To All Those Who Are "Annoyed" by TAR Being Delayed Because of Football.
Ken McElhaney
I understand.
I have received your message and fully comprehend that you find the
time delay annoying.
After four weeks, your words have sunk in. You have achieved everything
you have set out to do. Thanks for letting me feel your pain.
Because I realize that all of you who are annoyed are not interested in
taking the next step, which would be to write a letter to CBS or do
something that would have any effect since the slight increase in
effort required would be more annoying to you, and Lord knows you have
been annoyed enough.
In fact, I'd think the effort to keep posting over and over again in
this newsgroup would be rather annoying as well. Especially since no
one here can help you ease your pain. No matter.
Before I go, I'd like to remind you that next Sunday TAR may likely be
delayed again, so before you hop to the keyboard, just remember that I
know you're annoyed and I dare say others in this newsgroup know as
well. So before you add to your annoyance, you may want to sit back
and enjoy some tea or perhaps read a book?
Ken
Steve Wadding
news:1160366984....@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:
> Because I realize that all of you who are annoyed are not interested in
> taking the next step, which would be to write a letter to CBS or do
> something that would have any effect since the slight increase in
> effort required would be more annoying to you, and Lord knows you have
> been annoyed enough.
How dare you try to be reasonable!
<g>
Steve W.
rick
Ken McElhaney wrote:
> Before I go, I'd like to remind you that next Sunday TAR may likely be
> delayed again, so before you hop to the keyboard, just remember that I
> know you're annoyed and I dare say others in this newsgroup know as
> well. So before you add to your annoyance, you may want to sit back
> and enjoy some tea or perhaps read a book?
>
> Ken
Amen!
Last night's annoyance was only about 5 minutes anyway--about 1/20 the
amount of annoyance of the previous week, but just enough for my son to
call, having waited til his football games had ended and thinking TAR
was over, with the urgent need to talk about a personal problem. This
has been a running family joke, since I regularly call him during
Dallas Cowboy games claiming to need intense counseling.
Unfortunately, last night was no joke, and he truly thought he'd waited
until TAR would be over. And he's a football fanatic!
Hitech Redneck
Ken McElhaney wrote:
>
> Before I go, I'd like to remind you that next Sunday TAR may likely be
> delayed again, so before you hop to the keyboard, just remember that I
> know you're annoyed and I dare say others in this newsgroup know as
> well. So before you add to your annoyance, you may want to sit back
> and enjoy some tea or perhaps read a book?
>
> Ken
>
We watch TV so we don't have to read a book.
Of course I don't really care about the delay, which wasn't last night.
But the Cowboys lost which I do care about.
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alooo
"Ken McElhaney" <mcel...@hotmail.com> wrote
> Because I realize that all of you who are annoyed are not interested in
> taking the next step, which would be to write a letter to CBS or do
> something that would have any effect since the slight increase in
> effort required would be more annoying to you, and Lord knows you have
> been annoyed enough.
If you're lucky, CBS will take heed of those letters and start airing the
show at 10 pm or midnight. That should make you happy.
PeterL
Ken McElhaney wrote:
> I get it, you are annoyed.
>
> I understand.
>
> I have received your message and fully comprehend that you find the
> time delay annoying.
>
> After four weeks, your words have sunk in. You have achieved everything
> you have set out to do. Thanks for letting me feel your pain.
>
> Because I realize that all of you who are annoyed are not interested in
> taking the next step, which would be to write a letter to CBS or do
> something that would have any effect since the slight increase in
> effort required would be more annoying to you, and Lord knows you have
> been annoyed enough.
Count me in the camp of not annoyed. But for those who are, what would
you suggest that they write to CBS to ask the network to do about it?
What are the options? Start showing TAR eventhough the football game
has not ended? Hahahahaha. Show TAR an hour later? What would then
take the place of TAR? And wouldn't that program be delayed by
football, which would then push TAR into a delay also?
Stuart Johnson
wrote:
>I get it, you are annoyed.
>
>I understand.
>
>I have received your message and fully comprehend that you find the
>time delay annoying.
>
>After four weeks, your words have sunk in. You have achieved everything
>you have set out to do. Thanks for letting me feel your pain.
>
>Because I realize that all of you who are annoyed are not interested in
>taking the next step, which would be to write a letter to CBS or do
>something that would have any effect since the slight increase in
>effort required would be more annoying to you, and Lord knows you have
>been annoyed enough.
>
LIke that would accomplish anything. You don't really think CBS would
pay the slightest attention to such letters.
Stuart
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Stuart Johnson
It was 15 minutes not 5.
Marie4547
"PeterL" <po....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I think they should just join 60 Minutes in progress instead
of starting it from the beginning after the game, but they
don't. And they never will. They think a Sunday without an
entire 60 Minutes is a sin or something. I for one could
certainly do without it.
