ME-TV Vs. TV Land

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A difference between the two networks is quality of source material. TV Land airs better quality material since it is based on the master print; helps when they owns the shows. Me-TV and the rest of the world receive lower quality material. Andy Griffith is an example, the TV Land episodes are bright and clean while the episodes elsewhere are dark and grainy.

TV Land makes up for the better quality by heavily editing Andy Griffith and not just little things but whole scenes where it was a pivotal point in an episode. The episode where Andy meets Thelma Lou's cousin Karen (played by Gail Davis (Annie Oakley)) as an example where they cut the whole scene where Andy takes Karen to his home for supper and they sing and that's about 5 minutes of cutting right there. Some of the epilogues are added but some episodes don't have the epilogues (another huge cut).

And on the subject of picture quality: TV Land has a better picture quality with I Love Lucy than Hallmark's where it looks like that it was a syndicated print from the 1970's from the way the picture is grainy at times. And TV Land's I Love Lucy is also heavily edited whereas Hallmark's has most of the whole episode intact.

TV Land also has the ridiculous 38-minute episode blocks that seemingly change every month and are next to impossible to keep track of; ME-TV rarely veers from their schedule, which can get boring, but at least it's reliable.

Like for instance, Extreme Makeover on Mondays, Murder She Wrote Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays 7 AM to 8 AM time slot. On Fridays it's Boston Legal. Hub does it too with it's weird schedule. Not really good for Time Shifting on DVD which is what I do.