CBS' Sunday turnoff
They've done it again, our friends at CBS-TV. Their sports programming on Sunday afternoon runs late, wreaking havoc with the evening viewing schedule. This weekend, it was NCAA basketball. Earlier this year, there was football and golf. Whether you've organized your evening to catch your favorite shows or set your DVR to record them for later viewing, it just doesn't seem fair.
Everything was set back 45 minutes Sunday, at least on the East Coast. "60 Minutes'' starting at 7:45 p.m. wasn't so bad and catching "Cold Case'' from 9:45-10:45 was tolerable. But "Without a Trace'' was without a chance from its 10:45-11:45 time slot. And what if you wanted to catch the news they were hyping all evening? At 11:45? Are you kidding?
How can CBS execs expect to achieve high ratings if they sacrifice their Sunday lineup - all new episodes, no less - for overly long sports shows? Maybe it's their way of telling East Coast viewers to move to the West Coast.
Everything was set back 45 minutes Sunday, at least on the East Coast. "60 Minutes'' starting at 7:45 p.m. wasn't so bad and catching "Cold Case'' from 9:45-10:45 was tolerable. But "Without a Trace'' was without a chance from its 10:45-11:45 time slot. And what if you wanted to catch the news they were hyping all evening? At 11:45? Are you kidding?
How can CBS execs expect to achieve high ratings if they sacrifice their Sunday lineup - all new episodes, no less - for overly long sports shows? Maybe it's their way of telling East Coast viewers to move to the West Coast.
posted by Larry Benjamin at 12:02 PM
3 Comments:
Just a question: CBS gets high ratings from the sports shows, so why would it hurt their ratings? They can still charge a crazy amount for a commercial durring the sports programs; where's the loss? I think you were just bummed you missed your tv shows because they came on after your bedtime!
Ray....what was the "bambi incident" ?....I do remember the heidi bowl 1968 between the Jets and Raiders that was taken off the air with 49 seconds to go ,Oakland scored twice and wone the game
Ray....what was the "bambi incident" ?....I do remember the heidi bowl 1968 between the Jets and Raiders that was taken off the air with 49 seconds to go ,Oakland scored twice and won the game
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