TV Networks That Went Downhill

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Weather Channel to start airing movies

No joke, though not really suprised

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 Cartoon Network schedule from March of 1993

The schedule for the Cartoon Network (as of March 1993) is as follows:
[all times are Eastern]

Monday through Friday:
5 am    Josie & Pussycats       
 5:30    Back To Bedrock
6 am    Morning Crew             
10 am   Tom & Jerry Hour
11 am   Top Cat 
11:30   Fantastic Max
12 pm   Snorks                   
12:30   Paw Paws
1 pm    Shirttales               
1:30    Richie Rich
2 pm    Down Wit' Droopy Dog     
4 pm    Top Cat
4:30    Josie & Pussycats         
5 pm   Super Adventures
6 pm    Birdman Galaxy Trio       
6:30    Centurions
7 pm    Jonny Quest               
7:30    Back To Bedrock
8 pm    Flintstones               
8:30    Jetsons
9 pm    Bugs & Daffy Tonight     
11:30   Toon Heads
11:45   Down Wit' Droopy Dog     
1:45 am  Jetsons
2:15 am  Toon Heads               
2:30 am  Bugs & Daffy Tonight


Saturday:
[all times Eastern]


5 am    Dynomutt                 
5:30    Birdman Galaxy Trio
6 am    World Famous Toons       
8 am    Down Wit' Droopy Dog
10 am   Wacky Races               
11 am   Huckleberry Hound Hour
12 pm   Super Heroes Super Adv.   
2 pm    Galtar
2:30    Birdman Galaxy Trio       
3 pm    Fantastic 4
3:30    Dynomutt                 
 4 pm    Thundarr
4:30    Centurions               
5 pm    Jonny Quest
5:30    Jetsons                   
6 pm    Wacky Races
7 pm    Huckleberry Hound Hour   
8 pm    Bugs & Daffy Saturday Nite
9 pm    Flintstones               
9:30    Jetsons
10 pm   Back To Bedrock           
10:30   Jonny Quest
11 pm   Toon Heads               
12 am   Bugs & Daffy Saturday Nite
1 am    World Famous Toons       
3 am    Toon Heads
4 am    Super Heroes Super Adventures


Sunday
[all times Eastern]


5 am    Wait Til' Father Gets Home     
6 am    Kwicky Koala
6:30    Paw Paws                       
7 am    Shirttales
7:30    Dink the Dino                   
8 am    Snorks
9 am    Misadventures of Ed Grimley     
10 am   Boomerang
12 pm   Jetsons                         
12:30   Jonny Quest
1 pm    Dynomutt                       
1:30    Galtar
2 pm    Thundarr                       
2:30    Birdman Galaxy Trio
3 pm    Magilla & Friends               
4 pm    World Famous Toons
6 pm    Down Wit' Droopy Dog           
8 pm    Bugs & Daffy Sunday Nite
9 pm    Flintstones                   
 9:30    Jetsons
10 pm   Misadventures of Ed Grimley     
11 pm   Wait Til' Father Gets
12 am   Dynomutt                       
12:30   Galtar
1 am    Bugs & Daffy Sunday Nite       
3 am    World Famous Toons

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 '80's Nickelodeon tv schedules

Nickelodeon Schedule from 1983

Nick's schedule from the
week of April 9, 1983 (all ET):

Saturday:
8AM: Pinwheel
11AM: Kids' Writes
11:30AM: Tomorrow People
Noon: You Can't Do That On Television
12:30PM: Lights! Camera! Action!
1:30PM: Against The Odds
2PM: ADventures Of Black Beauty
2:30PM: Livewire
3:30PM: Circustown (Special Documentary)
4:30PM: YCDTOTV
5PM: Against The Odds
5:30PM: Black Beauty
6PM: Reggie Jackson's World Of Sports
7Pm: Kids In Performance
7:30PM: Silver City (Music)
8:30PM: Third Eye
9PM: Go to ARTS (a forerunner of A&E) until 12 Midnight


