November 1998 - March 1999 news is not available. If you saved these issues please forward those months of newsletters to me. Thanks.
1999 APRIL 1999
- As you probably have noticed Nick at Nite has started a new segment called 'A Whole Lotta Lucy.' This features 2 'I Love Lucy' episodes and an episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. This takes place every Saturday night, starting at 10/9c. Because of this Bewitched has changed time slots (only on EARLY Sunday mornings). You can now catch Bewitched at 1am/12c, (just a half-hour later), and then that same episode is repeated at 5/4c.
- Talk about a Bewitched time change: TV schedules have been saying Bewitched will be on an hour earliar, these schedules got the times confused because of Daylight Savings, Bewitched will remain at 11:30/10:30c until May.
- An unofiicail Bewitched convention will be held in August, in Las Vegas. MORE INFO TO COME -- IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO PLEASE TELL ME!
- Vic's Bewitched Page was updated 4-4-99 at: http://members.aol.com/BewitchVic/main.html
- A show about the life and career of Marion Lorne opens this summer in Seattle.
- The Bewitched & Elizabeth Montgomery page was updated
4-1-99 at: http://www.bewitched.net
- Instant Gratification Sundays on Nick at Nite is gone--therefore you'll probably get to see the two-part episodes in the regular Bewitched time slots. An hour of "I Love Lucy," The Jeffersons, and Mary Tyler Moore have replaced Instant Gratification Sundays.
NOTE: "Daddy Comes to Visit" and "Darrin the warlock" were the last Bewitched episodes to be seen on Instant Gratification.
- When WKRP in Cincinatti comes to Nick at Nite in May, Bewitched will has a 90% chance of not have a time change--i'll keep you updated!
- ALL OF NAN'S SCHEDULE CHANGING LATELY HERE IS WHEN BEWITCHED AIRS ON NAN NOW SO YOU WON'T BE-CONFUSED!
Weekdays
11:30pm/10:30c
4:30am/3:30c
Saturdays
1:00am/12:00c
5:00am/4:00c
Sundays
12:00am/11:00c
MAY 1999
- Bewitched Webpages Updated:
Vic's Bewitched Homepage - http://members.aol.com/BewitchVic/main.html
Bewitched & Elizabeth Montgomery Page - http://www.bewitched.net
- During the first week of July you can catch Bewitched only at 4:30am/3:30c because of a week-long WKRP in Cincinatti marathon.
- After the marathon Block Party Summer begins, and since Bewitched has 95% chance of being part of BPS expect Bewitched to have a time slot change. Bewitched will probably move to 12am/11:00c during BPS.
- Nick at Nite will celebrate the new millenium by having a 10 week marathon of marathons...for 10 weeks, starting in October Nick at Nite will repeat 10 of their best week-long marathons of all time (1 each week). No word if Bewitch will be part of this or not.
- During the week of June 7th N@N will have its All-star family marathon including the shows, Leave it to Beaver, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family, The Wonder Years, and Rugrats. Anyway, because of the week-long marathon you can only catch Bewitched at 4:30am/3:30c. Bewitched will return to 11:30pm/10:30c the following week.
- Catch Bernard 'Dr. Bombay' Fox in the NEW MOVIE 'The Mummy.'
- Rumor has it the more Bewitched videos from Screen Gems wil hit stores in July.
- Bewitched is on the cover and talked about in the new book "T.V. Weddings." The book talks about all of the famous T.V. weddings, including Bewitched!
- A&E's Elizabeth Montgomery Biography will be repeated on June 24th at 8:00pm/7c and on June 25th at 12:00am/11c.
- Nick at Nite is now showing the Dick Sargent episodes of Bewitched.
JUNE 1999
- Those of you who have been worried about Bewitched might being canceled by Nick at Nite, don't worry! Nick at Nite's Bewitched contract isn't up until the summer of 2000. So at least we all can enjoy one more year of Bewitched on Nick at Nite, maybe even more if Nick at Nite decides to renew the Bewitched contract next summer!
- Regarding several e-amils about the big-screen Bewitched film that Penny "Laverne & Shirley" Marshall has the rights to, all I have to say nothing has came up in all of my Bewitched news rescources. I haven't given up trying to find out some information, I have tried everything! If any of you find out anything be sure and let me know, thanks!
- There's a heart necklace similar to the one Elizabeth Montgomery wore in Bewitched, being auctioned off at: http://webhome.idirect.com/~lizajody/collect.htm
- To keep you updated: still no word if Bewitched will be on Nick at Nite's Block Party Summer yet.
- The Bewitched episode "A Very Special Delivery" (a black & white episode) will air on Nick at Nite Sunday, June 20th at 10:30pm/9:30centeral as part of Nick at Nite's Father's Day Special!
- Bewitched will be back to its normal time slot on Nick at Nite starting June 14th.
- Vic's Bewitched Homepage has been updated with new magazine covers. You can find all of his wonderful updates at: http://members.aol.com/BewitchVic/main.html.
- Vote for Bewitched for at http://www.freevote.com/booth/classictv !!!
- HOW CAN I HELP MOVE ALONG THE BEWITCHED MOVIE (OR SERIES) INTO FULL GEAR? Recently on a well-know Bewitched message board - http://broph.homesite.net/Bewitched/postings.html - Mark Wood (author of 'The Bewitched Cookbook') posted how you can help move along this Bewitched sequel whatever).... HOW YOU CAN HELP BY MARK WOOD:
"Ok gang, here's the low down on anything new regarding Bewitched: Columbia/Sony who owns all rights to the show has NO plans whatsoever, at the moment, of doing anything Bewitched. Kasey (Louise) and I have tried for more than seven years to make Bewitched Again (sort of a Star Trek the Next Generation way of doing things) happen. Columbia has fought us every step of the way. Last year, we met with a lovely lady named Kim Haswell who is in charge of TV series at Columbia/Sony. For three years she had wanted to do something with Bewitched but the people running the feature movie department refuse to let go of the property and put it back into the hands of the TV people, where Kasey and I personally feel it belongs. Lets take quick stock of the other TV series that have been made into movies, these include: Leave it to Beaver, The Addams Family (one and two), Car 54 Where Are You, Seargent Bilko, Flipper, The Brady Bunch (one and two) and others. One very clear thought on each of these is that the have FAILED terribly at the boxoffice. I question why they keep making them when I have been told by many hundreds of fans of these other shows that they really hate to see any other actor playing their favorite character. Personally I can't think of ANYBODY that could play Samantha or Darrin or Endora or... Sure there are many actors that could look the part, sure wouldn't it be fun to see Shirley Maclain wear all those chiffon robes, sure it would be interesting to see a pre-story fleshed out with people like Sheila and Dave but, while she's a personal favorite of mine and even though she looked great, Anjelica Huston was NOT Carolyn Jones (Morticia) and never will be! If anything is to be done let's further the story and see where these people are now. The ones that are gone will just have to be worked around and, yes, it can be done. Enough of that Soap Box, if you're still with me here I'll take my butt in my hands and suggest this, you wanna try and make a difference? Well, the chance of it happening sits right next to impossible but why don't ALL OF YOU (strength in numbers gang) call Columbia/Sony. Ask for who ever's in charge of TV series production now or a TV movie (great way to start a series) and tell 'em what you want. If you still want the feature film, then tell 'em just that (keep in mind that none of your fav actors will be there probably). Yu'll end up leaving a message but a lot of messages might make 'em think twice about it all. You ready? You still reading? OK, here: Columbia/Sony 310-202-1234 or 310-244-4000 Good luck! (Uhm... don't hold your breath... but don't give up... we've bugged 'em for seven years now it's you guys turn!) HAGS and kisses! Mark..."
