When everything you watch is pre-empted, what you do you do?
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When everything you watch is pre-empted, what you do you do?
This sort of thing happens on holidays all the time, but I can't recall the last time everything I watched on a specific night was pre-empted for something else on a 'regular' day.
All the Thursday night shows I watch aren't on:
-Bones (delayed until next week because of American Idol)
-Ugly Betty (on mid-season hiatus until further notice)
-CSI and Eleventh Hour (pre-empted two Thursdays in a row because of the CBS March Madness games)
It's actually a bit strange, because it almost feels like a holiday.
Has this happened on a night you watch several shows? What do you end up watching as an alternative?
All the Thursday night shows I watch aren't on:
-Bones (delayed until next week because of American Idol)
-Ugly Betty (on mid-season hiatus until further notice)
-CSI and Eleventh Hour (pre-empted two Thursdays in a row because of the CBS March Madness games)
It's actually a bit strange, because it almost feels like a holiday.
Has this happened on a night you watch several shows? What do you end up watching as an alternative?
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Re: When everything you watch is pre-empted, what you do you do?
I don't have the luxury of Tivo or another PVR, and truth be told I simply fell asleep trying to sit through a DVD.
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Re: When everything you watch is pre-empted, what you do you do?
Usually I either watch a series on Demand that I'm behind on (The Beast, US of Tara) or whatever TV series on DVD I'm currently watching again.
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Why would he be kidding? A lot of people do this, including me. Sometimes it works. A few months ago Scrubs was pre-empted because of Obama's speech (I knew he'd be changing things but not in this way.) Anyway, I called ABC and complained. Apparently I was the millionth person to do so and they put Scrubs on as soon as I got off the phone. I know Obama is important or whatever but I'd rather watch Scrubs and if you needed to watch the president, then you could have watched it on any other channel.
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Um, if something I plan on watching is pre-empted, I either read, ride my bike, play guitar, watch from a stack of unwatched dvds, write, etc...
But it's never a problem, as I have my dvr programed so I don't even know what is on and when - when I do have time to watch TV, I just bring up the TIVO's menu and pick something - and there's always something on there, regardless of what's been pre-empted.
But it's never a problem, as I have my dvr programed so I don't even know what is on and when - when I do have time to watch TV, I just bring up the TIVO's menu and pick something - and there's always something on there, regardless of what's been pre-empted.
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My DVR is usually always half full, so it's never a problem to find something to watch.
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