Sunday:
Same as Saturday, except:
12:30PM: Reggie Jackson
1:30PM: Kids' Writes
3:30PM: Movie: "Let The Balloon Go"
6PM: Lights! Cameras! Action!
7PM: Livewire
8PM: Third Eye (60 minutes)
9PM: Go to ARTS


Monday to Friday:


8AM: Today's Special
8:30AM: Dusty's Treehouse
9AM: Pinwheel
Noon: Pinwheel (again, but 2 hours)
2PM: Today's Special
2:30PM: Dusty's Treehouse
3PM: What Will They Think Of Next!
3:30PM: YCDTOTV
4PM: Black Beauty
4:30PM: Tomorrow People
5PM: Third Eye (MWF), Against The Odds (Tues & Thurs)
5:30PM: Livewire
6:30PM: What Will They Think Of Next!
7PM: YCDTOTV
7:30PM: Black Beauty
8PM: Tomorrow People
8:30PM: Third Eye (MWF), Against The Odds (Tues & Thurs)
9PM: ARTS

Nickelodeon schedule from 1987

Here's another classic 1987 line-up, this time from the 5/2/87 issue of
TV Guide (all times ET):

Saturday:


6AM: Kids' Writes
6:30AM: Nick Rocks
7AM: Dennis The Menace (1960's Tv Series)
7:30AM: Out Of Control
8AM: Mr. Wizard's World
8:30AM: Danger Mouse
9AM: Belle & Sebastian
9:30AM: Turkey Television
10AM: Lassie
10:30AM: Bad News Bears (the TV series version of the movie of the same
name from the mid-1970s)
11AM: Spartakus
11:30AM: Dennis The Menace (same)
12 Noon: YCDTOTV
12:30PM: Nick Rocks
1PM: Lassie
1:30PM: Zoo family (Drama)
2PM: Movie: Little Women (Anime version of Louisa May Alcott's book)
3:30PM: Special: 8th World Invitationa Double Dutch (Jump Rope)
Championship, from NYC
4PM: Rated K: For Kids By Kids
4:30PM: Mr. Wizard
5PM: Monkees
5:30PM: Mysterious Cities Of Gold
6PM: Spartakus
6:30PM: Star Trek (animated)
7PM: YCDTOTV
7:30PM: bad News Bears


Nick-At-Nite:
8PM: Donna Reed
8:30Pm: Mr. Ed
9PM: Movie: The Night Has Eyes
11PM: Mad Movies
11:30PM: Monkees
12 Midnight: Turkey Television (60-minute version)
1AM: Donna Reed
1:30AM: Mr. Ed
2AM: Movie (Repeat of 9PM film)
4AM: Turkey TV
5AM: Route 66


Sunday:
6AM: Lights! Camera! Action!
7AM: Dennis The Menace
7:30AM: Out Of Control
8AM: Mr. Wizard
8:30AM: Danger Mouse
9AM: Belle & Sebastian
9:30AM: Turkey TV
10AM: Lassie
10:30AM: Bad News Bears
11AM: Spartakus
11:30AM: Star Trek (animated)
12 Noon: YCDTOTV
12:30PM: Nick Rocks Countdown
1PM: Lassie
1:30PM: Zoo Family
2PM: Movie: "The Witches Of Grinnygog" (Made for British TV; 1983)
4PM: Rated K
4:30PM: Mr. Wizard


Nick-At-Nite:
5PM: I Spy
6PM: Mad Movies
6:30PM: Ann Sothern
7PM: Smothers Brothers (the sitcom from 1965(?), with Tom Smothers
playing an angel)
7:30PM: Bad News Bears
8PM: Donna Reed
8:30PM: Mr. Ed
9PM: Movie: "The Winds Of Jarrah" (1983)
11PM: Smothers Brothers
11:30PM: Monkees
12 Midnight: Turkey TV
12:30AM: Infomercials (90 minutes)
2AM: Movie (repeat)
4AM: Turkey TV
5AM: Route 66


