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Looking at our world from a theological perspective. This is

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the Theology Central podcast making Theology Central. Do you subscribe

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to a live TV streaming service, maybe sling TV, Direct

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TV stream.

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Hulu Live. Do you use a live TV streaming service?

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Maybe you're one of those. You're still using cable. Maybe

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you're using a cable live TV service right Maybe you're

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still using satellite of some sort a direct TV or

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a maybe Dish network. Maybe you're using one of those.

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But if you're using anything to watch live TV, maybe,

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just maybe you will consider a different live TV streaming

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service and maybe it will meet your needs a little better.

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Maybe it will be something you would find to be

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very useful, and maybe it would save you.

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A lot of money.

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I don't know if it will would be what you

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would want, but it may be something you will consider,

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and we will talk about that live TV streaming service

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right after I say good morning everyone. It is Tuesday,

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March the twenty fifth, twenty twenty five. It is currently

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eleven fifty one am Central time, and I am coming

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to you live from the Theology Central studio located right here.

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In Abilene, Texas.

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Now, for this podcast, I try to do a lot

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of different things, right, I mean, obviously we talk about theology.

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We talk about theology.

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Sometimes I like to to kind of mix in some

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some different things, right, I mean, we've been talking about

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the Salem Witch Trials and a narrative form. We did

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a little episode about an eighties pop song and how

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Christianity stole that from me. I do like to mix

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in different things. We sometimes do, you know, sermon reviews.

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Sometimes we're doing more a Bible study. I like to

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throw in as many different things as possible. Sometimes we

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do news commentary. A lot of times it has a

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very serious tone one and you hear me express a

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lot of my frustration and irritation.

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But I do like to try to mix in some

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different things.

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So I thought today I would take just a few

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minutes to tell you about a streaming TV service, one

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that some of you will find possibly interesting. Others will

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be like, nah, no way, no way, because I mean,

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no matter what service you recommend or you tell people about,

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it's not going to make everyone happy.

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But I do know this, and I don't know how.

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Prominent this is still in twenty twenty five, but there

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was a time that many Christians, many that may listen

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to a Christian podcast or a theology based podcast. Many

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of them are very very strict about what they will

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watch or what they will not watch. So many of them, well,

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we're not going to get Netflix, or we're not going

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to get Max, so we're not going to get Peacock

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or like. There's a lot of services that maybe they

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will not get because they don't like some of the

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content that is on it. Now, it doesn't matter which

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service anyone recommends, there's always going to be something you

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don't like. But maybe maybe this service that I'm going

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to tell you about, maybe it will make some of

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you a little happier who are very strict. Maybe for

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some of you, it's not that you're very strict, you're

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just not interested in paying as much money as it

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costs for some streaming services. Maybe some of you are

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just looking to try something a little different, a little

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off the beaten path. It doesn't matter maybe which category

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you fit into.

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I want to tell you.

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About a streaming service that maybe maybe it's one that

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you've not heard of, Maybe it's one that's so far

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off the beaten path that maybe you're you've never even

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you're not even familiar with it and.

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It is called Friendly TV.

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That is spelled f r n d l y Friendly

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TV f r in d l y again f r

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d l y Friendly. There's no I maybe because they're

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trying to save us from vowels, or maybe maybe they're

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trying to save us from high cable bills. If I

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really want to try to sound like i'm I'm giving

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you a commercial. Now remember I'm not not remember because

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I haven't told you yet. Just so that you know,

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I'm not connected with Friendly TV in any way, shape

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or form. They're not paying me, they're not a sponsor, nothing.

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I just have used a Friendly TV service numerous times.

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I will subscribe, then I will stop subscribing, then I

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will subscribe. I go through back and forth. But it's

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one because of its cost. It's really easy to try

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in any given time because it doesn't cost that much.

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But I do find it somewhat unique. It's kind of

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its own niche. But I think it's one that you

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should know about. Again, it's called Friendly TV.

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F r n d l y.

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There is to deny fr and dly Friendly television.

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You can look it up on well you just if

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you're using Apple TV.

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It doesn't matter what a platform you're utilizing, even if

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you're using a smart TV, you should be able to

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find the Friendly TV app.

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So what is it?

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Well, Friendly TV is a live TV streaming service built

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around what they would pretty much classify as family friendly,

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classic and comfort TV programming. I think that's probably a

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good way to describe it.

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Now.

