UK BBC2 viewers complain about Seinfeld being preempted by extended Newsnight coverage and note the network is airing multiple episodes to quickly finish the series.
Well, nice to see the BBC continues to show it total contempt for Seinfeld tonight. Due to current events Newsnight is extended by 30 minutes so guess what show is dropped to make way for this? I suppose it was too much to hope the Rally Driving or some bumph about Glastonbury residents would be dropped tonight. Don't you just hate the BBC : (
Norman
They're showing 2 eps at a time to get rid of it! I bet they're glad they're on the last season.
"Norman McLean" wrote in message news:9psqdp$kntas$[email]...
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dropped
Was it on last night?
Joe3k wrote in message news:9psrka$2q1$[email]...
Seinfeld
Yes it was!!! Unusual as they don't show Seinfeld on a Sunday normally.
The showed 'The Bookstore' and 'The Frogger'.
I think the plan was to totally finish the series this week so they could forget about it altogether.
Mon - 'The Maid' (now cancelled) Tue - 'The Peurto Rican Day' Wed - 'The Clip Show' (both parts) Thur - 'The Finale'
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Eveyr time I watch The Frogger, I still want "GLC" to make it, :)
Rob
In article , Martin <martin@maguire22. freeserve.co.uk> writes
I've been following the exploits of BBC2 very closely in its treatment of Seinfeld - what's the deal here, dropping it for a *repeat* for heaven's sake. Did the BBC get the programme as a part of a bundle of other shows or something?
Why bother buying the rights to show a programme like Seinfeld if you're not going to give it a prime time slot?? How can they expect to build up an audience when they schedule it for after midnight - and even then move it around at a moment's notice or even cancel/postpone it?
Does anyone know of any other programme which has been treated with similar concept? I know that stuff like Lateline has recently been shown in the same slot in much the same way, but Seinfeld ran for a highly successful 9 seasons...
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When they first showed Seinfeld it was double-billed with The Larry Sanders Show. I think they got Seinfeld as a buy one get one free!
Sanders
Was the deal to take the piss with both shows?
Joe3k wrote in message news:9pvc63$kcu$[email]...
normally.
could
Sanders
In article , "Martin" wrote:
Ceefax listings are now showing 'The Maid' to be shown tonight, and then 'The Clip Show' as scheduled tomorrow. Don't tell me they're compounding their crassness by dropping 'The Puerto Rican Day'?
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 20:26:24 +0100, "Cocktail" wrote:
Yep. I dunno if it was listed - it certainly surprised me anyway - but there were 2 eps on Sunday.
One was 'The Frogger', and there was one before that...
Sorry for the ignorance, but is Seinfeld generally despised in England? I think I've heard that somewhere else before, perhaps it's mainly funny only to Americans for some cultural or societal reason?
Thanks, Rob
I only know a couple of people who would watch it (and trust me Ive tried). Most people havent heard of it I thik. People I know say its because hes so American (Jerry) and the rest are so over the top. But in England most people thinks Dads Army, Monty Python and Falty Towers are the dogs bollocks so its no wonder we dont like Seinfeld.
"Rob" wrote in message news:9pt8t2$km3$[email]...
But those shows *are* great.
If Channel 4 can get good ratings for crap like Friends and Ally McBeal, then maybe Seinfeld would have fared better on that station.
Rob
Towers
You obviously havn't seen Dad's Army! Utter toss of the first degree.
Absolutely, if C4 can show
Fraisure McBeal Friends Cheers Suddenly Susan (well, I like it)
why not Seinfeld. It'd fit in well on Wednesday at 6pm, instead of the exceptionally poor X-Fire.
Meanwhile, the best comedy that BBC to can muster...
Buzzcocks urrrm... The Sunday Show (c1997) errrk... Robot Wars
SERENITY NOW!!!!
DV
At the end of the day Genius is Genius, just reading the little bits of scripts people have selected in this group makes me bellylaugh (bookmans speach is top)
The reason its not so popular in the GB is because the BBC have given it no respect at all.
Joe3k wrote in message news:9pta0j$aq8$[email]...
tried).
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001 01:14:38 +0100, "Cocktail" wrote:
Its sickening since you see some *real* crap sitcoms being shown by the BBC at prime time, which no one could find funny, and Jerry is stuck at midnight on BBC2. For some reason they haven't got the balls to put it on at prime time BBC1. Even sitcoms which are 20 years old and *still* aren't funny are being shown at earlier times on BBC2 (To the manor born). Like Chanel4 with the Italian football and Tour de France, you wonder why they bought it in the first place.
Steve.
Well, lets face it. Seinfeld IS over the top!
But it grows on you. If you can sit through 2 episodes, you'll be hooked..
If you can FIND 2 episodes in England, you'll be lucky!!
That's the real reason it's not "popular" BBC2 is showing the Finale this week. (For the first time!!)
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tried).
Thats three episodes isnt it? are they gonna do it in one shot?
Jayenkai (JNKLTD) wrote in message news:Xjrw7.43547$[email]...
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Towers
And Monty Python *isn't* over the top? Yikes.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen Dads Army, but I have every Monty Python DVD and Fawlty Towers tape and I LOVE EM! :)
So, I guess we can just conclude that Americans are more open-minded! :)
Just kidding!
Please don't stop helping us out in Afghanistan.
I was only kidding!
Seriously, just a little joke.
Friends?
:)
"Rob" wrote in message news:9ptl4m$1jb$[email]...
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Towers
I never said it wasnt but Kramer is a bit of a monkey
Each to his own I guess
Probably - the way you embrace the day-time heros from the trailer parks on Jerry Springer warms my heart.
