RETRO REPLAY #2: TV Land promos from the 1990s

The second in a new series spotlighting the memorable promos from the early years of popular nostalgia channels and other networks that have sadly changed their programming to more modern fare. TV Land was launched in 1996.

[@brendajeanproffitt6919]

Wonderful Fred thank you so much

[@nickteck3179]

What a wonderful look back when TV Land was good. Thank you for the look back, Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Sure thing, Nick.

[@tigre7739]

Their advertising of the wonderful content they offered was Superb!! I mainly watch MeTv now for all the old shows. Fantastic Video Fred!😀

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Tigre.

[@robertscott2210]

Fun study, Fred, thank you. I loved all those shows as a youngin'. 👍👍👍

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Robert.

[@tonyorange6954]

I am 39 years old. I came across your channel one day, and I love your content you post about old TV shows from the 50's, 60s, and 70s. I collected the TV ending themes. I remembered some of those shows Nick at Nite would show after Nickelodeon's programming. Since discovering your channel, I collect DVDs of old shows.

[@FredFlix]

Glad to hear it, Tony. Nice to see a "young'un" enjoy the simplicity, wholesomeness and quality of '50s to '70s programs. Back then, writers, production crews and performers HAD to be good because there were only three major networks. Imagine watching them as I did before Internet, computers, cable or home recording. The images came and went and we either watched them as they aired (usually with the whole family present) or not at all. Everything seemed more special and precious (even when it wasn't). And commercial breaks were usually just one minute long!

[@jehobden]

Memories of how great TV Land USED to be. I first saw it in 1997 but didn't have it at home until I got cable back in 2000, mostly to see myself on a TV Land game show. Now I get my classic tv fix from MeTV & FETV.

[@FredFlix]

What does FETV show, Jon? We don't have that here.

[@ernestcruz6316]

We don't have FETV in Rhode Island, or MeTV either. We used to have MeTV but not since 2022. They replaced it with something called Charge!, which shows action shows from the 1980s up. We have Grit, which is all Western movies and series, and Antenna TV, which is old shows from the '50s to the '90s.

[@kelleyhagan960]

​@@FredFlixFamily Entertainment TV

[@jehobden]

@@FredFlix Fred, FETV is short for Family Entertainment Television, and it's a cable station, so it's not available off-air. It shows classic tv shows from the 1950s through the 1980s, sitcoms like HAZEL, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, and BEWITCHED, and dramas like PERRY MASON, RAWHIDE, MANNIX, and just recently QUINCY, M.E. It also shows more recent sitcoms like BARNEY MILLER and until about a year ago MAUDE. It fills some off-hours time with religious programming too.

[@FredFlix]

@@jehobden Wow, I haven't seen Quincy on any nostalgia channel in many years.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

If only tv were as good as it was back then. Something to look forward to and talk about ! Progress can be a sad necessity! Thanks Fred! Hope u had a nice holiday!

[@FredFlix]

I did, Chantelle. At least progress hasn't changed the Thanksgiving feast...except the price of it! I trust you had a good holiday as well.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

@@FredFlix I too had a nice holiday! You are right it is dreadful to try to go to the grocery store and manage to come out unscathed! LoL!:)

[@hamesh3474]

Greatly miss tv land ... watching it was ike a vacation for the eyes from bad tv ..

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Well i never, i have seen all of these, nice one again Fred.

[@ernestcruz6316]

My favorite of all those old promos is the one with Rappin' Joe Friday. Funny stuff. Thanks Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Ernest.

[@tomklock568]

Thanks Fred. Never watched Nick at Night or TV Land guess I missed out!

[@5argetech56]

Mannix, Barnaby Jones and The Streets of San Francisco can now be seen on the PlutoTV Classic TV Crime Channel!

[@sheriheffner2098]

I remember the Dobie Gillis Commercial. We didn't get TV Land until almost a year later.

[@sonnytoo9077]

Thanks Fred 👍

[@dougbrowne9890]

I had never seen that Cannon promo. Man, that was SUPER funny!! I gotta take up that diet. Thanks Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Doug.

[@daniellefedak7387]

Two shows I remembered from that channel was Batman and Sanford and Son.