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Some of it's very family family friendly. There's other things

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that some people may say, well, that's not very family friendly. Okay,

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let me just make it very clear. It doesn't matter

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what you suggest. Someone's not going to like something okay,

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especially within the Christian world. One person will say this

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TV program is okay. Another person will like that TV

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program was created by the Illuminati and reptilians and they're

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trying to destroy your life. So it doesn't really matter

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what you suggest. There's going to be a Christian out

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there who doesn't like it. But they're marketing. I mean,

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it's called friendly TV, right, It's called friendly TV. So

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the basic idea behind it when it was kind of

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originally launched was to be family friendly classic television and

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some would just called comfort programming, right, something you can

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just throw on and binge watch for five hours, you know,

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just something that's easy to watch. If you're someone who

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loves shows maybe like The Waltons, Matt Locke, Andy Griffith Show,

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Little House on the Prairie, old westerns, old sitcoms, then

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this is friendly Television would be basically a gold mind

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if you're a gold mine, if you're really into that

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type of thing.

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Now.

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Friendly TV launched back in twenty nineteen. It pretty much

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had a pretty clear mission offer a simple, affordable way

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to watch wholesome TV, the kind that doesn't rely on

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on shock value, our reality show drama. And the best part,

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it delivers exactly that without really any clutter. I mean,

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I mean it's pretty simple. It's pretty straightforward.

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You're good. Now you may say, well they need to

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offer more.

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I mean that's whatever. When say, it doesn't matter what

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you suggest. Somebody's well it doesn't have this or it

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doesn't have this. Yeah, there's going to be things that's

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it doesn't have, especially once you hear the cost, you're

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going to see, well, there's going to have to be

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some things that limits on.

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So what do you get friendly TV gives you?

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I think now it's over fifty channels. I believe it's

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over fifty channels now. Let me look, let me verify.

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I believe it's over fifty channels now. I don't want

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to give you wrong information.

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You see here. I believe it's over fifty.

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Yeah, over fifty channels now live and on demand, over

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fifty channels.

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At one point it was.

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At forty over forty, but it's over fifty channels now

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and that depends on your package and what you're going

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to you know, include or not include. Some of the

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channels are me TV, me TV Plus, and me TV Tunes.

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I mentioned those three because those are very very popular

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right now, very popular, and they've increased in their popularity

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over the last few years. MTV tunes really was launched

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I think a year ago and to a lot of fanfare,

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and a lot of people have really praised it. So

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if you like classic television, I mean, you get those

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three MTV, me TV I want I want to say MTV,

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me TV, me TV Plus.

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And me TV twos. Did I say MTV? See that's that's.

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That's someone who was watching a lot of MTV in

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the eighties, and that would not be friendly TV to.

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Most of you.

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In fact, MTV was viewed as the devil's tool to

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destroy an entire generation of young people. Right, So we're

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not talking about MTV, We're talking about me TV, Me TV,

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MeTV Plus, and MeTV tunes. They have again both of

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all of those have grown in popularity over the last

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few years. Again, MeTV launched, me TV tunes launched again

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a lot of fanfare and a lot of popularity. And

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of course, if you like classic television, those are the channels.

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A lot of systems will give you me TV, but

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they do not offer me TV plus. Many of them

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that offer me TV also do not offer me TV tunes.

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me TV tunes right now is on just a couple

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of just a couple of platforms, and Friendly TV is.

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One of the one of the main ones.

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They also have what's i n SP. Used to be

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the Inspirational Network. They've shortened it to i NSP. It

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used to be filled with you know, Bible teaching and

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that type of thing, and kind of moved away from that.

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Now it's Westerns, more Westerns, and more Westerns. They have

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Grit Western bound. So just those three between INSP, Grit

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and Western Bound, you get a ton of westerns and

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family dramas. They also offer FETV, get TV Heroes and Icons,

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Laugh which gives you a great mix of sitcoms, crime

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and action. And of course for those who love Hallmark,

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they've got you covered. They have the Hallmark a lot

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of different Hallmark channels. Plus they have Hallmark Plus, which

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is an add on service where you get Hallmark movies, mysteries.

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They have the Weather Channel, the Game Show Network, and

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we'll go through many others, all right, And you can

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stream live just like regular cable, or you can use

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their on demand library for shows and movies that have

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already aired. Now, what are some of the cool features

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for Friendly TV? What the I think one of the

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probably the most interesting features is what's known as the

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seventy two hour look back. Everything that is played on

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the entire service for seventy two hours.

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You don't have to record.

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You just go back and look at the section note

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called seventy two hour look back, and everything that's played

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on the service, everything that's played on the service for

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seventy two hours is just available.

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You just go back and then boom, you click on

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it and it will play.

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You don't even have to record it, so anything that's

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played on the service in seventy two hours you can

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just go.

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Back and start it all right, so if you miss something,

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there is no problem.

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You can rewind and watch anything that aired in the

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last three days.

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It also does have a DVR. You can record what you.

