On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:58 AM, JW wrote:
>> CBS had the doubleheader this week. It wasn't "bonus coverage" >> when CBS switched everyone from Pats-Titans to Jets-Bills. > > Maybe we're disagreeing on the definition of "bonus coverage"; I'm > using it to mean a game that the network switches to after the > original game is over (with James Brown saying "And now here's bonus > coverage of the Jets and Bills"). For whatever reason, CBS stayed with > the Pats-Titans game all the way to the end, then switched to New York > and Buffalo. True "bonus coverage" is when, following the conclusion of a game, the network switches its audience to another game although they may be required to cut off the game for that audience at some point (usually at 4:15) for contractual reasons -- which happens when that network is the singleheader network that week. Hence the specific use of the word "bonus." Sometimes they'll switch to a postgame show instead. As far as I know, because the network won't have to cut off the game for anyone, it doesn't count as "bonus coverage" when what began as the second game of a doubleheader concludes and that audience is taken to a different second game which is still under way. I don't remember having heard the phrase "bonus coverage" used in that situation in the past -- however, I have to admit that it's been a while since I've actually seen such a switch take place. I've had Sunday Ticket on DirecTV for a few years now, so I've usually made the switch before the network gets around to doing it. -- Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
