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MeTV Adds Another Classic Cartoon

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Classic TV diginet MeTV brings back another beloved 1960s animated series this weekend. Meet George Jetson, Jane his wife, daughter Judy, his boy Elroy and family dog Astro.

The Jetsons slots in Sunday mornings at 11:30AM Eastern, replacing an episode of The Flintstones.

Here’s a look at MeTV’s cartoon lineup:

Weekdays
7-8AM Toon in with Me (classic cartoons including Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Tom & Jerry)
6-6:30PM The Flintstones

Saturdays
7-8AM Popeye & Pals
8-9AM The Tom & Jerry Show
9-10AM Bugs Bunny & Friends

Sundays
10-10:30AM The Flintstones
10:30-11AM The Flintstones
11-11:30AM The Flintstones
11:30AM-12:00N The Jetsons

MeTV Adding Classic Cartoons in 2021

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Classic TV diginet MeTV is bringing cartoons back to broadcast television this January.

Following the successful addition of The Flintstones to it’s lineup, MeTV will launch a new hosted cartoon show weekday mornings. TV Newscheck reports Toon In With Me will feature “Warner Bros. superstars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Road Runner and the many other fan favorites from the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes shorts.”

MeTV also announced the weekend debut of Saturday Morning Cartoons, a three-hour “all cartoons, all the time” block reminiscent of the Saturday morning broadcasts of yesteryear. Each hour will feature a collection of cartoons including Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Popeye and Friends and Tom & Jerry. Saturday Morning Cartoons will also premiere in early 2021.

Yabba Dabba Doo! More Flintstones on MeTV

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The classic 1960s animated comedy series The Flintstones returns to broadcast TV on classic TV diginet MeTV tomorrow, September 30.

In addition to airing back-to-back episodes weeknights at 6 and 6:30PM Eastern, MeTV will be airing a 2 hour block (4 episodes) every Sunday morning from 10AM to Noon.

Recent changes in children’s E/I programming rules allowed MeTV to drop their block of “educational” programs Mystery Hunters, Beakman’s World and Bill Nye the Science Guy.

MeTV’s new Sunday morning schedule features ALF from 6-7AM, Saved By The Bell from 7AM-10AM and The Flintstones from 10AM to Noon. The revised lineup starts October 6.

MeTV October 2019

MeTV Adds Flintstones, Barnaby Jones in September

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Classic TV diginet MeTV is bringing the classic 1960s animated comedy The Flintstones back to broadcast television.

MeTV will air back-to-back episodes of the stone-age sitcom from 6-7PM Eastern starting September 30, 59 years to the day of it’s original ABC primetime premiere in 1960.

Other additions to the MeTV fall schedule include the Buddy Ebsen detective series Barnaby Jones, Bat Masterson, Carol Burnett & Friends, Highway Patrol and the original Twilight Zone.

Departing the schedule are The Carol Burnett Show, Mama’s Family, Night Gallery, The New Twilight Zone and the MeTV original series Collector’s Call.

Please note the schedule below is effective September 2 and does not include The Flintstones, which won’t premiere until September 30. We’ll keep you posted of any additional changes.

MeTV Fall 2019 Schedule

Obit: Arthur Rankin Jr.

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The co-creator of classic Christmas cartoons Frosty The Snowman and Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer has died.

Arthur Rankin Jr. and his partner Jules Bass launched their animation production company in 1960. Their first series was released the same year, The New Adventures of Pinocchio. Later series included Tales of the Wizard of Oz, King Kong, Jackson 5ive and Thundercats.

Rankin-Bass Productions was best known for their classic holiday specials featuring a unique stop-motion style. In addition to 1964’s Rudolph and 1969’s Frosty, the company produced such classic TV favorites as Here Comes Peter Cottontail, The Little Drummer Boy, Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town and The Year Without a Santa Claus.

Rankin passed away last Thursday at age 89.

Classic TV Shows on Hulu

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Although I no longer subscribe to Hulu Plus, the online streaming service has an impressive selection of classic TV series in their library.

There are actually two Hulus, the original Hulu online and Hulu Plus. The latter is a subscription streaming service which costs the same as Netflix, $7.99 a month. The difference is Hulu Plus carries programming with “limited commercial interruptions.”

