Monday, June 25, 2012
Antenna TV's 4th of July Gidget Marathon; Nick at Nite Adds All That, Kenan & Kel, Drops Brady Bunch
Celebrate the 4th of July with Gidget as she celebrates Independence Day with life, liberty and the pursuit of boys. Antenna TV, which airs on 65 affiliates across the U.S. reaching 60% of TV households, will air a "Gidget Independence Day" marathon beginning at 7am ET on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 and running through 7am ET on Thursday, July 5. The 24-hour marathon will feature all 32 episodes from the 1965-66 series starring Sally Field from 11am-3am ET, as well as feature films, Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) at 7am & 3am ET and Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) at 9am & 5am ET. The films do not star Sally Field, as the Hawaiian one stars Deborah Walley and the Rome one stars Cindy Carol. Both films were sequels to the original 1959 film starring Sandra Dee. All three films were before the TV series. After the TV series ended, there were two ABC TV movies - Gidget Grows Up (1969) and Gidget Gets Married (1972) - and a new syndicated series - The New Gidget (1985), which was spun-off of the TV movie Gidget's Summer Reunion (1985) - but Antenna TV will not be airing any of those.
The 1965-66 series only lasted one season on ABC but it has still popped-up in syndication, often paired with Sally Field's other comedy, The Flying Nun. In fact Antenna TV airs both series every Saturday afternoons from 1-3pm ET.
In a last minute schedule change, Nick at Nite has added All That and Kenan & Kel to its line-up beginning tonight. The two classic '90s Nickelodeon comedies will air in the 8pm hour to try and give a better lead-in to Nick at Nite's new original telenovela Hollywood Heights, which airs weeknights at 9pm. The original series has struggled in the ratings thus far and Nick at Nite is trying to give it a more compatible lead-in than Friends, which was airing in the 8pm hour. Friends was airing 8-9pm and 11pm-12am, but now it will air in a two-hour block from 11pm-1am. This means George Lopez is out of the midnight hour and only air approx. 4am & 4:30am. Yes, Dear remains in the 10pm hour out of Hollywood Heights. Also of note, Nick at Nite will remove the '70s classic sitcom The Brady Bunch effective tonight after a month of airing and replace it with The Nanny, which returns to weeknights on Nick at Nite during the 5am hour.
Stay tuned for further updates, as I just don't see George Lopez being out of primetime for long.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight
Friday, October 7
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 3)
Friday, October 7
- Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary/Go On/Everybody Hates Chris) - Watch Tyler on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Mike Myers (The Pentaverate) - Mike is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Sutton Foster (Younger) - Sutton appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Timothy Olyphant (Santa Clarita Diet) - Timothy is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Constance Wu (Fresh Off the Boat) - Constance appears on The Kelly Clarkson Show, so check your local listings.
- Utkarsh Ambudkar (Ghosts/White Famous) - Utkarsh is helping serve the news sunny-side up by joining Drew at the news desk on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory) - Kunal appears on The Jennifer Hudson Show, so check your local listings.
- Jerry O'Connell (We Are Men/Do Not Disturb/Carpoolers/My Secret Identity) - Jerry and his wife Rebecca Romijn talk all about their new show The Real Love Boat on Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
- Kathy Najimy (King of the Hill/Veronica's Closet) - Kathy chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Chelsea is a guest on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
- Sylar Astin (Ground Floor) - Skylar talks about So Help Me Todd on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Teri Hatcher (The Odd Couple/Karen's Song/The Love Boat) - Teri talks about Mid-Love Crisis on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Tori Spelling (Mystery Girls/So Notorious) - Tori stops by to talk to Sherri about hosting MTV's new dating series Love at First Lie: Who’s a Couple and Who’s a Con? on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) - Zazie is a guest on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
- Whoopi Golberg (Whoopi/Bagdad Cafe) - Whoopi will be on Cuomo on NewsNation at 8pm.
New on DVD/Blu-ray (June-October)
06/14 - Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Eleventh Season
06/14 - Hacks - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/14 - Rutherford Falls - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/21 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Complete Season One / The Complete Season Two
07/19 - The Neighborhood - Season Four
07/19 - Reno 911! - The Hunt for QAnon (Blu-ray) (DVD)
07/26 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Complete Season Three / The Complete Season Four
08/16 - And Just Like That... - The Complete First Season (Warner Bros. - Canada)
08/16 - South Park - The Complete Twenty-Fourth Season (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/06 - Young Sheldon - The Complete Fifth Season (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/20 - Kim's Convenience - The Complete Series
09/27 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Complete Season Five / The Complete Season Six
10/04 - Mr. Mayor - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
10/04 - The Munsters - Marineland Carnival with The Munsters TV Cast
10/18 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete First Season
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