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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.

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Invisible Green - Mar 08, 2005 3:37:07 pm PST #5182 of 10001

A condensed season over the summer could rock. Isn't that what the OC had season 1?

The O.C.'s first season was something like 27 episodes over approximately the normal 2003-2004 seasonal period, but it started in August rather than September/October because FOX wanted to air more than just one or two episodes before pre-empting it for the world series.

Is FOX still trying to do year-round programming? Cuz if they are, then I doubt that they'd hold this back until the fall. Of course, all their shows from last summer bombed, right? (North Shore, The Jury, Method & Red, Quintuplets, etc.) So they might have changed their minds on the whole "year-round programming" thing.

arby - Mar 08, 2005 4:00:05 pm PST #5183 of 10001

Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)

I hate sports! Can't we ban all sports-related preempting, ever? Why can't the networks just say, "Our schedule is such and such, baseball will run x dates, normal shows will run x dates" and be done with it? Are they TRYING to drive me insane?

ETA if the sports doesn't happen for whatever reason, they can just show a movie or some dumb reality rerun instead.

DXMachina - Mar 08, 2005 4:14:03 pm PST #5184 of 10001

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Can't we ban all sports-related preempting, ever?

No.

arby - Mar 08, 2005 4:24:19 pm PST #5185 of 10001

Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)

I'm not saying they can't show sports, just that they shouldn't preempt non-sports programming for it.

What would you say is a good reason to preempt? Other than that you like baseball.

Jessica - Mar 08, 2005 4:27:49 pm PST #5186 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Well, because sports are live, and if the game goes long, pre-empting the next show is preferable to not showing the end. Doing otherwise would mean millions lost in both viewers and revenue, and then Fox wouldn't have the money to invest in shows like The Inside.

Sean K - Mar 08, 2005 4:36:10 pm PST #5187 of 10001

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

pre-empting the next show is preferable to not showing the end.

This they know from experience. They didn't always used to pre-empt programming.

DXMachina - Mar 08, 2005 4:36:12 pm PST #5188 of 10001

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Yes, what Jess said. The networks were badly burned by the "Heidi" game, [link] so they'll never do it again.

Sean K - Mar 08, 2005 4:37:05 pm PST #5189 of 10001

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Heh.

Televised-sports-history x-post.

DXMachina - Mar 08, 2005 4:40:02 pm PST #5190 of 10001

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Hell, I was watching the damn game when they switched over. I was ticked.

Sean K - Mar 08, 2005 4:42:53 pm PST #5191 of 10001

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

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