TV Land sets 'Dick Van Dyke' tribute

'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'At a minute when primetime comedy is creating a comeback, it's fitting that TV Land is mounting a 50th anniversary salute now to probably the most long lasting sitcoms ever: ''The Dick Van Dyke Show.'' From Monday through Friday, the cabler will run prime segs of ''Dick Van Dyke'' from 6-9 p.m., to commemorate the show's March. 3, 1961, bow on CBS (within the Tuesday 8:30 p.m. slot sandwiched by ''Gunsmoke'' reruns and ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis''). There will be considered a noon-9 p.m. marathon on Saturday or sunday prior to the show forms into its regular 7 p.m. weeknight slot. The storyline of methods Carl Reiner found his experience employed by Sid Caesar to produce ''Dick Van Dyke's'' central character, TV author Take advantage of Petrie, established fact. But what is not broadly known is always that each one of these years later, the show continues to be possessed by its four original partners: Reiner, Dick Van Dyke and also the estates of Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard. They have had an abundance of offerings to market through the years -- ''Dick Van Dyke's'' 158 episodes will be a jewel in a major studio library -- but they have never been enticed. ''I was always afraid terrible things happens into it,'' Reiner told Variety. ''We always aspired to function as the show's parents.'' As a result, the reveal that hasn't been from the distribution for just about any period of time has shown to be a pleasant allowance for that partners, too for WME. William Morris Agency notoriously designed a fortune within the sixties around the prosperous partnership of Thomas and Leonard, and individuals packaging costs continue to be having to pay returns. It had been WMA's late biz matters maven Ruth Englehardt who emerged using the ''Dick Van Dyke'' holding company moniker of Calvada Prods., based on a mash-from Carl, Leonard, Van Dyke and Danny. As the amount of program-hungry platforms is continuing to grow recently, the partners maintained vintage TV specialist Paul Brownstein to deal with distribution privileges. ''Dick Van Dyke'' was a standard feature of Nick at Nite and TV Land within the eighties and 1990's, but have been from the Viacom cablers for several years. The brand new pact was completed within days a week ago to permit TV Land to mark the show's golden anni. Included in the deal, ''Dick Van Dyke'' segs will be receiving a aficionado and polish and transfer to some high-def format. ''I'm very proud these incredible talents entrusted their loved ones jewels in my experience,'' Brownstein stated. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com