AKA: Things That Piss Me Off
Dear ABC,
We live in a wonderous age, if not for all the shit going down this would truely be considered man’s golden age. We can put man on the moon, tourists in space, we can cure almost any disease, the limit is only your imagination… So I ask you this.
In this golden age of man, we can pause live tv, we can rewind it, we can fast forward through annoying commercials that no one cares about, and as a broadcasting corporation you provide some excellent entertainment, and god bless you for that. But why, in your infinite wisdom, can you make programs like Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal and Lost end on time while Grey’s Anatomy has over run it’s timeslot 2 out of the last 3 weeks?
Now imagine sitting down to watch this thrilling show and just when the good bit is about to be revealed, my TiVo is asking me if I really want to delete this show…
Awwwww hell to the naw!
Is this some sick ploy to drive people to your site to watch that “Grey’s Anatomy Moment”? Do I really have to ask my TiVo to record those extra minutes you decided to sell as adverts? Is it too much to ask that when a prerecorded show ends at 10pm, it really means 10pm?
Now I have to wait till tomorrow morning to find out what I missed, not cool… Not cool at all.
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2 responses to “Grey’s Anatomy”
You have to remember, broadcasters don’t like Tivo. Having shows run over is a methody they employ to get people to watch the shows live rather than recorded. That way, it’s more likely you’re going to watch the commercials… which is how they get paid. They did this with Friends quite a bit when Tivo first started making it big.
bah, I say… Some embrace TiVo, like Battlestar Galactica who posted up the last few minutes of the season 2 finale after it over ran and got cut off by TiVo, Grey’s Anatomy did this last year and with the first episode too…
Now I have to wait to find out the last minutes