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News Feature: Sitcoms on Local Television, Part I

Since this is a holiday weekend and there is a shortage of news, I am launching a special news feature report for the blog. Basically, I will use these features on weekends or any other days we have no real news to report. So, what do I mean by news features? Well, I'm sure all of you are familiar with news programs on television such as World News Tonight. They report us on the day's news and they also have some interesting special news features or reports on a certain topic, such as skin cancer or whatever. We think this will be a great idea for the blog, using sitcom related material of course, and will make people come on the weekends here when the news is usually slow. Our wonderful writers from the DVD review team will contribute on some of these special reports, and you all know how good our reviews are!
I will kick-it off with a special report on Sitcoms on Local Television. This report will consist of what sitcoms are currently on local television and the sitcoms that are just not airing at all. Since there are so many sitcoms, I can't cover them all, but feel free to post a comment if you think I missed something and I will be happy enough to check and look for you. Today I will focus on the sitcoms of the 70s and 80s on local television, in part one of our special report. So, before I start, let's cue in on the news music ... then after you listen to that, start reading our special feature on Sitcoms on Local Television:

There are so many sitcoms that have aired on television. Many of them had enough episodes to air in reruns. So, why are many sitcoms not in reruns at all today? Why are some sitcoms just on few local channels? Why do some sitcoms just appear everywhere? These questions are asked by many sitcom fanatics throughout the United States. Today in part one of this report we will focus on the '70s & '80s sitcoms, and some '90s sitcoms as well.
The '90s was not that long ago, and many of those sitcoms still appear everywhere on locals and on cable, such as Seinfeld, Friends, Full House, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Boy Meets World. But what about some of the forgotten the '90s sitcoms such as Anything But Love, Blossom, Dave's World, Dinosaurs, Doogie Howser M.D., Empty Nest, Evening Shade, Hearts Afire, Herman's Head, Sports Night, and The Wonder Years? All of those are not airing anywhere locally or nationally on cable. While shows like California Dreams (filler airings on KCAL in Los Angeles), NewsRadio (few local channels), ROC (TV One) and Major Dad (Turner South) are also rare these days. The '90s is not as bad as the '70s and '80s, which I will detail much more.

With all of the channels available today, it shouldn't be too hard for almost every show that was popular and had enough episodes for syndication to have a home. For the '80s, it is sad that ALF is not airing on cable or in local syndication. The list goes on for shows not on cable or local channels: Benson, Dear John, Growing Pains, Head of the Class, The Hogan Family, Hooperman, It's a Living, Kate & Allie, Mr. Belvedere, My Two Dads, Newhart, 9 to 5, Perfect Strangers, Silver Spoons, Small Wonder, Too Close for Comfort, and Webster. Those are not airing AT ALL anywhere currently. Then there are other ones that are barely airing such as Amen (coming to TV One), Archie Bunker's Place (ME-TV thru Sept. 12), Charles in Charge (few local channels), Diff'rent Strokes (two local channels), The Facts of Life (ME-TV in Chicago), Family Ties (few local channels), Gimme a Break! (three local channels), Night Court (just started on TV Land), Punky Brewster (ME-TV in Chicago), and 227 (WCIU in Chicago and coming back to TV One in late Sept.). Even Bosom Buddies which didn't last too long is airing on some locals and nationally on TBS. Shows like Cheers, Cosby Show, and Who's the Boss? are airing a lot on cable and local channels. There are some shows that have been cable staples and are currently just on cable such as Designing Women, Golden Girls, and Mama's Family. As you can see, more are not airing than airing. It is very sad that this is happening. I didn't even list the somewhat short lived '80s sitcoms that have been popular in reruns such as Three's a Crowd, Just the Ten of Us, Out of this World, Still the Beaver, and My Sister Sam -- those are not airing either, as you probably guessed.

