So, CTV played Grey's out of order --- second episode first.
One thing TV execs should know about Grey fans --- you don't fuck with them. (Article in the paper to follow.)
Maybe it's just me, but I'm not really a McDreamy/Meredith fan. Sure, they have chemistry, but I also think they're both unbelievably selfish people. I think if McDreamy was really a stand-up, "good" guy, then he should have never gone back to the wife he felt so betrayed by. Why make a go of it with a wife who cheated on you (and who felt compelled to cheat because you weren't really invested in the marriage anymore) and if you've started seeing someone else that you actually have feelings for?
That just doesn't make sense to me.
But in a way, I think Meredith and McDreamy belong together --- precisely for this reason. We like to think they're essentially good people who make the wrong decisions, but the thing is, they're both kind of nauseatingly whiney and self-centred. (Which I guess makes them seem "real" in a lot of ways, 'cause, hey, aren't we all a little like that? Okay. Maybe some of us are a lot like that.)
You know what? I don't really know why I love watching this show so much. I don't. It's just really weird to me.
Managed to catch a repeat of the real first episode on ABC, though, and you know what's cool? It's how the theme of Meredith's voiceover this week was about time. Granted, this seems to be a favourite topic for Meredith.
But time seems to be something I've been thinking a lot about lately, too. Partly that it seems like I don't have enough of it, but mostly that maybe I'm not making the best use of it.
Grey's quote of the day:
"You can get over a bad childhood. You can have the worst crap in the world happen to you. You can get over it. All you gotta do is survive." - Alex
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CTV sorry for Grey's Anatomy miscue
Sep. 23, 2006. 11:10 AM
JIM BAWDEN
TELEVISION COLUMNIST
Whoops! Canadians who tuned in to the seasonal return of Grey's Anatomy on CTV Thursday night at 8 p.m. got the second episode instead of the premiere in what the broadcaster says was "a satellite feed error at the source."
Translation: CTV received Episode 2 instead of the opener from ABC via satellite, and nobody at CTV checked the tape before it was sent out to affiliates.
In an apology issued yesterday afternoon, CTV acknowledged the error and explained that "Canadians saw Episode 2 on CTV and not the premiere we were all waiting for. As fans of the show ourselves, we understand fully the disappointment and frustration that this has caused."
CTV said it will run the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy in its entirety next Thursday at 8 p.m.
The network's Nielsen ratings figures for Thursday night show that, despite the glitch, Grey's Anatomy attracted 2 million viewers (up 4 per cent from last year's Sunday night debut).
But astute Canadian viewers tuning in to where Grey's Anatomy left off last season were confused. Just what happened to Izzie after Denny died? Some viewers phoned or emailed the network in protest.
One blogger wrote, "I know errors like this happen, but this is one of the biggest shows on television."
One fan told the Toronto Star she simply assumed she'd missed some scenes in the opener because she couldn't figure out what was wrong with the episode. She figured the gaps in the story would be explained later on.
CTV pre-releases Grey's Anatomy by an hour in Canada, so viewers who realized they were watching Episode 2 had the option of simply tuning in to ABC's Buffalo affiliate at 9 p.m. for the correct opening episode.
One viewer thought she had just missed a scene or two. She didn't realize she was watching the wrong episode until the end of the hour, when CTV ran the preview for next week and "it consisted of scenes I'd just been watching."
Other enterprising viewers on cable reported staying up to midnight and then catching the correct episode on ABC's feed to western affiliates.
In a similar satellite glitch last month, Global TV's import of the CBS series Rock Star experienced an error in the CBS feed, depriving Canadian viewers from Manitoba east of parts of the finale, airing past highlights instead.
Meanwhile, CSI on CTV retained its crown as No. 1 on Thursday night with 3.6 million viewers. And at 10 p.m., CTV's ER posted 2.3 million viewers.
In the U.S., the battle between Grey's Anatomy (ABC) and CSI (CBS) at 9 p.m. turned into a ratings rout for Grey's Anatomy. It pulled in 25.1 million viewers compared to CBS's 22 million.