- BEWITCHED ON TV LAND? Nick at Nite's sister network TV Land will be giving a special presentation of Bewitched on June 27th at 7:30pm/6:30central. The episode being aired is "Divided He Falls."
- Vote for Bewitched for at http://www.freevote.com/booth/classictv!!
- Bewitched will not be apart of Nick at Nite's Block Party Summer. Nick at Nite has chosen the following schedule:
Brady Mondays
Lucy Tuesdays
Jeffersons Wednesdays
Happy Days Thursdays
Wonder Years Fridays
During Block Party Summer you can catch Bewitched in the wee hours of the night at 1:00am/12:00central. Bewitched's 1:00am/12:00central timeslot on EARLY Saturday mornings will remain the same. Gor your Bewitched viewing pleasure on Sundays, you can catch Bewitched at 11:30pm/10:30central.
- During the week of July 5-9 Bewitched will only be seen on Nick at Nite at 4:30am/3:30central because Nick at Nite will be showcasing a 40 episode marathon of WKRP in Cincinatti all week long.
- Any questions on programing for other N@N shows just e-mail me and i'll be happy to answer them! ryan@dddayton.com
- Subsribe to the Bewitched video collection from Columbia House. Just fill out the fold out in this week's TV Guide magazine.
- Visit http://www.nick-at-nite.com, click on 'Create Your Own All Star Family,' and you can chose little Miss Tabitha Stephens to be apart of your all star family! Lots of fun!
- As summere comes, everyone wonder what will happen to Bewitched on Nick at Nite...no matter what Bewitched will be shown during summer on Nick at Nite. Either BW will be apart of Block Party Summer or it BW will be on during late hours. Contact Nick at Nite and tell you and many others would appreciate it if Bewitched would be apart of Block Party Summer.
NICK AT NITE CONTACT INFORMATION:
Adress:
Nick at Nite
1515 Broadway, 21st floor
New York, New York 10036-8995
Phone:(212) 258-7579 EXT. 4512
E-mail: nicknite1@aol.com or postmaster@tvland.com
- The Mummy in which Bernard Fox is in, is now in stores in VHS tape.
- NICK AT NITE'S MARATHON TO THE MILLENIUM SCHEDULE ANNOUNED
Oct. 25 - 29: All in the Family
Nov 1-5: Taxi
Nov. 8-12: The Jeffersons
Nov. 15-19: The Brady Bunch
Nov. 22-26: Happy Days: Chachinated vs. Dechachinated
Nov. 29- Dec. 3: Welcome Back Kotter
Dec. 6-10: I Love Lucy
Dec. 13-17: Deuling Darrins: The Bewitched Marathon
Dec. 20-24: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Dec. 27-30: All Star Family Marathon
-ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is doing a 60 min. story of bewitched next weekend on October 2nd. It will be aalong the same lines as The True Hollywood Show. It will be on satellite T6 TRANSPONDER 12 @ 6:00AM TO 7:00AM PST & AGAIN @ 12:00PM TO 1:00pm PST, as well as on local cable channels.
- www.accesshollywood.com is having an awrds show, Bewitched has a few nominese so visit now and let them know that Bewitched is the best!
- The Bewitched & Elizabeth Montgomery page has been updated at www.bewitched.net
JULY 1999
- TBS' The Chimp Channel to Spoof Bewitched - TBS Superstation's series The Chimp Channel, set in an all-ape television network, will parody classic television series' on its Thursday, Sept. 16 episode. Series' to get the monkey treatment are Gilligan's Island, I Love Lucy, The Partridge Family, The Andy Griffith Show, Charlie's Angels and -- yes -- Bewitched.
The episode is entitled "Stolen Memories: TCC Anniversary Show." The premise is that someone has stolen the videotape of the TCC Anniversary Special, and TCC President Harry Waller has to air a night of classic TV shows. "The whole vintage TV idea worked so well, I think we'll keep doing parodies of classic shows in future episodes," said Tim Burns, creator and co-excutive producter of The Chimp Channel. "TCC versions of M*A*S*H or Cheers would definitely be fun, and we could have a great time spoofing The Monkees."
- This sunday (July 25) Nick at Nite will have a 'Runaway Bride Marathon' in which executive producer Gary Marshal will host 5 hours of his favorite wedding episodes to promote his new movie called "Runaway Bride" starring Julia Roberts which opens in theaters July 30.
During the marathon you'll get some behind the scenes footage from the new movie. Anyway, The Bewitched episode "I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha" will be part of this marathon. This rare Black & White episode of Bewitched will air at 12:00am/11 central (really July 26).
The marathon schedule:
09:00pm Happy Days "Shotgun Wedding PART I"
09:30pm Laverne & Shirley "Shotgun Wedding PART II"
10:00pm Brady Bunch "The Honeymoon"
10:30pm Odd Couple "Felix Remarries"
11:00pm Rhoda "Rhoda's Wedding PART I"
11:30pm Rhoda "Rhoda's Wedding PART II"
12:00am Bewitched "I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha"
12:30am The Jeffersons "The Wedding"
01:00am Happy Days "Passages PART I"
01:30am Happy Days "Passages PART II"
- The Bewitched & Elizabeth Montgomery Homepage was updated 7/18/99 at www.bewitched.net. This updated were the Bewitched Sounds, The Bewitched TV Den, The Montgomery Movie Theater, and several other updates including new additions to the site.
- Proctor and Gamble has brought Dick Wilson out of retirement as Mr. Whipple, Dick Wilson is the drunk that was frequently featured on Bewitched. Call Proctor & Gamble's customer service at this TOLL FREE NUMBER
1-800-777-1410 and tell them how happy you are that Dick Wilson is back. Calling hours are 7am to 6:00pm.
- The perfect place to have a Bewitching time is at the Hollywood Collector's show in North Hollywood this
October 2-3, Erin Murphy appeared at a Hollywood collector show a dew months ago. Anyway, at this Collector's Show there is supposed to be a Semi-Bewitched Reunion. Kasey Rogers and Bernard Fox will be there, Sandra Gould was scheduled to be there also, be sad as it is, she died last Monday morning. The address to find more information about this special event is... http://www.hollywoodcollectorshow.com/garlan.htm
- A Bewitched Special will air on the E! network August 22nd at 9:00pm. The name of the show is "True Hollywood Stories." The show is about the lives of celebrities (I guess) and Bewitched cast members will be profiled.
- Actress Sandra Gould, who played the nosy next-door neighbor Gladys Kravitz on the popular TV series "Bewitched," died of a stroke Tuesday at Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank. She was 73.
- Gould, who began her career at age 9 as a child actress on radio and stage, appeared in TV shows ranging from "I Love Lucy" and "The Twilight Zone" to "Friends" and "Veronica's Closet." She also spent six years as the voice of Betty Rubble on "The Flintstones."
"Bewitched" aired on ABC from 1964 to 1972.
