On Wed, 31 Oct 2012, Barry Margolin wrote:
> This is a nice change. Usually Seamus complains about shows that are
> missing in Canada because they've been preempted in the US. This time
> the show is on in the US, but it's been preempted in Canada.
>
> Just curious: What's being shown at the times that CSI and SVU should be?
>
Criminal Minds was at 9pm, CSI at 10pm.
CTV bumps things to the secondary channel (that isn't over the air in
every place so those of us without cable or satellite lose the shows) when
it overloads the actual CTV channel. But what goes where seems to be hit
and miss.
Criminal Minds was banished to CTV2 last year or I guess it was the year
before when there was that Criminal Minds spinoff, that lasted a few
episodes. For some reason they figured we'd want to watch the spinoff
rather than the main show. I'm not sure I've ever caught up with the
episodes from that season (which of course had someone die but not really,
and so on).
So Criminal Minds is back on CTV, but they are shifting it. Initially it
aired on Tuesday nights, then in recent weeks it's been on Wednesday at
the same time as it airs in the US. According to an ad, next week it's
back on Tuesday nights. but I can't remember what was on Wednesdays at
9pm earlier in the season, so I dont' know what this shift back next week
is about.
I don't think they'll shift SVU to CTV, it seems gone for the seaons, at
least, but who knows.
Michael