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Hank Gets Yanked for Charlie Brown's Pumpkin	Hank	Login to vote
ABC opts to run It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown a second time instead of airing Kelsey Grammer's new comedy. Deathwatch in full force! It's never a good sign to have your show pulled from the schedule in favor of another program. It's never a good sign to have your show pulled from the schedule in favor of a children's program. And it's especially not a good sign to have your show pulled for a children's program that is already airing the night before. That's exactly what's going down at ABC, which has decided to skip a week of Hank in favor of airing It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on October 28. The Chuckster's love of gourds is an annual tradition for television (and historically, it's done fairly well in the ratings), so it's no surprise that the special is being aired during primetime. But as we mentioned above, the Peanuts Halloween special is already airing the night before on ABC. The encore will be a truncated version of an hourlong special, and a lead-in to the rest of ABC's comedy block (which is scheduled to air as planned). That's just a downright insult to Hank... the exact opposite of a vote of confidence from the network. Running a shrunken-down version of a 43-year old cartoon that everyone has seen like 18 times instead of a primetime comedy featuring one of the sitcom world's most successful stars? Youch! This is like Lucy pulling the football away right as Kelsey Grammer (whom we love dearly) tries to kick it. (Although to be fair, Charlie Brown might deliver more laughs than Hank which is, well, if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all.) Look for Hank to be off the air before Thanksgiving, when ABC can re-air a sped-up version of the 1982 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Written by: latifa [19th Oct 09, 08:07]