# Hey, NBC, the West Coast exists **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826 "2004-08-27T19:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/1 "2004-08-27T19:01:24Z")
Right now the USA-Argentina Olympic basketball game is wrapping up. But I don’t know the score and have done a good job of avoiding it. Why do I have to do this? In the Eastern, Central and Mountain time zones this game was shown live. But not on the West Coast? WHY? WHY? WHY? It started at 10 am PDT. You know when NFL games start out here on the West Coast? 10 am. It’s not a weird hour. If you’re not working today, it’s not like there’s much of a difference between 10 am and 1 pm. It’s not like you have to get up at the crack of dawn. Idiotic. But I’m watching the Iraqi soccer team for the FIFTH time! But not the USA men’s basketball team. You know. A sport with players I know. And people in the US appreciate. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/2 "2004-08-27T19:39:43Z")
I feel your pain. But in all fairness, it is west coasters who are responsible for postseason baseball games running past midnight ET. They could start at 7:00 but for the desire to delay until the rush hour on the west coast is over. So it cuts both ways. Sorry that you couldn’t see the game. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/3 "2004-08-27T19:52:40Z")
Hey, this is a rant. I don’t want logic! ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/4 "2004-08-27T19:59:13Z")
I know. I KNOW. I’m right with you. WTF are they doing making us wait til 11 freakin pm to watch what’s going on? That’s right, 11pm!! The only thing I’ve been remotely awake for has been the women’s soccer match. THAT they showed live. :rolleyes: Yeah, thanks. I was at work. If you’re going to tape delay, can’t you show stuff at like, 6 or 7pm? If it’s tape delayed ANYWAY, the east coast really isn’t going to mind what we watch during dinner time. ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/5 "2004-08-27T20:13:56Z")
Wait a second… there’s a _West_ Coast now? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/6 "2004-08-27T20:22:01Z")
And now that the game is on, I can say that Argentina’s uniforms have a crappy font for their numerals. And the bottom of each numeral runs into a blue stripe on their uniform so you really can’t read it well. ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/7 "2004-08-27T20:22:58Z")
I had a similar rant, but for the other coast. Since all this stuff was on tape delay, why did they stretch all the gymnastics competitions until well past 11:00 PM? I ended up missing most of the competitions because I had to go to work the next day, and couldn’t afford to be short on sleep several days in a row. You have the technology to provide a separate feed to both the East and West coast, NBC. You’re just too damned cheap to worry about providing good service to your viewers. Oh, wait. You had the monopoly on the coverage, so you didn’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/8 "2004-08-27T20:26:08Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > Wait a second… there’s a _West_ Coast now? I know, some people right? It’s West _Side_, not West Coast. But I thought some of the West Side broke off into the ocean with all the earthquakes, flash floods and fires? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/9 "2004-08-27T20:38:13Z")
I’ve resolved myself to the fact that I will never see 60 Minutes again… ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/10 "2004-08-27T20:44:46Z")
You know what’s on after those late night baseball playoff games out here? It ain’t the local news. It’s a collection of time fillers. If it’s Fox, it’s a lot of episodes of the Simpsons or Malcolm. If it’s NBC, it’s reruns of friends. If it’s CBS, it’s usually not very interesting. “60 Minutes” is always on at 7 pm here on the West Coast. I suppose that would matter if I watched it. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/11 "2004-08-27T21:06:20Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > You know what’s on after those late night baseball playoff games out here? It ain’t the local news. It’s a collection of time fillers. If it’s Fox, it’s a lot of episodes of the Simpsons or Malcolm. If it’s NBC, it’s reruns of friends. If it’s CBS, it’s usually not very interesting. > > “60 Minutes” is always on at 7 pm here on the West Coast. > > I suppose that would matter if I watched it. BobT, you’re usually right on the money, but this time I’m surprised at you. This is an entirely separate rant, but don’t you know that all local news is is time filler? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/12 "2004-08-27T21:08:36Z")
I’m not an experienced ranter. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/13 "2004-08-27T21:12:02Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > But I thought some of the West Side broke off into the ocean with all the earthquakes, flash floods and fires? Nah, we just sold it to out of state job hunters for ridiculously high prices. Apparently they’re used to stuff torn apart by floods and tornadoes, so they couldn’t even tell the difference. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/14 "2004-08-27T21:21:51Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > But in all fairness, it is west coasters who are responsible for postseason baseball games running past midnight ET. They could start at 7:00 but for the desire to delay until the rush hour on the west coast is over. In 2000, I think, we had a Giants playoff game during the day, and an A’s playoff game in the evening. I dunno why the games start at 8, but it ain’t because of rush hour. Plus, all our games are between 95-100% sold out, and our games start at 7:05/7:35; rush hour or no rush hour, there’s 42,000 people headed into downtown SF. We can deal. Blame Fox, if only for their announcers. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/15 "2004-08-27T21:27:47Z")
I think they always have one of the early round playoff games on really late even by West Coast standards because they don’t want two of them to be on at the same time and there are only so many times you can fit them in. I had a cousin visiting from St. Louis back in 2002 and he liked the fact that he could see his Cardinals play Arizona at 8 pm instead of 10 pm. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/16 "2004-08-27T21:51:09Z")
That game really wasn’t worth waiting 3 hours to see. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/17 "2004-08-27T22:13:40Z")
I’m testing my willpower by trying not to re-re-re-re-rant about NBC Sports coverage. If NBC never gets another sports contract, it’ll be too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-nbc-the-west-coast-exists/261826/18 "2004-08-28T06:03:17Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > I know. I KNOW. I’m right with you. WTF are they doing making us wait til 11 freakin pm to watch what’s going on? That’s right, 11pm!! The only thing I’ve been remotely awake for has been the women’s soccer match. THAT they showed live. Not on the West Coast.