TV Q&A: Where can one watch a new classic cartoon network?

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review.

Q: Has any local station become an affiliate for the new MeTV Toon channel in the Pittsburgh area? It’s a channel that plays classic cartoon shows. I’m very surprised it’s not on a sub-channel of Channel 11 with WPXI being affiliated with the main MeTV channel.

— Josh, via email

Rob: MeTV Toons launched late last month on over-the-air Channel 61.1, low-power station WOSC-CD. The network carries cartoons featuring Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Mr. Magoo, Tom Jerry, Casper, Fred Flintstone, Scooby-Doo, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, George Jetson, Yogi Bear, Johnny Quest and others.

MeTV Toons does not yet have national carriage on Comcast, Verizon, DirecTV or DISH Network, but the network is available via subscription streaming services Frndly TV and Philo.

Q: All of a sudden Channel 61.1 went from being Rewind to being MeTV Toons. Rewind is not even listed on the TV listings site I use. Is Rewind gone for good or is it gonna turn up someplace else?

— Joe, via Facebook

Rob: Rewind moved to low-power station WPTG-CD, Channel 69.1. At the time of the change on June 25, there was an on-air scroll every minute that said, “Rewind moved from WOSC-CD Channel 61.1 to WPTG-CD Channel 69.1,” suggesting viewers tune to that new channel for Rewind.

Q: What happened to “NCIS: Sydney”?

— Calvin, via Facebook

Rob: “NCIS: Sydney” completed its run of first-season episodes in January. We reported it was renewed and will be back on CBS sometime during the 2024-25 TV season but it’s not on CBS’s fall schedule.

Q: I have a question on something that is a real pain with recording a show that I’m sure other readers would find a pain, too.

We have Comcast/Xfinity. When we record a program (it doesn’t matter if it is local, network, etc.) many times, the recording begins with several minutes of the preceding show and then cuts out at the end before the show you are recording is done. This is really frustrating as, say on game shows, you don’t see the final results and other shows you want to save long-term are cut off. Sometimes I remember to also record the following program to catch the end of the program that was cut off, sometimes not. And then it is the hassle of remembering to delete those programs when they are no longer of use.

Who sets up the recording time and syncs it? The internet/cable provider? The stations, networks? The FCC?

— Dave, Clarion

Rob: Networks monkey around with the start and end times of shows to keep viewers tuned in from program-to-program. (This is a network/station call; the FCC and cable companies have nothing to do with it.)

But DVRs have offered an easy solution for the past two decades: DVRs give viewers the option to add recording time, say, two minutes beyond a show’s scheduled end time, to accommodate the overrun. Viewers just need to set it up that way when they set a series recording.