The Amazing Race starts in September, don’t expect to watch it on time…

Posted on: August 23, 2008 at 1:34 am | Posted under: Television
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CBS has started promos for The Amazing Race during their primetime programming.  The new season will premiere on September 28 at 8pm, but don’t expect to watch it on time.  No this is not a plug about how amazing having a TiVo is, it is about how CBS doesn’t know how to run their network.

Over the past couple years, I have developed an extreme dislike for the idiots at CBS that put the schedule together.  When you run a live sporting event in the late afternoon, do not expect it to fit within the 3 hour block that you designate for it.  This is a known fact to FOX, that places an hour of repeat comedy shows into their schedule before the 8pm hour of new shows.  CBS just doesn’t understand this.  Instead of creating a buffer for the games that will inevitably run longer, they feel the need to have 60 Minutes in the schedule at 7pm.  Because 60 Minutes is a new episode each week, the full episode has to run and it is not something that can be cut off by the primetime programs at 8pm.  THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO RUN A NETWORK!

It seems that CBS doesn’t give a crap what their viewers think, since I have been writing to them each Monday morning when this happens the night before.  They never respond and have not done anything to change the schedule.  It has happened once already this summer with golf and an episode of Big Brother starting 45 minutes late, it will only get worse when the NFL regular season begins.

So, if you are looking forward to the new season of The Amazing Race, don’t expect to watch it on time.  CBS thinks that a shotty news program produced by senior citizens is more important than keeping viewers happy.  No wonder ratings have been horrible for them.

Cheers!



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