"Point Break" and "Analyze This" have nothing to do with golf...why put these movies on the Golf Channel? Are they trying to be the next "Weather Channel" and throw programming with nothing to do with the name of the channel its on? Maybe they'll throw "Medicine Man" on next because Sean Connery is out in the jungle working on his drives...
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What on earth is the Golf Channel doing???
- Thread starter soundsandsports
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I think the 2011 PGA Tour does not kick off until January 6.
soundsandsports said:
Could they be scarce on Programming and decide not to run informercials?If that's the case I applaud them.As for the weather channel are they still running movies?
I have a theory about this sort of thing.
The Golf Channel has a very niche audience. It gets a certain amount of its revenue from subscriber fees and the rest from advertising. They'll get the subscriber fees regardless. They can demand more from the cable companies if they want to increase revenue, but they run the risk of getting dropped or have people not subscribe to the packages that include Golf if they do.
So if they want to increase revenue, they need to put on programming that will get an audience so they can sell ads at a decent rate. That's probably fairly easy to do during the meat of the PGA season. At times like this, it's pretty difficult. With very little golf going on, they figure they can just punt the format and go for eyeballs by running whatever movie they can get their hands on. I'm sure if they could buy the rights to a college football bowl game and see a profit, they would do it. Breaking format when the golf season is essentially on hiatus is not that big a deal to me. It would only be a problem if this was happening during the golf season.
The Weather Channel does not have an excuse for what they're doing. It's just about getting eyeballs any time they can. Breaking format for them is inexcuseable since weather is something that's "in season" 365 days a year.
The Golf Channel has a very niche audience. It gets a certain amount of its revenue from subscriber fees and the rest from advertising. They'll get the subscriber fees regardless. They can demand more from the cable companies if they want to increase revenue, but they run the risk of getting dropped or have people not subscribe to the packages that include Golf if they do.
So if they want to increase revenue, they need to put on programming that will get an audience so they can sell ads at a decent rate. That's probably fairly easy to do during the meat of the PGA season. At times like this, it's pretty difficult. With very little golf going on, they figure they can just punt the format and go for eyeballs by running whatever movie they can get their hands on. I'm sure if they could buy the rights to a college football bowl game and see a profit, they would do it. Breaking format when the golf season is essentially on hiatus is not that big a deal to me. It would only be a problem if this was happening during the golf season.
The Weather Channel does not have an excuse for what they're doing. It's just about getting eyeballs any time they can. Breaking format for them is inexcuseable since weather is something that's "in season" 365 days a year.
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tested said:
A business about getting eyeballs trying to get some (and to be cost effective)? Who ever heard of such a thing? ;D
The format, and its boundaries, is what any programmer decides it is.tested said:
azumanga said:
They have run both Caddyshack and Tin Cup into the ground at this point (they are both on once every week at least), and the TGC audience has proven that they won't watch anything rougher in humor than guys making fun of other people's golf swings; this is why you will never see Comcast expand The Soup franchise over because the PGA'ers would have thin skins about being made fun of on Golf Soup (and Sports Soup on Versus has done badly for that very reason, as ESPN and the FSN networks no longer give much permission for them to fair-use their clips at all, so they're stuck using old clips to make blooper shows).
What Golf Channel needs to do is license tournament replay rights so they can fill the dead periods, but they're limited on that front on most tournaments to the first and second rounds they carry, which very few care about after they've run live the first time. And they should bring back the live instructional shows they had a few years ago and abandoned due to costs. But for right now, if they have to pull the 'it has a putting scene' movie excuse during the holiday season, we can give them a mulligan if only to keep the lights on in the dead of winter.
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soundsandsports said:
I guess you can only run Happy Gilmore so many times until the sprockets on your
VHS cassette start to go a little wobbly...
I was going to say "Tin Cup".azumanga said:
I was very p.o'd at the programming Sat and Sun. I enjoy watching tournaments from other continents and although the South African Open is not a biggie, the scenery is something else. And more than 1 player in recent weeks has been bitten by a critter in Africa-some golfer hottie was bitten by a snake-non venomous a few weeks ago and a golfer or caddy was bitten by a bad assed spider this last week. And the hippos in the water last week were cool. I imagine searching for a lost ball could be a life altering experience.