- Sandra Morse Gould, in her mid-70s, a prolific character actress best known for her role as the second Gladys Kravitz on the TV series "Bewitched." Gould, whose distinctive nasal whine and pronounced New York accent became her trademark, made her acting debut on radio at the age of 9. She made her Broadway debut two years later in "Fly Away Home," which also featured 15-year-old Montgomery Clift. She also appeared in the Broadway shows "New Faces," "Having a Wonderful Time," "Strip for Action," "Thumbs Up" and "Rocket to the Moon." On radio, she played the role of Mrs. Duffy on "Duffy's Tavern" for six years, and performed on "My Friend Irma," "Let's Pretend" and "My Favorite Husband." Before her six-season stint on "Bewitched," on which she replaced character actress Alice Pearce as the nosy neighbor in 1966, Gould appeared on "The Jack Benny Show," "The Red Skelton Show," "I Married Joan," "December Bride" and numerous Bob Hope shows. She was also in nearly 30 feature films, her most recent being "Deep Cover" in 1992. Also an artist and author, Gould wrote two books, "Always Say Maybe" and "Sexpots and Pans." She was married to Larry Berns and upon his death married John Hollinsworth, who also predeceased her. She is survived by a son, Michael Berns. On Tuesday in Burbank of a stroke after heart surgery.
AUGUST 1999
- Vic has updated his page with new phots, new reviews, new articles, magazines and so much more! You'lll find his site at: http://members.aol.com/BewitchVic/main.html
Thanks Vic <l:)
- Nick at Nite returns to its regular line-up on September 6th and 9:00pm. Here is there returning schedule...
09pm The Brady Bunch
09:30 The Wonder Years
10pm The Jeffersons
10:30 The Jeffersons
11pm Love Lucy
11:30 Bewitched
12am WKRP in Cincinatti
12:30 Happy Days
01am Mary Tyler Moore
01:30 Dick Van Dyke
02am Taxi
02:30 Newhart
03am The Jeffersons
03:30 Laverne & Shirley
04am I Love Lucy
04:30 Bewitched
05am Happy Days
05:30 To Be Announced..
NOTE - Bewitched returns to its normal time slot!
- The Bewitched E! Special on Sunday was a big success. After everyone thought that E! was going to trash the show, it was a great show! Thanks E!
- Erin Murphy will make it this year to the World's Largest Disco this year on November 27, 1999 in Buffalo, NY. To find when Erin will be appearing visit her schedule page at http://www.tvtoys.com/bewitched/schedule.htm http://www.worldslargestdisco.com/ for the official World's Largest Diso Site. Go and re-live the 70's.
- Bernard "Dr. Bombay" Fox will guest star the new NBC soap opera Passions. The show airs at 2pm in all time zones, that's amazing! I have no idea who he'll play or when when his time on the show starts.
There is an evil witch on the show names Tabitha, who did admit once in real life that her favorite show is Bewitched.
- Here is an opinion of someone who saw the E! special on Bewitched. Thanks Endora.
ENODRA'S OPINION:
While I agree that the BW show didn't trash people and presented a wonderful tribute to EM, I'd hardly call it a success! They completely neglected AM's contributions to the show, and didn't even mention David White, Marion Lorne, Maurice Evans, George Tobias, Mabel Albertson etc.
As an EM show it was great, as a BW show it left a lot to be desired!
- Speaking of BEWITCHED, reports say that plans are in the works for a Spanish version of the show for the Mexican TV AZTECA Other than the fact that this version will be set in modern-day Mexico City, it will have many similar plot and character lines to the old show.
Visit TV AZTECA'S SITE AT - http://tvazteca.com.mx/
note - The website is in spanish, I think I have translated it to english here -
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate?
SEPTEMBER 1999
- There are new polls, so please vote!
- Well, looks like September will be a very busy months for Bewitched! Nick at Nite wil leave their Block Party Summer TV schedule on September 6th, well how I (and everyone else) thought Nick at Nite would return keeping Bewitched at 11:30pm EST, Nick at Nite changed their fall schedule pushing 'Our Show' all the way to 01:30am EST!!! Can ya believe it? That is too late! Anyway, the repeat showings of the episodes take place at 05:30am EST for all the early birds. The repeat showing sounds like the best time to watch it. The September schedule is listed below. But not to worry, the Screen Gems network will debut on September 20, and will some of the episodes of Bewitched of all time, at a great time, and hardly edited. Vic's Bewitched Homepage has a link where you can find what episodes are playing, and just about everything about the Screen Gems Network. Visit his site now at: http://members.aol.com/BewitchVic/main.html . You won't regret it. Any questions about the Bewitched September schedule just e-mail me at iluvlucytoo@mtnworks.net .
- Nick at Nite's New Schedule:
09:00pm The Brady Bunch
09:30pm I Love Lucy
10:00pm The Jeffersons
10:30pm Taxi
11:00pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show
11:30pm Happy Days
12:00am WKRP in Cincinatti
12:30am The Wonder Years
01:00am I Love Lucy (repeat showing)
01:30am Bewitched
02:00am Laverne & Shirley
02:30am The Brady Bunch (repeat showing)
03:00am Happy Days (repeat showing)
03:30am Mary Tyler Moore Show (repeat showing)
04:00am The Dick Van Dyke Show
04:30am Newhart
05:00am The Jeffersons (repeat showing)
05:30am Bewitched (repeat showing)
- Also don't forget; In the last week of October through the end of the year Nick at Nite will present its 'Marathon to the Millenium.' A ten week marathon of repeats of their 10 highest rated week-long marathons ever! The marathons will include All in the Family, Happy Days, I Love Lucy, Taxi, & much more. I have no idea if Bewitched is included in this maraton. Keep your eyes open!
- Dr. Bombay is our Passion. On September 17th at 2pm (in all time zones) Dr. Bombay guest stars on the NBC soap Passions. He'll be playing a friend of Tabitha's. Tabitha admitted twice on the show that her favorite TV of all time was Bewitched, her favorite was Endora. Tabitha is an evil witch on the show who is trying to destroy goodness. Vic's Bewitched Homepage helped the show pick what incantations they should use in the show. Welcome back Bernard Fox!
A cool Passions website with lots of info can be found at http://www.soapoperafan.com/passions/ if you want to research the shows, so you'll have a clue on what's going on.
- TBS Superstation's series The Chimp Channel, set in an all-ape television network, will parody classic television series' on its Thursday, Sept. 16 episode. Series' to get the monkey treatment are Gilligan's Island, I Love Lucy, The Partridge Family, The Andy Griffith Show, Charlie's Angels and -- yes -- Bewitched. The chimps will parody Jeanie & Samantha having a Who's Powers are Greatest Contest. The episode is entitled "Stolen Memories: TCC Anniversary Show." The premise is that someone has stolen the videotape of the TCC Anniversary Special, and TCC President Harry Waller has to air a night of classic TV shows. "The whole vintage TV idea worked so well, I think we'll keep doing parodies of classic shows in future episodes," said Tim Burns, creator and co-excutive producter of The Chimp Channel. "TCC versions of M*A*S*H or Cheers would definitely be fun, and we could have a great time spoofing The Monkees." Check local TV listings for show times.
- In October Ryan's Bewitched Homepage will be no more. I will take it down and create an all new website dedicated just to the newsletter. Thanks for all your guy's support! Its great appreciated.
- If you change e-mail addresses, please e-mail your new address so you can still get the newsletter.
- If you have any news to add please send it to me A.S.A.P. As you all know Bernard Fox makes his debut appearance on Passions on September 15th (yes, new date) his arrival is getting quite a lot of publicity. Pics and an article appear in this week's TV Guide and Soap opera Digest. Picutres include scenes from Bewitched and his role on Passions.
How he'll arrive... The evil witch on the show who's job is to destroy the forces of goodness is Tabitha, anyway, she failed her task to destroy Faith, Grace, & Charity (the forces of good) and her master, who controls her powers, abondoned her because she failed. Tabitha, now has no powers to destroy the good forces and so Tabitha's little assistant Timmy (a doll brought to life by Tabitha) had an idea to help Tabitha, so he calls DR> BOMBAY to assist Tabitha in her mission.