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Want and keep it up to nine months depending on

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your plan, and that's key. Depending on your plan, you

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can have up to four screens at one time playing

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with your premium plan. If you get a premium plan,

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then you have multiple streams up to four logins. Up

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to four log ins, so it makes it even very

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It makes it very affordable, especially if you've got other

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people who want to contribute or you know, add help

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pay for it. You don't really need a lot of people,

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but up to four different people can log in if

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you're using the premium the Premium plan. I think the

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interface is pretty simple, pretty clean. Seriously, it's not overloaded

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in any way, shape or form. You shouldn't be spending

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ten minutes scrolling. It should just take you a few minutes. Now,

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I guess it could take you ten minutes scrolling if

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you just go through the guide. It's really simple. If

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you go to the seventy two hour look back. Maybe

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that will take you ten minutes. If you go through

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all of your recordings, maybe that.

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Could take you ten minutes.

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If you go through all the on demand content, maybe

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that could add a little bit.

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But it's not.

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I don't think it's I think it's pretty simple, clean interface.

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I think that that's fair to say.

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It works on pretty much anything, Apple TV, firesticks, smart TVs, phones, tablets,

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any basically anything.

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However you say it correctly, but everyone always makes fun

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because I say it incorrectly, So now I'm self conscious, right,

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but Roku it works perfectly on that basically if you have,

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if you have, whatever you have, Friendly.

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The pricing, this is where many people feel it gets

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a lot better right now.

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SD Standard Definition video. Please don't get that one. I

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don't know who would be using SD video and it

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has no DVR. So the basic plan I would just say,

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don't even try. The Classic is nine ninety nine a

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month to streams HD video and a three month DVR,

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so anything you record will only stay there for three months.

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would just go with the premium. It's eleven ninety nine

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You really can't beat that.

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just examples of some things you can Again we'll look

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at some more details here in a minute, but just

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for example, just for example, So if you have a

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subscription to Friendly TV, let's say you're nostalgic for the

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golden era of television. One of the channels on Friendly

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Television is Catchy Comedy, and it is brought back the

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magic of CBS's legendary nineteen seventies Saturday night lineup. Now,

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that lineup in the nineteen seventies for CBS was to

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say legendary would be it's iconic and how famous it was,

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and they started this on January the fourth, they started airing.

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So on Saturday nights, eight pm you get All in

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the Family, eight thirty you get mash nine o'clock you

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get the Mary Tyler Moore Show, nine thirty you get

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the Bob Newhart Show, and ten pm you get the

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Carol Burnett Show. This lineup recreates the iconic CBS Saturday

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night schedule that dominated TV ratings, that became a staple

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in many households. So it's a fantastic opportunity to relive

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that kind of that those classics, but it kind of

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experienced them maybe for the first time. You have them

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right there, lined up one after another on a Saturday night,

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and it's just going to be like, well, kind of

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in some ways reliving what it would have been like

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watching in the nineteen seventies on CBS now. The Saturday

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night lineup on CBS in the nineteen seventies is widely

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considered one of the most iconic programming blocks and television history,

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and here's why it earned its legendary status. It featured groundbreaking,

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critically acclaimed shows. The lineup was stacked with some of

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the most innovative and smartly written and culturally relevant sitcoms

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and dramas at the time. All in the family. They

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tackled social and political issues head on, redefining the modern sitcom.

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show showcased an independent working woman,

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groundbreaking for its time with sharp humor and incredible character development.

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The Bob Newhart Show dry wit, understated charm, and a

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masterclass in comic timing, a perfect follow up to the

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emotional highs of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. And then

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you had The Carol Burnett Show, a variety sketch show

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that blended comedy, music, and celebrity gifts, closing out the

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night with and heart.

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During that famous CBS lineup, they would rotate in shows

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like Mash, The Jeffersons, and The Odd Couple, which were

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all strong contributors. Another reason it's so iconic, it was

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a ratings and awards juggernaut. Those shows consistently ranked in

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the top ten. They won dozens of Emmys, and critics

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called it Are you ready? This is what it was

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called back then, the greatest night of television ever. All

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right now, a lot of people would say, well, that's

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a little hyperbole.

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Maybe it was, but it's very.

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It's viewed again as almost this like iconic thing that

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happened in time. Also, CBS built the evening like a

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carefully crafted concert. It started strong with social commentary and

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laughs all in the family, then a deep connection with

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heartfelt character work the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Then they

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would smooth things out with clever related humor Bob Newhart.

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Then they would send you to bed smiling with variety

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and absurdity the Carol Burnett Show. It created a sense

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of trust. You could turn on CBS Saturday Night and

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be entertained for hours. The cultural impact of that lineup

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people arrange their weekends around this lineup. It was multi

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generational families watched together and during characters like like Archie Bunker,

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Mary Richards, Emily Hartley and others.

