Joining shows in progress after sports events

[imhomerjay]

No NASCAR fan here, and I will never get the appeal, but it exists and its widespread. To many people, NASCAR is as much a professional sport as any other, and it has the revenue to make a strong statement. (Pabst Blue Ribbon...shudder....)

 

[DToTheJ]

When "King Of The Hill", "Futurama" and "Malcolm In The Middle" was seen during the 7PM hour on Fox...

Both shows faded fast when Fox stuck them into that time slot too. In fact, that spot has been "coffin corner" for a number of shows. I have no doubt that KOTH would have probably lived on a little longer had it not spent a couple of years in that time slot being pre-empted and JIP'd...

In all fairness, the show did last for about a good nine or ten seasons. In fact, it has succeeded in making most people forget about the creator's previous venture ("Beavis & Butt-Head")...

As far as the 7 PM Sunday hour on Fox is concerned... It's always been a bad timeslot, even before they got NFL rights (anyone remember "Shaky Ground?").

 

[firepoint525]

I'm sure the networks probably have even less reaction time whenever there is a presidential address or press conference, because these usually seem to be scheduled at the last minute, usually in response to some type of crisis. Then at some point, they drop some overnight programming in order to get back on schedule by the next morning.

 

[imhomerjay]

In all fairness, the show did last for about a good nine or ten seasons. In fact, it has succeeded in making most people forget about the creator's previous venture ("Beavis & Butt-Head")...

As far as the 7 PM Sunday hour on Fox is concerned... It's always been a bad timeslot, even before they got NFL rights (anyone remember "Shaky Ground?").

Dooley always reminded me of Beavis and Butt-Head--not that there weren't some other similarities, but whenever he talked, I couldn't help but flash back. 12 years, 13 seasons= a nice run indeed (seond at this point only to the Simpsons for U.S. animated shows).

Thinking of Fox and that hour, wasnt' there a spell where they tried doing an AFV-like show themselves with James Brown that was designed to be something they could cut short when football ran late before The OT came along?

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

In all fairness, the show did last for about a good nine or ten seasons. In fact, it has succeeded in making most people forget about the creator's previous venture ("Beavis & Butt-Head")...

As far as the 7 PM Sunday hour on Fox is concerned... It's always been a bad timeslot, even before they got NFL rights (anyone remember "Shaky Ground?").

Dooley always reminded me of Beavis and Butt-Head--not that there weren't some other similarities, but whenever he talked, I couldn't help but flash back. 12 years, 13 seasons= a nice run indeed (seond at this point only to the Simpsons for U.S. animated shows).

Thinking of Fox and that hour, wasnt' there a spell where they tried doing an AFV-like show themselves with James Brown that was designed to be something they could cut short when football ran late before The OT came along?

I think you may be thinking of the "World's Funniest . . ." series that James Brown hosted.

 

[DToTheJ]

You are correct, sir. "World's Funniest" - about as blatant as blatant ripoffs go.

 

[imhomerjay]

That's the one. Why be just "America's" funniest when you can be funniest of the whoe world?

 

[vchimpanzee]

In all fairness, the show did last for about a good nine or ten seasons. In fact, it has succeeded in making most people forget about the creator's previous venture ("Beavis & Butt-Head")...

As far as the 7 PM Sunday hour on Fox is concerned... It's always been a bad timeslot, even before they got NFL rights (anyone remember "Shaky Ground?").

Dooley always reminded me of Beavis and Butt-Head--not that there weren't some other similarities, but whenever he talked, I couldn't help but flash back. 12 years, 13 seasons= a nice run indeed (seond at this point only to the Simpsons for U.S. animated shows).

Thinking of Fox and that hour, wasnt' there a spell where they tried doing an AFV-like show themselves with James Brown that was designed to be something they could cut short when football ran late before The OT came along?

I think you may be thinking of the "World's Funniest . . ." series that James Brown hosted.

Yes, and there were episodes of that one I never got to see in their entirety.

Intersting item of trivia--I don't know whether this is ever done, but the V-chip rating was normally PG. One night when they joined in progress, it was G. I guess they knew there was no offensive material in the rest of the show.

"Saturday Night Live" once did a fake newcast with an excessive amount of on-screen information, including the G rating. Imagine them doing something G-rated, but it was! By the end, the poor anchor had to move around information just to have his face on screen.

 

[vchimpanzee]

That's the one. Why be just "America's" funniest when you can be funniest of the whoe world?

Arsenio Hall also did "World's Funniest" on My Network. It had a lot more "viral videos" than anything else. Bob Saget didn't have the Internet and Tom Bergeron just uses it as a means to get videos to him, rather than looking for ones that are already there. Okay, I know they just hosted ...

 

[vchimpanzee]

As for this weekend's AFV, I can tell you that my wife tried to wait patiently through what seemed like HOURS of excruciatingly BORING interviews with these drivers that I (a sports fan) have never friggin' heard of. It was absolutely brutal

EXACTLY!

