When we kicked off out look at the fall 2011 schedulesin late July, we started with Antenna TV's Fall 2011 schedule. Now they have changed the schedule and the start date. The schedule was originally supposed to start yesterday (Monday, Sept. 19), but now the classic line-up will start on Saturday, October 1 with many more classics being added! The original schedule had some time changes and the addition ofNewsRadio to the line-up on Sunday nights.NewsRadio is still on track to air on Sunday nights, but that's not all that is joining the line-up now! Antenna TV brings a new round of classic programs to television viewers nationwide this fall with the additions of series likeLeave it to Beaver, Dragnet andAdam-12. The enhancements to Antenna TV come as the Tribune Broadcasting multicast broadcast network marks clearances in more than 50% of the U.S. with additional new affiliates including stations in Detroit and Orlando. Other new programs on the Antenna TV lineup starting October 1 areMcHale's Navy, Bachelor Father, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Jack Benny, S.W.A.T., Suspense Theater, andIt Takes a Thief. And of course, the network continues to feature longstanding classics such asFather Knows Best, Dennis the Menace, Good Times, Three's Company, All in the Family, Maude andSanford and Son.

Going over the new and improved fall 2011 schedule, we will start with weekdays. Movies will now air only from 5am-1pm. The weekday schedule begins on Monday, Oct. 3 and will start now at 1pm with series programming with the perfect combo ofDragnet andAdam-12in the 1pm hour. The comedy seriesMcHale's Navy will follow in the 2pm hour. Then from 3-5pm, it is a block of fathers with an hour ofBachelor Father at 3pm andFather Knows Best at 4pm. That block will lead into similar-themed seriesDennis the Menace at 5pm and new additionLeave it to Beaver at 6pm. That's a match made in heaven!Good Times remains in the 7pm hour leading into primetime. Primetime will now kick-off withThree's Company in the 8pm hour, but that will be Mon-Thurs.Too Close for Comfort will air on Friday nights in the 8pm hour.Three Stooges will no longer air in primetime on Friday nights from 8-11pm, instead it will air in the overnight black & white block from 3-5am on Friday nights. Back to weeknights, the 9pm hour will continue to beAll in the Family, now on Fridays as well. Spin-off seriesMaude will now move from the 8pm hour to the 10pm hour every weeknight. Airing in the 11pm hour will now beSanford & Son, replacingMad About You, which is the only series leaving the line-up even with all these new additions. The encore ofThree's Company remains in the 12am hour every Mon-Thurs, withToo Close for Comfort on Friday nights. From 1am-5am, the line-up will air Sunday nights through Thursday nights with an hour ofAlfred Hitchcock Presents, followed by an hour each of black & white classicsBurns & Allen, Jack Benny, andHazel. Friday nights will featureBenny Hill from 1am-3am, followed byThe Three Stooges from 3-5am, as these will be the only airings now for these two series. Only other note for weekdays is thatMarried...with Children will no longer air Mon-Thurs from 10-11pm. But it will still on on the air. Keep reading.

Moving on to weekends starting Oct. 1, Saturdays will have Movies start off at 5am, then the animatedTotally Tooned In is in the 9am hour leading into E/I programming from 10am-1pm. The planned 1pm movie will remain, but the 3pm movie is no longer planned as an hour each ofGidget andThe Flying Nun will air instead on both Saturdays and Sundays. Also on both days will beThe Monkees at 5pm andThe Partridge Family at 6pm. These four series were originally go to air one time each in the late nights on Mon-Thurs, but now will remain on weekends. On Saturdays, 7pm will begin a crime block withS.W.A.T. at 7pm, leading into back-to-backAdam-12 andDragnet from 8-10pm. Back-to-back episodes of the hour-long dramaIt Takes a Thief will air at 10pm & 11pm. Saturday nights will now featureAlfred Hitchcock Presents from 12am-3am.Benny Hill andThree Stooges will no longer air on Saturday nights either. Saturday nights close out with the seriesSuspense Theater at 3am and 4am.
Sundays will start with movies at 5am leading into the current block ofCircus Boy, Rin Tin Tin, Iron Horse and Here Come the Brides from 9am-1pm. The planned 1pm movie will remain, but the 3pm movie will no longer happened as we mentioned on Saturdays. Sundays from 3pm-7pm will be the same as the new Saturday line-up. Sundays at 7pm will now featureToo Close for Comfort leading into a newer comedy block from 8-11pm with an hour each of The Nanny, NewsRadio andMarried...with Children. The latter will now only air on Sunday nights in the 10pm hour.Soap will now be cut down to an hour, airing in the 11pm hour leading into the encore ofToo Close for Comfort. And 1am-5am will be the same as Mon-Thurs nights, as we mentioned.

View the UPDATED Antenna TV Fall 2011 schedule. So there you have it! What a line-up this is. It has something for everyone and lots of new series being added. We also have someexclusive news! Antenna TV is planning holiday marathons of TV classics this holiday season beginning with Halloween! AnAlfred Hitchcock Presents all-day and night Halloween (Oct 31) marathon is planned. Then on Thanksgiving Day they will be airing an all-dayThree's Company marathon. On Christmas Eve and Day, Antenna TV will be airing all of their series that has Christmas episodes ranging fromBurns and Allen, All in the Family, Three's Company, The Nanny and more! Antenna TV is also working on marathons for New Year's Eve and Day, so stay tuned for that, as that is still quite some time away. We will have more on these marathons with exact timings, closer to the holidays.
As for new clearances, Adell Broadcasting's WADL-TV in Detroit and Cox Broadcasting's WRDQ-TV in Orlando are two of the newest affiliates joining Antenna TV. Other recent additions include three Media General stations: WNCN-TV (Raleigh-Durham), WJTV-TV (Jackson, MS) and WBTW-TV (Myrtle Beach) and Sarkes Tarzian station KTVN-TV in Reno, NV. Stay with us as Antenna TV adds more stations and if any more programming changes happen. We are your go to source for anything classic TV!



We have some sad news to report. Character actress Frances Bay, best-known for playing quirky, elderly women on film and television, has died. Bay died at Providence Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California on September 15, 2011, after being diagnosed with pneumonia. She had been ill with various infections. Ms. Bay was 92.

Bay made appearances in more than 150 films and television shows in a career that she began in her mid-50s. Her first film appearance was a small part in the 1978 comedyFoul Play. One of her first major television roles was as Grandma Nussbaum, the grandmother of Fonzie, onHappy Days. Another memorable role for her was as Mabel Choate onSeinfeld. In the famous episode titledThe Rye, she is mugged by Jerry for her loaf of marbled rye bread. She would return inThe Cadillac and the series finale. Her many other sitcom appearances includedThe Jeffersons,Family Ties,Cheers, The Golden Girls,Newhart,ALF,Who's the Boss?,Empty Nest,The Hughleys andHannah Montana. She was still active as of last season with appearances onThe Middle as the silent Aunt Ginny. Some of her drama television appearances includedHart to Hart,The Dukes of Hazzard,Flamingo Road,Cagney & Lacey,T.J. Hooker,Hill Street Blues,St. Elsewhere,Hunter,Matlock,Twin Peaks,Charmed andGrey's Anatomy. Her film roles includedThe Karate Kid,Blue Velvet,Wild at Heart,Big Top Pee-wee,In the Mouth of Madness andHappy Gilmore.

She was born in Manville, Alberta, Canada. In 2008, she was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. She has no immediate survivors. Her husband, Charles, died in 2002. Their son, Josh, died at the age of 23. She was a sweet and funny lady and will be deeply missed.