# God damn it, tbs!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 16, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047 "2012-05-16T01:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/21 "2012-05-16T16:42:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > They should be! On a “Value added to civilization” scale, reruns of _Rosanne_ and _Home Improvement_ far outweigh any “contribution” made by the NBA. I get it now… this is a joke thread. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/22 "2012-05-16T16:46:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > They should be! On a “Value added to civilization” scale, reruns of _Rosanne_ and _Home Improvement_ far outweigh any “contribution” made by the NBA. Maybe so, but the NFL beats the shit out of either of them. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/23 "2012-05-16T17:00:54Z")
Turner/Time Warner probably has a contractual responsibility to broadcast all of the live events they’re licensed for. And while I’m not an NBA fan particularly, I can tell you that the bleed over between TBS and TNT during the early rounds of the baseball playofs saved me no end of agita. Plus, you know, Big Bang Theory? Seriously? –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/24 "2012-05-16T17:02:35Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > This is a joke, right? It’s only a theory. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/25 "2012-05-16T17:10:33Z")
No, I was actually quite annoyed. Had they cut in to broadcast a Dodgers game I wouldn’t have made a peep. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/26 "2012-05-16T18:21:36Z")
Communist. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/27 "2012-05-17T00:17:26Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > KDOC does much the same thing - preempts worthwhile shows for hockey games, shows that would have normally come on well after the game is over but for some reason they cannot go back to their regular schedule. Pisses me right off. Because it’s the Cup. That’s why. (Seriously, you’re surprised that they’re interrupting shows during the Stanley Cup play-offs?) ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/28 "2012-05-17T05:14:15Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Because it’s the Cup. That’s why. > (Seriously, you’re surprised that they’re interrupting shows during the Stanley Cup play-offs?) How long does that go on? It seemed more like they were showing games for the whole season, but that could have been just my irritation… 🆒 And why KDOC? That is a local indy station, how could they get anything like the Stanley Cup? I don’t watch any sports unless I have to, so if it was just for the Stanley Cup I wouldn’t have known it. I didn’t even read the details on the guide, I just swore at the TV and changed the channel. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/29 "2012-05-17T11:15:11Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > That’s the thing that pisses me off about TBBT on TBS, it seems like they only bought a bare few episodes and are playing them over and over and over again. So you really haven’t seen 90% of them, you’ve just seen the same dozen or so over and over. If people can’t tell the difference, then why should they bother buying more? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/30 "2012-05-17T12:04:28Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > We now interrupt the Super Bowl to bring you Heidi. Which was the correct decision, and should have been stood behind and retained as policy. The Super Bowl had its time slot; it ran over; boo hoo extra hoo. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/31 "2012-05-17T12:48:34Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Which was the correct decision, and should have been stood behind and retained as policy. The Super Bowl had its time slot; it ran over; boo hoo extra hoo. It wasn’t the Super Bowl, it was a regular season game. It was also one of the dumbest decisions the network could have made. Viewership drops like a rock when they switch to shitty movies, and they took a huge PR hit that day. Nothing about that decision was correct, which is why no single station on the planet would ever do it again. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/32 "2012-05-17T12:59:10Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Which was the correct decision, and should have been stood behind and retained as policy. The Super Bowl had its time slot; it ran over; boo hoo extra hoo. Picking nits, but the Heidi game wasn’t the Super Bowl. It was a regular season Jets vs. Raiders game that had an unbelievable ending. Sorta like cutting off a murder mystery right before the detective announces the butler did it. ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/33 "2012-05-17T15:13:14Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > How long does that go on? It seemed more like they were showing games for the whole season, but that could have been just my irritation… 🆒 And why KDOC? That is a local indy station, how could they get anything like the Stanley Cup? > > I don’t watch any sports unless I have to, so if it was just for the Stanley Cup I wouldn’t have known it. I didn’t even read the details on the guide, I just swore at the TV and changed the channel. The owners of the Anaheim Ducks are part owners of KDOC. Their current lineup includes broadcasting the Ducks games so it wouldn’t surprise me if what you saw was just a regular season game. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/34 "2012-05-17T21:53:02Z")
> [@Nauplius](#): > > The owners of the Anaheim Ducks are part owners of KDOC. Their current lineup includes broadcasting the Ducks games so it wouldn’t surprise me if what you saw was just a regular season game. Ah! That makes sense. Now, if they would just return to regular programming after the games are over instead of making a big mess of the schedule… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/35 "2012-05-17T22:54:50Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Who gives a shit what mutant gland cases are doing? You talking about TBBT characters or a basketball team? I’m confused. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/36 "2012-05-18T02:22:29Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Picking nits, but the Heidi game wasn’t the Super Bowl. > > It was a regular season Jets vs. Raiders game that had an unbelievable ending. Sorta like cutting off a murder mystery right before the detective announces the butler did it. Well, then they shouldn’t let the fucking murder mystery run long. 😛 I’d be satisfied if the sports programming would just stay on the stations I don’t go to anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/37 "2012-05-18T02:27:39Z")
> [@Nauplius](#): > > The owners of the Anaheim Ducks are part owners of KDOC. Their current lineup includes broadcasting the Ducks games so it wouldn’t surprise me if what you saw was just a regular season game. Nitpick: The _Mighty_ Ducks. Yes, yes, I know, they “officially” changed their name to drop the “Mighty” and remove the stigma of being forever associated with a cheesy Disney movie franchise. I don’t care. To me, they are and always will be the _Mighty_ Ducks (the Ducks are the football team at the University of Oregon). Just like the Designated-hitter-loving bastards across the street will always be the California Angels. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047/38 "2012-05-18T14:05:51Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > You talking about TBBT characters or a basketball team? I’m confused. Either one, depending on what side you are taking in this debate. I’m easy (just ask my wife!) 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-damn-it-tbs/622047.md?page=1)