So I’m flipping back and forth between Fox 6 and CBS 58 (Milwaukee) watching both the Indy vs Tenn. game and the Packer/Bear game. the Packer season is worthless, and Indy is undefeated, so I’m more interested in the Colts game.
It was listed in the local TV guide. The game appeared on my digital cable heading listing. And I watched the game up until half time. Then I went outside and snowblowed my driveway. 25 minutes later I came back in the house and the Colts game was no longer on, but the Bengals/Steelers game. Thinking maybe there was a long half time in Indianapolis I watched the Bengals game for 10 minutes.
Not 1 fucking mention of the Colts game, except for a score update. WHAT THE M:mad:THER FUCK!?!
So I called the station and get “Duh, theres nobody here in programming over the weekend. We can’t answer your question!”
Why are you complaining? The Colts game sucked ass. The Steelers game was a good one and would’ve been even better if the Steelers hadn’t turned the ball over so many damn times.
I wish networks would switch away from crappy games more often. I hate how they stick with a featured game all the way to the end of the 4th, even when it’s a horrible one sided blowout. I’d rather see a good, close game between other teams than watch a favorite team of my own drill some poor schleps silly.
14-3 at halftime is NOT an appropriate juncture to switch feeds. When it was 28-3 going into the fourth though, that would have been an excellent time to switch over.
Madison, WI here: I turned the game on after halftime I guess, because Pittsburgh/Cincy was on. I’d have rather watched that game anyway. Not sure what was on before that.
But the Packer game was all screwed up there at the beginning too for about 5 minutes, when Roman picked off the pass. Oddly enough, the commercials they cut to came in fine.
I never trust local networks unless I am living in the market of the team(s) that I care to watch; otherwise, they can change games for any and no reasons at all. I usually go to a sports bar if I need to see a particular game even if it is supposed to be broadcast in my area. It makes for less hassles.
Actually, CBS did stay with this one for other parts of the country. But their coverage is so pitiful that we mute the sound and listen to radio coverage of the game. CBS is mostly commericials.
Wait a minute- I thought that the NFL REQUIRES the networks to stay with a game until the last second has ticked off the clock. Wasn’t that rule made after the "Heidi’ debacle? I guess I’m wrong, because it sounds like they did it today.
You know, T_SQUARE, thats a good point. I know the NFL is a big control freak when it comes to things like the broadcast of games.
I left a meassage with the station manager. I doubt that I’ll get a call, but I’ll report back here if I do.
Regardless of what anyone thinks of that particular game, it WAS scheduled to be shown from 12p-3p, and was shown up until half time. It was not appropriate to cut off a scheduled broadcast game that was only 14-3 at the half. I was at a Green Bay-Los Angeles game in 1982 where the Rams were up 23-0 at the half. The Packers won that game 35-23! It ain’t over till it’s over!
It almost had to be a local affiliate decision, because CBS has learned their lesson about cutting away from games. During the NCAA tournament one year, they cut away from a Kentucky first-round blowout at halftime and the entire state called the CBS switchboard at once. The game was back on before the first TV timeout of the second half.
What I don’t understand is why there was nobody in command at the station on the weekend. The dope that answered the phone said that only the news crew was there and they have nothing to do with programming. What? they have robots running the place?
Do you guys watch football on any kind of regular basis?
Networks cut away from blowouts to show more competitive games all the time. I’ll grant that I’ve never seen it happen at halftime, but it is pretty common in the fourth quarter. I don’t know exactly what happened in Milwaukee and I didn’t see any of the Colts/Titans game, but going by what’s on NFL.com it was a real yawner.
On the other hand, I did get to see the end of a great Bengals/Steelers game because the Patriots manhandled the Jets.
Up here it seems we get nothing but Colts and Browns. I was happy for the switch. Although not a blowout at halftime, the game was much less significant than Steelers-Bengals.
The Heidi bowl was cutting away to begin regularly scheduled programming.
They NEVER do that anymore.
Over the last few years, they have begun to more often cut away from shitty games to go to better games. I think they used to have a restriction against that, too.
Pkbites is the only person I have EVER encountered who seems to have a problem with it. And, I wish he’d stop talking to his local station before they start thinking he represents the public will. The Indy game was an utter blowout with essentially no playoff ramifications.
THe Pittsburgh-Cinci game was within a TD the whole game, and was for the division lead. Believe me, pkbites, there were probably 1 million people where you are that were overjoyed at the decision.
Amen. Living in Austin makes one subjected to the gong show that is Houston Texans football.
The NFL is having some problems in the last couple of years with the running time of games. For a while you could set your watch to NFL games. 3 hours and the game was over. Now, and for the last couple of years, games regularly run over the alloted 3 hours. Yesterday a network cut out the last 2 to 3 minutes of one game that was running late to get to the start of the afternoon game.
I hate it too. I don’t watch football every Sunday; if I’m watching a game, that means I’ve become interested in it, and I’d like to be able to keep watching it until I want to stop.
I’ll complain to whomever the fuck I want to, thank you very much!
The game WAS NOT a blow out at half-time. And in any case, I’m a Colts fan and wanted to see the scheduled game.
Yes I’ve seen networks switch away from games before…IN THE 4th QUARTER!! Not at half-time!!!
The station manager called me this morning (I am surprised!!! I did not think he would!) and told me that it was completely a network decision, not the local affiliate. So I guess WDJT is off the hook.
That’s pretty much all due to the replay. I’ve seen games with five or six plays reviewed. In theory, you could have at least six reviews before we even take into account reviews called by the officials upstairs in the two-minute warnings and overtimes. You figure each review takes at least two or three minutes and that game could be out of sync by nearly a quarter of other games that started at the same time but without all the reviews.
You don’t even know if they switched at half-time. You were out blowing snow. It went to 21-3 shortly into the 3rd quarter. But even still, you’re a Colts fan in Milwaukee.
You wanna watch the Colts? Gget a dish.
Networks put on the best games with the most interest. They should be applauded for it, not chastised. You’re really rallying for a return to the dark ages of football broadcasting.
:rolleyes::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:!
I did not think he would!) and told me that it was completely a network decision, not the local affiliate. So I guess WDJT is off the hook.