Television nostalgia is about to be segregated by age.
The TV Land cable network, a 24-hour spinoff of Nickelodeon's evening programming of old television series, wants to define itself as a comfortable home for aging baby boomers, who are most fond of and familiar with Andy Griffith, Mr. T, Mary Tyler Moore and the Odd Couple, executives said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Nickelodeon will air reruns from the late 1970s and 1980s, appealing to the younger parents of children who watch Nick during the day, said network President Herb Scannell.
The tweaks come as TV Land celebrates its fifth birthday later this month in a growth spurt. The network is now carried in just over 60 million of the nation's television homes, after starting with 5 million.
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