And they can't just put this stuff on ESPN? I've seen it done. I will wait for the rerun, if they ever get around to it. I don't know if they got around to reruns of the ones from last season.

I noticed they didn't join the $100,000 show in progress.

 

[vchimpanzee]

CBS does delay everything...which irritates those in my family who want to watch "60 Minutes" on time. If they did JIP...they would have a lot of people on their rear end.

I remember when they would do an abbreviated edition of "60 Minutes". People said it was called "60 Minutes" and it should BE 60 Minutes.

I don't mind delays nearly as much because at least you CAN see the whole episode. So I wouldn't object as much to that.

What I'd like to know is if there's any way TiVo can make it possible for people to record delayed shows? We don't know how long they were delayed or IF they were delayed. TiVo has this capability. Now if they could only use it instead of expecting us to know when the event ended and add time manually.

 

[WPPCProductions]

Yes I'm tired of ET's weekend show getting hosed at the beginning at the 7pm time slot on saturday.I'm glad the affiliate reruns ET weekend at 3 in the morning again.To this day I still think if they start a hour earlier instead of the time now.

 

[imhomerjay]

What I'd like to know is if there's any way TiVo can make it possible for people to record delayed shows? We don't know how long they were delayed or IF they were delayed. TiVo has this capability. Now if they could only use it instead of expecting us to know when the event ended and add time manually.

Horrors, people being expected to take a bit of responsibility for themselves, and using the technology at their disposal?

Simple solution, if you have a DVR, and you're recording something that's in the prime time lineup following a live event, just pad the recording time by an hour or so, or set it up to record the following show(s)--either way, you get the show you wanted.

It's really not that difficult to do a little problem solving.

 

[gr8oldies]

There was a time where 60 Minutes had 40 minute 20 min and 10 min editions depending hot long football ran. My late grandmother was incensed if there was more commentary or ads when football ran over. She wanted "Thats the final score" then "tick tick tick"

 

[firepoint525]

CBS does delay everything...which irritates those in my family who want to watch "60 Minutes" on time. If they did JIP...they would have a lot of people on their rear end.

I remember when they would do an abbreviated edition of "60 Minutes". People said it was called "60 Minutes" and it should BE 60 Minutes.

Good thing they never took that attitude with 48 Hours! ;D

 

[ixnay]

In all fairness, [King of the Hill] did last for about a good nine or ten seasons. In fact, it has succeeded in making most people forget about the creator's previous venture ("Beavis & Butt-Head")...

So that's why KotH had such ugly artwork... :

ixnay

 

[vchimpanzee]

I don't know whether they did it last night. But I turned on one of the TVs with a converter box and there was one of the guys from "Brothers". I'm pretty sure the listings didn't show that. I'll find out tongiht what I taped, but once I saw that, I taped the rest of whatever preceded "The Simpsons"--I hope.

 

[vchimpanzee]

What I'd like to know is if there's any way TiVo can make it possible for people to record delayed shows? We don't know how long they were delayed or IF they were delayed. TiVo has this capability. Now if they could only use it instead of expecting us to know when the event ended and add time manually.

Horrors, people being expected to take a bit of responsibility for themselves, and using the technology at their disposal?

Simple solution, if you have a DVR, and you're recording something that's in the prime time lineup following a live event, just pad the recording time by an hour or so, or set it up to record the following show(s)--either way, you get the show you wanted.

It's really not that difficult to do a little problem solving.

This is a case where TiVo COULD do it for us, though. I don't know precisely how the unit would know to call the cable company to get the updated listing, or how it could work otherwise, but this COULD be done for some sports or other events.

Actually, since the new starting times wouldn't be known until the very end, it wouldn't be done by calling anyone. I just realized they would spread the calls out to get the original listings.

As for knowing to do it, the point is we don't KNOW its going to happen.

 

[imhomerjay]

Duh, of course you don't know it's going to happen, but you most certainly know it's a possibility. Put the brain matter to use for something creative instead of whining about someone or something not doing for you what you can do for yourself.

(By the way, the cable company doesn't control the listings; on your program guide, it comes from whatever data service they subscribe to, be it TV Guide or some other provider. )

 

[BRNout]

I don't know whether they did it last night. But I turned on one of the TVs with a converter box and there was one of the guys from "Brothers". I'm pretty sure the listings didn't show that. I'll find out tongiht what I taped, but once I saw that, I taped the rest of whatever preceded "The Simpsons"--I hope.

Yes, they did. Brothers was indeed scheduled for 6:30 CST (7:30 EDT), followed by a new Simpsons at 7 C (8 E). That's what was in our cable system's guide and that's what was aired by FOX (at least in Chicago). Our market had the Pats-Jets game and it did not run long.

Either way, homer's right. The cable company has no control over the listings. If a game runs long and the show is JIP'd, there's nothing they can do about that. It's a live event and cannot always be predicted. So, I honestly don't understand the point of this particular gripe. ???