- If you change e-mail addresses, please e-mail your new address so you can still get the newsletter.
- If you have any news to add please send it to me A.S.A.P.
- "Vic's Bewitched Page" is updated on 9/14 at http://members.aol.com/BewitchVic/main.html
OCTOBER 1999
- Hello everyone! Sorry there hasn't been any Bewitched Newsletters in the past month. I haven't sent them out for 2 reasons... 1) I have benn busy with school, etc. 2) There han's not been any news to report about The Wonderful Show. The now I have some time and there some Bewitcvhed things to share with you so sit back, relax, grab a snack and enjoy this newsletter....
In this issue there a couple of Bewitched happenings I will share with you, Bewitched TV and movie listing, and special Bewitched photograph. I have tooken down the polls. I just got bored with them, it just isn't something I want to update anymore.
First off, Vic's Bewitched Oage and The Bewitched & Elizabeth Montgomery Homepage have put up some terrific Halloween updates, so be sure and check those out!
- During the week of October 16-22, TV Guide had a full page article on Bewitched, I believe the article is at www.tvguide.com
- Second, as know Nick at Nite's Marathons to the Millenium starts tomorrow...to make room for the marathons, etc. Nick at Nite has pushed Bewithed all the way to 3:00am. In December Bewitched will move to 1:30am + there is a week-long Bewitched marathon. Yes, its a repeat from last years "Dueling Darrins Marathon." So for the next couple months be sure to let you VCR know when Bewitched comes on!!!
- Trick or Treat???????????????????? October 31st is Nick at Nite's Halloween Bash. And 2 Bewitched episodes will be part of this Halloween marathon...1 of the 2 episodes is a Black and White episode, Be sure to check the Berwitched TV Listings below for more information. Speaking of B&W episodes, N@N gave up their rights to the Black and White episodes, but they do have permission to show them whenever they need to.
- Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember IS NOT being played this year. Sorry!
NOVEMBER 1999
- Sotheby's will be auctiong off 2 pieces of Elizabeth Montgomery's jewerly November 9, 1999. One is a white, gold diamond and Aquamarine bracelet total (weight 75 ct) the other is a platinum and diamond Aquamarine ring (total weight 30ct). If you are interested in bidding, contact Lisa Magneson at Sotheby's (310) 786-1864. The auction will take place in Los Angeles
- Erin Murphy is in the People magazine this week, the new People came out Friday!
- Erin Murphy's site has been updated at http://www.tvtoys.com/erinmurphy/
- Vote Bewitched as Nick at Nite's "Marathon to the Millenium" at: http://www.nick-at-nite.com/mtm/index.tin
Also check: http://www.nick-at-nite.com/mtm/index.tin
for the Bewitched marathon schedule!
- OKAY, EVERYONE! HERE IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM VIACOM ABOUT NICK AT NITE'S MARATHONS TO THE MILLENIUM!, AND THE BEWITCHED MARATHON SCHEDULE IS LISTED AFTER THE PRESS RELEASE ALONG WITH THE BEWITCHED TV GUIDE FOR DECEMBER! ENJOY!
NICK AT NITE PARTIES LIKE IT'S 1999 WITH TEN WEEKS OF MARATHONS TO THE MILLENNIUM Marathon to the Millennium to Feature Nick at Nite's Most Popular Marathons Ever
New York, NY -- October 13, 1999 - Nick at Nite will pre-empt its entire weeknight line-up to celebrate the end of the century with Marathons to the Millennium featuring Nick at Nite's most popular week-long showcases from the past ten years. Nick at Nite has perfected the marathon formula, bringing viewers their favorite shows back-to-back-to-back -- that's forty episodes in five nights - and will kick off the ten week showcase on Monday, October 25 from 9:00p to 1:00a (ET/PT) and continue through Friday, October 29 with All in the Family Marathon. Each marathon will begin at the same time each week through the end of the millennium.
"Nick at Nite can't think of a better way to wrap up the century in which TV was invented than by presenting the hit series that helped define the first 50 years of television," explains Cyma Zarghami, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Nickelodeon. "Nick at Nite will present the shows that broke-through the traditional, cookie-cutter mold for situation comedies as well as the hit programs that are a part of American pop-culture."
The following marathons will be presented:
All in the Family October 25th - 29th
Taxi November 1st - 5th
The Jeffersons November 8th - 12th
The Brady Bunch November 15th - 19th
Happy Days November 22nd - 26th
Welcome Back Kotter November 29th - December 3rd
I Love Lucy December 6th - 10th
Bewitched December 13th - 17th
The Mary Tyler Moore Show December 20th - 24th
All-Star Family December 27th
Some talent may be available for interviews and will be available for a live chat on Nick-at-Nite on American Online (keyword: NAN) at 8:00p ET/ 5:00p PT the first night of their respective marathon. Below are the descriptions to each week's marathon.
Fans can access all of their favorite Nick at Nite show information, play games and learn where their favorite classic TV stars are now by logging onto Nick-at-nite.com
DECEMBER 1999
- Starting in January 2000, Nick at Nite will start airing all of the Black & White episodes of Bewitched in order.
Check below in the Bewitched TV Guide for episode schedules!
- Alice Ghostley will be joing the cast of NBC's daytime soap Passions as Mitilda, a witch friend of Tabitha's. Tabitha is an evil with on the show. Bernard Fox had a cameo on the show in October. Passions airs world wide every week-day at 2pm.
- Bewitched Homepages Have Been Updated:
Vic's Bewitched Homepage (12/2/99) - http://members.aol.com/BewitchVic/main.html
The Bewitched & Elizabeth Montgomery Page (12/15/99) - http://www.bewitched.net/
- An Officail, Recent Press release on Dueling Darrins: The Bewitched Marathon:
NICK AT NITE FACES THE TWO DARRINS HEAD-ON DURING "DARRIN VS. DARRIN . . . A BEWITCHED MARATHON"
New York, NY -- December 6, 1999 -- Could it be that Endora made the switch between the two Durwoods, Dum Dums...Darrins without Samantha and Larry Tate ever noticing? This bewitched, bothered and bewildered mystery will be faced head-on when Nick at Nite takes a close look at "Darrin vs. Darrin...A Bewitched Marathon" -- a week-long tribute featuring both black & white and color episodes of the series starting Monday, December 13 and continuing through Friday, December 17 from 9:00p to 1:00a (ET/PT).
Included in the 40-episode marathon are two episodes of the black & white Bewitched series followed immediately by the color remake, both featuring different Darrins. "Speak the Truth" was remade as the very last episode of the color Bewitched entitled, "The Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me, Sam" and the black & white episode entitled, "Junior Executive" was practically duplicated as a color episode entitled, "Out of the Mouth of Babes."
"It is fun to compare the two Darrins in the series as well as the remakes of the different episodes that were used during its eight-year run," explains Cyma Zarghami, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Nickelodeon. "Bewitched continues to appeal to audiences of all ages and is fun show to experience with parents and their kids."
Coming up Next Week:
There's Some Theme About Mary December 20th - 24th
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (themed-nights)
Followed by:
Viewer's Choice Marathon December 27th
Monday, December 13
9p 75CR - Nobody's Perfect
9:30p 172CR - Samantha's Yoo Hoo Maid
10p 76CR - The Moment of Truth
10:30p 174CR - Samantha's Curious Cravings
11p 85CR - Oedipus Hex
11:30p 175CR - And Something Makes Four
12a 70CR - Man's Best Friend
12:30a 209CR - Samantha's Pet Warlock
Tuesday, December 14
9p 96CR - Three Wishes
9:30p 183CR - You're So Agreeable
10p 101CR - The Crone of Cawdor
10:30p 187CR - The Phrase is Familiar
11p 132CR - To Twitch or Not To Twitch
11:30p 191CR - What Makes Darrin Run?
