Which is, again, why I gave Universal a pass for the flaw-filled picture quality on the fourth- and fifth-season Emergency! releases (and the parts of the third season that were like that)-- there were no commercials to ruin the mood, and the episodes were otherwise untampered with (as far as I...
I'll be honest-- that hit 50s CBS comedy does have a reputation that cannot be disputed, but personally, two seasons' worth of it was all I could stand when I had it on DVD.
They probably weren't thinking-- personally, if they had just named it Catchy, w/the same blend of classic formats as Decades had, I wouldn't have minded the name change. Catchy-Comedy, I will agree, is a bridge too far.
Me either, and concurred-- there aren't just comedy fans when it comes to classic television fans (many love the great classic cop shows and detective series and medical dramas, as well as comedies).
It probably had that special something that brought the numbers then on CBS, and still does it in syndication and on DVD and all the classic channels/networks.
If anything, it'll probably lose viewers, because some of them are connoisseurs of practically everything television had to offer then, and if it's now going to be just one kind of show, they'll probably leave in a hurry.