Hollywood & Show Biz
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Why Are TV Networks At War With TV Watchers?
Submitted by John L. Hawkins on 8 November, 2007 - 17:01.It's screwy: TV networks MUST have watchers -- lots of us -- or they go out of business. So why are they making it so hard to watch their shows?
I'm talking about the wacky practice of scheduling shows at odd times and odd lengths. It's in pursuit of a bone-head theory about preventing channel switching, but it more likely prevents watching in the first place.
Hollywood comes to my town...again.
Submitted by John L. Hawkins on 9 January, 2004 - 00:00.Ahh, the glamor of Hollywood, the excitement of film-making... Unless the movie crew has filled up your street and you just want to get home! It happened in my neighborhood (again). Here's a report.
San Diego might not be known as a hotbed of film production, but one day the one block street leading to my house once again filled with movie-making trucks, equipment, people and even actors who aren't people.
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