Mellow the hell out about Sunday
Vikki
I hear a lot of people complaining about X-Files move to Sunday. All
I have to say is mellow out, for heaven's sake!
For those of you who are baffled about the reason, it's pretty clear to
me:
Chris Carter and Fox want their new show (Milennium) to succeed. We are
used to being home and watching TV on Friday at 8 (9 eastern/pacific),
and they figure (probably correctly) that we are more likely to watch a
new show if it is inserted into a time slot we're already used to
watching rather than one we'll have to rearrange our schedules to get
into.
Also, they KNOW we'll rearrange our schedules to watch X-Files, so
moving it is not a big deal for them. That is--it's popular enough
that people will watch it no matter when it's on. So they put the
fledgling show in the established time slot. BTW, I must wholeheartedly
disagree with whomever said that Fox thought it was the time-slot that
made the show; Friday nights are traditionally really weak TV nights
since people go out. We changed our lifestyles to watch X-Files (at
least I did).
And stop bashing Fox execs. You can be sure that CC had something to do
with the move to better the chances of his new show succeeding.
Who cares if it's on Sunday? If you're griping about football, yeah,
whatever, to me a choice between football and X-Files is not hard, but
if you must watch football, tape the damn show. Really, Sunday, Friday,
who cares? (If you ask me Sunday's better because I go out on Fridays).
So stop whining. You're not going to change anything and it's not a
big deal.
Vikki
Tyladog
>Who cares if it's on Sunday? If you're griping about football, yeah,
>whatever, to me a choice between football and X-Files is not hard, but
>if you must watch football, tape the damn show. Really, Sunday, Friday,
>who cares? (If you ask me Sunday's better because I go out on Fridays).
>
>So stop whining. You're not going to change anything and it's not a
>big deal.
Vikki (and others)...
The football games will be shown on FOX, so it's not a matter or
"either/or". During football season, this will make the starting times
for 'The X-Files' very unpredictable. I live on the east coast, and many
affiliates have a policy wherein, if a sports event (or any other event,
for that matter) delays the start of an hour-long show by more than 30
minutes, they just bump the show entirely and broadcast a shorter program
or even just filler material; that way the schedules get less out of line.
Or, alternately, they may opt to join it *in progress* instead of showing
it in its entirety. I work the evening shift in a hospital (including
every-other weekend, and at least 3 out of every 4 Fridays), so I have to
tape everything I watch...I don't have a choice between taping and
viewing-during-broadcast, short of changing careers. If 'The X-Files' is
moved to Sundays, I and many others will very likely end up not being able
to see a good number of the episodes. They will either be pre-emptied
entirely or joined in progress a majority of the time. Even if we're
lucky enough to be given whole episodes, it means having to tape the
entire Sunday night in hopes of catching the show. I have been a devoted
viewer since the very first episode, like so many others here, and I have
every episode on tape. I would like to be able to continue my collection
in better-quality SP mode, but that'll be near impossible if I have to
tape the whole evening's lineup, since there are only 2 hours on a regular
tape, or 2 hours 40 minutes on the longer tapes. Yes, I know that all of
this may seem very trivial--or even comical--to some; some, like yourself,
have already started to complain about the "whining". I'm *happy* for
those for whom the new time will be a welcome change, like yourself. But,
please, try to have a bit of compassion for those of us who aren't
necessarily whiners (that's your call to make), but whose reasons for
objecting to the change are every bit as valid as the reasons of those who
support it. Believe me, I *wish* that Fox's decision had as little impact
on my situation as you indicated it will have on yours. If my only
concern was getting used to a new night, with none of the other
considerations, I could very easily adapt to that--it would mean changing
one single setting on my VCR. (Personally, I would still *prefer*
Fridays, but I could learn to readjust.) Myself (and many others) have
been loyal viewers of the show for three full years. Some of us have
even, to varying degrees, rearranged our lives and our schedules around
the show as best we could, to be able to see the show even though it has
always been shown on a traditionally weak TV night. I think that Fox's
sudden (to us, not them) decision is a bit of a slap-in-the-face, and I
feel that it will indeed have serious repercussions for the show itself,
as well as for many of the viewers. What is seen as whining to some are
actually serious considerations for others whose circumstances happen to
be a bit different...just because some aren't affected by the problem
doesn't mean that the problem doesn't exist. This isn't intended as a
flame, and I sincerely hope that no one takes it as such. I just wanted to
try to help show the other side of the story. Thanks for listening...
