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Mary Tyler Moore on Hallmark Channel

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therealjm12

Hallmark has picked up Mary Tyler Moore http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/02/hallmark-channel-acquires-mary-tyler.html

Also, They have picked up the Bob Newhart Show. Wonder how or if this effects the ME-TV schedule? Mary Tyler Moore was initially a disappointment when originally syndication. Women did not watch the reruns. So it will be interesting to see how the series does on a network that programs mostly to women. Maybe with time it has become more fashionable with young women and will become the next Golden Girls.
 
therealjm12 said:
Hallmark has picked up Mary Tyler Moore http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/02/hallmark-channel-acquires-mary-tyler.html

Also, They have picked up the Bob Newhart Show. Wonder how or if this effects the ME-TV schedule? Mary Tyler Moore was initially a disappointment when originally syndication. Women did not watch the reruns. So it will be interesting to see how the series does on a network that programs mostly to women. Maybe with time it has become more fashionable with young women and will become the next Golden Girls.
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I wouldn't think so. Golden Girls - despite the fact that it is about older women and originally aired 26 years ago - has a sense of humor that's snarky, and still quite consistent with the kind of comedies we watch today (IMO). I haven't seen Mary Tyler Moore , even in reruns, in many years...probably since around the time Golden Girls was brand new.

Perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised, but I have a feeling it might come off as quite dated - consider the buffoonish Ted Baxter, Ed Asner chewing the scenery as the comedic Lou Grant (a opposed to the low-key Lou of Lou Grant), etc.

Many of you will remember that the original concept was to make Mary a divorcee, but the producers decided that was too daring for the time, and they changed her back story into a break-up with a boyfriend. The early 70s was the dawn of a new era, but network TV was a few years behind the curve.

On the other hand, there were many episodes (Chuckles the Clown's funeral, for example) that are timeless.
 
I have watched several episodes on ME-TV. Excellent writing and acting never goes out of style. However, my ex wife couldn't watch the reruns because of the outdated style of clothes they wore.
 
therealjm12 said:
I have watched several episodes on ME-TV. Excellent writing and acting never goes out of style. However, my ex wife couldn't watch the reruns because of the outdated style of clothes they wore.
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The 70's were certainly painful from an aesthetic point of view.
My only request is that Hallmark start scheduling these shows at a more reasonable hour.
Bob Newhart was running between 2 and 4 AM last I checked. (yes, I know, get TIVO....)
 
therealjm12 said:
I have watched several episodes on ME-TV. Excellent writing and acting never goes out of style. However, my ex wife couldn't watch the reruns because of the outdated style of clothes they wore.
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That's weird but probably shows a basic difference between males and females.

One of the reasons I like old shows is to see the cars of the period.
 
therealjm12 said:
Hallmark has picked up Mary Tyler Moore http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/02/hallmark-channel-acquires-mary-tyler.html

Also, They have picked up the Bob Newhart Show. Wonder how or if this effects the ME-TV schedule? Mary Tyler Moore was initially a disappointment when originally syndication. Women did not watch the reruns. So it will be interesting to see how the series does on a network that programs mostly to women. Maybe with time it has become more fashionable with young women and will become the next Golden Girls.
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MTM and Both old and Newer Bob Newhart shows are on "FamilyNet". We get it here on TWC in Eastern Maine on Digital Channel 159. TWC just picked up FamilyNet a few months ago. I discovered it by accident one evening.
 
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