Shape up, KNPB, stop promos during programming.
by sam
Our public broadcasting station KNPB in Reno has the routine of blasting promos on screen during programming. Such lunacy, seniors may feel, occurs after having a tense scene intruded upon with a promo for "Antiques Road" show.
This happened again and again during the showing of "Wolf's Hall" Sunday night. Here the queen is about to be beheaded after Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's hired gun, has rigged her death.
As the chilling preparations for the execution of the queen goes on, out pops a promo for "Antiques Road" show.
How better to ruin a crucial moment of the show? Obviously, no one at KNPB cares about programs content. All that is sought is donation to pay for the CEO and VPs salaries from seniors. Programs are seen as just interruptions in asking for donations,
Doesn't any of the executives so anxious get air time pay attention to KNPB's programs? Obviously not, or they would not allow promos to intrude in a beautiful program at thoughtless will.
Seniors can be forgiven for being upset by such stupidity. But then, who says executives have to watch their own programming?
Anyhow, the six parts of "Wolf" were better than many $8 movies, despite the meddling with actual history.
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