Weekdays:
6AM: Curious George
6:30AM: Dennis The Menace
7AM: Lassie
7:30AM: Mr. Wizard
8AM: Little Prince
8:30AM: Today's Special
9AM: Shari Show (with Shari Lewis & Lambchop)
9:30AM: Kids' Writes
10AM: Pinwheel (4 hours)
2PM: Today's Special
2:30PM: Little Prince
3PM: Spartakus
3:30Pm: Turkey TV
4Pm: YCDTOTV
4:30PM: Lassie
5PM: Dennis The Menace
5:30PM: Double Dare
6PM: Monkees
6:30PM: Nick Rocks
7PM: TCDTOTV
7:30PM: Danger Mouse


Nick-At-Nite:
8PM: Donna Reed
8:30PM: Mr. Ed
9PM: My Three Sons
9:30PM: Susie (starring Ann Sothern)
10PM: I Spy
11Pm: Route 66
12 Midnight: Donna Reed
12:30AM: Mr. Ed
1AM: My Three Sons
1:30AM: Susie
2AM: I Spy
3AM: Route 66
4AM: Movie:
May 4: The Rage of Paris
May 5: Stage Door Canteen
May 6: The Scarlet Pimpernel
May 7: Algiers
May 8: D.O.A (1949)

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Cartoon Network's presentation reel from 1991

Ironic, isn't it...

Good thing they went with the checkerboard logo since the circle looked generic, IMHO.

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Disney Channel is now airing shortened (about 4 minutes), redubbed versions of their theatrical Mickey Mouse shorts...

Well, better than nothing and atleast they're exposed to a new generation...


Source: wiki

In late October 2009, Disney Channel premiere a new short series called: "have a laugh!"[7] [8] These 4 to 5 minute segments would include re-dubbed versions of classic Disney Cartoons. The first of which premiere on October 26, 2009: Lonesome Ghosts.

The clips: "Have A Laugh"

(Honestly, they should be shown uncut. Though atleast the original versions are on the site.)

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Looney Tunes back on Cartoon Network (well, wouldn't be suprised if temporarily)...nowonly  if it's  also on Boomerang  



Found a post that I completely agree on from a Toon Zone thread about networks going downhill

Though I don't mind modern programming, I like channels that mixed the old with the new like Nickelodeon in the 1980's & 1990's where it aired older programs (outside of Nick at Nite) with their then current game shows, tween sitcoms, cartoons, etc.


As a kid in the early '90's, I've seen "I Love Lucy", "Leave It To Beaver", "Bewitched", "Brady Bunch", "Star Trek" airing in regular syndication. Now there's hardly anything from over 20 years ago (with exception of "Cheers" & "Cosby Show").

source

It doesn't sound like you don't really hate what the nets are doing as it sounds like you don't like any of the classic programming that they used to show, or any family-friendly fare like the Disney Channel shows. The Disney Channel is only disposable to YOU because you don't like any classic or family-friendly programming. Did the Disney Channel ever show anything you liked? I'm guessing not. (More modern-programming bias: Family Guy is not so great that a network could not survive without it.) I miss AMC showing classic films; showing modern movies with edits for commercials makes them just another Spike or WGN or whatever. I stopped watching AMC when they went moden and now only watch TCM now, which I'm betting is a channel you don't watch.

It's easy to defend these networks making these changes under the rationalization of "good business decisions" when they are
changing to modern stuff that you already like. But many of these networks used classic programming to become successful and then abandoned it--not because it wasn't doing well, but because younger executives were brought in who wanted to put on what they liked, rather than what their audiences liked.

TV Land pulled The Andy Griffith Show off their weekday primetime lineup many months ago, despite the fact that it was their highest rated program. Recently they have had to bring it back into their prime time lineup. The classic programming isn't being pulled because of low ratings; it's being pulled because younger executives come in who think they know everything and selfishly want to put on the modern stuff they like, rather than what their viewers expect or what has been consistent with the channel's identity in the past.

