(Sorry for the late posting.)
Fall 2011 is starting to show big changes already. CBS4 has already dropped it’s 4pm newscast that only debuted in May in exchange for Dr. Phil moving to the 4pm hour and the 3pm hour filled with a low rent America’s Court with Judge Ross at 3pm now. Basically 4pm news on channel 4 wasn’t what it once was and couldn’t muster the ratings to keep the fledgling newscast a float.
Other changes this fall are more extensive on three other stations. Channel 2, FOX31, and My20 are all debuting new schedules and major changes.
My20 – KTVD
My20 is showing it’s comedic muscle by getting low rated, highly critically acclaimed 30 Rock at night, CNN Journalist Anderson Cooper in daytime. ACC Football on Saturdays, Law & Order on Sundays.
Here is the times for new shows.
30 Rock – 6pm and 10:30pm M-F and 6pm Sunday / 10:30 on Saturdays
Anderson Cooper – 9am & 4pm M-F
Law & Order: Criminal Intent – 2pm & 3am M-F ( Formally Law & Order: SVU )
ACC Football – 10am to 1pm Saturdays starting in 2012
Law & Order – 7pm & 8pm on Sundays
Wild LTD ( Kids Infotainment program ) Sundays at 7:30am
Changes to the Schedule
9News Daily Connection format is dead, and 9News at 11am replaced that broadcast.
Entertainment Tonight is going daytime with a half hour repeat at 11:30am and the Weekend Edition on at 9:30pm on Sunday
Nate Berkus will only have one airing a day at 3pm
Family Feud is moving to Channel 3 (KCDO)
Colorado’s Own Channel 2 – KWGN
Channel 2 will have a Big Bang going into Fall 2011 as they will have a major ratings performer and critically acclaimed The Big Bang Theory, a all new daytime schedule and a Doctor joins it’s roster.
New Show’s
Colorado’s Best ( Basically Martino TV reformatted without Tom Martino ) at 12pm M-F
Jeremy Kyle Show – British Trash TV coming to America’s TV Sets. Oohh the joy (Sarcasm) at 2pm M-F
The Bill Cunningham Show – More Conflict TV, but this time from Tribune. Seems original right? – 11am M-F
Dr. Drew’s Life Changers – Could actually be the best part of the daytime schedule, and it is from the CW. – 3pm & 3:30 M-F
The Big Bang Theory – One of the funniest shows to come to Syndication in a long time – at 6:30 and 10pm M-F
American Dad – The Family Guy spin-off is coming to channel 2 only not at a very good time slot. – 1am & 1:30am M-F ( personally I think it would have been better served at a earlier time slot. )
Changes to the Schedule
The most noticeable change is that Regis and Kelly are not in the 9am hour anymore on Channel 2, it was moved to FOX31 with Everyday at 10am (Starting September 12th)
Maury- Trash Talker moved back to Channel 2 with a double dose of low class at 9am and 10am M-F
Wendy Williams and Jerry Springer make the move from Channel 2 to Channel 3 (KCDO)
Family Guy moves back to Channel 2 at the Midnight hour M-F
King of the Hill also make’s the move to Channel 2 at 2am and 2:30am M-F
Everybody Loves Raymond moves to the 4pm hour M-F
Friends Moves to the 5pm Hour M-F
Two and a Half Men get split up at 6pm & 10:30pm M-F
Seinfeld moves to 11pm
Steve Wilkos moves up an hour to 1pm from 2pm M-F
K3 Colorado – KCDO
Wendy Williams Show – 1pm M-F
Cheeters – 2pm & 2:30 M-F
Jerry Springer – 3pm, 4pm, 10:30pm M-F
Family Feud – 5pm hour and 9pm hour M-F
South Park – 10pm M-F
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne – 11:30pm M-F
FOX31 Denver – KDVR
What’s New:
America Now – News Magazine at 11am M-F ( Think Inside Edition type of Show )
Excused – a new reality Dating show – 10:35 pm M-F
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – The FX comedy is coming to late night this fall – 12:05am M-F
We The People with Gloria Allred is going to have a very early morning bow at 4am and 4:30 am M-F
Changes:
Live with Regis and Kelly are moving to FOX31 at 9am M-F Starting September 12th
Everyday jumps to FOX31 at 10am M-F Starting September 12th
Access Hollywood returns to FOX31 at 11:30am M-F
Swift Justice returns to the 3pm time slot with a new Judge, Judge Glass instead of Nancy Grace.
TMZ moves to the 11:05pm time period M-F
My Name is Earl makes the jump to FOX31 at 12:35am and 3am M-F
The Insider moves back to FOX31 at 11:35pm M-F
Last Words
If any station is the big winner out of this is Channel 2 with the Big Bang Theory, The show is for sure going to be highly rated and paired with Two and a Half Men doesn’t hurt either.
My20 is probably going to not see the return on it’s investment with 30 Rock, but I give them kudos for taking a awesome show and giving it plumb time periods. Also My20 might have a nice hit on it’s hands with Anderson Coopers new talk show, good news is if it does well that is good, bad news is that if it does well, Channel 9 might swoop it up.
FOX31 in transition, seems to me it would seem that they are moving away from Comedies even with the pick up of “Always Sunny” and “Earl”
Personally, I think that Channel 2’s new daytime schedule is a lame duck outside of Dr. Drew’s show. I don’t see Bill Cunningham’s show lasting more then one season, and I think that Tribune needs to move away from Conflict talk shows on it’s TV stations as it doesn’t enrich or benefit society at all. I think that FOX31 should take all the “Reality and Talk shows” and Channel 2 have all the comedies. Think Local version of TBS with more news.
Not Excited about a show called Colorado’s Best. Really another Infomercial hour, couldn’t it have been a bit more like Channel 4’s Haystack TV and less like Channel 9’s Colorado & Company? Add a Newscast at noon with the last 5 minutes dedicated to Colorado’s Best.
The Little Station that could, is starting to show that it can, even with low rated talkers and reruns of a creepy stalker show I see that Channel 3 KCDO is making some in roads and if anything it would be smart to hook-up with Channel 7 or Channel 4 and produce some news, also to have your signal not reach most of Northern Colorado and western parts of the Denver Metro area, I think you might want to either move the tower again or get some repeaters up on Lookout mountain and Horsetooth mountain (Fort Collins) to give more comprehensive coverage to the Market.
Why hasn’t any of the stations in Denver picked up LiveWell network yet? More original programming instead of re-runs of old Movies and TV show’s is always a welcome thing in my book. Also if you pick it up do it with widescreen and not 4:3 ( So 1990’s )
Peace Out!
Nick
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