One thing TV execs should know about Grey fans --- you don't fuck with them. (Article in the paper to follow.)
Maybe it's just me, but I'm not really a McDreamy/Meredith fan. Sure, they have chemistry, but I also think they're both unbelievably selfish people. I think if McDreamy was really a stand-up, "good" guy, then he should have never gone back to the wife he felt so betrayed by. Why make a go of it with a wife who cheated on you (and who felt compelled to cheat because you weren't really invested in the marriage anymore) and if you've started seeing someone else that you actually have feelings for?
That just doesn't make sense to me.
But in a way, I think Meredith and McDreamy belong together --- precisely for this reason. We like to think they're essentially good people who make the wrong decisions, but the thing is, they're both kind of nauseatingly whiney and self-centred. (Which I guess makes them seem "real" in a lot of ways, 'cause, hey, aren't we all a little like that? Okay. Maybe some of us are a lot like that.)
You know what? I don't really know why I love watching this show so much. I don't. It's just really weird to me.
Managed to catch a repeat of the real first episode on ABC, though, and you know what's cool? It's how the theme of Meredith's voiceover this week was about time. Granted, this seems to be a favourite topic for Meredith.
But time seems to be something I've been thinking a lot about lately, too. Partly that it seems like I don't have enough of it, but mostly that maybe I'm not making the best use of it.
Grey's quote of the day:
"You can get over a bad childhood. You can have the worst crap in the world happen to you. You can get over it. All you gotta do is survive." - Alex
CTV sorry for Grey's Anatomy miscue
Sep. 23, 2006. 11:10 AM
JIM BAWDEN
TELEVISION COLUMNIST
Whoops! Canadians who tuned in to the seasonal return of Grey's Anatomy on CTV Thursday night at 8 p.m. got the second episode instead of the premiere in what the broadcaster says was "a satellite feed error at the source."
Translation: CTV received Episode 2 instead of the opener from ABC via satellite, and nobody at CTV checked the tape before it was sent out to affiliates.
In an apology issued yesterday afternoon, CTV acknowledged the error and explained that "Canadians saw Episode 2 on CTV and not the premiere we were all waiting for. As fans of the show ourselves, we understand fully the disappointment and frustration that this has caused."
CTV said it will run the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy in its entirety next Thursday at 8 p.m.
The network's Nielsen ratings figures for Thursday night show that, despite the glitch, Grey's Anatomy attracted 2 million viewers (up 4 per cent from last year's Sunday night debut).
But astute Canadian viewers tuning in to where Grey's Anatomy left off last season were confused. Just what happened to Izzie after Denny died? Some viewers phoned or emailed the network in protest.
One blogger wrote, "I know errors like this happen, but this is one of the biggest shows on television."
One fan told the Toronto Star she simply assumed she'd missed some scenes in the opener because she couldn't figure out what was wrong with the episode. She figured the gaps in the story would be explained later on.
CTV pre-releases Grey's Anatomy by an hour in Canada, so viewers who realized they were watching Episode 2 had the option of simply tuning in to ABC's Buffalo affiliate at 9 p.m. for the correct opening episode.
One viewer thought she had just missed a scene or two. She didn't realize she was watching the wrong episode until the end of the hour, when CTV ran the preview for next week and "it consisted of scenes I'd just been watching."
Other enterprising viewers on cable reported staying up to midnight and then catching the correct episode on ABC's feed to western affiliates.
In a similar satellite glitch last month, Global TV's import of the CBS series Rock Star experienced an error in the CBS feed, depriving Canadian viewers from Manitoba east of parts of the finale, airing past highlights instead.
Meanwhile, CSI on CTV retained its crown as No. 1 on Thursday night with 3.6 million viewers. And at 10 p.m., CTV's ER posted 2.3 million viewers.
In the U.S., the battle between Grey's Anatomy (ABC) and CSI (CBS) at 9 p.m. turned into a ratings rout for Grey's Anatomy. It pulled in 25.1 million viewers compared to CBS's 22 million.
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