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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Looking Back : NICK on CBS

TV look back  Children's TV 
        As the final  traditional  children's television Saturday Morning block ends in October , here at
Joshuaonline we are taking a look a different Children's television blocks on network tv from the past.
The first one we look at is Nick On CBS.
 Nick on CBS started in 2000 as Nick Jr. on CBS then became Nick on CBS , then became  Nick Jr. on CBS (again) .  Why was Nickelodeon  programming a block on CBS?
  3 easy reasons    1.) Viacom who owned/owns Nickelodeon merged with CBS  in 1999 (they divorced in 2005 )  so why not put Nick Jr/Nick programming on  CBS's kids slot  to pretty much promote Nickelodeon?  2.  Children's Television Act of 1996 mandated 3 hours of educational /informational children's television per week. What's more educational than 3 hours of Nick Jr. programming ?  3. It's easier than making  programs yourself or buying them from somewhere.

The Original line up with Nick Jr. had  pre-school programs that were airing on the weekday (there was no 24- hour Nick Jr.  or is it 20 hours?)  on Nickelodeon. "Little Bear", "Little Bill" , "Dora the Explorer " and more .    So for the first couple years  Nick Jr. was on CBS .
 
video from youtube

 When it started in 2000 , the competition was  Disney on ABC ( Disney owned ABC so why not?) ,  Kids WB ( on the WB ) , Fox Kids ( on Fox)  , and the hip and cool T-NBC for Teens . Preschoolers had PBS' preschool programs though many PBS stations air quilting , cooking , etc. on Saturday Mornings.   Eventually though a switch came ,  in 2002 CBS and Nickelodeon switched to Nickelodeon's programming because ... why not ?  
   In 2002,  ABC's Saturday Morning block was renamed ABC Kids when the Disney Channel programming that was added was shown to be popular , either that or a great way to promote  a channel some of that audience didn't get.    So why not have some Nickelodeon programs compete ?
   Now if you don't remember this block or were to old to care.  You maybe thinking the block aired Spongebob Squarepants  alot  because the show was hot and kids loved it.  Well.. No  you see ,  Spongebob  Squarepants was only aired a few times as a special occasion.  Why?  was  Nickeloden being selfish and telling kids to badger their parents to buy cable to watch Nick to watch Spongebob ?  While that sounds like a great idea  it's something more simple ... the program was not educational and informational ,neither was the other flagship show  "Rugrats", which also aired on special occasions. Though it did air "Rugrats" spinoff "All grown up" (which are the Rugrats as boring teenagers) as a regular scheduled program.  You could say both shows taught imagination is good or something.    A funny thing (scary?) is that "Hannah Montana" was considered E/I.
 
from youtube . see no Spongebob / Rugrats in the block promoted
So the block included   4 nickelodeon shows that were considered E/I  all of toons too ,and 2 Nick Jr. shows lingered  "Dora the Explorer" and "Blue's  Clues"   (They are educational)
  Shows were swapped and changed around to keep things fresh  for the next 3 years ... then in 2005  it reverted back to Nick Jr. Programming  and that's how it died in September 2006.


from youtube

 So why did the block end ? Was it because all the children hated it ? , Was it because Nickelodeon wanted to be selfish?  It wasn't educational enough ?  Well no...  Viacom  and CBS decided that their marriage wasn't working anymore so they split, the Old Viacom became CBS corp and owned CBS and UPN (later half of the CW. the C half of the CW.    The New Viacom owns Nick , VH1 , MTV etc...  the block continued for 9 months after the break up and was then replaced by  KOL Secret Slumber Party ( that's a name?)

 The block was  not that memorable  as  many post 2000 children's broadcast TV blocks aren't ( besides 4 KIDS ) . It aired popular shows from Nick Jr / Nickelodeon so it didn't have any programs that make it memorable  because those are Nickeloden Programs so  the memory goes to Nick.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

CW announces Fall premiere dates and times

CW  FALL 2014 

   The CW has announced the fall premiere dates for it's fall season
                                  
 The Official start is October 2nd ,  On  September 29 and 30th they will be airing the I Heart Radio Festival

Thursday, October 2nd
8PMET   The Vampire Diaries  (new season)
9PMET    Reign (New Season )

Monday , October 6th
8PMET   The Originals ( new season)
9PMET     Supernatural - Retrospective special

Tuesday, October 7th
8PMET  The Flash  (Series Premieres )
9PMET   Supernatural ( Season Premiere )

Wednesday , October 8th
8PMET     Arrow ( Season Premiere )
9pmet      The Flash  (Premiere replay )

Monday, October 13th
9PMET   Jane the Virgin (Series Premiere )

Wednesday , October  15th
9PMET  The Flash ( Episode two Replay)

