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ABC movies on Saturdays?

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vchimpanzee

Not at 8. At 4.

I didn't look at the listings that closely. I thought the Fox station was showing the movie in Charlotte. I watched the ABC station in Winston-Salem since I was already on the channel on digital TV no. 1.

I kept seeing those ABC on-screen ads for shows. They wouldn't do that on an individual station.

And it was standardized credits at the end so they could advertise something.
 
And what about yesterday (Sunday August 9) with a Homeland Security
rerun from 2-3pm PT on KNXV-TV Phoenix? It had a number of topical promos
for ABC Sunday prime and new fall shows.

Did this air (5-6 ET) anywhere else?
 
It aired here in Philly from 5-6. Not all that unusual, as they've also been airing Wipeout reruns on weekend afternoons, pre local news.
 
Homeland Security aired at 5PM Sunday here in Providence on WLNE 6, and on Boston's WCVB 5. So it may have aired throughout the network at that time.
 
The network aired old episodes of "Wipeout" earlier in the summer on Saturday afternoons too as part of the network feed.

I guess it's in order to keep some rights to the Saturday afternoon timeslot and making sure the affiliates won't ask for it back now that Disney has pretty much completely given over everything sports (except college football and some golf tournaments) to ESPN.

It's pretty sad to see the old "Wide World of Sports" time slot end up this way, like watching E/I wither Saturday morning to the point it is now.
 
mrschimpf said:
It's pretty sad to see the old "Wide World of Sports" time slot end up this way, like watching E/I wither Saturday morning to the point it is now.
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As well as the fact that the choice is now either network retreads or local infomercials. Previously, my local ABC, WFTS, would show infomercials when there is no sports programming from ABC.

Though of course, in the past, when networks had no sports on, local stations would fill the time anyway with old movies, country music shows, Soul Train, or reruns. ABC is, more or less, bringing weekend afternoon entertainment back, though on the network level.
 
They need to bring back ABC Saturday Night Movie - except with the old credits and music and in the afternoon slot!
 
willcail said:
When college footballl returns then ABC will have something to air.

How about some family programming from 4 to 6pm?
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Those ABC Saturday afternoon movies are family-oriented. I noticed this on WSB-TV/Atlanta a few weeks ago.

I would suspect ABC is doing this as a way for affiliates to not have to buy programming during the bad economy...but have an alternative to infomercials and other lower-grade programming that does not cost the affiliates money.

Yes...ABC has turned over everything to ESPN. I don't know how the affilates feel about this.

As always...affilates are generally not required to carry this block. I suspect most are...because it is free and convenent.
 
The fact that ESPN took over the sports elements really isn't all that big an issue for affiliates. The NBA or college football coming via ESPN is irrelevant--viewers are tuning in to see the game, not worrying which corporate arm is handling production chores. They're still getting the local slots to sell, so it's really a bookkeeping thing more than anything else beyond the end of the Wide World of Sports name, which isn't exactly something the newer generation of viewers were all that attached to.
 
I kept expecting Wonder Woman to appear with that opening.

Indeed, most every eyeball was watching movies on TV back in the early 80s, because most every eyeball was watching one of the major broadcast channels in the early 80s. Much has changed since then, and there's a reason the networks aren't airing the movies in primetime on a regular, high-profile basis now. No bumper or anything else is going to change certain realities.
 
radioguy555 said:
Why not bring back the Pro Bowlers Tour to Saturday afternoons? ;)
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It won't be the same without Chris Schenkel. "The good taste of beer comes in a bottle!"
 
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