MeTV Network Continues to Expand, Coming to West Palm Beach; Fox Moves Rake a Third Time

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.

Rake

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

Thursday, January 29

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage - "Dirty Hands and a Barbed-Wire Fence" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Georgie and Ruben are forced to get their hands dirty when Fred Fagenbacher (Matthew Letscher) tries to run them out of business. Meanwhile, Mandy grows suspicious of Georgie’s lies.

Ghosts - "Soul Custody" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Sam, Jay and the ghosts attempt to extricate Jay from his deal with Elias Woodstone (Matt Walsh), the devil. Also, Isaac helps Patience (Mary Holland) through a crisis of confidence and Pete and Alberta navigate the fallout from their kiss.

Animal Control - "Lost Dogs and Bar Flies" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Roman Park takes Frank's beloved dog away from him; in an effort to get his dog back, Frank and Shred find themselves on a late-night rescue mission; Patel's house sale spirals.

Going Dutch - "There's No PX Like Home" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
With the celebration of the U.S.'s 250th birthday coming up, the base's festivities are on the line when their supplies are held up by a petty and vengeful Davidson; Team Shiny must pull off a daring undercover mission.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of January 26)

Thursday, January 29

Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory/8 Simple Rules/Ladies Man) - Catch Kaley on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Kermit the Frog (The Muppets) - Kermit the Frog appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Patrick Dempsey (Fast Times) - Patrick is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. He also talks about Memory of a Killer on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Joel McHale (Animal Control/The Great Indoors/Community) - Joel stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. He also talks about Animal Control on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
J.C. Currais (Just Roll with It) - J.C. is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Kyle Richards (Down to Earth) - Andy Cohen interviews Kyle, Kathy Hilton and Paris Hilton on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo.
Katherine LaNasa (Three Sisters) - Katherine appears on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm. She also talks about The Pitt on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Michael Urie (Shrinking/Krapopolis/Partners) - Michael talks about Shrinking on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
Kevin James (The Crew/Kevin Can Wait/The King of Queens) - Kevin talks about Solo Mio on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Annie Potts (Young Sheldon/Over the Top/Love & War/Designing Women/Goodtime Girls) - Annie tells Sherri about her role in Fox's Best Medicine on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Will Forte (The Four Seasons/HouseBroken/MacGruber/The Last Man on Earth/The Cleveland Show) - Will tells Drew all about his awareness campaign for Huntington's disease on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.