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Jack_Clinton
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As Eastenders is not airing tonight due to the football, I see people are already moaning.
I understand some of you don't like the World Cup but BBC and ITV will not get rid of one of (if not the biggest) tournament in the world for somebody to watch a soap.
I have had to look in the TV guides/my EPG on my freeview to see the correct times the soaps are on. The three I watch (Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Casualty) have all been affected but do I care? No.
There are much bigger things to worry about in life.
Look at your work life. You go to work to make a profit; this is the same for BBC and ITV. BBC have paid a lot of money to broadcast the tournament, whereas ITV are relying on advertisers. And they have in their contract to show it on the channel that will get the most viewers, affecting soaps
So, people who are moaning, do you have a life? Do you have to watch your favourite soap at the 'normal' time, or do you get upset?
I don't care if my programmes are not on. Like last night, after Coronation Street finished at 8pm, we went out to the pub for a drink (and with the nice weather, who wants to stay indoors?
I understand some of you don't like the World Cup but BBC and ITV will not get rid of one of (if not the biggest) tournament in the world for somebody to watch a soap.
I have had to look in the TV guides/my EPG on my freeview to see the correct times the soaps are on. The three I watch (Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Casualty) have all been affected but do I care? No.
There are much bigger things to worry about in life.
Look at your work life. You go to work to make a profit; this is the same for BBC and ITV. BBC have paid a lot of money to broadcast the tournament, whereas ITV are relying on advertisers. And they have in their contract to show it on the channel that will get the most viewers, affecting soaps
So, people who are moaning, do you have a life? Do you have to watch your favourite soap at the 'normal' time, or do you get upset?
I don't care if my programmes are not on. Like last night, after Coronation Street finished at 8pm, we went out to the pub for a drink (and with the nice weather, who wants to stay indoors?
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Further development: People desperate to cause an argument swoop in to belittle said soap fans for having no life with no sense of irony.
BIB - No.
Underlined - Yes. Although I'd say more annoyed than upset.
No one has a problem with scheduled changes . tonight was handled badly by the bbc which is annoying. Also it's a nice excuse I suppose to have a dig at eastenders fans.
The BBC had to adapt to a last minut change, the match overran which they could not cancel as there are people watching. As EE hadn't aired yet, (and is the least important amongst their programmes tonight), it had to make way for an extended match.
Exactly.
And I laugh at those who do moan.
Thing is, the BBC should have been prepared. There was obviously going to be a chance that the match would overrun so why not schedule EE for tomorrow (especially as other schedule changes have been made and no footie tomorrow) rather than drop it at the east minute
Agree.
I watch EE but watch HO everyday. I don't moan at Xmas when the listings have changed so don't know why others are moaning now.
That would've been sensible, but doubtless some would still have complained about their programme being moved from its usual slot to make way for something that might never have happened.
Sport is unpredictable no one knows whether a football match will go in to extra time or not, Tennis matches have no set time to them. At the moment the BBC is showing both Football and Tennis, two of it's main sporting events unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you feel about them) they don't see Eastenders as, as important as those two events. The BBC couldn't move Eastenders to BBC2 because of Wimbledon and they couldn't move it to Wednesday night because they would have to reschedule everything that is already on tonight. Normally they don't have two major sporting events happening at the same time.