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Guinness · 27-03-2010, 21:03

Just wondering if any of of our American cousins can shed any light on the reason for the irritation of Mid Season Breaks?

Done a little research and all I can find is that this has always happened in the US because many US TV programmes are shifted from the schedules to make way for Baseball games.

In the recent past Sky has held back on showing US series until it could screen the whole series back to back (e.g. Stargate), but, with the ease of downloading episodes from this interweb thing, Sky now pre-empts and shows episodes within a couple of days of the US screening.

So, my point. In these days of Sky+ series record, multibox and alternate channels for the main broadcasters (BBC 1,2,3,4..ITV1,2..Fx1,Fx2 etc..etc..), why do the giants of US TV not show sport or the series in question on on one of their numerous sister channels?

Don't you guys have ways of recording TV or multibox technology?

27-03-2010, 21:03	#1
Guinness Senior Member Texas Holdem Poker Champion! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,134 Liked: 929 times Rep Power: 79785	Mid Season Breaks? Just wondering if any of of our American cousins can shed any light on the reason for the irritation of Mid Season Breaks? Done a little research and all I can find is that this has always happened in the US because many US TV programmes are shifted from the schedules to make way for Baseball games. In the recent past Sky has held back on showing US series until it could screen the whole series back to back (e.g. Stargate), but, with the ease of downloading episodes from this interweb thing, Sky now pre-empts and shows episodes within a couple of days of the US screening. So, my point. In these days of Sky+ series record, multibox and alternate channels for the main broadcasters (BBC 1,2,3,4..ITV1,2..Fx1,Fx2 etc..etc..), why do the giants of US TV not show sport or the series in question on on one of their numerous sister channels? Don't you guys have ways of recording TV or multibox technology? __________________ The only problem drinker is the one that doesn't stand his round