One Life to Live
Since the agreement made between ABC and Prospect Park was not limited to internet television and did allowed "One Life to Live" to be broadcast on traditional television, there was an announcement on August 3, 2011 about a possibility of "One Life to Live" airing on a cable channel. On October 5, 2011, the project to bring "One Life to Live" to cable was reiterated in a "New York Times" article, where it was revealed that Prospect Park planned to first air episodes on The Online Network, then make them available on television on demand and, then weeks later, on cable television.
The Facts of Life (TV series)
NBC aired daytime reruns of "The Facts of Life" from December 13, 1982 until June 21, 1985 at 10:00 AM (and later 12:00 noon) on the daytime schedule. Episodes aired on various television stations from September 15, 1986 to September 10, 1993, then aired on the USA Network on and off from September 13, 1993 to September 11, 1998. In August 1994, the network celebrated the show's 15-year anniversary with a day-long marathon of 14 episodes featuring new interviews with Rae, Whelchel and Cohn. Episodes aired on Nick at Nite from September 4, 2000 to June 28, 2001, although the network did not air certain episodes that contained highly mature content during prime time (including the first-season episode "Dope"), instead opting to air episodes with more serious topics at late night/early morning times. TV Land aired 48 hours of "The Facts of Life" episodes on its "Fandemonium Marathon Weekend" on November 17–19, 2001. The Hallmark Channel aired "The Facts of Life" from July 1 to November 1, 2002. Episodes were available on Comcast's Video-On-Demand service from August 8, 2005 to July 31, 2006 and again from the August 6, 2007 until Tube Time's shutdown date on December 31, 2009. On July 16, 2008 full episodes and short "minisodes" of "The Facts of Life" became available online via Hulu. On March 12, 2012, TeenNick added the series to their morning line-up; however, the series' addition to the channel was short-lived, as it left the schedule on April 3, 2012. The series premiered on The Hub on April 2, 2012, where it played through the end of March 2013. Currently the series airs on Logo TV. Since August 21, 2017, the series has also aired on MeTV."The Facts of Life" was originally not a ratings winner on Friday nights in its summer debut in 1979 or in its second tryout in the spring of 1980. It ranked 74th of 79 shows on the air in the year-end Nielsen ratings and was NBC's lowest-rated series. The show was put on hiatus and extensively retooled in preparation for season two. In November 1980, season two of "The Facts of Life" premiered in a Wednesday 9:30 p.m. time slot, where it immediately flourished, peaking in January 1981 with a 27.4 rating and 41 share; it ranked #4 for the week. The program became NBC's fourth highest-rated scripted series, after "Little House on the Prairie", "Diff'rent Strokes" and "CHiPs". By the third season, the series moved time slots to 9:00 p.m. Wednesdays and soon became NBC's highest-rated comedy series and NBC's #2 overall series, after "Real People". For its seventh season, it moved to Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., to bolster the premiering series "The Golden Girls" at 9:00 p.m. in the newly formed Saturday night comedy block. At the start of the eighth season, the series was moved back a half-hour to the toughest time slot on television — Saturday at 8:00 p.m., which brought the ratings down from its season seven high. Still, the series easily won its time slot and garnering high numbers in the coveted teen and 18–49 demographics. One of the highest rated season eight episodes saw the original season one cast return for a mini reunion. Titled "The Little Chill", it placed #19 for the week with an 18.2 rating and 31 share. In the article "Ratings Top with Teens" appearing in the January 19, 1988 edition of "USA Today", "The Facts of Life" was ranked as one of the top 10 shows in a survey of 2,200 American teenagers.On April 21 and 22, 2001, Columbia House released "The Facts of Life: The Collector's Edition", a 10-volume "Best of" the series on VHS (40 episodes in all). With the advent shortly thereafter of TV on DVD and Columbia House's eventual move from the direct marketing model of exclusive series, the tapes were discontinued. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the first two seasons on DVD in Region 1 on May 9, 2006 with new interviews with most of the cast, including first season regulars Felice Schachter and Julie Anne Haddock. To promote the DVD's release, McKeon, Whelchel and Cohn appeared together on various TV shows such as "Entertainment Tonight", "Today Show" and "CNN Showbiz" to reminisce about their time on the show and talk about their lives presently; unfortunately, Fields was unable to take part due to other commitments. The third season was released on October 24, 2006. This release failed to match the success of the first and second seasons, sales-wise. The first and second seasons were also released in Region 4 on March 7, 2007. In 2010, Shout! Factory acquired the rights to the series and released the fourth season on Region 1 DVD on May 4, 2010. Special features include "The Facts of Life Goes To Paris", a made-for-TV-movie (which originally aired a few days prior to the fourth season debut) and a "Know "The Facts": Trivia Game." They have subsequently released seasons five through nine on DVD.Mill Creek Entertainment re-released the first and second seasons on DVD on May 20, 2014. It is unknown as to whether or not Mill Creek will release any further seasons.On January 13, 2015, Shout! Factory released "The Facts of Life – The Complete Series" on DVD in Region 1. The 26-disc set contains all 201 episodes of the series as well as the two made-for-TV films ("The Facts of Life Goes to Paris" and "The Facts of Life Down Under") and other bonus features including an all-new cast reunion. "The Facts of Life Reunion" film is not included in this collection and is yet to be released on DVD.