Announcing the Coordinated Dark Shadows Watching Project!

Here is the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, July 2: Episode 331, originally aired Monday, October 2, 1967
Tuesday, July 3: Episode 332, originally aired Tuesday, October 3, 1967
Wednesday, July 4: Episode 333, originally aired October 4, 1967
Thursday, July 5: Episode 334, originally aired October 5, 1967
Friday, July 6: Episode 335, originally aired Friday, October 6, 1967
Monday, July 9: Episode 336, originally aired Monday, October 9, 1967
Tuesday, July 10: Episode 337, originally aired Tuesday, October 10, 1967
Wed., July 11: Episode 338, originally aired Wednesday, October 11, 1967
Thursday, July 12: Episode 339, originally aired Thursday, October 12, 1967
Friday, July 13: Episode 340, originally aired Friday, October 13, 1967

Here is the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, July 16: Episode 341, originally aired Monday, October 16,1967
Tuesday, July 17: Episode 342, originally aired Tuesday, October 17, 1967
Wednesday, July 18: Episode 343, originally aired October 18, 1967
Thursday, July 19: Episode 344, originally aired October 19, 1967
Friday, July 20: Episode 345, originally aired Friday, October 20, 1967
Monday, July 23: Episode 346, originally aired Monday, October 23, 1967
Tuesday, July 24: Episode 347, originally aired Tuesday, October 24, 1967
Wed., July 25: Episode 348, originally aired Wednesday, October 25, 1967
Thursday, July 26: Episode 349, originally aired Thursday, October 26, 1967
Friday, July 27: Episode 350, originally aired Friday, October 27, 1967

Here is the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, July 30: Episode 351, originally aired Monday, October 30,1967
Tuesday, July 31: Episode 352, originally aired Tuesday, October 31, 1967
Wednesday, August 1: Episode 353, originally aired November 1, 1967
Thursday, August 2: Episode 354, originally aired November 2, 1967
Friday, August 3: Episode 355, originally aired Friday, November 3, 1967
Monday, August 6: Episode 356, originally aired Monday, November 6, 1967
Tuesday, August 7: Episode 357, originally aired Tuesday, November 7, 1967
Wednesday., August 8: Episode 358, originally aired Wednesday, November 8, 1967
Thursday, August 9: Episode 359, originally aired Thursday, November 9, 1967
Friday, August 10: Episode 360, originally aired Friday, November 10, 1967

Here is the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, August 13: Episode 361, originally aired Monday, November 13,1967
Tuesday, August 14: Episode 362, originally aired Tuesday, November 14, 1967
Wednesday, August 15: Episode 363, originally aired November 15, 1967
Thursday, August 16: Episode 364, originally aired November 16, 1967
Friday, August 17: Episode 365, originally aired Friday, November 17, 1967
1795 BEGINS:
Monday, August 20: Episode 366, originally aired Monday, November 20, 1967
Tuesday, August 21: Episode 367, originally aired Tuesday, November 21, 1967
Wednesday., August 22: Episode 368_369, originally aired Wednesday, November 22, 1967
Thursday, August 23: No Episode, originally Thursday, November 23, 1967 was Thanksgiving
Friday, August 24: Episode 370, originally aired Friday, November 24, 1967

I should have been doing the "for the next 2 weeks" updates myself, but perhaps it's better that I do not.  Around the time that my computer got creamed by lightning and I broke my foot in the same week, I stopped.  I had it in mind that I really had to note in here when Thanksgiving came along so we'd skip that day.  Checked the DVD, saw (honest!) that it wasn't this week, and thought to myself, "Hmm, we must have done Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November back then instead of the fourth Thursday."  MB, you now have a difficult choice: should you pull out my quote on my being unobservant, or should you pull out my quote on my being incompetent, or both?  If it is desired that I should resume doing the updates, I'll do so, but golly the ten feet between the TV and the computer seem more like ten miles these days.

Unless someone has a copy of the DS Program Guide or has access to some other source that lists the dates episodes were originally aired, it can be very hard to figure out when preemptions took place. Sometimes it can be deduced from the double-numbering of episodes - but in the case where they played catch-up after unexpected preemptions, the double-numbering can take place more than a month after the actual preemption.

