This article is about the American cable specialty channel, for the Canadian cable specialty channel see; TV Land Canada. TV Land Canada is a Canadian English language category 2 Digital cable Specialty channel that airs Television series from
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| Launched | April 29, 1996 |
| Owned by | (Viacom) |
| Slogan | Here for the TV Generation |
| Sister channel(s) | Nickelodeon, Nick-at-Nite, CMT, Spike TV |
| Website | TV Land |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| UHF-TV Inc. (Willmar, Minnesota) | K17FA Channel 17 |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 301 |
| Dish Network | Channel 106 |
| Cable | |
| Available on most cable systems | Check Local Listings for channels |
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Origins
Building on the success and popularity of Nick at Nite, TV Land premiered in the first quarter of 1996, delivering classic situation comedies, dramas, variety shows and memorable TV programming 24 hours a day. The network featured a variety of television programming from the 1950s through the 1990s. Its inaugural season featured the Emmy Award-winning Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere and The Ed Sullivan Show, and the popular series Gunsmoke and The Honeymooners. Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 St Elsewhere is a US Drama series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston The Honeymooners debuted as a half-hour series on October 1 1955. Great detectives were featured every Saturday, with programs including Dog and Cat, Burke's Law, Nero Wolfe (1981) and Ace Crawford, Private Eye. Dog and Cat was a television series from the late 1970s Lou Antonio played Sgt Burke's Law is a detective series which ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s Nero Wolfe is a television series based on the characters in Rex Stout 's classic series of detective stories that aired January 16 – Ace Crawford Private Eye was a 1983 television program that parodied the “hard-boiled detective” genre Tim Conway starred as a "TV Land Goes West" presented Shane, Barbary Coast, Have Gun, Will Travel and Best of the West. Shane (1966 was a television series based upon the 1949 western book by Jack Schaefer, Shane (there had also been a 1953 Barbary Coast was a TV movie and short-lived (13-episode series on the American network ABC that featured the adventures of 19th century government agent Have Gun &mdash Will Travel is an American Western Television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963 For the AC series of reprints of 1930s and 1940s western comics see Best of the West (comics. "Hooterville Saturday" featured Petticoat Junction and Green Acres; and "Sunday in the Barracks" laughed with the military in The Phil Silvers Show and Hogan's Heroes. Petticoat Junction is an American Situation comedy produced by Filmways, which originally aired on the CBS network from 1963 Green Acres is an American Television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City The Phil Silvers Show (originally titled You'll Never Get Rich) was a comedy Television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 Hogan's Heroes is a American Television Situation comedy that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4 [2]
The network initially was a mix of classic TV and short-lived series, often from the Paramount library. Paramount Television was an American Television production / distribution Company that was active from December 1967 to January [3] In 1999, a deal with Universal provided the programmers the ability to "cherry-pick" from a variety of series including Emergency!, Kojak and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Universal Media Studios ( UMS, formerly NBC Universal Television Studio is the TV production arm of the NBC Universal Television Group. Emergency! is a Medical drama Television series that was produced by Mark VII Limited ( Jack Webb 's company and distributed by Kojak refers to two separate but related American Crime drama Television series, with the original airing on CBS and the second series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (retitled The Hardy Boys Mysteries for season three is a television series which aired for three seasons
In February 1999 TV Land's primetime averaged a 1. 0 in cable homes, tying ESPN for 10th place among all cable networks. Its siblings, MTV and VH1, tied for 17th and 26th place, respectively.
"That February rating put TV Land into the top 10 for the first time since it began operating," John Dempsey reported for Variety, "and opened the eyes of the cable industry to the rich vein of golden-oldie TV shows that distributors are mining for an audience of nostalgia buffs and kids who are stumbling across the series for the first time. "[4]
TV Land celebrated its 10th anniversary on April 29, 2006.
