Mario500 3 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Instead of airing the first hour of ABC's broadcast of the 1956 version of "The Ten Commandments", notorious affiliate WEAR aired their hour-long 6:00 PM newscast as usual. This should be the final straw for WEAR, which I don't recall ever having a problem with the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Horn 78 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 How nefarious! Really though: final straw for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 The final straw for misrepresenting ABC all these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 253 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Maybe it had something to do with sinclair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoadStar 363 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 How did they handle it? Did they just join the movie in progress, or did they time shift it? If they joined in progress, did they make an announcement beforehand, or did they just drop into the movie without any indication as to what or why they did it? How about the late local news - did they air that at its scheduled time, or did they remain with the movie? Details would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1340 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Did they join the movie "already in progress" or start it from the beginning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 After the station ID, there was a black screen for a few seconds until they joined the movie in progress at 7:00 PM. There was no announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I know some ABC affils are very leanient to air the movie. Remember when they were airing the movie in it's entirely on Sunday nights until the early 2000s because of their strong Sunday Night Lineup. I know many stations (especially in the east & some stations in the Central Time Zone) will air it after World News Saturday at 7pm/ET-6pm/CT. But since some stations do air their Saturday Evening news at 6pm/CT, they would air the movie in it's entirely at 7pm/CT, just like what WEAR is doing. I wonder if they will have their local news at 11:43 tonight. EDIT: Wait a minute, did they really pre-empt the first hour of the movie???!!! If they did, that's wrong as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lampstein 6 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 When I was a tyke, they used to split it up and air it over two nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 A few minutes after “The Ten Commandments” ended near 10:45 PM, WEAR began airing it again from earlier scenes (shortly before the Red Sea scene). I also noticed another black screen moment during the commercial break (between network spots). It seems that the station intended to tape delay the movie and air it from the beginning at 7:00 PM, but instead aired the network feed of the movie in progress. Poor service tonight, WEAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProButtonPusher 230 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 so notorious, damn them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElliotJones 52 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 notorious affiliate WEAR Quote of the Millennium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3473 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 methinks WEAR wanted to capitalize on having the ONLY newscast on at 6:00 since WPMI's is on at 5:00, WKRG is airing the NCAA tournament, and WALA only does 1/2 hour at 9:00 pm on weekends. Someone in master control probably screwed up the source, aired it live, but at least had tape rolling over the first hour. Still, yet another reason to love good ole WEAR! What kills me is they ran an ABC swap spot in the newscast for the movie with "Tonight at 7/6 central!" That could have easily been fixed in advance but was overlooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first on fox 18 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 But if you read it slower, you'll realize WEAR is near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 But if you read it slower' date=' you'll realize WEAR is near you.[/quote'] It's as if it's in the same room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 There was no late local newscast on WEAR last night, just the syndicated TV series "Cold Squad". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 If this was always your primary ABC affiliate, you would be outraged as well, but not surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 This is like when Notorious ABC affiliate #2 WISN preempted something to air a holiday special! Or the other day when they preempted mah One Life to Live for snow coverage! I was outraged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Oh well, then that's just the final straw. How DARE they make a mistake of such magnitude during a much beloved (and rarely aired) Christian movie. It's a conspiracy!! Contact the FCC!!! Pull their affiliation now!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first on fox 18 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 //deal with my shitty paint job people, this joke was worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3473 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 They actually did air a short news update (to fill up the rest of the hour) before going to Cold Squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario500 3 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 I was busy elsewhere to notice such an update. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjiniowa 2 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 To ditch The Ten Commandments, and THEN to post a headline such as this on their website: "The federal government is warning people to check their cantaloupes". Riiiiiiiight. The station has been taken over by heathens I tell ya! HEATHENS! Everybody grab a rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdiotsOutWanderingAround 0 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 The station has been taken over by heathens I tell ya! HEATHENS! Everybody grab a rock! Wait isn't that what the Romans did? /going to hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjiniowa 2 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 All I know is that when I moved to southern Missouri, most of the neighbor folk didn't take kindly to me mowing my lawn on Sunday. Something to the effect that I would have been stoned to death back in the days of the bible. Yeah, I can feel the love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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