The new brand and focus seems rather more downscale and less curated than their current schedule... although I suppose one man's "Petticoat Junction" is another man's "Full House."
Overall, it's not going to have a huge impact on their schedule, since most of Decades was comedy anyway... but sadly, this does mean the end of nightly "Dick Cavett Show" reruns. (Just last night I caught part of a 1971 pre-bout showdown between Ali and Frazier, which was truly a glimpse at a bygone era.) I believe the only dramas on their regular schedule were "Dark Shadows" and "The Millionaire," both buried in the 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. hours. But they did often feature dramas on their weekend binges - "77 Sunset Strip" this coming weekend (including the complete "noir" final season) and "The Mod Squad" the weekend after that, just before the rebranding begins. I wonder how often we'll see dramas like that on subchannels in the future. On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 10:33:46 PM UTC-4 David Bruggeman wrote: > Kurtis has been the announcer for NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" since > the retirement of Carl Kasell, and AFAIK, isn't planning to stop doing that > any time soon. > > David > > On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 06:51:18 PM PDT, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > He is in his 80s, and his show on the Decades sidechannel wasn't the big > attraction there anyway, so Weigel is rebranding the netlet as "Catchy > Comedy!", going for full-time laughs from classics from across the... well, > you know... the new brand débuts March 27th, and here's a sampling of its > daily menu, along with the continuing weekend binge, from its affiliate in > Green Bay, where the NFL team has been under major scrutiny lately... > > https://www.wbay.com/2023/03/14/goodbye-decades-hello-catchy-comedy/ > (link) > > B > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b8a9ebe-9a6f-4647-9ae4-0a357da31178n%40googlegroups.com.