Programming
Currently, TV Land's programming primarily consists of reruns of television series such as I Love Lucy, Leave it to Beaver, The Brady Bunch, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, The Munsters, The Andy Griffith Show, Little House on the Prairie, and Gunsmoke. This is a list of Television programs formerly and currently broadcast by TV Land. A rerun or repeat is a re-airing of an episode of a Radio or Television broadcast. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic I Love Lucy is an American Situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley Leave It to Beaver is a 1950s and 1960s family-oriented American Television Situation comedy about an inquisitive The Brady Bunch is an American Television Situation comedy based around a large blended family. The Beverly Hillbillies is an American Television series about a Hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills California after finding Sanford and Son is an American Sitcom that premiered on the NBC Television network on January 14 1972, and was broadcast for The Munsters is a 1960s American television Sitcom depicting the home life of a family of Monsters. The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1 Little House on the Prairie is an American one-hour dramatic Television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11 1974 to Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston
Starting in 2007, the network began targeting Baby boomers, airing programming from all eras of television; what Boomers watched growing up, and what they watch now. Baby boomer is a term used to describe a person who was born during the Post-World War II baby boom between 1946 and 1964 The network no longer labels itself as a "Classic TV" network. Results of this switch were acquisitions of Star Trek and M*A*S*H, both older shows popular among baby boomers. Star Trek is a Science fiction Television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired from September 8, 1966 through M*A*S*H was a Medical drama / Black comedy produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was acquired in August 2007, and Just Shoot Me!, Mad About You, Murphy Brown and Scrubs were all recent shows acquired for 2008; classic shows The Beverly Hillbillies and Hogan's Heroes were acquired (or re-acquired) as well. Extreme Makeover Home Edition, sometimes shortened EMHE, is an Emmy Award -winning Reality television series providing Home renovations Just Shoot Me! is an Emmy and Golden Globe -nominated American Television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on Mad About You is an American Sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999 Murphy Brown is an American Situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998 Scrubs is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning American Comedy-drama that premiered on October 2 2001 on NBC. The Beverly Hillbillies is an American Television series about a Hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills California after finding Hogan's Heroes is a American Television Situation comedy that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4 Designing Women was borrowed from Nick at Nite and began airing in October, 2007. Designing Women was an American television Sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an Interior The network plans to begin airing original programming targeted towards Boomers in 2008 with a revival of The WB's High School Reunion (which features reunions of older classes than the original series) and a modeling show. High School Reunion is an old The WB reintroduced as an original program that began airing March 5 2008. Accompanying this strategy was a refresh of the network's graphic identity, designed and conceived by Trollback + Company, who also created its earlier look in 2000.
More recently TV Land has aired some original programing, including Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg, TV Land Legends: The 60 Minutes Interviews and I Pity The Fool. Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg is an informal interview-style show on the cable channel TV Land in which Comedian David Steinberg talks Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. I Pity the Fool is an original Reality television series on TV Land starring Mr
For several years the station broadcast old advertisements, called "TV Land Retromercials. Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand " Examples of advertisements aired are the "Mamma mia, that's a spicy meatball!" from Alka-Seltzer and "In Soviet Georgia" from Dannon yogurt, as well as the animated Tootsie Pop owl. A meatball is a generally mass of ground Meat that is typically rolled meat comprised of rolled ground beef and other ingredients such as Bread or Alka-Seltzer is a name owned by the German Bayer Corporation for a line of Medications sold over the counter and taken by means of rapidly In Soviet Georgia (also called Old People in Russia) was the name of an Advertising campaign used by Dannon yogurt in the United States Groupe Danone () (known as Dannon in the United States) is a French food-products company based in Paris. Yoghurt, yogurt, yoghourt, youghurt or yogourt (see spelling below is a Tootsie Roll Pops, sometimes known as Tootsie Pops, are Hard candy Lollipops filled with chewy Chocolate -flavored Tootsie Rolls They Some retromercials have included future stars like Judd Hirsch, Rene Russo, Roy Scheider and Jodie Foster. Judd Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American Actor, known for playing the character Alex Reiger on the television comedy series Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American Film Actress and former fashion model Roy Richard Scheider (November 10 1932 – February 10 2008 was an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -nominated American Actor. Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19 1962 is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe -award winning American Interspersed with the classic commercials were fictional retro-style commercials for various substances, almost always brand named "Twip. " Retromercials have not surfaced on TV Land in recent years. In early years, current commercials were not shown on TV Land. Also featured frequently during "commercial" breaks were CBS News' In the News segments from the 1970s and 1980s. CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. In the News was a series of two-minute televised video segments that summarized topical news stories for children and pre-teens
TV Land often airs marathon weekends devoted to a single program. In the early 2000s, TV Land aired special programming blocks on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day: the final day of the year would revolve around final episodes of classic television series, and the first day of the new year would air exclusively pilot episodes.
When a program deemed particularly important is airing on another network, TV Land would sometimes air nonsense programming (such as footage of staff members holding signs or wearing T-shirts) to encourage viewers to watch the network programming. Recent examples include the series finales of Friends (2004) and Everybody Loves Raymond (2005). A series finale is the very last installment of a Television series, usually a Sitcom or Drama. Friends was an Everybody Loves Raymond is an Emmy Award -winning American Television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13 The network went dark during the last episode of Seinfeld (1998). Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons
Harry Shearer is the regular announcer for the network promos. Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic Actor, Writer, Musician, and radio host The original announcer was DJ Dan Ingram. Daniel Trombley "Dan" Ingram (born September 7, 1934 in Oceanside New York) is an American Top 40 radio Disc jockey with
TV Land Awards
TV Land has been the broadcast home for the TV Land Awards show since the show's inception in 2003. The TV Land Awards are American television awards that generally commemorate shows now off the air rather than in current production as with awards such as the Emmys Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The TV Land Awards are celebration of past classic TV shows and TV stars. The TV Land Awards also broadcasts simultaneously on Nick at Nite.
External links
References
- ^ Bianculli, David, "Oldies Net Loaded with Goodies"; New York Daily News, March 19, 1996
- ^ "Nick at Night's TV Land joins U. S. Satellite Broadcasting Lineup"; Business Wire, April 30, 1996
- ^ TV Land archives on Freewebs (1996–2004)
- ^ Dempsey, John, "It's Boom(er) Time for TV Land"; Variety, March 8–14, 1999
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