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TV LAND'S 42 minute Gilligan's Island
- Thread starter gregg75
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TV Land does it to all their shows not just Gilligan's Island. More commercials and lots and lots of editing has always been TV Land's downfall which is the reason why each 30 minute show last 45 minutes and a 60 minute show last 75 to 80 minutes because of commercials and promos.
And is the prime reason one of the first stations I dumped more than 20 years ago was TVLand. Never has a service with so much promise disappointed so thoroughly.
TVLand once had retroTV all to itself. Now there are 5 or so services in every major market showing the core of TVLand's programming. You've got to wonder why people still pay for it.......oh......wait......bundling. Bundling is keeping this worthless cable service alive.
TVLand once had retroTV all to itself. Now there are 5 or so services in every major market showing the core of TVLand's programming. You've got to wonder why people still pay for it.......oh......wait......bundling. Bundling is keeping this worthless cable service alive.
Whaddya know.....just like radio!
Someone must live in a time machine. TVLand just celebrated its 18th birthday, having debuted as a network in late April 1996. It's fair to say that all of us stopped watching it "over twenty years ago" as it didn't exist.
And without bundling, each channel would cost roughly $5-$20. Part of me wishes it would go away just to see heads explode.
Wow! Missed it by 2 years. My BIG mistake.
You are dead wrong. As far back as the 80's we had ala carte subscriptions and they were less expensive than your "opinion". Instead of paying (then) $60/month for a huge bundle of stations I never watched I paid about $60 PER YEAR for those few I did. Now.....tell me again it doesn't make sense.
When cable dropped ala carte services I dropped cable so instead of them getting some revenue from me they get nothing. And I still get all the programming I want from other sources.
He was lucky. I read somewhere that only WFMY, the CBS station in the market where the fictional Mayberry is supposedly located, aired the show unedited.
I wondered what was meant by folksy epilogues, but it turned out that by watching on WFMY, I always saw them.
As far as bundling goes ESPN is the most expensive channel for cabe/satellite services at about $6 a subscriber. So asking $10 would be a resonable fee for a la carte. TV Land is under a dollar. So even charging $2 would be over charging. I say bring on a la cart programing. I'll take my chances.
The prices that cable pays per channel is part of the whole bundling strategy. Do you really think Viacom would sell TV Land or other low-rated channels for $2 a month to the general public. When Pepsi sells a 20-oz soda for $1.79 and itunes charges $1.29 for a 3-minute single? Take bundling out of the equation, and per-unit costs will skyrocket.
Its now 30 years since "the 80s", and the pricing model no longer applies. Sorta like landline telephones, pagers, AOL, and 30-shares on network TV
Its now 30 years since "the 80s", and the pricing model no longer applies. Sorta like landline telephones, pagers, AOL, and 30-shares on network TV
And iTunes charging $1.29 for a song is why I don't ever use an MP3/iPod. Why would I waste that money when I could listen to my local FM stations for free?
Same reason why I don't watch TV Land. It's a waste of bandwidth full of commercials. Turn it into a "Commercial Channel" with 30 minute blocks of commercials and I don't think I would still notice.
-crainbebo
Same reason why I don't watch TV Land. It's a waste of bandwidth full of commercials. Turn it into a "Commercial Channel" with 30 minute blocks of commercials and I don't think I would still notice.
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Put it in terms of a different commodity. Why would I pay $1.29 for some food that tastes good and that I enjoy when I can get crappy, tasteless food for free?
Some people like specific songs, some just want generic background music. There's nothing wrong with being one of the latter, but neither should it be difficult to relate to the former. I watch a lot of TV shows, but I never just "watch TV". If there isn't a specific program on TV that I want to watch, then as far as I am concerned, "There's nothing on TV to watch". That's where that cliche came from. I don't watch TV Land because none of the programs on it appeal to me. But for the shows I do like, I'll put up with a lot in order to see them.
$1.29 for some good food is fine, but you get the same music as paying $1.29 on iTunes, while going on YouTube and surfing. If you are at the public library, just getting a card makes 60 or even 120 minutes of computer access free - 2 hours of free music that way! And then my FM radio is the same thing.
I would rather have a 2-minute commercial break between a show than 6 or 7 minutes. That's what it used to be! National breaks were anywhere from 1:00 to 2:30 in the 80s, with about 3:00 or 3:30 in local time. Fine for me. And the commercials didn't SUCK! I have loads of mid-late 80s and early-mid 90s TV galore on my old VHS tapes...all with commercials. Love to look at that old Miami Vice and Star Trek TNG all with the 1980s ads on them.
-crainbebo
I would rather have a 2-minute commercial break between a show than 6 or 7 minutes. That's what it used to be! National breaks were anywhere from 1:00 to 2:30 in the 80s, with about 3:00 or 3:30 in local time. Fine for me. And the commercials didn't SUCK! I have loads of mid-late 80s and early-mid 90s TV galore on my old VHS tapes...all with commercials. Love to look at that old Miami Vice and Star Trek TNG all with the 1980s ads on them.
-crainbebo
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