Moving on to the '70s, it seems to be a bit better, but not by much. It is sad that Alice is not airing on cable or in local syndication. The list goes on for shows not on cable or local channels: Doris Day Show, Here's Lucy, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, Maude, Nanny & The Professor, One Day at a Time, Rhoda, Room 222, SOAP, and WKRP in Cincinnati. Then there are other ones that are barely airing such as Barney Miller (ME-TV), Bob Newhart Show (ME-TV & FOXNet), Chico and the Man (AmericanLife TV), Courtship of Eddie's Father (American LifeTV), Eight is Enough (ME-TV), The Jeffersons (few locals), Laverne & Shirley (few locals and Lifetime Real Women), Love American Style (ME-TV), The Love Boat (WBII-TV in Ashland, MS), Mary Tyler Moore Show (ME-TV & FOXNet), Mork & Mindy (few locals), Odd Couple (few locals), Partridge Family (ME-TV), Taxi (few locals), Welcome Back Kotter (AmericanLife TV), and What's Happening!! (few locals, coming to TV Land this fall). Shows like All in the Family, Brady Bunch, Good Times, Happy Days, M*A*S*H, and Sanford & Son are airing a lot on cable and local channels. Three's Company has been a staple on cable for many years, but is currently not on any locals, but airs on TV Land. I didn't even list the somewhat short lived '70s sitcoms that have been popular in reruns such as Angie, Bad News Bears, Phyllis, The Ropers, and That's My Mama -- those are not airing either, as you probably guessed.

As you can see, if we take out that ME-TV local channel in Chicago, we basically have nothing really. The '70s sitcoms are not as bad as the '80s sitcoms in terms of not airing, but still needs work as you can see. Tomorrow we will look at the '50s and '60s sitcoms, so tune in to see if they are more rarely seen than the '70s and '80s or not. Some final thoughts will be included in that story as well. So come back tomorrow for part duex!

Unedited Cosby Show DVDs Coming Soon!

TVShowsonDVD.com has reported that the rest of The Cosby Show DVDs will be unedited and in their broadcast version form. This is very good news after the rampage by fans on why season one was the edited for syndication version. Now if UrbanWorks can release the spin-off series A Different World Season 1 this November with broadcast versions, too, then all will be well. Anchor Bay has told some fans that they can expect Roseanne's broadcast versions soon, but no further details were given. It seems Carsey-Werner must have supplied syndicated versions for all their shows that have hit DVD so far (3rd Rock from the Sun, Roseanne and The Cosby Show).
We first reported that The Cosby Show season one DVD had syndicated prints, and we are so glad that the word spread fast and now we will have the rest of the series unedited--unless UrbanWorks is telling a fib.


There is not much other news so far today. This has been a slower than usual Friday. Have a nice weekend, and keep checking in during the weekend for news posts!

WNYW Fall; TV Land and Nick@Nite End of Year Preview

WNYW (FOX5 in NYC) has announced its fall line-up, which starts Sept. 12. Not many changes to report, except the new court room show Judge Alex will air at 2:00 & 2:30 p.m. replacing Montel William's afternoon slot which will move to WWOR at 4 p.m., while the second run of Malcolm in the Middle will go to WNYW from WWOR, and will air at 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. The second run of That '70s Show will be in between that at 12:30 a.m. and Just Shoot Me shifts to 1:30 a.m.
In other local news, there will be a Labor Day Saved by the Bell marathon in Los Angeles on KDOC-TV from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Nick@Nite and TV Land have released stunt plans for November and December. For TV Land we can expect the What's Happening!! 48 hour launch marathon on Nov. 5 & 6 (and possibly sightings of the follow-up series What's Happening Now!! in the launch event), a Nick@Nite/TV Land simulcast special An American Celebration: A Show of Thanks airing Nov. 15, on Thanksgiving Day relive all your Friday night reunion/clip show specials/episodes that will air every Friday from Oct. 21 to Nov. 18 in a five-hour stunt on Thanksgiving day, and finally the last week in November relive that 7 episode TV Land series Chasing Farrah for a week at 10 p.m. from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4. In December for TV Land we can expect another five-part series from TV Guide & TV Land titled TV Guide Presents: 100 Most Unexpected Moments, then TV Land will debut a new TV Land Top 10 episode counting down the top ten Holiday Moments, a new original series for Wednesday nights titled One Night Only with David Steinberg (wt), and finally TV Land presents its annual Merry-thon featuring 24 hours of holiday episodes from all your TV Land shows.
As for Nick@Nite, the Nick@Nite/TV Land simulcast special An American Celebration: A Show of Thanks airing Nov. 15, Fatherhood Family Table marathon, and a Thanksgiving stunt. In December we can expect a Holiday Collection marathon, a huge Fresh Prince of Bel-Air end of the year marathon and Nick@Nite's Rockin' New Year's Eve stunt.

Full details on the November schedules for both TV Land and Nick@Nite should be released in a week or so, which will include the time slot for What's Happening!! on TV Land and any other schedule changes that will occur. Stay tuned!

