outoftheblue
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posted on September 13, 2001 01:28:34 PM new
I'm wondering if any TV networks out there are going back to normal programming any time soon.
My daughter was asking last night if there was anything else on because the news was just to depressing to watch continuously. I'm also finding all of this news emotionally draining and it's nice to tune into something of a lighter nature now and then. We don't have cable right now.
I finally went for a drive yesterday and listend to some classical music for a diversion.
I hope that you don't find this post offensive.
[ edited by outoftheblue on Sep 13, 2001 01:30 PM ]
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rancher24
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posted on September 13, 2001 01:34:19 PM new
Most of our channels are running continuous coverage here in NY. Although I am typically glued to major new event coverage today I felt the need for a break, so I surfed up to the higher channels for their standard programming. I didn't stay there very long tho'...just felt weird not being in touch with what was going on. Switched back and stayed there for the afternoon.
My littlest one is 8 and he's tryin' to understand all of this, but just can't quite grasp it. He's been complainin' that there's "nothing good on TV" and "when are they gonna stop talking about this"....Last night he was thrilled to find that some of his channels (nic at night type) were back. Guess all is well in his little world.
~ Rancher
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hepburn
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posted on September 13, 2001 01:39:22 PM new
Can I come hang out with your son, rancher?
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rancher24
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posted on September 13, 2001 01:47:02 PM new
Hepburn...Sure you can!!!...Have to warn you tho', he's a bit of a chatter box!!!....
~ Rancher
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bh010296
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posted on September 13, 2001 02:14:54 PM new
Not sure when they will be returning to regular programming, but there is an article on MSN today that NBC is delaying their premiere week (scheduled for next week). They predict that the other networks will follow.
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gravid
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posted on September 13, 2001 02:58:49 PM new
Notto be morbid but they are also probably scared to scheduale a bunch of programs and then find that there is intense military action and they have to interupt it all to cover that.
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kept2much-07
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posted on September 13, 2001 03:11:20 PM new
At least there's no Big Brother. I'm hoping that they will send the houseguests from Big Brother home so they don't back stab each other any more. Then they can give the money that was supposed to go to the winner to the victims of WTC tragedy.
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spazmodeus
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posted on September 13, 2001 03:15:54 PM new
The networks should return to normal programming. 75% of what they're doing now is rehash after rehash. The message we've been hearing from the President and every other official is that this event should not derail our society, yet you can't even watch a stupid television show to take your mind off it because the networks keep jamming it down our throats. I think they're all jealous of the ratings CNN gets at times like this
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sulyn1950
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posted on September 13, 2001 03:18:55 PM new
I second kept2much's suggestion!
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wallypog
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posted on September 13, 2001 03:49:13 PM new
No, I don't think you're horrible at all.
We don't have television so am having a bit of a time trying to keep up on everything. Honestly if it weren't for some of the folks posting what they see on TV on the boards I'd be a little in the dark.
Anyway, I'm just wondering if you might have a video player and could watch a movie? That's what I would do.
As I said we've no TV but I've heard of the Big Brother show. I understand they haven't even told those people who're there the whole ramifications of Tuesday's events. I do believe one of them has a family member missing and doesn't even know it.
Personally I think if they don't tell those people what's going on and send them home the show should never be allowed to air again. Talk about atrocities.
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tegan
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posted on September 13, 2001 04:15:57 PM new
For those that have little children I hope you are not letting them watch this over and over.
I was very young when Kennedy was shot but an even younger boy (4 year old) in our neighborhood was missing about three days later and I found him hiding out in my fort.
He was sobbing "why are they shooting that man over and over again"
With videotapes used as the standard babysitter today I'm sure most children are not that niave, but you never know.
I shudder to think how the children will be scarred by this.I still have nightmares about the duck and cover drills we had during the cold war.
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hepburn
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posted on September 13, 2001 04:18:49 PM new
Time to drag out the super nintendo (or take it away from the kids if you have some), the video movies in your collections, the book you were meaning to read.
BB2 SHOULD send the HG's home. Why have them stay when this is going on? Its ludicrous.
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Linda_K
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posted on September 13, 2001 04:29:30 PM new
wallypog - They did tell the three people left in the BB house about what's happened. One of them is from NY and was told her family is okay, with the exception of a cousin they haven't been able to reach. She (Monica) made the decision that she wouldn't be able to do anything on the outside anyway. So her decision was to remain in the BB house.
Can you tell what I've been trying to do to get some diversion from all this.  Hasn't helped though. It all seems so unimportant right now.
We've also been watching PayPerView movies. But like many I seem to have the need to be aware of what's going on just in case they finger who's responsible for this.
