(OT) American TV ?

Matt C

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Oct 29, 2009, 3:22:17 PM10/29/09

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Evening all!

Can any of the Yanks in the group tell me what's happened with the TV
schedule this week?
Seems like most shows are off for a week ?

Myrmidon

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Oct 29, 2009, 6:34:58 PM10/29/09

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In article <Xns9CB3C50F31F...@69.16.176.253>,
no...@noway.jose says...

Hmmm, that's odd. Most non-Merkins find Merkin TV to be 'off' all
the time. (I.e. cultural nerve-gas.)

If I had to guess, I'm going with Baseball World Series, etc.

Myr -Merkin but not a sports watcher- midon

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Blackheart

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Oct 29, 2009, 8:19:37 PM10/29/09

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On Oct 29, 6:34 pm, Myrmidon <Im...@home.com> wrote:
> In article <Xns9CB3C50F31FB0nopenowayj...@69.16.176.253>,
> n...@noway.jose says...> Evening all!

>
> > Can any of the Yanks in the group tell me what's happened with the TV
> > schedule this week?
> > Seems like most shows are off for a week ?
>
> Hmmm, that's odd. Most non-Merkins find Merkin TV to be 'off' all
> the time. (I.e. cultural nerve-gas.)
>
> If I had to guess, I'm going with Baseball World Series, etc.
>
> Myr -Merkin but not a sports watcher- midon

and by "World" in "World Series" we mean... "the hundred or so miles
between New York and Philly"

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smcdaniel1

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Oct 30, 2009, 1:53:42 AM10/30/09

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"Matt C" <no...@noway.jose> wrote in message
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"Sweeps week" is over. That's when they try for the best ratings to get the
ad money to pay for the next season of "Family Guy"...Ychhhh
So everyone but the tech monkey is on vacation. Oh the local news yokels are
still there, but programming is dead for two weeks..

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Oct 30, 2009, 2:36:38 AM10/30/09

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"Myrmidon" <Im...@home.com> wrote in message
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> In article <Xns9CB3C50F31F...@69.16.176.253>,
> no...@noway.jose says...
>> Evening all!
>>
>> Can any of the Yanks in the group tell me what's happened with the TV
>> schedule this week?
>> Seems like most shows are off for a week ?
>>
> Hmmm, that's odd. Most non-Merkins find Merkin TV to be 'off' all
> the time. (I.e. cultural nerve-gas.)

nah, i think you'll find that teevee is the opium of the stupid right across
the "developed" world. it's just that US-based networks have traditionally
been the most successful/accomplished pushers.

Matt C

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Oct 30, 2009, 5:30:45 AM10/30/09

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"smcdaniel1" <smcda...@cox.net> wrote in
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>
>
> "Matt C" <no...@noway.jose> wrote in message
> news:Xns9CB3C50F31F...@69.16.176.253...
>> Evening all!
>>
>> Can any of the Yanks in the group tell me what's happened with the TV
>> schedule this week?
>> Seems like most shows are off for a week ?
>>
>
> "Sweeps week" is over. That's when they try for the best ratings to
> get the ad money to pay for the next season of "Family Guy"...Ychhhh
> So everyone but the tech monkey is on vacation. Oh the local news
> yokels are still there, but programming is dead for two weeks..
>
>

Ok, thanks.
I figured it was some sporting event or holiday we don't know about.

Fallen

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Oct 30, 2009, 10:03:53 AM10/30/09

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Yeah I don't know what he's on about, Sweeps isn't over and the weeks
following it aren't dead ever anyway, it's just December so some
programmes are off over the Christmas period. Sweeps started yesterday
and goes on for a month.

This week was probably baseball as someone else said or just a random
skip week before crazy sweeps episodes.

Fallen.

Craig Little

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Oct 30, 2009, 1:03:15 PM10/30/09

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"Matt C" <no...@noway.jose> wrote in message
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It's all baseballs fault, the NJ Turnpike Series

The shriveled piece of celery in the bottom refridgerator bin

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Oct 31, 2009, 6:17:19 AM10/31/09

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"Myrmidon" wrote

> Hmmm, that's odd. Most non-Merkins find Merkin TV to be 'off' all
> the time. (I.e. cultural nerve-gas.)

Not all. The Big Bang Theory is excellent.

The shriveled piece of celery in the bottom refridgerator bin

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Oct 31, 2009, 6:17:19 AM10/31/09

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"Myrmidon" wrote

> Hmmm, that's odd. Most non-Merkins find Merkin TV to be 'off' all
> the time. (I.e. cultural nerve-gas.)

Not all. The Big Bang Theory is excellent.

Craig Little

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Nov 1, 2009, 8:50:59 PM11/1/09

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"The shriveled piece of celery in the bottom refridgerator bin"
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Really? I just don't find it funny at all.

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Nov 2, 2009, 2:00:17 AM11/2/09

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"Craig Little" wrote

>> Not all. The Big Bang Theory is excellent.
>
> Really? I just don't find it funny at all.

That's alright. I forgive you.