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I kind of wish I could have been around for Nick@Nite's heyday. Now they play shows like How I Met Your Mother, Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, My Wife and Kids, and The George Lopez Show. I remember when those shows were originally on and it makes me feel old! And I can't even legally drink yet!

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I fondly remember Nick @Nite's block party summers. Tuesday was their devoted Lucy night for a few years, as I recall. There was also Munster Mondays, Bewitched Be-Wednesdays, Happy Days Thursdays and Jeannie Fridays.

Strange for us older fans, as Lucy was ALWAYS associated with Mondays.  I think to this day CBS always has their best comedies on that night and most times in HER time slot too.

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I kind of wish I could have been around for Nick@Nite's heyday. Now they play shows like How I Met Your Mother, Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, My Wife and Kids, and The George Lopez Show. I remember when those shows were originally on and it makes me feel old! And I can't even legally drink yet!

You've got a ways to go before you're allowed to feel old, kiddo!

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Saturdays was called (I THINK) "A Whole Lotta Lucy" from 9 to 11.  I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and then a Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.

Nick at Night was wonderful in the beginning.  The dug into vaults to show series that hadn't been seen for years: They ran "Ann Sothern" and followed it with "Private Secretary".  They even dug up single-season shows and ran those.  Like Lucy's 1964-65 competition "Wendy and Me", George Burns comeback with Connie Stevens aa a Gracie-like role.  (proving again: there's only one Gracie).  I believe that was the only time in Lucy's entire broadcast history up until LWL that a rival network ran a sitcom against Lucy. (unless "The Dennis Day Show" was a sitcom and and not a variety).

I Love Lucy was added in 1992 with some fanfare (including a lot of press coverage) and was shown in primie time UNEDITED at least for a couple of runs.  I don't know when TV Land took over NickatNite's programming model.  Was this 1992 debut on Nick or TV Land?

Before Nick there was "HA" the comedy network.  They ran The Lucy Show along with a wonderful "Lucy in a Minute" ad that I have somewhere and will try to post.

Once a network starts running "Full House", you know it's a slippery slope to Silver Sppons.  Thank goodness we have MeTV and Antenna now.

But isn't there room for a channel that specializes in shows from the 50s?  The hold-up could be transferring some of those 35mm to video.  Shows like "Topper" were in syndication for so long (via 16mm) that it's possible the 35's no longer exist.

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Saturdays was called (I THINK) "A Whole Lotta Lucy" from 9 to 11.  I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and then a Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.

Nick at Night was wonderful in the beginning.  The dug into vaults to show series that hadn't been seen for years: They ran "Ann Sothern" and followed it with "Private Secretary".  They even dug up single-season shows and ran those.  Like Lucy's 1964-65 competition "Wendy and Me", George Burns comeback with Connie Stevens aa a Gracie-like role.  (proving again: there's only one Gracie).  I believe that was the only time in Lucy's entire broadcast history up until LWL that a rival network ran a sitcom against Lucy. (unless "The Dennis Day Show" was a sitcom and and not a variety).

I Love Lucy was added in 1992 with some fanfare (including a lot of press coverage) and was shown in primie time UNEDITED at least for a couple of runs.  I don't know when TV Land took over NickatNite's programming model.  Was this 1992 debut on Nick or TV Land?

Before Nick there was "HA" the comedy network.  They ran The Lucy Show along with a wonderful "Lucy in a Minute" ad that I have somewhere and will try to post.

Once a network starts running "Full House", you know it's a slippery slope to Silver Sppons.  Thank goodness we have MeTV and Antenna now.

But isn't there room for a channel that specializes in shows from the 50s?  The hold-up could be transferring some of those 35mm to video.  Shows like "Topper" were in syndication for so long (via 16mm) that it's possible the 35's no longer exist.

Wow, no wonder you guys RAVE about that network and it's schedule.

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HA was the first time I ever saw The Lucy Show and watched it every afternoon.

 

TV Land did a 1 time run unedited when it debuted.

 

There was also a week on Nick where they ran rare stuff too. It's the first time I saw LWL because they ran the first episode. They ran a Here's Lucy that week too along with the Time Element from Desilu Playhouse complete with Desi introduction.

