TV Land To Celebrate 50 Years of Warner Bros. Television Hits With 50-Hour Programming Marathon

NEW YORK, June 7 - Prepare to relive some of the funniest, happiest and most emotional moments from the past 50 years of television as TV Land presents a special 50 hour programming marathon featuring landmark episodes from the Warner Bros. television library. Beginning Saturday, June 11th at 6am (ET/PT) through - Monday, June 13th at 8am (ET/PT), TV Land viewers will be treated to a 50th anniversary salute to Warner Bros. Television featuring milestone episodes of Dallas, Eight is Enough, The Waltons, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Full House, in addition to the rarely seen episodes of Sugarfoot, Love, Sidney, John Larroquette and many more. Warner Bros. television programming has helped define the medium throughout every decade with the best westerns (Cheyenne), classic soaps (Knots Landing), memorable dramas (China Beach), iconic superheroes (Wonder Woman) and shows that turned actors into stars (Welcome Back, Kotter).

"We're thrilled to present this momentous marathon to our viewers," states Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land Nick at Nite. "These special episodes will bring back a lot of memories for television fans and we're happy that Warner Bros. chose us as their television partner."

Warner Home Video is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of Warner Bros. television with a yearlong promotion. This campaign will feature DVD debuts of series from every decade of Warner Bros. Television's history including many of the shows featured in the Nick at Nite marathon.

Hand-picked by TV Land, episodes in the marathon include:

Saturday, June 11th

6:00am Cheyenne #7117 (Episode #75) - Dual at Judas Basin This lavishly produced series starring Clint Walker was Warner Bros. first foray into television and one of three rotating Western series presented under the banner "Warner Bros. Presents." Cheyenne Bodie, Tom "Sugarfoot" Brewster and Bronco Layne match wits and bullets with trapper Pike Hanson, suspected of selling guns to Indians. One false move could be the end of their friend as they play the dangerous game of pinning the crime of murder and treason on a clever crook.

7:00am Bronco #6857 (Episode #27) - Flight from an Empire A spin-off of Cheyenne, this second in the Western line-up under the title "Warner Bros. Presents," features ex- Confederate Army Captain Bronco Layne wandering the West in search of adventure. In this episode, Bronco hires refugees from the fallen Maximillian empire, but has to contend with bandits who are convinced a mother and son know what happened to $5 million in missing gold.

8:00am Sugarfoot #1 - Brannigan's Boots Action rides shotgun with humor in the adventures of Tom "Sugarfoot" Brewster in this third series in the Western line-up of "Warner Bros. Presents." Crooked politicians in Bluerock appoint Tom sheriff after noting his poor shooting aim. Tom, however, takes the job seriously. When a pretty girl who is watching him says he's not man enough to fill her father's boots, Tom sets out to prove her wrong and find her father's killer.

9:00am Maverick #5 - Gun Shy Mixing traditional Western adventure and good-natured humor, this series stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, the man TV Guide named the best dramatic actor of the 1950s. This spoof of Gunsmoke focuses on Marshal Mort Dooley (Ben Gage), a grim man with a gun aimed at all gamblers in general - and Maverick in particular.

10:00am Wonder Woman #15 - Anschluss '77 (SEASON TWO PREMIERE) A super heroine from a lost tribe of Amazon women, Wonder Woman is called upon to battle a new and more terrifying Nazi menace when she and Steve Trevor are assigned to investigate a reunion of expatriate Nazis on a small tropical island.

11:00am The Adventures of Superman #36 - The Face and the Voice Everyone's favorite superhero fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American way. Superman is so popular that a new feature film is currently in production. In this episode when a gangster's face is altered to look like Superman he perpetrates crimes and lays the blame on our hero.

11:30am F Troop #37 - The Great Troop Robbery A phony medicine man tries to blame his thefts on Agarn when he suffers a temporary memory loss in this classic Western comedy that features a crew of hilarious, bumbling cavalrymen somewhere west of the Missouri in post-Civil War days. This series was so popular it attracted comedic guest stars such as Milton Berle, Paul Lynde, Don Rickles and other comedy greats.