Kat
PeterL
"And now we join 60 minutes in progress...
Clinton: I did not have sex with that woman."
>
> Kat
Jon Purkey
>Count me in the camp of not annoyed. But for those who are, what would
>you suggest that they write to CBS to ask the network to do about it?
>What are the options? Start showing TAR eventhough the football game
>has not ended? Hahahahaha. Show TAR an hour later? What would then
>take the place of TAR? And wouldn't that program be delayed by
>football, which would then push TAR into a delay also?
They could do an after the football game show, like "The OT" on FOX,
then move "60 Minutes" to 8:00, move "The Amazing Race" to 9:00 and
move either "Cold Case" or "Without a Trace" to another night. How
many crime solving shows does CBS need anyway? :)
However, I should add, that I set a weekly timer on my DVD recorder
the first week from 7:59-9:59 and haven't missed anything yet. The
delay really isn't a problem for me and I'm happy that CBS shows "The
Amazing Race" in its entirety rather than joining it in the middle.
number6
PeterL wrote:
> Count me in the camp of not annoyed. But for those who are, what would
> you suggest that they write to CBS to ask the network to do about it?
> What are the options? Start showing TAR eventhough the football game
> has not ended? Hahahahaha. Show TAR an hour later? What would then
> take the place of TAR? And wouldn't that program be delayed by
> football, which would then push TAR into a delay also?
>
The solution is to have a 1/2 hour NFL wrap up show ... that is done
live and can be cut and changed to fit whatever time is available from
5-30 minutes ... and start 60 minutes at 730 and Amazing Race at 830
... this should take care of any football overruns even an overtime ...
Invid Fan
Marie4547 <Mari...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I think they should just join 60 Minutes in progress instead
> of starting it from the beginning after the game, but they
> don't. And they never will. They think a Sunday without an
> entire 60 Minutes is a sin or something. I for one could
> certainly do without it.
>
Fox tends to do that to whatever animated show is airing pre-8 PM, and
is what killed Futurama.
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Obveeus
"Invid Fan" <in...@localnet.com> wrote:
> Fox tends to do that to whatever animated show is airing pre-8 PM, and
> is what killed Futurama.
Killed? 'Mostly dead' is not all dead.
PeterL
You need a solution only if there is a problem. CBS don't see that as
a problem. They are not going to mess with two highly rated show to
accommodate a mediocre show.
Ken McElhaney
Stuart Johnson wrote:
> On 8 Oct 2006 21:09:44 -0700, "Ken McElhaney" <mcel...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I get it, you are annoyed.
> >
> >I understand.
> >
> >I have received your message and fully comprehend that you find the
> >time delay annoying.
> >
> >After four weeks, your words have sunk in. You have achieved everything
> >you have set out to do. Thanks for letting me feel your pain.
> >
> >Because I realize that all of you who are annoyed are not interested in
> >taking the next step, which would be to write a letter to CBS or do
> >something that would have any effect since the slight increase in
> >effort required would be more annoying to you, and Lord knows you have
> >been annoyed enough.
> >
> LIke that would accomplish anything. You don't really think CBS would
> pay the slightest attention to such letters.
Hmm, you've hit upon my point exactly. If complaining to CBS won't do
any good, then why complain about it here?
Ken
Obveeus
"PeterL" <po....@gmail.com> wrote:
> You need a solution only if there is a problem. CBS don't see that as
> a problem. They are not going to mess with two highly rated show to
> accommodate a mediocre show.
Exactly. TAr actually got its best ratings when it was 'messed up' most by
football. Why would CBS try to 'fix' that problem?
Scott Johnson
Fine with me, at least my DVR will grab it reliably then.
-Scott
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>
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"Marie4547" <Mari...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Speak for yourself. I, for one, could certainly do without football. There
are more than enough sports on television. There's only intelligent news
magazine.
My suggestion: invest in a Tivo.
>
>
Tin@
On Oct 9, 9:40 am, "Marie4547" <Marie4...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> "PeterL" <po.n...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1160409749....@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > football, which would then push TAR into a delay also?I think they should just join 60 Minutes in progress instead
> of starting it from the beginning after the game, but they
> don't. And they never will. They think a Sunday without an
> entire 60 Minutes is a sin or something. I for one could
> certainly do without it.
>
> Kat-
Considering how long 60 minutes has done well on CBS, I dont they're
going to interupt that success. Maybe y'all just need to learn to "deal
with it". Wah wah wha. Poor babies. You still see it before us West
Coasters, so quityerbitchin.
UCLAN
> I think they should just join 60 Minutes in progress instead
> of starting it from the beginning after the game, but they
> don't. And they never will. They think a Sunday without an
> entire 60 Minutes is a sin or something. I for one could
> certainly do without it.
