Malcolm in the Middle Now Airing on ‘Nick at Nite’
Back on June 8th it was announced that Nickelodeon had bought the cable rights to all the Malcolm in the Middle episodes. They are now airing it on their Nick at Nite prime time programming block on Nickelodeon (in the US) which is aimed at an older and family audience. It starts today with an all night marathon from 8pm (Eastern Time) till 1am (then repeated till 6am).
We have conducted a great deal of research with kids and families, and two things that we hear continuously are that they want to spend more time together and that watching television is one of their favorite ways of making that happen…By starting Nick at Nite at 8pm, and adding another terrific comedy series like Malcolm in the Middle, we will serve them further and build upon the great success we’ve had with contemporary family comedies – Cyma Zarghami (President of Nickelodeon)
We don’t often report on when a TV station is showing Malcolm in the Middle mainly because we have an international audience. However this acquisition is great news for MITM, it shows how it continues to be valuable. In 2007 it was also acquired by the US cable channel FX. However this is bigger, Nick at Nite ranks as the number-two US cable network with Adults 18-49 (behind only USA Network) with 1.5 million viewers. Also Nickelodeon has been heavily advertising (something MITM has lacked in the past) on their channels. A quick search on Twitter and you will see many people excited and quoting the TV adverts.
Nickelodeon is a channel in many countries but from what is known this is a US based deal only. Don’t expect to see Malcolm on Nickelodeon elsewhere. Nickelodeon also streams some shows on their website Turbo Nick, however as far as we know this was a cable TV deal only, so we won’t see it online.
Nick have launched a companion website for the show which includes video clips (US only), Message Boards, Character/Actor Bios (brief and not completely accurate) and a basic About page. Nothing exciting, but a good design and nice to see they made the effort.
Its now airing: Sunday 8pm-9, 12am-1 and 2am-3. Monday – Thursday 8pm-9 and 12am-1. Friday at 12am-1 and 4am-5 and Saturday at 12am-1 and 2am-3. (Eastern Times)
The marathon is just season 1 episodes in the following order: 1×01 Pilot, 1×06 Sleepover, 1×02 Red Dress, 1×13 Rollerskates, 1×05 Malcolm Babysits, 1×03 Home Alone 4, 1×09 Lois vs. Evil, 1×07 Francis Escapes, 1×12 Cheerleader and 1×04 Shame.
In the US its been on local broadcast syndication since 2004, sitcomsonline.com believe its local channels syndication will end this year, however I’m not so sure.
Source: THR.com, marketwatch.com | Many Thanks to deweyinthemiddle & reese35
hazaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
- I know!!!!! They got the the rights for every uncut episode!!!
- Great news! More Malcolm is always a good thing
Maybe the extra money can be used for some certain music clearances............
- You mean for a certain Season 2 DVD?
Every 'Malcolm' episode will be shown uncut! Can't wait. Tell me what you think by posting replies.
- In HD?
What do you mean UNCUT? it has nothing to be censored...
- Uncut as in that scenes aren'y cut out for commercials. Yes, the later seasons will be in HD.
- Maybe the scenegroups that do HDTV-720P rips will actually pick this up, just gotta hope they do.Quote:Originally Posted by deweyinthemiddle
Uncut as in that scenes aren'y cut out for commercials. Yes, the later seasons will be in HD.
The size of 20mins in SD is 175MB and in HD 720P is 500MB, great size, that's the actual size they always release HD episodes.
- maybe. we can only hope.
- So now Nick would be the one to release future DVDs, if that ever happens?
- No, they bought cable TV rights.
- I'm not sure how that works, but would it be at least possible that they would be able to buy the rights to release DVDs in the future?
- Yes...they could if showing 'Malcolm' gains sucess, popularity, and/or a boost in ratings. But, they might have to pay Fox more money or make another deal with them to get the DVD rights. Or... they might not have the money or make enough money from 'Malcolm' a.k.a syndicating it to other markets, getting the rights to syndicate it to international markets for a lot of $$$, using heavy promotion, creating 'Malcolm' products, etc., to even consider a deal with Fox or to pay for music clearances. I'll look into this further and post up the latest press releases, details, news, info, and more.
