roy@hpmtla.UUCP (roy) (07/30/85)
Here's one for you all. While watching the Monday night Mets-Expos game on ABC, I flipped over to ESPN after the 8th inning to catch a little Sports Center. To my surprise, they announced the final score of the game and showed highlights of Tim Wallach's 9th inning homer. I then flipped back to ABC to watch the conclusion of this LIVE telecast (don't worry, it ended the same way). Is this due to my time zone? Is it due to my local station? Is this delay normal for ABC? Was this the case on the east coast? How long was the delay? Couldn't they have edited out everything Howard said by the time it got to me??? Roy I could become a gambler with information like this, but, its hardly gambling!
bobm@hp-pcd.UUCP (bobm) (08/02/85)
>> Here's one for you all. While watching the Monday night Mets-Expos >> game on ABC, I flipped over to ESPN after the 8th inning to >> catch a little Sports Center. To my surprise, they announced the >> final score of the game and showed highlights of Tim Wallach's >> 9th inning homer. I then flipped back to ABC to watch the conclusion >> of this LIVE telecast (don't worry, it ended the same way). >> Is this due to my time zone? >> Is it due to my local station? >> Is this delay normal for ABC? >> Was this the case on the east coast? >> How long was the delay? >> Couldn't they have edited out everything Howard said by the time it got to me??? Here on the left coast, (or at least in Oregon), the games are broadcast at 8:00 pm. For games like the Mets-Expos, common sense says that the game must be taped. Of course, the Mets have shown a history of *late* games :-) What bugs me is the fact that West coast games, like one they showed at Oakland, are also taped. At least I assume so, since I know it can't be light in Oakland when it's dark in Portland. Speaking of Howard, has anyone else noticed that he seems to be showing his age? Not just in the commentary that is straight out of the 30's and 40's. A few weeks ago, he interviewed Lasorda about Steve Howe, and I thought I saw quite a palsy shake in his hands. Also, he seems to be getting quite rude to Al and Jim - down to the nasty remarks he makes about Palmer's pitching. Bob May hplabs!hp-pcd!bobm
pumphrey@ttidcb.UUCP (Larry Pumphrey) (08/05/85)
I don't know about Loveland, CO (in Mountain time zone) but on the west coast, ABC has a policy that _all_ Monday night games are delayed _unless_ one of the teams playing is from the west coast. In this case it will be shown live in that team's home city (or market) and will still be delayed everywhere else on the west coast. It is interesting to note that this is not true for Monday night football.
evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (08/06/85)
The question was about network games not being shown live on the left coast.
Whenever a game is on ABC, on Monday Night, here on the right coast it
starts at 8:15, which would be 5:15 on the left. Presumably the networks
like to show them in prime time, rather than at 5:15, so yes, I think it's
safe to say that you on the left see them on tape.
--Evan Marcus
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What do you want? Wicker?markb@druri.UUCP (BryantME) (08/07/85)
Here in the mountain time zone, the Monday Night Baseball games are delayed one hour - the games start at 8:00 eastern, and 7:00 here. I first noticed this a couple of years ago watching a game played in Detroit. There was a clock in the outfield, which was only one hour ahead. I do wonder how ABC can get away with saying the game is "live". Mark Bryant AT&T Information Systems Labs Denver, CO (ihnp4!druxq!markb)
stevev@tekchips.UUCP (Steve Vegdahl) (08/13/85)
> I don't know about Loveland, CO (in Mountain time zone) but on the west > coast, ABC has a policy that _all_ Monday night games are delayed _unless_ > one of the teams playing is from the west coast. In this case it will be > shown live in that team's home city (or market) and will still be delayed > everywhere else on the west coast. It is interesting to note that this > is not true for Monday night football. Unfortunately, KATU TV, (the local (Portland) ABC affiliate) in its infinite wisdom, does indeed tape-delay Monday night football by an hour, so that it airs at 7pm rather than 6pm. Most football fans I've talked to don't like it, but KATU seems not to care. I believe that KOMO in Seattle also does this. Can anyone in Seattle confirm this? Do they do it even when the Seahawks are playing on MNF? Other than watching a game that the rest of the country already knows the result of, my options seen to be: - don't watch - listen to the game on the radio - tape the game, and watch it at my own convenience - get a strong enough TV antenna to pick up the Eugene ABC affiliate ~100 miles to the south Steve Vegdahl Computer Research Lab. Tektronix, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon
tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee) (08/20/85)
>so that it airs at 7pm rather than 6pm. Most football fans I've talked to >don't like it, but KATU seems not to care. I believe that KOMO in Seattle >also does this. Can anyone in Seattle confirm this? Do they do it even >when the Seahawks are playing on MNF? > Yes, KOMO does delay all MNF games *except* when the Seahawks are playing, then they are live. I watched part (most of the third and some of the fourth quarters) of the 49er - Bronco game last night. I was very surprised that Elway played well into the third qtr. In fact it seemed that both teams used more of their regulars longer than usual for only the second preseason game. Anybody have any theories as to why? Peter B