Subject: Re: TP: Return to Thursday confirmed
From: marks@skat.usc.edu (Louise Marks)
Date: 1991-03-11, 11:26
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks,rec.arts.tv

sarwate@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sanjiv Sarwate) writes:

> >Am I the only person here who is noticing the odd timing of the TP return?

> >Consider that, starting this week and continuing into the first few days of
> >April is the NCAA Basketball Tournament, telecast by CBS.  A lot of the games
> >are scheduled deliberately on Thursdays, because this is a VERY good way for
> >CBS to break the NBC stranglehold on Thursday nights.  Bringing TP back during
> >this mess would be an error.  Not only will NBC's formidable lineup be showing,
> >but CBS will be running the NCAA Tournament.  I agree with the reviewer who
> >says that they are trying to kill the show.  Putting it up against one of the
> >top 5 TV sporting events in the country is SUICIDE!


Also notice that it's timed to avoid May, which is a sweeps month.
The last episode will air May 2.  Wait for a strategically-timed
announcement that TP has been cancelled in hopes of upping viewership
for the final episode.  AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

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