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Ratings seems to be a more important fact to trump than sound policy. What channel should I watch and advise my friends to watch during the inauguration? If we all tune our TVs into a different station in mass, it wont matter that much. If we all tune into the same station it might be possible to have some other station not showing the inauguration potentially have better ratings than the inauguration.
What are your thoughts?
My favorite so far with post 32 by poster chowder66 "BET and Telemundo!"
boston bean
(36,221 posts)LOL, that was my first thought as well
still_one
(92,204 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Maybe they will have WWII films on all day long.. either that or ...PAWN STARS reruns! I don't have a TV anyway but if I did, I would watch Pawn Stars.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)The Inauguration will not be playing on it... and I be willing to give him a few hours to avoid that three ring Republican circus.
avebury
(10,952 posts)they would be able to have a record of what I watch. I will probably tune into Netflix or Acorn TV.
GP6971
(31,163 posts)for one channel due to the multiple option plans available through multiple carriers. We'll have the international channels on.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I don't think your viewing habits affect ratings unless you are a Nielsen family.
someoneeelse
(19 posts)Wouldn't they need to team up with television providers to provide proper reports?
Lithos
(26,403 posts)So many good videos to catch up on.
Actually, it's likely to be training videos I've not done as well as some podcasts I've discovered.
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Warpy
(111,267 posts)You Tube isn't just for morons any more.
mnhtnbb
(31,391 posts)kacekwl
(7,017 posts)an illigitement person degrade my country. QVC not my cup of tea but even a test pattern is better.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)underpants
(182,823 posts)Why not go with the sponsors of the event?
Squinch
(50,950 posts)erinlough
(2,176 posts)Makes me feel better somehow, projecting my feelings I guess. It is something I usually hide though.
Squinch
(50,950 posts)channel far more than men. I can't begin to guess at the psychology behind that.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Jacob Boehme
(789 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)Too bad a cable channel wouldn't do 24 hrs of 'the Manchurian candidate".
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)They have some really good cooking shows on that time of day. And, Bob Ross should be on at 12:30 ET.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)while I clean house.
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)ecstatic
(32,705 posts)a kennedy
(29,669 posts)dalton99a
(81,513 posts)chillfactor
(7,576 posts)watching programs I have taped on my DVR.
Warpy
(111,267 posts)I counted on them for years for light escapism from the Golden Age. Now it looks like the adolescent age.
LeftInTX
(25,363 posts)He's young, (49) but he's got a pretty good Hollywood pedigree going back with his grandfather and great uncle.
Robert Osborne, the regular host, has been sick. He's 84 and has been out for several months. Robert hasn't been able to attend the TCM film festival for the past 2 years due to his health.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)I have been watching old movie all week. Caught a couple of good Errol Flynn flix today. That's my plan for the 20th.
chowder66
(9,070 posts)LeftInTX
(25,363 posts)All the networks, c-span, cable news, and PBS will carry the inauguration.
These cable channels will not: Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Food, Travel Channel, TV Land, Animal Planet, Nat Geo, A&E, METV, Discovery, TCM, AMC, ID, TLC, MTV, WETV, Spike TV, TNT, Hallmark, E-TV. I'm sure there are many others.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)Just read a book or take a walk or something
someoneeelse
(19 posts)maybe not, it will take a few weeks I guess.
GP6971
(31,163 posts)Are you saying Trump will arbitrarily "push the button"? If so, against who?
Hekate
(90,706 posts)I plan to toss a dish towel over my tv while I make my sack lunch for Saturday's march in Los Angeles. I'm just insuring I don't accidentally tune in.
Paula Sims
(877 posts)Or food channel
Maeve
(42,282 posts)NO ONE is tracking your tv viewing if you aren't a participant in a ratings system.
http://www.snopes.com/change-channel-on-inauguration/
That said, I'll be watching Netflix, just as I do any other day of the week.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)March, march, march, march. Getting ready all day and marching at 5pm.
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)it was a radio show in Denver in the early 1970's...they would have you turn the TV on to one of the movies with the sound all the way off, then provide an improv dialog and storyline to the movie, as well as all the commercials.
They would have been able to do a fantastic narration for Friday's extravaganza! "The orange guy is raising his hand now...wonder where it's been today! He starts to speak, let's listen in...<mumbling> "Me, TheDonald, something about Constitution, uphold, yadda, yadda, preserve, something about defending...here comes the good part, 'So help me, ME!' Now I'm the president, time to take a weekend off then get to the hard work of dismantling the country."
Dulcinea
(6,638 posts)....it'll be in the evening, when I'll watch reruns of Law & Order, a hockey game, or a movie.