Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: super70s Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: no, "MeTV", we do NOT want "Meet the Press". Bring back the Flintstones Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 19:57:27 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <0001HW.2C0E648003CD2E2C30B0B238F@news.giganews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 02:57:28 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8ac6b0ff8e4f2749cbac70f51b6b3027"; logging-data="135064"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX198+tHNt3lH8wh4UU+aRq6pEyvCN66XR24=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:mbvKjaeJyqVZUTxLIwUnGcBzSWs= Bytes: 3032 On 2024-06-03 20:52:16 +0000, Pluted Pup said: > On Sun, 12 May 2024 21:51:48 -0700, super70s wrote: > >> On 2024-05-13 02:36:20 +0000, danny burstein said: >> >>> So I'm checking next Sunday morning's schedule (and the one after it) >>> looking to see which Flintstone's episodes they're broadcasting >>> >>> And shudder... instead of three back-to-back showings, >>> they've dropped the first two in favour of "Meet the Press". >>> >>> Why, oh why? >>> >>> If any of the Wiegels are reading this, slap the programming >>> wiz who decided this, real hard like. >> >> Your MeTV station must be one of those that pre-empts certain >> programming for other stuff sometimes. >> >> They get into the weeds in all of this at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeTV >> >> Anyway here's what you missed this morning: >> >> "Fred mistakenly thinks Wilma is going to have a baby." >> >> "Fred's rich uncle mistakenly visits Bedrock, expecting to find his namesake." > > "MeTV also began to carry remastered widescreen prints of some > programs (such as Leave It to Beaver, I Love Lucy, The > Honeymooners, and The Monkees) and present its program > promotions in the 16:9 format; most other programming to which > Me-TV has only obtained 4:3 prints are presented in an > anamorphic 14:9 format." > > Lousy. If you value your time and your TV it would > suit to get the DVDs of what you like, rather than > just see only 70% of the screen with The Monkees and > only 80% of the screen of The Flintstones. > > Don't you mind having the top and bottom of the program > being cut off by MeTV? I guess I'm just not that persnickety when it comes to old sitcoms I've seen countless times before, I'd rather watch one on MeTV than TVLand which shows everything in 4:3. I wouldn't be surprised if audience research indicates most viewers don't care either.