- BREAKING: Apparantly, 'Malcolm in the Middle' will kick off on July 5th with an all-night or "nite" marathon:8pm est-6am est. But now, reports are saying instead of just being on Sun-Thurs at 8 est, it is now being added on Fri-Sat at 11 est, too, due to high expectations for it, and a ratings boost. Can't wait! Here's the link with more info:http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/20...alcolm-in.htmlSigning off 4 to"nite". I'll check back in tomorrow If you have questions post them here or PM or email me
P.S. Here one of the commercials that has been showing on Nick and
Nick at Nite all week long! Enjoy! <object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/KYTTTzGyvzY&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/KYTTTzGyvzY&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>
deweyinthemiddle
- Wow this is too good to be true. This could be as epic as fresh prince of bel air was. I hope more people will find out about MITM and realize that this show is amazing.
-That video brings up so many memories. Nostalgia
Malcolm is so young at that point. The humor in the show develops on as they grow older. It seems as they get older and mature, the jokes get more sophisticated but a lot funnier. Once MITM is up on nick, the younger fellas will enjoy it.
- That's great MITM, I think only seasons 4-7 are in HD and others SD, not bad very nice.
- Breaking: Nick at Nite is showing in-screen announcements saying: Malcolm in the Middle Series Premiere Sunday nite @ 8 with an all-nite marathon! They now have commercials saying : This Sunday, Get ready to get caught in the middle! Malcolm in the Middle, This Sunday an all nite marathon starts at 8 pm! They're really promoting it! This is gonna be big! Can't wait!
- Thanks for the continued updates, Deweyinthemiddle. I'm very glad to hear Nick-at-Nite is heavily promoting the series. That's a good sign in their belief in airing the episodes and it looks like MITM is set to garner some brand new fans who may have been too young when the series aired on FOX or they just weren't aware of it at the time.
- Thanks! I want to help the site by getting all the news I can! I just hope this news gets put on the front page! Oh, here's another commercial for MITM! Enjoy! <object width="580" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/5W7u_ccbVVg&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/5W7u_ccbVVg&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object>
- I do declare, it's awesome how Nick's promoting it like hell. Something Fox, regrettably, and FX, unfortunately, screwed up on. I couldn't stop laughing when they included Hal's "you trying to seduce me?" bit at the end. I think no matter what batch of eppies they air (the first run or the syndied), this is gonna give MitM a new lease on life, and hopefully more money for DVD releases. And deweyitm, awesome that you're keeping us posted on all of this. Keep it up!
- Thanks! I'll keep you guys posted with news as soon as it's released.
- Breaking: Nick at Nite introduced the companion site to 'Malcolm' last night at 11:59:59 PM. Check it out! http://www.nickatnite.com/shows/malc...dle/home.jhtml
- Sh!t I'd have to be in USA territories to be able to watch it, just like the rest, youtube, hulu, dammit only the people inside USA get to watch those special programs. :/Quote:Originally Posted by deweyinthemiddle
Breaking: Nick at Nite introduced the companion site to 'Malcolm' last night at 11:59:59 PM. Check it out! http://www.nickatnite.com/shows/malc...dle/home.jhtml
Oh and btw, this is MITM Edited Version?
- They might put videos online. It could get popular and be put back in peaktime in the UK. Oh, and about being edited, they promised it being uncut. I don't know. I'll have to see.
Breaking: 'Malcolm' will NOT be shown at 11:00 on Fri.-Sat. as promised. It will now be shown at midnight on Fri.-Sat.!
One more day!
- It's funny to read what the kids write on the board, they have no idea what mitm is
- Yeah, they say things like:"Thats what my brother calls my cousin." Its funny.
