Re: Notes for MABF02 (Thursday

Mike Powell

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Jan 4, 2010, 6:25:00 PM1/4/10

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> Yep, brain fart on title. I'm practically hypothermic here. By the
> way, why Thursdays?

Well, they are doing anniversarty stuff lately... could it be because the
show originally aired on Thursdays?

Mike

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Matt Garvey

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Jan 4, 2010, 10:09:51 PM1/4/10

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Mike Powell wrote:
> Reply is to a message from: Matt Garvey
>
> > Yep, brain fart on title. I'm practically hypothermic here. By the
> > way, why Thursdays?
>
> Well, they are doing anniversarty stuff lately... could it be because the
> show originally aired on Thursdays?
>

Well, in season 1 actually (including the 12/17/89 premiere and the
1/14/90 "premiere") it was on Sundays. The thought did cross my mind,
though.

Mike Powell

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Jan 5, 2010, 7:09:00 PM1/5/10

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Ho...@NOSPAMFatHounds.com, wrote:

> I remember pretty clearly it has always been on Sunday. I remember
> getting together with friends to watch on Sunday nights.

As someone pointed out, it may have really started on Sundays, but it ran
on Thursdays during the First Season, and for many, many seasons after.

I remember getting together on a Thursday night with some friends from
college, including a French exchange student, to watch "Crepes of Wrath."
I also remember rushing home from a night class to watch a new episode only
to find that my VCR had failed to record it. Happened more than once, and
really stuck in my craw!

To be honest, we could have watched "Crepes..." on a different weeknight,
but it certainly wasn't a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. The VCR mishaps were
on Thursdays for sure as that is the day of the week I had a night class.

I can't remember when they moved to Sundays. It has been many, many
seasons on Sundays, too, no doubt! I am wondering if NBC's "Must See
Thursday" lineup of the mid-1990's isn't what moved it to Sundays.

I am actually guessing they picked Thursdays because it is the day of the
week that sounds the most like Tuesday. ;-)

Mike

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OFF Fan

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Jan 5, 2010, 8:23:09 PM1/5/10

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On Tuesday, 05 Jan 2010 19:09:00 -500, "Mike Powell"
<Mike_...@iglou.com> wrote:

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20114134,00.html

I like this part:

"This season Bart moved to Thursdays and went eyeball-to-eyeball with
that paragon of goodness Bill Cosby. The Simpsons have been losing
that ratings battle."

I wonder how that Cosby battle turned out.;-)

Matt Garvey

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Jan 6, 2010, 1:49:08 PM1/6/10

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You may wish to avail yourself of the episode airdates list:
www.snpp.com/guides/episode_list.html
The Crepes of Wrath ran twice on the original Sunday slot (and once
more during season 6):
4/15/90-C (Sun) 6/24/90-C (Sun) 9/13/90 (Thur) 7G13 11 The
Crepes of Wrath
Fourth airing: 2/26/95-B (Sun)

The series ran on Sundays at 8:30 for the whole of season 1 (not just
7G08), I believe following Married with Children. Seasons 2-5 saw it
Thursdays at 8, and then with season 6 it moved to its permanent home,
Sundays at 8. I would assume the time you missed 7G13 was in September
'90, after the schedule change (season 2 hadn't begun yet but it
appears it moved in mid-August). The Thursday VCR mishaps would have
been correct for 2-5, then.

OFF Fan

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Jan 6, 2010, 5:04:36 PM1/6/10

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On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 10:49:08 -0800 (PST), Matt Garvey
<mx...@po.cwru.edu> wrote:

>The series ran on Sundays at 8:30 for the whole of season 1 (not just
>7G08), I believe following Married with Children.

I'm pretty sure MWC aired at 9PM ET on Sundays during OFF's first few
seasons. I think it followed a different show (In Living Color,
maybe?) during that first season.