All My Shadows

Thanks for sharing, BF!! I'm really finding it hard to believe that "we don't want to confuse the audience" is their one and only reason for not putting the entire series on Netflix, especially considering that the new series with be under a different title. The show's viewers aren't stupid, and if they just labeled all of the 2001-2015 as "Degrassi: The Next Generation" (as opposed to just "Degrassi"), it wouldn't be hard to differentiate between that and "Degrassi: Next Class." To be honest, the most confusing thing about all of this for me is who exactly cancelled the series. From what I've read, it'll still be on TV in Canada. Will all of the episodes debut on Netflix and then air weekly in Canada? Or will they be posted to Netflix after all 20 have aired in Canada? I don't think Netflix does a weekly upload like Hulu... Plus, if it's going to still be on TV in Canada, then that really makes me wonder why Teen Nick decided to drop it because SURELY it was still one of the highest-rated programs. But we've talked about that already. I'm glad they're bringing back a full-length opening sequence, but there's no need to discard the basic format that everyone knows and loves. It'll be up-to-date by principle of depicting the characters as true teens/high school students of 2016. Or, they could expand upon the abbreviated sequence they were using, which was pretty visually appealing. They could easily throw some head shots of characters in there with actor names.

Yeah, that is absolutely not a good shot of him at all. I'm glad Steve's in this!

If they've done something for them, I've never seen it. I did a quick search, and I can say with certainty that Unsung has never profiled them. In the midst of that search, though, I did find this interview that FB did for Ebony last year. So smooth and laid back, and I love that my favorite Maze song ("We Are One") is also his favorite. VICTIM is my favorite Candi Staton track, so yes, I totally agree. All this thinking of people who can be done on Unsung has me wanting CMT or GAC or whomever to do something similar for classic country artists of the 70s/80s (and I guess 90s, though that's usually where I start tuning out as far as country is concerned). Or hell, a general show that focuses on unsung artists in non-mainstream genres. The disco episode was good, but they could totally delve deeper into the stories of some of those people. Back to regular Unsung. A general episode on all of the southern blues/soul artists who are basically 100% unknown to mainstream audiences but sell out shows all the time.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who hates Steve Harvey. As far as who I want to see on Unsung? I've already said it multiple times, but why not again. It will always be BETTY WRIGHT followed by MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY. I don't know, maybe it's just a southern thing (or not even southern - maybe it's a Louisiana thing), but those two are STAPLES at family parties and get-togethers. It's not a party until you hear Maze's "Before I Let Go" or Betty's "Tonight is the Night." They may have had limited chart success, but they were and still are very successful live performers who has mad respect in the industry. That's the definition of unsung to me, and they need to get on producing those episodes. Beyond them? They've already done Evelyn Champagne King, Con Funk Shun, Cherrelle, Deniece Williams, Sylvester, and Rose Royce. I guess Johnny Taylor and Tyrone Davis. OHHHH, First Choice!! Candi Staton! I'd LOVE it if they could find Shirley Ellis of "The Name Game" and "The Clapping Song" fame.

I've become a huge fan of westerns (peep the Dodge City squad in my signature), but I've never been big on Bonanza, and it really is run into the ground. The main thing for me is that there are tons of other successful westerns out there that they could air instead, and I doubt the ratings would be much different. They could try Wagon Train on weekdays. Or bring on something like Alias Smith and Jones. The one thing I do like about this new schedule is that they seem to be giving more exposure to sitcoms. I'm ALL about focusing on bringing in more drama/action/western series because they are always given the shaft, but ME has become the only place for shows that were so prominent in reruns for so long, and I hate to see them go. Lucy in a better time slot is something I've been wanting them to do for years now.

