My Network TV
This is a blog post, I don't think anyone else will do in entire society, that means we get the monopoly on the most niche thing ever. I found out by looking around that the free, ad supported, streaming service that was purchased by FOX earlier this year. My Network TV is also owned by FOX. (Math!)
My Network TV's original plan was "Oh Crap UPN is shutting down, and we need stuff for these random stations in major markets, we need to do something!" Then decided that the best idea was to be Telemundo but in English and make English telenovelas with shows that were going to be in the syndication market and air them five nights a week on your local station that would use a finny name like My20.
MY 20! It' s my station! Mine (they don't even use this logo anymore, they gave up years ago)
They had the original plan of every 3 months they would cycle in 2 new telenovelas, each one running 65 episodes. (Syndication!) This plan lasted until like March 2007. (They gave up too easily, like cowards!) They didn't even let the cycle 3 shows finish!
After that, My Network TV gave up and withered and still exists as our yearly posts of their fall line up of shows you can find on Ion and USA show you. They're older shows never really ended up anywhere, as much. ( They did put like one show on Hulu)
I assumed that Disney owned the shows currently because of them ending up with 20th Television in the FOX fire sale. The parts of FOX that aren't owned of Disney, like Fox Network and My Network, bought this random streaming service called Tubi. I remember them for a few years, they seem like one of those places that stream the stuff but not legally, but in fact are legal and have ads! (Good thing they aren't paying us, that was awful promo work)
I did wonder if Disney was going to put these shows somewhere, because tens of people would like to know the status of obscure series that ran on a network, most don't even know exists. I was looking through Tubi, because is a nice service, has some things that are interesting and is free! I found they added 4 of the 6 My Network TV telenovelas.
Desire (September-December 2006) As Tubi describes as :
Two brothers who get run out of town because of their passions end up in a love triangle that brings murder, betrayal and lust to a flashpoint.
That sounds fun! It was based off a Columbian show and has a Sheryl Crow theme song!
Fashion House (September-December 2006)
Sadly, it's not sitcom about a family of Fashion conscious people getting into weird situations.
Tubi says:
A fashion industry titan protects her company and reputation from her ruthlessly ambitious rival who will do whatever it takes to win.
It stars Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild, and is based off a Cuban series
Tubi says
A woman whose husband left her for another woman with wealth 25 years ago plots her revenge to take him down in a way he won't soon forget.
That sounds hard to stretch out over 65 days but if daytime soaps can do it, this show can. It starts Tatum O' Neal.
Someone on Wikipedia was hoping for something with this line
It focuses on a bitter, obsessed woman's vendetta against her former lover. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has not announced plans to release this series on DVD and/or Blu-ray.
Watch over Me (December 2006- March 2007)
Tubi says
A young bodyguard working for a ruthless industrialist gets involved with people in the unscrupulous business of researching biological viruses.
What?
Like I said, they only have 4 of the 6 My Network TV telenovelas. Someone needs to release the series (including the un aired episodes) of "American Heiress" and "Saints and Sinners" get on that!
You can check out these 4 if you are curious (this is news not really a recommendation) on Tubi for free. On the app available on almost everything, you go to the channels section and select FOX. If you on computer, the links in this blog post will take you there.
That's it for now!
Update 4/13/2021:
Previously, when I wrote this post, they only 4 of the 6 series , well now they have all 6! That's right they've added the spring 2007 and final two telenovela series.
American Heiress (March to June 2007)
Tubi describes the show
A rich debutant struggles to survive after a plane crash in the Guatemalan jungle, while her cruel brother at home tries to seize the family empire.
A note about this series: they gave up on the 13-week 5 day a week programming schedule and went weekly but after week 13, they just gave up and left about 39 episodes un aired. (ooops) Tubi, as of this writing, has 54 episodes. Not sure why don't have episodes 55-65, but this is more than what aired on US TV, so maybe they'll add the rest, get on that!
Saints and Sinners
Someone on Wikipedia describes this
This modern-day Romeo-and-Juliet story revolves around two Miami Beach families – the Capshaws and the Martins – who are plagued by a long, bitter rivalry. Julia Capshaw (Tyler Kain) falls is in love with Roman Martin (Scott Bailey), the man accused of killing her father. They find themselves caught between their feuding hotel-owner families, who will stop at nothing to succeed.
A note about this series, they also ended after 13 weeks and only 13 episodes aired . Tubi has up to 50 so 51-65 are missing.
This is a a development though and a surprising one. Now, that's it for now!
