I feel you, brother. Asheville only has an ABC affiliate and it's Sinclair. Our other local stations are all SC, and I'm not sure if they're Sinclair owned or not....
"Block Sinclair Broadcast Group’s proposed purchase of Tribune Media, which would create 'the largest TV broadcast company in the nation' and result in unacceptable levels of media concentration."
I hadn't thought of Ceesco in years (decades), but there's a lot from old shows that wouldn't fly very well now. Of course, there's a lot in current shows that wouldn't have flown very well back then.
I hadn't thought of Ceesco in years (decades), but there's a lot from old shows that wouldn't fly very well now. Of course, there's a lot in current shows that wouldn't have flown very well back then.
Will and Grace, Modern Family, Blackish, to follow Father Knows Best or Leave it to Beaver. OK, so they snuck in the line about "You were a little rough on the Beaver last night, Ward."
Back in the 90's I enjoyed watching "In Living Color" - the comedy/variety show written by and starring a bunch of Wayans, plus a young Jim Carrey, with (among others) Jennifer Lopez and Carrieann Inaba as "fly girl" dancers. For years, there were no re-runs. Now it runs on Fusion (DISH 244). Even though it spawned numerous pop culture references still around "Homey don't do that" for example, it is very dated and not nearly as funny as it used to be. It was pretty outrageous at the time.
I don't recognize what show Candyman, above, was in, but Cosby was from "I Spy" which I really liked. Watched that along with "The Fugitive" as favorites.
I hadn't thought of Ceesco in years (decades), but there's a lot from old shows that wouldn't fly very well now. Of course, there's a lot in current shows that wouldn't have flown very well back then.
And then there's "The Honeymooners" where domestic violence was a cornerstone of the ummmm, "humour."
I Love Lucy was similar.
Yeah, Ricky was domineering, but I don't recall his being actually violent. No clenched fist and "you're going to the moon, Lucy." Gleason did end most episodes with "you're the greatest" but to a large degree that just highlighted behaviour typical of abusers.