New fall schedule starts Monday, August 31. Times are Eastern. MeTV Network Program Schedule Starting Monday, August 31, 2015 Programs / times subject to change All times Eastern What's new: Matlock What's back: Cheers, Family Affair, Hogan's Heroes, Taxi, The Bob Newhart Show, The Honeymooners, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Odd Couple, The Phil Silvers Show, and Wagon Train What's gone: Black Sheep Squadron, Hawaii Five-O, Make Room for Daddy, Mission: Impossible, Mr. Lucky, Night Gallery, Peter Gunn, Petticoat Junction, Remington Steele, The Mod Squad, and The Streets of San Francisco Weekdays 05:00a Abbott & Costello 05:30a Welcome Back, Kotter (replaces Make Room for Daddy) 06:00a Gilligan's Island (replaces Petticoat Junction) 06:30a Family Affair (replaces The Beverly Hillbillies) 07:00a The Donna Reed Show 07:30a The Beverly Hillbillies (replaces I Love Lucy) 08:00a I Love Lucy (replaces The Andy Griffith Show/ The Donna Reed Show) 08:30a I Love Lucy (replaces Gilligan's Island) 09:00a Daniel Boone 10:00a Matlock (replaces Perry Mason) 11:00a Quincy, M.E. 12:00p The Rockford Files 01:00p Gunsmoke 02:00p Bonanza 03:00p The Rifleman 03:30p The Rifleman 04:00p Emergency! 05:00p Emergency! 06:00p CHiPs 07:00p M*A*S*H 07:30p M*A*S*H 08:00p The Andy Griffith Show* 08:30p The Andy Griffith Show* 09:00p Happy Days (replaces Saved by the Bell (Mon), Laverne & Shirley (Wed), Welcome Back, Kotter (Thu), The Brady Bunch (Fri)) 09:30p Laverne & Shirley (replaces Saved by the Bell (Mon), Happy Days (Tue), Welcome Back, Kotter (Thu), The Brady Bunch (Fri)) 10:00p Hogan's Heroes (replaces Saved by the Bell (Mon), Happy Days (Tue), Laverne & Shirley (Wed), Welcome Back, Kotter (Thu), The Brady Bunch (Fri)) 10:30p Hogan's Heroes (replaces Saved by the Bell (Mon), Happy Days (Tue), Laverne & Shirley (Wed), Welcome Back, Kotter (Thu), The Brady Bunch (Fri)) 11:00p Carol Burnett and Friends 11:30p Perry Mason 12:30a The Twilight Zone (replaces Mystery Movie) 01:00a The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (replaces Mystery Movie cont.) 02:00a Mystery Movie (replaces Night Gallery & The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) 04:00a Thriller Saturdays 05:00a F Troop 05:30a F Troop 06:00a Welcome Back, Kotter (replaces Gilligan's Island) 06:30a Welcome Back, Kotter (replaces Gilligan's Island) 07:00a H.R. Pufnstuf 07:30a Land of the Lost 08:00a Green Screen Adventures (E/I) 08:30a Green Screen Adventures (E/I) 09:00a Travel Thru History (E/I)** 09:30a Travel Thru History (E/I)** 10:00a Mystery Hunters (E/I)** 10:30a Mystery Hunters (E/I)** 11:00a Wagon Train (replaces Daniel Boone) 12:00p Big Valley 01:00p Gunsmoke 02:00p Bonanza 03:00p Rawhide 04:00p Wanted: Dead or Alive 04:30p Wanted: Dead or Alive 05:00p The Rifleman 05:30p The Rifleman 06:00p Adventures of Superman 06:30p Adventures of Superman 07:00p Batman 07:30p Batman 08:00p Wonder Woman 09:00p Star Trek: Original 10:00p Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie 12:00a Lost in Space 01:00a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 02:00a The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (replaces Get Smart 2x) 03:00a Car 54, Where Are You? 03:30a Car 54, Where Are You? 04:00a Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 04:30a Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Sundays 05:00a The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 05:30a The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 06:00a Abbott & Costello (replaces F Troop) 06:30a Abbott & Costello (replaces F Troop) 07:00a F Troop (replaces Abbott & Costello) 07:30a F Troop (replaces Abbott & Costello) 08:00a Welcome Back, Kotter 08:30a Welcome Back, Kotter 09:00a Gilligan's Island 09:30a Gilligan's Island 10:00a Saved by the Bell (E/I) 10:30a Saved by the Bell (E/I) 11:00a Saved by the Bell (E/I) 11:30a Saved by the Bell (E/I) 12:00p The Brady Bunch 12:30p The Brady Bunch 01:00p The Brady Bunch 01:30p The Brady Bunch 02:00p Gilligan's Island (replaces The Love Boat) 02:30p Gilligan's Island (replaces The Love Boat cont.) 03:00p Happy Days (replaces Remington Steele) 03:30p Laverne & Shirley (replaces Remington Steele cont.) 04:00p I Love Lucy (replaces The Streets of San Francisco) 04:30p I Love Lucy (replaces The Streets of San Francisco cont.) 05:00p The Love Boat (replaces The Mod Squad) 06:00p The Love Boat (replaces Hawaii Five-O) 07:00p The Andy Griffith Show* (replaces Black Sheep Squadron) 07:30p The Andy Griffith Show* (replaces Black Sheep Squadron cont.) 08:00p Columbo 09:30p M*A*S*H 10:00p The Odd Couple (replaces The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) 10:30p The Honeymooners (replaces The Man from U.N.C.L.E. cont.) 11:00p Cheers (replaces Mission: Impossible) 11:30p The Bob Newhart Show (replaces Mission: Impossible cont.) 12:00a The Mary Tyler Moore Show (replaces Get Smart) 12:30a Taxi (replaces Get Smart) 01:00a Get Smart (replaces The Saint) 01:30a The Phil Silvers Show (replaces The Saint cont.) 02:00a The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (replaces Naked City) 03:00a Naked City (replaces Route 66) 04:00a Route 66 (replaces Peter Gunn & Mr. Lucky) I'm glad they finally made some big changes, but still, I have to wonder where the rhyme and reason are. It looks like they did Sunday and M-F first and then were like "Eh, f!ck it, I'm tired, just leave Saturday the way it is." And then Sunday night is just "Let's. Just. Throw. All. The Extra. Sitcoms. Together." "Matlock" is an interesting addition. Some people will bitch about it being "too new" even though it's the old folks standard. Still, with so much changing, they could only squeeze in ONE new show? There are quite a bit making return appearances, but damn. Doris Day's been on their website for like 2 years, and they've never put her on the regular schedule for a spell.

