Right now, for day sports, national channels usually just shift, don't they? Which is why, in the autumn, 60 Minutes usually starts at 7:30 or so, but goes its full 60 minutes. And then the local news starts whenever the run of national programming ends.
I do think that FOX should go back to its older tradition of premiering new fall shows in November, AFTER the World Series is over. Because, guaranteed 2 consecutive weeks of preemption, possibly 3. All the in-game commercials in the world can't recover the lost momentum.
Since baseball isn't timed, the networks grab the whole evening (on the east coast), as long as they need it, and don't schedule anything after. And a good thing, too, since this year one playoff game concluded at 1:22am, and several others made it to midnight. Local preemption in my area is kind of -- well, baseball has NESN (cable) and a Friday night deal with the local UPN station; and the Celtics are on Fox Sports Network (cable). I think I've seen college basketball on the local FOX or UPN affiliate, but not recently.
How does the west coast deal with games that starts at, like, 4pm PST? It's primetime for me; but do the local affiliates plan on what they'll air after the game ends, or is that a network decision?
How does the west coast deal with games that starts at, like, 4pm PST? It's primetime for me; but do the local affiliates plan on what they'll air after the game ends, or is that a network decision?
Yeah, local affiliates out here just sort of run whatever they feel like running. For Fox, it's usually Simpsons and Malcom in the Middle reruns until it's time for the local news.
> Fandom could skew female because men might keep a low profile because they are universally painted as fat, thirty year old virgins living with their parents.
> Hey! They are also painted as thin, pale ...thirty year old virgins living with their parents.
That's really funny. Check out the responses I got when I e-mailed some friends about going to the Motor City Buffy-con.
"Ummm... no.
I grew up an moved out of my parents basement."
"Look at it this way, if we go we'll be the only ones who have actually had sex with someone else in the room."
These are people who came over to my apartment every Tuesday for 5 years to watch Buffy, but who now watch American Idol. I think I've lost them to the dark side.
For the record, I do not live with my parents.
I find it interesting that we were pointing out that that was the
stereotype
and we're still getting defensive declarations.
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I know this is sappy and sentimental of me, but I just had to pop in here today since I delurked in here exactly a year ago today. That means it's also been exactly a year since the great Nilly Tour planning began.
Thanks for the ride, everyone.
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Aww.
It feels like longer! In the good way.
I finished watching Wonderfalls last night, and while it ends fairly perfectly, I still wish I had more.
I still wish I had more
I'd wish until I was blue in the face, but I wouldn't look as good as Amy Acker in leather.
Just to add to the rumor mill:
When Adam Baldwin was asked yesterday at the Grand Slam Firelfy cocktail hour when The Inside would air:
"I don't know, maybe in April or May when Idol is finished."
That's all I got. He was very sweet and charming as was Alan Tudyk.
So, is Andy Partridge going to do The Inside's theme song or will it go without one like 24 and Lost?
