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I never intended to "demonstrate" what you're demanding. http://www.nbc.com/schedule http://www.nbc.com/schedule This is what over-the-air TV program looks li

by romaniv 11y ago

I never intended to "demonstrate" what you're demanding. http://www.nbc.com/schedule http://www.nbc.com/schedule This is what over-the-air TV program looks like these days. What percentage of its broadcast time consists of quality TV shows? (Don't forget to factor in all the ads.) How much of it would you watch, honestly?

steve-howard 11y ago
If you watch broadcast TV on a regular basis, you get to know the times when it's going to be decent and the times when you might find nothing remotely interesting. It's all on a schedule, and that schedule puts better and more expensive entertainment at a time when more people will be watching. I would say your complaint about quality shows as a percentage of broadcast time is a valid argument for moving TV to more on-demand media (watching a show on Netflix or Hulu vs being on the couch at 9PM on a Thursday). There's still some decent stuff out there. The only thing this doesn't solve is sports programming, which is practically worthless if it's not live and from which NBC makes a fortune as a "premium" football channel.