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Post by Mehe is F'n hardcore. on Dec 15, 2008 14:10:17 GMT -5
How many people remember how awesome USA used to be?
I mean, they had American Gladiators, WWF programming, Up All Night, and that cheesy Commander USA guy...
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Post by Goldenbane on Dec 15, 2008 14:11:40 GMT -5
I remember when they used to have Wings and Working. God, I loved those shows!
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Dec 15, 2008 14:13:53 GMT -5
Wings, USA Cartoon Express... awesome stuff. And then Up All Night with Rhonda Shear, WWF All American Wrestling, and USA High later on..  |
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Dec 15, 2008 14:15:38 GMT -5
Hey don't forget Weird Science and Duckman! I loved that block that had at night.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Dec 15, 2008 14:17:14 GMT -5
Weird Science and Duckman, you are RIGHT!
I miss Vanessa Angel.
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Post by default on Dec 15, 2008 14:54:46 GMT -5
I do. I miss Weird Science, although the first two seasons are on hulu. I also dug the Swamp Thing show, the Street Fighter cartoon, Duckman, Pacific Blue, Up All Night, and more I'm prob. forgetting.
I think they're getting back on track now. I really dig Burn Notice. Monk and The Starter Wife seem to have strong fanbases. I gave In Plain Sight a try and didn't think it was bad, but I didn't care for it.
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Post by Gopher Mod on Dec 15, 2008 14:56:24 GMT -5
What about the long-running partner of Monday Night RAW, La Femme Nikita?
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Post by blef on Dec 15, 2008 15:02:32 GMT -5
Which one came first: this thread, or the Silk Stalkings thread a bit down the page here? Because I refuse to believe one wasn't launched because of the other...  |
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 15, 2008 15:03:44 GMT -5
I go back even farther-the 80's-Calliope, Prime Time Wrestling & TNT. All American Wrestling. It was a better channel then IMO because people put forth an EFFORT. Showing "House" all day might please millions of people, but it takes no effort at all. Trying new things, experimenting-that's effort
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Post by Sigma: Current SRW Champ! on Dec 15, 2008 15:07:41 GMT -5
I think you're all forgetting the afternoons Monday-Friday where they aired tons of great game shows like $25,000/$100,000 Pyramid, Press Your Luck, Hollywood Squares, Tic Tac Dough, The Joker's Wild, Sale of the Century, Scrabble. My god, it was much fun to watch on an afternoon and spend time with Dick, Peter, John, Wink, Pat, Jim, Chuck, Bill, Patrick and others.
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Post by Mehe is F'n hardcore. on Dec 15, 2008 15:10:25 GMT -5
Which one came first: this thread, or the Silk Stalkings thread a bit down the page here? Because I refuse to believe one wasn't launched because of the other... The silk stalkings thread came first, but I was looking up commander USA on google when i made the thread. I never watched Silk Stalkings. |
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Post by VenomFang on Dec 15, 2008 15:26:54 GMT -5
They also had a lot of lousy made for tv movies on every week.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Dec 15, 2008 15:28:32 GMT -5
The New USA has Psych.
The Old USA had... um, not Psych.
New USA WINS!
I do miss the Cartoon Express though, and Press Your Luck.
No whammy's, no whammy's.... no whammy's...
STOP!
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Dec 15, 2008 15:46:28 GMT -5
I think you're all forgetting the afternoons Monday-Friday where they aired tons of great game shows like $25,000/$100,000 Pyramid, This... Absolutely unquestioably this... Not so much this... But definitely this... And that... Underrated, a bit, but this... aaaaaaaaaand this. My god, it was much fun to watch on an afternoon and spend time with Dick, Peter, John, Wink, Pat, Jim, Chuck, Bill, Patrick and others. And here I was not faking being sick and going to school like a sucker.  |
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Post by Paul Servo on Dec 15, 2008 16:17:51 GMT -5
Wings, USA Cartoon Express... awesome stuff. And then Up All Night with Gilbert Godfried, WWF Alll American Wrestling, and USA High later on.. Fixed |
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Post by blef on Dec 15, 2008 16:33:57 GMT -5
It was a better channel then IMO because people put forth an EFFORT. Showing "House" all day might please millions of people, but it takes no effort at all. Trying new things, experimenting-that's effort Agreed, but sadly trying new things = money. These days, it's even more money. Eventually they stop spending the money on cool things that don't MAKE lots of money.  |
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Post by TRMcGillicutty on Dec 15, 2008 17:25:59 GMT -5
I used to LOVE USA. Besides Raw and Prime Time (I wish they still did that show so I could watch house show matches), I loved Weird Science and Duckman. Their teen show, USA High, was really lame but I still watched it because they had the drummer from California Dreams in it.
I also loved the "USAM" block when they played old sitcoms in the morning. Wings, Working, Hearts Afire, the one with the villain from Crocodile Dundee in L.A., I loved it all. Plus, they also had the sweet wonderous Mortal Kombat cartoon.
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Post by Triple Kelly on Dec 15, 2008 17:34:46 GMT -5
How I loved USA Network. Not only WWF programming, but they had USA UP! All Night, Commander USA, those cheesey n' sleazy low budget made for USA Network movies (which were GREAT) AND Cartoon Express (that had the Problem Child cartoon).
USA Network has followed in TNT's footsteps, in just showing the same television shows ad nauseum and an actual MOVIE on a rare occasion.
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Post by renzino on Dec 15, 2008 17:49:07 GMT -5
I loved the old USA Network.
I remember when they used to show reruns of Double Trouble and the short lived Uncle Buck Series. They also used to show Don Adams' sitcom Check It Out.
Of my favorite things about the channel then was Cartoon Express, Commander USA, Up All Night with Rhonda Shear and Gilbert Gottfried, Weird Science, Saturday Nightmares and The Hitchhiker.
Good times.
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Post by Ramses on Dec 16, 2008 2:52:49 GMT -5
let's see...
Night Flight, Cartoon Express, the old Game shows, all the WWF programing, Swamp Thing... even near the end when they gave that god awful Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat Cartoons and Sailor Moon...and Mighty Max...and Wing Commander! and oo!! Exo Squad!
I think I hit all the awesome shows. Still is awesome with Monk, Psych, and hours upon hours of Law and Order....
they need to give Sailor Moon again in between episodes of Law and Order. That will be ratings gold.
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