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I forgot that N@N did the only ever LWL rerun in history. That's another major credit to them, no matter what you think of the show. On that note, how is it possible to have the unaired episodes of LWL? I get that the whole show ran in other countries but wouldn't they have captions or be subtitled?

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Block Party Summer 1994:

Mondays - "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (as Mary Mondays)

Tuesdays - "I Love Lucy" (as Lucy Tuesdays)

Wednesdays - "Bewitched" (as Bewitched BeWednesdays)

Thursdays "I Dream of Jeannie" (as Jeannie Thursdays)

Fridays - "Dragnet" (as Sgt. Joe Fridays)

 

Block Party Summer 1995:

Mondays - "The Munsters" (as Munster Mondays)

Tuesdays - "I Love Lucy" (as Lucy Tuesdays)

Wednesdays - "Bewitched" (as Bewitched BeWednesdays)

Thursdays - "I Dream of Jeannie" (as Jeannie Thursdays)

Fridays - "Welcome Back, Kotter" (as Kotter Fridays)

 

Block Party Summer 1996:

Mondays - "The Munsters" (as Munster Mondays)

Tuesdays - "I Love Lucy" (as Lucy Tuesdays)

Wednesdays - "Bewitched" (as Bewitched BeWednesdays)

Thursdays - "The Odd Couple" (as Odd Couple Thursdays)

Fridays - "I Dream of Jeannie" (as Jeannie Fridays)

 

Block Party Summer 1997:

Mondays - "The Monkees" (as Monkee Mondays [July 7 -August 22]) / "Green Acres" [August 25, 1997-September 5]

Tuesdays - "I Love Lucy" (as Lucy Tuesdays)

Wednesdays - "Bewitched" (as Bewitched BeWednesdays)

Thursdays - "Happy Days" (as Happy Days Thursdays)

Fridays - "I Dream of Jeannie" (as Jeannie Fridays)

 

Block Party Summer 1998:

Sundays - "I Love Lucy (as Lucy Sundays)

Mondays - "Laverne & Shirley" (as Laverne & Shirley Mondays)

Tuesdays - "The Brady Bunch" (as Brady Bunch Tuesdays)

Wednesdays - "The Wonder Years" (as Wonder Years Thursdays)

Thursdays - "Happy Days" (as Happy Days Thursdays)

Fridays - "Rugrats" (as Rugrats Fridays)

 

Block Party Summer 1999:

Mondays - "The Brady Bunch"

Tuesdays - "I Love Lucy"

Wednesdays - "The Jeffersons"

Thursdays - "Happy Days"

Fridays - "The Wonder Years"

 

Block Party Summer 2000:

Sundays: "I Love Lucy"

Mondays: "The Andy Griffith Show"

Tuesdays: "Gilligan's Island"

Wednesdays: "The Beverly Hillbillies"

Thursdays: "The Brady Bunch"

Fridays: Party Crasher

 

July 7th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Head of the Class"

July 14th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Perfect Strangers"

July 21th, 2000 Party Crasher: "The Jeffersons"

July 28th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Bewitched"

August 4th, 2000 Party Crasher: "I Dream of Jeannie"

August 11th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Head of the Class" ("My Favorite Martian" was postponed)

August 18th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Happy Days"

August 25th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Rugrats"

September 1st, 2000 Party Crasher: "The Wonder Years"

 

 

 

 

 

UnReality Summer: Un-Real-A-Thon 2001:

Sundays: "The Andy Griffith Show"

Mondays: "I Love Lucy" [July 1-August 5] / "Gilligan's Island" [August 6-September 27]

Tuesdays: "Three's Company"

Wednesdays: "The Brady Bunch"

Thursdays: "Diff'rent Strokes"

 

 

 

 

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"Lucy, Queen of Comedy" Block (Saturdays at 10pm / 2 hours)

I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and then The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

 

Began: Saturday, February 4th, 1995

Ended: Saturday, April 27th, 1996

 

 

 

 

 

Unnamed Lucy Block (Saturdays at 10pm / 1 and half hours)

I Love Lucy and then The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

 

Began: Saturday, July 13th, 1996

Ended: Saturday, October 25th, 1997

 

 

 

 

 

"Whole Lotta Lucy" (Saturdays at 10pm / 2 hours)