[@dennisdeleo74]

Great one Fred…the Bronx didn’t get cable until the mid 90 s, now it’s just another bill to watch shows I watched 60 years ago for free…Did you know that William Conrad played Marshal Dillon on the radio version of Gunsmoke , but couldn’t get the TV gig because of his girth?!

[@FredFlix]

And we are glad of it, Dennis!

[@richardjezewski]

Love that my 3 sons commercial you made hilarious 🤣😆🤣🤣🤣

[@RusstheTroubadour]

Thanks Fred They had a great promotions department. Quirky and Clever.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Russ.

[@RKO1978]

Like a lot of channels tv land changed from the original idea, thanks Fred for the memories five stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, RKO1978.

[@richelliott9320]

The commercial are better than most of the shows were lol

[@dace938]

TVL was so good with these productions. Thanks FF. The Canon diet was the best..... LOL as I type this.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Dace.

[@RobertR3750]

Great look back, Fred. Although "this" TV Land is long gone, many if not all these shows can be seen on other networks, with no satellite or cable subscription needed.

[@FredFlix]

True, Robert. But eventually they all morph into something different. Although MeTV is a notable exception.

[@wheeler71]

Good job Good memories 👍🙏📺🇺🇸 ( tv today 🙄)

[@FredFlix]

Glad you enjoyed it, Lance.

[@matthewbaduria]

This is a throwback to the early days of TV Land, circa 1996-2000.but until satellite came along changed dramatically, and TV Land really tops them all. now I get my classic TV fix from Roku and Tubi. TV Land should make a comeback very soon, it's been too long.

[@Laceykat66]

It makes you long for the original TV Land format. Even just the Museum of TV & Radio Showcase would be nice. Thank you for the memories, even these recent ones.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Laceykat.

[@mrs.evelynkerr8799]

Absolutely❤

[@FIREBRAND38]

Back when TV Land was good.

[@bridgetmccracken1381]

Ahh the good times before TV Land ruined themselves. Thank you Fred, this was a nice video

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Bridget.

[@luisreyes1963]

How i remember TV Land when I used to have Cable TV, but some time by 2000, it became a dumping ground for modern shows & not the classic ones. Thanks for the memories, FredFlix. 📺

[@elektrykalbanana]

Whoever put together the My Three Sons promo ("the highest level of testosterone on the TV dial") never heard of a little thing called ESPN!🤣

[@cwilson6990]

Great memories 🙂 if only , TV was like that now times so simple Not these ridiculous Reality show Thanks Fred 🙂

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, cwilson.

[@cwilson6990]

@@FredFlixsay you're my fav you tube channel 🙂

[@FredFlix]

@@cwilson6990 Much appreciated!

[@AMStationEngineer]

I co-piloted a 'ferry flight', under contract to Eastern Air Lines, from Miami, to JFK, in the early 1980's. Chastity Bono, and a caretaker, boarded that very same 727-200 series 'rocketship', two hours later, while I jump seated on an Air Florida 737 for the MIA return flight; they served the best sandwiches in the airline world! Wound up in Key West, with one of their flight attendants, who lost a 'cat fight' with her supervisor, and was ordered to 'sit out the balance of the three-hour flight' on the flight deck. 'Borrowed' my old man's PA-23 from Opa Locka, and, no, "I didn't", btw... She cried for at least one solid hour, the F.O.was ticked-off because of it, chivalry, and the offer to fly to the Key's for dinner at Captain Bob's, made my Amex card hurt. That EAL uniform, with the "three-stripe epaulette upgrade", and a bunch of bulls*** helped in talking her out of quitting. Took her to meet my parents... I was either a jackass, or a boy scout???? Chazz Bono....

[@zekeonstormpeak4186]

TV land, where you see 5 min of the show, and 25 minutes of commercials.

[@sheriheffner2098]

TV Land is nothing like that anymore. I bet I haven't watched TV Land in twenty years.

[@markjeffels3327]

Tv land was a yank channel but would have loved to been able to see Cher when she was hot!

[@toshiojohnston3732]

Yescthey ruined themselves but so did mtv,sci fi channel does anyone know what's happening with cartoon network