roamcajun63 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 I was checking out the schedule for Time Travel Month and noticed they have "Brigadoon" scheduled twice on the same day with one movie in-between. Do these programmers really do their research on scheduling movies for a theme????? I can think of 3 time travel movies off the top of my head that are not on the schedule. "The Final Countdown" being one of them with Kirk Douglas. Who does TCM hire to actually schedule these themed days. I bet Alicia Malone could do a better job than the person who scheduled "Brigadoon" twice in the same night. Yeah, I am upset the programmer did a real poor job of doing their job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Well in Canada we get to see Hit the Deck twice. I don't know who has the Canadian broadcast rights to Brigadoon since I've never seen it broadcast. 12 Monkeys and Je t'aime, je t'aime strike me as the most egregious absences. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmovieviewer Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Unfortunately the duplicates are created when the schedulers change the time for a film and forget to delete the old entry in the schedule. Here is the expected primetime schedule for the 28th: - In the U.S.: 2022-04-28 08:00 PM A Matter of Life and Death (1947) 104m 2022-04-28 10:00 PM TBA 2022-04-29 12:00 AM Orlando (1992) 93m 2022-04-29 01:45 AM Brigadoon (1954) 108m 2022-04-29 04:00 AM Jubilee (1978) 103m - In Canada: 2022-04-28 08:00 PM A Matter of Life and Death (1947) 104m 2022-04-28 10:00 PM TBA 2022-04-29 12:00 AM Prehistoric Women (1967) 90m 2022-04-29 01:45 AM Hit the Deck (1955) 112m 2022-04-29 04:00 AM Jubilee (1978) 103m The Now Playing Guide that TCM sent out at the beginning of the month listed Somewhere in Time (1980) at 10 pm, so that is the expected fill-in for the TBA. A Spotlight article on the TCM web site also mentions On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970), so that is another possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I'm not seeing a TBA on TCM.com's schedule. I'd prefer seeing the latter movie to the former, though I wouldn't mind seeing that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmovieviewer Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 "TBA" is a convention I am using to represent a portion of the schedule that is missing, or 'To Be Announced'. The online TCM schedule is currently showing a repeated title for the times at 10 pm and 1:45 am. In the U.S., the repeat is Brigadoon listed twice, in Canada it is Hit the Deck listed twice (as mentioned in the 1st and 2nd posts in this thread). Based on the way the schedule has changed over time, it is apparent to me that the title at the 10 pm time period is likely incorrect (because of the duplication) and will eventually be updated. Therefore the proper title for the schedule at 10 pm is still TBA. For anyone looking at the TCM online schedule the duplications and overlaps that sometimes occur can be confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 On 4/11/2022 at 1:16 AM, roamcajun63 said: I can think of 3 time travel movies off the top of my head that are not on the schedule. Wow only 3? Just another newbie who doesn't understand how movie distribution works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmovieviewer Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Other online schedule sources are showing the 10 pm ET film on April 28 as Somewhere in Time (1980), both in the U.S. and Canada. The complete schedule that evening is: - In the U.S.: 2022-04-28 08:00 PM A Matter of Life and Death (1947) 104m 2022-04-28 10:00 PM Somewhere in Time (1980) 2022-04-29 12:00 AM Orlando (1992) 93m 2022-04-29 01:45 AM Brigadoon (1954) 108m 2022-04-29 04:00 AM Jubilee (1978) 103m - In Canada: 2022-04-28 08:00 PM A Matter of Life and Death (1947) 104m 2022-04-28 10:00 PM Somewhere in Time (1980) 2022-04-29 12:00 AM Prehistoric Women (1967) 90m 2022-04-29 01:45 AM Hit the Deck (1955) 112m 2022-04-29 04:00 AM Jubilee (1978) 103m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Just my opinion but I've always loved TIME AFTER TIME '79 with Malcom McDowell - time travel involving Jack The Ripper, quite a fun thriller. Also really like A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH '47, how can you go wrong with Powell/Pressberger & David Niven? I knew someone who loved SOMEWHERE IN TIME '80 who thought it incredibly romantic-I found it sappy & dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbogacz Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 6 hours ago, cmovieviewer said: - In Canada: 2022-04-29 12:00 AM Prehistoric Women (1967) 90m Ah, ma-a-n-n. How come only the Canadians get the good stuff ?!?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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