# What the MOTHERFUCK Time Warner? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758 "2004-01-05T05:17:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/1 "2004-01-05T05:17:08Z")
So…I’m watching the Sugar Bowl and my beloved Sooners are down 7 to LSU with a little over 2 minutes left on the clock. Following a critcal penalty\* by LSU on a punt, the ref is about to make the call WHEN ABC CUTS FROM THE GAME TO SOME MORONIC BULLSHIT. I don’t even know what the fuck it is, just two guys sitting around talking about movies. Seriously, someone has to die. How can you just cut from a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME? This is the shit that I’m paying for??? I’ve noticed that they do this during other things, but I could usually care less. This time, it was personal. I had to “watch” the rest of the game off of Gamecast on [espn.com](http://espn.com) (my Sooners lost :(). Did this happen to anyone else? \*OK, so it wasn’t so critical, but it might’ve been at the time. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/2 "2004-01-05T08:05:26Z")
ABC is owned by Disney, pal. Sounds like it was your local affiliate deciding to preempt the game. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/3 "2004-01-05T10:58:59Z")
> [@](#): > > How can you just cut from a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME? This is the shit that I’m paying for??? You’re paying to watch a broadcast network station? ---
**Author:** ![Ryle\_Dup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ryle\_Dup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryle_Dup)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/4 "2004-01-05T11:14:14Z")
> [@](#): > > This is the shit that I’m paying for??? You _pay_ for ABC? ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/5 "2004-01-05T11:50:25Z")
Well he might be saying he’s paying for the cable. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/6 "2004-01-05T11:57:08Z")
Well, still, I doubt it’s the cable company that decided to fuck around with a network channel. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/7 "2004-01-05T11:58:35Z")
So, one of the six billion or so sports games out there actually got kicked off the air in favour of something vaguely interesting? _I’d_ pay to get a channel like that … (Yes, I know this is a minority opinion. To put it mildly.) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/8 "2004-01-05T12:09:17Z")
**Steve** , I’ll join you in that minority. Nothing worse than BBC2 schedules being kicked because a darts match overran. I’ll say that again: _darts_. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/9 "2004-01-05T12:13:44Z")
Coming up on BBC1: darts. BBC2: snooker. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/10 "2004-01-05T12:21:15Z")
And for those who like variety, there’s sport. ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/11 "2004-01-05T12:33:47Z")
I’m a HUGE college football fan, and it pisses me off that I wasn’t able to watch the entire game, a game I had been waiting an entire month to watch. This was a local thing because no one else had problems watching the game, so yes, I’m pitting my local provider for cutting to some other bullshit in the middle of what could’ve been a huge comeback. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/12 "2004-01-05T12:40:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\*And for those who like variety, there’s sport. \*\* And for those of you who don’t like television, there’s David Coleman. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/13 "2004-01-05T12:52:41Z")
How about a football game cutting short so we can watch Futurama? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/14 "2004-01-05T13:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*How about a football game cutting short so we can watch Futurama? \*\* I don’t have the heart… Actually you missed a KOTH rerun at 7pm. ---
**Author:** ![herman\_and\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/15 "2004-01-05T13:08:31Z")
How about cutting a game short so we can watch Heidi? ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/16 "2004-01-05T13:09:14Z")
Did you catch that, by any chance? I’ll bet that was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/17 "2004-01-05T13:40:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by herman\_and\_bill \* > \*\*How about cutting a game short so we can watch Heidi? \*\* As long as it’s Heidi Klum, sure. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/18 "2004-01-05T14:17:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by herman\_and\_bill \* > \*\*How about cutting a game short so we can watch Heidi? \*\* damn, you beat to that one. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-motherfuck-time-warner/222758/19 "2004-01-05T14:26:26Z")
And I beat you to a Heidi Klum joke. Hmm…beat + Heidi Klum…