Tuned In: getTV Turns Criminal, Classic TV Star Obits

Modern classic TV diginet getTV’s new “Primetime is Crimetime” lineup premieres tomorrow. The 5-hour block airs weeknights from 6-11PM Eastern, featuring Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, Starsky & Hutch, a double dose of Charlie’s Angels and Hart to Hart.

Although we’re just halfway through January, we’ve already lost a number of classic TV friends this month:

  • Actor John Reilly (daytime soap veteran, guested on Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
  • Peter Mark Richman (veteran character actor, appeared on 100+ shows including Bonanza, The Fugitive, The Twilight Zone…best known for his role as Chrissy’s dad Reverend Snow on Three’s Company)
  • Actress Tanya Roberts (Charlie’s Angels, later That 70’s Show)
  • Joanne Rogers (widow of legendary children’s host Fred Rogers)

Rest in peace…

 

Classic TV Shows A-Z On Broadcast TV

Our crack research team dug into the broadcast schedules of a dozen over-the-air digital broadcast networks to compile a listing of classic TV shows airing on a regular basis in October 2019.

Our definition of “classic” is shows that premiered in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

According to our research, there are currently 168 different series running on those dozen OTA channels (Antenna TV, Buzzr, Charge!, Comet, Cozi TV, Decades, GetTV, Grit, Heroes & Icons, MeTV, Retro TV, This TV):