No real TV on DVD news to report. I'm still trying to find out the reason(s) on why that sitcom that has not had any subsequent seasons after the first release is not being released or why it is being delayed for so long.

TV One & WWOR's Fall Line-Ups; The Color Honeymooners to DVD!

TV One has announced its fall line-up and while some current shows might be off the line-up for now, there are some new and returning shows like Amen and 227. TV One will launch '80s classic Amen at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, September 26 and air 4 episodes a day, at least for that week. It is still unclear what they will do with the show after this week, as their October line-up is not in yet. But we can expect TV One to "shine on me" for a long time. To see TV One's fall line-up click here. TV One airs all of their sitcoms unedited, so many fans of shows like Good Times and Martin are very happy.

Now heading to New York City -- WWOR's fall line-up is in. At least most of it. Spin City and The Cosby Show will both be leaving at later dates, so it is unclear what will replace them, but they both are on the line-up starting September 12. The Nanny and Mad About You have been added to the afternoon line-up. Click here to see the line-up.
In other New York local news, Home Improvement is coming to WLNY-TV, airing weekday mornings at 9:00 and 9:30 a.m., replacing the canceled Life & Style. WCBS will move Becker up to 1:30 a.m. (which is much better than 3:30 a.m.) and move the encores of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider from late nights to 9 and 9:30 a.m. replacing the canceled Larry Elder. WABC has made no changes to its solid number one rated line-up. WNBC will be adding Martha weekdays at 11:00 a.m. WNYW has not released their line-up to us yet. We hope to find out the weekend line-ups for all of these soon, too. Of course, WPIX's full seven-day-a-week schedule was already released to us.

Let's head on over to TV DVD land with news regarding the world of TV DVDs. MPI Home Entertainment will be releasing The Color Honeymooners on DVD in mid-late 2006. So, you've heard it here first. The show had 42 hour long episodes and lasted from 1966-1970, so another show MPI is releasing that is approaching 40 years.

Classic TV Continues in Chicago; Family Affair to DVD!

I was going to post some of the New York local channel fall schedules today, such as WWOR, but I will hold off on that until tomorrow. So for those who have been waiting for those, please come back tomorrow and sorry for the inconvenience. I have already posted WPIX, so I hope that is good enough for now.
I do have some local channel schedule information to post today! I normally do not post other city's local channel schedules, but ME-TV in Chicago is different. It is by far the best local channel in the U.S. currently. They have been airing classic TV since they launched. Their popular "Summer of ME" schedule was so popular, with shows such as The Facts of Life and The Brady Bunch, that some of the summer shows will be staying on their line-up, while adding some new ones for the fall such as Fantasy Island, Good Times and Eight is Enough. To view their excellent line-up, please visit here.

And the '60s sitcom coming to DVD is ... Family Affair! Get ready in early 2006 for Buffy, Jody, Cissy, and the rest for a wonderful celebration, as Family Affair approaches 40 years of excellence. MPI is releasing the series on DVD and they have been doing a wonderful job on their sets for Doris Day, The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction. Each of those sets are filled with lots of bonus material, so I'm sure Family Affair will be, too. I don't know yet if it will be a first season release or volume release, but I'm suspecting the season release. As always, wait until TVShowsonDVD.com announces it, to make it official.

BREAKING NEWS: TV Land and Nick@Nite score in August! Nick@Nite had its best August ever among adults 18-49, while TV Land had its best August ever among adults 25-54. Nick@Nite was hyping the premiere of Hi-Jinks whle TV Land celebrated good ratings for the Night Court marathon. Read both releases here.

Seinfeld Gets Two DVD Releases for Thanksgiving!

I've gotten an early report that Seinfeld will get two seasonal releases by Thanksgiving from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
You will see seasons 5 and 6, both 4 discs each, on Tuesday, November 22. And just like how the first two volumes were released last Thanksgiving, there will be again another great collectible giftset release for us with special collectible items! Stay tuned in the coming weeks for the official announcement on TVShowsonDVD.com, as this information can always change.

And now to juice everyone up for tomorrow's news (and cheap promotion to get you back here tomorrow), there will be a classic 1960s sitcom finally coming to DVD in early 2006. I don't want to give anything more away, but stay tuned here tomorrow!
I also hope to release WWOR-TV in New York's fall schedule tomorrow, and maybe some others, too.

