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NBC to cutback programming hours

Pat Cook said:
Yeah, but compared to satellite, even cable is rapidly becoming dated technology for just about anything except the Internet.
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Eh, not really. I can get home phone service that's indistinguishable from what I get from the telco on cable, not so with satellite. I also get far, far more on-demand programming with cable as opposed to the satellite version. Not saying they don't both have their strong points (and reasons they're right for different consumers with different needs), but satellite isn't leap years ahead in being 'modern technology' as it seems your post suggests.
 
I'll stand by my statement that we are seeing the death of TV. Except for a couple of shows my kids are not watching and neither am I. On a visit to my cousin's house his DVD player was hooked up but he didn't have cable or an antenna on his TV. He says he doesn't miss broadcast TV.

A couple of years ago there were a couple of shows I was very passionate about. I tried to get friends to watch and get interested in them. A couple of them told me they don't watch series TV anymore, just movies.
 
Then perhaps it's the death of TV in your circle. That may well be. But the facts don't bear that out across the board.
 
Braves2005 said:
Chad-Stevens said:
I hadn't heard this angle discussed yet but what existing NBC programming may get cut to make way for Jay?
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Possibly Law And Order and their spinoffs for starters. Then take away Deal Or No Deal since it has become a bigger hit in syndication than on NBC.

How about this for an idea? Have a movie every night of the week at 7:00 PM before Leno comes on at 9:00 PM, then that solves the problem of having regular shows on at 7:00 and 8:00 PM since NBC says it costs too much to program a show nowadays.
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Old movies and a talk show... So basically, one giant independent TV station. Even TBS, WGN and WSBK have better programs than that!
 
Movies every night might be a tad much, but given the problems the broadcasters have successfully filling the full programming schedule, would a return to once-a-week movies be far-fetched? Clearly, spending on big acquisitions wouldn't made sense for Saturday nights, though for secondary/family packages, it might work.
 
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