Here is the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, August 27: Episode 371, originally aired Monday, November 27,1967
Tuesday, August 28: Episode 372, originally aired Tuesday, November 28, 1967
Wednesday, August 29: Episode 373, originally aired November 29, 1967
Thursday, August 30: Episode 374, originally aired November 30, 1967
Friday, August 31: Episode 375, originally aired Friday, December 1, 1967
Monday, September 3: Episode 376, originally aired Monday, December 4, 1967
Tuesday, September 4: Episode 377, originally aired Tuesday, December 5, 1967
Wednesday, September 5: Episode 378, originally aired Wednesday, December 6, 1967
Thursday, September 6: Episode 379, originally aired Thursday, December 7, 1967
Friday, September 7: Episode 380, originally aired Friday, December 8, 1967

Here is the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, September 10: Episode 381, originally aired Monday, December 11,1967
Tuesday, September 11: Episode 382, originally aired Tuesday, December 12, 1967
Wednesday, September 12: Episode 383, originally aired Wednesday, December 13, 1967
Thursday, September 13: Episode 384, originally aired Thursday, December 14, 1967
Friday, September 14: Episode 385, originally aired Friday, December 15, 1967
Monday, September 17: Episode 386, originally aired Monday, December 18, 1967
Tuesday, September 18: Episode 387, originally aired Tuesday, December 19, 1967
Wednesday, September 19: Episode 388, originally aired Wednesday, December 20, 1967
Thursday, September 20: Episode 389, originally aired Thursday, December 21, 1967
Friday, September 21: Episode 390_391, originally aired Friday, December 22, 1967

So (taking up the conversation again only a couple of weeks later), what's listed on the DVD's is incorrect.  And now I'm wondering: was episode 210 aired on a Friday or a Monday?  Because it always seemed to me to be an outstanding Friday cliffhanger, but according to the DVD it aired on a Monday, but now I find out the DVD is not infallible.

I honestly haven't checked all the DVDs, but I can't say that I've noticed any instances where they list the wrong air dates for the episodes.

As for Ep #210, it was originally intended to air on Friday, April  14, 1967 but it ended up airing on Monday, April 17, 1967 because DS was unexpectedly preempted on the 10th due to an AFTRA strike. The numbering for the episodes didn't correct itself until Ep #225_226.

Here is the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, September 24: No Episode, originally Monday, December 25, 1967 was Christmas
Tuesday, September 25: Episode 392, originally aired Tuesday, December 26, 1967
Wednesday, September 26: Episode 393, originally aired Wednesday, December 27, 1967
Thursday, September 27: Episode 394, originally aired Thursday, December 28, 1967
Friday, September 28: Episode 395, originally aired Friday, December 29, 1967
Monday, October 1: Episode 396, originally aired Monday, January 1, 1968
Tuesday, October 2: Episode 397, originally aired Tuesday, January 2, 1968
Wednesday, October 3: Episode 398, originally aired Wednesday, January 3, 1968
Thursday, October 4: Episode 399, originally aired Thursday, January 4, 1968
Friday, October 5: Episode 400, originally aired Friday, January 5, 1968

I re-checked the DVDs for the time around Thanksgiving 1967, and found:

Set 4, #4:
366 aired 11/20
367 aired 11/21
368 aired 11/22
369 aired 11/23
370 aired 11/24

Set 5, #1:
372 aired 11/28
373 aired 11/29
374 aired 11/30
375 aired 12/1

MPI did get Christmas right, however.

It's at times like these that I'm glad I have a DVD player that holds 5 DVDs.

I re-checked the DVDs for the time around Thanksgiving 1967, and found:

Shame on them. 

Here is the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, October 8: Episode 401, originally aired Monday, January 8, 1968
Tuesday, October 9: Episode 402, originally aired Tuesday, January 9, 1968
Wednesday, October 10: Episode 403, originally aired Wednesday, January 10, 1968
Thursday, October 11: Episode 404, originally aired Thursday, January 11, 1968
Friday, October 12: Episode 405, originally aired Friday, January 12, 1968
Monday, October 15: Episode 406, originally aired Monday, January 15, 1968
Tuesday, October 16: Episode 407, originally aired Tuesday, January 16, 1968
Wednesday, October 17: Episode 408, originally aired Wednesday, January 17, 1968
Thursday, October 18: Episode 409, originally aired Thursday, January 18, 1968
Friday, October 19: Episode 410, originally aired Friday, January 19, 1968

Here is the Project schedule for the next two weeks:

Monday, October 22: Episode 411, originally aired Monday, January 22, 1968
Tuesday, October 23: Episode 412, originally aired Tuesday, January 23, 1968
Wednesday, October 24: Episode 413, originally aired Wednesday, January 24, 1968
Thursday, October 25: Episode 414, originally aired Thursday, January 25, 1968
Friday, October 26: Episode 415, originally aired Friday, January 26, 1968
Monday, October 29: Episode 416, originally aired Monday, January 29, 1968
Tuesday, October 30: Episode 417, originally aired Tuesday, January 30, 1968
Wednesday, October 31: Episode 418, originally aired Wednesday, January 31, 1968
Thursday, November 1: Episode 419, originally aired Thursday, February 1, 1968
Friday, November 2: Episode 420, originally aired Friday, February 2, 1968