On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Feb 25, 2014, at 11:13 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think the Comedy Central thing is different. NBC and CBS clearly > schedule their late night shows to start at 11:35. It is not like how NBC a > few years ago had some popular shows go over a minute to intrude into the > DVR time slot of the next scheduled program. This isn't them playing > around, or cheating a few minutes, or being sloppy, it is what they intend, > and every television listing posts it that way. > > NBC starts "Tonight" at 11:34:30 and "Late Night" at 12:36:30. Both my > DVR and the L.A. Times TV highlights (which ultimately get their data from > the same source) list the start times as 11:34 and 12:36. > > But, none of that is 11:30 or 12:30. I am not arguing that these shows should rigorously be referred to by whatever time they actually begin on any particular day. I am arguing that by now it is long established that that late night network shows start at 5 minutes (roughly) after the half hour. I am also arguing that this is how they are usually referred to. -- -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
