how stupid is nbc
 

they should know that putting a show after a sporting event is going to be either missed or pushed back. it is asinine that they put the barbaro story after hockey.. they have promo'd the heck out of this and now fans won't get to see it.

They can show the Barbaro special anytime as it isn't a live event. This is the Stanley Cup playoffs.

And unfortunately, not many people care about either.

I reckon the Hockey game will get more viewers than the Barbaro thing.

I was just starting to enjoy hockey, mainly because I didn't have to be bitter about them constantly pre-empting horse racing with regular season NHL games (usually live horse racing stuff which is ridiculous, who schedules two live events back to back like that when you know the first will run over?) I figure our folks are good about bringing live programming in at an hour or whatever is allotted. It's not like horses go from taking under a minute to taking 15 minutes to finish a race. They've got it down to a science and I think they should just let them do it live to tape and air it intact later, even if it's just bumping it back 30 minutes. What particularly gets under my skin is pre-empting for Little League baseball.

I wouldn't be so upset about the Barbaro thing if they just tell me when they'll reair it. I want to get this puppy on DVR and I want to enjoy the beautiful weather outside. What I don't want to do is assume it's gonna reair later, have them push back local news instead, and not know it so I miss it.

PS. Ok what did they just say about a game 5 and the Derby? So help me, if they pre-empt any part of the Derby coverage I'll have to hurt them. They just assume the stuff before post-time is all fluff...it matters to fans. It's official, my newly acquired interest in hockey is now gone. And after what they've been doing to shows like Studio 60 and the jerking around of Friday Night Lights, well, NBC can bite me.

There's no way thay'll pre-empt any of the derby stuff for game 5 in my opinion. . . The triple crown is probably the only time they view airing racing as lucrative. . .

In case anyone missed the announcement, the special will be shown on May 4th in the evening. It can also be purchased on nbcsports dot com and the proceeds go to the Barbaro Fund.

So that's this Friday night. I'm assuming it will run in Primetime which will give it more viewers anyway.

Friday May 4th 9 p.m.

Not really. It will be on CNBC, not NBC on Friday night, 9 and midnight eastern. Less viewers, and no ability to advertise it, since most people I am sure aren't landing on CNBC when scanning channels (IF they even get that channel)!

So is it NBC or CNBC and is it 9 eastern or 9 pacific?

CNBC, 9 AND midnight eastern. The financial channel.....yeah, that makes sense. :(

They're just trying to fit in with every other network that prempt, cancels or back burners horse racing. ESPN is still the king of dropping the ball on horse racing.

Well it seems to me they could play it later tonight instead of "Along Came Polly"! :eek:

Or better yet, in place of the Tonight Show.

It's on Universal HD tonight at either 8 or 9 cst.

Thanks, it is 10 ET/9 CT.

What is that?

Check you guide wherever your high def channels are and see if you get a channel 'UNIHD'

Most people could care less about hockey.I happen to be one of the ones who like it.There is nothing like playoff hockey.The fact that this game went into 2 overtimes makes it more exciting.Hockey is an aquired taste.Having been a lifelong NY Ranger fan it's nice to see them back in the playoffs.A Stanley cup playoff game would never get interrupted unless of a major news story.I still remember when they cut away from a baseketball playoff game to show the white bronco chase.NBC also knows better because of the infamous Heidi bowl when they signed off from the Jets-Raiders game and the Raiders came back with 2 touchdowns with very little time to play and beat the Jets.

i hated hockey to begin with and now a reason to hate it even more!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

That was a helluva game, wasn't it Mermaid? I don't think I've seen a poorer officiated game in a long time (of course, haven't really had any reason to watch playoff hockey in 10 years). and I know this doesn't really belong here::o