NBC shortens State of the Union, adds The Office (repeat)

[TiVoStephen]

We were just informed that NBC has changed the entry for the State of the Union tonight. Your DVR will not receive the update in time to adjust its schedule.

Remove:
9:00pm-11:00pm: State of the Union (live in all time zones)

Add:
9:00pm-10:30pm: State of the Union (live in all time zones)
10:30pm-11:00pm: The Office (repeat)

I don't have details at this time as to which episode is airing, but I was told it is NOT a new episode.

[Lord Vader]

NBC is not shortening anything. The President's speech length is estimated beforehand, and the opposition's response--here, the Democrats--is estimated as well. The networks can choose whether to carry the opposition's response, but considering the networks are all left-wing, they're bound to carry the Democratic response.

It is quite likely that the networks were told that Bush's speech would run less than 90 minutes. We don't know. NO network is ever going to shorten coverage of the SOTU speech no matter who the president is.

[drew2k]

NBC is not shortening anything. The President's speech length is estimated beforehand, and the opposition's response--here, the Democrats--is estimated as well. The networks can choose whether to carry the opposition's response, but considering the networks are all left-wing, they're bound to carry the Democratic response.

It is quite likely that the networks were told that Bush's speech would run less than 90 minutes. We don't know. NO network is ever going to shorten coverage of the SOTU speech no matter who the president is.Untwist those panties and leave the politics at home. :rolleyes:

NBC releases their programming schedule sometimes weeks in advance to media outlets and services such as Tribune, which trickles down to our beloved TiVos. If NBC announced two weeks ago that they would devote two hours to the SOTU and Dem Response, and then tonight they changed that to 1.5 hours, they have indeed shortened it. "It" is the program. The program is shorter than what they announced.

[Lord Vader]

My panties aren't twisted, and I'm not injecting politics. Actually, your inferences were more political than my post was. I, on the other hand, was simply clarifying your feeble attempt at politicizing this.

[phox_mulder]

All the networks had originally planned on 2 hours for the speech and response.
Yesterday, they got the final speech, and once timed out, realized they booked way too much time for it and scrambled to add something to fill the time.

CBS added a Two and a Half Men, NBC added an Office, no idea what ABC did, FOX seemed to know more than the other networks, and already planned on only 90 minutes of coverage.


phox

[Lord Vader]

Methinks FOX always believes they know more than everyone else. :p

[drew2k]

CBS added a Two and a Half Men, NBC added an Office, no idea what ABC did, FOX seemed to know more than the other networks, and already planned on only 90 minutes of coverage.


phoxFox most likely didn't want to cut too much into the local affiliates' very lucrative 10 PM newscasts...

[drew2k]

My panties aren't twisted, and I'm not injecting politics. Actually, your inferences were more political than my post was. I, on the other hand, was simply clarifying your feeble attempt at politicizing this.:confused: Sorry, guy, but you DID bring up the specter of politics, by claiming the networks are left-wing.

Good day.

[jfelbab]

All politics aside, facts are facts.

http://www.aim.org/aim_report/4997_0_4_0_C/

[Bierboy]

:confused: Sorry, guy, but you DID bring up the specter of politics, by claiming the networks are left-wing.

Good day."claiming"? Regardless of your political leaning, it's fantasy-land if you believe anything else.All politics aside, facts are facts.

http://www.aim.org/aim_report/4997_0_4_0_C/Amen.

[drew2k]

Yes, I seed "claiming". No credentials were supplied with the initial post, so I stand by my response post.

Regardless, this is the freaking season pass forum, not <insert your favorite cable talking head program here>.

[alansh]

The networks can choose whether to carry the opposition's response, but considering the networks are all left-wing, they're bound to carry the Democratic response.The implication was that they wouldn't carry a Republican response. Of course, you were going to mention they always carried the Republican response during the Clinton administration, right?

[Lord Vader]

:confused: Sorry, guy, but you DID bring up the specter of politics, by claiming the networks are left-wing.

Good day.

Whatever you say. (http://www.starwars.stopklatka.pl/sounds/dontmake.wav)

[Lord Vader]

We were just informed that NBC has changed the entry for the State of the Union tonight. Your DVR will not receive the update in time to adjust its schedule.

Remove:
9:00pm-11:00pm: State of the Union (live in all time zones)

Add:
9:00pm-10:30pm: State of the Union (live in all time zones)
10:30pm-11:00pm: The Office (repeat)

I don't have details at this time as to which episode is airing, but I was told it is NOT a new episode.

My TIVO didn't change anything in the guide for NBC. Neither my local channel nor the national feed changed. It had SOTU from 8:00 to 10:00 CST.

[phox_mulder]

My TIVO didn't change anything in the guide for NBC. Neither my local channel nor the national feed changed. It had SOTU from 8:00 to 10:00 CST.
Your DVR will not receive the update in time to adjust its schedule.

As it shouldn't have.
TiVo (the corporate entity) didn't get the info until 4 hours ago.
No way your TiVo (DVR) could have updated in time.


phox

[lordargent]

My tivo shows SotU from 6:00 to 7:30 PST

I'm here at 9:00 waiting for "The Unit", but some other show I don't recognize is on.

Guide data still says "The Unit", even after forcing a connection (Tivo is on Ethernet).

So, was there a unit tonight? Or did it get pushed because it got pushed in the east coast?

[phox_mulder]

My tivo shows SotU from 6:00 to 7:30 PST

I'm here at 9:00 waiting for "The Unit", but some other show I don't recognize is on.

Guide data still says "The Unit", even after forcing a connection (Tivo is on Ethernet).

So, was there a unit tonight? Or did it get pushed because it got pushed in the east coast?

This is CBS's lineup for the night, West Coast version:

6:00-7:30pm cpt State of the Union
7:30-8:00pm cpt Local Programming
8:00-9:00pm cpt NCIS
9:00-9:30pm cpt TWO AND A HALF MEN
9:30-10:00pm cpt THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE
10:00-11:00pm cpt Local Programming
(cpt is Central Pacific Time, CBS's wonky way of listing times, cnyt is Central New York Time or Eastern, Mountain Time gets listed normal, mt)

I remember an email at one time saying Pacific would get a Unit, but they changed their minds sometime late yesterday.


phox

[TiVoStephen]

NBC is not shortening anything. Lord Vader, I'm sorry my post confused you.

NBC originally told us they would carry two hours of the State of the Union. That was the schedule we received, and was sent to your DVR.

On the day of the speech, NBC told us they would only show the State of the Union for 90 minutes. After 90 minutes, they would then show a repeat of The Office. This schedule update came on the same day as the speech, and came too late for us to process the change and get the updated information to your DVR. So your DVR believed the State of the Union would run for two hours, and had no idea that there would be an episode of The Office broadcast.

My alert was to point out that NBC changed the time they had planned for carrying the State of the Union speech. It went from 2 hours to 90 minutes, thus it was shortened. If you wanted to change what your DVR had scheduled, my alert was to enable you to record The Office rerun or to manually schedule a 90 minute recording instead of a two hour recording.

NBC did in fact only show 90 minutes of the State of the Union last night.

Phox's posts were accurate. Hope my update explains what was going on.

TiVo Inc. has no political opinons and is not expressing anything other than a schedule change by having me publish this note.

Best regards,
Stephen

P.S. TiVo Inc. does unofficially support rebel activity in the areas of Dagoba and Tatooine, however.

[Lord Vader]

Lord Vader, I'm sorry my post confused you.

Apology accepted. (http://www.starwars.stopklatka.pl/sounds/needa.wav)