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Can see that they basically on this channel again part

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of the friendly television service. They recreated the CBS Saturday

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Night lineup and every Saturday Night is there now you say, well,

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back then, I had to be there on Saturday Night.

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I had to sit there.

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And now, of course you have the seventy two hour

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look back, so you can look back on it, even

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even if you didn't record it.

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But if you recorded it, then you have them right there, and.

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Then you can watch them whenever you want, in the

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order that they aired, so that you can recreate your

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own CBS Saturday Night lineup in the seventies. In fact,

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it wasn't just good. It became a model for TV

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programming strategy, and decades later, networks like Catchy Comedy recreate

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it because it still resonates. It wasn't just a lineup,

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it was what would have been called back then, and

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I think today the term is still used event television,

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all right. So that's just one example of one channel

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on the Friendly Television Service doing something very unique, very creative,

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recreating a TV lineup that was popular for a very

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long time and changed television forever. That's just one example.

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Another example, another example. Late last night, I was using

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the Friendly TV Service and all of a sudden, this

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scene popped up on my screen. This was a part

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of Me TV Plus and it was two kids on

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a seesaw, black and white, two kids on a seesaw.

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As soon as I saw the scene, I was like,

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well pause, I'm like.

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And I took a screenshot of it.

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As soon as I saw the scene, I'm like, what

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in the world, And I'm like, that is the iconic

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television scene. Does anybody know this iconic television scene?

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Two kids on a seesaw, one kid.

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If I'm looking at the screen, the kid on the left,

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he's black, the kid on the right is white. Now

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that may not mean anything to you in twenty twenty five,

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you may be like, who cares.

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But when that aired, it was somewhat revolutionary.

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So he was two kids, one black, one white, just

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playing on a seesaw. Now might scene seems simple today,

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but in the context of The Little Rascals originally called

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Our Gang and that era, it was genuinely revolutionary. When

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I saw it last night, I'm like, oh, this is

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the scene. This is the scene that I mean, anyone

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who knows anything about TV history, it was radically inclusive

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for its time. Our Gang began in nineteen twenty two,

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during the height of racial segregation. In Jim Crow laws

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Hal Roach, the producer of Our Gang or The Little Rascals.

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He intentionally cast black and white children together as equals,

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not side characters, not stereotypes, just kids being kids. It

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was the very first major series in American film history

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to do this in such a natural, regular way. It

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wasn't played for drama. It was just normal. The beauty

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was in the casualness. There's no talking about race. They're

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just playing that silent, playful equality was a statement on

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its own. It was subtle, but it was deeply subversive

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at its time. And this aired last night again on

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friendly television me TV Plus. As soon as the scene

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came on, I was like, there's the classic there. It

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is a lot of people don't even know that. If

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you showed people that scene today, they'd be like.

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Yeah, who cares.

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It was revolutionary, it was subversive. It was pretty amazing

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what was taking place right there. It reached millions of

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homes by the time it was syndicated the Little Rascals

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in the fifties and beyond. It introduced multiple generations to

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the idea of friendship that crossed racial lines, long before

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the Civil rights movement would even catch up. Before society

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even caught up there, it was on the Little Rascals

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just like subversive revolutionary scene. Different characters like Steimy and Buckwheat.

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Black characters weren't just comic relief. They were a regular

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part of the core Gang and some of the most

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beloved figures and the series. They were brave, they were funny,

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they were compassionate, and often they were the ones who

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solved the problem of the episode. That kind of representation,

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especially for black children in the nineteen twenties through the

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nineteen forties, was absolutely unheard of. And there it was

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last night, late last night on Friendly Television. So again,

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it's a very niche streaming service, but for the cost,

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you kind of get a gold mine of TV history.

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It's right there.

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So I want you to at least consider it now

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if the classic they still have more, So let me

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just add a little bit more here to some of

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the things. So let's say you enjoy kind of already

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the basic lineup of Friendly Television, but maybe you want

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to add a little bit more. You can go deeper

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into movies, into true crime or faith based content. There

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are a few add ons you can tell right inside

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the Friendly app. Here's what each one offers and why

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you might want to check it out. You have what's

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called Hallmark Plus. This features provides additional Hallmark content, includes

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more movies. It basically offers a rotating selection of Hallmark

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Channel original movies, including exclusive titles not airing on the

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Hallmark channel. It includes past seasons of shows like When

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Calls the Heart all obviously for those who love the

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holiday movies on Hallmark. Basically they're all right there, so

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you can watch them off season and well, they're all

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right there.

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It's called Hallmark Plus.

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So if you have the Friendly TV service, you can

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add it for seven ninety nine per month and then

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you get well all of that Hallmark content on demand.

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You don't have to wait for it.

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They also have now this is where some people would

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not be happy with this, They have the Lifetime Movie Club.

