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CBS Pulls Person Of Interest and Elementery
- Thread starter tsherck
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No, it was already scheduled to be pre-emepted before the Boston situation. Elementry aired on Wednesday night in place of "CSI" and CBS was advertising that repeats of "The Big Bang Theory" and "Two Broke Girls" would at 9E/8C and 9:30E/8:30C on Thursday last weekend during the Masters coverage.tsherck said:
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FredLeonard
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This was scheduled in advance. Elementary moved to Wed at 10pm. POI was shown at 10pm on Thursday.
Maybe there were preemptions or cut-ins in Boston but just local news promos in my area.
Maybe there were preemptions or cut-ins in Boston but just local news promos in my area.
CBS's planned showing tonight (April 19th) of "Vegas" has been postponed to tomorrow night at 8 P.M. ET/PT, so the network can carry a live special at 9 P.M. ET/PT on the manhunt for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon terrorist attack.
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FredLeonard
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I wish these network suits would stop mucking with their schedules. Set a time. Publish accurate listings. Leave it alone. CBS is the worst. They allow sports to run over and then the whole evening schedule is out of whack.
The FCC should fine the networks for not following their published schedules.
Sports should be on cable sports channels where it does not mess up network schedules.
News should be on cable news channels where it does not mess up network schedules.
I wonder if they make these last minute changes just to screw with Tivo/DVR users.
The FCC should fine the networks for not following their published schedules.
Sports should be on cable sports channels where it does not mess up network schedules.
News should be on cable news channels where it does not mess up network schedules.
I wonder if they make these last minute changes just to screw with Tivo/DVR users.
CBS can't do anything about sports pre-emptions. Since the "Heidi Game" beyond the lower-tier golf tourneys and time buys, most networks are bound by contract to air events to the end. And if they did dare to pre-empt, the switchboard and social media reaction alone would kill any need to ever do it again.
And this is a case where news pre-emptions are justified. I'm so full of worry right now knowing people in the area there's no way I can put aside an hour tonight to laugh with Happy Endings. I expect it to be pre-empted.
Yes, the TiVo mucking is awful, but that's why DVR's come with overrun settings, and we have Hulu now.
And this is a case where news pre-emptions are justified. I'm so full of worry right now knowing people in the area there's no way I can put aside an hour tonight to laugh with Happy Endings. I expect it to be pre-empted.
Yes, the TiVo mucking is awful, but that's why DVR's come with overrun settings, and we have Hulu now.
mrschimpf said:
Yeah - the "Heidi" game was infamous. That'll never happen again. Sports games are at the mercy of the clock (which stops all the time, and time outs, not to mention overtime and extra innings, etc. - that's what they do.
As for news - an argument could be made that THESE days, with 24/7 cable news networks, we really don't need tha major networks to break into programming. But that would be a big leap - and many would complain about that, too.
Remember what TV Guide used to say all the time in their listings:
Stations and networks reserve the right to make last minute changes!
Stations and networks reserve the right to make last minute changes!
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cd637299
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Athough the following was far from memorable, NBC *did* do a Heidi again, in 1979, give or take a year.
When the Atlanta Braves stunk like rotten eggs in that period, for some reason, NBC's Saturday Game of the Week pitted them against the Padres.
As I recall, the Padres were up 8-1 in the 8th or so, and NBC was committed (apparently) to something called the National Sports Festival. They decided to dump the ballgame, and start the NSF on time.
[Note: I watched this in Alaska, where live sports were a treat back then. I *could* say that it was the Anchorage affiliate that did this alone, but I'm almost sure it was the NBC announcers that kept plugging this NSF thing, and the game was pulled. Anyone who can confirm/deny? I see that "johnny" is here just now---maybe you know, johnny!]
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When the Atlanta Braves stunk like rotten eggs in that period, for some reason, NBC's Saturday Game of the Week pitted them against the Padres.
As I recall, the Padres were up 8-1 in the 8th or so, and NBC was committed (apparently) to something called the National Sports Festival. They decided to dump the ballgame, and start the NSF on time.
[Note: I watched this in Alaska, where live sports were a treat back then. I *could* say that it was the Anchorage affiliate that did this alone, but I'm almost sure it was the NBC announcers that kept plugging this NSF thing, and the game was pulled. Anyone who can confirm/deny? I see that "johnny" is here just now---maybe you know, johnny!]
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FredLeonard said:
Published in newspapers, right?
The very idea of the FCC fining networks and/or stations for not sticking to their published schedules because of news coverage or even sports overruns is ludicrous at best. "Yes, you did good work in providing coverage of the Boston Marathon attack, but we have to fine you for not showing Insert Show Here as your schedule indicated."
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FredLeonard
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The episode of Vegas which CBS, in it's wisdom is preempting to make the newsies happy, will be shown Saturday at 8pm Eastern. Apparently, CBS wants to make this as confusing as possible and wants to make sure as many people as possible who are fans of the show will miss it.
When a network deviates from published (meaning to disseminate to the public) schedules, it is guilty of fraud and false advertising. Whatever little disclaimer their lawyers put in TV Guide, networks should be required to follow their schedules. Whenever they preempt a program for these news specials, what happens, people call and complain. Newsies don't get it.
CBS is the network that cut into the climax of a program to announce some moderately well known person had died - at five minutes before 11. This couldn't wait for the late news in five minutes?
CBS is the network that cut into the season cliffhanger of Dallas so they could show Dan Rather being ordered to leave China. They got so many complaints they had to repeat the episode.