12:00pm Mayberry RFD #1 - Andy and Helen Get Married Andy and Helen get married and Aunt Bea becomes Sam's housekeeper in the spin-off of the tremendously popular The Andy Griffith Show.

12:30pm Chico and The Man #43 - Too Many Crooks Freddie Prinze broke new ground for Latinos on TV co- starring with Emmy Award winner Jack Albertson. They play an unlikely duo that work in a repair garage in East Los Angeles. When Ed (Albertson), not knowing that he gave a handout to a crook, finds out that that money is what they are after, all kinds of crooks from the neighborhood coming to him for a handout as well.

1:00pm Welcome Back Kotter #2 - The Election It's the instant comedy hit that made a star out of John Travolta and popularized the characters of Horshack and Mr. Kotter. In this episode, Barbarino (Travolta) is running for Student Body President but his campaign turns into a disaster.

1:30pm Alice #30 - Sixty Minutes Man In this series starring Linda Lavin, Alice (Lavin) suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster. This sassy show about a hard-working single mom lasted an astounding nine seasons and broke the mold for women in sitcoms.

2:00pm Waltons #1 - The Foundlings (FIRST EPISODE) In this heartwarming family drama that won 10 Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes and numerous other awards, the Waltons take a young, abandoned girl into their home. After seeing a doctor, they discover the girl is deaf.

3:00pm Scarecrow and Mrs. King - #1 The First Time (PILOT) Special Agent "Scarecrow" enlists the aide of Amanda King (everybody's favorite "Angel" Kate Jackson), a divorced mother of two, for assistance in finding a leak in a D.C. organization. Mrs. King is then offered a job with IFF and continues to assist Lee "Scarecrow" Stetson (Bruce Boxleitner).

4:00pm Sisters - #1 Moving In, Moving Out, Moving On (PILOT) Sela Ward won her first Emmy for this series about four very different sisters that received five Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations. Reed sisters Alex, Georgie, Teddy and Frankie are brought together by the sale of their family home, an event that disturbs their recently widowed mom.

5:00pm Life Goes On #1 - (PILOT) Patti Lupone and Kelli Martin star in this critically acclaimed, heartfelt drama about the daily struggles of a family coping with Down Syndrome. When Corky tries to mainstream into the 9th grade, the same grade as Becca, she worries that her brother may stop her from getting to the boy she really wants, Tyler Benchfield, a star on the football team.

6:00pm Jack and Bobby Episode TBD What if you could watch the next great American president grow up? Oscar and Emmy-winner Christine Lahti stars in this critically acclaimed series from master storytellers Greg Berlanti (Everwood) and Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing).

7:00pm John Larroquette #1 - (PILOT) Five-time Emmy Award-winner John Larroquette stars as a recovering alcoholic who takes the job of night manager in a seedy bus station, where a robbery and a missing bus test his resolve to stay sober.

7:30pm Murphy Brown #1 - Respect (PILOT) The classiest comedy about the world of broadcast news garnered 62 Emmy Award nominations and 18 wins including Best Comedy. Series star, Candice Bergen was nominated for seven Emmy Awards and won five. When Murphy returns to FYI after "drying out" at the Betty Ford Clinic, she discovers the show underwent changes while she was gone, including the addition of a beauty queen to the anchor desk and a new young executive producer. In her first week back she isn't sure whether she still has her edge.

8:00pm Fresh Prince of Bel Air #7 - Def Poet's Society Will Smith became a household name in this Emmy and Golden Globe- nominated series about a streetwise kid from Philadelphia who moves in with relatives in Bel-Air. Will joins his prep school's poetry club at his Uncle Philip's insistence, but he must enlist Geoffrey's help when he is called on to present a poem at a reading.

8:30pm Full House #1 - Our Very First Show (PILOT) One of ABC's biggest comedy hits for eight years starring Bob Saget and John Stamos, it features Danny Tanner (Saget), widowed father of three young and rambunctious girls, who recruits his two buddies to move in and help him raise his kids.

