# For fucks sake, Comedy Central! Enough of The Office already! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812 "2020-11-30T14:00:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/1 "2020-11-30T14:00:46Z")
Almost 24 hours a day, almost every day. Some years back they pulled this shit with That 70’s Show and before that Saturday Night Live. Do their program directors have any data showing this is a solid strategy for keeping viewers? Only play one specific show all day every single day all year long? Because it’s boring the piss out of me! There are a zillion other shows and stand-up specials it’d be nice to see once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/2 "2020-11-30T14:03:31Z")
I guess people must like it, but The Office literally makes me angry with how unfunny it is. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/3 "2020-11-30T14:14:01Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > The Office literally makes me angry with how unfunny it is. Like watching really old cripples copulate. But even if they did this to a show I liked it would suck. Play 1 or 2 episodes and move on. Or have one marathon weekend and be done. Who runs a television channel under the philosophy of having no variety whatsoever? We only want the spaz types who dig The Office to watch our channel? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/4 "2020-11-30T14:54:36Z")
My guess is that they know what makes them the most money and what you like isn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/5 "2020-11-30T17:29:20Z")
Don’t they also pack an extra several minutes of commercials into each episode, so that the episodes don’t start and end on the half-hour? ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/6 "2020-11-30T17:39:58Z")
I’ve noticed this too and have stopped even looking at Comedy Central when I’m flipping channels. A few months ago they cancelled almost all of their live action shows including Drunk History (which I always thought was funny) and Tosh.0. At the time I saw an article that said that they were going to focus on their animated shows running forward. I don’t know much about running a TV network, but I think we’re seeing the end of Comedy Central. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/7 "2020-11-30T17:46:09Z")
I found an article from July talking about this: > **[The Remaking of Comedy Central](https://www.vulture.com/article/comedy-central-reinvention-chris-mccarthy-profile.html)** > > Behind Chris McCarthy’s plan to transform the ViacomCBS network from a linear cable channel to a multi-platform content machine. Apparently they’re remaking what programming they’ll be showing going forward. So at the moment the Office is probably relatively cheap and easy for them to show until they get their new format up and running. I may have spoken too soon in my previous post about the network dying, but it’s certainly going to be different so we’ll see how it turns out. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/8 "2020-11-30T17:51:54Z")
Nothing but 10 year old South Park on today it looks like. Hard pass. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/9 "2020-11-30T21:00:24Z")
So it’s like when radio stations change format and they play some song for 24 hours during the format change, only in this case they’re playing a lot of “The Office” while they do so? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/10 "2020-11-30T21:29:03Z")
This seems to be a trend with a lot of networks. They must buy the rights to a show for a time and then milk it for all it’s worth. Some other channel does this with Big Bang Theory and Modern Family. Okay shows but it’s literally all they show. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/11 "2020-11-30T21:48:44Z")
LAFF (a .# sub-network on one of my broadcast channels) had a How I Met Your Mother marathon over the holiday weekend. The channel seems to air a bunch of episodes in a row (According to Jim from 3-5, Home Improvement from 5-8, etc) Brian ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/12 "2020-11-30T21:52:55Z")
It is “nice” when I want background tv that I don’t really have to pay close attention to. I can flip on Comedy Central (or whatever stations are running Law & Order marathons) and do whatever else, but look up every so often if something funny is going on. Or not. Because whatever funny thing it is will happen again. ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/13 "2020-11-30T22:15:33Z")
But LAFF changes up the shows every so often, HIMYM is a relatively new addition. There is a lot of old Comedy Central stuff streaming on [Pluto.TV](http://Pluto.TV) , there are some commercials, but most stay in the 30 minute window. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/14 "2020-11-30T22:16:29Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > LAFF (a .# sub-network on one of my broadcast channels) had a How I Met Your Mother marathon over the holiday weekend. A weekend marathon I can handle. CC has been playing The Office ad nauseam every day for months. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/15 "2020-11-30T22:38:16Z")
I haven’t had cable in years. How many hours a day are they airing it? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/16 "2020-12-01T01:10:32Z")
Some days 20, others 12-16, a few are 24 straight. And this has been going on for months. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/17 "2020-12-01T01:13:06Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Some days 20, others 12-16, a few are 24 straight Don’t exaggerate, they also give 30 minutes to the Daily show, so it’s only 23.5 hours straight… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/18 "2020-12-01T01:42:29Z")
It’s always either South Park or the Office when I look. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/19 "2020-12-01T12:38:26Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > > > The Office literally makes me angry with how unfunny it is. > > Like watching really old cripples copulate. > > But even if they did this to a show I liked it would suck. Play 1 or 2 episodes and move on. Or have one marathon weekend and be done. Who runs a television channel under the philosophy of having no variety whatsoever? We only want the spaz types who dig The Office to watch our channel? Please avoid slurs like “spaz types” or “watching really old cripples copulate”. Just a mod note, no warning. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fucks-sake-comedy-central-enough-of-the-office-already/926812/20 "2020-12-02T02:37:59Z")
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