(07-16-2013 07:54 PM)Gamecock Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 12:11 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 10:40 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  Question for those who don't like ESPN: [b]What else would you have them put on the air at say 2 pm? Yes these "talking head shows" do suck, but they can't just go offline when sportscenter or live games aren't on. Something has to fill the gap.[/b]

ESPN is far from perfect but they cover sports, especially college sports, much more than anyone did before and for that I am grateful.

Why not go offline?

How about dead air or a test pattern if they don't have a live game or Sportscenter to televise?

I grew up in an era before 24/7 sports coverage.

Networks used to sign off the air late at night because they had run out of stuff to televise.

Why does there have to be "filler" or "content" all day long?

I get that some people don't like it, but I'd rather watch something than nothing.

The worst ESPN programming is still better than 90% of channels. Other than TBS reruns or Fx and TNT movies I hardly watch TV anyway.

Obviously it gets rating or it wouldn't be on the air. I get that you dont like it - I don't really like it much either - but I still watch in sometimes when I have the day off.

Hey Gamecock if you throw in History and Nat Geo you could hang out with us. We watch pretty much the same things.

(07-16-2013 10:25 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 07:54 PM)Gamecock Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 12:11 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 10:40 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  Question for those who don't like ESPN: [b]What else would you have them put on the air at say 2 pm? Yes these "talking head shows" do suck, but they can't just go offline when sportscenter or live games aren't on. Something has to fill the gap.[/b]

ESPN is far from perfect but they cover sports, especially college sports, much more than anyone did before and for that I am grateful.

Why not go offline?

How about dead air or a test pattern if they don't have a live game or Sportscenter to televise?

I grew up in an era before 24/7 sports coverage.

Networks used to sign off the air late at night because they had run out of stuff to televise.

Why does there have to be "filler" or "content" all day long?

I get that some people don't like it, but I'd rather watch something than nothing.

The worst ESPN programming is still better than 90% of channels. Other than TBS reruns or Fx and TNT movies I hardly watch TV anyway.

Obviously it gets rating or it wouldn't be on the air. I get that you dont like it - I don't really like it much either - but I still watch in sometimes when I have the day off.

Hey Gamecock if you throw in History and Nat Geo you could hang out with us. We watch pretty much the same things.

History hardly ever shows actually documentaries anymore. It's all American Pickers, Pawn Stars, Mountain Men, etc now. H2 and History International are better channels. Nat Geo does a good job though.

And on the subject of a declining ESPN there is this...

Keith Olbermann returns for one hour live show late night.

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/94854...ht-program

(07-17-2013 12:47 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  And on the subject of a declining ESPN there is this...

Keith Olbermann returns for one hour live show late night.

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/94854...ht-program

Does Rebecca Lobo still work for ESPN? Last I heard she had a restraining order after he got caught sniffing her undies. HAHA.

(07-17-2013 10:07 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 10:25 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 07:54 PM)Gamecock Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 12:11 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-16-2013 10:40 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  Question for those who don't like ESPN: [b]What else would you have them put on the air at say 2 pm? Yes these "talking head shows" do suck, but they can't just go offline when sportscenter or live games aren't on. Something has to fill the gap.[/b]

ESPN is far from perfect but they cover sports, especially college sports, much more than anyone did before and for that I am grateful.

Why not go offline?

How about dead air or a test pattern if they don't have a live game or Sportscenter to televise?

I grew up in an era before 24/7 sports coverage.

Networks used to sign off the air late at night because they had run out of stuff to televise.

Why does there have to be "filler" or "content" all day long?

I get that some people don't like it, but I'd rather watch something than nothing.

The worst ESPN programming is still better than 90% of channels. Other than TBS reruns or Fx and TNT movies I hardly watch TV anyway.

Obviously it gets rating or it wouldn't be on the air. I get that you dont like it - I don't really like it much either - but I still watch in sometimes when I have the day off.

Hey Gamecock if you throw in History and Nat Geo you could hang out with us. We watch pretty much the same things.

History hardly ever shows actually documentaries anymore. It's all American Pickers, Pawn Stars, Mountain Men, etc now. H2 and History International are better channels. Nat Geo does a good job though.

I lumped the history channels, but even H2 has things like monster quest and ancient aliens. At least on the 4th H1 ran "The American Revolution" series again. A couple of years ago my wife and I called the History channel "nazis 24/7" because they were on a WWII binge. So yeah, they are hit or miss.