12a 5CR - Help, Help Don't Save Me
12:30a 252CR - A Good Turn Never Goes Unpunished
Wednesday, December 15
9p 121CR - My, What Big Ears You Have
9:30p 213CR - Sisters At Heart
10p 103CR - It's Wishcraft
10:30p 192CR - Serena Stops the Show
11p 135CR - I Confess
11:30p 217CR - The Return of Darrin the Bold
12a 143CR - Samantha On the Keyboard
12:30a 246CR - Samantha On Thin Ice
Thursday, December 16
9p 138CR - The No-Harm Charm
9:30p 227CR - Laugh, Clown, Laugh
10p 139CR - Man of the Year
10:30p 232CR - Samantha's Not-So-Leaning Tower of Pisa
11p 150CR - Samantha Loses Her Voice
11:30p 234CR - Paris, Witches Style
12a 50CR - Speak the Truth
12:30a 254R - The Truth, Nothing But the Truth, So Help Me Sam
Friday, December 17
9p 152CR - Weep No More My Willow
9:30p 239CR - The Warlock in the Grey Flannel Suit
10p 164CR - The Battle of Burning Oak
10:30p 241CR - Three Men and a Witch On a Horse
11p 170CR - Samantha and Darrin in Mexico City
11:30p 245CR - Serena's Richcraft
12a 46CR - Junior Executive
12:30a 224CR - Out of the Mouths of Babes
2000 JANUARY 2000
- Be sure to visit a new, exciting, Bewitched website from the new syndicated network Screen Gems! You can find a terrific Bewitched site and much for from Screen Gems at www.screengems.com
- Alice Ghostley will have more upcoming appearances on Passions soon!
- A new line of Bewitched memoribillia is being sold mostly at Suncoasts across the country, such items include a barbie and a Bewitched Lunchbox! The lunch box is about $15.00
- Bernard Fox makes another "Dr. Bombay" appearance on Passions again next week. Details before Monday.
- BEWITCHED CAST MEMBERS ON PASSIONS THIS WEEK:
Here's the line-up:
January 24 - Timmy calls Dr. Bombay for help, but he turns Tabitha into a fish!
January 25 - Timmy goes to the graveyard to ask Matilda to help him with Tabitha.
- BIG NEWS: The local channel KCAL will air a Bewitched/I Dream of Jeanie Marathon Sunday, January 30th starting at 2. Its not confirmed if KCAL will air Bewitched as regular show.
- HERE"S THE BEWITCHED EPISODES BEING PLAYED:
(IF YOU WANT I DREAM OF JEANIE EPISODES BEING AIRED E-MAIL ME AND I'LL GET SEND THEM TO YOU)
January 30 - 02:00pm - Week No More My Willow - ON KCAL
January 30 - 03:00pm - Samantha's Psychic Slip - ON KCAL
January 30 - 04:00pm - Samantha, the Bard - ON KCAL
January 30 - 05:00pm - No-Harm Charm - ON KCAL
January 30 - 06:00pm - The Truth, Nothing But the Truth, So Help Me Sam - ON KCAL
- The Bewitched & Elizabeth Montgomery Homepage has been updated as of January 2nd, be sure
check the updates out at www.bewitched.net
- Alice Ghostley joins the cast of Passions today, Passions is a NBC Soap Opera which air each weekday at 2pm nation wide. She'll play a friend of Tabitha's (an evil witch on the show played by Julliet Mills) named Matilda, together they will come up with ways to kill the angel Charity who has the power to destroy evil.
- Alice Ghostly was suppuse to joing the cast on Tuesday, sorry to say, that information was wrong, yesterday at 2pm is Alice's big debut today. She'll first appeared in a graveyard. She should have a recurring role!
- Information on the soap can be found at: http://www.soapoperafan.com/passions/
ALSO: Bernard Fox should make another appearance on Passions in March!
- Sorry, Bewitched was not voted as one of Nick at Nite's top marathons to the millenium. The best marathons, which were voted on via Nick at Nite on-line were, I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family, and The Jeffersons. MAYBE NEXT MILLENIUM!
- Speaking of millenium, How is everyone's new year so far! I hope everyone had a wonderful time...let us all live another 1000 years! A little Bewitched humor there!
- The Black & White episodes of Bewitched now every morning at 4am/3central on Nick at Nite, these episodes will be seen in order, usually skipping all the holiday episodes. The color episodes should return after Black & White episodes have ran through once!
FYI: The Current Nick at Nite Schedule!
09:00pm The Brady Bunch
09:30pm The Brady Bunch
10:00pm All in the Family
10:30pm The Jeffersons
11:00pm I Love Lucy
11:30pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show
12:00am Happy Days
12:30am Laverne & Shirley
01:00am The Brady Bunch
01:30am The Wonder Years
02:00am All in the Family
02:30am The Jeffersons
03:00am I Love Lucy
03:30am The Mary Tyler Moore Show
04:00am Bewitched
04:30am Taxi
05:00am The Dick Van Dyke Show
05:30am Newhart
Saturdays!
10:00pm I Love Lucy
10:30pm I Love Lucy
11:00pm The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
12:00am Laverne & Shirley
12:30am Happy Days
01:00am Bewitched
01:30am The Dick Van Dyke Show
02:00am I Love Lucy
02:30am I Love Lucy
03:00am The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
04:00am Laverne & Shirley
04:30am Happy Days
05:00am Bewitched
05:30am The Dick Van Dyke Show
Sunday!
09:00pm Instant Gratification Sundays! (Various Shows)
12:00am The Brady Bunch
12:30am The Wonder Years
01:00am All in the Family
01:30am The Jeffersons
02:00am Happy Days
02:30am Laverne & Shirley
03:00am I Love Lucy
03:30am The Mary Tyler Moore Show
04:00am Bewitched
04:30am WKRP in Cincinatti
05:00am The Dick Van Dyke Show
05:30am Newhart
- Dick York's final appearance on Simon & Simon aired this morning on A&E at 6am.
- A new line of Bewitched memoribillia is being sold mostly at Suncoasts across the country, such items include a barbie and a Bewitched Lunchbox! The lunch box is about $15.00
- Sandra Gould was in last week's TV Guide's obituary section for 1999. There was a picture of her and here's the article:
SANDRA GOULD - JULY 23, 1925
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JULY 20, 1999 - HER LIFE: As the second Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched, replacing Alice Pearce in its third season (1996-72), Gould used her trademark nasal war cry--"Abner!" --to redefine TV's nosiest neighbor. The former radio star mde many TV guest appearances , from I Love Lucy to Friends. She died at 73, from a stroke fallowing heart surgery, and is by a son. HER LEGACY: "For a woman of indeterminate age, she was a busy lady, She knew everybody in Hollywood and she atteneded every possible party and function she was invited to. I was so impressed by her energy, right up to the end."
----------Bernard Fox, Bewitched's Doctor Bombay
- ALSO: Dick York was in the newspaper magazine Parade, Parade was recalling "THE BEST AND WORST OF EVERYTHING" Dick York was TV's best Sugar Daddy! We're so proud! There was a small head shot of York. Here's the arrticle:
BEST TV DAD
from the Los Angeles Times
Isn't it sad when people let their emotions get the better og them and blurt out something they later regret, such as, "I'd rather live with the Simpsons," not realizing Homer earns a paltry $34,360 a year, and therefore they'd be happier with the Jeffersons, who earn an income of $100,000.
