Officially ticked off
Oct. 25th, 2002 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hildy89I usually don't comment about figure skating over in LJ. I have a separate blog, Mad Season for skating and Olympic commentary which I intend to update throughout the season, if Blogger cooperates. Their template errors are getting rather irritating.
Anyway, I was perfectly prepared to watch Michelle Kwan in Skate America this weekend, since my TV Guide announced it would be on on Sunday afternoon. So being a paranoid VCR programmer from long habit, I double checked the schedule in several places. Um, why does the guide on the digital cable say "A Bug's Life" is going to air... and *why* isn't skating listed in either of the *other* places either?
So I'm officially ticked off. WJLA, our ABC affiliate, has totally screwed over DC skating fans for years now. I remember previous competitions bumped by ACC basketball. In 2000, some bright person in the office decided they'd rather watch Tiger Woods than Michael Weiss' long program at Nationals. And he's a local skater to boot. They finally wound up showing it during the late news hour which was nice of them. In 2001, they bumped the entire ladies long program from Worlds for a pre-Oscar program. Not the Oscars themselves, but some Hollywood critic expounding and previewing who would win! ABC finally acquiesced and showed the finals in late night.
Unfortunately that isn't an option Sunday night. Redskins are playing the Sunday late game and ABC is nicely airing their Sunday programming so I don't miss Alias too!
I sent them a comment asking them to clarify their schedule and reminded them not so nicely that Worlds is being hosted in Washington DC this year! And gee wouldn't it be nice if the local affiliate that will air the competition got behind the sport for once?
Anyway, I was perfectly prepared to watch Michelle Kwan in Skate America this weekend, since my TV Guide announced it would be on on Sunday afternoon. So being a paranoid VCR programmer from long habit, I double checked the schedule in several places. Um, why does the guide on the digital cable say "A Bug's Life" is going to air... and *why* isn't skating listed in either of the *other* places either?
So I'm officially ticked off. WJLA, our ABC affiliate, has totally screwed over DC skating fans for years now. I remember previous competitions bumped by ACC basketball. In 2000, some bright person in the office decided they'd rather watch Tiger Woods than Michael Weiss' long program at Nationals. And he's a local skater to boot. They finally wound up showing it during the late news hour which was nice of them. In 2001, they bumped the entire ladies long program from Worlds for a pre-Oscar program. Not the Oscars themselves, but some Hollywood critic expounding and previewing who would win! ABC finally acquiesced and showed the finals in late night.
Unfortunately that isn't an option Sunday night. Redskins are playing the Sunday late game and ABC is nicely airing their Sunday programming so I don't miss Alias too!
I sent them a comment asking them to clarify their schedule and reminded them not so nicely that Worlds is being hosted in Washington DC this year! And gee wouldn't it be nice if the local affiliate that will air the competition got behind the sport for once?
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Stupid TV!
Date: 2002-10-26 09:14 pm (UTC)Re: Stupid TV!
Date: 2002-10-27 05:54 am (UTC)Re: Stupid TV!
Date: 2002-10-27 12:12 pm (UTC)