Friday, October 17th
9PMET  America's Next top Model*

Wednesday , October 22nd
9PMET   The 100 (Season Premiere)

*America's Next top Model starts  August 22nd , Whose Line is it anyway continues from Summer . Fridays  Starting October 3rd at 8pmet

CBS announces fall Premiere dates

CBS  FALL TV 2014 

   Last Month CBS announced it's fall line up , now today they have announced the premiere dates for the fall.
CBS ANNOUNCES A MULTI-PHASE ROLLOUT FOR FALL PREMIERE DATES

Update 9/25: CBS has delayed "Mom" premiere from  Monday September 29th to October 30th  at 8:30pm ET, "The Millers"  was moved to Mondays at 8:30PMET starting October 20th   . "2 Broke Girls"  still  premieres its new season October 27th .
 Following changes have been made in this post.

Thursday, September 11th
 Thursday Night Football premieres with Pittsburgh Steelers  vs Baltimore Ravens  Pre game at 7:30PMET /4:30PM PT   and Kick of f at 8:20PMET/5:20PT

Sunday ,September 21st
 7PMET  60 Minutes (Season Premiere)
8PMET   Madam Secretary  (Series Premiere )
9PMET  The Good Wife  ( Season Premiere)

Monday, September 22nd
8PMET  The Big Bang Theory ( Season Premiere )
8:30PMET  The Big Bang  Theory (New episode)
9PMET   Scorpion  (new series)
10PMET   Under the Dome (season finale)

Tuesday ,September 23rd
8PMET  NCIS (New season)
9PMET   NCIS :New Orleans (New Series)
10PMET   Person of Interest ( new Season)

Wednesday, September 24th
8PMET  Survivor (new season)
9PMET   Extant (Season finale )

Friday , September 26th
8PMET   The Amazing Race (new season )
9PMET  Hawaii Five-O  (New Season )
10PMET  Blue Bloods (new season )

Saturday, September 27th
10PMET  48 HOURS (new season)

Monday , September 29th
8:30PMET   Mom (new season )
10PMET   NCIS :LA (New season )

Wednesday, October 1st
9PMET Criminal Minds (new season)
10PMET  Stalker (new series)

Monday, October 20th
8:30PMET  The Millers (new season)

Monday, October 27th
8PMET  2 Broke Girls (new season)

Thursday , October 30th
8PMET  Big Bang Theory (regular time slot)
8:30PMET  The  Millers (new season)  Mom  (new season)
9PMET  Two and  Half Men (new season )
9:30PMET  The McCarthys  (new series)
10pmet   Elementary (new season)



source: http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=40134

source : http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/os-cbs-delays-return-of-mom-20140925,0,4336909.post



Tuesday, June 17, 2014

My Network TV fall 2014-15 line up announced :adds Walking Dead and Mentalist

My Network TV   TVlook Fall 2014 

 Written By C. Wells  in for Skyler
MyNetworkTV logo         My Network TV has announced it's new fall line up  it will be airing the "Walking Dead" and "The Mentalist".  

 Mondays will still be Law and Order :SVU   at 8/7c and 9/8c  (in most markets)
Tuesdays is Law and Order CI   at 8/7c and 9/8c  (in most markets)
Wednesdays will be The Walking Dead at 8/7c and 9/8c (in most markets)
Thursdays   will the Mentalist   at 8/7c and 9/8c  (in most markets)
Fridays   will be   Bones   at 8/7c and 9/8c  (in most markets)

"House " and "Monk" will be leaving in the fall.
 
This schedule will start September 29th


source: http://www.mynetworktv.com/schedule_fall2014.php

Monday, June 02, 2014

NBC announces premiere dates for Fall line up



NBC  TVLOOK FALL 2014  TV 


NBC ANNOUNCES FALL PREMIERE DATES FOR NEW 2014-15 SEASON
   Last Month ,NBC announced their fall line up   and today they have announced the premiere dates and times of their fall line up.

September 4th and 7th
  NBC Sunday Night Football (Green Bay and Seattle ) - Sept. 4th
   Football Night America  - Sept. 7th
  NBC Sunday Night Football  ( Indy at Denver ) -Sept 7th

Thursday, September 11th
 The Biggest Loser  8PMET-10PMET

Monday, September 22
 The Voice  8PMET-10PMET
The Black list   10-11PMET

Tuesday , September 23rd
The Voice  8PMET-10PMET
Chicago Fire 10-11PMET

Wednesday, September 24th
The Mysteries of Laura   8PMET-9PMET
Law and Order SVU     9PMET -10PMET
Chicago P.D                 10PMET-11PMET

Thursday September 25th
Parenthood   10-11PMET

Friday, September 26th
Dateline  9-11PMET

October and November  after the jump