I don't think I've ever watched one of these since they've started being aired on tv, but I like knowing that I could turn the channel and catch some Gisele or some Heidi. I want to know that if I'm bored with what I'm watching, I can flip over to Tyra's fine ass. I think when that Debra Duncan thing comes on, we need to call in and complain about that just to stick it to the people who made this decision.
It's not the phone calls that are the major problem. The phone calls are basically a huge nuisance to a staff that is not employed to answer programming calls. And Master Baiter, it's not their job, programming and news are two completely different entities that have no interaction with one another. It does prevent them from doing their job, which is gathering the news, and it has an affect on their late newscast because they were not able to fully perform the job they are there for. They will be getting tons of calls tonight from people complaining that it's not on. They're not going to avoid getting calls and they know that. If you're planning to call to complain, please, call during normal business hours so you can talk to someone who might be able to assist you. The major problem is the people out there that will write to the FCC. Don't think that people won't take the time to do this, they most certainly will. Like I said in my previous post, their audience, for the most part, is conservative. They will take time out of their day to type a letter, address the envelope and put it in the mail. That's what they're trying to prevent. It's basically a save-our-FCC-complaint-file move. I agree, people have remote controls and can change the channel. Sadly, everyone doesn't seem to know that. Sorry if you think I'm writing a sob story -- I most certainly am not. I'm just trying to convey facts, which it appears some people don't want see.
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but why would the FCC care about complaints directed at your station from showing the fashion show? Isn't every other CBS station nationwide also broadcasting the fashion show?
Shouldn't we all be watching the Rockets game tonight anyway? I have no desire to watch that show, which is nothing more than an hour long commercial for Victoria's Secret. But shouldn't KHOU delay CSI and all of the other violent shows they air as well?
FCC: "Good God! Those heathens down in Houston somehow fabricated a slutty lingerie show that's not being broadcast anywhere else in the country! How could this happen? What's the name of this fly-by-night underwear company? Victoria's Secret? Never heard of 'em. Send some agents down to Houston right now to shut them down! We won't stand for any of this 'underwear' thing on national television!"
(If our guards continue to shoot as poorly as they have been recently, it's good to know that we have a viewing alternative.)
Exactly, I'm in the same boat. So when the Rockets are losing Ugly and the game gets too boring to watch, I'll probably switch on over.
Well, I watched this show just the other night and I must say something was not right. How come people on television's weird in the head? They won't show sex but they show a lot of killing I guess it would be better to show blood spilling than to let little Jr. see two naked people in bed I got DOOOOWN....down, down, down, down, down... It brought me down, down, down...
I'm glad its tape delayed to 1:07AM. Now I can watch it all alone while my gf is asleep. A win for us all.
I don't know how many of the stations are showing it or pre-empting it, but after the whole Super Bowl fiasco, KHOU is playing it safe. The FCC received thousands of complaints naming the local stations, which automatically goes in the affiliate's file. Doesn't matter that it's a national program, the affiliate gets hit, too.
How is that playing it safe? The show was taped last week. I doubt there is going to be a wardrobe malfunction. You don't think CBS would make sure something that was taped wasn't clean?