Program (OTA Network)
Abbott & Costello Show (Decades)
Adam-12 (Cozi TV)
Addams Family (This TV)
Adventures of Annie Oakley (Retro TV)
Adventures of Kit Carson (Retro TV)
Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (Retro TV)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Retro TV)
Adventures of Superman (Heroes & Icons)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (MeTV)
Alice (Antenna TV)
All In The Family (getTV)
Andy Griffith Show (MeTV)
Archie Bunker’s Place (Antenna TV)
The Avengers (This TV)
The Barkleys (Retro TV)
Barnaby Jones (MeTV)
Barney Miller (Antenna TV)
Batman (Heroes & Icons)
Bat Masterson (MeTV, This TV)
Benson (Antenna TV)
Beverly Hillbillies (MeTV, Retro TV)
Bewitched (Antenna TV)
Big Valley (MeTV)
Bob Newhart Show (Decades)
Bonanza (MeTV)
Brady Bunch (MeTV)
Branded (Heroes & Icons)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (MeTV)
Burns and Allen (Antenna TV)
Cannon (MeTV)
Card Sharks (Buzzr)
Carol Burnett & Friends (MeTV)
Charlie’s Angels (MeTV)
Cheyenne (Heroes & Icons)
CHiPs (Charge!)
Cimarron Strip (Heroes & Icons)
Columbo 60s/70s (Cozi TV)
Dan August (getTV)
Daniel Boone (Heroes & Icons)
Dark Shadows (Decades)
Death Valley Days (Grit)
Dennis the Menace (Antenna TV)
Dick Cavett Show (Decades)
Dick Van Dyke Show (MeTV)
Diff’rent Strokes (MeTV)
The Doctors (Retro TV)
Dolly! (getTV)
Donna Reed Show (Decades)
Dragnet (Cozi TV)
Ed Sullivan Show (Decades)
Emergency! (Cozi TV)
Facts of Life (MeTV)
Family Affair (Decades)
Family Feud (Buzzr)
Father Knows Best (Antenna TV)
The Flintstones (MeTV)
Four Star Playhouse (Retro TV)
Gilligan’s Island (MeTV)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (MeTV)
Good Times (getTV)
Green Acres (MeTV)
Green Hornet (Heroes & Icons)
Gunsmoke (MeTV)
Hart to Hart (Cozi TV)
Have Gun, Will Travel (Heroes & Icons, MeTV)
Hazel (Antenna TV)
High Chaparral (Heroes & Icons)
Highway Patrol (MeTV, This TV)
Hogan’s Heroes (MeTV)
Hondo (getTV)
Honeymooners Lost Episodes (Decades)
The Houndcats (Retro TV)
How The West Was Won (getTV)
I Dream of Jeannie (Antenna TV)
I Love Lucy (Decades)
I Married Joan (Retro TV)
The Invaders (MeTV)
Iron Horse (Heroes & Icons)
Ironside (Cozi TV)
Jack Benny Program (Antenna TV)
The Jeffersons (Decades, MeTV)
Jerry Lewis Show (Retro TV)
Joey Bishop Show (Antenna TV, Retro TV)
Johnny Carson (Antenna TV)
Kojak (Cozi TV)
Lancer (Heroes & Icons)
Land of the Giants (MeTV)
Laramie (Grit)
Laredo (getTV)
Lassie (Cozi TV)
Leave it to Beaver (MeTV)
Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp (Grit)
Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (getTV)
Little House on the Prairie (Cozi TV)
Lone Ranger (Cozi TV, Retro TV)
Lost in Space (MeTV)
Lotsa Luck (Antenna TV)
Love Boat (MeTV)
Lucy Show (Decades, Retro TV)
Mackenzie’s Raiders (This TV)
Make Room for Daddy (Cozi TV)
Mannix (MeTV)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (Decades)
Mary Tyler Moore Show (Decades)
M*A*S*H (MeTV)
Maude (Antenna TV)
Match Game (Buzzr)
Match Game PM (Buzzr)
Maverick (Heroes & Icons, MeTV)
McCloud (Cozi TV)
McHale’s Navy (Antenna TV)
McMillan & Wife (Cozi TV)
The Millionaire (Decades)
Mister Ed (This TV)
Mod Squad (Decades)
Mork & Mindy (Antenna TV)
My Favorite Martian (Cozi TV)
My Three Sons (MeTV)
Naked City (Retro TV)
Now You See It (Buzzr)
One Step Beyond (Retro TV)
The Outcasts (getTV)
Outer Limits (Comet)
Partridge Family (Antenna TV)
Password (Buzzr)
Password Plus (Buzzr)
Patty Duke Show (This TV)
Paul Lynde Show (Antenna TV)
Perry Mason (MeTV)
Peter Gunn (MeTV)
Petticoat Junction (Decades, MeTV, Retro TV)
Planet of the Apes (MeTV)
Police Story (Heroes & Icons)
Police Surgeon (Retro TV)
The (Original) Price Is Right with Bill Cullen (Buzzr)
The Quest (getTV)
Rat Ratrol (This TV)
Rawhide (Heroes & Icons, MeTV)
Rockford Files (Cozi TV)
The Rifleman (MeTV)
The Ropers (Antenna TV)
Route 66 (Retro TV)
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In (Decades)
The Saint (This TV)
Sanford and Son (getTV)
Sea Hunt (This TV)
Shane (getTV)
Six Million Dollar Man (Cozi TV)
Smother Brothers Comedy Hour (getTV)
Soap (Antenna TV)
Soupy Sales Show (Retro TV)
Star Trek (Heroes & Icons, MeTV)
Tattletales (Buzzr)
Three’s Company (Antenna TV)
The Three Stooges (MeTV)
The Time Tunnel (MeTV)
Thriller (MeTV)
To Tell the Truth (Buzzr)
Trackdown (MeTV)
Twilight Zone (MeTV)
Voyage to the Bottom of The Sea (MeTV)
Wagon Train (MeTV)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (Heroes & Icons, MeTV)
Welcome Back, Kotter (Antenna TV)
What’s Happening!! (Antenna TV)
What’s My Line? (Buzzr)
Wonder Woman (MeTV)
Zane Grey Theatre (Grit)

getTV Launches New Lineup Monday

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Sony’s classic movie diginet getTV is overhauling their schedule, adding a 13-hour block of classic TV series to their weekday lineup.

Here’s a rundown of the new lineup (all times Eastern):

7:00AM The Thin Man (Mystery)
7:35AM The Jimmy Stewart Show (Comedy)
8:15AM Nanny and the Professor (Comedy)
8:50AM The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (Comedy)
9:30AM A Man Called Shenandoah (Western)
10:05AM The Restless Gun (Western)
10:45AM Laredo (Western)
12:00N Tour of Duty (Drama)
1:00PM S.W.A.T. (Crime Drama)
2:00PM Airwolf (Action)
3:00PM Riptide (Detective)
4:00PM Hardcastle & McCormick (Action)
5:00PM The Equalizer (Crime Drama)
6:00PM In the Heat of the Night (Drama)
7:00PM In the Heat of the Night (Drama)

getTV also airs classic television programming Monday nights (variety shows), Wednesday nights (comedies) and Saturday afternoons (Westerns).