Linda
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Someone
On 23 May 1996 21:18:39 GMT, Vikki <vi...@rice.edu> wrote:
>I hear a lot of people complaining about X-Files move to Sunday. All
>I have to say is mellow out, for heaven's sake!
>
[stuff deleted]
>
>Who cares if it's on Sunday? If you're griping about football, yeah,
>whatever, to me a choice between football and X-Files is not hard, but
>if you must watch football, tape the damn show. Really, Sunday, Friday,
>who cares? (If you ask me Sunday's better because I go out on Fridays).
>
>So stop whining. You're not going to change anything and it's not a
>big deal.
>
>Vikki
>
The point is, taping football and watching the X-Files IS NOT an
option. Fox has the rights to broadcast the NFL games...therefore the
games will run before, during, and quite possibly will after the
scheduled time for the X-Files...If football were still on NBC or CBS
(do they still have ANY sports???) we wouldn't have a problem...but
those networks don't and we do have a problem. If Fox will GUARANTEE
that X-Files will run at 9PM EVERY Sunday with No preemptions I'm sure
that would make a lot of people happy around here. Of course, anybody
with an education higher than grade three will realize that my above
statement is PURE fantasy - 1. Fox would never make such a guarantee
and 2. It will be pre-empted at least 16 times (isn't that the number
of weeks in the NFL??? (not counting playoffs...))
Rob
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rall...@mustang.uwo.ca
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/3286
Secretary of Social Affairs - Western's X-Files Club
WWW: http://obelix.gaul.csd.uwo.ca:8080/~walden/WXFC
Email: wx...@julian.uwo.ca
Snow Leopard
"CC and FOX want their new show to succeed!"
Then tell CC not to depend on FOX. Why? Because FOX has rather burned me out
about watching new shows. They wet the appetite and they cancel. They
did it with Sliders and just managed to bring it back in time, but there was
a time enough lag where with a three month lag, I would seen the next season
opener, but with a 9 month lag, who cares?
Medicine Ball: badly advertised and ZAPPED!
The Kindred; here and gone before you know it.
LA FireFighters? Why bother? It's not going to stay around.
That's point one.
Point two is that the simple fact of the matter is that I am not going to
let my life's schedule be dictated by tv. If I can't be there to watch,
I'll let my VCR tape it. And if the network yanks around the show so it
is not there when I expect, that I can't find it, then it is their loss,
not mine.
Their loss because they end up burning my interest in what is produced. It was
that yanking of schedule, in part, that turned me from an NBC watcher to a
FOX watcher a few years ago. And now, it looks like it is that attitude that
will probably turn me off from broadcast tv all together, perhaps.
They may be in the business to make money, but they can do it without mine.
-Traci
Peggy Byers
som...@outthere.com (Someone) wrote:
>Rob
>------------------------------------------
>rall...@mustang.uwo.ca
>http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/3286
Well said.
Rick Eames
> Who cares if it's on Sunday? If you're griping about football, yeah,
> whatever, to me a choice between football and X-Files is not hard, but
> if you must watch football, tape the damn show. Really, Sunday, Friday,
> who cares? (If you ask me Sunday's better because I go out on Fridays).
I think you missed the football point: Fox shows football. Football runs
late all of the time, thus screwing up the schedule after it. So x-files
will be moving constantly to keep up with football. Almost impossible to
predict when it's on to tape it, have parties, whatever.
