Feb. 3, 2008, January WCPO pre-emptions

WCPO behaved itself--somewhat--in January, for I found only three pre-emptions:
Thursday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m., Fighting for Life instead of Ugly Betty
Friday, Jan. 18, 9 p.m., Fighting for Life instead of Desperate Housewives
Wednesday, Jan. 23, Living Healthy at 8 p.m. and Winter Wonderland at 8:30 p.m. instead of Wife Swap

I have a sneaking suspicion that once the networks run out of new episodes of many of its programs because of the writers' strike, WCPO will cancel ABC's schedule entirely.

You know, I wouldn't complain so much if WCPO actually ran something that was interesting! And "interesting" does not include Billy Graham specials or health programming. If Channel 9 wanted to air reruns of old shows from the 60s, 70s or 80s on a regular basis (and that means anything BUT The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Friends, I Love Lucy, Leave it to Beaver, Seinfeld or The Simpsons, since all of those shows' episodes have aired at least 10,000 times), I might be willing to watch the station.

Feb. 1, 2008, new epier item

The doll I have put for sale this week on epier is Fashion Friend Pretty Teen from 1991. She is the same size as the Teen Fun Skipper and Courtney dolls.
Kmart sold two exclusive Barbie family dolls in 1991. There were two versions of the Barbie-sized doll, Swimsuit Fashion Friend and Party Dress Fashion Friend. Her sister was Pretty Teen, who wasn't all that well-known to begin with and is now rather hard to find.
Here is the link:
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1671891

Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, new epier auction

This is what I placed for sale this week--the accessories to the 1981 Western Barbie.
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm_edit.asp?1668127

Jan. 18, 2008, new Epier auction

I am selling one of Barbie's 1980s competitors this week. It's one of the Flower Princess dolls.
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1664686.
If the link doesn't work, you'll have to try copying and pasting.

Jan. 11, 2008, new epier auction

This is the item I have placed for sale this week, a PJ doll. If the link doesn't work, you can try copying and pasting.
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm_edit.asp?1661044

Jan. 4, 2008, Maxie epier auction

This is my Epier auction listing for this week:
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1657956
If the link doesn't work you can try copying and pasting.
The Maxie dolls were one of number of lines of dolls that were slightly taller and wider than the Barbie dolls. Few people seem to have noticed that, in the 60s, 70s and 80s, although three different companies--Hasbro, Ideal and Mego--made these larger fashion dolls, all the bodies were pretty much the same. In other words, if you have any of the following dolls, you should consider them cousins:
1. Ideal's Tammy, Tammy's mother and Misty.
2. Hasbro's Darcy, Jem and Maxie.
3. Mego's girl celebrity dolls: Princess Leia, Toni Tennille, Cher, Farrah Fawcett and Dorothy Hamill.
The same rule applies to the boy dolls for the above series.
Not to mention some of the other lesser-known Barbie competitors, such as Tressy and Mary Makeup.

Jan. 1, 2008, WCPO Dec. pre-emptions

These are the ABC programs that WCPO pre-empted during December. There are actually fewer shows pre-empted than what WCPO had originally planned to take off.
Friday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m., Billy Graham Special instead of Men in Trees
Friday, Dec. 7, 9 p.m., Top 5 Holiday Hits instead of Women’s Murder Club
Saturday, Dec. 8, 8 p.m., Subterraneans and The Freshman instead of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Women’s Murder Club
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 10 p.m., The Handbook: Holidays instead of Dirty Sexy Money
Sunday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m., Sheila Bridges Holiday Special instead of America’s Funniest Home Videos
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 10 p.m., The Nutcracker on Ice instead of Boston Legal
Thursday, Dec. 20, 10 p.m., Over the Top Holiday instead of Big Shots
Wednesday, Dec. 26, 8 p.m., Look Who’s Talking instead of Pushing Daisies and Private Practice