Breaking: It's coming tonite! Quick post it in news, somebody let ppl know!!!!
- Breaking: The episodes of the 'Malcolm' marathon have been released! The order of the episodes that the marathon show are as follows:
"Pilot"(TV-PG DLV),
"Sleepover"(TV-PG DLV),
"Red Dress" (TV-PG DL),
"Rollerskates" (TV-PG LV),
"Malcolm Babysits" (TV-PG DLSV),
"Home Alone 4" (TV-PG DLSV),
"Lois vs. Evil' (TV-PG DLV),
"Francis Escapes" (TV-PG DLV),
"Cheerleader" (TV-PG DLV),
and "Shame" (TV-PG DLV). can't wait
- One more hour!!! Check local listings for channel number!!! In HD widescreen where available!!
- Dammit the Scene Groups HD haven't still released a single episode, hope they do in some time later.
Malcolm.In.The.Middle.S07E10.720p.HDTV.X264-DiMENSiON (an example) would be awesome.
- Upon watching the videos on the N@N site, I can pretty much deduce the high chance they're gonna be the syndied versions. Well, 18 more minutes. And post #700.
- It's on!!!
- 8:00. The syndied bastards got us again. (no introductory cold opener) But a good ident to start off the night. And an MitM bug! - in the first 2-something minutes after the N@N bug appears, it turns into this.
- A MITM bug? That pretty cool. Yeah uncut was too good to be true. How can you not show the opener on the pilot?!
- I blame whomever was bright enough to re-edit the whole stash. (Probably Steve Welch - he's had the longest tenure of all the editors)
- Nick has a history for trying to cut their shows to be the shortest possible, they sometimes don't even wait for credits to roll through, and just do a side-by-side with the opening of the next show showing on the right.
the cold openers are so short anyways. just be glad the show is being hyped again
- In MitM's case, the credits aren't much to worry about. It's just a black screen with the instrumental version of "BoM" rolling over 'em. (But we all know that!)
- I was mainly pointing out if they don't spend the time to even show credits of shows on its own, then obviously they wont allow for the time to include the cold openers.
However I have no cable, so last time I saw Nick was in December
- Well, true. As Hal would put it, commercials are "the opiate of the greedy masses".
- Front Page Post
Back on June 8th it was announced that Nickelodeon had bought the cable rights to all the Malcolm in the Middle episodes. They are now airing it on their Nick at Nite prime time programming block on Nickelodeon (in the US) which is aimed at an older and family audience. It starts today with an all night marathon from 8pm (Eastern Time) till 1am (then repeated till 6am).
We don't often report on when a TV station is showing Malcolm in the Middle mainly because we have an international audience. However this acquisition is great news for MITM, it shows how it continues to be valuable. In 2007 it was also acquired by the US cable channel FX. However this is bigger, Nick at Nite ranks as the number-two US cable network with Adults 18-49 (behind only USA Network) with 1.5 million viewers. Also Nickelodeon has been heavily advertising (something MITM has lacked in the past) on their channels. A quick search on Twitter and you will see many people excited and quoting the TV adverts.Quote:We have conducted a great deal of research with kids and families, and two things that we hear continuously are that they want to spend more time together and that watching television is one of their favorite ways of making that happen...By starting Nick at Nite at 8pm, and adding another terrific comedy series like Malcolm in the Middle, we will serve them further and build upon the great success we've had with contemporary family comedies - Cyma Zarghami (President of Nickelodeon)
Nickelodeon is a channel in many countries but from what is known this is a US based deal only. Don't expect to see Malcolm on Nickelodeon elsewhere. Nickelodeon also streams some shows on their website Turbo Nick, however as far as we know this was a cable TV deal only, so we won't see it online.
Nick have launched a companion website for the show which includes video clips (US only), Message Boards, Character/Actor Bios (brief and not completely accurate) and a basic About page. Nothing exciting, but a good design and nice to see they made the effort.
