Hallmark Channel Gets Bob Newhart Show; Three's a Crowd Back With Second Cycle On Antenna TV

Monday, December 26, 2011

Hallmark Channel Gets Bob Newhart Show; Three's a Crowd Back With Second Cycle On Antenna TV

The Hallmark Channel has acquired the cable rights to the classic '70s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show! The classic comedy will begin next week on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 and will air every weekday morning in a block from 8-10am with four episodes every morning. The cable network has been airing Christmas movies since Thanksgiving so the sitcoms have taken a back seat since, but they will return on Jan. 2. Essentially the block will replace The Golden Girls from 8-10am. This is the first schedule change in quite some time for Hallmark, so we will recap to you their line-up. Mornings begin with I Love Lucy from 5am-8am leading into Bob Newhart from 8am-10am. Mr. Newhart and company will lead into the Martha Stewart at Home block from 10am-3pm. Then afternoons and evenings will remain the same with back-to-back-to-back hours each of The Waltons from 3-6pm and Little House on the Prairie from 6pm-9pm. In primetime, Frasier also remains from 9pm-12am, followed by The Golden Girls from 12am-2am. Cheers gets an hour late nights from 2-3am, leading into more Frasier from 3am-5am.
On weekends, we have I Love Lucy still from 5-8am leading into The Golden Girls from 8-10am. Movies take over from 10am-12am and then more The Golden Girls airs from 12am-2am, followed by a block of Frasier from 2am-4am and finally an hour of Cheers from 4-5am. Marathon wise, you can catch a marathon of The Golden Girls on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday on Monday, January 16, 2012 from 3pm-2am.
As for The Bob Newhart Show, it currently also airs on digital broadcast TV on MeTV Network. It also airs on cable on FamilyNet since this past fall every evening and in primetime, so Hallmark will share the rights with FamilyNet. So now if you don't get MeTV or FamilyNet, you'll be able to watch Bob on The Hallmark Channel, as mostly everyone with cable has this network. Stay with us for further information.

If you missed the first cycle of the short-lived Three's Company continuation series Three's a Crowd starring John Ritter on Antenna TV this past summer now you have another chance to watch all 22 episodes! Just like how Antenna TV aired a second cycle of The Ropers, they will air Three's a Crowd again in the Three's Company time period of Mon-Thurs from 8-9pm (with an encore from 12-1am) starting Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. This will be only for 11 nights, since it only had 22 episodes and they air two episodes a night. Three's Company is tentatively scheduled to return with its first episode on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. That will be the start of the long-running series' third cycle on Antenna TV. You can catch the series finale on Wednesday, Dec. 28 before Three's a Crowd takes over for the next eleven nights.
I just love how they incorporate both The Ropers and Three's a Crowd into the Three's Company cycle. You'll see The Ropers series again on Antenna TV for the third time when those characters leave Three's Company at the end of season three. If my calculations are correct, it will be sometime in early March. So you'll see The Ropers in the second half-hour of the Three's Company hour and air for 28 nights, as they will only air one episode a night and the series had 28 episodes. Stay with us for further information as always!

Sitcoms Airing Tonight

Thursday, January 6

Young Sheldon - "An Expensive Glitch and a Goof-Off Room" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Sheldon gets a dorm room all to himself. Also, Meemaw gains an unwanted business partner. Reba McEntire and Wendie Malick return as June and Professor Hagemeyer, respectively. Melissa Joan Hart directed the episode.

United States of Al - "Professor / Ustad" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
When Al invites his professor over for dinner, Al’s professor and Lizzie start flirting with each other. Also, Riley hits a snag in his physical relationship with Holly and seeks out his therapist for help. John Ross Bowie returns as Professor Williams, Al’s psychology instructor.

Ghosts - "Sam's Mom" (CBS, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Sam and Jay travel to where Sam’s mother, Sheryl (Rachael Harris), died to see if she’s now a ghost. Also, Sasappis divulges a secret to his fellow ghosts that he overheard Sam and Jay discussing.

B Positive - "Heartburn, Woodstock and Ribs" (CBS, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Drew returns from his road trip to be with Gina and the retirement home residents and staff and mourn the death of a beloved friend.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of January 3)

Thursday, January 6

Michael Keaton (Report to Murphy/Working Stiffs/All's Fair) - Catch Michael on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Kenan Thompson (Kenan/Kenan & Kel) - Kenan is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Oliver Hudson (Splitting Up Together/Scream Queens/Rules of Engagement) - Oliver appears on Watch What Happens: Live at 10:30pm on Bravo.
David Arquette (In Case of Emergency/Double Rush/Parenthood) - David is a guest on Watch What Happens: Live at 10:30pm on Bravo.
Rebecca Wisocky (Ghosts) - Rebecca appears on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Anthony talks about the final season of black-ish on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary/Miracle Workers) - Quinta breaks down the new series Abbott Elementary on LIVE! with Kelly and Ryan, so check your listings.
Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias/Trial & Error/Sherri/Less Than Perfect/Suddenly Susan) - Sherri guest hosts a repeat of The Wendy Williams Show, so check your local listings.
Kel Mitchell (Game Shakers/Kenan & Kel) - Kel is a guest on a repeat of The Wendy Williams Show, so check your local listings.
Paige Audrey-Marie Hurd (Everybody Hates Chris) - Paige appears on The Real, so check your local listings.
Eve (Eve), Brandy Norwood (Zoe Ever After/The Game/Moesha/Thea) and Nadine Velazquez (My Name Is Earl/The League) - Eve, Brandy and Nadine talk about Queens on a repeat of Tamron Hall, so check your local listings. Brandy will also be on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Fran Drescher (Indebted/Happily Divorced/Living with Fran/The Nanny/Princesses) - Fran is a guest on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.