Comments on: Television Logic I Don’t Understand

By: jambo

jambo — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:17:49 +0000

Dr Who gets even worse treatment in Canada. It gets shown on CBC six months to 1 year after being originally shown on BBC. Not to mention the fact that in the season finale for 2008 they cut out half the show to make it fit into the hour time slot. Downloading is the only way here.

By: mkilby

mkilby — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:24:45 +0000

@ CIDU Bill (6) - Even though Mutts is available “live” for same-day reading through the syndicate (for example, on the Washington Post’s website, but also elsewhere), I still read it with a two-week delay on the Mutts “home” page (http://muttscomics.com/strip.aspx), simply because I dislike the coloration inflicted by the syndicate.

@ Vic (20) - thanks for the link. I remember watching Dr. Who on PBS years ago; I had no idea that the BBC was still producing new episodes. It will be interesting to see whether the scriptwriting and the effects are still as cheesey as they used to be.

By: Vic in Chicagoland

Vic in Chicagoland — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:40:23 +0000

Here’s the link for the Doctor Who fans…
http://www.dailymotion.com/tardismedia

Happy New Year, enjoy.

By: Kamino Neko

Kamino Neko — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:30:32 +0000

Space is showing them today, too - part of a marathon (currently re-airing The Next Doctor, then Planet of the Dead, Waters of Mars (which they first showed a week or two ago), then The End of Time premiers).

Heck, for Eccleston’s series, here in Canada, we got them mere days after the UK broadcast. (Too bad that didn’t continue for Tennant’s series.)

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:43:23 +0000

URLs are fine here, Vic. Any message with two or more URLs gets automatically held for moderation (because that’s a red-flag for spam), but I’ll probably notice it within the hour and okay it.

By: Vic in Chicagoland

Vic in Chicagoland — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:38:46 +0000

Oh bleeding hell… forgot the address: vradin AT ameritech DOT net

sorry.

By: Vic in Chicagoland

Vic in Chicagoland — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:37:17 +0000

@ Boise Ed

Sometimes on the U-Toob (not sure if it’s ok to leave the URL or not) you can get the episodes, but some get pulled in about a day or 2.

Otherwise there’s a site with ALL the episodes from 1963 on. Kind of a PITA, with 10 or 20 minute video segments, but everything that’s not been lost or destroyed (mostly Doctor #2) is there. As above- not sure if Bill allows URLs here, so feel free to email for the site and link.

By: Keera

Keera — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:12:18 +0000

Turquoise cow, one of the predictions I read for the coming decade is that the traditional commercial-based networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) will turn into subscription TV. It’s already happening to our first commercial-based channel here in Norway, mainly because there’s more money in cable. They’ll still have commercials, so they don’t have to charge much.

One thing that’s nice about Norway: No sweeps week. One thing that is annoying about Norway: No clue when they start up the new episodes after summer hiatus. I’ve missed the first episode of favorites a couple of times because the channels don’t start showing new episodes the same week.

By: Boise Ed

Boise Ed — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:59:26 +0000

I only wish that I COULD see Dr. Who, now that it has moved from PBS stations to BBC America. Is there some online site where one can watch it?

By: turquoise cow

turquoise cow — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:31:04 +0000

I think that it probably has something to do with the “this is how we’ve always done it so this is how we’re going to keep doing it” mentality that permeates many industries these days, even (mind-bogglingly enough) media outlets. Television executives seem to be blissfully unaware that there are a ton of cable channels offering comparable and better programming than the networks, and that the internet is available. The same thing exists in the music industry, wherein despite all the chatter about how downloading is illegal and bad and takes money away from the creators, people still can and do download music, television, and movies for free.

Meanwhile, the networks are running on the same formats and schedules they have been since the 1950s, with “sweeps” and reruns and wondering why they’re not making as much as they have been.