I don't really understand the question. If you really mean why do people bitch about sports prompting regularly scheduled shows, I think you know the answer: If you don't care about the sport (and lots of people dont care about golf in particular), then it is silly and irritating to have your show cancelled. If somehow one of my favorite shows (like "The Americans", say) was preempted for the men's finals of the European Gymnastics Championships, I would bitch too. If you are asking why networks continue to preempt programming even when it irritates regular and loyal viewers, you already know the answer to that too - Major sports events draw more viewers than Meet the Press, and, especially in the case of Golf, affluent, high end viewers.
To me a more pressing question is why is NBC actually prompting MTP today? Why not show it after the Open, or, if need by, on MSNBC or some other cable partner? On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 10:24 AM daniel anderson < [email protected]> wrote: > It's nothing new- NBC used to do the same thing with Wimbledon. Plus i > think the golf would draw bigger ratings anyway. > > > On Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 1:15:59 PM UTC-4, daniel anderson wrote: >> >> It's happening today, with the British Open preempting Meet The Press. >> People on twitter are mad about that. But i guess the sports shows always >> take precedence. >> > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- 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/d/optout.