I Love Lucy, another I Love Lucy and then The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

 

Began: Saturday, April 10th, 1999

Ended: Saturday, June 24th, 2000

 

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RaJIDNMeK0 ("Whole Lotta Lucy" song)

Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_tmZMceABE ("Whole Lotta Lucy" advertisement)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lucy Series Runs on Nick-at-Nite

"The Lucy Show": April 6th, 1992 - July 6th, 1996 

"I Love Lucy": February 14th, 1994 - September 29th, 2001 [moved to TV Land in October 2001]

"The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour": July 2nd, 1994 - October 25th, 1997 (1st run) and April 10th, 1999 - September 23rd, 2000 (2nd run) [moved to TV Land in January 2002]  

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Block Party Summer 1994:

Mondays - "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (as Mary Mondays)

Tuesdays - "I Love Lucy" (as Lucy Tuesdays)

Wednesdays - "Bewitched" (as Bewitched BeWednesdays)

Thursdays "I Dream of Jeannie" (as Jeannie Thursdays)

Fridays - "Dragnet" (as Sgt. Joe Fridays)

 

Block Party Summer 1995:

Mondays - "The Munsters" (as Munster Mondays)

Tuesdays - "I Love Lucy" (as Lucy Tuesdays)

Wednesdays - "Bewitched" (as Bewitched BeWednesdays)

Thursdays - "I Dream of Jeannie" (as Jeannie Thursdays)

Fridays - "Welcome Back, Kotter" (as Kotter Fridays)

 

Block Party Summer 1996:

Mondays - "The Munsters" (as Munster Mondays)

Tuesdays - "I Love Lucy" (as Lucy Tuesdays)

Wednesdays - "Bewitched" (as Bewitched BeWednesdays)

Thursdays - "The Odd Couple" (as Odd Couple Thursdays)

Fridays - "I Dream of Jeannie" (as Jeannie Fridays)

 

Block Party Summer 1997:

Mondays - "The Monkees" (as Monkee Mondays [July 7 -August 22]) / "Green Acres" [August 25, 1997-September 5]

Tuesdays - "I Love Lucy" (as Lucy Tuesdays)

Wednesdays - "Bewitched" (as Bewitched BeWednesdays)

Thursdays - "Happy Days" (as Happy Days Thursdays)

Fridays - "I Dream of Jeannie" (as Jeannie Fridays)

 

Block Party Summer 1998:

Sundays - "I Love Lucy (as Lucy Sundays)

Mondays - "Laverne & Shirley" (as Laverne & Shirley Mondays)

Tuesdays - "The Brady Bunch" (as Brady Bunch Tuesdays)

Wednesdays - "The Wonder Years" (as Wonder Years Thursdays)

Thursdays - "Happy Days" (as Happy Days Thursdays)

Fridays - "Rugrats" (as Rugrats Fridays)

 

Block Party Summer 1999:

Mondays - "The Brady Bunch"

Tuesdays - "I Love Lucy"

Wednesdays - "The Jeffersons"

Thursdays - "Happy Days"

Fridays - "The Wonder Years"

 

Block Party Summer 2000:

Sundays: "I Love Lucy"

Mondays: "The Andy Griffith Show"

Tuesdays: "Gilligan's Island"

Wednesdays: "The Beverly Hillbillies"

Thursdays: "The Brady Bunch"

Fridays: Party Crasher

 

July 7th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Head of the Class"

July 14th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Perfect Strangers"

July 21th, 2000 Party Crasher: "The Jeffersons"

July 28th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Bewitched"

August 4th, 2000 Party Crasher: "I Dream of Jeannie"

August 11th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Head of the Class" ("My Favorite Martian" was postponed)

August 18th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Happy Days"

August 25th, 2000 Party Crasher: "Rugrats"

September 1st, 2000 Party Crasher: "The Wonder Years"

 

 

 

 

 

UnReality Summer: Un-Real-A-Thon 2001:

Sundays: "The Andy Griffith Show"

Mondays: "I Love Lucy" [July 1-August 5] / "Gilligan's Island" [August 6-September 27]

Tuesdays: "Three's Company"

Wednesdays: "The Brady Bunch"

Thursdays: "Diff'rent Strokes"

 

 

 

 

Wow, thanks for those.

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