24 Hours of a Christmas Story on TBS as usual

[MarcB]

24 Hours of A Christmas Story on TBS starts Friday Night at 8PM as usual. Just a quick question - does this movie get higher ratings during some time slots over other times slots?

Also from I-98.3 in Willimantic, Connecticut - Ralphie all growd up.

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[oldiesfan6479]

Thanks to the stupid cable company (Cox) in Phoenix and its love affair with left coast feeds,
the marathon on its analog cable system won't begin until 9 PM MT. Kind of late for the kids.

I'm not sure if the digital cable/HD channels feed on Cox is the same or if it's 6 PM.

 

[sfradio]

I am mad that there is no Bad Santa marathon on Spike TV this year

 

[justthenumbers]

Thanks to the stupid cable company (Cox) in Phoenix and its love affair with left coast feeds,
the marathon on its analog cable system won't begin until 9 PM MT. Kind of late for the kids.

I'm not sure if the digital cable/HD channels feed on Cox is the same or if it's 6 PM.

To a degree, I can understand the rationale behind taking the West feeds. We are the equivalent of Pacific Time for nearly 8 months; during that period, the start times of programs on West-feed networks are generally reasonable, and what the programmers intended. It's just 4 months that we have to deal with the hassle of being Pacific Time + 1. Taking East Coast feeds for many dual-feed networks would result in too many premier cable programs airing at times that are much earlier than what the programmers intended.

My understanding is that the standard and HD feeds of TBS (and most/all of the other Turner networks) are now both West, on the Cox system.

It could be worse - we could be the equivalent of Mountain Time year-round and have to deal with all West feeds, or a mix of West feeds for some networks and East feeds for others (even when a West feed is offered) -- not to mention the horror of dealing with abundant sunshine and 115 degrees at 9:15pm in July.

 

[DToTheJ]

...the marathon on its analog cable system won't begin until 9 PM MT. Kind of late for the kids.

And 8 PM isn't?

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Thanks to the stupid cable company (Cox) in Phoenix and its love affair with left coast feeds,
the marathon on its analog cable system won't begin until 9 PM MT.

To a degree, I can understand the rationale behind taking the West feeds. We are the equivalent of Pacific Time for nearly 8 months; during that period, the start times of programs on West-feed networks are generally reasonable, and what the programmers intended. It's just 4 months that we have to deal with the hassle of being Pacific Time + 1. Taking East Coast feeds for many dual-feed networks would result in too many premier cable programs airing at times that are much earlier than what the programmers intended.

I still wish they'd switch to the east coast feed during the four months of standard time, but I
do agree that the left coast feed is more palatable during DST.

Many dual-feed cable nets showcase their "prime time" from 8-11 PM ET/PT, so having it run
6-9 PM MT November-March wouldn't be terrible, and certainly better than the left coast feed
from 9 PM-12 AM MT.

Is Cox Cable too cheap to bring a few people in on OT twice a year (time change overnights) to
reset the incoming feeds from east to west or v.v.? Someone even suggested that a computer
program could be written to automate the feed switches, so no staff OT would be needed.

It could be worse - we could be the equivalent of Mountain Time year-round...(snip)...not to mention the horror of dealing with abundant sunshine and 115 degrees at 9:15pm in July.

It may be 115 degrees on some July evenings but there'd be no abundant sunshine at 9:15 PM.
The latest PHX sunset on MDT would be 8:42 (late June), plus another :25 or so to civil dusk.

...the marathon on its analog cable system won't begin until 9 PM MT. Kind of late for the kids.

And 8 PM isn't?

I guess Turner doesn't think so, as 8 PM is the first showing in ET/PT.

 

[justthenumbers]

I still wish they'd switch to the east coast feed during the four months of standard time, but I
do agree that the left coast feed is more palatable during DST.
Turner doesn't think so, as 8 PM is the first showing in ET/PT.

It's been how it currently is for so long, I think average viewers are accustomed to just adding an hour during the non-DST months. They would probably get confused with a feed switch and suddenly having to subtract 2 hours...especially since the majority of live sports*, on cable or broadcast, would still require adding an hour. "Everything on cable airs an hour later" just seems easier for the masses to comprehend.

Ideally, the cable systems would have the ability to take the East Coast feed and air the programming later -- as most broadcasters do -- so that program times are consistent year-round. But the sheer volume of cable networks - along with dual feed networks that require a live feed coast to coast during their sports telecasts (i.e. TNT, TBS, USA) - probably makes this impractical when looking at the potential cost vs. the benefits.

* - Exception: The normal start time for Suns home games on Fox Sports AZ is 7pm AZ time, regardless of whether DST is active. I assume this also applies to any other sports originating within the state and carried by an in-state station/network (i.e. high school football on Cox 7.)

It may be 115 degrees on some July evenings but there'd be no abundant sunshine at 9:15 PM.

The thought of 115 degrees at 9:15pm in July is frightening enough

The other option, of course, is for AZ to go Pacific Time year-round and observe DST. But then the sun would be down well before 5pm this time of year...probably not the best scenario for a place that calls itself The Valley of the Sun.

 

[bpatrick]

AMC is also doing a marathon of sorts tomorrow (Christmas Eve),
alternating "White Christmas" and "Miracle on 34th Street" all day
and night. Christmas Day (all day and all night) they're showing
Bill Murray's "Scrooged".

 

[oldiesfan6479]

The other option, of course, is for AZ to go Pacific Time year-round and observe DST. But then the sun would be down
well before 5pm this time of year...

The earliest sunset (occurring in early December) in PHX would be 4:20 PM PST.

 

[wprt949]

wow


a few years ago

tnt had the marathon i thought they rotated year by year ???

 

[sfradio]

wow


a few years ago

tnt had the marathon i thought they rotated year by year ???

When they made TNT about drama and TBS about comedy the marathon exclusively stayed on TBS

 

[TroyG]

FX is also showing Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears a Who"-all day long as well. So, Check it out.

 

[wprt949]

BAD Santa was on MTV last night