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Post by James Fabiano on Oct 6, 2015 14:42:51 GMT -5
www.ew.com/article/2015/10/06/abc-family-changing-name-freeformLike the SatAM cartoons, this is the end of an era that went out with a whimper too, as the "Family" name had roots going back 3 decades. Wonder if Pat Robinson finally lost or dropped his stake in the channel, hence why they can change the name totally? I hope this isn't the end of XX Days of Christmas/Halloween...like how horror countdowns ended when Bravo, ahem, "came out."
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Oct 6, 2015 14:46:29 GMT -5
Freeform? Ehh
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Post by kidglov3s on Oct 6, 2015 14:47:03 GMT -5
Robertson's not completely uprooted as the 700 Club lives on.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 14:52:51 GMT -5
Robertson's not completely uprooted as the 700 Club lives on. correct; it's got me thinking robertson made a deal with disney for them to remove "family" from the name as long the 700 club still aired.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 14:57:58 GMT -5
A monument to one of Michael Eisner's many blunders, where he overpaid Saban and News Corporation for this network, only to realize he had no programming for it.
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Post by wisdomwizard on Oct 6, 2015 14:59:48 GMT -5
Wonder what kind of deal they got Pat Robertson to agree to? He was adamant for years of forcing them to keep "family" in the name, so there has to be something more than just agreeing to let 700 Club stay on.
Anyway, other than the name change this won't result in anything different really. ABC will still air family movies and Disney's library for a long while still, while their primetime shows will still be teenage girl dramas.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Oct 6, 2015 15:17:02 GMT -5
Freeform? Wut?
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Post by Crimson on Oct 6, 2015 15:23:34 GMT -5
Wonder what kind of deal they got Pat Robertson to agree to? He was adamant for years of forcing them to keep "family" in the name, so there has to be something more than just agreeing to let 700 Club stay on. Basically when Disney Originally purchased the Family Channel, one of the negotiations was that the 700 Club would be guaranteed a slot on the schedule, and that Disney could not veto any of the content discussed in the show.
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Post by LuchaBella on Oct 6, 2015 16:56:44 GMT -5
Meh
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 17:26:11 GMT -5
Do people really give a shit what a channel is called anymore? I just watch what I like on whatever channel it comes on. I didn't think people, especially these young people they are targeting, still sat in front of the TV mindlessly watching whatever was on these days.
For example, I have no idea what El Rey shows aside from Lucha Underground, or what AMC shows aside from Walking Dead.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Oct 6, 2015 17:36:04 GMT -5
Remember Big Wolf on Campus?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 17:46:08 GMT -5
S Club 7 4 life.
AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE AN S CLUB PARTY.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 17:48:19 GMT -5
Do people really give a shit what a channel is called anymore? I just watch what I like on whatever channel it comes on. I didn't think people, especially these young people they are targeting, still sat in front of the TV mindlessly watching whatever was on these days. For example, I have no idea what El Rey shows aside from Lucha Underground, or what AMC shows aside from Walking Dead. AMC has Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul. You're missing out.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 18:00:33 GMT -5
Do people really give a shit what a channel is called anymore? I just watch what I like on whatever channel it comes on. I didn't think people, especially these young people they are targeting, still sat in front of the TV mindlessly watching whatever was on these days. For example, I have no idea what El Rey shows aside from Lucha Underground, or what AMC shows aside from Walking Dead. AMC has Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul. You're missing out. I've seen Mad Men and Breaking Bad on DVD, but the channel they were on was irrelevant to me. Those are good shows regardless of what channel they aired on, if you get my meaning.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Oct 6, 2015 20:27:47 GMT -5
A new kind of…FreeForm.
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Post by Danimal on Oct 6, 2015 20:54:30 GMT -5
That name just sucks. Sounds like one of those cable channels most people don't get.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Oct 6, 2015 20:57:11 GMT -5
Are they bring back that sitcom with that bodybuilder Jake?
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Post by Welfare Willis on Oct 6, 2015 21:42:30 GMT -5
That name just sucks. Sounds like one of those cable channels most people don't get. So TNA has a bigger chance to get on it now.
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Post by James Fabiano on Oct 6, 2015 22:16:16 GMT -5
The name can't be as bad as SyFy, or truTV, or my favorite...CLOO.
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Post by lionheart21 on Oct 6, 2015 22:20:38 GMT -5
I don't care what they call it. Just bring back Whose Line is it Anyway?
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