# What will the Dopers be watching this fall (Saturdays)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802 "2004-05-30T16:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/1 "2004-05-30T16:25:33Z")
This follows the threads for [Monday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258032), [Tuesday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258251), [Wednesday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258399), [Thursday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258566), [Friday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258754), The sprit of Angela Lansbury and “Murder, She Wrote” hangs over CBS this night. You’ve got: “48 Hours”, which this year is being billed as “48 Hours Mystery”, which sounds like it ought to be hosted by Angela Lansbury; Amazing Race (Why CBS tried to kill this show is a mystery only Angela Lansbury could solve); Crimetime Saturday (a cop-out so lame CBS won’t even provide a blurb, and lord knows will probably show reruns of Angela Lansbury) 8:00-9:00 [ul] [li][Wonderful World of Disney](http://disney.go.com/wonderfulworld/index.html) (ABC)[/li][li][48 Hours Mystery](http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/48hours/main3410.shtml) (CBS)[/li][li][Cops](http://www.fox.com/schedule/2004/cops.htm) (Fox; two half hours)[/li][li][Apprentice](http://www.nbc.com/The_Apprentice/) (NBC)[/li][/ul] My choice: If we’re even home, we would probably watch “Cops”. Yes, I know, I should be ashamed. 9:00-10:00 [ul] [li][Wonderful World of Disney](http://disney.go.com/wonderfulworld/index.html) (ABC)[/li][li][Amazing Race](http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race6/) (CBS)[/li][li][America’s Most Wanted](http://www.fox.com/schedule/2004/amw.htm) (Fox)[/li][li][NBC Saturday Movie](http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Movies_&_Specials/) (NBC; link goes to generic “Movies and Specials” page: watch this space!)[/li][/ul] My choice: OK, I’ve been pre-emptively curmudgeonly and nasty about shows on other nights that others, it turns out, regard as required viewing. So now you get to have your revenge after I wax poetic about my favorite program: “The Amazing Race”. First of all, I’m relieved that the show won, IIRC, two emmys, behooving CBS to bring it back for a fifth run. Originally, it was to have aired in July. Then, CBS announced it would be part of the fall lineup, which I assumed meant the summer airing would be pushed back. But the link here is designated as “Amazing Race 6”, which, along with the fact that the AR5 page still declares a July 6th premiere, leads to the orgasmic conlcusion that we will have Amazing Races in both summer and fall. Oooooh, baby. 10:00-11:00 [ul] [li][Wonderful World of Disney](http://disney.go.com/wonderfulworld/index.html) (ABC)[/li][li] Crimetime Saturday (no link) (CBS)[/li][li][NBC Saturday Movie](http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Movies_&_Specials/) (NBC)[/li][/ul] My choice: Don’t interrupt me, I’m having a cigarette after “Amazing Race”. 11:00-12:00 [ul] [li][MAD TV](http://www.fox.com/schedule/2004/madtv.htm) (Fox)[/li][li][Saturday Night Live](http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/index.html) (NBC; 11:30-1:00)[/li][/ul] I must take this time to call attention to the fact that, after however many seasons, Mad TV has hit its stride in the last two years. Rarely has there been an outing I’ve caught where I haven’t laughed out loud at least twice, which is more than I can say for SNL in the last, oh, 18-20 years. ---
**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 30, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/2 "2004-05-30T16:44:08Z")
And we are six for six in the “There ain’t nothing on…let’s go out or read a book” sweepstakes. Oh, well. This is why I spend the money for digital cable. The History Channel or the Food Channel will be doing _something_ of interest. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/3 "2004-05-30T17:49:27Z")
I will watch SNL. I find pretty much anything funny. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/4 "2004-05-30T18:03:00Z")
Amazing Race. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/5 "2004-05-30T18:05:30Z")
People watch television on Saturdays? ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/6 "2004-05-30T19:35:38Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > People watch television on Saturdays? No kidding. What on earth is the reasoning behind running “The Apprentice” on a Saturday night? Wasn’t it going toe-to-toe with “Survivor”? Did Mark Burnett get pissed off and put his foot down? I doubt NBC will keep it on Saturday night. I’ve always thought Saturday night was a death sentence for a show. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/7 "2004-05-30T21:34:36Z")
_This_ is what leads me to find out that The District has been canceled? ☹ How come the last episode was billed as the season finale instead of the series finale? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/8 "2004-05-30T21:46:30Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Amazing Race. Yeah, baby! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/9 "2004-05-30T21:55:29Z")
> [@scotandrsn](#): > > Amazing Race (Why CBS tried to kill this show is a mystery only Angela Lansbury could solve) Why CBS ever approved this show in the first place is a mystery only Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, Matlock, and Columbo working together could solve. If i’m home on a Saturday night, it looks like i’ll either be reading or watching a DVD. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/10 "2004-05-30T23:26:41Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Why CBS ever approved this show\* [The Amazing Race] \*in the first place is a mystery only Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, Matlock, and Columbo working together could solve. The noise from the cicadas has gotten to you and rendered you incapable of rational thought. 😉 You don’t know what you’re missing! _The Amazing Race_ is great! ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/11 "2004-05-31T12:40:19Z")
> [@Dignan](#): > > No kidding. What on earth is the reasoning behind running “The Apprentice” on a Saturday night? Wasn’t it going toe-to-toe with “Survivor”? Did Mark Burnett get pissed off and put his foot down? I doubt NBC will keep it on Saturday night. I’ve always thought Saturday night was a death sentence for a show. Actually, I should have mentioned that Saturday’s showing of “The Apprentice” is a repeat of Thursday night’s episode. there’s a lot of that double-airing going on this summer and fall. But Survivor is on at 8 on Thursdays, and the Apprentice is on at 9. So no “Burnett vs. Burnett” action for ya. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/12 "2004-05-31T12:46:51Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > And we are six for six in the “There ain’t nothing on…let’s go out or read a book” sweepstakes. Oh, well. This is why I spend the money for digital cable. The History Channel or the Food Channel will be doing _something_ of interest. We got sick of the fact that the rates kept going up and the occasional “tiling” effect was never fixed. Plus frequent total loss of signal and distortion, which, um, I thought wasn’t supposed to happen with a cable, ya know? DirecTV all the way. Don’t believe the lies about weather affecting reception. On the occasions when they happen, nothing beats a SoCal downpour for impenetrability, and we’ve barely had a flicker. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-dopers-be-watching-this-fall-saturdays/247802/13 "2004-05-31T13:51:09Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > _This_ is what leads me to find out that The District has been canceled? ☹ How come the last episode was billed as the season finale instead of the series finale? Mmmm… yeah. Or at least it looks like it’s moved to [Hiatusville](http://www.cbs.com/primetime/district/)