Comments for The TV Manifesto http://www.thetvmanifesto.com The keyboard is mightier than the remote. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on About Pat by Christine http://www.thetvmanifesto.com/about-pat/#comment-113 Christine Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:59:37 +0000 http://www.thetvmanifesto.com/?page_id=88#comment-113 Totally agree with your review of Brett Butler's appearance on Rosie. She really rambled and was incoherent. I'm surprised the producers put her on as her behavior had to be noticable prior to the appearance. Sad. Totally agree with your review of Brett Butler’s appearance on Rosie. She really rambled and was incoherent. I’m surprised the producers put her on as her behavior had to be noticable prior to the appearance. Sad.

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]]> Comment on The Scripted TV Project: 1971 vs. 2011 by pat http://www.thetvmanifesto.com/2011/08/the-scripted-tv-project-1971-vs-2011/#comment-28 pat Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:41:37 +0000 http://www.thetvmanifesto.com/?p=131#comment-28 Thanks for catching that math error with ABC. I double-checked the listings and corrected the math. I counted primetime hours as scheduled network programming between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Central time. The listings I consulted for 1971 can be found here: http://epguides.com/grid/pastgrids.asp?gridYear=1971+fall In 1971, networks regularly programmed at least part of the 6 p.m. hour. This created an unusual variation between them as to total primetime hours, which accounts for the disparity between them. I did not count local programming time in this analysis. If networks scheduled repeats in primetime, I removed that time from the total because I don't think repeats of scripted shows should be counted more than once. Though this didn't occur in 1971, it does occur in later years, most notably in the projected fall 2011 lineups. Thanks for catching that math error with ABC. I double-checked the listings and corrected the math.

I counted primetime hours as scheduled network programming between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Central time. The listings I consulted for 1971 can be found here: http://epguides.com/grid/pastgrids.asp?gridYear=1971+fall

In 1971, networks regularly programmed at least part of the 6 p.m. hour. This created an unusual variation between them as to total primetime hours, which accounts for the disparity between them. I did not count local programming time in this analysis.

If networks scheduled repeats in primetime, I removed that time from the total because I don’t think repeats of scripted shows should be counted more than once. Though this didn’t occur in 1971, it does occur in later years, most notably in the projected fall 2011 lineups.

]]> Comment on The Scripted TV Project: 1971 vs. 2011 by James Taggart http://www.thetvmanifesto.com/2011/08/the-scripted-tv-project-1971-vs-2011/#comment-27 James Taggart Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:27:33 +0000 http://www.thetvmanifesto.com/?p=131#comment-27 You provided no explanation as to how you decided what counted as "PT Hours", nor did you explain why the networks seem to vary on thier "PT Hours" totals. Regardless, your programing breakdown for ABC in 1971 doesn't add up - you only included 19.5 hours of programing, and you represented it as 21.5 hours, This, when looking at the year 1971, skews your data about 3%. You provided no explanation as to how you decided what counted as “PT Hours”, nor did you explain why the networks seem to vary on thier “PT Hours” totals. Regardless, your programing breakdown for ABC in 1971 doesn’t add up – you only included 19.5 hours of programing, and you represented it as 21.5 hours, This, when looking at the year 1971, skews your data about 3%.

]]> Comment on Fade Out: 13 is enough for ‘The Chicago Code’ by Scott http://www.thetvmanifesto.com/2011/07/fade-out-13-is-enough-for-the-chicago-code/#comment-9 Scott Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:42:25 +0000 http://www.thetvmanifesto.com/?p=100#comment-9 I am sad to see this show go! There are much worse shows on tv like Raising Hope and yet they cancel this one! Horrible news! I am sad to see this show go! There are much worse shows on tv like Raising Hope and yet they cancel this one! Horrible news!

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