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Read this email

"Where is Big Brother? Cmon lets get real who cares About this stupid football game? I swear to god, if Big Brother doesn’t show up on my tv soon(and I mean tonight with the quickness I will NEVER TURN MY TELEVISION TO YOUR STATION AGAIN!!!! PERIOD!!!! FINITO!!! NON NEGOTIABLE!!! Don’t you people think it might have been a good idea fpr someone to announce that you weren’t going to air the THURSDAY NIGHT DOUBLE LIVE EVICTION tonight??? Maybe if you had I would have paid for the live feed via internet and not sittin here watching some local yocals. So whose kid is on the team that caused you people to air this garbage???? Anyhow like I said its Big Brother tonight or Im done with you people. You will never see me tune to this local CBS station again."

That is an email sent to much, if not all, of the news staff last night, Thursday, August 31.  The emailer's name is Joe and he is from Harrisburg.  We aired the final Pittsburgh Steelers preseason game instead of Big Brother.  We had been mentioning this programming change on our newscasts for several days and we even posted a forum note about it right here on the CBS 21 Community.

What do you think? Should we have put Big Brother on with the quickness?  Is it fair for a television station to make programming changes like this?  Or was Joe just a tad too upset?

Published Friday, September 01, 2006 3:07 PM by BenRussell

Comments

 

meljosad said:

I got that email, too! People don't realize that there are very few of us here that actually make decisions about what shows are on the station, but we all get harrassed anytime someone doesn't like what was aired.
September 1, 2006 2:35 PM
 

JoeShetrom said:

For the record, I am not the "Joe from Harrisburg" in question...
September 1, 2006 2:48 PM
 

Mello said:

Yeah viewers have no idea how the business works when it comes to programming. We have an obligation to air CBS programming, so it's not like it wasn't going to air eventaully. Plus, we DID say several days in advance that Big Brother would air Saturday at 7pm.  There were even promos running Friday telling viewers to catch Big Brother Eviction episode on Saturday night!

So Joe, I guess you weren't really watching, were you?  I'm not worried, Joe will be back watching his favorite show, Big Brother. :)
September 3, 2006 12:24 AM
 

AaroninNC said:

On the flip side........I feel I must award kudos to CBS 21. While my anger would have been nowhere near "Joe from Harrisburg" level, I was initally disappointed that "Cold Case" was getting pre-empted for the Jerry Lewis Telethon. Well, it sort of did. "Cold Case" still showed on WHP'S HD channel. :) Good job!

September 3, 2006 9:54 PM
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About BenRussell

Ben Russell is a general assignment reporter for CBS 21. He is a native of West Virginia, the Mountain State! Morgantown, the University City, is home. His parents and many of his friends still live there. And Ben plans to make the 3 1/2 hour trip often, especially during Mountaineer football season. But in the meantime, Ben is exploring Central Pennsylvania. He spent one year at The Hill School in Pottstown, PA, so he's already familiar with the region. And now he's looking forward to meeting the people. If you see him out, say hello; he will almost certainly stop to chat.

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