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Bewitched is Coming!

Posted by Erin Murphy <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=ErinMurphy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on September 26, 2012, 10:32 am

Exciting News: Bewitched is returning to primetime TV!
http://starwebsitescomerinmurphy.blogspot.com/2012/09/bewitched-is-coming-to-logo-tv.html

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Posted by GaryB <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=GaryB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on September 26, 2012, 3:10 pm, in reply to "Bewitched is Coming!"

Wonderful news Erin. There may be people seeing it for the first time. This means another generation of Bewitched fans.
Thanx for posting.

One thing though, here in Australia Foxtel (Cable TV) is now starting to broadcast the old shows that where filmed in 4.3 in widescreen. Witch means that they are cropped top and bottom to accommodate this format. IMO this totally ruins it.
Can anyone tell me if this is happening elsewhere- or if it happens on Logo when BW starts up- thanx

"Mommy, I only have little legs, for me this is hurry!!"

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Posted by Purvis <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=Purvis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on September 29, 2012, 1:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Bewitched is Coming!"

hey, Gary!
Are you sure they're not blown up to fill the dimensions of an HD widescreen?

Also, many newer HD sets and DVD players come with options where you can blow up the picture, to varying degrees, where the old standard TV ratio 1:33 goes from an almost perfect square "box" shape to fill the screen, something I use all the time as I've become used to how it looks and have come to prefer seeing the presentation that way, even if it looks a little "squeezed" sometimes rather than see the square image with black on either side.

Just my preference though. To each his own!

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Posted by GaryB <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=GaryB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on September 29, 2012, 3:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Bewitched is Coming!"

Hey Purvis,
Yes they are "blown up to fill the dimensions of an HD widescreen"
Therefore cropping the top and bottom. It is the broadcast and not my settings on the tV

"Mommy, I only have little legs, for me this is hurry!!"

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Posted by Bob <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=Bob' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on September 30, 2012, 9:39 am, in reply to "Re: Bewitched is Coming!"

My TV has a mode that logarithmically stretches 4:3 content into 16:9. The center of the image is virtually untouched, with the sides gradually stretching further and further as it moves away from the center. Very hard to tell the image has been stretched. No top and bottom cropping necessary. I've started to see HD channels that are displaying old SD content beginning to use this. Fingers crossed LOGO will, too!

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Posted by Twitchell <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=Twitchell' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on September 26, 2012, 4:14 pm, in reply to "Bewitched is Coming!"

Great news that Bewitched is back on TV! I wonder if Logo will delete scenes from the episodes the way TV Land and WGN did in the past?

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Certainly they'll be edited, no one broadcasts anything but syndicated edits at this point. Thankfully, we can see them in all their full-length glory on DVD!

While I find this great news and am thrilled BW is shown on as many outlets possible, I find it a little "off" that it's appearing on Logo and nothing against BW or W&G but wish they'd stuck to their original intent of broadcasting gay-themed content for an intended primarily gay audience. There's plenty of other cable channels (MeTV, Antenna TV, TVLand, etc. etc.) where BW and the rest would be more fitting -- and more than likely, also reach a much larger audience.

Just sayin.

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Posted by Twitchell <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=Twitchell' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on September 29, 2012, 2:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Bewitched is Coming!"

Purvis, I'm glad you mentioned MeTV. I was watching it for the first time last night and it seems to me that they don't edit their shows the way other channels have done. If I was watching Bewitched on MeTV I would've been able to tell for sure.

But, I was able to watch episodes of Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Cheers and Twilight Zone, all in one night. It was great!

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What a fantastic line-up!
My cable company (Charter) so far has yet to add MeTV to its lineup...but I sure hope they do and soon! I think the next best one we have here in LA is Antenna TV: They show tons of my childhood faves, lots of which haven't run anywhere else (that I know of) for ages: Gidget, Partridge Family, Flying Nun, Hazel, Maude, etc. etc.

I still wish that they'd taken the idea of the Screen Gems Network (packaged sitcoms for syndication) of a few years back and actually created a Screen Gems cable channel with nothing but Screen Gems classic sitcoms and such -- they have a huge library and could easily schedule such a channel 24/7. It'd include all the titles mentioned above plus other SG classics, BW first and foremost, plus Jeannie, Monkees, Girl With Something Extra, Bridget Loves Birney (remember that??), and many, many more.

Just a dream though I guess!

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Posted by maurine <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=maurine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on September 29, 2012, 3:52 pm, in reply to "Bewitched is Coming!"

Good news, Erin! I agree that anytime you can bring "Bewitched" to a new audience, it's a wonderful thing. Its message of tolerance and acceptance, and the activism of Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent and others for the same make it especially appropriate for Logo, I would think.

"Witches are good! Witches are dear!"

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Posted by sickheadache <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=sickheadache' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on September 30, 2012, 6:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Bewitched is Coming!"

RE: BW & W&G not appropriate for Logo channel. First, the show's underlying theme was acceptance of people who are different than you. Not be prejudice for who/what you are.
And Will and Grace? Will is gay and has boyfriends and his best friend is Grace. He has another friend named Jack who is gay, too. This drew alot of comedy from people's perception of what gay men are (shop at Banana Republic, Furniture from Pottery Barn and well groomed men who went to the gym and loved Barbra Streisand & judy Garland) In my opinon, these shows are perfect for Logo and the audience they are after.

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Posted by zapper <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=zapper' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 2, 2012, 8:50 am, in reply to "Re: Bewitched is Coming!"

I'm glad the show is being aired. I don't get Logo, but this is great news for those of you who do. I really wish I got ME-TV. It sounds like they have some great classic shows.

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Posted by sickheadache <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=sickheadache' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 2, 2012, 1:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Bewitched is Coming!"

I still am perplexed why people are shocked LOGO is playing "Bewitched". It's not a porn station. They play gay themed shows that have gay characters (Will &Grace) or shows that are popular with GLBT community because of the positive message they give that we are all the same whether a witch or somebody who is gay. BW did this way back when it was not even discussed on TV, but today we can see what message they were sending out. Especially the first and second season.

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Posted by octolad <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=Octolad' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 4, 2012, 4:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Bewitched is Coming!"

Great points, maurine, sickheadache and zapper! I can only add that Paul Lynde alone should be credentials enough for a show to have a lifetime on the Logo Network (if not a logo on the Lifetime Network). And it seems likely to me that Samantha, Endora and Serena -- in their hipness and open-mindedness -- had lots of friends in the witch and mortal GLBT communities.

"Sterbo... Vectra... Rangay... Zeem.
You're about to have a dream.
And, in the words of a wise philosopher, it's going to be a BEAUT!"

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Posted by Professional Tourist <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=protourist' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 12, 2012, 7:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Bewitched is Coming!"

Check out this teaser from Logo -- it's fun!

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Posted by maurine <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/bewitched/info/user=maurine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 17, 2012, 3:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Bewitched is Coming!"

Oh, I love what they put together for that!

"Witches are good! Witches are dear!"

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