CTV announced today the launch of a new specialty brand, Comedy Gold. Launching August 2, Comedy Gold pays tribute to timeless sitcoms of the 70s, 80s and 90s, and becomes CTV’s fourth new specialty brand this year, following the previous announcement of Discovery World HD, Investigation Discovery, and Discovery Science.
Launching August 2, Comedy Gold sees its former TV Land Canada channel re-focus exclusively on the timeless sitcoms of the 70s, 80s and 90s.
With more titles still to be confirmed, Comedy Gold features comedy classics such as the groundbreaking THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW; both classic Bob Newhart shows, THE BOB NEWHART SHOW and NEWHART; two-time Emmy®-winner for Best Comedy Series, MURPHY BROWN; court-room hi-jinks on NIGHT COURT; classic Canadian laughs on SCTV; and the show that catapulted Will Smith to stardom, THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR, among others.
I don't don't know why you changed the name from tv land , or as stan the man freeburg would say lante, tv land was a great brand name,, you of course realize that not all of the stations line up is not worth a bar of gold, and beside if I deside to get these channels , would I ALSO have to get all those ads as well, , IM not going to pay good money to watch those endless commericals , its bad enought watching ME TV , but at leat I know when there coming up , I would then turn OFF the set, wait for at least 6 MINTUES, [2 bolcks of ads] and wth any LUCK the program would just be stating up AGAIN, with out loosing a beat, until the NEXT BUNCH of ads , doesn't really seem fair some how does it paying to watch ads.
I'd wonder now that Rogers has a license to launce 2 Retro Cannels in canada one being Epic Tv the other just simply called GOLD if they will ever relaunch one of them as TV Land Canada in the future and one would be dubbed METV? I think it would have been wise if they(CTV Globemedia at that time now Bell media) would have did away with Book Television instead of TV Land!