Reason Why 7 Episodes for Married...With Children S4 DVD Were Edited

Sorry for the delay today. As most of you probably know we reported in our review that 7 episodes of the Married... With Children Season 4 DVD had syndicated prints. Well, if you haven't found out yet why, please visit TVShowsonDVD.com and they contacted Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and they gave a reason. Now if you want to believe SPHE or not, is up to you.

For those of you in the New Orleans and other cities in that region (you probably well have evacuated to a secure place by now), we wish you the best of luck and hope Hurricane Katrina is not going to have a big impact as much as they say it is going to. Our prayers and wishes to all in that area.

Lost DVD Review

Today we will just leave it to our Lost DVD review to do the talking. Buena Vista Home Entertainment has done a wonderful job on this set and it is possibly the DVD of the year. A must buy. Please read my review here. And enjoy the rest of the weekend!

'Dharma' Info for WE: Women's Entertainment; Anchor Bay January DVDs

The WE: Women's Entertainment channel will be adding Dharma & Greg this fall. They have finally released their fall schedule to us and will feature Dharma & Greg in the 4 p.m. hour and the 7 p.m. hour. The first hour will start off with episodes from season three while the 7 p.m. hour will start from the pilot episode. If everybody recalls, Dharma is also coming to FX this fall, starting Sept. 19. See our previous news item for that schedule. Dharma joins the WE line-up on Sept. 26, click here to view the entire fall line-up, which includes the return of Boston Public on WE.

A&E will be doing a Biography episode of childs stars tonight entitled Child Stars II: Growing Up. This two-hour special Biography episode features many of history's most endearing movie and TV moments, as well as interviews with current and former child stars, including Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Brooke Shields, Liliana Mumy, Frankie Muniz, Raven, Dakota Fanning, Rick Schroder, Mayim Bialik, Fred Savage, Ron Howard and Kurt Russell. Other interviews include director Shawn Levy and psychologist Jenn Berman. Tune in tonight at 8 p.m. on A&E Television.

Now for some DVD news. Anchor Bay Home Entertainment has supplied some scoops for January of some of their returning series on DVD. Hunter: Season 3 and Silk Stalkings: Season 4 are both due on January 3, while sitcoms Doogie Howser, M.D.: Season 3 and Titus: Season 3 (pictured above) are due on January 17. 2006 is right around the corner and we hope it is just as good as 2005 has been. See a growing list of what is to come in 2006 here.

Finally, we leave you today with some more DVD news on a classic animated series--Alvin & the Chipmunks. No, the series is not coming to DVD, at least not yet, but three Christmas specials are coming in one release on November 1 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Classic Christmas specials from 1981, 1988 and 1989 will be making their way to your home this holiday season. For the complete details and box art, please go here.

TBS Fall Line-Up; The Beav to DVD

Today is one of those rare days we bring you two posts in one day! Earlier today Todd posted a promotion running on the website for a free TV theme CD. Enter the contest today. We have 5 copies to give away.

TBS has announced its fall schedule, which will begin on Monday, October 3. There are not many changes, though. TBS will add a second hour of Saved by the Bell from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., replacing the start of the TBS morning movie. Dawson's Creek will move to 9 a.m. The TBS morning movie, which was previously airing 8 to 10 a.m., will now be 10 a.m. to 12 noon, replacing two Dawson's Creek episodes. After that we have very minor changes. The 1996-2000 sitcom Cosby (pictured above) has expired, and will no longer air at 5:30 a.m., it will replaced by the 1984-1992 Cosby Show. The Cosby Show will also continue to air in its 1 & 1:30 p.m. slot. Eagle-eyed viewers can also catch episodes of Parent'hood & The Steve Harvey Show in early morning slots as well, usually between 4 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. Harvey will retain its afternoon slot still as well, of 2 & 2:30 p.m.
TBS has also scheduled two stunts for the fall. A six-hour Seinfeld marathon (6 p.m. to 12 midnight) is slated for October 2, just prior to its fall changes and an Everybody Loves Raymond marathon on Thanksgiving Day.

In today's DVD news, we finally will get Leave it to Beaver on DVD! It was announced in late May 2004 that the series was in the works and in late December 2004, I announced it would be out by November 2005. The final date is that it will come out just before Thanksgiving, on November 22. Today, TVShowsonDVD.com officially announced it. So, I'll just hand it over to them for the details.

We are working on a story for a show that has not seen subsequent seasons on DVD since its first season release. We will bring you the details on why and when or if we can expect subsequent seasons of this sitcom. We hope to bring you this in the coming days, so hang tight (unless it falls through)!