9:00pm Eight is Enough - #11 Trial Marriage Dick Van Patten stars as the father of eight very independent and different children in this often comical, always touching drama series. This episode introduces Betty Buckley as Sue "Abby" Abbott. Tommy breaks his ankles at a touch football game and will miss school for five weeks, while Mary moves in with her boyfriend, a young psychiatry student.

10:00pm Eight is Enough: Wedding This made-for-television reunion film finds eldest son David on the brink of marriage to a divorcee. However, some of his sisters would prefer to see a reunion with his ex-wife Janet.

12:00am Falcon Crest - #68 Ashes to Ashes (SEASON THREE FINALE) In one of primetime's juiciest soaps, the rich and greedy fight for power and sex in this saga that takes place the winery Falcon Crest. At the charred springhouse, the coroner, after inspecting a ring and bone fragments, positively identifies the remains as Julia's. In a note to Lance, Julia's last request is to have her ashes scattered in Italy.

1:00am Scarecrow and Mrs. King - #1 The First Time (PILOT) Special Agent "Scarecrow" enlists the aide of Amanda King (everybody's favorite "Angel" Kate Jackson), a divorced mother of two, for assistance in finding a leak in a D.C. organization. Mrs. King is then offered a job with IFF and continues to assist Lee "Scarecrow" Stetson (Bruce Boxleitner).

2:00am Waltons #1 - The Foundlings (FIRST EPISODE) In this heartwarming series, the Waltons take a young, abandoned girl into their home. After seeing a doctor, they discover the girl is deaf.

3:00am Wonder Woman #15 - Anschluss '77 (SEASON TWO PREMIERE) Wonder Woman is called upon to battle a new and more terrifying Nazi menace when she and Steve Trevor are assigned to investigate a reunion of expatriate Nazis on a small tropical island.

4:00am Valerie - #24 Bad Timing This family-friendly series launched the career of teen heartthrob Jason Bateman (Arrested Development). When David prepares for a romantic tryst with an old childhood girlfriend, Valerie tries to prepare him for manhood.

4:30am John Larroquette #1 - Pilot John Larroquette, starring as a recovering alcoholic, takes the job of night manager in a seedy bus station, where a robbery and a missing bus test his resolve to stay sober.

5:00am Perfect Strangers #51 - The Lottery It's a comedic clash of cultures when a Mediterranean immigrant comes to live with his distantly-related American cousin in this fish-out-of water buddy comedy. When Balki (Bronson Pinchot) insists on buying a lottery ticket, Larry thinks that it is just a waste of money for something he can't possibly win. But during the draws, Larry (Mark Linn-Baker) realizes that Balki picked the right numbers and won $28 million but Balki can't remember where he hid the ticket.

5:30am Head of the Class #22 - The Secret Life of Arvid Engen (SEASON ONE FINALE) This popular comedy was the flip side of Welcome Back Kotter, with overachieving honor students instead of underachieving "sweathogs." In this episode, Arvid starts to daydream about Lori and it affects his schoolwork.

Sunday, June 12th

6:00am 77 Sunset Strip #6615 (Episode #36) - The Kookie Caper The prototype glamour detective series made Ed "Kookie" Burns a teen idol. In this episode, Kookie befriends a pretty teenager who is kidnapped, making him think that she is a runaway heiress and causing Bailey and Spencer to become involved.

7:00am Surfside Six #7211 (Episode #3) - The Clown Before Don Johnson made Miami "cool" in Miami Vice, Troy Donahue and friends were headquartered on a houseboat crusading to keep Miami crime-free. When a hated dictator, living in exile in Miami, is murdered during a birthday party for his son, Lt. Snedigar thinks he has an open-and-shut case against Pepe the Clown, who performed at the party. But Pepe insists he was not at the party and Dave has to prove to the skeptical policeman someone else went to the party in Pepe's costume.