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Microbes
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posted on September 13, 2001 06:46:41 PM new
One thing I've noticed is the major network news is running NO Commercials. If this was all about ratings, they would run commercials and cash in....
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wallypog
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posted on September 13, 2001 11:47:49 PM new
Linda_K I'm so glad they told them. Something I read said that the PTB didn't think their mental state was fit for such a thing as this. Shoot, I'd sure like to know one person whose mental state was ready for something of this magnitude.
I, too, have found myself spending most of my time switching back and forth between message boards and news sites to make sure I don't miss a single thing. We had company this evening and it was hard to sit there when I knew there could be news breaking. I've spent so much time over the past few days crying it's seemed ridiculous. I spent some time today looking at our local paper and was really surprised by how many people from this rural hick area were directly affected by this tragedy. The capital city's mayor had to rent a car and drive back home from Alabama because of no flights. Another native who's since moved out of state would've been in the WTC had it not been for a traffic jam. Yet another local firefighter is the brother of a New York firefighter.
I watched the end of MSNBC's live broadcast at their website this evening and saw the English playing OUR national anthem during the changing of the guard today. I know the Britons have many people lost in the WTC too, but this just felt like such a magnificent tribute to our country. Imagine, being a member of that band and knowing you're playing the very song that was written by your then enemies because they had just crushed you in a war.
Yes, the little ones don't need to see all of this stuff over and over again. Their little minds are so impressionable and they see things completely different than we as adults do.
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tuition44years
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posted on September 13, 2001 11:51:29 PM new
I actually watched the Golden Girls (Lifetime) last night .. it was a much needed break.
Tonight I rented some movies. I can only watch so much of this news per day. At night I like to cross stitch and watch television at the same time. I still check out the networks every hour or so for any 'new' information but it's mostly repetitive, regurgitated news. I've seen the pictures waaaaay to many times already!
I find it particularly ironic that it's being suggested that we 'get back to our lives and go about our normal daily routines as much as possible' when that's ALL that's on TV 24/7.
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SupraMKIV
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posted on September 13, 2001 11:54:03 PM new
outoftheblue,
You need to get DirectTV
Plenty of good reruns there
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sadie999
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posted on September 14, 2001 05:04:31 AM new
outoftheblue,
Nothing at all offensive about wanting to get away from pain for awhile. I'd like to see some regular programming - not so much for the shows themselves but as a break from the news.
Even w/our disgustingly pathetic cable, if the networks went back to programming, we'd have cnn, fox news, and cspan for 24 hour coverage.
I've tried to watch A&E, but there's only so many Law & Order episodes one can watch.
I have a stockpile of xfiles, Forever Knight, Millenium, and Profiler episodes on about 20 tapes, and I think they will be what I tune into today, with breaks of course to see what the rescuers are finding.
Also, there's a yardsale this morning that advertised 2000 books. Woo hoo, mini happy dance!
When I lost my brother at a very young age, I learned that the best way to honor him was to live my life the best and happiest I could for both of us. There is no disrespect to the dead in wanting life to have some joy in it.
Peace,
Sadie
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SaraAW
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posted on September 14, 2001 05:06:31 AM new
If any of you can get nick at nite, that's always good for some of the older sitcoms.
Just a thought.
Sara
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kerryann
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posted on September 14, 2001 07:03:38 AM new
I have mixed emotions about the coverage.
While I fully agree with Spazmodeus that all they are doing is rehashing and rehashing, part of me says that we should not have the ability to simply flip away from what is a real world tragedy because it is tiring. This is not a Bruce Willis movie, kids, people are dead, their bodies blown away, the towers are gone, never to be seen again. Freedom is not free. Israel goes through this on a daily basis. I'm sure the children over there are seeing this and told how to deal with it; not being sheltered and kept in the dark about the full extent of it.
I know that young children should not have to deal with such horrible things, but that is just talk now. It's here. The threat is on our doorstep and understanding that is very important.
I don't know that I'm articulating what I feel in a very coherent way but understand, I don't think anyone should force their kids to sit and watch this over and over and over.
Frankly, at this point, looking out my window and seeing the spot where the towers used to be is affecting me greatly. Not to mention the number of people that I cannot get in touch with.
On another side: my two nephews have reacted completely opposite during this. The 10 year old cried, and wants to join the military today and kill the people who did this, while the 13 year old thinks it's cool to see buildings falling down.
I hope everyone here is okay.
Not Kerryann on eBay
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outoftheblue
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posted on September 14, 2001 09:51:27 AM new
In the next few months the mental health profession, not to mention the drug companies are going to be extremely busy..
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