Favorite block of TV ever

[Guest the pinjockey]

There was a discussion in the WWE folder about the Raw 10th anniversary show and mentioning it was on a Tuesday. It made me think about the fact that Buffy-24-The Shield would take precedence over that no matter what time it was on. Then I got to thinking that I couldn't think of a better block of TV I ever saw together where the whole way through I knew I would be entertained.

 

So I was wondering what some of your favorite blocks of TV ever were where from top to bottom you knew you weren't going to change that channel?

[The Dames 0]

It's on a Tuesday?

 

FUCK.

 

Buffy/Smallville/Andy Richter/24/Osbournes...make Tuesday MUST SEE TV Day for me.

 

Dames

[Guest 5_moves_of_doom]

I used to watch

 

Futurama

King of the Hill

Simpsons

Malcom in the Middle

 

...when I was younger... it was alright... I don't watch too much TV, though.

[Guest Ravenbomb]

well it WAS Aqua Teen Hunger Force and the Brak Show, but they moved ATHF on me.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

NBC Wednesdays 1985

 

A-Team

Riptide

Remington Steele

 

Can't beat it. Ever.

[Guest razazteca]

Fox Sunday and Adult Swim Sunday

[Guest Youth N Asia]

The only night where I regularly watch more then one show is Tuesday.

 

Buffy and The Shield

[Guest godthedog]

currently, adult swim sunday nights: aqua teen hunger force, sealab 2021, brak, space ghost.

 

way back around the summer of 94 or 95, monday nights on comedy central were heavenly. at 11 monty python's flying circus would come on, then i think kids in the hall at 11:30 (though i'm not exactly sure), and mystery science theater 3000 at midnight. that was some QUALITY television.

[Guest NoCalMike]

When I was in middle-school and elementary school, during summer vacation every weekday starting at 9:00am would be a block of....Silver Spoons/Out of this World/Head of the Class/Full House...

[Guest Fook_Hing_Ho]

Old school fox sundays with the simpsons, the critic, and the x-files.

[Guest El Satanico]

way back around the summer of 94 or 95, monday nights on comedy central were heavenly. at 11 monty python's flying circus would come on, then i think kids in the hall at 11:30 (though i'm not exactly sure), and mystery science theater 3000 at midnight. that was some QUALITY television.

I'd kill to have that lineup back. It would a million times better than the SNL reruns that infest Comedy Central now.

 

Speaking of Comedy Central they have that late night cartoon block with Critic and Duckman.

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

Tuesday nights when it gets in full swing.

 

Buffy, Smallville, and The Shield (I have to record one and watch the other)

[Guest Mole]

Sundays nowadays is pretty good

 

Simpsons-King of the Hill-Malcom-Andy Ricther

 

Tuesday

Buffy-Smallville-Real World-Osbournes

 

But I think I am going to watch the Sheild this season, so fuck Real World and Osbournes. I can always catch the re-runs.

 

How about TGIF back in the day? I can't remember what shows were on, but I know Full House and Boy Meets World were there. If memory serves me correct.

[Guest godthedog]

which TGIF are you talking about? they went through a lot of lineups. at various stages it had full house, family matters, boy meets world, going places, the belles of bleeker street, billy, perfect strangers (i think), and lots of other ones.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

Currently, it's the Adult Swim Saturday Nights, FOX Sunday, and the Gary & Mike/Undergrads/Critic/Duckman block on Comedy Central late night.

[Guest MDH257]

way back around the summer of 94 or 95, monday nights on comedy central were heavenly.  at 11 monty python's flying circus would come on, then i think kids in the hall at 11:30 (though i'm not exactly sure), and mystery science theater 3000 at midnight.  that was some QUALITY television.

I'd kill to have that lineup back. It would a million times better than the SNL reruns that infest Comedy Central now.

 

Speaking of Comedy Central they have that late night cartoon block with Critic and Duckman.

I remember Comedy Central back in the day. If you think they show a lot of SNL reruns now....

[Guest Matt Young]

The only one I can think of now is Smackdown/Tough Enough/Trigger Happy TV/South Park/Insomniac on Thursdays, although I rarely watch all those.