8:00am Hawaiian Eye #1 - Total Eclipse They called it "77 Sunset Strip of Hawaii" as a trio of detectives found intrigue and adventure on the exotic islands of Hawaii. In this episode Jean Morgan hires Tracy to find solid proof of her innocence while her stepson, Tony Morgan hires Tom to find conclusive proof of her guilt.

9:00am FBI #3 - The Monster Based on actual F.B.I. cases and told with full Bureau cooperation, this exciting series focuses on true stores of counterfeiting, extortion and organized crime. In this episode, case file #76-3342-J- Francis Jerome - Escaped Federal Prisoner.

10:00am Harry O #38 - Past Imperfect David Janssen stars as Harry Orwell, an ex-policeman pensioned from the force after an injury and now solving only cases that interest him. Harry's girl-next-door is none other than Farrah Fawcett. In this episode, a woman's former boyfriend returns from prison and wants the old suitcase he left with her, which he claims is worth $300,000.

11:00am Spenser For Hire - #18 In A Safe Place Before Law & Order, before CSI, there was Spenser for Hire, starring TV favorite Robert Urich, which spun off no less than four made-for-TV movies. Spenser and Susan look for a Mexican labor organizer who has suspiciously disappeared.

12:00pm Love, Sidney #1 - Surprise Party (SERIES FINALE) Tony Randall stars as a middle-aged commercial artist who helps raise his best friend's daughter. In this episode, an opera star agrees to perform at Patti's birthday party, mercifully replacing Sidney's terrible clown act.

12:30pm The Hogan Family - #54 Animal House (SEASON FOUR PREMIERE) It's the family-friendly series that launched the career of teen heartthrob Jason Bateman (Arrested Development). When college freshman David steals a rival school's mascot, the fierce creature gets loose and it's every Hogan for himself. Meanwhile, Mark and Willie enroll Sandy in a computer dating club.

1:00pm Perfect Strangers #51 - The Lottery When Balki (Bronson Pinchot) insists on buying a lottery ticket, Larry (Mark Linn-Baker) thinks that it is just a waste of money for something he can't possibly win. But during the draws, Larry realizes that Balki picked the right numbers and won $28 million but Balki can't remember where he hid the ticket.

1:30pm Head of the Class #22 - The Secret Life of Arvid Engen (SEASON ONE FINALE) In this episode, Arvid starts to daydream about Lori and it affects his schoolwork.

2:00pm Waltons #12 - The Dust Bowl Cousins The Walton's distant cousins arrive on the mountain and immediately upset everyone's lives with their shiftless dishonest ways.

3:00pm Scarecrow and Mrs. King #66 - All The World's A Stage Amanda takes a role in a play by an American playwright to find out why the Soviets want to back the production.

4:00pm Sisters #49- Dear Georgie Georgie is hired to write an advice column for the local newspaper; John thinks Teddy has fallen in love with him; Alex and Frankie accuse Truman of cheating on their mother.

5:00pm Life Goes On #22 - The Spring Fling Becca finally gets asked to the dance by Tyler, but she has already accepted an invitation from someone else. She breaks it off with the first guy, but then feels guilty and dances with him.

6:00pm Third Watch #48 - After Time From the creator of ER comes the action-packed high energy drama about New York City street cops, paramedics and firefighters. It's September 21, 2001 and the squads continue to battle through their emotions and their misgivings about their hero status, while working double shifts and spending every free moment at "the pile" searching for the missing. Kim returns to work and teams up with Doc, which allows an emotionally frayed Alex to return to paramedic duty; an exhausted Sully attempts to co-exist with his prospective in-laws while he waits for an opportunity to marry Tatiana.

7:00pm Eight is Enough #21 - The Return of Auntie V Tom's eccentric sister, Auntie V, returns for another visit with the Bradfords and surprises Tom and Abby with a new house as a wedding present. The kids are excited, but as they fix up their old house for sale they begin to fall in love with it again. Nancy wants to expand her horizons by going on a cruise with Auntie V meanwhile she falls for the estate agent who is trying to sell the Bradford house.

8:00pm Full House #45 - Tanner's Island Danny takes the Tanners to Hawaii in honor of their two year anniversary of becoming a family.

