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Antenna TV Unveils Spring Program Schedule
Classic TV diginet Antenna TV is making some schedule changes for spring, including the primetime return of Johnny Carson.
There are no additions to the lineup but the 5PM-7AM single episode experiment is going away. As of March 30, all half-hour sitcoms will once again be running back-to-back episodes.
The other major change: “Binge TV for Free” Themed Weekend Marathons. Marathons will run from 12 Noon to 12 Midnight Saturdays and Sundays, kicking off with Murphy Brown and Newsradio. The marathons are scheduled to air from March 28 through Sunday May 10.
Here’s a look at the new Spring 2020 Antenna TV lineup (note the schedule does not reflect the aforementioned Themed Weekend Marathons):
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Looking to cut the cord? Check out our updated Diginet Over-The-Air (OTA) Channel Finder, now including local channel numbers for 11 classic TV/movie networks in America’s Top 100 broadcast markets.
Watch Your Favorite OTA Shows On Your Schedule
Need a DVR to record your favorite over-the-air shows? We recommend the TiVo Bolt OTA:
Keep in mind you do need to pay for the program guide information, either $7 a month or $250 lifetime (of the device).
These devices are easy to set up. You connect your antenna to the TiVo and the TiVo to your TV. Start up the DVR and do a channel scan. Once you have your channels scanned and download the program guide, you’re ready to go. You can record individual shows, set up a Season Pass to record all episodes, fast-forward through annoying commercials and even pause live TV.
If you don’t already have an HD antenna, consider the Mohu Leaf antenna (tip: use clear packing tape to attach the antenna in a window). Try positioning your antenna in different locations (windows, walls) to find the best reception in your location:
Antenna TV Adding 6 Sitcoms in January
Classic TV diginet Antenna TV is revamping their broadcast schedule starting January 1, bringing half-a-dozen comedies to their lineup.
Joining the Antenna TV family: Designing Women (moving over from getTV), Diff’rent Strokes (coming from MeTV), The Facts of Life (also from MeTV), It’s A Living, NewsRadio and That Girl (last seen on MeTV). Leaving the schedule: Johnny Carson (the 90 minute 1972-80 episodes) and What’s Happening!!
Here’s the complete Antenna TV 1st Quarter 2020 lineup:
AntennaTV1Q2020
Good Night John Boy! The Waltons Are Back
The classic (1972-1981) family drama series The Waltons is returning to broadcast TV, joining the MeTV daily lineup on January 1, 2020.
Classic TV diginet MeTV is also bringing back a number of shows that previously aired on the network: Adam-12 (moving from Cozi TV), Columbo (the 1970s episodes, returning from Cozi), Dragnet (also from Cozi), The Fugitive, The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy and Mission: Impossible.
Leaving the network are Charlie’s Angels, Columbo (80s-90s episodes), Diagnosis Murder, Diff’rent Strokes (moving to Cozi), The Facts of Life (also moving to Cozi), The Jeffersons and Thriller.
The complete MeTV 1st Quarter 2020 lineup is shown below:
MeTV 1Q 2020
MeTV Launches Holiday Programming Tomorrow
Classic TV diginet MeTV kicks off their annual “A Very Merry MeTV” holiday lineup tomorrow, Sunday November 17.
MeTV will air a 3-hour block of holiday-themed shows every Sunday from 5-8PM Eastern. Tomorrow’s schedule includes Thanksgiving episodes of Diff’rent Strokes, The Love Boat, Happy Days and Mama’s Family. Other classic shows airing in the Sunday showcase include The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Bob Newhart Show, The Brady Bunch, Cheers, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Honeymooners, The Jeffersons, Laverne & Shirley, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, The Odd Couple, Taxi and WKRP in Cincinnati.
In addition to the 3-hours on Sundays, MeTV will be running other classic holiday episodes as part of their regular lineup, along with special Christmas Eve and Christmas Day airings of The Ed Sullivan Show. Click here for the complete holiday schedule.
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)
Yabba Dabba Doo! More Flintstones on MeTV
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 2019Antenna TV Picks Up 5 Sitcoms for 2020
Tribune-owned classic TV Diginet Antenna TV will be adding 5 sitcoms to their schedule next year:
- Diff’rent Strokes (January. Currently on MeTV)
- The Facts of Life (January. Currently on MeTV)
- Designing Women (January. Currently on GetTV)
- NewsRadio (January)
- Who’s The Boss? (September)
Antenna TV currently airs in 146 cities around the U.S., including WPIX 11.2 New York, KTLA 5.2 Los Angeles, WGN 9.2 Chicago, WPHL 17.2 Philadelphia and KDAF 33.2 Dallas-Fort Worth.
We’re still waiting on their Fall 2019 schedule and will post it as soon as it becomes available.