ABC is doing it again, RPM will be going in neutral

[Punk]

1910 -- Sat May 2 -- 12:30 -- Ranger Blue
1911 -- Sat May 9 -- 12:30 -- Doctor K

Originally Posted by BurgundyRanger

Wait. I was totally wrong. I missed on a bunch of things:

* Each football game results in THREE weeks of pre-empts on the West Coast.
* The Breeders' Cup horse races on Nov. 7 adds two more weeks of West Coast pre-empts.
* The Skins Game golf match pre-empts the West Coast on Nov. 28.

So, we're going to hit a stretch of TEN STRAIGHT WEEKS of no PR on the West Coast (Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31; all of November, and then Dec. 5 and 12), with could result in NO NEW RPM episodes for those same 10 weeks and push the finale back to January 23, 2010!

I think there are three approaches they can take, each of which has its own set of drawbacks:

* Maintain the pattern established on May 30, which is showing one new episode only in weeks that are unaffected in any time zone .... which means 10 weeks with no new RPM and a 1/23/10 finale.

* Follow the pattern used in 2008 for PRJF, which was to go back into the 'new' episodes in November, even though the slots are pre-empted on the West Coast. But how can you do that with an exclusive property? That would be five episodes (eps 27-31) that would be unavailable in the Pacific time zone before getting an all-clear finale on 12/19/09.

* Double-up on new episodes in the five-week all-clear stretch of Sept. 5 to Oct. 3 to minimize the effect of those 10 weeks of trouble. But, if they do that, they'll be all the way to ep #31 (one from the end) on Oct. 3, with no clear-cut place to show the finale until they get to that same all-clear 12/19/09 date, again resulting in a 10-week gap of no new episodes.

You wanna choose one of those three scenarios? It's a giant mess, that's all I know.

****!!!!!!!!!! :shakefist

 

[seanrider]

I hope it wont effect the East Coast. Everyone in the west coast there is something called youtube and downloading.....:laugh:

 

[ForeverBlue]

Its probably just the west as alot of people on the west would have ABC Kids but not show PR or don't have ABC at all.

East Coast should be fine....just have to look at BurgandyRanger's site or check your tv listing.

 

[ForeverRed]

That is the main reason I hate ABC Kids, A GOOD REASON. They could've put RPM on Toon Disney.

 

[The_Emperor]

Another reason I like to download over relying on my TV.

I will decide what I watch and when... not the TV!
I am the master and the TV is an object that is under my command... :eplus2:

 

[Forever Knight]

This hiatus plus the KRDK one coming up = :shakefist

 

[seanrider]

This hiatus plus the KRDK one coming up = :shakefist

Episode 15 better be a great episode because I dont want to be left with a long few month hiatus without having a good episode to rewatch 5000 time!:laugh:

 

[Aoiblue]

Episode 15 better be a great episode because I dont want to be left with a long few month hiatus without having a good episode to rewatch 5000 time!:laugh:

since when has any overview episode ever been good? :laugh:

 

[Sentaifan'07 Xman]

That is the main reason I hate ABC Kids, A GOOD REASON. They could've put RPM on Toon Disney.

I agree FR, but you do realize that Toon Disney is now called Disney XD, which sounds even more retarded.

 

[Wheatley]

And this is the price you pay when airing on ABC Kids. Now Kamen Rider Dragon Knight is gonna catch up in the ratings, which it should've done in the first place.