[BC] Regarding Interruptions

[Robert Meuser]

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Barry

It is worse than you state. Several networks are now scheduling shows at 
odd times such as one minute past the hour. By doing so they not only 
block out their real time slot but they also kill recording the next 
slot which may very well be the competition. I guess the technological 
response will be DVRs that can record more than two programs. 4 to 6 
would be appropriate. Of course there is the sports factor that runs 
over when it runs over.  There is no legal means to control over time.

R


Barry Mishkind wrote:

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>         (For the record, now that many of us are
>         accustomed to recording programs for
>         later viewing, it is equally, if not moreso -
>         infuriating during a "first run" episode
>         when they "run over" into the next
>         time slot. Again, you are left with
>         no ending....   I've seen this happen a
>         number of times. It bespeaks of poor
>         communication between news and
>         entertainment. And, perhaps some
>         arrogance ...  A large number of
>         viewers no longer arrange their lives
>         around sitting during prime time.)
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>         Finally, for the record: we have become
>         too erratic in this country regarding
>         weather. Weather happens. Each and
>         every front that comes through is not
>         the storm of the century, and should
>         not be "played" as if it is.
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