MeTV rings in the new year with ''The First!'', a presentation of pilots and premieres

Celebrate 2023 by meeting some of your favorite characters for the first time all over again on January 1st!

Another new year is approaching, and what better way to celebrate than experiencing first meetings all over again? MeTV will be celebrating 2023 with The First!, a January 1st block of pilots and premieres. Meet your favorite classic TV characters like it's the first time with specially selected episodes.

Tune in January 1st at 12P | 11C for The First!

12P | 11C: The Honeymooners: "TV or Not TV" — Ralph and Norton buy a TV set together and constantly fight over what to watch.

12:30P | 11:30C: The Andy Griffith Show: "The New Housekeeper" — Rose, the former housekeeper, gets married and Opie is unhappy at her departure. Aunt Bee comes to live with Andy and Opie, and Opie is not exactly thrilled with her.

1P | 12C: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.: "Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course" — Gomer tries to pass an obstacle course to earn the respect of Sgt. Carter.

1:30P | 12:30C: My Three Sons: "Chip Off the Old Block" — Aeronautical engineer Steve Douglas and his youngest son, Chip, face a problem: How do they get rid of two designing females?

2P | 1C: The Dick Van Dyke Show: "The Sick Boy and the Sitter" — Rob is invited to a party at his boss' house, but Laura doesn't want to go when she senses their son is getting sick.

2:30P | 1:30C: Leave It to Beaver: "Beaver Gets 'Spelled" — Beaver's teacher, Miss Canfield, sends a note home with Beaver and the other kids convince him that it's news that he's getting kicked out of school. So Beaver and Wally take steps to hide the note from Ward and June.

3P | 2C: Gilligan's Island: "Two on a Raft" — An ill-fated three-hour tour aboard the S.S. Minnow shipwrecks seven castaways on a uncharted island. Gilligan and the Skipper set out on a flimsy raft to find civilization.

3:30P | 2:30C: The Brady Bunch: "The Honeymoon" — In the series opener, Mike Brady, a widower with three boys, marries Carol Martin, a widow with three girls. There are a few chaotic events at the wedding, and things get off to a rough start for everyone, but somehow, this group forms a family.

4P | 3C: Mama's Family: "Vint and the Kids Move In" — Mama reluctantly agrees to let her son, Vint, and his two children move in after they are evicted from their apartment. This creates problems for Fran, and she eventually threatens to move out.

4:30P | 3:30C: M*A*S*H: "Pilot" — At the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H) unit in Korea, two army doctors by the names of Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre receive some exciting news in the mail. Their Korean house boy, Ho-John got accepted into Hawkeye's old college. Hawkeye and Trapper decide to hold a party filled with music, dancing, and alcohol to raise money for Ho-John's plane trip to the U.S. They achieve this by raffling off a weekend pass with a nurse, Lieutenant Dish for R&R in Tokyo.

 
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wallyandbagfan 29 days ago
On Gomer Pyle USMC Roy Stuart played
Cpl Boyle.
On Gomer Pyle USMC Tommy Leonetti played Cpl. Nick Cuccinelli.
On Happy Days Barry Greenberg Played
Moose. Also on Happy Days:
Eugene Belvin:Denis Mandel
Melvin Belvin:Scott Bernstein
Chuck Cunningham played by Randolph Roberts and Gavan O'Herlihy.
Roger Phillips was played by Ted McGinley on Happy Days and BOTH
Chuck Cunningham s were on
Happy Days (Gavan O'HERLIHY and Randolph Roberts).
wallyandbagfan 29 days ago
Bag Zombroski played by Neil J Schwartz was on Happy Days.
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
Chuck Cunningham Sighting :
The guy dancing to the Right of Potsie
while Potsie sings Surfin' Safari looks similar to Randolph Roberts who played
Chuck Cunningham 2 on Happy Days.
The video of Potsie (ANSON WILLIAMS) SINGING SURFIN SAFARI is right below
this comment
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
METV
Please carry reruns of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and Alice and Lone
Ranger and The Adventures of Superman.
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/-tPcc1ftj8E
Seasons In The Sun sung by
Terry Jacks.
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/YdBU-jpJJtA
SUNDOWN BY GORDON LIGHTFOOT.
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/vlBjRLkxxAw
Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home by
DARLENE LOVE.
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/Za34xhluhj0
Eddie Cantor sings Okay Toots from
the movie called KID MILLIONS.
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/BodXwAYeTfM
Pee Wee Herman in Pee Wees BIG
Adventure dancing to TEQUILA.
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/uRQ7ecvU56k
Do You Want To Know A Secret ?
By The Beatles
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/MA5DkiVKSlM
P.S. I Love You by The Beatles .
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/D7f9hsFrKUY
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
By JAN AND DEAN .
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/qWO9P3-9e98
THE FEARSOME FIVE:
AL DELVECCHIO
FONZIE
ROGER PHILLIPS
CHACHI ARCOLA
POTSIE WEBER.
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/d2cATdfR8D0
Jingle Bones by The Witches Three.
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/cmjrTcYMqBM
Witch Doctor by David Seville .
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/-tHyRQOdqf0
Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris "
Pickett and the Crypt Kickers 5.
wallyandbagfan 2 months ago
https://youtu.be/GeF3hew6McY
Do The Fonzie dance !!
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