Its now airing: Sunday 8pm-9, 12am-1 and 2am-3. Monday - Thursday 8pm-9 and 12am-1. Friday at 12am-1 and 4am-5 and Saturday at 12am-1 and 2am-3. (Eastern Times)
The marathon is just season 1 episodes in the following order: 1x01 Pilot, 1x06 Sleepover, 1x02 Red Dress, 1x13 Rollerskates, 1x05 Malcolm Babysits, 1x03 Home Alone 4, 1x09 Lois vs. Evil, 1x07 Francis Escapes, 1x12 Cheerleader and 1x04 Shame.
[See Front Page Post for Video]
In the US its been on local broadcast syndication since 2004, sitcomsonline.com believe its local channels syndication will end this year, however I'm not so sure.
Source: THR.com, marketwatch.com | Many Thanks to deweyinthemiddle & reese35
- the local broadcast syndication will end this year? Nooooo. I don't have cable, that is all I can get. although I almost never catch the show when it is on anyways
- Yes, it's syndicated. (even FX showed cold openers) but, since they left 1 or 2 cold opens in, I'm going to guess that the edit were mainly for time, since the marathon was widely sponsored, and there were to many commercials for it to be completely uncut. I hope that future airings will include the cold opens. But, this is as close as uncut that we could see for a long time. I also hope that the local airings don't end those are practiclly uncut (Well, on Fox in my area they are almost, with the exception of a few missing quick cold opens and occasional missing unimportant scenes that aren't crucial to the plot). Although, I am glad that Nick at Nite is promoting it so much! This is looking good! I'll check what the ratings were for the marathon and post it as soon as it comes out!:
- In all actuality, 15 of all 16 first season episodes have missing C.O.s. Home Alone 4 - which has the C.O. from Krelboyne Picnic - is the lone wolf. Some of them, though, they could've just left in with the stinger (like "Water Park" - they could've done that and saved at least 8 seconds of airtime.) The only cut I noticed beyond what 20th did was in the pilot - Francis' call to Lois. I don't blame Nick for not wanting us to see smoking scenes and mentions of the 'simmering atmosphere of homoeroticism' - I bet kids were watching last night still thinking "iCarly" and "True Jackson, VP" were gonna come on.
- Yes!!! I thought I noticed that the call between Lois and Francis was gone,(but this confirms it) but, that's what showing 'Malcolm' on Nick gets you.
(Although, George Lopez shows smoking, drinking, and what Nick would call "some 'mature' themes involving minors" a.k.a. sex, drugs, underage drinking, etc., but it comes on at a later time so they probably give it more leniency with more mature topics being able to be aired)
- Sorry but if Nick are really editing out "adult" scenes they are total idiots, what do they think MITM is?
- Yes, this does sound like bad news! I guess there's always been some trouble with MITM's demographics. I reckon the Germans see it as a family program, considering the showing times, despite the sophisticated puns, violent scenes, gay jokes, hooker references etc. Dabney has assured me the Germans don't censor itQuote:Originally Posted by tjpeople
Sorry but if Nick are really editing out "adult" scenes they are total idiots, what do they think MITM is? I got a bit wary just because German cinemas and TV have some history of cutting Disney, Harry Potter, Narnia and other children's movies to get them more profitable 6+ ratings. Would be interested in how the French have approached MITM. I guess among European countries, the French, Dutch and Scandinavians are most likely to call a spade a spade, but I may be stereotyping here.
In Holland, MITM only started gaining a substantial audience when Comedy Central - intentionally- started airing it as a mature teenager/adult show.
Although Comedy Central shows it in syndication, they never leave out cold opens or certain scenes. They never show end credits or episode titles though, which means casual viewers are at a loss which season they're tuning in to. They said they would supply season and episode numbers and guest stars, but they've failed to do so due to shortage of staff.