But the point is that a lot of people were either shopping (Sat Am) or in church Sun a.m. Instead of a replay of this tournament we get Point F#$%^& Break and Tin %^&%^$ Cup?
Big mistake-who wants to watch these tired old movies with tons of commercials to boot?
I almost started a thread myself on but I was going to use the term "WTF" instead of "what on earth."
Still can't figure out the answer to the original question.
But the point is that a lot of people were either shopping (Sat Am) or in church Sun a.m. Instead of a replay of this tournament we get Point F#$%^& Break and Tin %^&%^$ Cup?
Big mistake-who wants to watch these tired old movies with tons of commercials to boot?
I almost started a thread myself on but I was going to use the term "WTF" instead of "what on earth."
Still can't figure out the answer to the original question.
azumanga said:
Has The Golf Channel ever shown Happy Gilmore? I remember USA aired that movie.
ansky212 said:
Even ESPNU has found stuff to run in the summer, Golf Channel doesn't have a big library like ESPN
And as was pointed out, the 2011 PGA season doesn't kick off
until January 6. There's not much golf going on right now (the
South African tournament over the weekend--yeah, it had Ernie
Els and Retief Goosen, but does anyone care about the others
in the field?), so how do you fill 24 hours--show every tournament
Tiger ever played in and let people get nostalgic for the days when
he seemed unstoppable? :
That would get old, too.
Anyway, this program drought will pass in about two weeks.
until January 6. There's not much golf going on right now (the
South African tournament over the weekend--yeah, it had Ernie
Els and Retief Goosen, but does anyone care about the others
in the field?), so how do you fill 24 hours--show every tournament
Tiger ever played in and let people get nostalgic for the days when
he seemed unstoppable? :
That would get old, too.Anyway, this program drought will pass in about two weeks.
Personally, I would find a way to fill every day of the year with golf programming. Run marathons of some of those golf "how-to" shows or other original programming from the Golf Channel that's not dated. I don't watch enough to know if they have something like this, but I'd create some clip shows like a "best shots of the PGA" or "PGA follies." This is how the NFL Network fills their off time. MLB is running a world series game that hasn't been seen on TV in 50 years. There's a lot of things the Golf Channel could do.. but they either don't have the money or leadership to make that happen.
What about All Star Golf reruns, Big Three Golf reruns or working w/ CBS and run the old CBS Golf Classic series? Why not the older Shell's Wonderful World of Golf or some of the early televised Masters and U.S. Opens etc? One can really see firsthand the differences in the equipment used back in the time.. And appreciate the shotmaking..
Some of the old series are corny because of the scripted manner in which the golfers interacted with one another or when one of them took the mike.
Some of the old series are corny because of the scripted manner in which the golfers interacted with one another or when one of them took the mike.
Vibe, based on what you are saying about critters, snakes, spiders and hippos on the golf course, maybe Golf Channel could just re-run some of Fox's old "When Animals Attack" series and no one would notice it isn't golf!
Or have a tourn in Houston or central Fla in July, prime lightning season, where the only delay allowed is after the rain starts to fall. Sorta like Russian Roulette;
There have been well known pros laid up for a variety of reasons for lightning like Lee Trevino and for lyme disease-I can't recollect the names but there have been more than 1.
And I remember the one (not professional golfers) where 2 guys picked up a poisonous snake on the golf course and decided to play catch. One lived. Or about the guy who hunts golf balls in the ponds of Fla. Lots of snake and at least 1 gator bite.
So yes- one could have 1 or 2 shows dedicated to the "other hazards" that are out there one the golf course whether due to accident or self inflicted stupidity.
There have been well known pros laid up for a variety of reasons for lightning like Lee Trevino and for lyme disease-I can't recollect the names but there have been more than 1.
And I remember the one (not professional golfers) where 2 guys picked up a poisonous snake on the golf course and decided to play catch. One lived. Or about the guy who hunts golf balls in the ponds of Fla. Lots of snake and at least 1 gator bite.
So yes- one could have 1 or 2 shows dedicated to the "other hazards" that are out there one the golf course whether due to accident or self inflicted stupidity.
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