Malcolm
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Post by Malcolm on Dec 30, 2015 19:27:53 GMT -5
It seems like almost every basic cable channel runs ultra long blocks of one show. Is it supposed to be TV's answer to streaming's binge watching? Or is it just money and ratings as usual?
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 30, 2015 19:31:14 GMT -5
I have a theory-years ago, the only time you saw marathons basically was during a holiday.
Now I haven't worked in television, but I presumed that they didn't need as many people around to run a bunch of episodes of a show and they saved money.
Then,about 12 or 15 years ago they just gave up and started doing it to save money year round because they don't give a shit and neither does most of the general public anymore.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Dec 30, 2015 19:31:15 GMT -5
Most of the time its syndication rights issues
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Post by Mayonnaise on Dec 30, 2015 19:31:33 GMT -5
It's cheap, easy programming that can easily draw and more importantly keep a crowd.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Dec 30, 2015 19:32:22 GMT -5
They bought the syndication rights to these shows and want to make the money back through advertisers.
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Post by agent817 on Dec 31, 2015 1:16:33 GMT -5
Well, every day on USA it's either Law & Order SVU or CSI marathons.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Dec 31, 2015 1:21:46 GMT -5
Maybe it's also a social media thing. So you can live tweet it with other people.
I remember this when FX did that every Simpson's ever marathon.
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Post by The Spelunker! on Dec 31, 2015 1:24:57 GMT -5
In the past it was generally the incredibly low cost of the programming.
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Post by bluemeii on Dec 31, 2015 1:34:27 GMT -5
It's the Netflix carryover. Think about it, how many times do people pop on a show on Netflix or Hulu and just watch one show. They usually binge watch and watch a bunch of episodes of the same show.
Same principle applies here. On TV they can sell the ads at a bit higher rate because of this. Best thing for the networks is to do this they already have to own the syndication or broadcasting rights so the cost is minimal to non existent.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Dec 31, 2015 2:04:17 GMT -5
I have a theory-years ago, the only time you saw marathons basically was during a holiday. Now I haven't worked in television, but I presumed that they didn't need as many people around to run a bunch of episodes of a show and they saved money. Then,about 12 or 15 years ago they just gave up and started doing it to save money year round because they don't give a shit and neither does most of the general public anymore. I've only noticed marathons when it's either a holiday or they're "gearing up for the new season" of a show.
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 31, 2015 7:29:15 GMT -5
I have a theory-years ago, the only time you saw marathons basically was during a holiday. Now I haven't worked in television, but I presumed that they didn't need as many people around to run a bunch of episodes of a show and they saved money. Then,about 12 or 15 years ago they just gave up and started doing it to save money year round because they don't give a shit and neither does most of the general public anymore. I've only noticed marathons when it's either a holiday or they're "gearing up for the new season" of a show. I don't even watch tv anymore really. I have the tv guide app on my phone and that's a huge part of what's on tv. I don't know who the hell watches Cops and Storage Wars or Pawn Stars all day, but that's all that's on usually.
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Post by rocket on Dec 31, 2015 7:57:55 GMT -5
I first noticed this about a decade ago, so I think this predates streaming/Netflix and possibly even tv shows on DVD.
I'm thinking syndication contracts is also why the same movies play so often on cable.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2015 8:02:40 GMT -5
Because modern TV sucks. They run the cheapest shit they can get away with and you or someone watches.
"Hey, ever seen these nine episodes of Roseanne? Well, we'll take care of that over the next five years."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2015 8:58:26 GMT -5
The previous poster's screen name says it all.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 31, 2015 9:13:09 GMT -5
I've only noticed marathons when it's either a holiday or they're "gearing up for the new season" of a show. I don't even watch tv anymore really. I have the tv guide app on my phone and that's a huge part of what's on tv. I don't know who the hell watches Cops and Storage Wars or Pawn Stars all day, but that's all that's on usually. My father
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2015 9:23:45 GMT -5
Well, every day on USA it's either Law & Order SVU or CSI marathons. I swear it's some kind of requirement that if you have a certain amount of shitty original programming you have to pick up CSI to go with it.
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 31, 2015 10:15:06 GMT -5
Ok, so what's the rerun value on a show like say Storage Wars? Is that a show that one might pick up something they didn't notice the first time they watched it? Is it background noise and sometimes one might not even realize they even saw the episode already?
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Post by wakko on Dec 31, 2015 11:43:22 GMT -5
I don't even watch tv anymore really. I have the tv guide app on my phone and that's a huge part of what's on tv. I don't know who the hell watches Cops and Storage Wars or Pawn Stars all day, but that's all that's on usually. My father My dad would watch Muary Povich all day. And before that Jerry Springer. etc. etc. You get the idea. Yes. My dad needs therapy.
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Post by Dragonfly on Dec 31, 2015 14:14:27 GMT -5
Well, every day on USA it's either Law & Order SVU or CSI marathons. My father in law's television is set to USA for precisely that reason. He watches all of them all. He does stick around for their original programming, but he never goes past five minutes. (Mr. Robot confuses him, Burn Notice was boring and Monk makes him visibly angry.) And according to him, based on nothing more than the first ten minutes and almost twenty years of ads, the stars of Raw are "The Good 'Ol Boy" (Steve Austin), "That Goddamn Bastard" (Cena), "That Biggun" (Big Show) and "The Guy Who Spits Water" (Triple H).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2015 14:23:38 GMT -5
Maybe the reason so many do it could be attributed to Netflix and streaming, but a good amount of networks have been doing it before Netflix and streaming ever caught on. Hell, Nickelodeon's been doing it for the last 15+ years. I remember being 12 or so, and being pretty damn sure that if it was before 5PM (when they shoehorned newer shows right before Nick at Nite) and after 2PM (Nick Jr.), Rugrats was probably on. Though I'm not sure if Nickelodeon still does the thing where once a show has their last episode, they almost stop running it cold turkey and run the hell out of their next biggest show, which is what they did when Rugrats ended and Spongebob was just getting going.
Some of the shows are still the best rated shows on their networks when new episodes drop, and they have a large amount of backlog. I know that's the case with Pawn Stars, South Park, Spongebob, etc.
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