I used to sneak a peek at 7th Heaven every now and then because I love me a good family drama, but I never watched it regularly. When they banished it last year, I honestly forgot it even existed. I see that UP has quietly brought it back.

I faithfully watched Cosby Show reruns when I was in like the 5th grade (and even then it was only the first three or four seasons), but it was always too damn bougie for us bayouside Louisianians. It's just not my thing, and I always felt like Sanford and Son (and to a lesser extent, Good Times) better represented the people I grew up around. I definitely won't miss the reruns. BounceTV was airing Fat Albert pretty regularly. I wonder if they still are.

I just started season 5 after taking time off to binge 50 episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and 8 episodes of Gunsmoke, and again, I'm rolling my eyes at you haters because I am LOVING the ride. It's giving me everything I want from Dynasty and more. Dominique's introduction has been good so far, and I've taken to her and Brady. BDW really had that smooth, debonair thing down to a science. Also love how "Miss Deveruhhhh" (as per Alexis) is careful to mask her agenda but is still shady as hell around the Carringtons. Alexis coming for Blake via the mansion LOL Steven has become an A-hole. I'm hoping he is tempered a little as the season goes on and he gets another eggplant in his life. Was not expecting LB's SORAS already, and that kid is huge.

See, and the thing about that is because the one Cosby work that I truly stan hard for (The Bill Cosby Show) came way before his image as America's Dad, I find it easy to compartmentalize as well. Every time I go to the bookstore, I'm tempted to pick up the DVD set because it was such a great low-key comedy for its time, sorta this mix of Julia and Room 222, and I love that, but now it's just...ugh. It pisses me off that a person could do so much good while being so bad.

At this point, I figure you just move on. If his legacy is strong, it'll stand on its own, and there will be no need to say that "Bill Cosby started this" or "Bill Cosby created this." That might be hard, thought, because Cosby was the original Tyler Perry when it comes to plastering his name on every-[!@#$%^&*]-thing he created.

I've been making it a point to listen to more non-singles from my favorite singers/groups, and this Chic ballad has taken my heart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIl4odSpAfg Also, this instrumental from their first album. Has that great Local On the 8's sound that reminds me of going fishing on Saturday mornings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lME3we7zwT8

She wasn't expecting so many people to drag her dusty ass.

SON has been coming for me all summer, and if you think I give a sh!t -- I DON'T, BEWBEW!! What a very creepy way for this conversation to circle back to the topic at hand, though. I'm seriously gonna run by the university tomorrow or Friday and snap a picture of that poster. It's killing me that it's nowhere online.

All right, let's find that goddamn poster on the Internet. If Justin Bieber's (delicious) bare ass can make it, so can Whoopi the Librarian.