True - its just Sgt Blair pretending Engalnds important.
Hey, quality programming that is! You don't even need a mind to like it much less be open-minded. As a matter of fact, not having a mind is a requirement for watching that crap.
When it boils down to it, there's hilarious stuff and crap on both sides of the Atlantic, but it's a shame that Seinfeld isn't worshipped round the world as it should be! ;)
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tried).
so
Towers
I hear he Irish SAS joined in the war effort last night
They broke into Battersea dogs home and killed all the Afgans.
According to www.bbc.co.uk the are planning to show all the remaining episodes (including The Puerto Rican Day): Wednesday 10th October 2001: 23.25-23.45 The Clip Show Part 1 23.45-0.10 The Clip Show Part 2
Thursday 11th October 2001: 23.20-23.45 The Puerto Rican Day 23.45-0.05 The Finale Part 1
Friday 12th October 2001: 0.05-0.30 The Finale Part 2
In article , [email] (Jodie) wrote:
Teletext is currently saying the two parts of 'The Clip Show' are on tonight (Wed 10/10) and 'The Puerto Rican Day' is on Thurs 11/10.
Which is a change from this morning when TPRD and both parts of 'The Finale' were on Thursday. And for some reason, they're padding out the 45-minute slot tonight with an old Phil Silvers Show.
[email] (Jodie) writes:
The Finale Part I has now vanished from their listings, replaced by Bilko. If this is to keep the two parts of The Finale together, I'm for it.
Also vanished, and next weeks schedules are full of snooker (furrfu). Some time in 2002, maybe.
Is there an email address to extract straight answers from them?
Gareth Owen writes:
Found them: http://www.radiotimes.co.uk/ListingsServlet?event=3&jspGridLocation=%2Fjsp%2Ftv_listings_grid.jsp&jspListLocation=%2Fjsp%2Ftv_listings_list.jsp&jspError=%2Fjsp%2Ferror.jsp&channels=105&searchString=seinfeld
Tuesday 23rd October: 11:20. BBC2 - The Finale (part I)
Wednesday 24th October: 11:20. BBC2 - The Finale (part II)
(thats assuming they don't decide to show part II before part I)
Wouldn't put it past them :) Kind of like a 'reprise' of The Betrayal :)
On 11 Oct 2001 12:29:05 +0100, Gareth Owen wrote:
General BBC feedback form: http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/contact/feedback.shtml or call 08700 100 222
Steve.
In article , Rob writes
Hi Rob,
I wouldn't say that it is despised at all - personally I think it is one of the more intelligent comedies to come out of the US. The point it that it hasn't been given a chance to build up a decent audience. Scheduling has played a very major part in the problem ; the earliest I can remember it ever being scheduled for is about 11:20 pm.
I firmly believe that given the right treatment, Seinfeld could have been the BBC's answer to Friends. The trouble is that the BBC doesn't seem to like American programming. (For example, although shown on BBC1, the latter seasons of Chicago Hope also dropped below 11pm in the schedules).
Dave Hughes wrote:
I would much rather watch Seinfeld (or for that matter most things American) than the trash that the BBC usually screens. Where is the British 'West Wing'? There cannot be one, because the BBC simply will never be able to commission anything like it, and even if they did, it wouldn't be interesting anyway!
Compare 'Casualty' with 'ER'. No contest.
Which is a great shame. I would gladly pay my licence fee to see good-quality American shows like 'The West Wing', 'Seinfeld', 'Frasier' and so on without ad breaks. Instead, I find myself paying my licence fee to watch C4, and giving UKP 110 or whatever it is to the BBC to waste on tripe like 'Eastenders', 'Casualty', 'Animal Hospital' [aaargh], etc.
I wish the BBC would scramble its channels and only provide decryption boxes to those willing to pay for them. Since there is almost nothing that the BBC offers me, apart from contemptual scheduling, I can't wait for the death of analogue TV. Because then there will be arguably strong conditional access devices in every TV; if you don't pay your licence, you don't get the BBC decryption keys. Simple, and effective.
Of course, the BBC/government would never agree to this: it's too much like common sense to expect that the people who *provably cannot* watch the BBC should not have to pay for it.
The BBC could put Seinfeld in the same slot as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, or Star Trek.
James MacDonald wrote in message news:[email]...
I moved to the UK from Ireland recently.
Over there it is shown on TV3, and they show it at 6.30 pm, surely the earliest 'time slot' ever. Unless you know better :)
"Cocktail" wrote in message news:9pvhte$hgp$[email]...
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"Martin" wrote in message news:9pvnnv$lqq$[email]...
Paramount Comedy Channel - daily at 5.30pm.
Ian
Okay, I was caught out there :)
But this is a showing on a non subscription channel, a mainstream channel where there is greater exposure. Some of the episodes were even shown on shown on Saturday afternoons at 3.30pm!!!
Martin
"Ian F." wrote in message news:[email]...
This has got to be the longest thread ever.
They could put Puerto Rican Day on BBC 1 at 9.30 pm. Very fiiting that would be, to introduce a mass audience to Seinfeld with the last episode. They'd have mass appeals to show it all from the start.
LOL-- it not gonna work! (I think Liverpool are playing tomorrow at that time)
Martin wrote in message news:9q26rc$f41$[email]...
Please keep this thread alive :)
"Cocktail" wrote in message news:9q2d32$5aa$[email]...
episode.
The thread shall have its own momentum
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It shall be master of it's own domain name :)
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