Weather channel airing movies ??

[Matthew Harding]

I vote for Schwartz as well. When he was working overnights, I would get up and watch him because he not only described what the weather was doing without hype, but some of his schtick was hilarious. I got to listen to an interview he did on a WeatherBrains podcast in February of this year and it is good to see someone as humble as he is, land on his feet again.

[Paul Austin]

Well, now I'm really frustrated with TWC. With almost no promotion and a very irregular schedule, Tornado Road was doomed to flop before it ever aired. I viewed the first two episodes on that first Sunday night, got confused with the schedule, tried to catch the remaining episodes using the online listing (weather.com), and still couldn't catch the show. Unless I'm completely losing it, the listings changed from day to day. And I checked the dates, not just the day of the week. Now the show doesn't even appear in the listings. Now I know I can probably catch them online, but the video quality won't be as good, and with this type of loose and unpredictable programming, how can any network, especially one trying to add movies and other entertainment, survive? Perhaps I totally misread the listings, but if someone who is actually looking for a particular show has difficulty catching it, how can anyone follow such a schedule? IMHO, Forbes is about all TWC still has going for it. I don't even really care for Lyons all that much. Truth be told, shows like Tornado Road and an occasional Storm Stories of particular interest to me are about the only reason I ever tune in to TWC anymore. So my opinion doesn't really matter that much anyway. [/rant]

RIP, old friend, RIP. (Here, I am referring to the Weather Channel of old I grew up watching and loving.)

[Jim Zandonai]

Wow what a topic..it's obvious we here would all like the TWC of old to re-appear in a modern fashion but the truth is and what has been said is true in that we are the minorty here. The majority of watchers around the nation could care less if RFD is under a severe T-storm warning or worse. Yes you'll get a little more interest in a big Severe WX day in the plains or a massive snowstorm over a large area but many around the country want to know what THEIR weather will be. The channel isnt geared for us here. When in the Summer my Girlfriend ask me if it was going to rain one night..and some severe WX was likely..of course I went into details and she says just tell me the answer is it going to rain ? lol. So that's the General public. As also said before TWC needs many viewers,ratings,money,advertising etc. They are trying to do one thing increase viewership and keep ratings up. The same things every other channel does..they want tons of viewers. That's why they went the HGTV route before..trying to gain many general viewers. The more popular a channel is the more they can charge an advertiser.
What would really be neat (and I think someone said this) is if TWC could do a TWC2. Specifically designed for people like us that would really get into the Tech end etc. and have guys like Forbes and Lyons on THAT channel. The Channel would have to be a put in a special package however so people would have to subscribe to it..as it would never survive otherwise.
Ever watch AMC and there is a commerical every 10 min. Advertising pays for the channel. Watch Encore..no commercials..people pay for it in their subscription or a part of an add on cable package etc.
Of course I doubt this will ever happen but it would really be neat to see a modern,technical weather channel like we all would like to see..a no B.S source of info..even then though there would have to be a rather large following.. hmmmmmm

[Steven Gliebe]

Hmm, yeah, I saw the advertising for Perfect Storm. It does remind me of MTV not playing music anymore. How many good weather-related movies are there anyway? Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like they'd become awfully repetitive if they were to start showing movies regularly.

[Joel Wright]

Won't be long and they'll be playing movies like Mama Mia.

[Rich Long]

*** Cringe*** you just HAD to say that didn't you

I miss the old TWC but honestly when they started I wondered how long they could go like that. Glad they are still around though.

[mcrowther]

The ratings were good for the movie, so expect more of the same. TWC is in business to make money, ratings are what matter. That is the reality of the situation.

[Bryan Stokes]

Originally Posted by Paul Austin

Some classic Schwartz:
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And now at his new gig on the CBS affiliate in Atlanta:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sst1Pv8r_IA

OMG, I just about rolled off my chair at the 1:59 mark...

Classic!
Bryan

[Joel Wright]

Sorry to say but TWC is now officially garbage. They're playing the movie Misery right now.

[Ryan Kruspe]

I honestly do not see this movie thing working out too well. Last night there was a lot of frustration surrounding this and the coverage of the "Atlantic Assault" nor'easter. They were trying to get an alternate feed going for coverage, which appeared to be rather last minute and had a lot of issues. The people in communication with TWC for the past days during the storm, (myself included) were very frustrated at the airing of the movie. It caused limitations of communication which in turn limted the information being provided for the viewers that were being affected by the storm. Most of us just turned off our televisions and went and did something else.

When this movie night idea was brought to public attention, more than several viewers had questions concerning what would happen in the case of a severe weather event. Would they play the movie or drop the movie in favour of coverage? From what I saw, there was no direct answer given. Last nights fiasco showed that they had no real plan for it. GOOD CALL NBC!

From what I see, no one is all too keen on it. It would be one thing if they did this like, once a month. Weekly is a bit much. Also, they could maybe play the movie and be done with it, but no. They play it twice in a row then they play stupid crap like Storm Stories or some such, ALL NIGHT. Last night was Tornado Road. So, basically Friday evenings, TWC goes off on my TV. I will switch to something else that is nerdy and great like NASA TV. I would rather watch the very very slow snails pace journey of a payload to launch pad 39-A for 2 hours. I really hope after last night they get the picture that this idea stinks.