The nick@nite Executives Read this Blog

And obviously, they want to mess with my head.

Today, I decided to watch George Lopez after not watching it for a while. And I saw a commercial for Married… With Children. It’s going to be on nick@nite, starting some time in July. I think the 11th? I’m confused because nick@nite is targeting soccer moms who don’t want inappropriate programs, (Other than That 70’s Show, of course), yet they’re going to put one of America’s trashiest TV families (After the Conners, of course) on. Don’t get me wrong, Married… With Children is actually an OLD show, so they get points for that. And I’ve seen some episodes on TV Land and Antenna TV, and it’s a pretty good show. But I’m not sure if nick@nite can handle showing more than three shows. Everybody Hates Chris and My Wife and Kids fight for any slot before 10 PM, while George Lopez, The Nanny, and That ‘70s Show fight for every slot before dawn. How will another show affect things?

I hope this means there could be marathons of Married… With Children and The Nanny. I could see it now: The Big Hair Marathon!

Good for you, TeenNick!

A while back, I was complaining about TeenNick’s programming. It was more or less a place for Dan Schneider to dump his old shows. And it was also just another place to watch That 70’s Show. However, things have now changed. Unfortunately, That 70’s Show has now migrated to nick@nite. 

And while they don’t have original programming other than Degrassi (And I use the word original loosely, since 1) It’s a reboot of the 80’s version, 2) This one’s been going on since the early 2000’s, and 3) It’s from Canada.), they will be having some other shows this Summer.

For starters, they’ve been showing Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Freaks and Geeks, and Undeclared. Okay, so none of them are new shows. And two of those three only have one season. But at least TeenNick is showing some different shows.

And they’re also having this special called TeenNick Rocks Out. I’ve only seen one promo for it, but I think it’s just a series of concerts of pop artists. And they’re having P!nk, Avril Lavigne, and Kelly Clarkson perform, which is good.

School’s Over!

I finished my finals yesterday, and today was my last day of school. We didn’t do anything today. Well, we just got our final exam grades and final grades. I did pretty good in my classes, other than APUSH. I’m so glad that I won’t have to deal with that class again. Too many freaking cheaters who think too highly of themselves.

My English teacher announced today that next year he’ll be getting a new job in another part of the state. I don’t think I’ve wrote about him that much (or at all), but I didn’t really like him. He never made an effort to hide his favoritism. Everyone was sad over that but I don’t see why. I mean, there wasn’t much of a chance that he’d be their teacher two years in a row, and he gave us his e-mail. Sure, they won’t be able to see him in person, but they’ll probably have a new favorite teacher. Finals have made me bitter, haven’t they? :P

I don’t know what I’m going to do during the summer. Probably begin driving, do my summer reading and watch TV shows. And blog/play Sims.

Still Here

I know I haven’t really posted at all lately. I don’t have any excuses. Having finals to study for and fighting off a cold don’t make me want to blog that much. :\ And whenever I get ideas for posts, I’m offline, but by the time I come back online, I forget those ideas. School ends next week, though.

In other news, though, the new stuff pack is actually the first TS3 stuff pack that looks interesting. The HELS stuff looked crappy, I don’t use cars enough for the Fast Lane items, and I heard Outdoor Life stuff had next to nothing. Stuff for the town is actually something that I’d get. I’m not saying that I would buy it; it’s just the first stuff pack which has an good concept.

Really, nick@nite?

Yesterday, I was watching nick@nite , and I was horrified to see a bumper promoting a show that’s coming soon. No, not Friends (Which is going to come this September, according to Wikipedia and some other sites), but That 70’s Show. I understand that I’m usually overreacting about nick@nite’s programming, but I have some ‘legitimate’ reasons for why I don’t want That 70’s Show on nick@nite:

It’s already on three other cable channels – ABC Family, MTV, and TeenNick. Okay, so TeenNick is a premium cable channel, but it’s also on local affiliates.

It’s REALLY out of the target demographic- A show about teenagers on a block with most shows revolving around families. Those teens also smoke pot. I hate to sound like a prude soccer mom who gets offended, but how do the nick@nite executives expect the target audience, families/soccer moms, to like this?

nick@nite has enough shows on their block- On the nick@nite website, they advertise eight shows. Three of them used to get shown a lot, but now are gone or are put on the graveyard slots (The Cosby Show, Home Improvement, and Family Matters). One of them is more or less gone, but nobody’s complaining (Glenn Martin DDS). That leaves Everybody Hates Chris, My Wife and Kids, George Lopez, and The Nanny.

Sadly, nick@nite doesn’t know how to organize those four shows, either. EHC and My Wife and Kids usually fight for any slot before 10:00 PM. George Lopez and My Wife and Kids generally have at least one marathon a month each. And they usually give The Nanny any slot which they other shows haven’t claimed, which barely happens. Now with a fifth show, The Nanny and possibly EHC will get neglected even more.

I get that the nick@nite executives probably figured “Hey, we could get the teen demographic, and since Viacom already has rights to air it from TeenNick and MTV, it won’t cost us as much!”, but really. This isn’t expanding your horizons.

And what happened to their other shows? I remember they used to have The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Full House, but they seemed to just cut both of those out of the schedule.

All of this has me slightly worried. In around five years, will nick@nite consist of Two and a Half Men, According to Jim, and Everybody Loves Raymond, along with My Wife and Kids and George Lopez? Will this happen to TVLand, too?