F o r t u n a t e l y, Brookstone has made it possible to avoid such mistakes. The store recentlycommissioned a study on famous TV dads.
Topping th list was jed Clampet of The Beverly Hillbillies, who earns about $1.75 million a year--in 1999 dollars---from from investing his $25 million oil fortune. The negative of being a Clampet include Granny's heavy-on-the possoms cooking. Other's on the list:
*Darrin Stephens of Bewitched, $45,000 as an ad exedutive. Downside: Endora frequently turns you into a mule.
*Ward Cleaver of Leave It to Beaver, $48,000 as an accountant, Downside: Eddie Haskell.
*Heathcliff Huxtable of The Cosby Show, $200,000 as a New York obstetrician. Downside: Overdosing on Jell-0.
At the bottom? Al Bundy of Married With Children with $15,748.
FEBRUARY 2000
- Starting today, Nick at Nite will show Bewitched at 11:30pm/10:30central, which is the time slot everyone had gotten used to for about 2 years. Bewitched will continue to air the Black & White episode, they are currently in the second season. So watch Bewitched every night on Nick at Nite at 11:30pm & the repeat episode at 4:00am (EST),
or you can just tape it.
- "Matilda" played by Alice Ghostley, will be making more uocoming appearances on Passions!
- The Bewitched and Elizabeth Montgomery Page was updated today (2/1/00) at http://www.bewitched.net
- The color episodes of Bewitched return to Nick at Nite on March 10th. This will be the first time Nick at Nite will ever the show entimre Bewitched show all the way through instead of playinf favorite with Blakc & White or Color episodes.
- "Vic's Bewitched Homepage" was updated on Valentine's day with the new sound bytes. Pop on over there and see what's new at: http://members.aol.com/BewitchVic/main.html
- The Bewitched & Elizabeth Montgomery Site Was Updated at: www.bewitched.net on the 16th.
- For the week of March 6th through the 10th: Nick at Nite will air a presidental marathon, asking viewers, Who Should Be President: George Jefferson or Archie Bunker? (YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE AT WWW.TVLAND.COM) Anyways, Bewitched will be pre-empted during its 11:30pm eastern time slot, the only time you will be able see Bewitched that week is if you watch it at 4:00am eastern. Bewitched will return to 11:30pm eastern that fallowing week.
MARCH 2000
- Vic's Bewithced Page: FINALLY UPDATED! Pop on over to http://members.aol.com/BewitchVic/main.html for several new Bewitching updates.
APRIL 2000
- There is nothing too much new with Bewitched. Sorry about the lack of issues lately . . . It's just one of those times where there isn't a whole lot to tell. Bewitched continues airing at 11:30pm/10:30 central on Nick at NIte . . . that is until June 4th when Giligan's Island will air a week long marathon on Nick at Nite and you no the drill: You can only catch Bewitched at it's late night / early morning time slot. No news on Block Party Summer yet, but I have heard that it will surprise some viewers . . . Hmmm? Three's Company and The Facts of Life also will be priemering on Nick at Nite, possibly in the fall.
- Both "Vic's Bewitched Page" and "The Bewitched & Elizabeth Montgomery Page" sites have been updated lately, go check 'em out . . . Vic and Wendy put a lot of efforts into their sites.
MAY 2000
- Entertainment Tonight's Bewitched profile will rerun on May 13th at 7pm eastern on CBS. An encore presentation will be presented on May 15th at 12:45 eastern also on CBS. This is it for the week... I hope everyone has a "bewitching" week.
JUNE 2000
- Vic's Bewitched Page was updated on June 6th 2000. Check out the way cool updates at https://members.tripod.com/~bewitchvic/main.html
- The Officail Block Party Summer Press Release; Good News: Bewitched will be featured on Block Party Summer:
NICK AT NITE'S "BLOCK, BLOCK, BLOCK PARTY SUMMER" HEATS UP PRIMETIME WITH SIZZLING LINE-UP Annual Summertime Event to Include a Bonus Night as "Party Crasher Fridays" Features a Different Sitcom Every Week
New York, NY -- June 12, 2000 - Once again, viewers can enjoy their air conditioned living rooms all summer long as Nick at Nite pre-empts its entire primetime line-up to bring back It's a Block, Block, Block Party Summer -- the network's refreshing programming event in which six episodes of the same show are featured, back-to-back, from 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. (ET/PT). Beginning on Sunday, July 2 through Friday, September 1 Block, Block, Block Party Summer will present: I Love Lucy Sundays; The Andy Griffith Show Mondays; Gilligan's Island Tuesdays; Beverly Hillbillies Wednesdays and Brady Bunch Thursdays.
As a bonus, Nick at Nite will add a new element to its annual summertime event with Party Crasher Fridays, which celebrates a different sitcom every Friday with its own three-hour block. While many Nick at Nite favorites -- such as Bewitched, Happy Days and The Jeffersons - will crash the Block Party, other series not regularly available in the Place for TV Hits will also take over a Friday such as Head of the Class (July 7), Perfect Strangers (July 14) and My Favorite Martian (August 11).
"We think this year's Block Party Summer will go swimmingly as Nick at Nite offers a getaway from the broadcast networks' primetime reruns," explains Jim Burns, Senior Vice President of Nick at Nite Programming and Creative. "After beating the heat during the brutal months of July and August, viewers can kick off their sandals, relax by the soothing glow of their television and enjoy some of refreshing sitcoms from the past forty years."
LUCY SUNDAYS
The only way to cure the Sunday night blues and gear up for another week of work is to engross yourself in the misadventures of everyone's favorite red-head, Lucy Ricardo.
One of television's most enduring and treasured sitcoms, I Love Lucy follows the life of Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball), a wacky Manhattan housewife whose antics and schemes make life difficult for her sometimes hot-headed husband and nightclub band leader, Ricky (Desi Arnaz). Residing just downstairs are the Ricardo's best friends and landlords, Fred Mertz (William Frawley), and his wife, Ethel (Vivian Vance), Lucy's partner in mischief.
ANDY GRIFFITH MONDAYS
It's like having a virtual summer home in the mountains complete with a neighborhood where everyone knows your name, as the town of Mayberry takes over Nick at Nite every Monday night.
The Andy Griffith Show revolves around the town of Mayberry, North Carolina where the widowed Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) keeps peace at home and at work. The other Mayberry folks include: Andy's wiry partner, and cousin, Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts), who often locks himself in the jail cell; Andy's Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), who acts as combination housekeeper and foster mom to Andy's son, Opie (Ronny Howard); Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors), a gas station attendant; Floyd Lawson (Howard McNear), the town barber; Otis Campbell (Hal Smith), the town drunk who lets himself in and out of jail each day; Goober Pyle (George Lindsay), Gomer's cousin; Helen Crump (Anita Corsaut), Andy's girlfriend and Opie's teacher; and Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn), Barney's girlfriend. TV Land has acquired the rights to this highly-rated and enduring sitcom and will air all 274 episodes of the series.
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND TUESDAYS
The original survivors -- the castaways of Gilligan's Island -- show that living on a private oasis isn't as bad as it's made out to be??ess you really hate coconuts. Tune into Nick at Nite on Tuesdays for Sherwood Schwartz' creation, inspired by Robinson Crusoe.
