Nextar also shows the rose parade on its other stations too.
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CBS not broadcasting Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Thread starter ssetta
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Showing half the parade and not admitting it does that how?
By appealing to people who aren’t you?
And why should people miss half of what is in the parade? Maybe they want to see everything. I was at a church supper where a former pastor's daughter said she would be in the parade. I only saw her band because I recorded both ABC and NBC, and ironically, it was NBC that didn't show that band.
A few months ago, I bought an Amazon Fire Stick. It cost me $35, supports up to 4K resolution, plugs into any HDMI input on my DTV, and can stream hundreds of channels live, including KTLA. (Or I can run the KTLA app on it, which undoubtedly has a "Watch Live" option.) As was stated above, KTLA runs the parade live, without commercial interruptions, and then runs a repeat of it later in the day (which may get interrupted by spots, IDK). If you really want to see the parade intact, uninterrupted, I'd consider this an inexpensive way to do it. And after the parade is over, you can return the Fire Stick to the store if $35 is too much for your budget. (I've seen it sold at both Best Buy and Home Depot, not to mention, of course, Amazon itself.)
It took me a while to find it, but the good news I all I missed was "music". I went to Google and clicked on KTLA's link and it showed me in the article where to click but that just got me to the same article. I saw a very small screen where the "music" was happening but that wouldn't have worked and as I tried to make it larger, I lost it. I went back to Google and Youtube was one of the options. That worked. Ads appeared at the bottom of the screen very briefly, just like on broadcast TV, with the hosts calling attention to them.
I used to watch Leeza Gibbons back in the day. She hasn't aged a day.
I will say that while so many parade hosts are corny, ABC's were professional. It's just that only half the parade gets shown.
Maybe they don’t. Everyone isn’t you.
That’s not what ironic means.
I think people do want to see everything,. Maybe they don't know what they're missing. Long periods of time on ABC without any parade coverage must frustrate people who haven't been told.
Yes it is. ABC is the network notorious for leaving stuff out.
Yet they keep bringing back Tim Allen.
Well, that's a good thing.
Regarding the Rose Parade, KTLA told us an 83-year-old woman has been cleaning up after horses for 30 years.
Maybe if he had acting range and could play other characters.
We'll take this elsewhere.
Televising a parade is like televising a golf tournament or auto race. Things keep happening when you break away. Wednesday, NBC ran two hours, and when Kotb and Roker were signing off, a float was rolling by behind them. KTLA stayed on until the final float, maybe eight more minutes. You’d have to run the telecasts (including ABC’s) side-by-side to see who missed what.
Which is what I used to do, using TiVo to back up.
Based on what actual data? You aren’t everyone.
Maybe they’re not missing anything of substance.
And yet there’s no evidence.
Still not what the word means.
As Thanksgiving 2025 approaches, I hope that CBS reconsiders its Thanksgiving morning programming.
CBS could do quite well by reverting to its earlier “All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade” format and showcase several parades. The show could be hosted in the virtual studio (CBS Parade Central?!) in the New York Broadcast Center and utilize on-the-ground news reporters and photographers from O&Os in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Detroit.
The “whip-around” format makes for an engaging broadcast, particularly when there are lulls in the parade. And as some mentioned earlier in the thread... fulfilling a desire for more balloons and less musical acts.
CBS could do quite well by reverting to its earlier “All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade” format and showcase several parades. The show could be hosted in the virtual studio (CBS Parade Central?!) in the New York Broadcast Center and utilize on-the-ground news reporters and photographers from O&Os in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Detroit.
The “whip-around” format makes for an engaging broadcast, particularly when there are lulls in the parade. And as some mentioned earlier in the thread... fulfilling a desire for more balloons and less musical acts.
What's wrong with watching the Thanksgiving Day parade on NBC?
The only way that would work is if parades in various cities were already being broadcast by local stations in those markets, and you could dip in and out of the existing coverage. You’d have to work around the local commercial breaks, and provide your own commentary as the local hosts are focused on the audiences in those places.
A parade on television is an incredibly complicated production involving a lot of planning, people and equipment. Most local stations no longer have the production staff to produce such an event, and have to outsource almost everything involved. It is not a case of just sprinkling a few news reporters and photogs along the parade route.
Been there, done that many times as far as large parade productions go.
more emphasis on lip synced performances