TV Land (Canada) gets renamed Comedy Gold, focuses on sitcoms 70s-90s
Taylor
THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW – New (Seasons 1-7 x :30)
Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis after a relationship goes bad. She
finds work as an associate producer in a small television newsroom
where the characters include Lou Grant, her gruff boss, Murray
Slaughter the humorous writer, and Ted Baxter the Anchor Man who
spends his time mispronouncing country names. Mary continues to hope
for romance, but finds that her friends are more dependable.
THE BOB NEWHART SHOW – New Seasons (1-6 x :30)
Bob (Bob Newhart) is a successful Chicago psychologist who shares his
secretary Carol with best friend orthodontist, Dr. Jerry Robinson
(Peter Bonerz). The show revolves around his (usually comic) dealings
with his patients, his school teacher wife Emily (Susanne Pleshette),
and others in their apartment building.
Starts August 2nd
NEWHART – New (Seasons 1-8 x :30)
Two-time Emmy®- Award nominee for Outstanding Comedy Series, NEWHART
follows Dick Loudon (Bob Newhart) and his wife Joanna (Mary Frann)
after leaving New York City for a little inn in Vermont. Their unique
staff at the inn include George Utley (Tom Poston) is the handyman and
Stephanie Vanderkellen (Julia Duffy) the maid, an heiress who hates
her job.
NIGHT COURT – New (Seasons 1-3 x :30)
Three-time Emmy®-nominee for Best Comedy Series, NIGHT COURT aired for
nine seasons between 1984 and 1992. Starring Harry Anderson as Judge
Harry T. Stone, a young, hip, jeans wearing, liberal eccentric and
three-time Emmy®-winner John Larroquette as narcissistic prosecutor
Dan Fielding.
SCTV – New (100 x :30)
Sketch comedy show set around the fictitious TV station SCTV which
launched the careers of John Candy, Catherine O’Hara, Andrea Martin,
and Eugene Levy. The programs broadcast by SCTV are parodies of films
and other television shows. They included "Farm Film Report", Woody
Allen's "Play It Again, Bob!", "Monster Horror Chiller Theatre" and
"Great White North." Other sketches involve the staff of SCTV, like
president Guy Caballero, clueless newscaster Earl Camembert, washed up
actor Johnny LaRue and leopard-skin print wearing station owner Edith
Prickley.
MUPRHY BROWN – New (Seasons 1-10 x :30)
Two-time Emmy®-winner for Best Comedy Series, MURPHY BROWN starred
four-time Emmy® and two-time Golden Globe®-winner for Lead Actress in
a Comedy Series Candice Bergen in the title role. An unabashed
liberal, Murphy Brown is one of TV’s most brilliant journalists and is
considered an enemy of the Bush White House.
THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR – New (Seasons 1-6 x :30)
A wealthy family living in Bel-Air, takes in their teenage relative,
played by Grammy® Award-winner Will Smith. As they open their home to
their needy relative, Will adapts easily to their indulgent lifestyle.
Yet, he reminds everyone that the simplest pleasures of family life
can't be bought at any price.
Keith
Wow, I wish we had those wonderful shows down here in the USA.
Keith
Taylor
Yes, the original TV Land _has_ deteriorated in the past half decade.
"Reality" shows and the addition of late-90's and newer series has
sucked the life out of original concept of retro TV.
TV Land (Canada)
http://www.tvlandcanada.com/
Deja View
http://www2.canada.com/topics/entertainment/tvchannels/dejaview/index.html
What we lose is classic dramas. Deja View has cut back its piddly
slate (from its Fall 2009 schedule) of dramas to _only_ 'Rockford
Files', airing on the weekends only. Now Comedy Gold will be airing
just sitcoms.
RTN - Retro Television Network, the digital sub-channel retro TV
channel, seems to be the new and last stop for a retro TV channel done
right. Sadly, it's only available OTA (over-the-air) and each market
(US city) has its own unique schedule, but they do things like air
retro bumpers and commericals... just what TV Land _use_ to do when it
first launched.
Here in Canada, unless you live near the Canadian/US border, you won't
get RTN OTA (mine would be on WXYZ-TV Detroit).
Shows like 'SCTV', while considered desirable to Americans, kicks
around from channel to channel (to channel to channel to channel) due
to Cancon rules (Canadian content quotas). Our version of Comedy
Central, The Comedy Network, all around SUX, so I nixed watching it
('SCTV'), but _may_ watch this time around on Comedy Gold.
I admit Canadians are "spoiled" by having 2 retro TV channels to
counter-program.