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[Mister Asterix]

On the first day of Christmas, my TNN gave to me, Connery underneath the Mango Tree...

The New TNN gives Bond fans what they want for Christmas, loads and loads of Bond movies. Starting on Chritmas Eve morning The New TNN will start the marathon of Bond films with an airing of Dr. No and continue showing the Bond films through Octopussy, showing up to six films per day. The marathon will continue through December 30th. Special showings of note are On Her Majesty's Secret Service, which includes the classic John Barry Christmas song "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?", on Christmas Eve at 9:30pm ET/PT, and the Battle of the Bonds--Roger Moore's Octopussy versus Sean Connery's Never Say Never Again--on Boxing Day (December 26 at 9:00am ET/PT for NSNA and Noon ET/PT for Octopussy).

Tuesday, December 24th - All times are ET/PT

9:00am Dr. No (1962)
12:00pm From Russia With Love (1963)
3:00pm Goldfinger (1964)
5:30pm Thunderball (1965)
8:30pm You Only Live Twice (1967)
11:30pm On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Wednesday, December 25th - All times are ET/PT

9:00am Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
12:00pm Live And Let Die (1973)
3:00pm The Man With The Golden Gun (1975)
6:00pm The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
9:00pm Moonraker (1979)
12:00am For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Thursday, December 26th - All times are ET/PT

9:00am Never Say Never Again (1983)
12:00pm Octopussy (1983)
3:00pm Dr. No (1962)
6:00pm From Russia With Love (1963)
9:00pm Goldfinger (1964)
12:00am Thunderball (1965)

Friday, December 27th - All times are ET/PT

9:00am You Only Live Twice (1967)
11:30am On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
3:00pm Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
6:00pm Live And Let Die (1973)
9:00pm The Man With The Golden Gun (1975)
12:00am The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Saturday, December 28th - All times are ET/PT

3:00pm Moonraker (1979)
6:00pm For Your Eyes Only (1981)

Sunday, December 29th - All times are ET/PT

3:00pm Never Say Never Again (1983)
6:00pm Octopussy (1983)
9:00pm The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
12:00am Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Monday, December 30th - All times are ET/PT

9:00am Dr. No (1962)
12:00pm From Russia With Love (1963)
3:00pm Goldfinger (1964)
6:00pm Thunderball (1965)

To add to the TNN marathon USA Network will show GoldenEye on December 19 at 8:00pm ET and again on December 20 at 1:00pm ET. And TBS will show Licence to Kill on December 26 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT.

[Xenobia]

God Bless TNN!

Looks like I am going to have a very bond Christmas!

-- Xneobia

[Dr. Tynan]

Lucky bastards

[RayBros007]

Xen is so happy that she spelled her own name wrong;) ...

[Dr. Tynan]

What does TNN stand for?

[Mister Asterix]

Originally posted by Dr. Tynan
What does TNN stand for?

It stands for 'The National Network', though it was originally 'The Nashville Network' but they change the name as they tried to shed the network's country roots.

[Dr. Tynan]

Originally posted by Mister Asterix


though it was originally 'The Nashville Network' but they change the name as they tried to shed the network's country roots.

Why did they do that, is that not a bit arrogant of them

Do they not like people from the Deep South or something? (I think that's what you mean when you say "Country.")

[BONDFINESSE 007]

why do they stop at octopussy?...there,s avtak, tld, ltk, ge tnd, and twine. i mean lets see them all

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by Dr. Tynan


Why did they do that, is that not a bit arrogant of them

Do they not like people from the Deep South or something? (I think that's what you mean when you say "Country.")

The Nashville Network used to be known for its country and western and Deep South flavored programming.

TNN was bought out and its new owners decided to revamp its image and brought in shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and now the Bond movies. They also changed the name to The National Network and all their upcoming attractiuon trailers proudly proclaim it as "the new TNN"

[Turn]

Originally posted by BONDFINESSE 007
why do they stop at octopussy?...there,s avtak,  tld, ltk, ge tnd, and twine.   i mean lets see them all

Put simply, they don't have the rights to show them all at this time.

