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The Hallmark Channel

frankberry

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I see that The Hallmark Channel is in full Christmas mode. They started showing Christmas movies last night at 10 ... the night BEFORE Halloween.
 
Oh, joy. Two months of cookie-cutter holiday romantic comedies.
 
Well considering Hallmark stores have had ornament displays out since at least August, this doesn't shock me. Is there any value to this channel outside of branding Hallmark stores?
 
MarcB said:
Sometimes Fraiser is on Lifetime. Days and times may vary. Check your on screen guide.
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Too late. I cancelled my DirecTV not long after last year's Christmas sugar marathon. I live with 32 good off-air channels (and at least that many more that are non-English, religious, or home shopping) now.
 
"Frasier"? On Hallmark Channel? I thought that was supposed to be a family-friendly station.

Remember the morning DJs and their enormous rear end contest?
 
vchimpanzee said:
"Frasier"? On Hallmark Channel? I thought that was supposed to be a family-friendly station.
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To add to Frank's calling you out on antiquated thinking (welcome to the 21st Century), I should point out that the Frasier reruns are late at night --practically overnight, thank heavens for TiVo -- and that they did skip what many think is the most objectionable episode of the series, "High Holidays", where Frederick adopts a goth look. That episode does play when Lifetime gets to it in sequence, however.
 
K.M. Richards said:
To add to Frank's calling you out on antiquated thinking (welcome to the 21st Century), I should point out that the Frasier reruns are late at night --practically overnight, thank heavens for TiVo -- and that they did skip what many think is the most objectionable episode of the series, "High Holidays", where Frederick adopts a goth look. That episode does play when Lifetime gets to it in sequence, however.
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I can only hope both stations avoid the morning DJs, then.
 
K.M. Richards said:
You'll have to excuse chimp, Frank. His pre-1980's point of view presumes that cable networks are actually broadcast stations.

He also presumes that all viewers will be offended by the same episodes of shows that he is.
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You're misinterpreting this. Hallmark has a specific objective. Its programming has to be cleaner than that of the broadcast networks. I even checked the listing in one area newspaper at the library. All the Christmas movies listed were either TV-G or TV-PG. This particular newspaper didn't add content indicators, so I don't know whether PG really meant PG. Some of the content that has D, L, S or V, and especially more than one of these, really should be TV-14. I've seen TV listings go up to the next level on V-chip ratings, though. Sometimes the program will actually be TV-14 with a lot of letters when the show airs, but the listings will show TV-MA. Still, I am assuming the Hallmark programming is really TV-PG. Some shows with that rating are so clean I question why TV-G wasn't possible.

Lifetime has no such restrictions. I was forgetting that even though the network has some family-friendly content, it is just a channel for women and could have some naughtier material.
 
The Hallmark Channel does promote itself as a family-friendly channel with quality programming.
As I wrote in an earlier post, families have evolved. Subjects which were unsuitable to air in the 50's or 60's are now acceptable.
As a viewer, you have the ultimate control .... Change channels if you find the program offensive.
 
Considering "ABC Family" has been running series about teenagers engaging in pre-marital sex, and talking about it at length, the term "family friendly" is being interpreted very loosely. I was a fan of Frasier during most of its run, and I don't recall that it stretched the bounds of "family" friendly very far - maybe a few times. But if Hallmark is running it at night, I don't see the harm, or that Frasier clashes with its family friendly image.

And Hallmark certainly hasn't shied away from violent programs. It ran The Equalizerfor awhile, not to mention Walker, Texas Ranger.
 
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