I've been trying to google that poster for a few minutes, and I can not find it to save my life. In the midst of searching, though, I'm just once again reminded of how far she's fallen. She was literally everywhere doing everything, and the public adored her, but now she's wearing tracksuits to the Oscars and looks like she can't be bothered to wipe her own ass much less entertain somebody. In regards to Bill...sigh. I've always preferred young, early Bill (I Spy, The Bill Cosby Show era) over the "America's Dad" and "elder of the black community" version. I used to like watching early episodes of The Cosby Show, and my grandma LOVED her some "Cosby" back in the late 90s, so I guess I get the "but think of the legacy!!" reaction so many people are having, but...eh. What value does that legacy REALLY have if this is what has been going on behind the scenes for so long? I'm going to have a really hard time either avoiding his first sitcom (PERFECT low-key, aid-back late-60s/early-70s comedy) or watching it without feeling total discomfort.

Whoopi has been massively depressing for at least 10-15 years now. The Whoopi Goldberg of my childhood was a true comedienne, one of those people on whom you could always depend to bring the laughs for audiences of all ages. In my university's library, they still had a 90s-era poster of her on the wall from a ad to get people to read more, and whenever I'd pass it, I'd wonder how she went that smiley-faced, frizzy-haired STAR to literally the definition of washed-up has-been. It's sad as hell. Somewhere, at some point, her career and/or life did not turn out the way she hoped it would.

FINALLY! Thank god this only had 13 episodes. I might be able to watch them all before they vanish. WB is good at wiping their shows out, and I always forget that this was a Lorimar soap, complete with "starring in alphabetical order" against a Jerrold Immel theme. The cast looks great. I feel like I'll be busy comparing this to what Scruples would have been had it made it to series.

I don't do Scandal, but I'm so happy for my baby Corn! It took some time, but I always knew he'd make it big. "Blood & Oil" sounds like Dallas 2.0 without the pressure. I like the cast (Cappie!), so I'll watch. ETA: I see Cynthia Cidre's involved, so that's EXACTLY what it is! LOL

Why has this crusty ass troll not been banned yet?

I finally caved and bought the complete series DVD set a few weeks ago. I considered just picking up with the first episode I'd never seen (so, basically, skipping the first 30 episodes), but I ended up watching from the beginning again, and boy, am I glad I did. I've been marathonning it like crazy the last week or so, and it's become my new obsession all over again, like 13 years after I watched it for the first time. I'm currently on episode #38, so there's still plenty, plenty left for me to devour, but my God, the first two months of shows were just fantastic. As I've said here before, this show found THE magical combination of absurd comedy and human drama. I honestly forgot who much of it was played as legitimate soap opera and turned out legitimately great dramatic performances. The Mary/Tom story could have easily been bogged down in superficial, repetitive dialogue, but they really did a lot with each scene between the two. Louise Lasser is definitely an MVP as Mary slowly deals with the fact that the man she's built her dreams around has become a complete !@#$%^&*]. Then you have one of the thottiest thots who have EVER thotted, Ms. Mae Olinski. I think they could have done more to show her loneliness and desperation, because they've hinted at it, and it makes sense, but maybe that's coming up. Another great dramatic performer is Graham Jarvis, whose character could have just been a complete punchline if GJ wasn't so natural in the part. He and MKP have the best chemistry, but he also works well in scenes where he tries to knock some sense into Tom. The comedy, of course, is so ridiculous and absurd, and it's absolutely perfect. One of the funniest running sight gags is George's "Hooray! Daddy's home!" hemorrhoid pillow. And it just doesn't get any better than Dody Goodman as the delightfully oblivious Martha. I'm SO glad I decided to purchase the whole series. It cost me $150, but for 325 episodes, it's way more than worth it.

Jennifer Salt (Eunice) has had tons of success over the last ten years as a writer/producer for Nip/Tuck and now AHS. Ted Wass (Danny) was Blossom's dad and then he went into directing sitcoms, which I think he stills gets pretty steady work in.

Various cast members from across the years got together to film the "It Goes There" special which airs later this month. There's a photo gallery. http://tvline.com/2015/06/30/degrassi-reunion-photos-original-cast-series-finale-special/ I know the old timers are still young, but, damn, they've aged so well. Eli is fine as hell when he's out of character.

Do you think it's just a weird mix of surgery and aging? He doesn't necessarily look unhealthy -- just really, really manipulated. Meanwhile, here's a Mary Hartman Q&A session with Greg Mullavey and Louise Lasser from March. Greg's voice has not changed one BIT since the 70s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3NDhmSOgZA

I think so, too, Carl. Emmerdale is the one surviving soap that I haven't regularly watched current episodes of, so I guess it deserve a shot one of these days. Y'all seem to be enjoying most of it. Meanwhile, I've finally made a dent in those 1974 episodes. I could just LIVE in the world of Beckindale at this time period.