I think you will find, upon closer investigation, that most of the old movie fans' complaints revolve around three specific changes made over the past several years at AMC:
- Commercialization (especially spacing of breaks at such short intervals that the breaks seem longer than the content between them); - Abandonment of the classic movies which made up the entirety of AMC's schedule for the first couple of decades (even though a lot of them were B-grade two-reelers); and - Removal of Bob Dorian, who was the long time on-air host (for those unfamiliar with Mr. Dorian, think Robert Osborne without the smugness). TV Land's only change is going from full-on retro when it started to "greatest hit sitcoms of the 1990s and 2000s" now. Given that there is nothing I would call "classic" on their prime-time schedule, it doesn't surprise me that their audience accepts original programs as if they were just another off-network rerun. The only retro classic shows on their schedule now are Gunsmoke, Gilligan's Island, Andy Griffith, Bonanza, Brady Bunch, and all of those are in the daytime. Come 6:00pm, it's Everybody Loves Raymond. On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:10:18 PM UTC-7, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > I find it interesting that there are not classic TV fans complaining about > original series on TVL, considering that there are still some articles on > AMC out there that have old movie fans complaining about the current > version of the channel. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
