That 70's show

alleepally

What are RTE playing at. They put it on at 3am and so the video recorder is set but every time I do it, they must start earlier because I get the tail end of one episode and the second episode. Don't know what series they are on but it is just excellent and funnier than earlier series.

Why do they buy in these excellent programs and put them out at ridiculous hours and then change the times they show them at so you can't even record them

Elmo

FFS I KNOW

alleepally

I sent press@rte.ie an email, maybe if enough sent in an email they might actually do something.

pigs might fly but it's worth a try.

Exit

What I always do when taping anything on an RTE channel is to set the video for 15 minutes before the programme is scheduled to start and for 15 minutes afterwards. It's the only way.

ElNino

B*stards! My Sky+ box started recording at 3.55 a.m. and got an hour of the test card. This is the second tine this happened not to mention them always starting it early.

They do the same thing with Drew Carey as well. Why can't they show these shows are more social hours instead of some of the cr*p they show like that Bow Wow rubbish?

projectmayhem

Originally posted by ElNino
B*stards! My Sky+ box started recording at 3.55 a.m. and got an hour of the test card. This is the second tine this happened not to mention them always starting it early.

They do the same thing with Drew Carey as well. Why can't they show these shows are more social hours instead of some of the cr*p they show like that Bow Wow rubbish?

i think they've finished bow wow now. well that's what some bloked who does the music for it said on 2fm last night anyway..

Elmo

My email to RTE, about a month ago.

___________________________________________________________________
> To whom it may concern,
>
> I last wrote to RTE two weeks ago (now one month ago) and still have had
no
> reply in relation to scheduling on N2.
>
> My main points are:-
>
> 1. Why has RTE put The Practice on at 1am on Thursdays on N2? Was this not
> one of RTEs better American Imports which at its height achieved 500,000
> viewers on RTE1 and continued to get into the top twenty on RTE1 up until
it
> was moved to N2 where it was put to Saturday Night Scheduling at 9 to be
> replaced again and again by gone to the dogs and b rate movies, It got no
> following at this time, as know one knew if it was going to be on or not.
> Did your made-for-tv-movies ever get into RTE One top twenty?
>
> 2. Your 8pm Documentary on N2. Well, while I like Crocodiles, Dogs and
Nazi
> WWII documentaries, I find that there are more documentaries that you
could
> show that would be of better quality and actually worth while PBS. Could
> these Documentaries not be put on Saturdays and Sundays? or are you not
> willing to allow N2 compete with Fair City and EastEnders?
>
> 3. Thursday Night Movies on N2. Yes while I do like NEWS2 or RTE News on
RTE
> NETWORK 2 or whatever your calling it these days, I do not appreciate
movies
> being divided by the NEWS, I don't care if ITV and the BBC do it, you are
> not ITV or the BBC.
>
> While I am at it, stop showing James Bond for a while please. And give Law
> And Order a proper time slot rather then Wednesdays in replace of
Champions
> League. And get rid of your DOGs they look stupid and should be left to
ITV Ireland(TV3).
Please reply to me as soon as you can.

___________________________________________________________________

The Responce
___________________________________________________________________

Apologies for the delay in responding to your email. We moved The Practice
to a later slot on N2 on Thursday nights for one very simple reason. It's
popularity had considerably waned and it was no longer delivering big enough
audiences to justify a peak time slot on RTE One. We tried it on Saturdays
on N2 at 2100 where it again performed very poorly, hence our decision to
move it to a late night slot on Thursdays.

We have a number of competitive hour long documentary slots on N2 at 2000
both at the weekend and during the week. Some of these slots perform very
well and do provide a real alternative to the soaps on RTE One. I take your
point about breaking movies with News bulletins, it does annoy some people
and we are looking at the situation.

Many thanks for taking the time to write to RTE.

Yours Sincerely,

Andrew Fitzpatrick,
Head of Scheduling,
RTE Television.

___________________________________________________________________

Email andrew.fitzpatrick@rte.ie

I dont usually do this but nothing has been done to improve the situation.

Also I feel that it is good that RTE did make the big bow wow, It unfortunately was a terrible show. But as far as there Irish output goes it is a step in the right direction.

Venom

RTE are a bunch is **** and have never and will never do anything right. Could the reasion the Practice popularity had considerably waned was due to the above mentioned **** bouncing the show all over the N2 timeslot?

ElNino

RTE are showing the last episode of last season's '70s show on Sunday night. It was obviously too much to hope that they would start showing the current season. Instead they are are repeating That '80s Show.

That '80s show makes the Bow Wow look good. It was cancelled after 13 shows so why do RTE have to show it again?

alleepally

Happily, I received a reply from RTE on that 70's show question.

"Thank you for your e-mail which I have forwarded to the Head of Programme
Scheduling, for his attention.
I have logged your comments here and they will be included in our weekly log,
which forms part of the agenda for discussion at our weekly editorial meeting."

This wasn't an autoreply but was actually from an individual. So at least someone has read it and I expect there will be a further response.

Elmo

This wasn't an autoreply but was actually from an individual. So at least someone has read it and I expect there will be a further response.

I suggest you email him directly I got that email too.


Oddly Andrew Fitzpatrick used to be the Head of Scheduling at TV3.

