Conan on TruTV
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Watching Conan on TruTv last night and surprised it was a repeat, but just been told by TruTv there was a technical hitch and the show couldn't be broadcast but it will go out Friday night instead, so extra CoCo for the end of the week. Just thought I'd share the news.
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Conan O'Brien is an American comedian with his own chat show...
The time they have to edit it and convert it from 29.97 to 25 fps plus if need be, get a second copy is more than enough.
Still, atleast they're showing it and not skipping it like some may have done.
It's been over two months since the channel launched, and hardly any of the TV listings mags include it!
AFAIK ... it's only TV Choice that includes this channel in their listings. None of the others seem to do.
I've seen Conan not record before (only seems to happen with that show on that channel) and assumed it was the same problem.
Imagine how big a TV listings magazine would have to be to cover all the channels available in the UK..
Thanks for the info, I was going to catch up over the weekend and would have been confused over what was going on!
It's good of TruTV to add the missed show to their schedule too, a lot of broadcasters wouldn't.
Personally i think TruTV's biggest problem isn't that its not in may TV guides, its that its in a pert of the Sky EPG that no one will find it without knowing about it in advance.
The schedule simply isn't strong enough. Tru TV's BARB ratings are really poor despite it being on Freeview.
The best content from Tru TV US is already on channels like Dave, Comedy Central or Lifetime. Recently 5* has started showing some of the "caught on camera" themed shows too.
I've had the same problem with Conan not recording. I have a Sab ultimedia HD receiver and when I make a planned recording for conan it either doesn't record or it records a few minutes and then stops (file is always less than 100 mb in size). If I set the recording to repeat daily it is fine from day 2, but the first time the recording always fails. I thought it was my receiver but if more people have it there must be something wrong with the signal on tru-tv. Manual recording also works without problems.
Turner has not had much luck with DTT CNN left, Nuts TV left and closed and now Tru TV is a bit of a niche. Doesn't help being in documentaries on Sky.
Perhaps if they added TCM or atleast a second TCM channel it would get viewers. TNT would be another opinion.
I agree, with the exception of Conan its full of fairly weak content, for my tastes at least. But I still think being in the ‘documentaries’ section in the Sky EPG (and very high up in that section!) really doesn’t help.
TLC offer the same sort of ‘reality/documentary’ programmes but the channels rates much better than TruTV, and I presume that’s because people stumble across it by chance given its good channel number in the ‘entertainment’ section of the EPG.
I think is Turner re-launched TNT in the UK, and did it right, it could do really well for them. And Conan would probably fit better on there too.
But it's been a ratings disaster generally TruTV.
Do more than ten people still buy listings magazines? :P
Which is the lesser of two evils ? I think a generic synopsis.
Ouch really?
So TruTV is a bit of a failure!
What's the highest rated?
Yep, its been a Tru disaster......
I'll get my coat..
There is always teamcoco.com to see who is on in the week ahead. I have noticed if it's not an episode from the night before as in the show is on a break, it's prefaced by continuity saying 'classic Conan' on TruTv.
I guess, because ITV itself is a very well-known and established brand it makes more sense to put their listings in, even though as you say, Encore is only available on one platform. I don't know how it works but is it a bit like supermarkets where big brands pay for the "best" space on the shelves? Do broadcasters pay for inclusion in TV listings mags?
TruTV isn't a well known brand in the UK, and by the sounds of it, will never be. I'd imagine if ratings don't pick up soon then it'll be another failure.
They have started showing it late at night too.
Only things I watch on TruTV.