you prefer Sopranos edited because they get rid of the nudity. I responded, respecting your core point with a comment, but re-iterating my core point was about editing for content like A&E does to the Sopranos but about editing for length like TVLand does to classic TV shows. Then you just kept going on about the boobies, I humored you for a while but it’s gotten dull.
I’m a guy I’m supposed to be obsessed with boobies. Although in the Sopranos I don’t pay that much attention. The way it’s setup they’re set dressing, like people behind the counter at Satriale’s, there for the look and the feel.
Enjoy yourself.
I thought it was there so that we can look at nude strippers. ;-)
Damn, why didn’t I think of that comment.
And Andy Griffth Show, Andy Griffith Show.... :-)
I wish N@N/TVLand would find slots for some real classic shows. What's wrong with airing Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Taxi, etc, once a week? Instead they run the same shows over and over every night, ad nauseum.
If only TV Land would realize that they had more TV shows in the 1960’s than the few they show, they could make them popular again. My most recent DVD purchases were box sets of Rat Patrol, Superman, and Wild Wild West, and I’m waiting for Man from UNCLE soon!
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