All-Time Top 100 TV Themes 2-CD Giveaway

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Developing Story: Growing Pains to DVD?

We have some possible wonderful news for Growing Pains fans. Back in March, Warner Bros. Home Video told fans and everyone else at the Warner Bros. HomeTheaterForum.com chat that Growing Pains could be a "potential title" for a DVD release. Now, Alan Thicke's official website says, "Watch for Growing Pains DVD collection by Christmas." So, I contacted his online manager, Patty and she told me that she will be seeing Alan in person on September 8 and she will get to ask him for more information then. I will let everyone know what happens after that, if we don't hear anything before then.

I think it looks good for this series on DVD. So all fans, "show me that smile" because I think it is very possible that the series will hit DVD very soon. I will let everyone know if anything further develops and when the official announcement is made, our compadres at TVShowsonDVD.com will certainly let everyone know.

Nick@Nite Stunt; Three's Company S5 Extras List!

Nick@Nite has added an additional stunt to their October line-up. They are promoting the upcoming movie In Her Shoes starring Cameron Diaz. The stunt airs October 6. The movie is about two sisters who have nothing in common other than shoes, Nick@Nite is featuring sister-themed episodes of their family sitcoms. Click here to view the shows and episodes airing in this stunt.

Now for the day's DVD news. We have yet another first look! In conjunction with my Three's Company page I bring you the list of the special features on the season 5 Three's Company DVD! Here is the list as of today, with of course anything is subject to change and additional special features could still be added:

• Jenilee Harrison Interview (9:21) (pictured above)
  
• Of Farce And Censors: All-New Interviews With Producers George Sunga & George Burditt and Writer Kim Weiskopf (9:36)
• Best Of Jack: Season Five (8:31)
• Best Of Janet: Season Five (8:02)
• Best Of Cindy: Season Five (6:30)
• Best Of Larry: Season Five (8:30)
• Best Of Furley: Season Five (8:25)

Not too shabby! I hope they add more material, though. Bloopers would be nice along with original promos. This set will be very popular because it is the last season Suzanne Somers appeared in and you will see all of her phone tag scenes that have not aired in this country since the original broadcasts. Nick@Nite and TV Land showed some of them, but not all of them.

If there is any other news, I will edit it in on this post, so keep checking back!

Classic TV Sightings, DVD Updates

Welcome to yet another day of news. Did you know we are already in syndication? Who needs 100 episodes, or posts. :-)

Not much to update today but I hope everyone has also viewed our second new feature to the website - the SitcomsOnline.com DVD Reviews Page. Yes, we never actually had a page for our reviews, we just listed them on the main page and on the forums. Now this will be easier for you and us.

I have more news for fellow New Yorkers. If you didn't know, yesterday WPIX aired a nice two-hour block in the morning from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m of Bewitched and The Odd Couple. Now, they will air even more Bewitched and an episode each of The Jeffersons and Taxi on Sunday, September 4. WPIX is really good to classic TV. To view the line-up for that morning click here.

And one another note. AmericanLife TV will be adding Crime Story to its Friday night line-up starting October 7. It will air 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Now for some DVD news! We have a scoop. It is first being posted here. In addition to Fantasy Island: Season 1, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will shelve out a rare program--The Johnny Cash Show on November 15. It doesn't seem it will be a seasonal set, because Sony says it is titled, The Johnny Cash Show Collection. Sony has had a TV DVD poll and that show is winning by a landslide, but I think some heavy duty cheating was going on there. I'm not sure if Sony is releasing this just because it is winning in the poll, or it was already on their radar map before the poll started. I know there are a lot of people waiting for some other shows on their poll such as Benson, The Facts of Life, Silver Spoons and One Day at a Time, but I have no information on any of those yet. Though, One Day at a Time is probably the most likely of those to come out in the closing days of 2005. I really wish I had a sitcom to announce, but not today. As always, don't take Cash as something official until it is officially announced, which will be probably in two weeks or so.

One other note, don't forget to watch Beautiful People tonight on ABC Family Channel. Don't ask why I'm promoting this, but just click here and you'll help me a lot.
If there is any other "breaking news" or anything noteworthy, I'll edit it in on this post. So keep checking back.

