RTV IS AWFUL

[DToTheJ]

That's like the old Sesame Street DVDs not being "suitable for the needs of today's preschoolers". What, did they change the alphabet?

It's "change we can believe in" from the government-run PBS...

Also, someone mentioned "Coach"... I stand by an earlier prediction that reruns of that show will end up on either ESPN Classic or Versus at some point...

 

[quadraphonic]

As for the production values of RTV, when we only had five OTA channels, the production values weren't that strong on them either. A bunch of things went wrong that we just ended up rolling with.

 

[MarcB]

This is what the GM/CE at WSAH in Bridgeport CT had to say about RTV.

http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=139727.msg1294946#msg1294946

 

[kenrayc]

How long before RTV starts showing "Perfect Strangers"?

Or how about...

227
Anything But Love
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Gimme a Break
Growing Pains
Head of the Class
Just the Ten of Us
Mr. Belvedere
My Two Dads
Punky Brewster
Silver Spoons
The Ropers
The Facts of Life
Three's a Crowd
Too Close for Comfort
Valerie/Valerie's Family: The Hogans/The Hogan Family
Webster

The Colbys
Dallas
Dynasty
Falcon Crest
Flamingo Road
Jake and the Fatman
Knots Landing
Max Headroom
Miami Vice
The Fall Guy

And does RTV have to be limited to sitcoms (and dramas?) Do they have the opportunity to acquire classic cartoons and game shows? Or do Cartoon Network and GSN respectively have the exclusive rights to those?

I woudn't mind seeing alot of those shows again I would add "Who's the Boss and Night Court" to that list .

As far as Coach, WGN airs it on Wednesdays at 8PM EDT.and they run 2 episodes.

 

[mjlarochelle]

RTV could be worse - they could be running some classic Canadian flops such as The Trouble with Tracy and Snow Job.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Tracy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Job_(TV_series)

 

[silverthree]

Well believe it or not, there's an "RTV2" in the works:

http://businesstn.com/content/200909/back-basic

Read about 2/3 down.

 

[MarcB]

WSAH's GM didn't say for certain in the post I linked to from the NYC TV Board, but I wonder if WSAH is getting ready to dump RTV. WSAH carries RTV only 6PM-11PM every night, but now the on-screen guide at my mom's house (she has COX Cable) has Paid Programming in all the time slots RTV airs. RTV was still on last night.

 

[Iowan]

Re: Critter Gitters

I'm glad RTV decided to air Critter Gitters. Now if we could get them to air all the episodes--including the final season which other stations don't seem to air anymore....

That said, I experienced a technical difficulty this morning (October 10th) in the Quad Cities. I was expecting Critter Gitters, but got The Early Show instead. RTV came back to DTV Channel 4-2 at around 7:30 A.M.

Did any other RTV stations also have this problem?

Would WHBF-TV have to make up for the lost E/I programming?

Because this glitch was at the expense of Critter Gitters, I must know....What was today's episode (probably from the third season)?

 

[ssetta]

Of course it's awful. Any retro TV network that doesn't have Sesame Street is awful.

 

[notalkallstatic]

Re: Critter Gitters

That said, I experienced a technical difficulty this morning (October 10th) in the Quad Cities. I was expecting Critter Gitters, but got The Early Show instead. RTV came back to DTV Channel 4-2 at around 7:30 A.M.

The Early Show as in, CBS's Early Show? If it was, that wasn't an RTN problem, but WHBF's problem. Automation probably took the wrong source to air.