8:30pm Fresh Prince #58 - A Night at the Oprah When the Banks appear on Oprah's show and fail to invite Will on stage, it may cause Philip to lose an election.

9:00pm Murphy Brown #84 - The Queen of Soul In this episode Murphy has a chance to interview the "Queen of Soul". When Aretha's train is late, a disappointed Murphy misses the opportunity to meet her idol. Guest starring: Aretha Franklin.

9:30pm John Larroquette #62 - Cosmetic Perjury When Eggers consults a plastic surgeon for a breast reduction, John considers a nip-and-tuck when fearing he looks older than his 45 years.

10:00pm JR Returns: A Reunion Movie Dallas was one of the longest-running primetime soaps in TV history. Years after J.R. Ewing lost Ewing Oil and apparently committed suicide, we learn that he is alive and well. He returns to Dallas, and plots what could be his greatest scheme: Bringing his family back together and regaining control of Ewing Oil from arch-enemy Cliff Barnes. Will he be successful?

12:00am Dallas #54 - A House Divided This is the second highest-rated television program of all time, which posed the question, "Who shot J.R.?" The cartel members and J.R.'s banker are financially ruined after the nationalization of the Asian fields. Seth Stone, one of the cartel members, kills himself. J.R. threatens to drive Kristin and Alan Beam out of town and he wants to put Sue Ellen back into the sanitarium. Pam and Bobby leave Dallas when Bobby learns that J.R. shut down an oil field to stop Cliff from having his revenge based on an agreement between Digger and Jock which Cliff has found among Digger's papers. Then as the episode draws to a close, J.R. is shot.

1:00am Knots Landing #1 - (PILOT) Running 14 years, Knots Landing is one of the longest- running dramas in television history. Gary and Val move to their new home in Knots Landing that Miss Ellie Bought for them, and then get acquainted with their new neighbors. Sid's 18-year-old rebellious daughter from a previous marriage, Annie, is visiting the Fairgates and is causing havoc among the family. Val attempts to fix Annie's relationship with her father.

2:00am Falcon Crest #69 - Requiem At first light, Melissa and Cole wait at the rescue base as the helicopters arrive with the survivors of the crashed plane. Angela disembarks, relaying the news that Philip Erikson is dead. The co-pilot and Michael Ranson were also killed in the crash. Richard insists that the cartel was responsible for the crash, while Chase maintains it was sabotage.

3:00am Scarecrow and Mrs. King #66 - All The World's A StageAmanda takes a role in a play by an American playwright to find out why the Soviets want to back the production.

4:00am Waltons #12 - The Dust Bowl Cousins The Walton's distant cousins arrive on the mountain and immediately upset everyone's lives with their shiftless dishonest ways.

5:00am The Hogan Family - #54 Animal House (SEASON FOUR PREMIERE) When college freshman David steals a rival school's mascot, the fierce creature gets loose and it's every Hogan for himself. Meanwhile, Mark and Willie enroll Sandy in a computer dating club.

5:30am John Larroquette #62 - Cosmetic Perjury When Eggers consults a plastic surgeon for a breast reduction, John considers a nip-and-tuck when fearing he looks older than his 45 years.

Sunday, June 13th

6:00am China Beach #24 - The Unquiet Earth This riveting drama chronicling unsung heroines of the Vietnam War received 21 Emmy nominations and four wins including Best Supporting Actress for Marg Helgenberger (CSI) and Best Actress for Dana Delaney. McMurphy and K.C. are kidnapped by the Viet Cong and taken underground into a warren of tunnels, where their captors expect McMurphy to operate on their wounded leader.

7:00am La Femme Nikita #88 - Four Light Years Further In this series based on the French film, Peta Wilson stars as a reluctant government assassin whose life is controlled by a mysterious agency. Michael and Nikita have been traveling from place to place, keeping one step ahead of Section One's attempts to find them. When George is eliminated from the picture after leaking intel to Red Cell in order to discredit Section One, the newly- empowered Operations and Madeline finally track down Michael and Nikita.

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