Me TV

[cspotrun]

i never heard of "Me TV" but it just came on in my town, WOW! incredible! it reminds me of TV-Land before they lost their way. for example, they are running The Untouchables, i haven't seen this in syndication for over 40 years. also Dobie Gillis, Naked City, Mission Impossible, Rifleman, Dick Van Dyck, Rockford Files, Kojack. if i were programming a retro-tv channel it would be just like this.

 

[dave73]

i never heard of "Me TV" but it just came on in my town, WOW! incredible! it reminds me of TV-Land before they lost their way. for example, they are running The Untouchables, i haven't seen this in syndication for over 40 years. also Dobie Gillis, Naked City, Mission Impossible, Rifleman, Dick Van Dyck, Rockford Files, Kojack. if i were programming a retro-tv channel it would be just like this.

MeTV was practically unknown outside of Chicago & Milwaukee until last year. Weigel Broadcasting decided to take MeTV nationwide, & let the country get MeTV as well. They're also the people behind This TV. It's a good network, but I personally think MeTV was better when it was just a Chicago channel, as MeTV doesn't have the Sony library, whereas local MeTV, MeToo does. Regardless, Weigel knows how to program a classic TV network, as they've been doing it in Chicago since 2005.

 

[Stanislav]

I spend far more time parked on ME-TV than any other channel. While there are still a few more contemporary shows that I follow and enjoy, I find that at my age (I just turned 54), there is a nostalgic comfort in watching these excellent old shows. It reminds me of a time when life was less complicated, and when I was still young, vital, and enthusiastic, and had a lot to look forward to.

That's the positive side of the channel -- the "looking back" aspect. Unfortunately, there's also the more depressing "looking ahead" of the majority of the channel's advertisers: low-cost life insurance, reverse mortgages, Medicare plans, health equipment like walk-in tubs and power wheelchairs. It's obvious what demographic the channel targets, and while the programming is a refreshing blast from my youthful past, the ad breaks serve to reinforce the fact that (a) yeah, I'm getting old, and (b) it's all downhill from here. :

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

That's the positive side of the channel -- the "looking back" aspect. Unfortunately, there's also the more depressing "looking ahead" of the majority of the channel's advertisers: low-cost life insurance, reverse mortgages, Medicare plans, health equipment like walk-in tubs and power wheelchairs. It's obvious what demographic the channel targets, and while the programming is a refreshing blast from my youthful past, the ad breaks serve to reinforce the fact that (a) yeah, I'm getting old, and (b) it's all downhill from here. :

As has been mentioned in the "Worst Commercials" thread, those types of commercials (Scooter Store, Medicare, Hoveround) also dominate "The Price Is Right" in recent years. This is despite college students still making up a large part of their contestant/audience base. I have also seen the elderly-oriented ads in the ABC Saturday morning kids' lineup too--in addition to other classic TV reruns aired on other channels.

Then again--those who have been watching TPIR ever since Bob Barker's Day One (Sept. 4, 1972) and who had kids who grew up watching Bob and the beauties during those summers/holidays off from school in the '80s/'90s/'00s (and may have been among those college students during that time "coming on down") are getting up in that age range who may need those scooters, Medicare, etc. And especially if someone watched TPIR ever since the Bill Cullen era.