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Last Updated Friday, June 6th, 2003 @ 4:45PM EST
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> "The Golden Girls Retrospective"

Updated May 7th 2003 - [June 2003] "The Golden Girls Retrospective" will air Monday, June 2, from from 8:00PM - 9:30PM. on LIFETIME (previously scheduled to air on June 30th). Bea Arthur, Betty White, and Rue McClanahan will be on hand. 79 year old Estelle Getty is too sick to be there, as she is battling Parkinson's Disease.  At 9:30pm will be an episode of The Golden Girls, where Blanche is getting ready to marry Harry but realizes she is a bigamist. At 10:00 pm will be a rerun of Intimate Portrait: Estelle Getty, followed by the regular Golden Girls airings at 11 and 11:30pm. As of now, the Designing Women reunion is on tape for July 21, though that can change as well.
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> Home Improvement Reunion to Air in May

[April 3rd, 2003] The Special was air on both May 4th & May 17th.
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> Nick@Nite/TV Land, other Viacom Networks, soon to announce upcoming shows, etc.

[April 1st, 2003] Tom Freston, Chairman and CEO, MTV Networks, announced the company's first ever joint upfront presentation. MTV, MTV2, VH1, CMT: Country Music Television, The New TNN, TV Land and Nick at Nite takes the stage at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, May 6. For the first time ever under one roof, advertisers can experience live performances and appearances from stars representing each of MTV Networks' channels.

Nick@Nite: Saturday, May 3rd from 10:00PM - 2:00AM (ET/PT)

>> Labor of Love
Nick@Nite presents sitcom stars being moms for the first time with newborns. Gloria Stivic, Sondra Huxtable, Cheers' Lilith and more.

9:00PM - The Cosby Show "The Birth Part 1"
Sondra and Elvin become parents.
9:30PM - The Cosby Show: "The Birth Part 2"
Sondra and Elvin become parents.
10:00PM - Cheers: "The Stork Brings a Crane"
Lilith goes into labor at Cheers' 100th anniversary bash.
10:30PM - Coach: "Somebody's Baby"
Adoption complications develop when Julie's father returns.
11:00PM - All in the Family: "Birth of the Baby Part 1"
Gloria goes into labor in a restaurant.
11:30PM - All in the Family: "Birth of the Baby Part 2"
Mike races Gloria to the hospital.
12:00AM - Family Ties: "Birth of a Keaton Part 1"
Elyse goes into labor right on camera while in the middle of a song.
12:30AM - Family Ties: "Birth of a Keaton Part 2"
Still trapped at the television station, Elyse realizes she cannot make it thru the snowstorm to the hospital and prepares to give birth in Steven's office.

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