For those interested in what dilemmas today's family sitcoms apparently have to face, I quote a bit from USA Today in 2006 (http://www.usatoday.com/life/televis...TV-shows_x.htm). I guess the author would classify MITM as a 'typically nasty Fox' sitcom:
[Could we have a few more family sitcoms?] As in more than one: Everybody Hates Chris. Amazing as it may seem, a genre that has produced some of the most popular shows in TV history, from such fondly remembered classics as Leave It to Beaver and Father Knows Best to more recent, dominant hits such as Roseanne, Home Improvement and The Cosby Show, now has only one representative, and that one is lost over on CW.
Outside of Chris, children have almost vanished from the sitcom sphere. And when they do appear, they're on comedies that are aimed at a much older audience, such as Christine and Two and a Half Men. Funny shows both, but neither is suitable for full family viewing.
What has happened? In their drive to attract a young-adult audience, the networks have ceded the youngest viewers to cable. Once there, the youngsters flock to sitcoms aimed specifically at them, such as Hannah Montana.
You also can credit the family decline to the current affection writers and viewers have for "edgy" humor. The only way to do an edgy family comedy is to either push the children into the background, as in Everybody Loves Raymond, or turn them into a target of prepubescent jokes, as on Men or The War at Home — a typically nasty Fox take on the family format.
Granted, we should all be grateful that TV now encompasses a fuller range of American life and living arrangements, a blessed change from the days when TV only visited two-parent households filled with joke-cracking kids. But as so often happens, the televised pendulum has swung too far the other way. Yes, everyone doesn't have a "traditional" family; everyone never did. But many people do, and surely those people have as strong a desire to see their lives reflected on TV as everyone else.
As Roseanne and Cosby proved, it is possible to do shows the whole family can watch without destroying brain cells. But you know, Mom and Dad, if you want a show the family can all watch together, you may have to make some sacrifices. Thousands of parents used to dutifully watch The Brady Bunch with their kids. They survived — though to be honest, the experience does seem to have warped some of their children.
Rich
- i think the stuff you guys are pointing out only is edits for the marathon. On all other times the show is supposed to come on at night along with George Lopez and other shows, right? I think they will not edit out as much then.
- Perhaps make it a Kids version, I guess. It's really sad editing things, it's better when it's uncut.Quote:Originally Posted by tjpeople
Sorry but if Nick are really editing out "adult" scenes they are total idiots, what do they think MITM is?
Sorry but I couldn't read all you wrote, not really bothered hope I don't offend you, Richiepiep.
- No, I'm dreadfully wordy anyway. It's like I'm still in secondary school essay-writing modeQuote:Originally Posted by MITM_Fan
Sorry but I couldn't read all you wrote, not really bothered hope I don't offend you, Richiepiep.
Rich
- I didn't watch any of the marathon, but I'm assuming the cuts for the most part were done for the marathon. But if they are cut to make the show more "kid friendly" then so be it.........I guess. At least its on syndication. TBH the more "mature" parts of the show are what make it great to a degree, and in my opinion it isn't really a "kids" show anyway. I think the episodes are the funniest, make the most sense, and have the most impact and connection with the characters if you are the age of the main characters (teenager/young adult) or are older and look back on those days.
- I would really like to watch a MitM epi from N@N, to see how much difference it has from the original.Quote:Originally Posted by Lparsons7981
I didn't watch any of the marathon, but I'm assuming the cuts for the most part were done for the marathon. But if they are cut to make the show more "kid friendly" then so be it.........I guess. At least its on syndication. TBH the more "mature" parts of the show are what make it great to a degree, and in my opinion it isn't really a "kids" show anyway. I think the episodes are the funniest, make the most sense, and have the most impact and connection with the characters if you are the age of the main characters (teenager/young adult) or are older and look back on those days.
- Other than the aforementioned cut, the episodes are really no different than what you'd see on FX or local TV. At least, near as I can tell. For those cuts, I wouldn't blame the network; as I have infamously and excessively bitched over the years, it's the distributor's fault.
- Just as one example I read on the TV.com episode listing, they say that in 'Reese's Apartment', the bit where Reese watches TV and mistakes his neighbour's menacing behaviour for a TV show was cut in syndication.
