Showtime scheduling snafu has children seeing porn

[jal41]

http://www.wlwt.com/family/10277747/detail.html

Apparently, one of the Showtime channels was showing a live boxing match that went overtime. As a result, the program that ran afterwords, a porn movie, started late. A showing of the Spongebob Squarepants movie was suppost to start at 6 AM on a Sunday morning, but the porn movie ran over past 6 AM. Those who recorded Spongebob with a DVR were in for a surprise (See the video from WLWT at the link above).

I wonder why Showtime didn't stop the porn movie at 6 AM and begin showing Spongebob instead. You have to get caught up to your normal schedule sometime. Might as well be at the crack of dawn.

 

[azumanga]

Also, why would they schedule a porn flick right before a kiddie film? There are some kids who would tune in early, so they could see the film right from the start, but for them to endure some ill-repute time first is a little riduculous.

There should've, at least, been some kind of programming "buffer" between the two films. Or, in cases of sports overtime, announce that they would stop the porno flick several minutes before the start of SpongeBob.

Now you know why the Religious Right has their shorts bunched up.

 

[ixnay]

Slightly ot but I don't think it merits its own thread...

I sometimes tune in to SBSP just to hear the theme song - which they play once a game (between innings) at Wilmington Blue Rocks (MiLB) games. And all the kids sing along.

Also slightly ot: my favorite movie review headline adorned the Wilmington News Journal's review (a syndicated review) of The SBSP Movie: "For best SpongeBob, soak in TV series." ;D

xinay

 

[MarcB]

Now you know why the Religious Right has their shorts bunched up.

I don't think the religious goons have a leg to stand on as Showtime is a PAY-TV service.

Why did they have to show whatever was supposed to be on right after the boxing match ended? Why didn't they just pre-empt and run previews of filler shows until they could get back on schedule. That's what TBS does.

If TBS has a Braves game schedule 1PM-4PM and the game ends is done at 4:45PM they show 15 minutes of Dick Clark's Bloopers Show and resume regular programming at 5PM.

A typical FOX 61 Sunday afternoon Schdule looks like this:
1:00PM NFL: Giants vs. Saints
4:15PM NFL POST GAME
4:30PM ROSEANNE
5PM MOVIE

But What Usually Happens is:
1:00PM NFL: Giants Vs. Saints
4:30PM NFL POST GAME
4:45PM ROSEANNE (Joined in Progress). They'll do the opening theme of Roseanne go to a commercial break and then Start the Roseanne episode where it would be had it been running since 4:30 and a voiceover over the dialouge says "Due to the length of the live sporting event we now join this show already in progress"
5PM MOVIE

 

[dhett]

I don't think the religious goons have a leg to stand on as Showtime is a PAY-TV service.

Religious goons? That's mighty tolerant of ya.

 

[azumanga]

I don't think the religious goons have a leg to stand on as Showtime is a PAY-TV service.

Yet they would always pressure the FCC to change the regulations so that cable and pay channels would be under the same thumb as regular broadcasters.

 

[network]

Also, why would they schedule a porn flick right before a kiddie film? There are some kids who would tune in early, so they could see the film right from the start, but for them to endure some ill-repute time first is a little riduculous.

There should've, at least, been some kind of programming "buffer" between the two films. Or, in cases of sports overtime, announce that they would stop the porno flick several minutes before the start of SpongeBob.

Although I don't see why SHOWTIME didn't pre-empt one of their movies, but scheduling a "buffer" is ridiculous. It's freaking cable TV -- and a premium channel as well. You don't "stop" movies...gimme a break. You simply pre-empt them to get back on schedule. [EDIT]

[EDIT--inflammatory.]

 

[network]

[EDIT--inflammatory.]

Oh please. I'll say it again...it usually helps to know what you're talking about prior to spewing garbage. :

 

[azumanga]

I'll say it again...it usually helps to know what you're talking about prior to spewing garbage. :

Listen -- what if YOU were a parent? Would you want your kids to wake up at 6AM to watch a kiddie film, unsupervised, only to find out that the preceeding film, featuring a couple making "whoopee", is still in progress? I'd be in an uproar.

