July 17, 2009
THIS Movie Channel
Since the digital switch over some channels are numbered with two digits, a dash and then another digit. One such channel is 02-2, which is known as the “this” Channel. It shows only movies… old movies —movies of stars before they became stars. The movies are shown from start to finish, including the opening credits and the closing list of characters. Of course, before the opening credits, there is the movie studios prduction logo. ie MGM, Metro Goldwin Meyer — the roaring lion which roars!
The This collection is made up of six distinct libraries (Cannon, United Artists, Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Orion, Samuel Goldwyn Films and MGM) that provides quality entertainment from its library of 4,000 films and 10,000 episodes of TV Series. ”This is the place for movies.”
Right after Farrah Fawcett died, they showed several of her movies. Movies are usually shown more than once so you have the chance to watch an “encore” presentation if you want. I noticed the same thing right after Gene Hackman passed away. This week, Haunted Honeymoon has been playing with Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner.
This Saturday, “this” is having a “Jackie Chan Marathon” beginnining at 1:00 ET which should be 10:00 am Pacific Time.
http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?aid=wgaldt2 All movie times are listed in Eastern time which means that we see the movies three hours earlier than they are listed. for instance, “Kiss the Sky” started at 3:00am ET, but started at midnight here in Oregon.
Enjoy your new Movie Channel!!!