The broadcast rights to AVTAK, TLD and LTK are still owned by TBS and are shown there. GE is showing on the USA network currently, while TND and TWINE have recently run on CBS.

[DLibrasnow]

Personally, I'd rather just watch them on DVD. I don't live in a Nielson household so simply having them on the set will not help their ratings one bit.

I wonder how one becomes a Nielson household where you get those gadgets on your TV that inform the Nielson TV ratings people which shows are actually being watched.

[Turn]

I agree with you, DLibrasnow. DVD is the only way to go. It's nice to have the films out there, though, building new excitement. And they may come in handy as I will be spending Christmas with in-laws.

I tried to do a story on Nielsen ratings in the past and found out you have to be randomly selected to participate in it, unless they've changed the rules since the mid '90s. They don't want people with an "agenda" to be biased on certain shows was the impression I got. Maybe this is how shows like Life With Jim or whatever it's called stay on the air.

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by Turn
I agree with you, DLibrasnow. DVD is the only way to go. It's nice to have the films out there, though, building new excitement. And they may come in handy as I will be spending Christmas with in-laws.  

I tried to do a story on Nielsen ratings in the past and found out you have to be randomly selected to participate in it, unless they've changed the rules since the mid '90s. They don't want people with an "agenda" to be biased on certain shows was the impression I got. Maybe this is how shows like Life With Jim or whatever it's called stay on the air.

Good point about the in-laws...lol

[Neil S. Bulk]

I know they don't have the broadcast rights for the EON films past Octopussy, but why then are they including footage from The Living Daylights in one of their promos (the "*** kicking") one. You can clearly see footage of Bond targeting the truck from the ice chase.

Neil

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by Neil S. Bulk
I know they don't have the broadcast rights for the EON films past Octopussy, but why then are they including footage from The Living Daylights in one of their promos (the "*** kicking") one.  You can clearly see footage of Bond targeting the truck from the ice chase.

Neil

Thats true, there is a shot from TLD in the promos for their 007 Days of Christmas promos.
Is it just me, but I watched a couple of the movies and the commercial breaks seem to be at really illogical moments??!! One of the commercial breaks interuppted one of the characters in mid sentence in OHMSS, and there are other instances of such stupid breaks for commercials.
You would think that with all the hype of the Bond movies on TNN being "uncut" that they would take a bit more care choosing the times to break for commercials.

[BONDFINESSE 007]

thats why i dont watch them on tv to much, takes 3 hours to play one movie.......i like to watch my own collection, and i dont have to put up with the commercials

[WarBird]

Well I just broke a personall best! Four Bond movies in a row on christmas day. The deal was there was a bad christmas storm and the streets were really bad where i was so my whole family(cousins, grandpap and the rest) had to wait till a salt truck came a cleared the roads. So not knowing my uncle(whose house i was over) was a big Bond fan like myself, so i seen bond and i said oooooohhhhhh Bond on TV and said all kind of stuff so I wouldn't have to watch football, so we ended up watching bond along with my whole family. By the time the salt truck came around which was around 10:30p.m. and by that time I watch 4 and a half Bond movies on Christmas day. How could ask for anything else. God bless TNN.

[DLibrasnow]

Damn, my record was three Bond movies in a day from back in the mid-1980s

[Robinson]

The reason why TNN and TBS had such great success with 007 marathons is that they showed and promoted them with their tongue firmly planted in their cheeks.

Who can forget TBS promo for LALD: "Tonight, it's Bond in the hood!"

ABC failed to do the same and no one came to watch.

[DLibrasnow]

I saw "Goldeneye" on USA on earlier this week (I think Monday or Tuesday). When did they acquire those rights??

[Mister Asterix]

That was on the USA Network not TNN. And I believe USA grab the rights to GoldenEye after NBC's rights ran out, but before TNN (Viacom) got into the Bond business.

[DLibrasnow]

It was a nice, unexpected surprise!