Re: Selected programming for Dec. 28-Jan. 3, 2024

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 1/3/25 7:49 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 1/3/2025 12:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 12/28/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

Broadcast and cable:

Only Murders in the Building (season 2 linear premiere) (9 pm, ABC)

Premiered on Hulu in June 2022.

https://www.metacritic.com/tv/only-murders-in-the-building/season-2/
[score 79]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/ [rating 8.1]

Anim can relive the magic!!  ;p

Serious question, was there a season one “linear premiere“?

And what is a "linear premiere"?

"Linear" = broadcast (or cable) TV. As opposed to "streaming".

"Linear" is meaningless industry jargon. D.T. is asking you not to use
the term at all.

It's a stupid term. I watch via an X1 box, which is addressable and
doesn't work like old set-top boxes. It has some DVR-like functions,
plus it's a dumb terminal for On Demand, pay per view, whatever I've got
stored on line, and any streaming I've subscribed to through the box.

Even if I tune in a channel, it's not live like broadcast but delayed.
Normally, everything I watch has been recorded.

How is any of that "linear" as I'm always time shifting?

It's a stupid term that fails to suggest how viewership data is collected.