The Bronx is Burning

suburbanite · Jul 10, 2007

casty33 said:

I didn't see a minute of it and I'll tell you why. I was actually looking forward to the show after all the hype and promotion. So at 10 p.m., the scheduled time for the show, I switch to ESPN and what do I see but the contrived and uninteresting home run contest, which I never watch. I hear one scream out of Chris Berman's mouth, can tell it's still early in the contest and turn it off.

Now, I have not been one of the board members who constantly rip ESPN because the rest of you do a good enough job of it, but this actually pissed me off. I wanted to see The Bronx Is Burning, not hear Berman holler his back, back, back bullshit.

Consequently, I now join the anti-ESPN group.
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Casty, you're absolutely right. To run countless promos that the premiere would be at 10 p.m. was a classic example of bait and switch. The HR derby has run until at least 11 p.m. the past few years, so ESPN knew damn well it wouldn't be over by 10, yet they kept saying Bronx is Burning would be on at 10. That basically shows a callous disregard for the viewer.

boots · Jul 10, 2007

And Casty didn't need to see the Bronx is Burning. He lived it.

casty33 · Jul 10, 2007

I did want to see it, though. But screw it, I can live without it. And to get back to ESPN for a minute, why couldn't they switch the HR derby at 10 to ESPN 2? Or just run The Bronx Is Burning on ESPN2? Or hold it for a day. All I know is they've lost me as a viewer, which I'm sure they don't care about.

Eagleboy · Jul 10, 2007

Out of all things to complain about, I was mostly pissed off about Platt's sideburns and Reggie Jackson's hair and all that. It looked like they threw a piece of foam on Reggie's head.

I saw that and I immediately recognized, from the production levels, how this is going to shape up.

boots · Jul 10, 2007

casty33 said:

I did want to see it, though. But screw it, I can live without it. And to get back to ESPN for a minute, why couldn't they switch the HR derby at 10 to ESPN 2? Or just run The Bronx Is Burning on ESPN2? Or hold it for a day. All I know is they've lost me as a viewer, which I'm sure they don't care about.
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They were going for the good lead in show Casty. I don't think it worked. I did enjoy the postscript featuring Regggie and the Sport Magazine writer. Good stuff there.

chazp · Jul 10, 2007

boots said:

Fenian_Bastard said:

Oliver Platt is very underrated.
Not bad for a WWL product.
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Platt reminded me of George in so many ways, He was great. I was glad that i could watch both that and The Closer.
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I thought Platt did a super job as George.

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! · Jul 10, 2007

suburbanite said:

casty33 said:

I didn't see a minute of it and I'll tell you why. I was actually looking forward to the show after all the hype and promotion. So at 10 p.m., the scheduled time for the show, I switch to ESPN and what do I see but the contrived and uninteresting home run contest, which I never watch. I hear one scream out of Chris Berman's mouth, can tell it's still early in the contest and turn it off.

Now, I have not been one of the board members who constantly rip ESPN because the rest of you do a good enough job of it, but this actually pissed me off. I wanted to see The Bronx Is Burning, not hear Berman holler his back, back, back bullshit.

Consequently, I now join the anti-ESPN group.
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Casty, you're absolutely right. To run countless promos that the premiere would be at 10 p.m. was a classic example of bait and switch. The HR derby has run until at least 11 p.m. the past few years, so ESPN knew damn well it wouldn't be over by 10, yet they kept saying Bronx is Burning would be on at 10. That basically shows a callous disregard for the viewer.
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You guys nailed it.
I tuned it over at 10,l just after watching The Closer to watch and Berman ball is what I get. No thanks.
Internet porn here I come

TwoGloves · Jul 10, 2007

Watching it now. When Martin supposedly says "He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple" wasn't that actually Ann Richards' line about GWB?

Smasher_Sloan · Jul 10, 2007

Huge fuck-up on ESPN's part. I assume they have some money sunk into this, so it has to air when the 20,000 promos said it would. Not to mention the people who Tivo'd or VCR'd for a 10 o'clock start and got an hour's worth of home run bullshit.

TwoGloves · Jul 10, 2007

Smasher_Sloan said:

Huge fuck-up on ESPN's part. I assume they have some money sunk into this, so it has to air when the 20,000 promos said it would. Not to mention the people who Tivo'd or VCR'd for a 10 o'clock start and got an hour's worth of home run bullshit.
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I TiVoed the softball game afterwards to be sure I got it. Got everything but the backstory at the end, which I'm sorry I missed. That looked like one of the most interesting parts.

cougargirl · Jul 10, 2007

BiB is quite entertaining, if anything. No comments so far on Jason Giambi's cameo?

dooley_womack1 · Jul 10, 2007

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! said:

suburbanite said:

casty33 said:

I didn't see a minute of it and I'll tell you why. I was actually looking forward to the show after all the hype and promotion. So at 10 p.m., the scheduled time for the show, I switch to ESPN and what do I see but the contrived and uninteresting home run contest, which I never watch. I hear one scream out of Chris Berman's mouth, can tell it's still early in the contest and turn it off.

Now, I have not been one of the board members who constantly rip ESPN because the rest of you do a good enough job of it, but this actually pissed me off. I wanted to see The Bronx Is Burning, not hear Berman holler his back, back, back bullshit.

Consequently, I now join the anti-ESPN group.
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Casty, you're absolutely right. To run countless promos that the premiere would be at 10 p.m. was a classic example of bait and switch. The HR derby has run until at least 11 p.m. the past few years, so ESPN knew damn well it wouldn't be over by 10, yet they kept saying Bronx is Burning would be on at 10. That basically shows a callous disregard for the viewer.
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You guys nailed it.
I tuned it over at 10,l just after watching The Closer to watch and Berman ball is what I get. No thanks.
Internet porn here I come
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You went from the Closer to Internet porn? Which bdsm site did you visit?

But seriously, the lame portrayal of Reggie Jackson's looks removed any desire I may have had to watch.

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