It's pretty sad when with all the many channels already showing modern stuff, people still want to destroy the few classic programming channels out there, or defend the demise of these channels as "good business decisions," because they selfishly and arrogantly can't stand for any network to be showing anything they don't like.

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Don't watch much VH1 Classic since it tend to air the same batch of videos, airs mostly specials, movies (especially that isn't music related) , and videos only air in the night/early morning hours.

Plus, there's more variety on the satellite music channels. 

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MTV aired 2 episodes of "Remote Control" last nite as a tribute for Ken Ober.

Oddly, the episodes didn't have Adam Sandler or Kari Wuhrer though still entertaining. Especially the second episode (from 1990), which one guy answered the most questions, but the winner was actually the one that answered a few. (The prizes were also interesting since technology/products have changed much since then.)


 While they could've shown "special" episodes with celebrity contesants or more of Sandler, it's great that Ober's remembered and a few episodes have aired.

Especially that Disney XD & Disney Channel (outside regular airings of the CGI baby show) didn't air any Disney cartoon that Wayne Allwine voiced Mickey on (ie "House of Mouse") when he passed.

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Wasted opportunities...

ABC Family... when Disney bought Fox ABC Family they turned it into a clone of the CW instead of an improved version of  what "Disney Channel" used to be...

Disney XD (formerly Toon Disney)... see above

VH1 Classics... not suprising since it's a Viacom network

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Disney XD is hardly airing anything in the Christmas season...

ABC Family, Boomerang, and even  to an extant Cartoon Network are probably the only few that still air Christmas specials. 

ABC Family is good, though honestly I'm not into Rankin Bass specials except for "Rudolph" that still airs on network tv (CBS, I think, have been airing it)

Strangely, Garfield specials aren't airing anymore despite of the recent popularity with the movies and current tv show.

Well, good thing for DVDs 

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Disney XD to be used by Marvel for character testing


Well, atleast there's no plans of a "Loonatics" type show with Mickey & Donald

In a way, great for fans of Marvel since they could create shows with lesser known characters that could gain more appeal.  (well there's already a movie with "Iron Man" and a current cartoon...which in a way is already happening since I don't think he was  well known like Wolverine or Spider Man)

Unlike how Warner Bros. just use known DC heroes for movies & tv shows.

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VH1 Classics will have a another week long music video marathon "2010 videos for 2010" for New Years...

Since that the videos are now interrupted with those annoying "ring tone" pop-ups... skip.

Honestly, with the Viacom (ie MTV, VH1) archive, they could atleast take advantage or aquire some vintage music variety shows or something.

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TV Guide, when it actual had listings

Though not sure if still around since I've haven't seen it on the magazine rack for a while.

Note: before Fox network and for some reason (probably the cable provider didn't have it at the time) TNT and Disney Channel aren't listed.


March 10 to 16, 1984

September 8 to 14, 1984

September 14 to 20, 1985

[Out of the Blue]

It's now on TV.  We have the TV Guide network.

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Watched the Brat Pack episode of "Movies & Music" on Reelz Channel

1. Why was "Footloose" included. Even if Kevin Bacon is an "honorary Brat Packer", "Footloose" wasn't directed by John Hughes. Though Bacon did appeared in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" and "She's Having A Baby", but not on his teen films.


2. There was no mention of Hughes' passing, though the episode could've been recorded before. (episode was from 2009, but was aware of the show towards the end of the year)

3. Marilyn Manson's cover of Soft Cell's  "Tainted Love" was shown  because Molly Ringwald appeared in a cameo role in "Not Another Teen Movie", which parodies teen films. Aleast they didn't play anything from  "The Mighty Ducks"...

Music videos featured:

1. Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from "The Breakfast Club"
2. Marilyn Manson "Tainted Love"
3. Kenny Loggins "Footloose"
4. Oingo Boingo "Weird Science"
5. Yello "Oh Yeah"  from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off

OK, where's "Pretty In Pink" (Psychedelic Furs) and "If You Leave" (OMD)...