Pardon the language, but I fucking hate network television.

[Pacifist Patriot]

I managed to get a stupid VCR working and taped LOST from 8-10 while I was at a meeting. Killed some time when I got home, rewound the tape to discover that the dumbass promos for the show were totally misleading. The two-hour season finale wasn't at a special time at 8:00. Season recap commentary at 8:00, finale from 9-11. Twenty-five minutes of which I did not tape.

!#@#(&#$#*(& pecker heads! Now I do have to wait until tomorrow to watch the bloody addictive show. I hate them, I hate them, I hate them! If I stumble on a spoiler I am going to take someone's fucking head off.

One show. I watch one show on television and I can't even follow that one correctly. One show. Geez oh pete!

Don't tell us the damn show starts at 8 if it's starting at 9. Pissed off because I got home at 8:50 and could have watched it as it aired. I didn't turn on the television because I thought I'd catch something in the middle of the show. Instead I turn it on at 10:25 to watch the tape and DO catch something in the middle of the show.

Assholes!

What can I say? It's been a frustrating week. Ordinarily, the inane world of mass entertainment wouldn't set me off like this.


Phhhfffttt!!!!!!!!!

[oregonjen]

1. You can watch it online tomorrow at abc.com

Deep breath! All will be well when you finish watching it. :hi:

[XemaSab]

2. Unless you have watched seasons 1-4

and ABC doesn't have season 5, episode 1. :banghead:

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. I know, it's just that dashed expectation thingy.

All set to snuggle down in an armchair in front of the television at 10PM with a glass of wine and a remote control to fast forward over the commercials. I've got a to-do list a mile long tomorrow so it'll be at least 24 hours before I get to see it. And then it'll be on my small laptop instead of the much larger television screen. I have come to rely on Closed Captioning (mild hearing impairment) and I don't think I can get that on-line. Ignore me. I'm in a mood to be irritated. :)

[RoadRage]

4. I feel your pain..

I don't have a VCR.. but I pay out my butt for DVR so I don't have to watch commercials, etc. I taped American Idol a couple of weeks ago.. it was on from 8pm - 9pm. I started watching it around 8:35.. so I could skip all commercials and be done by 9:15.

Well, the idiots on Fox ran over.. and the last guy (Lambert) got totally cut off.. he didn't start singing 'till 9:00, and that is exactly when my DVR stopped. I was furious.. of course he's the guy everyone wants to see- and I missed him. And, I was sitting in front of the TV at 9:05.. i could have watched it live had I known.

Idiot TV execs.

[Inchworm]

5. It's like they have no concept of OUR time

for instance... 3 hours of Biggest Loser...

Even if I liked the show...

:hi: