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Steel_Wind said:
I have Digital Cable.

Approximately 850 channels. I got it because I need it for Leafs TV. I'd miss a dozen TML games without it - and I don't miss hockey.

But my Leafs hockey is pretty much the only thing on TV I do watch. BSG and Rome I get off of BitTorent. I do watch Jon Stewart's Daily Show from time to time if I'm up. But really - that's it.

For every Rome or Band of Brothers (not that Rome is BoB quality, but it's decent enough) there are 4,000 other bad programs. For every Daily Show - there is 849 other channels of pure crap. Even South Park and the Simpsons have devolved into self-parody.

It is astounding *absolutely astounding* how bad TV is.

Lowest common demominator results in more viewers, apparently. Sad...

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every year, the network with rights to the baseball playoffs is going to lose its Tuesday-Thursday and weekend slots for a month, and monday and friday for a few weeks.

there is no way around it.

So there is no "better time slot" for Bones or any other show. In October, baseball is scheduled to be on almost every night if every series goes the distance.

if the network waits until November to air the new shows, it has already lost the potential audience to shows on other networks.

Instead they choose to start the shows in September, attempt to hook you, and hope you come back in November. This IS the better move.

I just watched this week's Reunion (I like the gimmick) and it actually said it would return in November (and gave an exact date)

This is smart.

In past years, the network tries to squeeze in new episodes to non-baseball days (when a series doesn't play all its games, there do wind up being nights with no baseball) Squeezing new episodes onto nights with no baseball is a bad move, as it leaves the audience guessing when new episodes are on. This is one of the things that helped kill Firefly.

A better question would be... is the ratings boost from baseball worth the damage it does to new shows trying to build an audience? I think the answer is yes, as long the shows are good, and the marketing is done right.
 

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