ALF COMING TO HUB

[gregg75]

HUB seems to be taking advantage of other networks lack of programming skills. ALF would have been a good fit for Me-TV or Antenna TV also.
http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/

HUB adds Lois & Clark Sun. June 3rd 8-11 PM

Monday June 4th
8:30 PM ALF (Mon-Thur)
9-11 PM Mork & Mindy

Tue. 9-11 PM Happy Days
Wed. 9-11 PM Facts Of Life
Thur. 9-11 PM Sabrina, Teenage Witch

Do you think these night blocks are any better than each show airing nightly?

[M.J.]

Remember ALF? He's BACK! In Pog form!

(Sorry, I couldn't resist!)

[DToTheJ]

Do you think these night blocks are any better than each show airing nightly?

Well, it works for TV Land (and Antenna TV on weekends)...

[ansky212]

Out of all the 80's sitcoms they could have chose, why ALF?

[ding12]

Out of all the 80's sitcoms they could have chose, why ALF?

At least they are trying new stuff, unlike Antenna and Me which seemed to just rotate the same shows.

It's kid and family friendly, and the concept of an alien on earth also is just as possible as it was back then too.

[gregg75]

I would say Alf, Alice and Mama's Family are the top retro shows missing from TV right now.

[Lkeller]

I would say Alf, Alice and Mama's Family are the top retro shows missing from TV right now.

Well, it's different strokes, for different folks, as Sly Stone used to say.  In my opinion, Alf was passable - I used to watch it occasionally in its original run, and I might actually check it out once or twice on Hub.  But for me, Mama's Family was miss-able -and I liked the original skits on the Carol Burnett Show. Alice made shivers run up my spine, and made me what to punch out Linda Lavin (especially for that putrid theme song) and the creepy woman who played the third waitress (not Flo). 

[retrothoughts]

I would say Alf, Alice and Mama's Family are the top retro shows missing from TV right now.

Well, it's different strokes, for different folks, as Sly Stone used to say.  In my opinion, Alf was passable - I used to watch it occasionally in its original run, and I might actually check it out once or twice on Hub.  But for me, Mama's Family was miss-able -and I liked the original skits on the Carol Burnett Show. Alice made shivers run up my spine, and made me what to punch out Linda Lavin (especially for that putrid theme song) and the creepy woman who played the third waitress (not Flo). 

If by "creepy", do you mean Diane Ladd [Belle Dupree 1979-81; Diane played Flo in the 1974 movie upon which the TV series was based, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore] or Celia Weston [Jolene Hunnicutt 1981-84]?

As far as The Hub getting the Alf reruns is concerned, their effort was, as Alf himself would say, "no problem".

[Lkeller]

I would say Alf, Alice and Mama's Family are the top retro shows missing from TV right now.

Well, it's different strokes, for different folks, as Sly Stone used to say.  In my opinion, Alf was passable - I used to watch it occasionally in its original run, and I might actually check it out once or twice on Hub.  But for me, Mama's Family was miss-able -and I liked the original skits on the Carol Burnett Show. Alice made shivers run up my spine, and made me what to punch out Linda Lavin (especially for that putrid theme song) and the creepy woman who played the third waitress (not Flo). 

If by "creepy", do you mean Diane Ladd [Belle Dupree 1979-81; Diane played Flo in the 1974 movie upon which the TV series was based, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore] or Celia Weston [Jolene Hunnicutt 1981-84]?

As far as The Hub getting the Alf reruns is concerned, their effort was, as Alf himself would say, "no problem".

No - I like both Dianne Ladd (Laura Dern's mother) and Celia Weston - both very good character actors.  Ladd recently played Dern's mother on Dern's new cable series Enlightened.

I just imdb'd Alice.  I was talking about Beth Howland, who played Vera.

[Mark]

I have the Alf DVDs and the last year was awful but the other seasons were good.

It's a shame Me-TV turned into what is has. It was so much better as a local channel. They used to rotate shows and such every quarter.

Of course Mama's Family was a slam, hands down winner for Ion, which dropped the show, basically 'cause it got tired of being known as "The Mama's Family Channel"