The commercials are kind of annoying for a pay service, but their classic TV library is pretty vast. Many shows are limited, however, so you may only see a season or two.

I spent a lot of time searching the Hulu site for classic TV shows (1950s-1960s-1970s) and put together the following list organized by category. Please note that not all series may be available on Plus. This list was researched in mid-January 2014 and is subject to change:

Adventure/Crime Drama
Adam-12, The Adventures of Black Beauty, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Avengers, The Buccaneers, Dangerous Assignment, Dragnet, Ellery Queen, Flipper, Highway Patrol, I Spy, Ironside, It Takes A Thief, Kojak, Man with a Camera, Movin’ On, Naked City, Peter Gunn, The Rockford Files, Route 66, Sea Hunt

British
I Claudius, UFO, Yes Prime Minister

Cartoons/Kids
The Adventures of Flash Gordon, The Archies, Archie’s Funhouse, Dick Tracy, Dudley Do-Right, The Electric Company, Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids, Felix The Cat, Fireball XL-5, Fractured Fairy Tales, Godzilla, Gumby, The Jackson 5ive, Jason of Star Command, Johnny Soko & His Flying Robot, Lancelot Link Secret Chimp, The Mr. Magoo Show, The New Three Stooges, Popeye the Sailor, Return to the Planet of The Apes, Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends, The Secrets of Isis, The Soupy Sales Show, Speed Racer, Supercar

Comedies
The Abbott & Costello Show, All In The Family, The Andy Griffith Show, Barney Miller, Bewitched, The Bob Newhart Show, Buster Keaton (Short Films), Date With The Angels, Dennis The Menace, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Donna Reed Show, The Doris Day Show, Ernie Kovacs, Father Knows Best, Good Times, Green Acres, Here’s Lucy, I Dream of Jeannie, I Love Lucy, Laurel & Hardy (Lost Films), The Lucy Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, McHale’s Navy, Mister Ed, The Mothers-in-Law, My Favorite Martian, My Living Doll, My Mother The Car, Nanny and the Professor, Rhoda, Sanford and Son, The Three Stooges, WKRP in Cincinnati

Dramas
Lassie, Studio One, The White Shadow

Game Shows
You Bet Your Life

Science Fiction/Dramas
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Battlestar Galactica, Dark Shadows, Flash Gordon, The Incredible Hulk, Land of the Giants, Lost In Space, Night Gallery, One Step Beyond, The Outer Limits, Space: 1999, Star Trek, Tales of Tomorrow, The Time Tunnel, The Twilight Zone, Voyage To The Bottom of the Sea

Variety
The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Lawrence Welk Show

Westerns
Alias Smith and Jones, The Big Valley, Bonanza, The Cisco Kid, The Lone Ranger, The Rifleman, The Roy Rogers Show

If you like classic TV and don’t mind watching on your PC, check out all the free shows on Hulu. If you’d rather watch on your TV, get a Roku or other streaming box and subscribe to Hulu Plus.

Classic TV Shows on Netflix

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I’ve had Netflix for several years now and L-O-V-E it! 8 bucks a month and you can stream on multiple devices…what a bargain!

I currently have it set up on 3 Roku boxes, my desktop PC and my Kindle Fire.

100,000 + Videos to Watch In Roku Player

Being a self-confessed classic TV junkie, I’m not very interested in movies. Netflix does have a nice selection of classic series and that’s what keeps me hooked.

Although I couldn’t found a simple directory of all classic TV shows in their library, I did some manual searching and came up with my own list of classic TV (1950s-1960s-1970s) on Netflix (as of January 2014):

Adventure/Crime Drama
Adam-12, Columbo, Dragnet, Emergency!, Hawaii Five-O, McMillan & Wife, Mission: Impossible, Quincy M.E., The Rockford Files

British
All Creatures Great and Small, Classic Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers, Upstairs Downstairs

Cartoons
Felix The Cat, Star Trek: The Animated Series

Comedies
The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave It To Beaver, The Munsters

Science Fiction/Mysteries
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Battlestar Galactica, Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, The Incredible Hulk, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone

Keep in mind programming on Netflix comes and goes, so series may disappear and reappear from your queue. Still, for only $8 a month I can’t complain. I was even able to use my USA Netflix account when I visited Finland last year…not as big of a selection but it works for me 🙂