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This is for fan of mystery drama and those classic

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Lifetime style twist full access to a library of Lifetime

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original movies, a mix of true crime thrillers, romantic dramas,

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it's so wild it must be fiction type plots, no ads,

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just movie after movie after movie.

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It features a.

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Commercial free library of all of their content, and it

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offers not only adds new movies, it also add theme

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playlists are added each week and the pricing for that

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is four ninety nine per months. So these are add

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ons you can add on to the Friendly TV service.

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So if you look at the fifty plus channels, and

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you're like, well, I want a little bit more. You

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can add Hallmark Movie or Home that's no longer called

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Hallmark Movies now Hallmark Plus.

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They rebranded it. You have Lifetime Movie Club.

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Or for those who like their documentaries and true crime.

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If you're into t true crime documentaries are real police footage,

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this is your rabbit hole. It's called ane Crime Central.

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It's packed with series like the first forty eight American

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Justice Cold Case. It deep dives into investigations, forensic analysis,

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and real detective work. New content is added on a

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regular basis. Has over two thousand episodes available on demand,

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and you can add an e Crime Central to Friendly

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Television for four ninety nine per month. But if you

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want maybe something completely different, some may say this is

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the most underrated add on. It's the History Vault. If

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you like well produced historical documentaries, the History Vault would

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be for you. Has over two thousand documentaries pulled from

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the History Channel archives. Covers everything from World War Two,

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ancient Egypt, to technology, presidents, cultural shifts, greats for students,

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history buffs or just a casual learner, and you can

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get that added on for four ninety nine per month.

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Those are the oh wait there's another add on. Almost

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forgot the other one. Think of this as the Christian

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streaming service. Inside Friendly, it's called the Great American Pure Flicks,

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faith based movies and series Family friendly family programming with

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supposed Christian values, original series, kids content, uplifting series. Its

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price is it's one of the more expensive add ons

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eight ninety nine a month.

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All of those can be added on. Now. One good

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thing to know that all of these come.

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All of those add ons come with a seven day

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free trial, so you could test them before committing and

486
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seeing if it's.

487
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Really worth it.

488
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And for subscribers interested in multiple add ons, Friendly TV

489
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offers a bundled package of Lifetime Movie Club, History Vault,

490
00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:51.799
and A and E Crime Central, I believe, for nine

491
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to ninety nine a month, providing a cost effective way

492
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to access all three. All right, so if you want

493
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to add to so there's the Friendly TV service. I

494
00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:04.960
think I've got a gone through all of the features.

495
00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:09.079
I've talked about specific content. Now just to show you,

496
00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:14.200
I'm just gonna reach down here when I say show you,

497
00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:16.359
this is an audio podcast, so I really can't show you,

498
00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:20.119
but I'm gonna take my iPad pro here, all right,

499
00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:22.960
and I'm going to open up the Friendly app, and God,

500
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I'm gonna close this out.

501
00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.759
Okay, I'm gonna open.

502
00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:29.880
Up the Friendly TV app on my iPad. It's on

503
00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:34.319
two televisions downstairs. It's on the iPad here. So if

504
00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:37.279
I open this up, the very first thing that shows up,

505
00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:41.599
the very first thing is Hallmark Channel when calls the

506
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Heart and if I miss the finale, I can watch

507
00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:47.400
it right now. I have Stadium lock up from A

508
00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:51.160
and E. I have the Way Home from the Hallmark.

509
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I have the first forty eight Pond Stars, Swamp Mysteries,

510
00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.680
the Curse of Oak Island.

511
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That's just on the banner right at the top. All right.

512
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If I'm going, I'm gonna, I could go here through

513
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all the things that are offered. They have recommended for

514
00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:10.880
me based on my viewing. They have new episodes airing

515
00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:15.279
weekly of certain shows. Because I watched an episode of Taxi,

516
00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.559
it gives me other shows that I.

517
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Could possibly want I could watch.

518
00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:22.720
It gives me what's trending right now. What's trending right

519
00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:27.680
now is the Waltons, Hoarders, Matt Locke Murder. She wrote

520
00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:34.000
Hudson and Rex, I Love Lucy, Chicago, Fire, Storage Wars,

521
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House of Hannah Barber, Last Man, Standing a Deal or

522
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No Deal, Diagnosis Murder.

523
00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:42.799
They got a bunch of shows that are currently trending

524
00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:47.240
now most watched. They give some things here, so this

525
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is all just on your home tab. Oh.

526
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Here it is seventy two hour look back. If I

527
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want the seventy two hour look back, I can go

528
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here to view more. Here's the seventy two hour look back.

529
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Get the Yet Man with John Wayne that aired at

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ten thirty am on Monday. It's still available. History's Greatest Mysteries,

531
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Who Is dB Cooper? That aired on Monday.

