Comments on: NBC Threatens To Broadcast Fewer Hours, Throwing Hard-Working Hours Onto the Street http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/nbc-threatens-to-broadcast-fewer-hours-throwing-hard-working-hours-onto-the-street/ Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Wart http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/nbc-threatens-to-broadcast-fewer-hours-throwing-hard-working-hours-onto-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-60987 Steve Wart Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:51:51 +0000 http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23154#comment-60987 I wonder which network will be the first to switch exclusively to YouTube I wonder which network will be the first to switch exclusively to YouTube

]]> By: DR2 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/nbc-threatens-to-broadcast-fewer-hours-throwing-hard-working-hours-onto-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-60986 DR2 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:49:54 +0000 http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23154#comment-60986 Or hand it over to Jay Leno, as the reports suggest. Wow! Or hand it over to Jay Leno, as the reports suggest. Wow!

]]> By: DR2 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/nbc-threatens-to-broadcast-fewer-hours-throwing-hard-working-hours-onto-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-60985 DR2 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:35:56 +0000 http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23154#comment-60985 I am only half-joking when I suggest the solution is...another hour of Today in the 10 p.m. slot. I honestly think it (or something like it) might work. And it would be relatively inexpensive. I am only half-joking when I suggest the solution is…another hour of Today in the 10 p.m. slot. I honestly think it (or something like it) might work. And it would be relatively inexpensive.

]]> By: Charles http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/nbc-threatens-to-broadcast-fewer-hours-throwing-hard-working-hours-onto-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-60984 Charles Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:10:22 +0000 http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23154#comment-60984 Just because they don't have 22 hours of original programming doesn't mean they can't broadcast 22 hours of television. As far as I can tell, they've been using Saturday broadcasts as reruns of stuff from earlier in the week for a while now. The problem is, I never know what is going to be rebroadcast when... Regularizing it would help a lot. So, if for instance, they had a show at a weird time or up against a ratings giant (e.g., American Idol when it comes back), they could rebroadcast the show on Friday or Saturday also. You might end up with something like 16 hours of TV, with 6 hours repeated. Just because they don’t have 22 hours of original programming doesn’t mean they can’t broadcast 22 hours of television. As far as I can tell, they’ve been using Saturday broadcasts as reruns of stuff from earlier in the week for a while now. The problem is, I never know what is going to be rebroadcast when… Regularizing it would help a lot. So, if for instance, they had a show at a weird time or up against a ratings giant (e.g., American Idol when it comes back), they could rebroadcast the show on Friday or Saturday also. You might end up with something like 16 hours of TV, with 6 hours repeated.

]]> By: Ti-Guy http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/nbc-threatens-to-broadcast-fewer-hours-throwing-hard-working-hours-onto-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-60983 Ti-Guy Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:37:35 +0000 http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23154#comment-60983 Any network announcing that it's broadcasting fewer hours is great news. Any network announcing that it’s broadcasting fewer hours is great news.

]]> By: Alan http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/nbc-threatens-to-broadcast-fewer-hours-throwing-hard-working-hours-onto-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-60982 Alan Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:27:18 +0000 http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23154#comment-60982 I was just wondering how precisely we could date that photo based on the tv schedule behind him, based on when various shows premiered/were cancelled. Incidentally, I can't imagine how the WB ever folded with such breakout hits as Commando Nanny! I was just wondering how precisely we could date that photo based on the tv schedule behind him, based on when various shows premiered/were cancelled.

Incidentally, I can’t imagine how the WB ever folded with such breakout hits as Commando Nanny!

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