 

[imhomerjay]

The better question there is where is the parental responsibility? Should your kids be watching TV unsupervised? No. Parents need to stop shoving off their duties.

 

[dxtrfn]

The network should have alternate movies or programming in case of sports running over. If the next movie is 2 hours long, they should have a movie on standby that is 1 hour and 45 minutes and 1 hour and 30 minutes long or should run regular scheduled movies until early morning and preempt the last movie before the start of the next day (6am) and show one of their original series.

For example

4:30am-90 minute movie originally scheduled but live match makes the time 4:45am (remind viewers that have the west coast feed can tune to the program originally scheduled)
sub 4:45am-60 minute series
sub 5:45am-promos
6am-return to normal schedule

 

[network]

Listen -- what if YOU were a parent? Would you want your kids to wake up at 6AM to watch a kiddie film, unsupervised, only to find out that the preceeding film, featuring a couple making "whoopee", is still in progress? I'd be in an uproar.

I would like to reiterate what I stated before...it helps to know what you are talking about BEFORE spewing garbage.

Guess what?! I am a parent and my child does NOT watch TV unsupervised. This was a scheduling error. Crap happens. They acknowledged it and will make sure it doesn't happen again. It was a mistake. I guess if we pull up your history, it's squeaky clean, eh? :

I agree with the person about parental responsibility. For all of these parents who stomped and screamed and wanted protection, why aren't they programming their cable/satellite box or TV to block out TV-MA, R-rated programming?

Or would you care to make up more ridiculous excuses to continue the finger-pointing at the networks that I can easily shoot down? :

 

[Markxxx]

This is a good argument for a V chip. If every program had a rating embedded, as the parents would USE the V chip, as soon as the porn came on, it would've scrambled automatically.

Of course tools are no use if everyone is to darn lazy to use them.

 

[bk77]

Of course tools are no use if everyone is to darn lazy to use them.

you got that right !! same with the internet as well. how many parents out there monitor what his/her child looks at? use filters? my 34 year old cousin has two daughters ages 13 and 15 and they spend hours online chatting with who knows what on various sites. I have heard the 15 year old has 12 hotmail email addresses I asked my cousin what kind of filters does she use to block out the bad sites. she didn't even know what a filter was. Oh, she did say she puts her trust with the
"internet police" as far as protecting her kids online goes so she feels she doesn't have to monitor or anything like that. very sad !!

I read on another site that back in the 70s some cable companies refused to install HBO or Showtime in homes with kids. Heck, when I was kid back then I remember telling a friend of mine at school that I watched an episode of Soap. My teacher overheard the conservation and was so upset that she actually had my dad come in to school and chewed him out for allowing me to watch Soap.

Today I heard many teachers discuss shows like Six Feet Under and Deadwood right in class. I forgot where this happened at but I do remember a story about some middle school students who raised a ruckus in class because they were shown The Wizard Of Oz in class. The kids were expecting to watch HBO's prison drama OZ instead. The story went on to say that many parents even have HBO and Showtime installed in their KIDS ROOM !! I am willing to bet that many of these same parents don't even bother with the V chip.

and many adults can't understand why many of these kids act the way they do.

 

[Ultimajock]

Showtime scheduling snafu

...some things to consider here:

1) Showtime doesn't show porn. "Strong sexual content" does not mean "porn." Porn would indicate the actors are having actual sexual intercourse, and this activity is clearly shown. Playboy TV shows porn. Showtime doesn't.

2) Showtime is a CBS channel. The link at the beginning of this thread took me to the site of WLWT, the Cincinnati NBC affiliate. You can't tell me an NBC station wouldn't love to make their primary competition look bad.

3) Any mother that shows her kids a video without knowing exactly what's on that video has forfeited her right to bitch about it.