Mismatched syndicated shows airing back-to-back?

Today on cable FXX aired 6 or 7 episodes of "Mom" a pretty raunchy show followed by the movie "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2." Corect me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a kids movie?

What's the issue, really? Sitcoms have led into dramas, or newsmagazines into scripted....access shows like Wheel/Jeopardy into anything from sports to dramas. Holiday specials like Rudolph into whatever drama was regularly scheduled. Heck, game shows into soaps.

At some point in the schedule, programs change genres as the day goes on, save the few networks that never vary.

Going from kid's shows to Jerry Springer is still pretty bad though.

anotherguy said:

Going from kid's shows to Jerry Springer is still pretty bad though.

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Going from anything to Springer might be considered bad depending on your tastes, lol. But realistically that’s just broadcast TV, and one reason networks like Nick and Disney exist. Yes, the age ranges switch from the junior to the regular blocks, but with dayparted broadcast, it’s perfectly normal to transition from one audience to another. It’s not like there was a syndicator out there selling “buffer”shows.

MarcB said:

Today on cable FXX aired 6 or 7 episodes of "Mom" a pretty raunchy show followed by the movie "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2." Corect me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a kids movie?

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I remember one time in the 2000s, Cinemax aired the kids' movie Chicken Run between the R-rated film Hudson Hawk and a softcore porn flick. And it was on a Sunday night.

crainbebo said:

Jerry Springer at 11AM followed by a Big Bang Theory rerun at noon on CW-9 (KEPR/KIMA-DT2) in central Washington. HUH?
Not sure if this is another good example, but KIMA itself airs Y&R in pattern with CBS at 11am followed by Funny You Should Ask. So a soap opera with lots of romance, followed by a game show with constant one-liners by the comedians. Most CBS stations in the west air news between Y&R and B&B.

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WYFF/4 had that in the 70s- Return to Peyton Place followed by Bonanza. A soap opera, followed by a western.

What about Another World followed by Tom and Jerry on the same station in the late 70s too? A soap followed by a cartoon.

danderson6500 said:

WYFF/4 had that in the 70s- Return to Peyton Place followed by Bonanza. A soap opera, followed by a western.

What about Another World followed by Tom and Jerry on the same station in the late 70s too? A soap followed by a cartoon.

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Have you seen "Dynasty" lately?

Anyone remember when Hercules the Legendary Journeys went off the air, it was replaced by two half hour programs called the Back2Back Action Hour by Universal. Cleopatra 2525 a science fiction series set in the future and Jack of All Trades a spy satire set in the East Indies at the turn of the 19th century. I thought they were an obvious mismatch at that time.