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Friday, August 18, 2006

ECTV - El Capitan Television!

Commercial Free, 24 Hours A Day

I got into a chat at lunch today about how much better cartoons were back when we were kids, as opposed to a lot of the dreck that's on the air now. It led me to thinking about what I'd air if I could have my own TV station. I imagine it would be a lot like Weird Al Yankovic's movie UHF, only without Stanley Spadowski and his magic mop.

Naturally, this all operates under the assumption that I could clear up the licensing issues, and bring a couple of shows back into production to reach that 100 episode syndication-friendly limit.

I'm thinking this would work for a lineup:

Weekdays:

6:00 AM Captain Kangaroo
6:30 AM News
7:00 AM Three Stooges
8:00 AM Star Trek - Original Series
9:00 AM Julia Child's 'The French Chef'
9:30 AM Good Eats with Alton Brown
10:00 AM WKRP In Cincinnati
10:30 AM All In The Family
11:00 AM Muppet Show
11:30 AM That 70's Show
12:00 PM Battlestar Galactica (old & new)
1:00 PM The Shield
2:00 PM Magnum PI
3:00 PM Simon & Simon
4:00 PM Northern Exposure
5:00 PM Firefly
6:00 PM Star Trek - Deep Space Nine
7:00 PM The Sopranos
8:00 PM John Wayne Movie
9:00 PM " "
10:00 PM The Rockford Files
11:00 PM South Park
11:30 PM Hogan's Heroes
12:00 AM CSI: Las Vegas
1:00 AM Star Trek - Next Generation
2:00 AM El Capitan's Movie Classics
3:00 AM " " "
4:00 AM Star Trek - Voyager
5:00 AM Addams Family
5:30 AM Seinfeld

Weekends:
6:00 AM Scooby Doo (No F*&#%^$ Scrappy Doo!!)
6:30 AM Bullwinkle
7:00 AM George Of The Jungle/Superchicken/Tom Slick
8:00 AM Pink Panther
8:30 AM Looney Tunes Cartoons
9:00 AM " " "
10:00 AM Schoolhouse Rock shorts
10:30 AM Monty Python's Flying Circus
11:00 AM Red Dwarf
12:00 PM Weekend News Hour
1:00 PM Blackadder Series
1:30 PM Chef!
2:00 PM War Movie
3:00 PM " "
4:00 PM Western Movie
5:00 PM " "
6:00 PM The Wild Wild West
7:00 PM Kung Fu
8:00 PM El Capitan's Movie Classics
9:00 PM " " "
10:00 PM Saturday Night Live Reruns
11:00 PM " "
11:30 PM News Update
12:00 AM Porn Movie
1:00 AM Porn Movie
2:00 AM Porn Movie
3:00 AM Star Trek - Enterprise
4:00 AM Rev. Gene Scott Reruns
5:00 AM Farm Report
5:30 AM Howdy Doody


Now, I just need some venture capital!