I thought even Creature Double Feature was on 38. All I remember on 56 is cartoons (including The Banana Splitz Show) and Dale Dorman voice overs. I think that's also the station that reran Batman, and maybe things like The Partridge Family, and The Brady Bunch. I think they ran a lot of movies at night, but so did 38, when they weren't airing sports.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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Topic!Cindy - Jan 25, 2006 3:33:01 am PST #1639 of 5730
What is even happening?
Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2006 3:42:12 am PST #1640 of 5730
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I thought even Creature Double Feature was on 38.
I swear it was Saturday afternoon on 56.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 25, 2006 4:09:51 am PST #1641 of 5730
What is even happening?
I think you're right, Frank. I think I just misremembered. What's sad is I don't think this is the first time I've either made this mistake or had this conversation at b.org, and probably within the last six months.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2006 4:14:00 am PST #1642 of 5730
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think you're right, Frank. I think I just misremembered. What's sad is I don't think this is the first time I've either made this mistake or had this conversation at b.org, and probably within the last six months.
Well, I started wondering if maybe it originated on one of the stations and later moved to the other, but I decided it was just the monkey crack talking.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 25, 2006 5:44:32 am PST #1643 of 5730
What is even happening?
Per the Boston Globe [link] WLVI 56 is the local winner in the CW stakes (which is never going to mean anything but Country and Western to me, no matter how I try).
Overall, 38 was probably the better channel (with "better" a totally subjective pronouncement by me) on average, during my life to date, but once it was associated with UPN, it's prime time offerings were (on average) weaker.
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Of course, this potentially means the more casual VM viewers will have to remember a switch in both station and night.
Nutty - Jan 25, 2006 5:57:07 am PST #1644 of 5730
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Channel 38 still has the Red Sox Friday night contract, I think, and the rassenfrassen basketball that is interrupting our Veronicahood this week. Their "original" programming can't be any worse than WNDS out of New Hampshire.
(I grew up with WPIX out of New Jersey as the gold standard of independent TV channels -- I think they went UPN at some point. Wonder whether they'll go back to being independent?)
Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2006 6:05:36 am PST #1645 of 5730
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
WPIX, formerly WB, will become the flagship station for CW. UPN 9 (WWOR) is being left out in the cold.
Unfortunately, WWOR is nowhere near the gold standard in independent TV, and it nearly lost its broadcast license at various points in its history. It's currently owned by Rupert Murdoch/Fox.
Wolfram - Jan 25, 2006 6:09:11 am PST #1646 of 5730
Visilurking
IIRC, before WB and UPN, there used to be a market for plain old syndicated shows - comedies and dramas too - that were shown on the locally owned network. I wonder if that will re-emerge.
bon bon - Jan 25, 2006 6:13:41 am PST #1647 of 5730
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
IIRC, before WB and UPN, there used to be a market for plain old syndicated shows - comedies and dramas too - that were shown on the locally owned network. I wonder if that will re-emerge.
That was still around-- I'm thinking of stuff like VIP, Xena, Mutant X. WB/UPN stations only had national programming at night. During the day they put on syndicated programming like that, particularly weekends.
DXMachina - Jan 25, 2006 6:15:03 am PST #1648 of 5730
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
WOR's pre-UPN claim to fame is that it was the flagship station for the Mets, and that's about it.