Comments on: ABC: Bite me http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kav http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263/comment-page-1#comment-5632 Kav Wed, 17 May 2006 15:53:46 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263#comment-5632 I would like to say "Life sucks, deal with it", but having lived in the US and had to contend with the capricious whims of the TV stations I have to agree with Meryl that the TV stations don't give a toss about their viewers. Admittedly The Doctor is correct in as much as it probably was well advertised and scheduled so it is hard to lay blame at ABC's feet, but why did they have to move it in the first place? Was it some sort of careful plan to try and boost viewing numbers on different nights? I don't know, but from my experience they always liked to move things around for whatever reason. I'm glad I'm back in the UK. There may be less channels but at least I know that things are going to be consistent! Oh, except Dr. Who which they keep bumping backwards and forwards by 15 minutes on Saturday nights. I would like to say “Life sucks, deal with it”, but having lived in the US and had to contend with the capricious whims of the TV stations I have to agree with Meryl that the TV stations don’t give a toss about their viewers.

Admittedly The Doctor is correct in as much as it probably was well advertised and scheduled so it is hard to lay blame at ABC’s feet, but why did they have to move it in the first place?

Was it some sort of careful plan to try and boost viewing numbers on different nights? I don’t know, but from my experience they always liked to move things around for whatever reason.

I’m glad I’m back in the UK. There may be less channels but at least I know that things are going to be consistent! Oh, except Dr. Who which they keep bumping backwards and forwards by 15 minutes on Saturday nights.

]]> By: Ryan Frank http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263/comment-page-1#comment-5631 Ryan Frank Wed, 17 May 2006 15:20:01 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263#comment-5631 www.tvtorrents.com might be able to help you out here. http://www.tvtorrents.com might be able to help you out here.

]]> By: Elmira Viking http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263/comment-page-1#comment-5630 Elmira Viking Wed, 17 May 2006 14:59:54 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263#comment-5630 Gray's Anatomy ??!! You couldn't have missed much. I hate the show. Gray’s Anatomy ??!! You couldn’t have missed much. I hate the show.

]]> By: James Curran http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263/comment-page-1#comment-5626 James Curran Wed, 17 May 2006 14:14:24 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263#comment-5626 FOX, on the other hand, did a great job of immediately updating their published schedule for Bush's speech -- So that my DVR knew automatically that 24 would start at 9:20 and not 9PM. (CBS wasn't so accomidating, so I missed most of both "How I met Your Mother" and "Old CHristine". FOX, on the other hand, did a great job of immediately updating their published schedule for Bush’s speech — So that my DVR knew automatically that 24 would start at 9:20 and not 9PM. (CBS wasn’t so accomidating, so I missed most of both “How I met Your Mother” and “Old CHristine”.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263/comment-page-1#comment-5622 Meryl Yourish Wed, 17 May 2006 12:56:24 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263#comment-5622 Yes. And I didn't say they didn't publicize it. My main point is that this show has been on Sunday nights for its entire run. I have Sunday nights booked for Grey's Anatomy. Not Mondays. I had a lot of things going on Monday, including a 375-mile drive, and the third-to-last 24. ABC screwed me over by virtue of not keeping Grey's Anatomy on the night it was scheduled to be. Yes. And I didn’t say they didn’t publicize it.

My main point is that this show has been on Sunday nights for its entire run. I have Sunday nights booked for Grey’s Anatomy. Not Mondays.

I had a lot of things going on Monday, including a 375-mile drive, and the third-to-last 24. ABC screwed me over by virtue of not keeping Grey’s Anatomy on the night it was scheduled to be.

]]> By: The Doctor http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263/comment-page-1#comment-5621 The Doctor Wed, 17 May 2006 12:49:40 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263#comment-5621 With all due respect: Not only was this schedule information known [I had my VCR programmed a week in advance] but they even used filler from Sunday night's episode so that the [extremely well publicized] Monday night finale would start on time for those who record and not be delayed 18 minutes by the president's speech. ABC is guilty of many things, but they can't be blamed for people not looking at the schedules which were published WAY in advance... With all due respect:

Not only was this schedule information known [I had my VCR programmed a week in advance] but they even used filler from Sunday night’s episode so that the [extremely well publicized] Monday night finale would start on time for those who record and not be delayed 18 minutes by the president’s speech.
ABC is guilty of many things, but they can’t be blamed for people not looking at the schedules which were published WAY in advance…

]]> By: SnoopyTheGoon http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263/comment-page-1#comment-5608 SnoopyTheGoon Wed, 17 May 2006 07:23:16 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263#comment-5608 Reading this, I am starting to grok these Rabbis who requested that the TV screens be covered by plastic ;-) Reading this, I am starting to grok these Rabbis who requested that the TV screens be covered by plastic ;-)

]]> By: Spencer http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263/comment-page-1#comment-5585 Spencer Wed, 17 May 2006 00:26:36 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/16/1263#comment-5585 And to make matters worse there moving it to Thursday's come fall. It's a shame that it's not one of the shows you can watch for free on the ABC website or on iTunes. And to make matters worse there moving it to Thursday’s come fall. It’s a shame that it’s not one of the shows you can watch for free on the ABC website or on iTunes.

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