• TVNewsCheck, Tuesday, January 4, 2011 10:56 PM

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Weigel Broadcasting Co. today announced plans for the national launch of Me-TV, a television network offering classic TV sitcoms, dramas and classic commercials and targeted for stations' multicast channels. MGM and Weigel have also worked together on the launch two years ago of THIStv, a national broadcast movie service that is distributed in more than 85% of the country and in 40 million cable households.

A local version of Me-TV (Memorable Entertainment Television) has been airing on Weigel's WWME Chicago. WWME and WBME, the Weigel station in Milwaukee-Racine, Wis., have become the first affiliates of Me-TV, which boasts a lineup consisting of "Cheers," "M*A*S*H," "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Bob Newhart Show." MGM's domestic television sales force will handle national distribution.

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