BTG: May 2025 Discussion Thread

[MontyB]

 That's my station station too. Yep, just turned the TV on and Pope is on. Welp.

Edited 3 hours ago by MontyB

[Marco Dane]

We have 10000000 channels but broadcast channels still find a reason to preempt shows. Its should be an option either you want to watch breaking news or the scheduled programming. 

[Liberty City]

Some people gotta calm down, whew.

[dragonflies]

Please don't, I get tired of people saying this. Let us be pissed if we wanna be pissed. This isn't some national breaking news. It's the Pope 

[Chris B]

My thing is, I'm okay with you breaking in to announce it but does it really require wall-to-wall coverage? Couldn't you break in for 5 minutes, announce it, then just run a chyron announcing it at the bottom of the screen? The wall to wall coverage for things like this has always confused me because there usually isn't any info to present so it never amounts to much.

[DemetriKane]

I have also enjoyed it this way.

[Liberty City]

To quote you: please don't. For some, it is breaking news. And it's not like this is an everyday occurrence. I'm tired of people acting like it's the end of the world or something.

[Cheap21]

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CBS, Whats good?

[Marco Dane]

Im not catholic... So I can really care less. 

[alwaysAMC]

LOL!  

Yeah, I'm annoyed, but I'll just watch on Paramount Plus later, I guess.

[Chris B]

In the US they *constantly* break into the soaps for pretty much any news story which is why fans are annoyed. So yeah, it may not be an everyday occurrence but it's a common enough occurrence that people are annoyed. BTG has been on for less than 3 months and has already been broken into many times.

[dragonflies]

It won't be on there later if it's fully pre empted, we get pushed back a day 

Thank you!

 

It's common enough I can count on more than ten fingers and toes how often it happens

 

It's bull sh*t given ABC is back to regular programming. Do we really give a crap about Norah ODonnell blathering on?

5 pre emotions in just a week, is BULL sh*t 

[alwaysAMC]

Ohhh - I didn't realize that's how it worked. So if it's fully pre-empted, they just air next day, good to know!

[Alan]

Seething at network pre-emptions is the prerogative of every soap fan. It's a time-honored tradition.

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Especially after two weeks of soccer pre-emptions. Right now they aren't even reporting anything new, just recapping what we already heard from the pope.

[dragonflies]

Yeah Casey the producer for B&B said that BOLD would be pushed back a day so I'm assuming the same will apply to BTG if it's fully pre empted