Fall 2005 TV Schedules & More Updates

Yesterday I posted the October line-ups for TV Land and Nick@Nite. If you have missed it, here is what TV Land will add and change to their lineup this September to its fall line-up. Nick@Nite is not making any changes for the fall, leaving the line-up intact from August, with The Jeff Foxworthy Show on Saturday nights.
Here are some of the other networks' fall 2005 line-ups:

• FX Fall 2005 Line-Up
• ABC Family Fall 2005 Line-Up
• WGN Fall 2004 Line-Up
• Oxygen Fall 2005 Line-Up
• Lifetime Fall 2005 Line-Up
• TNT Fall 2005 Line-Up
• The N Fall 2005 Line-Up
• WPIX WB11 Fall 2005 Line-Up

Other networks such as The Hallmark Channel, Spike TV, AmericanLife TV, USA Network, Sci-Fi Channel, and Comedy Central are reporting little or no changes to the fall line-ups. TBS has yet to report their October schedule, so it is unknown at this time if their will be any changes to their line-up. I'll keep you posted. WE: Women's Entertainment will be adding Dharma & Greg this fall, but they also have not released their line-up to us yet. A&E will be adding 24 on Mondays. Nickelodeon has made some changes to its line-up, but it really isn't an appropriate network for us.
I will also post New York City's local channel line-ups, as you can see I posted WPIX's fall line-up. The other local channels have not released their full day fall line-ups yet, so keep checking back with us. Speaking of WPIX, they are showcasing an Odd Couple marathon for Labor Day Weekend on Saturday, September 3 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. ET. For details click here.

If there is a cable network's fall line-up you'd like to see that we missed, please leave some comments for us by clicking on comments below this news post.

As for the broadcast networks' fall line-ups, you all should know them by now, so I will not post them. However ABC has changed some of its season premiere dates, such as for Hope & Faith and cut According to Jim's season premiere to 30 minutes, thanks to Dancing with the Stars: Dance-Off. Read the edited premiere dates here.

And finally a little DVD update. I announced a few weeks back (on August 9), that Fame: Season 1 is in the works and is coming to DVD via MGM Home Entertainment on Tuesday, November 1. MGM will officially announce it tomorrow, so check our friends at TVShowsonDVD.com for that.

TV Land & Nick@Nite October; DVD Update; and more...

Since Saturdays and Sundays are usually very slow and I've just created this news blog, I could still rehash some of my news posts from the past few days, in case anyone missed them. To read all of my posts, usually are mostly just news related, with a little opinion, click here.

TV Land and Nick@Nite's October 2005 schedules are now out. TV Land Confidentital looks very interesting. It is a 7 week series that starts Sept. 14 and runs through October airing Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT with many encores during the week, too. A TV Land Confidenital Box Set is planned for every Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. ET/PT starting Sept. 21. Also, of note in October for TV Land are clip show episodes for Three's Company, All in the Family & Cheers; along with encore reunion specials for The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Brady Bunch. A "Bar Wars" Cheers Halloween stunt is also airing. To read the full TV Land October details, please click here.
Nick@Nite's October schedule was also released. 6 more new episodes of Fatherhood are planned with lots of great special guest voices from Betty White, Don Knotts, Henry Winkler and Jim Belushi. Roseanne's 3rd annual Halloween episodes marathon is also back. Read the full October details here.

And now for your DVD first look scoop! These are scoops that will be probably released here first, but are not officially announced yet, so please refrain from getting really excited until it is posted at our good buddy website TVShowsonDVD.com. And now the DVD scoop for today is ... Fantasy Island! Yes, Fantasy Island's first season is coming out on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
And I announced on my Three's Company website yesterday, that the 5th season DVD cover art is now available. For full details please visit that website. I leave you today with the season 5 DVD box art for Three's Company.

SitcomsOnline.com News Blog

Hi, this is Pavan of SitcomsOnline.com and welcome to the first post of the SitcomsOnline.com News Blog! I get a lot of questions and feedback on the news I post, so I thought it would be great to have a blog type of a page where I would post all my news/schedules, etc. on one page for easier access. It will be updated daily, unless a day is very slow. I will provide news that you usually will not see on other television sites, such as advanced TV schedules from networks like TV Land and Nick@Nite, DVD news on some of your favorite sitcoms (including scoops on what is coming), and of course information on our DVD reviews.

I hope you all enjoy this and keep checking back everyday to SitcomsOnline.com for your latest sitcom news, reviews, and more. I'm not going to be world known like Kristin from E! or Ask Ausiello of TV Guide, but I'll try :-)