Wednesday, April 02, 2014
MeTV Network Continues to Expand, Coming to West Palm Beach; Fox Moves Rake a Third Time
MeTV, Memorable Entertainment Television, has signed an affiliation agreement with WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL, (DMA #38); the station is an NBC affiliate owned by the E.W. Scripps Company. The classic television network will launch on April 21, 2014 and will be seen on over the air channel 5.2 and Comcast channel 216. With this addition, the MeTV Network can be found in 28 of the top 30 U.S. markets on cable and satellite. Several major media groups that have MeTV affiliates include: Hearst, Gannett, Raycom, Sinclair, Media General, News-Press & Gazette Company, Nexstar, Allbritton, Hubbard, Cordillera, Bahakel, Cox, Morgan Murphy, Grant, New Age, Granite, Dispatch, Journal, Titan and The CBS Television Station Group. And don't forget two upcoming MeTV programming alerts: On Sunday, April 6, starting at 3 PM/2 C, MeTV will be celebrating Doris Day's 90th birthday with her favorite episodes of The Doris Day Show and birthday wishes from her friends and cast members. Finally, as we mentioned before, Welcome Back Kotter joins the MeTV schedule on Monday, April 14 at 9:30pm.
Fox is moving struggling new drama Rake once again. This will be the third night and time change for the series. It started off Thursdays at 9, then moved to Fridays at 8. The Greg Kinnear series has faltered in the ratings and is now being relocated to Saturday effective immediately. Three episodes of the series remain, and Fox will air two of them this Saturday from 8-10pm. Presumably, the final episode is not scheduled yet because Fox has sports the next few Saturdays. If they even decide to air the finale. Meanwhile, a repeat of Kitchen Nightmares will air instead in Rake's old night and time of Friday at 8 this Friday (April 4). And the Kitchen Nightmares season premiere will now be two-hours the following Friday (April 11) from 8-10pm.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Sunday, September 20
Scrubs - "My V.I.P." (ABC, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
J.D. and Dr. Park are forced to work together when a member of the hospital board experiences a mysterious health crisis; Turk helps Elliot navigate a newfound romance; the interns practice vulnerability with patients.
Scrubs - "My Best Friend's Barbecue" (ABC, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
While J.D. is upset to not be invited to Turk and Carla's annual barbecue, he takes the opportunity to nurture his friendship with Carla at work; Turk teaches the surgical interns how to deliver bad news.
Scrubs - "My Odds" (ABC, 10:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
J.D. has finally hit his stride as the new chief of medicine, only to be shaken by an unexpected visit; Elliot grapples with being a good mentor for the interns while still holding them accountable.
Scrubs - "My Celebration" (ABC, 10:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
A chaotic day at Sacred Heart forces the doctors and interns to face burnout, life-changing decisions and their relationships with one another.
Universal Basic Guys - "Go Fund Mernft" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Mark helps Mernft Man build the house of his dreams; Tammy's fundraising campaign reveals a surprising side of Mernft.
Grimsburg - "Blue Light District" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Roles get reversed in Flute and Summers' partnership after male sex workers start turning up dead.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 14)
Friday, September 18
- Sandra Bullock (Working Girl) - Watch Sandra on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Stavros Halkias (Tires) - Stavros appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Matthew McConaughey (Brothers) and Woody Harrelson and (Brothers/Cheers) - Matthew and Woody talk about Brothers on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and in the 9am hour.
- Jane Krakowski (Schmigadoon!/Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/30 Rock) - Jane talks about Celebrity Name That Tune on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Lili Reinhart (Surviving Jack) - Lili and and Tom Bateman talk about The Love Hypothesis on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building/Mulaney/I'm a Big Girl Now/The Associates) - Martin talks about You Had to Be There on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
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02/11/26 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
04/11/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)
04/21/26 - Famous Studios Champion Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD)
05/19/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
05/19/26 - Looney Tunes Cartoons - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/16/26 - Difficult People - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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07/14/26 - The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Bill Dana Show - The Complete Series (DVD)
07/28/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Paper - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
08/25/26 - Perfect Strangers - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/08/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 3 (Blu-ray)
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