To answer your question, Keith, the good (?) news is that TVLand hasn't further
butchered their TAGS reruns as they have Bewitched. The bad news, of course, is
that they continue to slice & dice every TAGS episode with no respect for
continuity (or the viewer) so they can fit in as many obnoxious promo's as
possible for their obnoxious "reality" shows. I had an interesting conversation
back around the holidays with a programming exec for the biggest cable provider
around here. He told me that not only do TVLand and Tru-TV have the fastest
declining viewership numbers nationwide, but that they are also the two
channels most requested by subscribers to be deleted from the program line-up
in order to fit in other more favored channels. And it seems like almost
yesterday when I so enjoyed all the great classic shows on TVLand. Times sure
have changed!
HistoryBuff
----- Original Message -----
Subject: Size of Shows
There's been a lot of talk about the "size" of shows (as in number of cast
=ppearing), but I want to raise another comment on the "size" of shows--or =ore
precisely, the length. I will have to admit that I hardly ever watc= TAGS on
TVLand because (A) They play too many commercials, (2) They play =oo many
trashy commercials/show promos, and (C) They edit the show.
T=e other weekend they were running a Bewitched marathon, and I noticed
that=the start times of the shows were around 36 minutes apart. I thought ma=be
they were running uncut episodes with their usual excessive allotmen= of
commericals. However, just for kicks, I timed one episode and found=out they
weren't running their usual excessive allotment of commercials--t=ey were
running MORE THAN USUAL. The episode I timed clocked in at 19:4= (including
opening and closing credits running over the epilogue), in a 3=-minute window.
They should have made it a 40 minute window so they cou=d run a full 50%
commercials/promos. Are they butchering TAGS that seve=ely these days? I don't
know if I could sit through all the junk to f=nd out--it would be worse than a
night with Uncle Ollie riding his bicycle=and putting his arm in my mouth!
Keith in Nebraska
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