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TV LAND SERVES UP A HEARTY FEAST OF THANKSGIVING PROGRAMMING BEGINNING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22
Los Angeles, CA, November 7, 2007 - TV Land celebrates Thanksgiving with a four-day marathon guaranteed to satisfy the heartiest of appetites when the network rolls out a cornucopia of shows during TV Land’s Overstuffed Thanksgiving Weekend beginning Thursday, November 22 at 10:00am (ET/PT) through Sunday, November 25 (ET/PT). Fans can indulge in a generous helping of classic TV hits including Sanford and Son, Bonanza, Gunsmoke and special episodes of I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show stuffed with fun facts and trivia. The marathon will also include appetizing encore presentations of TV Land’s original hit series Entertainment Weekly and TV Land Present: The 50 Greatest TV Icons and TV Land and TV Guide’s 100 Most Memorable TV Moments as well as extra helpings of iconic movies such as Saturday Night Fever and Beaches.
TV Land’s Overstuffed Weekend schedule is as follows (all times ET/PT):
Thursday, 11.22.07 Friday, 11.23.07 Saturday, 11.24.07 Sunday, 11.25.07 10A I Love Lucy #12 Sanford and Son #2 I Love Lucy #30 10A 'Entertainment Weekly I Love Lucy #15 Sanford and Son #3 I Love Lucy #36 and TV Land Present: The 11A 11A I Love Lucy #24 Sanford and Son #4 50 Greatest TV Icons I Love Lucy #82 I Love Lucy #54 Sanford and Son #5 I Love Lucy #146 12P I Love Lucy #146 I Love Lucy #24 I Love Lucy #30 12P Bonanza #163 I Love Lucy #18 I Love Lucy #18 I Love Lucy #69 1P I Love Lucy #25 I Love Lucy #125 I Love Lucy #36 1P Bonanza #164 I Love Lucy #69 I Love Lucy #146 I Love Lucy #082 2P I Love Lucy #82 I Love Lucy #69 I Love Lucy #146 2P Bonanza #165 I Love Lucy #154 I Love Lucy #82 3P I Love Lucy #154 3P I Love Lucy #45 Gunsmoke #147 I Love Lucy #45 Beaches 4P I Love Lucy #51 I Love Lucy #51 4P Gunsmoke #148 I Love Lucy #12 5P I Love Lucy #15 TV Land and TV Guide 5P Gunsmoke #149 I Love Lucy #24 Beaches Most Memorable #3 6P I Love Lucy #54 TV Land and TV Guide Andy Griffith #37 6P I Love Lucy #146 Most Memorable #4 Andy Griffith #74 7P I Love Lucy #18 Extreme Makeover: TV Land and TV Guide Andy Griffith #48 7P I Love Lucy #25 Home Edition (P) Most Memorable #5 Andy Griffith #55 8P I Love Lucy #69 Sanford and Son #1 Andy Griffith #67 8P I Love Lucy #82 Sanford and Son #2 Andy Griffith #68 9P I Love Lucy #154 Sanford and Son #3 Saturday Night Fever Andy Griffith #165 9P I Love Lucy #45 Sanford and Son #4 Andy Griffith #166 10P I Love Lucy #51 Andy Griffith #167 10P I Love Lucy #125 Andy Griffith #48 Andy Griffith #168 Saturday Night Fever 11p Andy Griffith #55 Andy Griffith #75 11p (P) Andy Griffith #67 Andy Griffith #83 12A Andy Griffith #68 Andy Griffith #125 12A Entertainment Andy Griffith #37 Andy Griffith #190 1A Weekly & 1A Andy Griffith #75 Andy Griffith #78 TV Land Present: 50 Greatest TV Icons 2A Andy Griffith #74 Andy Griffith #90 2A Andy Griffith #83 3A Andy Griffith #125 3A Andy Griffith #165 4A Andy Griffith #166 4A Andy Griffith #167 5A Andy Griffith #168 5A Andy Griffith #190
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