I cannot back this up, and I wonder if this is censorship, because the scene as such doesn't look violent or explicit at all. Or is it just 'trimming' to shorten? You know how the long cold open for 'Home Alone 4' with Reese threatening Lois with his spoon full of rice was cut.
Some more scenes cut in syndication (TV.com info):
- Malcolm Holds His Tongue: no Francis and Piama scenes. Disgusting toe scene, after wearing those wet boots for days?
- Watching The Baby: Polly's scenes cut out.
Rich
- Nick at Nite, in my view they turned Malcolm in the Middle to a kids show, which is ain't a god damn childrens show, it's for all (PG).
Jesus christ it's nonsense censoring this serie, it has nothing to get offended about, I'd understand if it was japanese animation with bloody violent scenes, to take off but this no.
- Exactly what you'd see on FX or the local television channels -- not for the sake of decency, but for the sake of revenue.Quote:Originally Posted by Richiepiep
Just as one example I read on the TV.com episode listing, they say that in 'Reese's Apartment', the bit where Reese watches TV and mistakes his neighbour's menacing behaviour for a TV show was cut in syndication.
I cannot back this up, and I wonder if this is censorship, because the scene as such doesn't look violent or explicit at all. Or is it just 'trimming' to shorten? You know how the long cold open for 'Home Alone 4' with Reese threatening Lois with his spoon full of rice was cut.
Some more scenes cut in syndication (TV.com info):
- Malcolm Holds His Tongue: no Francis and Piama scenes. Disgusting toe scene, after wearing those wet boots for days?
- Watching The Baby: Polly's scenes cut out.
Rich
- So why is that, because I'm not familiar with that on TV. Is it to squeeze more commercials in by shortening the episodes? Or to squeeze in more episodes per night? Or because they have fixed time slots, and by trimming a minute they can make shows start at full or half hours? Or can it involve censorship (I mean cutting undesirable scenes) as well?Quote:Originally Posted by reese35
Exactly what you'd see on FX or the local television channels -- not for the sake of decency, but for the sake of revenue.
Rich
- Well, N@N can actually release the complete serie in DVD/Blu-Ray, but I do hope they're all UNCUT, I wouldn't buy if they were edited.
Remember FUNimation the american anime team? they show the animes on tv censored and on dvd/bluray they're uncut, so there's a probability that N@N is doing the same.
- No, Nick bought the (cable) TV rights. Nothing else. Just like FX did a few years back, just like 20+ TV stations around the world have done.Quote:Originally Posted by MITM_Fan
Well, N@N can actually release the complete serie in DVD/Blu-Ray, but I do hope they're all UNCUT, I wouldn't buy if they were edited.
The rights to release DVDs *could* be sold to somebody but this has not happened yet.
Nobody would release cut episodes on DVD, that just doesn't happen, there is no reason to do it.
The reason they are cut as has been said before is for time. They want more commercials. In 1 hour they show 2 episodes of MITM. They want as many adverts as possible without obviously making the episode not make sense. So they cut non-essential stuff. But as Reese35 has said the cutting probs isn't done by Nick, its was given to them that way by Twentieth Television (FOX) who cut them long ago when the show first went into syndication.
I guess its possible Nick has done extra cutting but I doubt it, it would take extra work.
But to sum up, Nick at Nite episodes are cut, to give time for extra commercial, just like on other channels. This has nothing to do with DVDs.
- Nick might be a kids channel generally, but the "Nick at Nite" programming block as a whole appeals to adult and/or adolescent audiences, which is really what Malcolm in the Middle audience is. The programming block runs from 8pm (which is prime-time), throughout the entire night, and until morning.
Speaking of Nick at Nite, MITM being added to the lineup pushed "Home Improvement" all the way to 5am! I bet that show is going to get pulled from the network, probably when they add "Everybody Hates Chris" to Nick at Nite this fall.