You can find getTV on such affiliates as WFTY 67.3 New York, KFTR 46.2 Los Angeles and WGBO 66.2 Chicago. For the complete schedule and affiliate directory, visit the getTV website.

getTV Signs Major Expansion Deal

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National classic movie digital network getTV is adding 33 more markets, expanding its reach to nearly 70% of U.S. TV households.

getTV announced its deal with Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group on Monday, with Sinclair agreeing to add the multicast service in 33 of its markets by the end of September. Here’s a list of the new getTV affiliates:

Market Station Primary Affiliation
Baltimore WNUV The CW
Birmingham WTTO The CW
Boise KYUU The CW
Buffalo WNYO MyNetworkTV
Cedar Rapids KGAN CBS
Charleston SC WTAT FOX
Charleston WV WCHS ABC
Cincinnati WSTR MyNetworkTV
Columbia MO KRCG CBS
Columbia SC WACH FOX
Columbus OH WTTE FOX
Dayton WKEF ABC
Des Moines KDSM FOX
Flint WSMH FOX
Greensboro WMYV MyNetworkTV
Greenville SC WMYA MyNetworkTV
Las Vegas KVMY MyNetworkTV
Lexington WDKY FOX
Madison WMSN FOX
Milwaukee WVTV The CW
Minneapolis-St. Paul WUCW The CW
Mobile WFGX MyNetworkTV
Nashville WUXP MyNetworkTV
Norfolk WTVZ MyNetworkTV
Oklahoma City KOCB The CW
Paducah WDKA MyNetworkTV
Pittsburgh WPGH FOX
Portland ME WGME CBS
Portland OR KATU ABC
Rochester NY WUHF FOX
St. Louis KDNL ABC
Tallahassee WTWC NBC
Wichita KMTW MyNetworkTV


getTV launched in February 2014 and is a service of Sony Pictures Television. It airs a 24/7 schedule of classic movies on broadcast stations across America, including WFUT New York, KFTR Los Angeles and WGBO Chicago.

For more info, visit the getTV website.

GetTV Diginet Adds 4 Markets

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Classic movie digital network GetTV is expanding its reach to 31 markets, covering 48% of U.S. TV households.

TV Newscheck reports the new GetTV affiliates include KIRO 7.2 Seattle, WAXN 64.2 Charlotte, WTEV Jacksonville and KMYT 41.2 Tulsa. Seattle, Charlotte and Tulsa signed on today, while Jacksonville will launch this summer (most likely on 47.3). All four stations are owned or operated by Cox Media Group. GetTV is a service of Sony Pictures Television.

For more info on GetTV, please visit their website.

TCM Slates Shirley Temple Marathon

Turner Classic Movies will be paying tribute to the late actress with a Shirley Temple Tribute on Sunday March 9.

Here is the scheduled lineup:

  • 4:30PM Heidi (1937)
  • 6:15PM Stowaway (1936)
  • 8PM Bright Eyes (1934)
  • 9:30PM The Little Princess (1939)
  • 11:15PM I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
  • 12:45AM The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947)
  • 2:30AM A Kiss For Corliss (1949)
  • 4:15AM That Hagen Girl (1947)


Also, diginet getTV will be airing The Little Princess tonight at 10PM. Another diginet, Cozi TV, will be showing Temple’s Little Miss Marker Saturday at 330AM EST and Sunday afternoon at 2PM EST.

Sony Launches Classic Movie Service

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First there was This TV. Then came Movies! Now there is getTV.

Sony Pictures Television launched a brand new digital programming service this afternoon called getTV. According to their website, getTV is a “new television network that brings the classic films you love to your living room. Enjoy the glamour of old Hollywood with legendary actors and award-winning films playing all day and night.”

The first movie on the schedule is Operation Mad Ball, a 1957 comedy starring Jack Lemmon. getTV airs a full 24/7 schedule of movies from the 1930s to the 1960s, offering another great free TV choice for classic movie buffs.

According to TVNewsCheck, getTV is launching in 25 markets, 17 of which are Univision-owned stations. Although Univision is a Spanish language broadcaster, getTV is broadcast in English.

Among getTV’s major market affiliates: WFUT 68.3 New York, KFTR 46.2 Los Angeles, WGBO 66.2 Chicago, WUVP 65.3 Philadelphia and KSTR 49.2 Dallas.

For more info, please visit the getTV website.