Was my TV Haunted?!? Oooo, Very Scary!

Halloween – a holiday to commemorate, ward off, or enable the dead (or, actually cause death depending on the scariness of the trick or over consumption of treats) – was almost a month ago, and it suddenly dawned on me my TV Tuner may have been HAUNTED!

During October one of the over-the-air TV stations I regularly watch – NBCUniversal’s Cozi TV – repeatedly asked viewers to re-scan the airwaves for free TV stations. After I rescanned my tuner became the apparent victim of a Halloween “Trick”:

My TV’s Programming Guide started combining shows in hilarious combinations.

A wealthy ladies man working as a private investigator in Boston
settles down with only one woman?
Frightening!

Blackjack with a twist as Lamont, the level-headed, practical son of
that cantankerous, cardiac-challenged junk dealer Fred G. Sanford,
joins the game!
It’s Chilling!

Bob and June Wheeler, those Yugoslavian recidivist knuckleheads, finally
turn one of their hair-brained business schemes into their own offbeat TV series.
Really Scary!

Rod Serling’s tales of suspense and horror is pretty much guaranteed to
cause potentially life-threatening stress in at least one viewer.
Or perhaps that exercise equipment after vigorous use.
Oh, the HORROR!

Hazel was a very practical, highly efficient, no-nonsense
middle-aged housekeeper who couldn’t keep her nose out of anyone’s business
…but now she’s become a MENACE to the town!
Why, she’s scarier than Miss Sakamoto tiding up the Doctor’s lab!
I’m shocked, SHOCKED!

I don’t even know what a “Houseurope” is, which is making me apprehensive and anxious!
Perhaps consuming more Halloween candy would help!
Hide under the bed!

What the heck is going on here? Will Bernie suffer the same fate as Janet Leigh in Psycho? Is he getting married?? Could he be pregnant?!? We just don’t know!
The fear is OVERWHELMING!

Station 51, man suffering from OCD and
consumed by phobias and idiosyncrasies, code 2!
I’m literally shaking!

It’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Dating Game!
Will Vampire 1, Vampire 2, or Vampire 3 sweep her off her feet for an exciting,
fun-filled weekend getaway to the depths of warm, dark Hades
before she can fashion sharp stakes out of pine?
I’m SCREAMING!