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Pubic viewing parties for final episode of Big Bang Theory

From the original viewing party at 8:00/7:00 Central, is it then going to occur an hour later in the Mountain Time Zone, two hours later in Arizona, and three hours later on the left coast? And what about KOVR Stockton--since they're an hour earlier than normal PT?

BTW--after BBT last night it was promoed as "three eps left"--so is the finale Thu 05/23?
 
Ccook55 said:
Never saw an episode. No regrets.
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And that is one of the advantages of our mostly free-enterprise broadcast system: there are lots of choices and you can choose what not to view (or listen to) just as you can pick the programming you like.

I found the first years of BBT to be quite well written, and skillfully acted and directed. Because so many comedies on the Big 4 networks don't appeal to my cultural background, the ones that are exceptional stand out. But, as you have pointed out, that is a personal choice.
 
DavidEduardo said:


I found the first years of BBT to be quite well written, and skillfully acted and directed.
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I agree with your assessment of the first few years of BBT however, several years in the writing got just silly and Jim Parsons whiny, childish character annoyed me to the extent I could no longer enjoy the show.

The same thing happened with Two and a Half Men when Charlie went off the rails (and especially after they "killed him off") and now with Last Man Standing (which is due mostly to character/actor changes).

Nothing lasts forever.
 
My wife's all time favorite show. Me? I don't get it. I've seen a lot of episodes by osmosis when she has them on, but I never took to the series.
 
gr8oldies said:
My wife's all time favorite show. Me? I don't get it. I've seen a lot of episodes by osmosis when she has them on, but I never took to the series.
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I think that is the way most Chuck Lorre shows are. You either love the humor or you hate it.
 
nomadcowatbk said:
everyone saw an episode of Cheers
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I saw one, and dropped out about 10 minutes in. Never saw another, but I can hum the theme song... As I said, some shows do not connect culturally with everyone.
 
Never seen Big Bang, or even Friends.I'd imagine that its overall viewership isn't remotely comparable to Seinfield or Cheers, let alone pre-internet hits like Cosby and pre-cable hits like Bonanza and Ed Sullivan.

But remember, as David implied in his response, we are dealing with at least three Americas here. There's white America, where Cheers and Seinfeld and Friends resonated culturally and were huge hits. Black America and Latino America had and still have far different TV preferences. This board skews heavily white older male, including me, and we really need to stop and think before asserting that our favorite TV shows, musical performers, etc. meant just as much to people in those "other Americas."
 
CTListener said:
But remember, as David implied in his response, we are dealing with at least three Americas here. There's white America, where Cheers and Seinfeld and Friends resonated culturally and were huge hits. Black America and Latino America had and still have far different TV preferences. This board skews heavily white older male, including me, and we really need to stop and think before asserting that our favorite TV shows, musical performers, etc. meant just as much to people in those "other Americas."
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That's a good point. We have many groups that don't have the same cultural backgrounds. And that even includes small-town folks vs. big city dwellers, and the many regional differences that have always existed.

There have always been shows on the big networks that did better among certain groups, whether regional or ethnic, and some that did worse.

And to make your point, I tried watching Seinfeld in my first years "back" in the US (the show, for obvious reasons, did not run in Puerto Rico) and it did nothing for me... not funny, did not relate, seemed stupid.
 
DavidEduardo said:



That's a good point. We have many groups that don't have the same cultural backgrounds. And that even includes small-town folks vs. big city dwellers, and the many regional differences that have always existed.

There have always been shows on the big networks that did better among certain groups, whether regional or ethnic, and some that did worse.

And to make your point, I tried watching Seinfeld in my first years "back" in the US (the show, for obvious reasons, did not run in Puerto Rico) and it did nothing for me... not funny, did not relate, seemed stupid.
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And I loved "Seinfeld," but my background would suggest that I would -- white, Jewish, grew up in suburban Boston and have spent all but three years of my adult life in a medium-sized Connecticut city. "Seinfeld" has been criticized often for being set in New York City yet featuring hardly any black or Latino characters. In fact, the most memorable Latino character I recall from the show was a young Latino busboy who loses his job thanks to one of George's social blunders. George goes to the busboy character's small apartment to apologize and what's on the wall but a poster of a Latino boxer! Talk about stereotypes! "The Bob Newhart Show," another favorite of mine, managed to show a Chicago devoid of any other race or ethnicity, except when Bob and friends would talk about a Bulls game they'd seen.

As a kid, I watched shows like "Dick Van Dyke" and "Get Smart" and Bullwinkle cartoons. Maybe black kids were watching those shows, too, if only because network TV offered nonwhite or "ethnic" viewers very little that was any more culturally relevant back then. By the time the shows this thread has been discussing came along, network, independent and cable channels were offering much more relevant entertainment.
 
CTListener said:
And I loved "Seinfeld," but my background would suggest that I would -- white, Jewish, grew up in suburban Boston and have spent all but three years of my adult life in a medium-sized Connecticut city. "Seinfeld" has been criticized often for being set in New York City yet featuring hardly any black or Latino characters. In fact, the most memorable Latino character I recall from the show was a young Latino busboy who loses his job thanks to one of George's social blunders. George goes to the busboy character's small apartment to apologize and what's on the wall but a poster of a Latino boxer! Talk about stereotypes! "The Bob Newhart Show," another favorite of mine, managed to show a Chicago devoid of any other race or ethnicity, except when Bob and friends would talk about a Bulls game they'd seen.

As a kid, I watched shows like "Dick Van Dyke" and "Get Smart" and Bullwinkle cartoons. Maybe black kids were watching those shows, too, if only because network TV offered nonwhite or "ethnic" viewers very little that was any more culturally relevant back then. By the time the shows this thread has been discussing came along, network, independent and cable channels were offering much more relevant entertainment.
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And, of course, that explains why most US comedies don't get syndicated to the "rest" of the world.

Even US and UK comedies, with a minority of exceptions, don't make it across the Atlantic in either direction.

Comedic US movies have often done poorly or not been shown at all elsewhere. Slapstick comedy seems to do OK... I remember about a half century ago being amazed that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang did quite well in Quito, filling theatres... but that movie was full of sight gags, too. But lifestyle comedies do not fare as well, either getting limited runs or not playing at all.
 
Don't expect me to so much as attending any public viewing party for the Big Bang Theory Series finale as that show was something I never did watch since I haven't watched any show of any kind that Network Television ad ever put on in primetime for several years.
 
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