532
00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:15.400
I can watch it. The movie Cannonball Run aired, I.

533
00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:19.920
Can watch that Garage Cell Mysteries from the Hallmark It's there.

534
00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.359
I mean, I can go on and on and on.

535
00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:24.000
There's all the stuff that's aired for the last seventy

536
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two hours.

537
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It's right there. You don't even have to record it.

538
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If I go to guide, let me just go through

539
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all the channels. I'm going to go through these quickly.

540
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Right here's the guide at the very top. A and

541
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E Right now, Customer Wars are currently airing. Next me

542
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TV gun Smoke is currently airing. Me TV Tunes, Pie

543
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Pye and Pals.

544
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Is currently airing.

545
00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:53.200
The History Channel is currently is The Next and The

546
00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:58.200
Unexplained is currently airing. Then Ion is next, Chicago Fire

547
00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:01.880
is currently airing. Then a Hallmark Channel, A Second Chance

548
00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:06.200
at Love is currently airing, then Hallmark Mysteries Matt Locke

549
00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:10.720
is currently airing. Up TV Walker Texas Ranger is currently

550
00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:15.359
airing Me TV Plus, TJ Hooker is currently airing, and

551
00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:18.279
then after that, the next thing that will be on

552
00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:21.640
ME TV Plus is a classic episode of the classic

553
00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:25.880
Swat TV show. Then Lifetime Major Crimes is currently airing.

554
00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:32.880
Lifetime Movie Network, the movie getting ready to begin is

555
00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:36.599
Black Girl Missing, then the Weather Channel, then the Game

556
00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:39.680
Show Network has Will of Fortune on and then another

557
00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:43.160
episode of Will of Fortune than Jeopardy, then Inspiration has

558
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The High a Western The Raffleman Wagontrell is airing, Grit

559
00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:55.920
has Tombstone Territory airing The Western Bound has The Young

560
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Raiders currently airing, and Laugh has a Man with a

561
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Plan getting ready to start Great American Family Murder. She

562
00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:11.920
wrote Hallmark Family, Highway to Heaven, Taste Made Food and More,

563
00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:15.319
Struggle Mills I go. I can go on and on

564
00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:19.519
and on and on. Ion Plus has Murdoch Mysteries. Ion

565
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Mysteries has CSI. Miami Court TV is currently on U

566
00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:30.839
H and I Heroes and Icons. The Unit is currently airing.

567
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Catchy comedy I Love Lucy.

568
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Is currently on f E t V.

569
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Well, now, some Christians, we get very bothered by this.

570
00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:46.240
Bewitched is on, and then let's see here. Ironside is

571
00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:52.039
on get TV, Deep Sea Detectives is on the Military

572
00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:58.000
History Channel. We see Great American Faith and Living log.

573
00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:03.119
Cabin Kings is currently on, and then I mean, I'm

574
00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:09.000
just skipping through some of these because there's so many. Yeah,

575
00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:14.200
there's plenty here. I won't go through everything currently happening.

576
00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:16.319
But that's all. That's just the guide.

577
00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:18.039
On Friendly Television, I can go to.

578
00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:23.480
TV the TV tab Live now, trending shows, continue watching,

579
00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:28.640
just added TV episodes, networks coming soon, Set your DVR,

580
00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:33.200
seventy two hour look back, just recorded shows, X marks

581
00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:38.880
the Spot, top Tier, Crime, Nostalgic Favorites, Most popular shows,

582
00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:44.000
When Calls the Heart, new episodes airing weekly, Journey through Time,

583
00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:47.720
TV time Capsule, endless Entertainment. I mean, just all these

584
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different categories, and then there's my stuff, everything that has

585
00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:57.519
been recorded and recordings that are expiring soon, and then

586
00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:59.960
all TV. Then they break down all of my content

587
00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:08.679
into the following categories A through Z sitcoms, dramas, westerns, documentaries, comedies,

588
00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.199
and then it gives me.

589
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All my scheduled recordings. There you have it.

590
00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:16.800
I think that's everything I can take you through on

591
00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:21.800
the app without showing you. That's the Friendly TV service.

592
00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:27.559
So I guess I'll just end it this way. Streaming

593
00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:30.559
services are piling up. Everyone knows that there are so many.

594
00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:33.159
There are countless numbers of.

595
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Them, and they do get expensive.

596
00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:39.280
They keep increasing the cost, increasing the cost, increasing the cost,

597
00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:43.840
especially if you want live TV, they continue to increase

598
00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:47.280
the costs. I think, if you know, the best thing

599
00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:50.559
probably to like about Friendly Television it knows what it

600
00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:52.880
is and knows what it's not.

601
00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:53.760
Right.

