CPWhittingham Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Who's idea is it to schedule a great movie like Sergeant York at 2:30 am? This isn't the only great movie that's been scheduled to be shown in the middle of the night. Who's in charge of scheduling? Whoever it is they're not doing a good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Sergeant York has shown in prime time many times over the years, and is guaranteed to be shown again in prime time in the future. Just stick around if you don't believe me. I wish I could say the same thing about many of the silent and foreign classics that often show after midnight on Sunday and then are never seen again for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 *Sergeant York* is scheduled to be shown again Sat March 22 @1:45 PM and Wed May 7 @ 3:45 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Well TCM has to show something during the late hours. As others have noted Sergeant York is shown fairly often at a more reasonable hour. So to me your complaint is misguided at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 i might add that a movie with some sort of nudity is confined to the dead of night and makes viewers program, review and finalize their DVD discs accordingly. i'd prefer a fuzzy block put over the contentious image so that a showing in later prime time could be scheduled. i'm old enough to get the idea and don't need an unobstructed showing of a movie in this kind of instance just so TCM can hold to the letter of their "uncut" advertising. this was particularly annoying when Chinatown (1974) was recently shown twice in the early AM (EST) just because of one scene with nudity. Chinatown and other movies deserve a better time slot. Underground programming on Sat/Sun, 2-6 AM is right where it should be. the occasional nude scene and campy offbeat material is stuck in an early morning slot for the right reason. but some movies don't deserve that kind of pigeonholing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I'd totally disagree with that. I'd much rather have the unedited version of a movie to record at 4:00 AM than some blurred version shown in prime time. I hadn't realized that's why Chinatown always shows after midnight, but if that's TCM's reason than I've got no complaint. I watch 90% of my TCM movies from recordings anyway, and have no particular need to see them "live". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Well TCM showed the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie yesterday and it has a nude scene (one that features a school age teen character), and it was shown on the west coast before 8:00 PM. Anyhow, I agree that TCM shouldn't show altered versions of films unless that is the only version available to them. I can see showing movies with questionable content after, say, 8:00, but it is still up to viewers to 'censor' their own programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 >Well TCM showed the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie yesterday and it has a nude scene (one that features a school age teen character), and it was shown on the west coast before 8:00 PM. James, It may have been because the original rating for *Jean Brodie* was only an M for Mature audiences. Almost all R rated films on TCM are shown after prime time hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Since more people live in the Eastern time zone than any other time zone, TCM had to schedule its films based on what time it is in the east. For regular network programs, if a program is on in the East at 8PM, it's also on in the Pacific Time Zone at 8PM. Why can't TCM do that?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Well it cost more to have two satellite feeds and for a station that shows mostly movies generally there isn?t really a concept of ?primetime?. But yea, it would be nice if TCM is going to show "R" rated movies only after 10:00 Pacific time (which is after 1:00 East coast time and too late for many east coast viewers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 It appears that TCM programmers painted themselves into a corner by doing daily themes. "Sergeant York" was a part of the block celebrating Best Supporting Actress nominees for 1941. As a result, it followed "The Great Lie," "The Little Foxes" and "How Green Was My Valley." As for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," it followed a chockful of films featuring Best Actress winners, in chronological order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yes, since there was a theme, a movie or two related to said theme had to be shown 'late'. I wonder if some people would have been happier if TCM just showed a blank screen during those late hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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