Joining shows in progress after sports events

[vchimpanzee]

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. )

Well, according to the owner's manual, they get the original listings from the cable or satellite provider by making a phone call.

But I was thinking TiVo can be creative and come up with a way to get those listings updated when the delays happen.

 

[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.

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. ???

I don't know what was supposed to air. I have no record of "Brothers' even being planned.

TiVo, on the other hand, has the ability to update listings. That's what I'm saying. There may be reasons why it hasn't been done, but wouldn't it be neat if they could do that.

 

[imhomerjay]

Every DVR--TiVo, satellite "generic" or cable "generic" updates its listings, but, again, the point is no one is updating those listings at 7-whatever on a Sunday night. Some TiVo models do use a phone connection, and like the cable companies I'm aware of, the data updates are performed in the middle of the night so as to disrupt the guide to the least number of viewers while that's happening (when I had a newborn, I was actually awake several times to watch it happen, sadly). Do you really think someone is sitting around at TV Guide's parent company trying to get updated listings data from the skeleton staff at the networks?

In CBS's case, it's simple--you know full well everything slides back for the length of the overrun, and how the stations compensate in late night is up to them. For Fox, it's equally simple--except under rare circumstances, the scheduled show is joined in progress. Knowing this, as you do, just plan accordingly and move on. I am a Cold Case viewer. I add an hour to my DVR recording of the show. Problem solved in...what....10 seconds?

 

[WPPCProductions]

I never use VCR/Plus because it stinks and does not let me pad minutes ahead and hours after the reguler time slot.I use OTR One Touch Recording as long I have the VCR/ DVR Timer, clock time skewed about 2 to 3 minutes ahead of the real time, and I pad a extra Hour after the show, incase the sports programs runs overtime.Last nights ABC Nascar race was over on time,Americas Funniest Videos came on as skeduled according to the tv listings, but the Announcer said, "We will join this program all ready in progress"
maybe a couple of minutes got clipped in the beginning, it looks like AFV show was complete to me.I like to know what will ABC will do,If the Nascar race run overtime after 8pm est, That will put a Kapbash to the live airing of the American Music Awards.

 

[azumanga]

I like to know what will ABC will do,If the Nascar race run overtime after 8pm est, That will put a Kapbash to the live airing of the American Music Awards.

Considering that the AMAs is a major television event, ABC would see to it that the event does not start until the race is over or, at the least, electronically delay it. Home Videos is, no doubt, a JIP-able program, though the AMAs are not.

 

[DToTheJ]

"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.

I vaguely remember that bit! Is it on Hulu anywhere?

I never use VCR/Plus because it stinks anddoes not let me pad minutes ahead and hours after the reguler time slot...

When is VCR Plus going to just be discontinued? With the advent of TiVo and DVR, it is completely irrelevant.

 

[vchimpanzee]

maybe a couple of minutes got clipped in the beginning, it looks like AFV show was complete to me.I like to know what will ABC will do,If the Nascar race run overtime after 8pm est, That will put a Kapbash to the live airing of the American Music Awards.

Nope. While it was a rerun, it was only half the episode.

An amazing thing happened to me, though. I mentioned how I checked Converter Box No. 2 to make sure it was working (another thread) and saw Mike from "Brothers' getting out of a wheelchair. Now I never questioned why it was Mike instead of his brother, but I sure found out the details. I saw "Bones" listed as the show preceding "The Simpsons" and asked TiVo to record the rest. There was an option when I did that which looked very much like what the guy from "Glee" and "My Name Is Earl" calls "Start Over" from Time Warner. But I have the most basic Time Warner service--which, by the way, has performed next to flawlessly, and despite all the things I've read about Comcast and others, I have nothing bad to say about them. I played back "Bones", though, and they started "Brothers" from the beginning. It was followed by a "Simpsons" rerun. How is this possible? I won't ask questions. I just appreciate that it happened. And I'm manually recording that time slot every week from now on.

"Hallmark Hall of Fame" is this Sunday, and knowing CBS it'll probably be delayed. I shouldn't forget to watch it, though. I've had it on my mind all week. The question is how much of "Desperate Housewives" will I see before I have to start taping. But if I do forget, I did set TiVo and I added an hour.

 

[imhomerjay]

It's a Thanksgiving Miracle. ;D

 

[vchimpanzee]

A weird thing happened to me Sunday night.