The S.S. Minnow crew of two - the bumbling, Gilligan (Bob Denver) and the Skipper, Jonas Grumby (Alan Hale, Jr.) -- get their passengers to safety and then spend the next four years trying to get themselves off of the island. The other survivors include: Thurston Howell III (Jim Backus) and his wife Lovey (Natalie Schafer), who are worth millions of dollars; Ginger Grant (Tina Louise), a Hollywood movie star; Mary Anne Summers (Dawn Wells), an all-American girl from Kansas; and the Professor Roy Hinkley (Russell Johnson), a scientist.
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES WEDNESDAYS
Half-way through the week, the living seems easy, so kick up your heels every Wednesday to get a healthy-helping of The Beverly Hillbilies' concrete swimming holes, possum pies and Granny's melodic, "JED!!!!"
This fish-out-of-water sitcom follows the Hillbilly Clampett family who move from the Ozarks to Beverly Hills, California, after they discover oil in their backyard and strike it rich. Jed (Buddy Ebsen), a widower with daughter - Elly May (Donna Douglas) and nephew Jethro Bodine (Max Baer, Jr) - lives in a luxurious mansion with the ever-feisty Granny (Irene Ryan). Their money is safe and sound at Drysdale's Commerce Bank, which is run by Mr. Drysdale (Raymond Bailey) and his assistant, Jane Hathaway (Nancy Kulp).
BRADY BUNCH THURSDAYS
A signature show from the original, "Must See TV," The Brady Bunch is a must see every Thursday. Six episodes of the country's favorite bunch, offer groovy vibes, out-of-sight fashion and one swell housekeeper.
The Brady Bunch shows the lighter side of life when two families -- one made up of all females, and the other made up of all males -- come together to form the Brady Bunch. The show follows the lives of Mike (Robert Reed) and Carol Brady (Florence Henderson) and their six off-spring: Greg (Barry Williams); Marcia (Maureen McCormick); Peter (Christopher Knight); Jan (Eve Plumb); Bobby (Mike Lookinland); and Cindy (Susan Olsen). Mike and Carol juggle the busy lives of their "blended" family as they encounter everything from dating issues to stardom as a singing group. They are joined in their efforts by Alice (Ann B. Davis), the family's live-in housekeeper, who helps keep things in ship shape.
PARTY CRASHER FRIDAYS
Sometimes the greatest thing to happen to a party is a surprise party crasher who brings friends along. Every Friday, viewers will be treated to a different sitcom??nd of like an end-of-the-week happy-hour celebration with a smorgasbord of options to chose from.
The schedule for Party Crasher Fridays is as follows (all dates are Fridays from 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. ET/PT):
July 7
Head of the Class
This sitcom from 1986, is the opposite of Welcome Back Kotter as Howard Hessman stars as Charlie Moore, a substitue teacher in charge with an overachieving class of honor students. The show also features Robin Givens, Brian Robbins, Rain Pryor, Daniel J. Schneider among others as the students.
July 14
Perfect Strangers
Also from 1986, Larry Appleton (Mark Linn-Baker) welcomes his cousin, Balki (Bronson Pinchot) -- a young sheppard from the Mediterranean island, Mypos - into his Chicago home. Misadventures ensue as the two try to get along with their new living situation despite their cultural differences.
The other Party Crasher Fridays include:
July 21 The Jeffersons
July 28 Bewitched
August 4 I Dream of Jeannie
August 11 My Favorite Martian
August 18 Happy Days
August 25 Rugrats
- The Facts of Life" will join Nick at Nite's line-up in September. We'll know about how this will affect the Bewitched time slot later on...
- Happy Late Birthday to ERIN MURPHY (June 17th).
- I would to take a moment and welcome all new members to our newsletter.
- If anyone has any news to add please send it to A.S.A.P.
- Bewitched's time slot during Block Party Summer on Nick at will be 2:30am/1:30 central.
- Don't forget that starting Sunday, June 4th - Friday, June 9th you can only catch Bewitched during it's late time slot because of the Gilligan's Island Marathon on NAN. After that first week of June, you can watch Gilligan's Island at 9pm and 9:30pm eastern every weeknight, and Bewitched will continue to air at 11:30pm eastern. Sorry, no word on a BPS schedule yet.
- Wendy is having problems with her computer and she cannot update www.bewitched.net anymore until she fixes this problem. Pop over to her site and read the full notice...
JULY 2000
- On July 28th, Bewitched will be featured in a Nick at Nite's Party Crasher Fridays and the schedule is now realeased to the fans. At 9pm/8 central you can relive the magic all over again with the classic, "I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha". At 9:30, the classic "Divided He Falls" episode will air. The color episodes roll in at 10pm with "Three Wishes " at 10pm, "Samantha Loses Her Voice" comes on at 10:30pm, and at 11pm we skip all the way to the classic Salem episodes with "Darrin on a Pedestal" at 11pm and "Samantha's Bad Day in Salem" at 11:30pm.
AUGUST 2000
- As you all know, the Canadian network, PRIME, has began showing the first two seasons of Bewitched in color and unedited. This just goes to show that we are missing out on alot of way cool Bewitched stuff. All I can hope is that
these color, unedited episodes will eventually expand world-wide on local networks... Because we all know Nick at Nite will never do what PRIME is doing now... But then again, it would never hurt to try... If we all work together perhaps we could persuade N@N to show Bewitched unedited or in color (The Black and white episodes). You can e-mail Nick at Nite at postmaster@tvland.com UNTIL THEN: "Vic's Bewitched Page" has a wonderful page for these Black & White / Color episodes: https://members.tripod.com/~bewitchvic/prime.html THANKS VIC.
- I am so sorry everyone. Bewitched IS NOT on Nick at Nite's September fall schedule!!! Neither is Happy Days, Bewitched, Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke or Newhart. Since isn't even on the scheulde I won't bother giving the schedule. If you want to know when a certain show is on, e-mail personally. Bewitched's last airdate is on September 4th. I had heard Bewitched's contract would expire near the end of summer 2000. I doubt Bewitched is just on hiatus for the month.
E-mail, e-mail, e-mail Nick at Nite and tell them to put our show back on!!! They're e-mail is postmaster@tvland.com
- Bewitched is gone again. Screen Gems is replacing the Bewitched / Jeanie hour with the Silver Spoons / The Jeffersons at the of the month.
- Bewitched is officially gone. It was announced the other day that N@N no longer has a license to show Bewitched. All we can hope for now is that they are negotiating to renew the show or hope another cable network has picked up the rights.
- Right now: Rumors are circulationg around that Bewitched's contract could end in January 2002, first, I would have never believed this until I e-mail them about Nick at Nite received several responses in an ongoing e-mail...
ME: Could You Please tell me when the contracts from I Love Lucy and Bewitched are up? WIll you always plan to air the shows? Will Bewitched and Lucy be on the fall schedule? (Because I really like I Love Lucy too)
N@N: I am sorry, we do not discuss contract end dates, until they are about to happen.
ME: Okay, so are any of the show's contracts ending soon?
N@N: Not that I can discuss, sorry.
So, If Bewitched's contracts was airing soon then wouldn't they announce it? But still. The probably has a 50 / 50 chance of cancellation or being on hiatus. Also, Bewitched is CONFIRMED as part of TV Land's fandomenium marathons (A different show is featured in a 48 hour marathon every weekend on TV Land. Bewitched is schedule with I Dream of Jeanie on November 11th and 12th). I don't know if this proves anything or not but Bewitched is probably just on hiatus. But, who cares? Bewitched should always be on N@N, who cares at what time or if it's edited, BEWITCHED SHOULD ALWAYS BE ON! Again, e-mail Nick at Nite at postmaster@tvland.com and tell them what you think!
