I met a buddy of mine for lunch today and somehow the conversation turned to television programming. We both are the same age (44), so we certainly remember the sitcoms and variety shows of the late 60s and 70s. We also discussed Nick at Nite's "TV Land" and how it has a number of old-time favorites on it's schedule.

So, with that in mind, I've decided I want to be Fred Silverman and program a typical 24-hour day on a "Classic Television" network. I'm assuming I can get copyright clearances to program all of these shows, and my goal is to come up with a schedule that will fit as many demographics as possible. In addition, I tried to feature a number of genres--comedy, drama, variety, etc. Here's what I've come up with. See if you can come up with your own schedule!

12:00am--1:30am -- The Midnight Special
1:30am--2:30am -- The X Files
2:30am--3:00am -- Monty Python's Flying Circus
3:00am--4:00am -- SCTV
4:00am--5:00am -- Combat/Rat Patrol
5:00am--6:00am -- M*A*S*H*/Bob Newhart Show
6:00am--7:00am -- Bugs Bunny/The Flintstones
7:00am--8:00am -- Happy Days/Happy Days
8:00am--9:00am -- Cheers/Frasier
9:00am--10:00am -- That Girl/Mary Tyler Moore
10:00am--11:00am -- Cannon
11:00am--12:00pm -- Married With Children/Maude
1:00pm--2:00pm -- Match Game/The Gong Show
2:00pm--3:00pm -- Dark Shadows/Dark Shadows
3:00pm--4:00pm -- American Bandstand
4:00pm--5:00pm -- Batman/Batman
5:00pm--6:00pm -- The Munsters/Bosom Buddies
6:00pm--7:00pm -- Seinfeld/Soap
7:00pm--8:00pm -- Columbo
8:00pm--9:00pm -- Laugh-In
9:00pm--10:00pm -- All in the Family/The Odd Couple
10:00pm--11:00pm -- The Fugitive
11:00pm--12:00am -- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman/The Honeymooners