# Angel moving to Weds at 9PM in January **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522 "2002-12-09T15:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/1 "2002-12-09T15:03:35Z")
FYI. I hate the WB. Put it Tuesday at 9 where it belongs. Grrr Arrr! [http://www.tvguide.com/tv/roush/mattask/021209b.asp](http://www.tvguide.com/tv/roush/mattask/021209b.asp) Question: What’s your take on WB’s decision to move Angel to Wednesdays at 9 pm in January)? That’s four time-slot changes in four years. If the show was doing so well on Sundays, why move it again? — C.F. Matt: I have mixed feelings about this. Angel’s Sunday time period was so overcrowded I’m personally relieved to have one less show to worry about keeping up with on the night. (Maybe some of Angel’s fans will drift over to Alias, thought that would be a pretty small spike.) But I doubt Angel will do much better in an equally overstuffed Wednesday time period, where competition will include The West Wing, The Bachelorette, The Amazing Race, early installments of American Idol, The Bernie Mac Show and even The Twilight Zone. The reason for this move is that WB obviously feels that yet another cheap reality show (High School Reunion, from the producer of The Bachelor) will do better on Sundays than Angel. The trend this midseason is toward an emphasis on junky “reality” and away from scripted unreality. I anticipate a lot of unhappy reaction before all of this plays out. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/2 "2002-12-09T17:31:23Z")
No no no! It should stay on Sunday, so both of the fantasy-scifi-y shows are on together. Yeah, I know, no one else watches **Charmed** around here, but… The WB used to be better at pairing shows up: **Buffy** and\*\* Roswell\*\* for sci-fi night, and **Dawson’s Creek** and **Felicity** for drama night. Sci-fi and drama don’t work very well together, didn’t the learn anything from Angel’s slot last year, or DC/BOP this year? ---
**Author:** ![slackergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@slackergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slackergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/3 "2002-12-09T18:01:44Z")
I’m all for it. I’ve been having Angel/Alias issues for months now, and now Fox has gone and put Andy Richter back on at the same time too. There is absolutely nothing that appeals to me on Wednesdays. That’s actually when I usually get around to watching whatever I taped on Sunday and Tuesday (the great Buffy/Gilmore quandary). ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/4 "2002-12-09T18:14:32Z")
I’m with **slackergirl.** The Alias/Andy Richter dilemna is still insuperable, but now at least I’m only missing one great show instead of two. Sua ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/5 "2002-12-09T18:19:50Z")
Great, now I have the Angel/West Wing problem. Good thing I bought an extra TV…Stupid Angel! I hate Angel! And now it’s giving me problems! GRRR ARGH! ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/6 "2002-12-09T18:25:31Z")
Only part of it that bothers me is now I have to remember it’s on a new night. Nothing I watch Wednesdays anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/7 "2002-12-09T18:38:49Z")
So I was thinking, great! no more Sopranos/Angel problem… and now they’re moving it AGAIN! Stupid pigf-ckers. Now I have to deal with West Wing vs Angel. Double GRRR ARGH! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/8 "2002-12-09T19:29:23Z")
From being opposite “Alias” & “Malcolm” to being opposite “West Wing” Like I’m not going to watch “West Wing” (or tape it when I’m not at home). Yep, I guess I’m going to catch this in reruns… when does it enter syndication? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/9 "2002-12-09T19:40:26Z")
won’t bother me. Up here Angel is still on Tuesday nights at 9 (although it was at 10 for a while-- with the Buffy, Haunted, Angel line-up.) ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/10 "2002-12-09T19:51:24Z")
I’m bummed. I don’t want to have to choose between Angel and West Wing. Heretofore, neither show was a problem. There was nothing oposite either one that I had any interest in. (Sopranos sounds good, but I don’t have HBO or whatever high price thing its on.) ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/11 "2002-12-09T20:22:41Z")
Meh… I’m glad it’s moving to Wednesday nights. Unfortunately next semester I have classes until 9:15pm. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/12 "2002-12-09T20:37:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kasuo \* > \*\*Meh… I’m glad it’s moving to Wednesday nights. Unfortunately next semester I have classes until 9:15pm. ☹ \*\* How is this a problem? Oh, you **go** to your classes. Weird. 😛 Sua ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Frink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mr.Frink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Frink)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/13 "2002-12-09T22:38:55Z")
Anyone else think that this is part of the **WB** ’s devious plan to sink _Angel_? There is still some bad blood between the **WB** and **Fox** over the nasty negotiations for _Buffy_ a couple of years ago. I have a feeling that management at the **WB** are trying to cut _Angel_’s ratings in order to give them an excuse to cancel it at the end of the season. And the best way to lower a series’ ratings is to move it around the schedule so that viewer have a hard time finding it. Now, I think I remember reading that **UPN** has agreed to take _Angel_ in the event of a **WB** cancelation. So _Angel_ has a chance of surviving a **WB** cancelation. And that would open the door to _Angel-Buffy_ crossovers–in the event that _Buffy_ continues into an 8th season (doubtful, I know!) ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/14 "2002-12-10T00:59:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuaSponte \* > **Oh, you go to your classes.** Must… resist… urge… to… ditch… class… ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-moving-to-weds-at-9pm-in-january/141522/15 "2002-12-15T19:41:45Z")
FYI, in case you haven’t heard, _Angel_, Season 1 will be avail February 7th. Price is ~$45. See [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) or [EntertainMe.com](http://EntertainMe.com) for more details.