- Still no word yet. I e-mail N@N about 5 times a day and they've told me several things... They've said they don't have the rights anymore, they've said the show is on hiatus... List goes on, apparently they can't get they're story straight. Right now, I think the license has ran out to show Bewitched... But there's still a chance that the show is just on hiatus... I should know for sure in about September 15th. If anyone hears anything... E-mail me.
- On October 2nd, Bewitched & I Dream of Jeanie will be replaced with The Jeffersons and All in the Family on Screen Gems.
- Happy 36 years to Bewitched.
- Here is how you can contact N@N and tell them that you want Bewitched back on they're network:
Write N@N:
1515 Broadway, 21st floor
New York, New York 10036-8995
Phone: (212) 258-7579
E-mail: postmaster@tvland.com
Sign the petition: http://www2.petitiononline.com/bdhd/petition.html
OCTOBER 2000
- Prime TV will be skipping seasons 3 & 4 and will go straight to Season 5 beginning Wednesday after they air the Halloween specials.
- Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie return to Screen Gems on Monday.
- It's recently come to my attention that on the new ABC series, "The Geena Davis Show", the exterior of the home where Geena's character lives is also the exterior of the "Bewitched House". That's right, the outside of the Bewitched house is also used in Geena Davis, although the inside of the "Geena House" looks nothing like the inside of Bewitched.
- "Vic's Bewitched Homepage" has been updated as of 10.08.00. Pop on over for wonderful updates and some new reviews by the end of the month!
- The WB's new sketch comedy, Hype, parodied Hollywood Squares last night (10.08.00). The retitled the show "Dead Hollywood Squared" where famous dead people took over the squares.... And guess who was there? Paul Lynde, an actor of course. He claimed he wanted to take back over the center square.
Fave Paul Lynde Parody Quote:
PAUL LYNDE: "Hahahaha. I'm such a bitch!"
NOVEMBER 2000
- From the Bewitched board, there will be a piece on Dick York tonight on Entertainment Tonight.
- Return of the twitch...Yesterday (11.10) on the NBC Soap Opera, "Passions", there is an evil witch named Hecuba who is trying to take over a small town called Harmony. Anyway, Friday when she showed off some of her craft to a mortal, she TWITCHED HER NOSE to channel her power. This is not coincidence, I've watch the show all the time and they're always mentions "Bewitched".
- On November 16th, TV LAND will air a "Paris Themed Evening" where they'll play some of they're show's Paris episodes! Bewitched will air at 8:30pm eastern with "Witch or Wife".
The Complete Schedule:
08:00pm I Dream of Jeannie
08:30pm Bewitched
09:00pm Facts of Life (1:00)
10:00pm I Love Lucy (1:00)
Also, I have no idea what this means. It could mean that TV LAND and Nick got their license back to show BW, or "Bewitched" has become what they call, a "Dipping Title" where the networks have like 5 episodes of the show just to show for special events, like marathons. I'll be getting more information later, Just wanted to fill you all in.
- Go to http://www.biography.com/viewerschoice2000/index.html to vote for Elizabeth Montgomery as one of A&E's top biographies.
DECEMBER 2000
- Last night on E's True Hollywood Story of I Dream of Jeannie was quite bewitching featuring several references to Bewitched and Elizabeth Montgomery. They revealed how EM was totally against the making of IDoJ and featured several new interviews with William Asher. The next interview will be on December 16th at 4:00pm (EST) for those interested in watching.
- Yet another Bewitched reference today on Passions! Somehow, they were (The Evil Witch and a mortal girl) talking about witches and they brought up Endora! The vil witch said (and I quote) "Please....Endora was an amature" when her and Endora's powers were being compaired. What do you think of that one Jone?
- Sadly, Elizabeth Montgomery was not chosen as one of A&E's top biographies of the year. The top 10 bios were Oscar Wilde, Howard Carter, M. Night Shyamalan, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lana Turner, Queen Mother, Al Gore, and George W. Bush. 2001 JANUARY 2001
- FROM HARPIES BIZARRE: "Kasey Rogers and collaborator Mark Wood are planning to release a second book in August 2001. The project is tentatively being called Witch Crafts or Bewitching Crafts, and will feature Halloween craft projects. If it is anything like their The Bewitched Cookbook: Magic in the Kitchen, we are in for a treat! The cookbook is currently out of print. Look for a Bewitched @ Harpies Bizarre interview with "Louise Tate" about her current writing project, and of course, Bewitched coming soon." I'll be sure to send transcript in for a special newsletter.
- N@N update: Taxi, Newhart, and The Wonder Years have all moved to TNN (The Nashville Network). Due to this, N@N only airs 8 shows a night now. Some shows are airing 3 or 4 times a night now. N@N desperately needs to shows and Bewitched should be the first to return. Probably in March when the show debuted the color episodes in 1998.
- Bewitched is taking a permanent or temporary leave from the PRIME TV NETWORK in February. No details yet. I'll keep you posted. Currently, Bewitched can only be seen on Screen Gems. Send me you zip code and at BewitchedFan@hotmail.com and I'll tell when Bewitched airs. =(
- A good Bewitched friend of mine, Sharon, sent me the URL for a small article on a possible Bewitched movie with Cameron Diaz as Samantha. The article is as fallows:
"Bewitching Return
Hit '60s TV sorcery show Bewitched is set to make a magical comeback -- as a star-studded film.
The show starred Elizabeth Montgomery as housewife, mother and witch Samantha Stevens who followed her heart and married a mortal.
Charlie's Angel star Cameron Diaz is reported to be the firm favorite to play Samantha."
More information will be added later, if I receive any. Thanks Sharon.
- Okay, big news with N@N! They got their rights back to air Bewitched. Though they just aren't admitting yet, if you examine the different view points like the newest N@N promo. You can tell it's back. Plus the source who has filled me in on all the N@N news in the past that I tell you guys, tell me it is. He is RARELY wrong. N@N doesn't want to announce anything yet but the show will be as early as February or as late as June 2001. They'll have all 254 episodes again.
- A&E will feature a Paul Lynde "Biography" on January 17th. This won't be a rerun and is an all new episode.
- There is a collection of new Bewitched books out for 2001: "Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine, The Ramblings of a Mad Hair Dresser" is a book written by EM's personal hair dresser, who was also EM's very close friend. This book has alot of WAY COOL pictures. "The Way We Live Them" has several RARE pictures of different starts from the 1950's and 1960's. LOTS of rare pictures of EM. And last (but not least), Herbie J. Pilato's "Bewitched Forever" will enlist in it's third print set in April 2001. Much like the last edition, this book is like 10 pages short of the previous edition. I'm sure you can find these books at "Jude's Web Mall", if not there then "Amazon.com". Any questions about these? Don't be afraid to e-mail me. Here's what Herbie J. Pilato says about EM and Bewitched:
"I worked for years on the book, and Elizabeth Montgomery opened her heart and her home to me for hours of interviews because displaying that no matter how different two people are, they can still make a marriage work. Elizabeth also knew that I understood the show's underlined theme of prejudice; she knew, too, that I understood that Samantha loved Darrin for who he was, and not for what he could do for her. Her priorities were in line. I miss Elizabeth very much. She was beautiful, kind and rich, but unaffected by the Hollywood game. One of the most precious memories I have of her is meeting David Larry Tate White at her home. She suprised me with that visit, and was so happily-satisfied that she did. She enjoyed that I was shocked at sitting on her patio with Samantha and Larry."
You can e-mail Mr. Pilato at HerbieJ@MoviePlace.com |