602
00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:57.400
It's not trying to be, you know, take care of everything.

603
00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.800
It's not going to be adding all of your sports

604
00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.400
now networks.

605
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It's not going to be.

606
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It doesn't have any news networks, no sports networks, it

607
00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:07.960
doesn't have any of that. Right, it knows what it is.

608
00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:15.519
It's offering classic friendly type television documentaries, a little mixture

609
00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:20.960
of true crime history, Hallmark movies, classic television shows.

610
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It knows what it is.

611
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It's not trying to be Netflix, it's not trying to

612
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be Hulu. It's about nostalgia. It's about simplicity. It's about

613
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stuff you can have on in the background or sit

614
00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:38.760
and bingch for hours. If you're into classic TV, westerns,

615
00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:42.360
family friendly programming, or you just maybe want something that's

616
00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:47.239
pretty simple, enjoyable, then maybe Friendly TV is a great option.

617
00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:52.039
Considering what they are charging for it, they're still very small,

618
00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:55.679
small small. They have like only like seven hundred thousand subscribers,

619
00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.800
so they are, like, you know, they're way off the

620
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beaten path nobody. I mean, even if I go to

621
00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:05.519
uh the app store my Apple Television, I look for

622
00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:08.920
the different you know apps for my Apple television streaming device,

623
00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.800
you don't even see Friendly TV.

624
00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.760
It's not even listed.

625
00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:14.840
You're gonna see Hulu, you're gonna see Disney Plus, you're

626
00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:18.360
gonna see Netflix. You don't even see Friendly You've got

627
00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:20.440
to go type it in. It's not even going to

628
00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:23.880
show up right there. So even if you look under

629
00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:27.400
Live TV, you're gonna have Sling you're gonna have Hulu Live,

630
00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:31.159
you're gonna have direct TV stream, You're you're not gonna

631
00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:35.320
find friendly TV. Uh So it's it's way off the

632
00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:39.400
beaten path, but it may be something that you could

633
00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:41.599
be interested in. So I just wanted to take a

634
00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:46.480
few minutes to tell everyone about it. Maybe maybe it

635
00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:48.639
will be for you, maybe not. You can get a

636
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seven day free trial if you'll go to let me

637
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let me type it in right here. If you go

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to try t r y dot friendly that's f r

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n d l YV fr n d l y tv

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dot com. That's tried dot friendlytv dot com.

641
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You can watch seven days for free and you can

642
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try it now.

643
00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:15.440
May be one of those things you say, well I

644
00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:18.079
can get some of these channels on what I already use.

645
00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:21.559
Maybe you can. Maybe then, I don't know. I know

646
00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.920
some of you will be like, well I need this,

647
00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:25.320
I want this. Either way, you can try it and

648
00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:29.400
just see many cases on some of those others you have,

649
00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:32.360
there's so much content. You can just sit there and

650
00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:35.800
scroll and scroll, you know, like I have direct TV

651
00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:39.480
stream right and sometimes it'll be like there's like.

652
00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.719
Nine thousand channels here.

653
00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:45.519
I'm never gonna find anything sometimes less, and I think

654
00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:49.320
there's that old saying less is more right now. Of course,

655
00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:52.199
if I'm looking for sports or I'm looking for certain things,

656
00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:54.480
I'm gonna have to go to a different service obviously.

657
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But sometimes I want.

658
00:37:55.800 --> 00:38:02.519
Just simple, not cluttered, straightforward comfort kind of TV, simple,

659
00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:06.719
easy fun. Maybe I can I mix it up. I've

660
00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:10.119
been utilizing artificial intelligence. I've been asking AI to make

661
00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:13.320
me a daily schedule, like, hey, take these channels from

662
00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:16.719
friendly TV and make me a schedule. So it's kind

663
00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:22.039
of been fun to see what AI will do. In fact,

664
00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:24.679
I see here, I can give you some of the schedules.

665
00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:26.960
It's giving me here really quick. It's kind of it's

666
00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:30.800
pretty cool what AI can do. This is the one

667
00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:33.400
for March the twenty fourth. It started at nine in

668
00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:36.559
the morning. Wanted me to watch an episode of The

669
00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:41.199
Waltons season five, episode six, called the Firestorm. This is

670
00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:46.079
when John Boy printed a controversial article about Hitler causing turmoil.

671
00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:49.599
That's interesting that AI picked that to watch. Then they

672
00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:52.760
wanted me at ten am to watch Perry Mason season six,

673
00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:58.679
episode fifteen, The Case of the Prankish Professor. Perry defends

674
00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:02.400
a professor accused of murder after a prank goes wrong.

