False advertising by Sky for Fringe and House
Motthus
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Why are Sky advertising the new seasons of Fringe and House saying that they are airing days after the US when in fact both shows are being shown on Sky 1 nearly a fortnight after they have been shown in the US.
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surely they could argue that they've done nothing wrong in saying "days" its a pretty open ended term, could mean anything
A fortnight is only a few days
American TV always has special programming over the Thanksgiving period so that's at least on break
If you're that annoyed about it being a fortnight instead of 2-3 days, just watch at US Pace. If that is not an option, then just wait the fortnight.
European broadcasters have defintely come a long way the last few years and most shows now air relatively close to US broadcasts. Even nations that traditionally dub their shows into their local language are airing shows a few weeks after US transmission.
If Sky or any other broadcaster aired shows a day or two after the US broadcast, no doubt most would then complain about the US transmission patterns with their frequent breaks / pauses which actually allow production to get ahead.
The ideal thing would be simulcasting, or time differences not allowing, airing the next night after US broadcast (less than 24 jhours after) but that would make shows much more expensive to acquire and we would then complain about there not being "enough" new shows on air with broadcasters having to turn to reruns in primetime in order to be able to afford a few shows for transmission after US broadcast.
I just say, you wanna watch as close to US broadcast - then download or move to the US. That not being possible then just accept the alternative.
And then most shows go on hiatus for most of Decemeber and early january with USTV schedules being filled with reruns and "holiday" specials due to a massive decline in TV watching during the month of December especially at Xmas.
Many a thread during the the recent run of Lie To Me asking why SKY+ hadn't recorded the repeat or did SKY screw up the scheduling not being aware the US were taking a break or the show was pre-empted.
Luckily I rarely see adverts nowadays to notice this crap but this did stick out when the kids were watching Simpsons.
Who watches house on Sky anyway? With the squeeky voices, terrible opening music and adverts!
also...does it really matter?
Regards
Mark
No they're not, it's on next week...
also those "muppets" as you put it have a point,its much better to watch 22 uninterupted episodes week after week than wait 6-7 weeks for a new episode,ruins the flow
tv landscape has changed forever now though i think and uk will keep trying to close the gap between uk and us pace so i watch most shows US pace now
I said exactly the same thing when the advert for Fringe came on..."Just days after the US"
'Days' implies, like they are implying, that it's 2 to 4 ish 'days' after the US, not a fortnight.
Thats not technically correct though otherwise you could take it to some extreme like 100 days, saying days only works up to a week, after that you would use weeks etc, its a silly discussion though, its a false claim but nothing worth moaning about.
I would like to see the end of mid season breaks but thats up to the americans, im sure they could change it if they wanted, it would be better.
1) They want viewers to know that these two shows will generally be airing a few days after the US broadcast date.
2) They want to get this message out before the latest seasons air.
So, they've elected to be a bit misleading, in the hope that the general message will outweigh the brief falsity. I'm OK with that.
You can always wait a year or two before watching, no ones stopping you.