Doctor Funfrock

yea it sucks that 70s show is brilliant, best comedy on tv today no doubt

whosurpaddy

what days/times is it currently shown at? surely they can find a slot for it in monday night comedy somwhere. it used to be class when i watched it

mob

i was looking at the listings today and only one ep of that 70's show is on and


wait for it.......


that 80's show is on after it.

Elmo

that 80's show is on after it.

Yeah it's a really bad comedy series I think that they had it on before and finished the series off in prime time. 13 episodes maybe?

What happened Grounded for Life, didn't the WB take it up after FOX axed it in the states.

Thetotodger

Originally posted by Elmo
I suggest you email him directly I got that email too.


Oddly Andrew Fitzpatrick used to be the Head of Scheduling at TV3.

This Andrew was never working in TV3 and there was never a head of scheduling in TV3 called Andrew Fitzpatrick.

whosurpaddy

well i set the video for it last night..... and got 1/2 an hour of teletext. cheers rte

eyerer

a while back i tried to record third rock from the sun at 3am or whatever, got about half of the show
i know i could set it to record for a few hours to get it, but bollocks to that, i couldn't be bothered wading through it and i've got other stuff on the vhs

obviously its rediculous to expect they could stick to their schedule

that 80s show has to be the worst tripe i have ever seen, do these fools even look at the **** they import
or do they think, oh its american, that'll do us

Elmo

This Andrew was never working in TV3 and there was never a head of scheduling in TV3 called Andrew Fitzpatrick

No I just got the impression that TV3's Scheduler got a job in RTE as their scheduler after all of the problems with the previous scheduler. But I must be mistake.

He's only in the job a few years now. since 2000?

mwnger

Yeah, That 80's Show was pretty bad alright, but it deserves to be shown primetime just for the goth chick that was in it - man, she was hot!

..I'm not a goth, by the way.

Zhane

it woulda been better if the 70's cast was carried over to 80's show. Just out of curiousity what year is the 70's show in?

Jip

I think it's from the mid to late 70s, if you look at the licence plate at the very end of the program they have the year in which the current episode is set.

mwnger

The first series was set in 1977, cos there was an episode were they all went to see Star Wars. Well I think it was the first series, could've been the second.

krattapopov

that 80s show was brutal, but i do have to admit to watching it for that goth chick and yer one that was in sweet valley high

conZ

The first series of That 70's Show is set in 76', second in '77, series 3 in '77, series 4 in '78, series 5 in '78 also, and the current series 6 in '79.

Ahh the joy's of broadband and a steady download rate on that 70's show.

Elmo

Just as long as it doesn't remain in the 70's for the next ten years

Heartbeat is now running how long and it still is set in the sixty whats with that?

Also if you look at the end credit the licence plate states the Year that the show is based.

Zhane

Originally posted by Elmo
Just as long as it doesn't remain in the 70's for the next ten years

cant anyway....its ending after the next series

Elmo

cant anyway....its ending after the next series

Thankfully not many american TV shows last anymore then 5 years. Unlike ITV shows which run and run and run leaving no room for something new a different.

15 years and there still living in the Sixties in Heartbeat.

Ever see the ITV version of That 70s Show

SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER

phreak

Originally posted by conZ
Anyone got any That 70's shows downloaded or ripped themselves? Maybe a dvd or cd or two can be swapped ?

i have them all... right up to the latest episode released in america(140+ shows in total).

the 7th series is definately the last. Its probably for the best too... Alot of series 6 isn't great.

As for that 80s show, i watched it only for the goth girl. Shes so very hot... even when dressed up like that.

sceptre

Originally posted by alleepally
Happily, I received a reply from RTE on that 70's show question.

"Thank you for your e-mail which I have forwarded to the Head of Programme
Scheduling, for his attention.
I have logged your comments here and they will be included in our weekly log,
which forms part of the agenda for discussion at our weekly editorial meeting."

This wasn't an autoreply but was actually from an individual. So at least someone has read it and I expect there will be a further response.

Hmmm, looks like the Head Of Programming Scheduling has been out to lunch for the past week. I'm watching the Blues Brothers on Network 2. Supposed to be over at 02:45. Half three and there's still a good quarter hour in it. RTE seem to have found the extended version from 2001 (I missed the start but it has the gas station explosion so definitely the longer version) so there's an extra 15 minutes they might not have known about. No awards for getting their schedule an hour off though.

phreak

well nothing has changed... that 80s show started almost an hour late tonight :dunno:

eyerer

hehe
i suffered through those episodes early in the morning, i forgot just how unfunny that thing was
the canned laughter was just too sad, who would really find that funny

the goth chick looked decent with her hair in a normal looking style
the blonds were good, even though they acted like gob****es

smoke.me.a.kipper

the guy on the mobile (brick) in the niteclub is soo annoying. they use that joke in every episode ffs!

that 80s show rely imho on way too much jokes about the 80s where thet 70s show is just funny, and could almost be set in any decade.

whosurpaddy

Originally posted by Elmo
Ever see the ITV version of That 70s Show

oh god, id blocked that out of my mind it was so bad, but uve just brought it all back.

Originally posted by Phreak
i have them all... right up to the latest episode released in america(140+ shows in total).

I offer you one kidney for a copy. id suggest lefty