Very Disappointed With Hee Haw On CMT

[Braves2005]

I was planning on thinking that Hee Haw on CMT was a good thing they did,but I was very disappointed in what they showed.

For starters,they showed a TV-PG rating which I didn't think was fair at all,when they showed it on TNN around the same time the ratings system started,they had it as TV-G.

It is heavily edited with too many commercials and too many CMT promos,they left out several things(skits,musical performances)

And then the closing credits where the Hee Haw donkey is in the front and the credits roll,CMT showed a split screen with yet more CMT promos.

Sorry,CMT,you blew it.

But at least I have the Time-Life DVD's plus the tapes that I taped off of TNN where at least I can enjoy Hee Haw without all of the cuts and promos.

 

[anoldguy]

Yes, I agree. I was disappointed in the CMT marathon, too. Once, again the end credits were destroyed for anoying promos and it seemed like the shows were chopped up for more comercials. It seemed like they only ran episodes toward last few years of the series. Did anyone see any from the CBS years?

 

[Braves2005]

No,they didn't show any of the CBS years of Hee Haw. The earliest episode they showed was from 1974 with George Jones and Tammy Wynette. None of the episodes from the early syndicated years with Buck Owens and Don Rich were shown either.

Yes,it was a true disappointment that CMT has to be the way they are. Apparently chopping up episodes to show more commercial time and CMT's promos to what I call junk is not what I wanted. I knew that it was going to be disappointing when they popped up the TV-PG which nearly covered the screen and cutting out skits and musical performances and then the closing credits of the show being eliminated for a split screen and more CMT promos on the other side of the screen.

Let's just hope that Time-Life comes back with more Hee Haw on DVD which will be the only way you will see the shows unedited. We get to see much more of the CBS and the early syndicated years than anything else.

 

[tvradiofan]

So, is CMT showing chopped up half-hour 'compilation' episodes(similar to the unwatchable 'Carol Burnett and Friends')?

 

[nuzguy]

Watched part of one HH program earlier today. It obviously was from latter years of the show and just looked contrived and way over produced. The initial seasons had the look and feel of a bunch of people dropping by the studio and having a good time doing the show. Today's excerpts looked and felt artificial and the performers looked strained, as if they were doing something they "had" to do. Thomas Wolfe was right, "You can't go home again." The spark is gone.

 

[Oldiesaholic]

They only showed six episodes.

 

[Braves2005]

CMT has rights to about 10 episodes as you can see via their programming on www.CMT.com

 

[Braves2005]

So, is CMT showing chopped up half-hour 'compilation' episodes(similar to the unwatchable 'Carol Burnett and Friends')?

No,they are the hour episodes of Hee Haw not compliations but badly edited for commercials and CMT promos.

 

[bpatrick]

I don't understand the TV-PG rating either. Maybe a few
of the jokes were a little raunchy by '70s standards but
they'd hardly raise an eyebrow now (and frankly, I never
found the show offensive in that regard). But then again,
I don't understand why GSN gives Weakest Link a TV-PG,
but that's beside the point.

Why they went with the later shows, I don't know. It's
not analogous to PBS running the syndicated Welk shows,
primarily, with an occasional one from the ABC days thrown
in. The reason there is that the network show had Dodge
and Geritol logos prominently displayed, and PBS is noncommercial,
so...

 

[bhayes1016]

The only pre-1980's Hee Haw I saw on CMT was from 1978, with Hank Williams Jr.

 

[azumanga]

I don't understand the TV-PG rating either. Maybe a few
of the jokes were a little raunchy by '70s standards but
they'd hardly raise an eyebrow now (and frankly, I never
found the show offensive in that regard). But then again,
I don't understand why GSN gives Weakest Link a TV-PG,
but that's beside the point.

The thing with TV ratings is that they're up for open interpretation from station-to-station, rather than a central organisation (like the MPAA for movies) or the government (for E/I shows). Meaning that "Link" on NBC or syndication may be TV-G, while GSN has it at TV-PG, yet they're the same shows with very little offensive content (if any). In Hee Haw's case, it was TV-G on the old TNN, yet TV-PG on CMT -- same old jokes (though CMT may be overreacting on what the ladies wore).

 

[bk77]

I don't understand the TV-PG rating either. Maybe a few
of the jokes were a little raunchy by '70s standards but
they'd hardly raise an eyebrow now (and frankly, I never
found the show offensive in that regard). But then again,
I don't understand why GSN gives Weakest Link a TV-PG,
but that's beside the point.

The thing with TV ratings is that they're up for open interpretation from station-to-station, rather than a central organisation (like the MPAA for movies) or the government (for E/I shows). Meaning that "Link" on NBC or syndication may be TV-G, while GSN has it at TV-PG, yet they're the same shows with very little offensive content (if any). In Hee Haw's case, it was TV-G on the old TNN, yet TV-PG on CMT -- same old jokes (though CMT may be overreacting on what the ladies wore).

TV content ratings are a joke and the fact that its the stations themselves that decide what shows get that TV-G, TV-14 etc..rating is the reason. We had a small relgious station that sometimes would air classic TV shows such as The Real McCoys, Mothers-In-Law, and The Goldbergs. All those shows got a "TV-PG" while the religous shows like 700 CLUB for example got a "TV-G".

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