Meanwhile, ABC had a serial drama called Murder One. They decided to do a news special so at the last minute, they moved Murder One ahead an hour and ran the news special in its place. ABC was surprised that people tuned in at 10 to see Murder One. What? People don't watch all day so they know if we change something? Complaints about this forced ABC to re-run the episode.
The bombing happened Monday. There is no excuse for waiting until the last minute to schedule a news special. The real reason they are doing this is Rock Center is going to do the Boston story at 10. So, at the last minute CBS decides they've got to beat them to it by an hour. The networks are focused on each other; viewers be damned.
If they are going to make changes, it should be far enough in advance so on-screen DVR guides get updated in time. Otherwise, it's too late. Forget it.
Newsies have such bloated egos, they think people are holding their breath waiting for them to bloviate. Wrong. That's why people complain.
News should be on news channels. Sports on sports channels. Entertainment programming on TV networks. This isn't 1960.
When a network deviates from published (meaning to disseminate to the public) schedules, it is guilty of fraud and false advertising. Whatever little disclaimer their lawyers put in TV Guide, networks should be required to follow their schedules. Whenever they preempt a program for these news specials, what happens, people call and complain. Newsies don't get it.
CBS is the network that cut into the climax of a program to announce some moderately well known person had died - at five minutes before 11. This couldn't wait for the late news in five minutes?
CBS is the network that cut into the season cliffhanger of Dallas so they could show Dan Rather being ordered to leave China. They got so many complaints they had to repeat the episode.
Meanwhile, ABC had a serial drama called Murder One. They decided to do a news special so at the last minute, they moved Murder One ahead an hour and ran the news special in its place. ABC was surprised that people tuned in at 10 to see Murder One. What? People don't watch all day so they know if we change something? Complaints about this forced ABC to re-run the episode.
The bombing happened Monday. There is no excuse for waiting until the last minute to schedule a news special. The real reason they are doing this is Rock Center is going to do the Boston story at 10. So, at the last minute CBS decides they've got to beat them to it by an hour. The networks are focused on each other; viewers be damned.
If they are going to make changes, it should be far enough in advance so on-screen DVR guides get updated in time. Otherwise, it's too late. Forget it.
Newsies have such bloated egos, they think people are holding their breath waiting for them to bloviate. Wrong. That's why people complain.
News should be on news channels. Sports on sports channels. Entertainment programming on TV networks. This isn't 1960.
mescutia said:
They just might have to do that tomorrow as the Boston stations run into the usual E/I buzzsaw where they have to program educational programming when nobody cares. Hopefully when they file their second quarter report in June, the FCC won't even bring it up at all (or the stations with subchannels will just load them up there and get the credit that way).
And of course, the FCC requiring the adherence to schedules would never happen because of the First Amendment and common sense. They give the stations licenses to serve the public interest, not to inform us of every move the Teen Mom cast makes.
E/I programming may be pre-empted for breaking news coverage.
But still has to be made up to meet the quarterly quota.bostonmediaguy said:
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Rube Dali the DodoHorse
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No it doesn't, the FCC will usually grant waivers in such instances.PTBoardOp94 said:
As an aside, I wonder what color is the sky in FredLeonard's world? His complaints are so full of crud, I can hardly control my anger towards him.
FredLeonard said:
Please, please, just stop.
Not everyone has access to all channels. There still are people who depend on OTA channels for news, sports and entertainment, and it's the networks' duty to report news like what's happened this week. They can't be blamed if you're upset about missing your favorite show for something far more important.
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FredLeonard
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Given the number of complaints stations get when schedules are disrupted (and assuming those complain represent a small portion of people who feel a certain way), lots of people don't like having schedules disrupted.
If people choose not to have cable or satellite (and apparently Internet, as well), that's their choice. They are a small percentage of the population. Why should TV schedules be disrupted for them? It's curious that some are so concerned about the "needs" of "cord cutters," but not with those of DVR users, who depend on having accurate schedule information in their boxes.
How much real information do these special news broadcasts contain? I can look online and scan the information in a few seconds. In a radio newscast, the basic information of interest to anyone outside the local area is summarized in about 40 seconds. TV can go for hours with repetition, unsubstantiated rumors, gossip, speculation, man on the street interviews (usually focused on "how did you feel when...") and I feel your pain anchor chat. Is all this news dross really "more important?" Or is it the electronic equivalent of people slowing down to look at a serious traffic accident?
As we saw with the bombing in Atlanta, TV coverage can often hinder more than help and the "information" they are so quick to provide is often incomplete or flat out wrong. The image of Frank Reynolds, after Reagan was shot, banging his desk and yelling at producers to nail it down and get it right comes to mind.
If people choose not to have cable or satellite (and apparently Internet, as well), that's their choice. They are a small percentage of the population. Why should TV schedules be disrupted for them? It's curious that some are so concerned about the "needs" of "cord cutters," but not with those of DVR users, who depend on having accurate schedule information in their boxes.
How much real information do these special news broadcasts contain? I can look online and scan the information in a few seconds. In a radio newscast, the basic information of interest to anyone outside the local area is summarized in about 40 seconds. TV can go for hours with repetition, unsubstantiated rumors, gossip, speculation, man on the street interviews (usually focused on "how did you feel when...") and I feel your pain anchor chat. Is all this news dross really "more important?" Or is it the electronic equivalent of people slowing down to look at a serious traffic accident?
As we saw with the bombing in Atlanta, TV coverage can often hinder more than help and the "information" they are so quick to provide is often incomplete or flat out wrong. The image of Frank Reynolds, after Reagan was shot, banging his desk and yelling at producers to nail it down and get it right comes to mind.
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