And Now, my monthly rant against Soapnet
And now, my monthly rant against Soapnet...
(clears throat)
WHERE THE HELL IS THE OLTL
MARATHON?!?! DAMN YOU, SOAPNET!
DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU!
IT'S IN THE CABLE GUIDE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE! YOU BASTARDS!
(CHECKS SOAPNET WEBSITE)
WHAT. THE. HELLLL?! YOU RAN THE MARATHON LAST NIGHT AT 1 A.M.! WHEN
WAS THAT ANNOUNCED? AND YOU'RE ONLY RUNNING TWO EPISODES TODAY, SO
YOU CAN RUN A MOVIE ABOUT DOGWALKERS?! BUT, YOU'RE RUNNING ALL FIVE
HOURS OF GH TODAY, AREN'T YOU, YOU INCOMPETENT BASTARDS! GOTTA HAVE
THAT SONNY FIX, DON'T YOU?
YOU MAKE ME SICK! I SPIT IN YOUR GENERAL
DIRECTION! PTOOEY!
THIS HAS BEEN SNARK'S MONTHLY RANT AGAINST SOAPNET, SPONSORED BY "SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HELL?", "ARE YOU TRYING TO LOSE VIEWERS?" AND "COME ON, SOAPNET, GET IT TOGETHER!"
Wow, that's rough. What a way to spit in the faces of loyal fans who SN
doesn't even deserve. We downgraded our cable to the most basic package,
and now rely on YouTube for any and all shows we've missed. We fans take
better care of one another than the networks do.
I can't quite figure out what is more offensive... the fact that SoapNet
failed to run the full OLTL marathon at the scheduled time... or that Snark
actually wanted to watch it! Ugh.
It's unreal how much that channel has been destroyed in such a short amount
of time. Seriously, why does King Idiot Frons still have job?
That reminds me--at least Passions is still canceled. Thanks, Khan, for
showing me the sunny side of life.
AND FOR THAT MATTER... what's up with displacing DAYS on Thursdays nights?
What better way to destroy your own product than to keep interrupting it?
I just got a new computer, and like many others I'm turning to YouTube for
my soap fix now, past/present (including Beverlee McKinsey clips!). The
fans are much better off running the show.
I had the same reaction Saturday afternoon, SoapNet only showed AMC
Wed/Thur/Fri episode in the weekly marathon, yet my on-screen tv guide
showed 5 AMC episodes. Not only did they have to show an mini-O.C. Mom's
Day marathon, but another repeat of Relative Madness!! How is for a new
slogan - SoapNet - Your favorite soaps, preempted.
Didn't one of the selling points of Soapnet used to be that if a portion of
your soaps was pre-empted, you could catch the full episode on Soapnet? Or
if your daffy local affiliate pre-empted your soap because they had to
carry the press conference about State U. getting a new football coach, you
cuold catch it on Soapnet. Now soaps get bumped for stuff you can see on
ABC Family or E. How can there be any pride in the genre when the network
devoted to the genre prempts itself? Remember when ABC was touting "the
year of the soap"? We've come a long way, baby.
>>Brian, shouldn't you be off somewhere writing me that e-mail you
promised like six months ago?<<