Can't we ban all sports-related preempting, ever?
No.
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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.
arby - Mar 08, 2005 4:24:19 pm PST #5185 of 10001
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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
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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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arby - Mar 08, 2005 4:45:46 pm PST #5192 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)
Oh, right! Sorry, me dumb. I thought it was a matter of showing a game at all or not, like with the World Series and that extra game they sometimes do. I forgot about plain old game-running-long preempting. (My deep sports aversion makes all information around it trickle right out of my brain.)
OK then, maybe they could schedule one or two disposable shows (like reruns or infomercials) immediately after the game, that way if it ran long they could skip those and go straight to the good stuff?
Either that or cancel the evening news. C'mon, who needs to see Fox news?
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 08, 2005 5:47:00 pm PST #5193 of 10001
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OK then, maybe they could schedule one or two disposable shows (like reruns or infomercials) immediately after the game, that way if it ran long they could skip those and go straight to the good stuff?
Isn't that what they sort of did with Futurama?