If you're a fan of "The Honeymooners" (and who isn't?), we have some good news and less good news about the Greatest Sitcom of Them All.
WPIX/11 announced today that it will begin airing every "Hooneymooners" episode (108 of 'em, not just the classic 39) based on a viewers' choice poll, starting Sunday, March 16.
That's the good news (although for diehard Mooner Maniacs, the classic 39 are all that matter).
Now the less-good news: The episodes will air from 1-2 a.m. late Sunday/early Monday. So that means unless you're a sleepwalking insominiac like Ed Norton, you're gonna have to fire up the DVR. (Or maybe this hour is homage to "The Late Late Late Show" that Ralph and Ed watched during the classic "TV or Not TV" episode.)
Starting on March 7, you can go to CW11.com to vote for your favorite episodes. Each week, the two episodes with the most votes will air in the Viewer’s Choice Hour. If you can’t remember the title, CW11.com will feature a short clip from all 108 episodes (with title, cast and summary information) on the voting page.
Each week, viewers can log on and vote for the two episodes they want to see on air that weekend. On Sunday nights, back-to-back-episodes of the top two vote-getters will air. Once an episode has aired it will be removed from the polls and all episodes will air only once.
We'll take Ralph, Ed, Alice and Trixie where we can (and we are grateful for Ch.11's "Honeymooners" marathons). But there are still some of us out there who remember when Ch. 11 aired "The Honeymooners" every weeknight at 11:30.
How about you? Which two "Hooneymooners" would you vote for?
As for our favorites, we'll take the aforementioned "TV or Not TV" and "The $99,000 Answer."