Pic, party, Angel, and more

[kattahj]

Weird pic of the day: Suddenly he was feeling a bit unwell...I have spent most of the weekend sleeping, since I was up late at the Queer Party Friday and had a bit to drink. The first two hours of the party, I was working in the wardrobe section with a German exchange student. Not to many people came to hang up their coats, so we were bored. Thus

Comments

[lilith_morgana]

It's getting quite obvious that I'm never going to see Angel on TV4, because I don't watch TV at two in the mornings.

Word to that. I mean, honestly! If they can show re-runs of C/o Segemyhr and Nya Tider in the afternoons, then what the hell is up with this in the middle of the night time? Nobody is awake at that time, except my severely depressed friend who can't sleep. She tells me it's a decent show.

I remember that Buffy used to be on right after school, when they showed it. I get that their prime times are filled with important documentaries about midgets and fat people, but those hours between school - dinner - evening is made for shows they don't know if the audience will like or not.

*slays tv4 for being full of shit and Idol 2004*

[kattahj]

The only reason I can think of why they don't air it in the afternoons is that they're afraid it will scare the children - after all, that's why TV5 have mutilated Buffy. But there's a nice little past-prime time slot at ten/eleven-ish that would suit Angel just fine. Anything after midnight seems like a waste of material. Reruns of the A-team at two am? Fine. Angel? Not fine.

[blanche_]

Apparently TV4 cannot air Angel before nine o'clock at night, they showed Buffy in the afternoon when it first appeared in Sweden and some parents reported them and they lost the case, so there's a ruling that they can't air those shows before nine o'clock. On the otherhand that does not excuse the sucky after midnight slots both Buffy and Angel got.
Since Channel 5 is airing from London, they have different laws to abide and they can show Buffy in the afternoon, in the children-friendly form that was used when it aired in England. And then the "real" episode later at night. Even though it's a cut version, I'm thankful that they have put some effort in the show and promoting it, which TV4 never did.
And here endeth my rant *lol*

[kattahj]

That kind of explains it, then. Just kind of, since there's all that time between nine and midnight, but still.

And Danish kids must be so resilient, seeing how they've been able to see all seven seasons of Buffy without getting harmed. :-)

[blanche_]

I know, that it has to be after nine o'clock doesn't mean that it also has to be after midnight *sigh*
I have wondered about the danish channels too. Seeing that both Buffy and Angel have aired on sunday afternoons for quite a while. And I have never noticed anything being cut from those episodes.

[kattahj]

And it would be noticeable too - in the episodes airing at TV5 it's really obvious when they've cut something, there's no attempt to make it inconspicuous. (Which is good, in a way.)

Anyway, I'm happy to live this far south, where I can watch the shows (or, well, show) every Sunday afternoon when it isn't sports, just one year behind the US viewers.