Rick
RonPatrick
>>>>
Who cares if it's on Sunday? If you're griping about football, yeah,
whatever, to me a choice between football and X-Files is not hard, but
if you must watch football, tape the damn show. Really, Sunday, Friday,
who cares? (If you ask me Sunday's better because I go out on Fridays).
So stop whining. You're not going to change anything and it's not a
big deal.
Vikki>>>>
If football is on Fox on Sunday and the X-files is after that, what time
will X start? Football games are notorious for running long, thus
extending the prime time start schedule. This may not be good for
people who work weekends and have to tape their shows. (Just saw the
finale last night) No one will know when to start recording. But
you're right. We'll watch whenever it's on.
Jason Miller
Hello are all of you stupid? Football games will end by 7 pm,
or so, EST. 7:30 if you have overtime. This will hardly effect the
showing of the X-Files at 9 pm. Have you all overlooked the
brilliance of this move? Football brings an enormous audience to
Fox and they suspect, and well they should, that this will carry
over to the X-Files. People who have never seen the show before
will be captured by it's brilliance and charm, just the way you
were. The point of the show isn't to be just for a club of people
calling themselves X-Files. It's money and demographics, which
seems just fine to me. The show has brought me great entertainment
and joy for three years and I don't mind seeing it grow. It's not
MY show and I don't mind sharing. In fact, I'd be proud to see it
become huge in the mainstream as well. Those people don't see such
quality TV as this and it's high time they did. You'll never miss
the X-Files unless you don't turn the TV on at 9. And when you do
turn it on, it will be bigger and better than ever.
Tyladog
In article <4o8075$s...@news-e2d.gnn.com>, Jas...@gnn.com (Jason Miller)
writes:
I don't know where you live, but, here on the east coast (or, at least
with *my* FOX affiliate), that was definitely *not* the case when FOX
tested the Sunday 9PM time-slot last year, with the "Best Of The X-Files".
Most episodes were either delayed, joined in-progress, or pre-empted
entirely. It was a relatively short-lived test, but, even during that
time, I only managed to get 2 episodes properly recorded. (I was very
thankful that I already had the other episodes--the ones that got shoved
around--on tape.) I sincerely hope that things work out as you believe
they will, but I'm not holding my breath.
Bill the
bye...@erols.com (Peggy Byers) wrote:
>som...@outthere.com (Someone) wrote:
>>On 23 May 1996 21:18:39 GMT, Vikki <vi...@rice.edu> wrote:
>>>I hear a lot of people complaining about X-Files move to Sunday. All
>>>I have to say is mellow out, for heaven's sake!
>>>
>>[stuff deleted]
>>>
>>>Who cares if it's on Sunday? If you're griping about football, yeah,
>>>whatever, to me a choice between football and X-Files is not hard, but
>>>if you must watch football, tape the damn show. Really, Sunday, Friday,
>>>who cares? (If you ask me Sunday's better because I go out on Fridays).
>>>
>>>So stop whining. You're not going to change anything and it's not a
>>>big deal.
>>>
>>>Vikki
>>>
>>The point is, taping football and watching the X-Files IS NOT an
>>option. Fox has the rights to broadcast the NFL games...therefore the
>>games will run before, during, and quite possibly will after the
>>scheduled time for the X-Files...If football were still on NBC or CBS
>>(do they still have ANY sports???) we wouldn't have a problem...but
>>those networks don't and we do have a problem. If Fox will GUARANTEE
>>that X-Files will run at 9PM EVERY Sunday with No preemptions I'm sure
>>that would make a lot of people happy around here. Of course, anybody
>>with an education higher than grade three will realize that my above
>>statement is PURE fantasy - 1. Fox would never make such a guarantee
>>and 2. It will be pre-empted at least 16 times (isn't that the number
>>of weeks in the NFL??? (not counting playoffs...))