Since "60 Minutes" is watched by over 15 million people each week,
and TAR draws about 10 million, I doubt CBS shares your views.
UCLAN
> They could do an after the football game show, like "The OT" on FOX,
> then move "60 Minutes" to 8:00, move "The Amazing Race" to 9:00 and
> move either "Cold Case" or "Without a Trace" to another night. How
> many crime solving shows does CBS need anyway? :)
Hmmm..."Cold Case" and "Without a Trace" draw over 14 million viewers
per week. TAR is around 10 million. I doubt you'll see anyone move.
Then again, with "Smith" being canceled, Tuesday at 10pm is open again.
UCLAN
> The solution is to have a 1/2 hour NFL wrap up show ... that is done
> live and can be cut and changed to fit whatever time is available from
> 5-30 minutes ... and start 60 minutes at 730 and Amazing Race at 830
> ... this should take care of any football overruns even an overtime ...
And push back the local news to 11:30, in addition to having the last
half hour of "Without a Trace" ineligible for the ratings (which are
cut off at 11pm) ??
Obveeus
Isn't that (delayed news and WaT on after primetime) what happens when
football has an overrun now?
I don't think CBS wants to put on an hour show in the half hour through half
hour timeslots, though. Too big a risk that viewers would just skip half of
TAR and start watching some other station at the hour.
UCLAN
>>>The solution is to have a 1/2 hour NFL wrap up show ... that is done
>>>live and can be cut and changed to fit whatever time is available from
>>>5-30 minutes ... and start 60 minutes at 730 and Amazing Race at 830
>>>... this should take care of any football overruns even an overtime ...
>>
>>And push back the local news to 11:30, in addition to having the last
>>half hour of "Without a Trace" ineligible for the ratings (which are
>>cut off at 11pm) ??
>
> Isn't that (delayed news and WaT on after primetime) what happens when
> football has an overrun now?
A full half hour every week? NO. In all parts of the country? NO.
The delay varies from none at all to about 30 minutes week to week,
with many areas never seeing a delay at all. This week, for example,
some areas of middle America had no delay, and others had a delay
(20 minutes.) The East had about a 5 minute delay in most instances.
The West *never* has a delay.
So most or all of "Without a Trace" was in the ratings window throughout
the country, and the local 11pm news was not delayed at all in much of
the country. What would the West do with the extra half hour?
All because a few folks are whining about it being hard to record TAR?
Maybe
Tin@ wrote:
Wah wah wha. Poor babies. You still see it before us West
> Coasters, so quityerbitchin.
I know, the whole issue doesn't even apply to every time zone. The
West Coast people don't even have the issue. That's why they say, "60
Minutes follows the game except on the West Coast where it will be seen
at its regular time." All the football is over at like 4:30 in the
afternoon so we can't really relate and bitch, moan and complain to CBS
about an issue we don't really have.
Maybe...happy with the TAR time slot.
rick
Stuart Johnson wrote:
> >Amen!
> >
> >Last night's annoyance was only about 5 minutes anyway--about 1/20 the
> >amount of annoyance of the previous week, but just enough for my son to
> >call, having waited til his football games had ended and thinking TAR
> >was over, with the urgent need to talk about a personal problem. This
> >has been a running family joke, since I regularly call him during
> >Dallas Cowboy games claiming to need intense counseling.
> >Unfortunately, last night was no joke, and he truly thought he'd waited
> >until TAR would be over. And he's a football fanatic!
> >
>
> It was 15 minutes not 5.
Not at my house. My son did not call until the end of the hour, and I
watched the end on the west coast channel later. I had to watch no
more than 5 minutes.
But I would have been OK with 15.
mttwch0410
than this silly 'reality' show!!???
"Ken McElhaney" <mcel...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1160366984....@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>I get it, you are annoyed.
>
> I understand.
>
> I have received your message and fully comprehend that you find the
> time delay annoying.
>
> After four weeks, your words have sunk in. You have achieved everything
> you have set out to do. Thanks for letting me feel your pain.
>
> Because I realize that all of you who are annoyed are not interested in
> taking the next step, which would be to write a letter to CBS or do
> something that would have any effect since the slight increase in
> effort required would be more annoying to you, and Lord knows you have
> been annoyed enough.
>
> In fact, I'd think the effort to keep posting over and over again in
> this newsgroup would be rather annoying as well. Especially since no
> one here can help you ease your pain. No matter.
>
> Before I go, I'd like to remind you that next Sunday TAR may likely be
> delayed again, so before you hop to the keyboard, just remember that I
> know you're annoyed and I dare say others in this newsgroup know as
> well. So before you add to your annoyance, you may want to sit back
> and enjoy some tea or perhaps read a book?
>
> Ken
>
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