- tjpeople, yes, true, I forgot they only got the cable rights.
alexthemartian, everybody hates chris, was cancelled, it only has 4 seasons and basically the last episode --spoiler-- he get's a letter saying something like to be a comedian, so that's what he's nowadays. well that's what I read, as the channel which was producing EHC cancelled and only if BET could get this, it would continue.
mitm at night won't have much success if it was during the mornings/evenings it would actually have.
- I don't know MITM Fan, it's a great time to air it, if george lopez wasn't on right after because they play george lopez so much everybody has seen it but, it is a really convenient time the kids are settled down everybodys at home and relaxing its a great time all around
- I was not asking anything about everybody hates chris being canceled, i was just simply pointing out that it will be coming to 'Nick at Nite' this fall according to sources online, that is all.Quote:Originally Posted by MITM_Fan
tjpeople, yes, true, I forgot they only got the cable rights.
alexthemartian, everybody hates chris, was cancelled, it only has 4 seasons and basically the last episode --spoiler-- he get's a letter saying something like to be a comedian, so that's what he's nowadays. well that's what I read, as the channel which was producing EHC cancelled and only if BET could get this, it would continue.
mitm at night won't have much success if it was during the mornings/evenings it would actually have.
at about MITM's time slot, I think it is perfect. Really, it is the earliest time slot for Nick at Nite. The name has 'at Nite' after all. It can not go any sooner, otherwise it would have to leave 'Nick at Nite', and so far Nick has never put a syndicated sitcom in the daytime, only their original teen series.
- Sorry I haven't made many posts. My internets messed up. Although, I have noticed that N@N now shows the theme song without any words, not even "Malcolm in the Middle" or even "starring Frankie Muniz". It's weird. If anyone has any comments that would be great.
- you mean the opening credits is missing?
That is odd, because I think all other shows they show have the original opening sequence in tact. Heck, when they were playing "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", when they played the pilot episode, they even used the full 2 minute 52 second version of the opening (however I did only seen this in one episode during the very late night hours).
I can not comment on what is currently used for MITM on N@N, since I do not have cable TV, only broadcast.
- i'm brazilian and I just want say malcolminthemidle.co.uk its great!
congratulations!
- Nice to read that and welcome!Quote:Originally Posted by gibranyasser
i'm brazilian and I just want say malcolminthemidle.co.uk its great!
congratulations!
btw, what quality does N@N show MITM? Upscaled to 720p?
- That's fantastic, I love MITM, and hopefully this is what it needs for FOX to finally see it's true potential and release more DVD's regardless of the music costs, and perhaps this all might lead to Season 8! Probably not though, but I can still dream...
- Hmm... what happened to the rest of the seasons? It seemed they only went up to the end of the 3rd season.
- We'll they bought the rights to air all 7. But maybe they are waiting till some point in the future.
- I was happy to hear this since I wanted to see this show. I've noticed though they don't air the episodes in order, and they didn't air some either.
- Yes, they stopped after the 2003 eps and went back 2 the Pilot ep the next night. Hopefully, they're just waiting for ratings to go up before they air the rest of the episodes.
- Good news! N@N is now showing the eps past Season 3, starting next week with Vegas and Day Care. Check TV Guide listings for more detail. (Although, N@N skipped a lot of eps, mostly Season 4 and 5, even jamie's birth ep and lois is pregnant ep!)
- They need to show "Kicked out" possibly one of the best episodes IMO. I can't believe I forgot about it until I watched it again the other night.
- Yes, one of my favorites, too
- Looks like they like to use the random choice instead of line up.Quote:Originally Posted by deweyinthemiddle
Good news! N@N is now showing the eps past Season 3, starting next week with Vegas and Day Care. Check TV Guide listings for more detail. (Although, N@N skipped a lot of eps, mostly Season 4 and 5, even jamie's birth ep and lois is pregnant ep!)
Well, once you've watched it all you don't mind if it's random. But for new people it needs to be lined up.