>>Rob
>>------------------------------------------
>>rall...@mustang.uwo.ca
>>http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/3286
>>Secretary of Social Affairs - Western's X-Files Club
>>WWW: http://obelix.gaul.csd.uwo.ca:8080/~walden/WXFC
>>Email: wx...@julian.uwo.ca
>Well said.
---YEAH, if you're an ill-informed and obviously non-football
watching X-files fan.
1) The X-files doesn't air new shows every week of the season - ever
hear of reruns? - and doesn't even run them every week as they take a
break every once in a while. So saying the show will be preempted 16
weeks is just plain ignorant.
2) I'm not sure what TV universe you live in but out here in
California the Fox network sometimes only has 1 game on, and it's the
first game of the day. So once again no possibility of preemption.
3) Even if a game does run late - and once again assuming we are all
watching in the same universe here - they just start the show late and
let the late night programming straighten the times out. So you miss
nothing.
4) On the very few times that they have totally run over a new episode
(and out here Baseball does it, not football) they just show the
episode later that night or squeeze it in on a different day one or
two days later. So we miss nothing.
So whatever your qualms about moving from Friday to Sunday, missing
episodes is the last thing you should be worried about.
FOX and CC were smart enough to come up with the show, and keep it on
regardless of ratings the first seasoon - they will not risk that show
by placing it where we will not get to see it................'nuf said
Bill the Cat.
Kevin Jacques
Vikki <vi...@rice.edu> wrote:
>I hear a lot of people complaining about X-Files move to Sunday. All
>I have to say is mellow out, for heaven's sake!
>For those of you who are baffled about the reason, it's pretty clear to
>me:
<snip>
I am glad that the change meets with your schedule. Not everyone has
the flexibility of a college student, tho. Many of us don't, or can't
go out on Friday nights for one reason or another and a nice
decompression from a long work week is an impromptu party with a few
close friends centered around the X-Files. A ritual that I am sure
takes place in more than a few households. Or as one friend put it,
it is the only show that the whole family likes to sit down together
and watch.
Unfortunately, for me and many of my friends, this is going to end on
Sunday nights now. With homework, school and work looming up the next
day, a 9:00 to 10:00 show just won't fit into my lifestyle anymore,
and I will miss it. I'll probably just end up taping it to watch the
following Friday anyway.
Kevin Jacques
http://www.mindspring.com/~sunhawk
Ahh... warm afternoons, sunlight flickering through Fall leaves and the
basso profundo roar of a Ducati.
The world is not enough - Ian Fleming
brandonch
Tyladog wrote:
>
> In article <4o8075$s...@news-e2d.gnn.com>, Jas...@gnn.com (Jason Miller)
> writes:
>
> >Hello are all of you stupid? Football games will end by 7 pm,
> >or so, EST. 7:30 if you have overtime. This will hardly effect the
> >showing of the X-Files at 9 pm. Have you all overlooked the
> >brilliance of this move? Football brings an enormous audience to
> >Fox and they suspect, and well they should, that this will carry
> >over to the X-Files. People who have never seen the show before
> >will be captured by it's brilliance and charm, just the way you
> >were.
Football fans watching the X-Files?? Maybe they could do a big half-time promo with a
UFO landing in the stadium. Mulder could go running onto the field, but then is
distracted because he thinks he sees his sister on the side-lines as a cheerleader.
Krychek would show up as a disgruntled fan, and would kidnap Mulder's
sister/cheerleader. Scully would have to go chasing after Krychek because the Alien
Bountyhunter would show up disguised as one of the football team's quarterback. Mulder
would have to get his ass kicked by him again. The promo would end with the camera
panning away from a dark, smoke-filled press room where the Cancer Man is staring down
onto the field.
Juicynet
x-file fans in this newsgroup are not able to mellow out about anything,
and that is a major problem here.
just my 3 cents