[Guest EricMM]

Any of the Adult swim blocs as long as it doesn't contain the fucking Ripping Friends.

 

But Space Ghost, ATHF, and Harvey Birdman are GOLD!!!!

 

Especially the Mooninites.

[Guest notJames]

In my younger years, I made sure to map out my Saturday morning cartoon viewing to the letter. Mind you, this was before VCRs were readily available, so if two cartoons overlapped, I had to choose. It usually started out with Davey and Goliath at 7:30am (blame it on Catholic school brainwashing), and ended around 11:30am with Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, with an occasional Fat Albert at noon if I was so inclined.

 

Nowadays, thanks to changing personal tastes and the overall degradation of TV in general, the only consistent block of TV I watch is the Fox Sunday Animation block (Futurama, Simpsons, KOTH).

[Guest JMTapes]

TGIF circa '93

 

Family Matters

Boy Meets World

Step By Step

Hangin' With Mr. Cooper

 

Best fuckin lineup ever. Some of my happiest childhood memories.

 

Also, can someone help me out here. For the life of me, I cannot remember what was in the BMW slot before it started. Full House, maybe? Anyone? Thanks-Jim

 

www.jmtapes.com

[Guest bravesfan]

Also, can someone help me out here. For the life of me, I cannot remember what was in the BMW slot before it started. Full House, maybe? Anyone? Thanks-Jim

 

Thanks to this site.

 

90-91: Full House, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers, Going Places

91-92: Family Matters, Step By Step, Perfect Strangers, Baby Talk

92-93: Family Matters, Step by Step, Dinosaurs, Camp Wilder

93-94: Family Matters, Boy Meets World, Step By Step, Hangin'...

 

The 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 years had the same schedule, until 1997 rolled along with "Sabrina" and "Clueless".

 

My pick is Must See TV Thursday in 1995-1997...

 

Friends, The Single Guy (loved this show), Seinfeld and <insert show here>. Suddenly Susan was adequate, considering it starred Brooke Shields...

[Guest El Satanico]

argh Hanging With Mr. Cooper was such a terrible show.

[Guest Grand Slam]

Geez... TGIF?? Good grief.

 

How about the original NBC Thursday powerhouse line-up?

The Cosby Show

Family Ties

Cheers

Something I can never remember...

L.A. Law

 

Or, on Wednesday nights...

The Greatest American Hero

The Fall Guy

 

Then there was the Sunday "give me the creeps lineup"

Ripley's Believe It or Not (with Jack Palance)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Amazing Stories

 

And Saturday Mornings when I was a kid. Yikes. It was 7am until 1 in the afternoon of solid cartoons. heck, they even had a show on once a year to show off what cartoons would be on that season.

 

But the ultimate for me as a kid was this.

Monday - Friday

3:00 pm - Scooby-Doo

3:30 pm - G.I. Joe

4:00 pm - Transformers

4:30 pm - Voltron

5:00 pm - Mr. Wizard

5:30 pm - DangerMouse

6:00 pm - Nick Videos

6:30 pm - Turkey TV

7:00 pm - You Can't Do That on Television

[Guest saturnmark4life]

well right now in the uk channel 5 weekday mornings (I love half assed part time employment) have Magnum PI, now PRECEDED BY STARSKY AND HUTCH% It's the only reason I wake up at all.

[Guest geniusMoment]

From 1995-1999 it has to be Mondays from 8-11. The Monday Night wars were my favorite block of television ever.

Wednesday and Sunday Nights on ESPN, during the summer for baseball is my second favorite television block.

Finally during the spring of 2001 A&E had Newsradio on from 12:00-1:00 and then comedy central had Kids in the Hall on from 1:00-2:00

[Guest EQ]

Buffy/Smallville/Andy Richter/24/Osbournes...make Tuesday MUST SEE TV Day for me.

Same here.

 

I used to really look forward to Boston Public -> Raw, but then Raw started to get really bad, and I stopped watching.

[Guest dreamer420]

It used to be NBC's thursday night line-up when Seinfeld was still on the air. That was a wicked night for TV.

 

I also used to like Teletoon Unleashed which was The Oblongs, Mission Hill, Undergrads, and Quads.

 

Lately I don't want so much TV unless it's wrestling.