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Seinfeld to move in many areas...
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BRNout said:
WPWR-TV has been ruined by Fox. Fox has made a lot of dumb moves with this station. Letting Seinfeld go to an independent is really dumb. If WCIU will be carrying Seinfeld on th main channel, I wonder if they'll carry the HD version, or the SD version of the show. Fox was showing the HD version of the show. The DVD's I've seen in stores have been SD.
Dave said:
So how does HD look on WCIU's main channel, packed in with 4 additional subchannels and all?
Then again, leave it to Weigel to cram as much as possible onto signals. They do that with their CBS affiliate in Milwaukee (2 subs and a slideshow real estate channel).
Fox has stripped down for UPN affiliate (now MyTV affiliate) KTXH, too, since acquiring it from Paramount several years ago and pairing it with Fox O&O KRIV. KTXH used to be a VERY strong station -- one of the top-rated UPN affiliates in the nation, with great syndie shows and rights to several pro teams. Now it's just Fox 26's dumping ground for underperforming shows.
@ding12: WRNN in Kingston, NY is similar to WTVE, with airings of "Inside Edition," the French show, and a sitcom just to cleanse the palate; in WRNN's case, it's "Cheers."
Which leads me to:
@teevee: When I was referring to WWOR airing "second-tier-or-lower programming," I was actually speaking in terms of the quality of programming on WWOR in comparison to the shows on WNYW. At no time did I mean any disrespect to any group. It's a situation akin to that of WPWR vs WFLD in Chicago that BRNout referred to earlier in this thread, and nothing more.
And for the record, both WNYW and WWOR air "Wendy Williams." And WNYW actually airs the first run.
Which leads me to:
@teevee: When I was referring to WWOR airing "second-tier-or-lower programming," I was actually speaking in terms of the quality of programming on WWOR in comparison to the shows on WNYW. At no time did I mean any disrespect to any group. It's a situation akin to that of WPWR vs WFLD in Chicago that BRNout referred to earlier in this thread, and nothing more.
And for the record, both WNYW and WWOR air "Wendy Williams." And WNYW actually airs the first run.
I'm guessing that this won't make any difference in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Seinfeld already airs on 2 Cox owned stations - KTVU 2 (Fox) and KICU (indy). The show might leave KTVU altogether, but I don't think it matters to viewers inundated by 200+ channels. Who can even remember what station you've watched a rerun on lately?
I'm not a lover of reruns in general - I haven't watched a Friends since it left first-run at NBC. But Seinfeld is somewhat of an exception, because viewers like me stop to watch those famous episodes...you know, like "The Contest."
I've watched the show a couple of times lately, but I couldn't tell you if it was KTVU, KICU, or TBS.
Seinfeld may turn out to be one of those classics -like I Love Lucy, that runs for decades - or it might seem quite passe to viewers in the "20s" (2020s that is)...who knows...it depends a lot on how the popular culture changes during this current decade.
It's hard to believe that the oldest Seinfeld episodes are already 21 years old (1989), and the newest first aired 13 ago in 1998.
I'm not a lover of reruns in general - I haven't watched a Friends since it left first-run at NBC. But Seinfeld is somewhat of an exception, because viewers like me stop to watch those famous episodes...you know, like "The Contest."
I've watched the show a couple of times lately, but I couldn't tell you if it was KTVU, KICU, or TBS.
Seinfeld may turn out to be one of those classics -like I Love Lucy, that runs for decades - or it might seem quite passe to viewers in the "20s" (2020s that is)...who knows...it depends a lot on how the popular culture changes during this current decade.
It's hard to believe that the oldest Seinfeld episodes are already 21 years old (1989), and the newest first aired 13 ago in 1998.
KeithE4 said:
Seinfeld has the advantage of being shot in a widescreen format which lends well to being shown in HD. The advantage over other HD shows in syndication (How I Met Your Mother, Two & 1/2 Men) is you're seeing it for the first time in HD in syndication.
BTW: Friends is the next closet HD show coming out as it's being seen in HD in Australia right now.
ajc_trw said:KeithE4 said:
Seinfeld has the advantage of being shot in a widescreen format which lends well to being shown in HD. The advantage over other HD shows in syndication (How I Met Your Mother, Two & 1/2 Men) is you're seeing it for the first time in HD in syndication.
BTW: Friends is the next closet HD show coming out as it's being seen in HD in Australia right now.
Are they are other shows from the pre-HD era that were shot in Widescreen? A few classic shows were shot in color but were shown in B&W during their network runs (The Lucy Show)
In my area, Seinfeld is moving from Fox 29 to CW 57, starting March 21. ISN'T THAT SOMETHING!!!
KeithE4 said:
They have lasted many years on syndication, but I'm not so sure anymore. Maybe the younger audiences (born late 80's, early 90's) may not sit for a b&w show, just like the average Joe won't watch a foreign film, or the programmers perceive that. 'I Love Lucy' is no longer really seen and was on the Hallmark channel but aired in the middle of the night. I'm not sure if it is still there. I think TV Land maybe airing some b&w episodes of 'Jeannie' and 'Bewitched' and 'Andy Griffith' but shows that are all episodes b&w seem to be too niche now.
Somehow 'The Nanny' which wasn't even that special when it aired, or even during syndication initially, is doing real well on cable (with TV Land and Antenna), whereas 'Cheers' seems to be have become dated or uninteresting maybe. It was missing for years, and now is on WGN and Reelz (a niche channel).
I'm pretty sure Seinfeld has been on WJW here since it entered the syndication market.
Then that means a hole lot of CW's Plus are going to air it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_CW_Plus. I would say WDAF would keep or give it to KMCI to show.
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