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DVR and Tivo are killing TV

Thu Oct 4, 2007, 1:19 PM

mmm time for an angry Tippy moment >.<

So, my family got a DVR system and it was amazing! I can record shows, pause, rewind, fastforward... all that great stuff! I can even kill TV shows with it

ya... DVR and Tivo are killing television shows... Ratings are going down because people dont feel like taking time out of their day to sit down and watch episodes when they air... Great shows are dieing because people want to watch them whenever they feel like it...

I'm not saying DVR and Tivo are bad though! Its great to rewatch shows over and over... but take the time to watch the show live... when it airs... Dont let great shows die...

This little angermoment fits with my drawing Save Season 5. We have to watch our favorite shows when they air so they can keep running for years to come~!

Lots o' love to everybody!
Tippy

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~Sempaiko Oct 4, 2007, 3:19:46 PM

I agree with ya babe!

The only other thing is to make the networks see that shows are being Tivo'd and recorded and understand that they can't cancell shows based on rating anymore. They're gonna have to find another reason. They are probably a bunch of old men who dont even kno how to work tivos and dvrs and dont understant that tv-media is changing! and to slash a show based on ratings is a bunch of bull. If they had a way to maybe see how many people are recording it and then see then it might be okay! They just don't think anymore. But i also agree that fans need to (if it is what it takes) watch it at the original airing to boost the ratings so their fave shows dont die! >_<

wow.... fun ranting with ya tippy! XD

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~stargatemagic Oct 21, 2007, 11:09:44 AM

I agree 100%. I'm thinking maybe they should have some kind of scrolling bar at the bottom to show logo's or something. That way our shows can actually run for an hour, but we have to at least see the commercials. Or have little blasts of commercials (like, that are only 5-10 seconds long) that you can't fast forward through. They need to think of something!

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~Marli Oct 21, 2007, 4:45:39 PM

ya! a way to get people to actually watch the commercials. An idea came up that commercials in the shows should be done by the actors as the characters! The actors would just have to suck it up and not get paid as much but it would get people to actually watch the commercials and possibly make them watch the show when it aired. like Rodney doing a food commercial and at the end he starts freaking out that there might be citrus in the food... that would be soooo much fun to watch!

~stargatemagic Nov 7, 2007, 4:02:50 AM

that's great! have you seen The Ark? 'cause if you have, there's a very interesting candy bar on the space ship that appears to be some sort of snickers bar, if you hadn't noticed.

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"People think of time as a strict progression from cause to effect, but from a non-linear, non-subjective point of view, it's more of a great big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff."

The Tenth Doctor; "Blink"

~Marli Nov 7, 2007, 4:43:24 AM

lol seriously?! i need to rewatch that then XD

~stargatemagic Nov 25, 2007, 7:27:59 PM

Is 'rewatch' even a word? [link]

(Sorry, couldn't use the reply button. Stupid computer!)

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"People think of time as a strict progression from cause to effect, but from a non-linear, non-subjective point of view, it's more of a great big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff."

The Tenth Doctor; "Blink"