No - I am not at all being that critical (or even care that much). But the problem is not that NBC did not warn viewers there would be no MTP this week, but the reason they gave for this. My question was, why can't NBC just air MTP at a later time (or diffferent platform) during Open week? You offered an explanation that makes a lot of sense, which is that the week off really functions as (I'm sure) a much needed vacation for the staff and crew. I suspect you are correct, but if so, then MTP was not really cancelled this week because of the Open, but because of the need for the vacation. I am sure Chuck did remind viewers that there would be no MTP this week, but I bet he told them it was because of the Open.
On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 7:35 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 9:02 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The distinction is this: if they said it was a preemption for The Open, >> non- golf MTP fans get pissed at golf and golf fans. If they said it was a >> summer vacation, most reasonable MTP fans would not be pissed, or if they >> were they would get pissed at NBC News. >> > > My TV app shows Open coverage starting today at 7 AM (EDT) and going 7 > hours. That shows it was scheduled and not a pre-emption. That means the > people who were put out turned NBC on this morning out of habit and saw > golf. And I will bet that Chuck Todd said at the end of last week's program > that there will not be a show today. What else was NBC to do? Fill the > lower third of all network shows this week with a reminder that there will > be golf instead of MTP? > > -- > -- > 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.