I'd love to see some N@N PDTV/HDTV rips.
- As would I. Do you know anyone who has the software to do these rips?
- You don't need much, it's pretty simple.Quote:Originally Posted by deweyinthemiddle
As would I. Do you know anyone who has the software to do these rips?
Get a DVD Recorder then burn to a DVD after rip it on the PC with a program like HandBrake (the best imo to do dvdrips with tri-audio, or subs and whatever).
I don't know why the hell the scene groups haven't ripped these episodes, they always have access.
- As discussed Nick is airing cut episodes in standard def, current "scene" release are superior.Quote:Originally Posted by MITM_Fan
I don't know why the hell the scene groups haven't ripped these episodes, they always have access.
- Yes, thanks TJ
- Nah, not really.Quote:Originally Posted by tjpeople
As discussed Nick is airing cut episodes in standard def, current "scene" release are superior.
They have HDTV standard 620x360 (let's say) and HDTV 720p (which is superior).
That's no reason for them to ignore this.
- True...
- This Monday at 8:30, they will show the Season 4 episode "Day Care", after 3 months of just repeating the 1st 3 seasons and skipping episodes. So USA members you know where to be this Monday at 8:30 PM Eastern. (Finally, I was starting to get sick of "Traffic Jam" being shown twice a week!)
- doesn't watching Traffic Jam make you feel like you are sitting in a car in a traffic jam? it does
P.S. I don't have cable, however I already feel I seen enough of the show
- Yes, it does. Although, I haven't grown tired of it yet, and I don't watch it as much anymore. 1 or 2 times a week when it is on Nick at Nite.
- I haven't watched the show on TV in a while, (except maybe when my sister is watching it when I'm home) but I am on my personal "re-watching" of the series in order, and am about half way through season 4. I'm taking my time, but I figure when I'm done, I might be ready for another watch throughQuote:Originally Posted by deweyinthemiddle
Yes, it does. Although, I haven't grown tired of it yet, and I don't watch it as much anymore. 1 or 2 times a week when it is on Nick at Nite.
- LOL! I should try that if Nick @ Nite aired them in order....
- Recently this week and in the future, Nick at Nite aired Season 5 and will air Season 6 episodes soon. Does anyone with the Nickolodeon HD channel know if they air being aired in widscreen on it?
P.S. this is my 125th post
- I would hope so, but, if you get the HD feed i would like to see a screenshot!
- Glossary for peculiar Variety slang (you may have guessed from the context):
skein = TV series
seg = episode
veep = vice president
laffer = comedy
Nick at Nite to host 'Malcolm'
Network secures rights to Fox comedy
By CYNTHIA LITTLETON
‘Malcolm in the Middle’ heads to Nick at Nite beginning July 5. The cabler picked up rerun rights to all 151 segs of the family comedy.
Cabler has acquired rerun rights to all 151 segs of the family comedy from Twentieth TV. "Malcolm" will become the anchor of Nick's primetime sitcom block, airing Sunday-Thursday at 8 p.m. starting July 5.
Skein, which ran on Fox from 2000-06, revolved around a budding teenager, played by Frankie Muniz, with a genius IQ in a family of misfits. Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston co-starred as parents Lois and Hal.
Paul Ward, Nick's exec veep of primetime acquisitions and strategy, said the series' family-friendly appeal and youthful stars makes it a "perfect complement" for Nick at Nite's laffer lineup, which includes "George Lopez," "Home Improvement" and, starting in September, "Everybody Hates Chris."
Created and exec produced by Linwood Boomer, "Malcolm" was an instant hit for Fox when it debuted in January 2000, and its success spurred the boom in recent years of single-camera comedies. It also boasted a catchy theme song by They Might Be Giants that featured the refrain "You're not the boss of me, now."
Reruns of "Malcolm" have been airing in broadcast syndication for the past few years.
Link: Variety article: "Nick at Nite to host 'Malcolm'"
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