675
00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:05.639
Then it wanted me to watch an episode of Mattlock

676
00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:09.719
Season three, episode ten, the DJ Mattlocke defends a radio

677
00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:14.280
personality of accused of killing a rival. Then it wanted

678
00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:18.360
me to watch an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger. Walker

679
00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:21.679
protects a woman being hunted by a mob boss. Then

680
00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:24.679
it wanted me to watch an episode of NYPD Blue,

681
00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:28.360
a family murder case It's close to Home. Then it

682
00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:32.719
wanted me to watch a laugh according to Jim. Jim

683
00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:35.760
reveals a family secret during Thanksgiving dinner, which is a comedy.

684
00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:39.400
Then it wanted me to go watch a Western bat

685
00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:45.079
Matt Masterson dead Man's Claim Bat investigates a murder tied

686
00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:48.000
to disputed gold claim. Then wanted me to watch an

687
00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:51.480
episode of Sandford and Son. Then it wanted me to

688
00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:53.519
watch another episode of Sanford and Son. Then it wanted

689
00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:55.840
me to watch two episodes of Mash. Then it wanted

690
00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:57.719
me to watch an episode of The Andy Griffith Show.

691
00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:59.639
Then it wanted me to watch an episode of Gomer

692
00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:02.400
Pyle Well, then Little House on the Prairie. It mixed

693
00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:04.559
all kinds of different things, and so it was just

694
00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:08.960
cool that artificial intelligence could just say I can create

695
00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:12.840
your own your own TV programming, so and it gives

696
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me the channel, tells me the time. I thought that

697
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was interesting. But again, it could do that because of

698
00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:21.880
the limited number of channels, and I even gave it

699
00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:24.280
which channels I wanted it to look for. The point

700
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is with a friendly television because it's limited, and if

701
00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:33.239
you just limit yourself to that, even if just for

702
00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:38.320
seven days, even just for one month, then well then

703
00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:40.320
you'll have to pick what's there, and you can mix

704
00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:43.760
in some things maybe you probably wouldn't typically watch. So

705
00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:45.480
what I do is what AI tells me to watch.

706
00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.960
I watch whether I want to watch it or not.

707
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Right, I'm like, what is it? This morning?

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I had me watch an episode of The Big Valley,

709
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and I'm like, well, I'm not necessarily a big fan

710
00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:58.039
of this classic Western TV series, but I'll watch it.

711
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It was actually a pretty good episode. It's like, okay,

712
00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:03.960
that's that was good. Thanks, thanks for that one. Thanks.

713
00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:09.719
All right, there you go, so Friendly TV. Try it.

714
00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:11.280
Check it out if you're interested.

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If you're not, again, let me make it very clear,

716
00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:15.679
because someone's going to like, well, there's some things on

717
00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:17.880
there that a Christian shouldn't watch. I'm not telling you

718
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to watch anything. I'm just telling you about a service.

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Are there things on there that many Christians would probably

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find acceptable and happy, and you would love to have

721
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it available for your kids. Let them watch some classic shows.

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Maybe they would watch them, maybe not. Maybe it will

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be for you, Maybe your family would like it. Maybe

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you feel safer with it.

725
00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.840
I don't know.

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For others, it's not even about friendly or family safe.

727
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Maybe it's just about something a little off the beaten path,

728
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something different, Mix it up, change it up, watch some

729
00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:52.119
classic shows, try something different. Maybe it's just, you know,

730
00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:55.599
create a because of friendly TV. Some channels will do

731
00:41:55.639 --> 00:42:01.400
little marathons and blocks, put some class television episodes that

732
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all follow a certain theme together, and some of that's

733
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just fun. It's just something different. It's not about being

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family friendly. It's just about something different.

735
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So give it a try. If you try it out,

736
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let me know.

737
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Again, I don't get any money for this. They're not

738
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a sponsor, they're not attached to this. I'm not attached

739
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to them. I just thought, well, let me tell everyone

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about it. So there you have it, Friendly TV again.

741
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You can check it out by going to try dot

742
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friendly TV. That's f r N d l y tv

743
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dot com. It's the most affordable live TV streaming service,

744
00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:45.840
and it is for fifty plus channels live streaming. You

745
00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:48.960
can't really get that. Will you get everything you want? Well,

746
00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:52.360
what do you expect.

747
00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:56.719
For fifty plus channels at what eleven ninety nine a month?

748
00:42:57.039 --> 00:43:01.639
You're not You're not going. That's the premium service. You're

749
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not going to get everything you want. So I know

750
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I'm gonna get an email. Well they don't have this channel.

751
00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:08.719
Well I'm not saying they do.

752
00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:11.440
Okay, I tried to just tell you everything they have.

753
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All right, thanks for listening. I wanted to just offer a.

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Little informative program to kind of break up our regularly

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regular scheduled programming.

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There you have it, Thanks for listening. God bless