I usually don’t do these kinds of posts, and this kinda goes against the purpose of this particular blog I have set up. However, it sort of has to do with media, so I’ll allow it.
Just this once.
So I was watching The Office the other day on NBC (WSMV, nashville) and apparently there was bad weather. Usually, on the other stations they’ll put a ticker on your screen. And maybe come interrupt your program for a little while. But what happened this time was inexcusable. There was at least a good solid 8 minutes left of The Office left to watch, and the guy comes in and interrupts the show. I was kinda agitated at first, but then I was like, “Maybe he’ll go away soon.” Did he? No. He kept repeating himself, over and over again. He kept saying, “Now just one more thing before we get you back to your programming…” and he just kept talking about the same things he just said. I’m not trying to be ‘that guy’. I know we need to be warned when there’s bad weather. But you turn to CBS and there’s nothing but a little ticker.
Then when the regular show came back on, Scrubs had already started. The intro jingle began and went through all the stuff and it cut to commercial…And by commercial I mean the weather guy talking yet again. It got to the point where I just gave up. I’ve been informed that it basically lasted the whole show, and didn’t end until Scrubs was almost over. So I wrote an email to the station, and apparently so did one of my coworkers. I’m glad I’m not the only one that feels like our TV experience was shattered by some weatherman’s ego and desire to play with his new toys. We’ve been waiting since last November for new episodes of some of these shows, and they just have to pull a fast one on us.
I hope for you guys, wherever you are, that your TV stations don’t do stuff like this.
Good day.