I tape Andy Rooney and go in the other room and watch the rest of "America's Funniest Home Videos" on the digital channel. I switched to the digital CBS channel which has never given me any trouble, though I rarely watch the channel since I don't want to end up losing "The Simpsons". "Amazing Race" was already on. So this means the movie will start on time.

I taped all of "Desperate Housewives" on the VCR hooked up to cable (I don't take chances with digital unless I'm there watching, except for "The Simpsons"). TiVo is already recording two other shows at once, also from cable. That left me watching "Hallmark Hall of Fame" on the digital channel, and no problems. When 10:00 came, there was a break, and I did what I needed to do and went in to turn of the VCR and switch to the movie. Yes, I could have watched it all on one TV, but I turned that one back to "The Simpsons". But the break wasn't long enough! The movie was already back!

No, wait, this has happened before. I pick up two CBS affiliates. Or did, in the days of analog. The one I was watching during the second hour is only available on cable around here, unless I get an outdoor antenna. It seems THAT station hadn't yet gotten to the break, because I had seen that scene.

Fortunately, the station I was watching on the converter box is also on cable here for some reason, and I tape "Jeopardy" at 7:30. Which means on Sunday, I'm taping that channel when Andy comes on at his normal time. So I didn't lose Andy!

 

[quadraphonic]

That's great.

 

[imhomerjay]

Riveting.

 

[kenrayc]

Thrilling

 

[BRNout]

Those writing skills need to be brought to the attention of Larry David - immediately!

 

[azumanga]

Back on subject, though on a slightly-different tangent, ABC has "A Charlie Brown Christmas" scheduled tonight (12/1) for 8PM ET, followed by a Disney holiday special at 8:30PM. However, President Obama will be on TV at that time, talking at West Point (?) about the Afghanistan crisis. Depending on how long Obama speaks, I think Peanuts will be, at the least, rescheduled, with the Disney show JIP'd or delayed.

 

[imhomerjay]

There may be some guide not updated, but both shows have already been rescheduled to next week. I've seen re-cut ads with the new date as well. ABC News will run coverage 8-9 p.m.

 

[DToTheJ]

What's wrong with running them on ABC Family at that hour?

 

[imhomerjay]

For starters, perhaps that they don't wish to revamp two schedules, or plain old want to run those specials on the broadcast channel. They're airing them next Tuesday instead; problem solved.

 

[Mario500]

After last Saturday's broadcast of the college football game between the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama and the Gators of the University of Florida, WKRG-TV had a newscast beginning shortly after 6:50 PM and continued for a normal length of time before joining the CBS program "Medium" in progress. Sometimes the station's newscasts overlap "The CBS Evening News" if a network sports program goes longer than 5:00 PM. Based on a telephone call I made to the station, the newscasts had to be done at their regular length of time.

 

[azumanga]

After last Saturday's broadcast of the college football game between the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama and the Gators of the University of Florida, WKRG-TV had a newscast beginning shortly after 6:50 PM and continued for a normal length of time before joining the CBS program "Medium" in progress. Based on a telephone call I made to the station, the newscasts had to be done at their regular length of time.

No doubt to appease the advertisers. Once upon a time, when there's only a limited amount of time between a sports program and the start of prime-time, stations would merely run a shortened version of their newscast, so they could start the prime-time schedule right at 8PM. Though of course, with advertisers' money at stake and Saturday being dead to begin with, many stations do whatever they want.

Here in the Tampa Bay area, WTSP didn't have to worry about rushing through a newscast or cutting through "Medium" -- they scheduled the post-game through 9PM, and moved Medium to late-night, after infomercials.

 

[MarcB]

At least your CBS Station shows an evening newscast. Where I live Merideth's WFSB doesn't even bother scheduling one on Saturdays during College Football Season*, neither does WVIT the NBC O&O. The only one of the big 3 that shows a Saturday Evening Newscast during Football Season in LIN-TV's ABC WTNH. They schedule it 7PM-730PM. It's always a half hour regardless of what time it starts up until 7:30PM. I think they skip it if the news were to start after 730PM.

*A winter storm, which was threatening the state of Connecticut on Saturday afternoon/Saturday night, so WFSB had the game with lower audio in the bottom right corner of the screen and their on-air Meterologist in the upper left corner of the screen doing storm predictions with audio higher than the game.